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Junior Cycle French: Famous francophones
How often Famous francophones comes up on the French papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
Quick ones on Famous francophones.
- Édith Piaf
- Céline Dion
- Omar Sy
- Morocco
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Hergé
- Monet
- Goscinny
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(a) Céline Dion
(b) Belgium
(c) Hergé
Common Level
Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q13 |
| 2025 | Q12 |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Q12 |
| 2022 | Q12 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Famous francophones questions
Famous francophones, 2 marks
Antoine Dupont is a French sports star. Which sport does he play?
- Cycling
- Tennis
- Rugby
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Rugby
Antoine Dupont is a scrum-half (demi de mêlée) for France, so Irish fans know him from the Six Nations. He also won Olympic gold in rugby sevens in 2024.
Other French topics
- Adjectives & possessives
- Articles, blogs & interviews
- Blog, email or presentation
- Countries & the francophone world
- Daily routine & household chores
- Family, friends & animals
- Filling in a form
- Food & drink
- Future tenses
- Gap-fill & sentence completion
- Hobbies & sport
- Holidays, travel & transport
- Jobs, money & future plans
- My town & directions
- Numbers, dates, times & spelling
- Past tense (passé composé)
- Present tense & reflexives
- School life & subjects
- Shopping & clothes
- Signs, pictures & word matching
- Weather & seasons
- Ads, posters & text messages
- Health & the body
- Literary extracts & poems
- Myself & describing people
- Articles & prepositions
- Festivals & celebrations
- Music, film, TV & technology
- My house & bedroom