Every day in "Historically yours", the presenter Stéphane Bern and the historian Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach compete in a historical and unusual quiz.
Would you be able to face them?
To find out, we have concocted thematic quizzes based on the questions asked every day to our two specialists.
Famous surnames in ten questions.
From Monsieur Poubelle to Madame Deguerre, via Caligula, answer the questions that made our presenter grow and laugh our presenter Stéphane Bern and our historian Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach in the sequence "Bern to be alive", every day in
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Can you do as well as them?
We remember Eugène Poubelle, Prefect of the Seine, who in 1884 gave his name to the dustbin.
There was also a Mr. Diesel.
True or false ?
Chantal Goya's real name is Bataille.
True or false ?
We remember Felix Kir, the canon who gave his name to the famous drink.
There was also a Mr. Boycott.
True or false ?
We all know the formidable Roman Emperor Caligula.
But what does Caligula mean?
It is sometimes said of someone that they have "a funny face".
This comes from Mr. Tronche, who lived under the reign of Louis 14. True or false?
Who is Johannette de Vouthon?
Many popes choose as their first name Pius, which means "pious".
Pius 2, before becoming Pope, had written an erotic book.
True or false ?
Among the 12 apostles chosen by Jesus of Nazareth, Peter was actually named Paul.
True or false ?
Philippe Padbol died on April 6, 1945, a few months before Germany surrendered during World War II.
His name, necessarily a little humorous, has passed down to posterity because he was one of the last 100 soldiers who died for France.
True or false ?
Sometimes military operations have strange names.
In 1979, helicopters and planes were used by the French army to bring about the fall of Bokassa in the Central African Republic.
The operation is called "Veil sur les filles".
True or false ?
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