Quiz: Can you bridge the Anglo-French divide?

It's been a busy week for Anglo-French relations. Tony Blair has been in France, trying to paper over cracks with President Jacques Chirac. On Thursday, Prince Charles will visit Paris to promote British beef.

Test your knowledge of the ups and downs in the neighbourly relations between the UK and France.

Closer Anglo-French relations have been made difficult by what the French call La Manche (the sleeve). Who or what is La Manche?

	A: Napoleon, who fought several wars against the British and won his nickname by tucking his right hand – up to the sleeve – into his tunic

	B: The English Channel – which the sartorially-minded French think resembles the sleeve of a garment

The French authorities are keen to ensure French-language music receives generous radio play at home, but which French song was the first to top the UK chart?

	A: Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime (Mon Non Plus)

	B: Manhattan Transfer’s Chanson D’Amour

	C: Eiffel 65’s Blue (Da Ba Dee)

According to British novelist Barbara Cartland: "France is the only place where you can … in the afternoon without people hammering on your door." Fill in the blank.

	A: "go home for a three-hour lunch"

	B: "fry garlic"

	C: "make love"

When General de Gaulle’s Free French forces unexpectedly invaded islands off Canada held by the pro-Nazi Vichy government, what did Winston Churchill say?

	A: "Non!"

	B: "C’est magnifique mais ce n’est pas la guerre."

	C: "What is the opposite of Vive la France?"

Which of the following alliances did NOT bring London and Paris together?

	A: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)

	B: La Vielle Alliance (also known as the Old or Auld Alliance)

	C: The Entente Cordiale

The UK and France have both won the Eurovision song contest five times, but when did a French entry last scoop the prize?

	A: 1988 – when Canadian star Celine Dion won with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, narrowly beating Scott Fitzgerald’s Go

	B: 1969 – when Frida Boccara’s Un Jour, Un Enfant tied with Lulu’s Boom Bang-a-bang

	C: 1977 – when Marie Myriam’s L'oiseau Et L'enfant just beat Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran’s Rock Bottom

"You must hate every Frenchman as you hate the devil!" Who said it?

	A: Admiral Nelson, talking to his sailors before taking on the French navy

	B: Winston Churchill, ordering the Royal Navy to destroy the fleet of their former ally France at anchor in Oran, Algeria, in July 1940

	C: Henry V (in Shakespeare’s play) as he attacks the French at Harfleur – it follows the line: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends.”

The continental port of Calais was run from London until?

	A: 1066 – when Norman William the Conqueror took the English crown

	B: 1558 – when the Duke of Guise seized the last English outpost of what had been vast English possessions in France

	C: 1789 – when the French Revolution erupted

9. What became known in France as the "English disease".

	A: Owning a shop

	B: Eating roast beef

	C: Syphilis

Who recently soured Anglo-French sporting relations by saying: "The only memories I have of England and the English are unpleasant ones.”

	A: French rugby international Imanol Harinordoquy, getting ready to play England at Twickenham

	B: Liverpool FC boss Gerard Houllier, angered by the English FA for giving one of his players a three-match ban

	C: Former Lawn Tennis Association boss Patrice Hagelauer, who resigned to coach the Davis Cup team of his native land