Good Moaning........

[ToraToraTora]

As premossed, a Fronch themed quooz for Bastille doo.........

Thank you officer Crabtree....

1) In “The French Connection” (1971) what was Jimmy Doyle’s nickname?
2) Which king of France is known as The Sun King?
3) Which French rugby player has the nickname L’Homme Des Cavernes ?
4) Which Bond film features the Eiffel Tower?
5) What name is given to the rider who comes last in the Tour De France?
6) What French Car does Detective Columbo drive?
7) Which Frenchman lost the Tour De France by 8 seconds in 1989?
8) What is the nick name of French F1 Driver Alain Prost?
9) What Star sign was Napoleon (the first)?
10) In What year was the last person executed by guillotine?

Now have a go without googling first, let me know how many you know, answers later...

[10ClarionSt]

Only know four of them, 1, 2, 4 and 6. I feel I should know a few more but hey ho!

[Tilly2]

I know only one.

[Togo]

I knew the first 6 TTT and though "piece of ... cake". Didn't know the last 4.

[Arksided]

No.3 A view to a kill
No.6 Peugeot 403

Off top of my head ...

[douglas9401]

1 Popeye
8 The Professor

[lankeela]

Just the one (I think) - Louis IVth?

[lankeela]

^ Should have been fourteenth!

[DTCwordfan]

correct, 2/3/4/5/6/8/9 and one year out on 10 - I lived in Paris and also my co. sponsored Monsieur le P.

[retrocop]

I thunk I only git win. Popeye

[ToraToraTora]

moost tree hardoo retro!

[ToraToraTora]

The answer to 10 might surprise you.

[THECORBYLOON]

Without Googling for 10, I think it was the 1970s.

[Atheist]

Maquisards in occupied france were guillotined during the second world war.

[rowanwitch]

It was on QI, not that long ago, 1977 but not abolished until the early 1980s. Stuck in my mind for some reason.

[Togo]

The last public execution by guillotine was 1939. He was the German criminal and murderer Eugene Weidmann.

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/last-public-execution-guillotine-1939/

[Lie-in King]

I haven't scrolled down to see if the answers are there yet & without any look-uppery, got 1,2,4,8 & 10 hopefully correct.

[ToraToraTora]

Answers
1) Popeye
2) Louis X1V
3) Sebastien Chabal
4) A View to a Kill
5) Lantern Rouge
6) Peugeot 403 convertible
7) Laurent Fignon
8) The professor
9) Leo
10) 1977 (Hamida Djandoubi)