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A view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Alamy Stock Photo
Test your knowledge
Quiz: How much do you know about Paris?
Ireland play France in the opening game of the Six Nations in Paris on Thursday.
THE SIX NATIONS KICKS off this week and Ireland are up against the reigning champions France in the opening game in Paris.
Unusually, the match is taking place on Thursday evening, having been rescheduled so to avoid clashing with the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan.
Oddly enough, the only other time a game in the competition was played on a Thursday was in the 1948 Five Nations (back when Italy were not in the mix).
In what might be a good omen for Andy Farrell’s men, Ireland beat France in Paris that day.
Speaking of Paris, we thought this was as good an excuse as any to test your knowledge of the French capital.
So today we want to know, how much do you know about Paris?
Paris is sometimes called...
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The Eternal City
The City of Light
The Big Apple
The Windy City
What river flows through the centre of Paris?
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The Loire
The Rhône
The Rhine
The Seine
What is the name of the Paris stadium where the French rugby team usually play their home matches?
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Parc des Princes
Stade de France
Stade Vélodrome
La Défense Arena
In what year was the Eiffel Tower completed?
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1859
1889
1909
1929
The Catacombs of Paris contain the remains of roughly how many people?
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3 million
4 million
5 million
6 million
Which Irish writer is buried in the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery?
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Samuel Beckett
James Joyce
WB Yeats
Oscar Wilde
What is the name of the area in Paris where many films, including Amelie, have been shot?
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Montmartre
Bastille
Place de la Concorde
Les Invalides
During the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the announcer mixed up which two countries?
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Ireland and the United Kingdom
Sudan and South Sudan
Guinea and Equatorial Guinea
South Korea and North Korea
When thieves stole the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre Museum in October 2025, how did they flee the scene?
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In a stolen ambulance
On a boat in the nearby river
On scooters
On horseback
What is Paris Syndrome?
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A psychological condition brought on by extreme disappointment upon visiting Paris
An insult used to make fun of people from other parts of France who identify as Parisian (essentially 'notions')
A term used to describe a kind of urban sprawl
A Wes Anderson film
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Turtley Awful
Shell of a bad effort
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What are ewe doing?
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Fin-tastic
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Clever cat
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Top dog
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