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1. This picture shows the Belgian Parliament building in Brussels. Besides being the Belgian capital, Brussels is also the headquarters of which of these organizations?
2. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Flanders was famous for which of these products?
3. Bruges, or Brugge, holds a festival on Ascension Day, during which a famous relic is paraded through the streets of the city. What is this relic, believed to have been brought back from Jerusalem after the second crusade in the twelfth century?
4. Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe, after Rotterdam. What river does the city straddle?
5. In the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, most of Belgium was ruled by the Spanish branch of which dynasty?
6. What kind of bridge is this one, which spans the Meuse river near Liege, Belgium?
7. Because of its location and terrain, Belgium has been a battlefield since long before the battle of Waterloo. Which WWII battle was this monument erected to commemorate in the Belgian city of Bastogne?
8. The town of Chimay is home to a Trappist monastery which is famous for making what product?
9. The Ardennes Forest is also known for its wild game. What is this animal, which might be hunted for its meat?
10. No visit to Belgium would be complete without a dish of this plant, a variety of chicory. It's called "witloof" in Flemish. What do we know it better as?
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