Bastille Day Trivia Questions

Many countries host Bastille Day parties, including the US, UK, and Australia, often organized by French embassies or cultural groups.

On July 14, 1789, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, but it held only seven inmates: four forgers, two lunatics, and one aristocrat.

Louis XVI was caught off guard by the uprising; he actually wrote in his diary that day, 'Nothing,' not realizing the revolution had begun.

The French call it 'La Fête Nationale' (The National Celebration) or 'le 14 juillet' (July 14). 'Bastille Day' is an English name.

The monarchy lasted until 1792, three years after the Bastille fell. Bastille Day marks the start of the revolution, not its end.

Marquis de Lafayette gave the Bastille’s key to George Washington in 1790, and it still hangs in Mount Vernon’s foyer.

Held annually since 1880 on the Champs-Élysées, it’s the world’s oldest continuously running regular military parade.

The mob actually wanted gunpowder and arms stored at the Bastille to defend against royal troops; freeing prisoners was secondary.