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Le Jeu des 1000 euros (translation: The 1000 Euros Game) is a French daily radio game show broadcast on France Inter. Created in 1958 by Henri Kubnick under the name 100000 francs par jour (translation: 100,000 French Francs By Day), it is the longest-running program on French radio.
In 1894, the managers of the Moulin Rouge sued Pujol for an impromptu exhibition he gave to aid a friend struggling with economic difficulties. Pujol was fined 3,000 francs (equivalent to Ff96,000 in 2022), and the Moulin Rouge lost their star attraction as the disagreement led him to set up his own travelling show called the Theatre Pompadour. [6]
The franc (/ f r æ ŋ k /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), [n 2] also commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France.Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money.
The franc is any of various units of currency.One franc is typically divided into 100 centimes.The name is said to derive from the Latin inscription francorum rex (King of the Franks) used on early French coins and until the 18th century, or from the French franc, meaning "frank" (and "free" in certain contexts, such as coup franc, "free kick").
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In the European community, cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro.However, in French-speaking countries, the word centime is the preferred term.The Superior Council of the French language of Belgium recommended in 2001 the use of centime, since cent is also the French word for "hundred".
Prize money in 2013 euros in the Tour de France. Prize money has always been awarded. From 20,000 francs the first year, [102] prize money has increased each year, although from 1976 to 1987 the first prize was an apartment offered by a race sponsor. The first prize in 1988 was a car, a studio-apartment, a work of art, and 500,000 francs in cash.
Consumption failed to keep pace with production, resulting in a decline in prices. For instance, the price per kilogram of hake dropped from 3.03 francs in 1930 to 2.14 francs in 1935. Concurrently, operating costs increased, largely due to the 1926 coal crisis in England and currency devaluations. [25]