If Americans can be expected to know Hugo's novels and Piaf's music, the French can be expected to know a couple of especially famous American movies. What's the point of taking quizzes if you're satisfied knowing nothing outside of your immediate sphere?
Ok fine, but the point being that he's going to be far more well-known to Americans than to French people. Because most of his success came in particularly American forms of entertainment (US movies, US wrestling, etc.).
It's as if there was a US-born actor who moved to France, only starred in French movies or stage productions, and didn't do any (or much) acting in Hollywood. If they were to appear on a "Famous American people" quiz, it wouldn't be surprising if they were, some margin, the least-guessed person on the quiz, and there were a bunch of responses along the lines of, "Huh. I've never heard of that person before."
(Also: I'm not convinced the Princess Bride is an "especially famous" movie. Yes, it's extremely beloved among its fans -- of which I am one! -- but it doesn't have that wide a fanbase, and references to it are often among the least-guessed when they appear in JetPunk quizzes.)
I have no issue with Andre the Giant being included in this quiz, but, come on, to compare him to an actual giant of world literature like Victor Hugo is ridiculous.
Im not a fan of wrestling but yeah Andre the Giant was a well known wrestler who as his name suggests was a huge human being and was beloved by his fans
I only knew his name because Mike Florio said that he'd met someone called that in an airport once.
Never heard of the younger looking Victor. I guess he plays an american sport and is therefore more well known to some than Philippe Sella, J-P Rives, Alain Prost or anybody that won the tour de france..........
I've read Hugo, enjoyed cartoons and Broadway musicals and movies based on his works, but can't recall ever seeing a picture of him. Andre on the other hand is hard to forget.
Yes I was surprised by the now 27% score of Victor Hugo. Yet I'm not quite surprised with André the Giant score, wrestling is a very popular sports in the US and he represented back in the 80s along with Hulk Hogan the face of wrestling.
I first saw him in Green Card and thought he was one of the sexiest actors I'd ever seen. Last movie I saw him in was Life of Pi. He's changed a bit since his Green Card days, but I still love his acting.
Green Card is the only English-language performance of Depardieu's that I like. I think he's wonderful in his native French and my favorite performance of his is Jean de Florette. But, most of the time, he feels (to me) like a caricature of himself whenever he performs in English.
FFS, people, deal with the fact that some people have multiple identities. It would be just as wrong to say she wasn't French, as to say she wasn't Polish.
dunkinggandalf2 Than explain to me, why only original nationality (not citizenship) of many people is considered as the main, only one? You can call Marie Russian as well. Einstein is considered German Jewish, not Swiss or American. Tesla, Fermi, the list goes on. It is because they preferred this way. Why we couldn't agree with Marie Sklodowska-Curie?
I don't know, man. She moved to France, studied in France, published in France, got French citizenship, married a French guy, had French children, got famous in France... why can't you accept that those were all her decisions? Nobody can argue she wasn't Polish, but she was also French. I don't really care if that doesn't sit well with a few narrow-minded nationalists.
Literally nothing makes her of a French descent. A citizenship doesn't change anything, it's like you were born in Texas, got a Russian passport and told everyone you're Russian. That doesn't make sense: she was born Polish, she considered herself Polish, she just married a Frenchman. For example, King George VIII married Wallis Simpson - "oh, yeah, we know he's British, but let's say he's American". Don't be ridiculous.
Did anyone anywhere argue she was of French descent? Of course a citizenship changes things, and sometimes, people have more than one. How is this difficult to undestand?
Marie Curie-Skłodowska od from Poland. Beacuse of people like you people would think that she was French. These quizes should teach people new Interesting facts, not falsify history.
If the quiz had been "Famous People Born in France," then yes, that would be wrong. But she was a naturalized French citizen and lived two-thirds of her life in France. That counts as "French" to me. Unless being a French citizen does not count as being French, for some reason?
People tend to forget stuff. During her times French people didn't see her as French, rather foreigner (or even they called her a stray!) who destroys families (affair with Paul Langevin) and French identity. Only after some time they saw her as a reason to be proud and finally even buried her in Pantheon after her death. There is no good argument to include her as famous French person...
No good argument, other than she studied in France, published in France, became a professor in France, applied for and was granted French citizenship, got famous in France, conducted ground-breaking research in France, married a French guy, had French children, died in France, is buried in the French Pantheon... but other than that, sure, no reason!
Obviously, the right answer is that she was both Polish and French, and can therefore rightly feature in quizzes about both countries. Therefore, this debate is non-sensical. However, if you insist on having it, we could point out that she was born in Poland, but worked and won two Nobel prizes in France. Which one of those is the greatest achievement?
She was Marie Sklodowska-Curie as she wanted to be called. When Maria Skłodowska married Pierre in 1895, she took her husband's surname in accordance with French law and from then on she was known as Maria Curie. However, she added the member "Sklodowska" when writing her name as an element of emphasizing her Polishness.
So there's no Marie Antoinette or Marcel Marceau but there is Mr Wembanyama. Time to log-off for good I think. And yes, I will let the door hit me on the way out.
Alright, Chopin would have been okay as his father was from France, but labeling Marie Curie as French is ridiculous. She was born Polish, she just married Pierre Curie who was French - and that obviously doesn't make her French too. Please take a look, dear Quizmaster.
Also, yes, I've read the description. You can't just make an excerpt like that, it's like you placed King Edward VIII in a quiz about American people and wrote "he's British, who cares, deal with it".
As many people have pointed out, Marie Curie lived most of her life in France and was a French citizen.
Your comparison to Edward VIII doesn't work because he only married an American, but he was never an American citizen or lived in America. If he had, then it would be appropriate to put him on a list of American people.
So there is a lot famous people born in France, why putting here polish scientist, Maria Sklodowska? She was a polish patriot, using name „Sklodowska”, not „Curie” and wanted independence for Poland
I'm astonished that 78% found him atm (while Hugo is at 41...).Strange differences of culture
It's as if there was a US-born actor who moved to France, only starred in French movies or stage productions, and didn't do any (or much) acting in Hollywood. If they were to appear on a "Famous American people" quiz, it wouldn't be surprising if they were, some margin, the least-guessed person on the quiz, and there were a bunch of responses along the lines of, "Huh. I've never heard of that person before."
(Also: I'm not convinced the Princess Bride is an "especially famous" movie. Yes, it's extremely beloved among its fans -- of which I am one! -- but it doesn't have that wide a fanbase, and references to it are often among the least-guessed when they appear in JetPunk quizzes.)
I only knew his name because Mike Florio said that he'd met someone called that in an airport once.
Never heard of the younger looking Victor. I guess he plays an american sport and is therefore more well known to some than Philippe Sella, J-P Rives, Alain Prost or anybody that won the tour de france..........
In a similar quiz, Columbus is considered an Italian because that's where he's born. Tesla isn't considered 'murican either.
Marie Curie was polish.
And then I re-read the title.
And David Guetta…
Also, Zidane is commonly called simply "Zizou." Maybe that can be accepted?
Tony Parker, ok, I know, but that youngster, no clue XD
Also, yes, I've read the description. You can't just make an excerpt like that, it's like you placed King Edward VIII in a quiz about American people and wrote "he's British, who cares, deal with it".
Your comparison to Edward VIII doesn't work because he only married an American, but he was never an American citizen or lived in America. If he had, then it would be appropriate to put him on a list of American people.
he looks AI-generated