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It’s in the garden of the Tuileries, by the Seine, next to the Louvre. There used to be a castle in the garden, but it burnt. The name “Tuileries” refers to tile factories that were nearby.

It’s a building designed for storing fragile bushes and trees during winter, when the temperatures get low. It protects them from the cold. Orange trees (and others) need protection from the cold because they come from a warmer climate than the climate of Paris.

It’s my favourite museum in Paris. It was built in 1852 and turned into a museum in 1927. It has a whole room dedicated to a painting, the “Nymphéas” by Claude Monet on the ground floor, and an exhibition and permanent collections underground. It has the most beautiful collection of 19th-century and early 20th-century paintings you’ll ever see: Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin…

There are actually two museums in the garden of Tuileries: the Orangery and the Jeu de Paume. The latter is a picture museum, it was built in 1861 and looks a lot like the Orangery.

Ella Fitzgerald, a jazz singer. She’s considered one of the most talented and successful jazz singer of the 20th century. She’s as famous as Billie Holiday.

I’m partial. My favorite song by her would be “I’ve got you under my skin” in her record “Ella at Juan-lès-Pins 1964”.

She led a great solo career, and travelled all over the world. Her Berlin record, in 1960, is famous because she forgot the lyrics of the song she was singing (“Mack the knife”) and scatted instead, with incredible talent.

There are about 66 million people in France not counting the oversea areas (2 million people).

Ethnic statistics are strictly controlled in France. There are about 5,4 million Muslims in France, which means about 8% of the french people are Muslims.

It’s Paris’ Great Mosque. It opened in 1926. Its minaret is 26-meters-high. People are allowed to visit it. It has beautiful gardens.

There are about 20 mosques in Paris, and several praying rooms.

The Five Pillars of Islam are mandatory for Muslims. They are:

• the assertion of faith
• the prayer (5 times a day)
• charity
• fasting for Ramadan
• the pilgrimage to Mecca (once in a lifetime)

The jackpot of the EuroMillions (the european Powerball) is likely to be higher than usual on these days (a few dozen million euros).

I’m not sure whether more people are likely to gamble. I know I am!

• the last meal of Christ was on a Thursday, there were thirteen guests, and Christ was arrested the next day
• the french Knight Templars were arrested by order of the french king on a Friday, the 13th (in 1307).

There’s a series of novels about the Knight Templars, called “the Accursed Kings” by Mr. Maurice Druon, that were written between 1955 and 1977. George R. R. Martin once called them “the original game of thrones” because they had inspired his work. They are about the death of Philip the 4th (the king who destroyed the Knight Templars) and the vicious fight for power that ensued in the next few years. They’re very good historical novels.

In the Roland-Garros stadium, Paris, France.

I’m extremely popular among the French. They watch me on television every year with a passion.

Yannick Noah, a former tennis player and singer. He’s the last French winner of the French Open, in 1983.

Rafael Nadal, 14-times winner of the French Open. He’s left-handed. See how his left arm is twice as big as his right arm?

Tennisman or tenniswoman.

They call me “the Mona Lisa” in English, “La Joconde” in French, but my name is Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Mr. Francesco del Giocondo.

I am in the Louvre, Paris, France, and have been there for decades. I am in a room with other paintings, but everybody seems to focus on me.

Leonardo da Vinci was Italian, but he spent the last years of his life in France, and brought this painting with him. It was bought by the king of France Francis the 1st. During the French Revolution (1789-1799), the castle of the Louvre, which was a royal castle, was turned into a public museum. I was displayed a few years later.

I’m an oil painting on a wooden panel! (no, I’m not a canvas)

Nobody is really sure why, but out of the 8 million people who visit the Louvre every year, half of them come only to see me! I became world famous when I was stolen.

Actually, I was. In 1911, I went missing. I was looked for for years, and my fame increased enormously. I was found in Italy and returned to Paris, France in 1914.