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Quiz about Delta Projects in The Netherlands

Delta Projects in The Netherlands Quiz

This quiz is about the famous dikes in the Netherlands. If the Dutch hadn't completed these projects most land would be under water by now.

A multiple-choice quiz by cbethlem. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
cbethlem

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
302,065

Updated
Jun 08 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
362

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In 1916 there was a great disaster in the Netherlands. What happened? Hint

earthquake

all of these

volcanic eruption

major flooding

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which engineer made the plans for the Closure Dike (Afsluitdijk)?
Hint

Mr. Lely

Mr. Dike

Mr. Closure

Mr. Helder

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Closure Dike connects two provinces in the Netherlands. Which provinces are they? Hint

Noord-Holland and Friesland

Noord-Holland and Utrecht

Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland

Noord-Holland and Zeeland

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the length of the Closure Dike between Noord-Holland and Friesland?
Hint

150 km

90 meter

30 km

70 km

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Closure Dike was not the last big project to keep the sea out. There was another national disaster flooding on January 31, 1953. Which parts of the Netherlands were flooded? Hint

Brabant and Groningen

Noord-Holland and Utrecht

Drenthe en Gelderland

Zuid-Holland and Zeeland

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the Sint Ignatius flood of 1953 about 1835 people died, however more than 30,000 animals were drowned.

True

False

7. The engineers made a plan for Zeeland and Zuid-Holland to save the land from flooding called the Delta Project which was between Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland in Zeeland. How many steel doors were used to close this part of the Delta Project and protect the land from flooding?
Hint

65 doors

73 doors

52 doors

62 doors

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Question 8 of 10

8. To keep one of the major seaports (Rotterdam) open for vessels there was another huge plan created to keep extremely high waters out at times of heavy weather. It is located between the Maasvlakte and Hoek van Holland in Zuid-Holland in the New Water Way, the main river to go by vessel to Rotterdam. What was the project called:
Hint

The Maaskering

The Maeslantkering

The Measkering

The Maaslanderkering

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Question 9 of 10

9. The doors used for closing the dikes are very large. They have the same length as a famous building is high. What is that building? Hint

Brandenburg Gate

Eiffel Tower

Martinitoren Groningen

Empire State Building

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 2002 the dike project in Rotterdam was put to the first ultimate test because of the onset of a major storm. What happened?
Hint

the doors closed

water came over the doors

the computer failed

water did not rise high enough to close the doors

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1916 there was a great disaster in the Netherlands. What happened?

Answer: major flooding

A large part of the Netherlands was under water and people couldn't be saved.

2. Which engineer made the plans for the Closure Dike (Afsluitdijk)?

Answer: Mr. Lely

Mr. Lely made his first plans for the Closure Dike in 1891. However due to the prohibitive cost he was unable to convince people to build it. It was only after the flooding that people were willing to undertake this project.

3. The Closure Dike connects two provinces in the Netherlands. Which provinces are they?

Answer: Noord-Holland and Friesland

They started building the dike in 1927 and finished the job on 28 May 1932, and at 13.02 hours, de Vlieter (the last hole of the dike) was closed.
As a result there was now a connection for cars and bikes to go from one province to the other and that road was officially opened on September 25 1933.

4. What is the length of the Closure Dike between Noord-Holland and Friesland?

Answer: 30 km

After closing the dike the Waddenzee and the Southern Sea were no longer connected, the Southern Sea (Zuiderzee) was then renamed and now is called Ijselmeer. It is no longer a saltwater sea but a freshwater lake.

5. The Closure Dike was not the last big project to keep the sea out. There was another national disaster flooding on January 31, 1953. Which parts of the Netherlands were flooded?

Answer: Zuid-Holland and Zeeland

Several dikes broke through, at least 400 places where registered where the water came in. Not only in Holland was this a disaster, even in England, Belgium and Germany floodings took place and a lot of people drowned.

6. In the Sint Ignatius flood of 1953 about 1835 people died, however more than 30,000 animals were drowned.

Answer: True

1835 people died during this flooding in the Netherlands and more than 72,000 people where evacuated to dry land. This flooding is remembered as the Sint Ignatius flood.

Answer: 62 doors

These doors can be opened and closed depending on the weather, if a storm is coming the doors can be closed to keep high water out and the land behind it safe from flooding.

Answer: The Maeslantkering

If they made a solid dike it would not possible to go by vessel to Rotterdam any more therefore it wasn't an option. A new project was developed with new ideas and was finished in 1997.

9. The doors used for closing the dikes are very large. They have the same length as a famous building is high. What is that building?

Answer: Eiffel Tower

The doors have the same length as the Eiffel Tower is high without the tv antenna. The Eiffeltower is 300 meters without the tv antennes, with those tv antennes it 325 meters.
When in place in the New Waterway the height of the doors is 22 meters.
These doors will only close when computers decide that the water is too high. The water level must be 3 meters above the national water level point. The doors have the power to hold 70.000 ton of water force.

10. In 2002 the dike project in Rotterdam was put to the first ultimate test because of the onset of a major storm. What happened?

Answer: water did not rise high enough to close the doors

The computers had calculated all the risks and noticed that sea level would be above the 3 meter level and was starting all the necessary actions to close the port at the same time. However when the highest level was supposed to occur the doors did not close.

The computer did a recalculation and the new calculated level would be 2.99 meters. Had human intervention taken place it would almost certainly have closed because of the anticipation of the overflow.

Source: Author cbethlem

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