If you only had a limited amount of time to meet a person from a different culture, what questions would you ask him (or her)?

Pretend that you will have the opportunity to meet and have a conversation with a person from a different country, but for only a limited amount of time. What sort of questions would you ask him in order to find out more about his culture within a short period of time?

The goal of this question is to find the most meaningful questions that one could ask another person to find out as much as possible about his culture.

The reason that I am asking is that a few days from now, I will have the opportunity to meet someone from France who is visiting the US. I will only have enough time to ask a few questions, so I might as well make them as informative as I can.