The Catholic Church has been in France since the 2nd century, the French participated in the Crusades, and one of their most notable landmarks in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, among other reasons.
It has to do with the war between the Netherlands and Spain. Because the Netherlands were mainly protestants the catholics moved southly to Belgium and France and the protestants moved northly.
You could argue that France does border the Netherlands on the island of St. Martin. Otherwise you need to add in the description to exclude overseas territories. And why is the description of the quiz referring to Germany anyway?
I added this one personally since I like these nonsensical made up questions.
But I screwed up and put the answer as true. Somehow no one noticed for 500 takes. Then I noticed an fixed it. But, you commented just before it got fixed!
It's a really good question, because while it is obviously false, it's the kind of thing one wishes were true. I wouldn't be surprises if many people answered "true" just in the hope that that would make it so!
When you add up what other countries (i.e. USA) pay a la carte for things though (health care, nursing homes, child care, education), France comes out ahead and others ultimately pay more.
Actually, New York has been funded by the French, in 1524, through the expedition of Giovanni da Verrazzano, paid by the French King François the First.
Originally the region has been named Terre d'Angoulême (Angoulême's Land) or La Nouvelle-Angoulême (The New Angoulême). Then in 1624, the Dutch took the region and renamed it New Amsterdam.
The story of La Nouvelle Angoulême has been forgotten for a long time, but in 1949, a young French historian living in New York (Jacques Habert) published a book about that story called « When New York was called Angoulême ».
Interesting. I don't think that "founded" is really correct because the area was only explored and named in service of the French crown. The French didn't settle there and it seems they didn't even properly own the land since there is no mention of early Dutch claims being contested.
But since the question might create confusion, I changed it. Let's see if Quizmaster agrees.
I reverted the change. The French most definitely did not found New York. An Italian explorer working for France visited the area but left virtually no trace.
Even though it can be seen as exaggerated to say the French actually founded New York, it remains undeniable that this particular question is misleading, due to the existence of those facts and due to the wide and blurry definition of "founding".
I think there are enough places in the world that have not been founded by the French to ask a similar question that will be less ambiguous and leave no doubt about the proper answer, rather that keeping one of the very few exceptions that are most definitely arguable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War
I added this one personally since I like these nonsensical made up questions.
But I screwed up and put the answer as true. Somehow no one noticed for 500 takes. Then I noticed an fixed it. But, you commented just before it got fixed!
I guess they thought it couldn't be made up
(FYI, no one has ever given birth while serving as Pope either.)
Because I'm French
The last one got me laughing
Originally the region has been named Terre d'Angoulême (Angoulême's Land) or La Nouvelle-Angoulême (The New Angoulême). Then in 1624, the Dutch took the region and renamed it New Amsterdam.
The story of La Nouvelle Angoulême has been forgotten for a long time, but in 1949, a young French historian living in New York (Jacques Habert) published a book about that story called « When New York was called Angoulême ».
But since the question might create confusion, I changed it. Let's see if Quizmaster agrees.
I think there are enough places in the world that have not been founded by the French to ask a similar question that will be less ambiguous and leave no doubt about the proper answer, rather that keeping one of the very few exceptions that are most definitely arguable.