In Search of the Alphabet
An ideal itinerary would start with a street whose name begins with the
letter A, and lead to a street which starts with the letter Z, successively
passing all letters of the alphabet. It seems impossible to realise, even if
there was a street in Paris which started with the letter Z. We can
nevertheless try to approach it partially with these itineraries. One that I
propose to you today uses, successively, five streets which begin with the
letter A and five streets which begin with the letter B.
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The Stones [Pierres] of Paris
There are around forty streets named after figures whose first name is
Pierre. Probably everyone knows that Pierre Loti and Pierre Louys are writers,
Pierre le Grand [Peter the Great] was Tsar of Russia, Pierre Larousse authored
the famous dictionary and Pierre de Coubertin brought-back the Olympic Games.
Can you attribute these 15 other Pierres to their respective professions?
[Pierres]
1. Pierre Budin
2. Pierre Bullet
3. Pierre Dupont
4. Pierre Foncin
5. Pierre Girard
6. Pierre Guerin
7. Pierre Lampue
8. Pierre Leroux
9. Pierre Le Roy
10. Pierre Masse
11. Pierre Mille
12. Pierre Nicole
13. Pierre Quillard
14. Pierre Sarrazin
15. Pierre Villey
[Professions]
a) Architect
b) Lawyer
c) Parisian Bourgeois
d) Singer
e) Municipal Counsellor
f) Literary Critic
g) Geographer
h) Clockmaker
i) Engineer
j) Doctor
k) Painter
l) Philosopher and Politician
m) Poet
n) Novelist
o) Theologian
