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100

What kind of footwear is the Netherlands known for?

Clogs 

100

What city is home to the oldest university in the Netherlands?

Leiden

100

What is the Dutch word for 'tasty'?

Lekker!

100

Who is captain of the Dutch national football team?

Virgil van Dijk 

100

What is the most commonly used form of transportation in the Netherlands?

The bicycle 

200

What is the national flower of the Netherlands?

The tulip 

200

In what year was Utrecht granted city rights?

1122

200

What Dutch word refers to a cozy and convivial atmosphere, often considered untranslatable to English?

Gezellig/Gezelligheid 

200

The three best known Dutch soccer clubs (Ajax, Feyenoord,and PSV) all have the same colours for their jerseys. Which colours?

Red and White

200

What do English speakers commonly call the Netherlands, but actually is the name of only part of the country?

Holland

300

Which museum, the most visited in the Netherlands, opened in Amsterdam in 1973 and houses such works as "Sunflowers" and "The Potato Eaters"?

Van Gogh Museum 


300

Who was this painter of "Het meisje met de parel" - the girl with a pearl earring?

Johannes Vermeer 


300

What is the Dutch word for bicycle?

Fiets 

300

'Shirt uit en zwaaien' is a popular celebration amongst Dutch football fans, what do they do during this celebration? 

They take their top off and swing it in the air 

300

In which Dutch city would you find the Martini Tower, or in Dutch, the Martinitoren?

Groningen

400

The Dutch are renowned for a certain charecteristic. So much so the phrase 'let's go Dutch' has become colloquial in the English language. What trait does this phrase refer to? 

Dutch frugality/stinginess

400

In the 1630's the Dutch economy collapsed. The trading of what good caused this collapse?

Tulip bulbs 

400

What does the phrase "doe normaal" mean?

Be normal! 

400
In what Olympic sport do the Netherlands have the most gold medals?

Swimming, 58 medals of which 19 are gold!

400

The Dutch flag is formed from the colours red, white and blue; so why is orange a national colour?

Due to the House of Orange, i.e the Dutch royal family 

500

Which former Dutch Queen used crystal meth while in power?

Queen Wilhemina! She was an avid user of the drug Pervetine, colloquially known as crystal meth....

500

Many people know the Netherlands for the cannibalisation of their prime minister in 1672, but why did the Dutch people eat their prime minister? 

 In 1672, Johan de Witt, the Dutch prime minister, was brutally murdered and cannibalized by an angry mob. He and his brother were blamed for military failures and political instability during the Franco-Dutch War, leading to widespread public outrage and chaos.

500

Pronounce this, one of the longest words in Dutch, "kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden"

Well done! It translates to "preparation activities for a children's carnival procession".

500

The Elfstendocht is held in Friesland when the weather drops below freezing, what is this event?

A 200km ice skating race held when canals have frozen over 

500

The Netherlands is renowned as an exporter of cheeses, but which cheese is responsible for 50%-60% of total annual production?

Gouda

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