History Trivia Thread Reducks

[Drakken]

He insulted the King?

You are getting closer. But how did he anger François Ier?

[Drakken]

Can I answer this or is answering question about your own country also verboten?

I think you can answer the question. I haven't seen any rule forbidding it.

Could be wrong, though.

[The Brain]

Answering is OK.

[Caliga]

I think you can answer the question. I haven't seen any rule forbidding it.

Could be wrong, though.

Yep, the rule is only concerned with asking questions about your own country, not answering them.

[Caliga]

You are getting closer. But how did he anger François Ier?

He didn't bow correctly or some shit like that?  I think Edward de Vere is the one who farted in the monarch's presence (in his case it was Elizabeth I).

[Drakken]

I think you can answer the question. I haven't seen any rule forbidding it.

Could be wrong, though.

Yep, the rule is only concerned with asking questions about your own country, not answering them.

Well then, I cheated the rule.

But it concerns France, so I found a loophole. 

[Drakken]

You are getting closer. But how did he anger François Ier?

He didn't bow correctly or some shit like that?  I think Edward de Vere is the one who farted in the monarch's presence (in his case it was Elizabeth I).

No. It has to do with why François Ier sent Cartier to explore the New World in the first place.

[Grey Fox]

Cartier was convince at the time that his ships were carrying gold & diamonds. He didn't tell Roberval.

Francois wasn't pleased when he learned that what he had brought back were in fact worthless & really just quartz.

[Caliga]

Well then, I cheated the rule.

But it concerns France, so I found a loophole. 

France != Quebec or Canada, so you didn't cheat.  I ask questions about Britain all the time. 

[Drakken]

Cartier was convince at the time that his ships were carrying gold & diamonds. He didn't tell Roberval.

Francois wasn't pleased when he learned that what he had brought back were in fact worthless & really just quartz.

To be precise, his cargo load was composed of iron pyrite, hence nicknamed "fool's gold", and quartz, mica to be exact. François Ier had sent Cartier because he wanted to find gold and gems on his own, and Cartier made an ass of himself by bringing him useless junk instead.

This has lead to the French proverb "Faux comme diamants du Canada" (Fake as Canada's diamonds).

So the answer is correct.

[Grey Fox]

Not too hard, I don't like being stock with the question.

On this day, in 1493, Christopher Columbus sighted for the first time an Island he would later name "San Juan Batista". What is that Island known as today?

[Caliga]

Cuba?

[Grey Fox]

Smaller.

[Caliga]

Puerto Rico?

[Grey Fox]

Puerto Rico?

Yes.