Culture
What kind of footwear is the Netherlands known for?
Clogs
What city is home to the oldest university in the Netherlands?
Leiden
What is the Dutch word for 'tasty'?
Lekker!
Who is captain of the Dutch national football team?
Virgil van Dijk
What is the most commonly used form of transportation in the Netherlands?
The bicycle
What is the national flower of the Netherlands?
The tulip
In what year was Utrecht granted city rights?
1122
What Dutch word refers to a cozy and convivial atmosphere, often considered untranslatable to English?
Gezellig/Gezelligheid
The three best known Dutch soccer clubs (Ajax, Feyenoord,and PSV) all have the same colours for their jerseys. Which colours?
Red and White
What do English speakers commonly call the Netherlands, but actually is the name of only part of the country?
Holland
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
Who was this painter of "Het meisje met de parel" - the girl with a pearl earring?
Johannes Vermeer
What is the Dutch word for bicycle?
Fiets
'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
In which Dutch city would you find the Martini Tower, or in Dutch, the Martinitoren?
Groningen
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
In the 1630's the Dutch economy collapsed. The trading of what good caused this collapse?
Tulip bulbs
What does the phrase "doe normaal" mean?
Be normal!
Swimming, 58 medals of which 19 are gold!
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
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....
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.
Pronounce this, one of the longest words in Dutch, "kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamheden"
Well done! It translates to "preparation activities for a children's carnival procession".
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
The Netherlands is renowned as an exporter of cheeses, but which cheese is responsible for 50%-60% of total annual production?
Gouda