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The Netherlands, The Basics Trivia Quiz

In this quiz I will ask some basic questions about the Netherlands. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by StefanL. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
StefanL

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
158,546

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2664

Last 3 plays: Guest 212 (7/10), Guest 83 (7/10), Guest 95 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

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

the Low Countries

Germany

Holland

Belgium

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Question 2 of 10

2. How is the Netherlands governed? Hint

socialist peoples' republic

constitutional monarchy

grandduchy

hereditary dictatorship

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Question 3 of 10

3. The city of Rotterdam has one of the largest of these in the world. Hint

shopping mall

airport

seaport

windmill

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Question 4 of 10

4. What country borders the Netherlands to the east? Hint

Germany

Belgium

England

Sri Lanka

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the highest point in the Netherlands? Hint

Vaalserberg

Mont Blanc

Aconcagua

Paasheuvel

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Question 6 of 10

6. What currency has been used in the Netherlands since 2002? Hint

euro

franc

guilder

yen

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Question 7 of 10

7. The national team of the Netherlands won the European championship soccer in which year of the 20th century? Hint

1988

1974

1992

2000

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who of the following was born in the Netherlands? Hint

Franklin Roosevelt

William the Silent

Vladimir Putin

Willeke Alberti

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these rivers enters the Netherlands from Belgium? Hint

Maas (Meuse)

Donau (Danube)

Rhine (Rijn)

Lek

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Netherlands consist of how many provinces? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

Answer: Holland

Holland is in fact only a part of the Netherlands, but the name is used for the country as a whole. The Low Countries is used for the total of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

2. How is the Netherlands governed?

Answer: constitutional monarchy

The Netherlands has a constitution and a monarch. Queen Beatrix became queen in 1980 and abdicated in favour of her son, Willem-Alexander who became king in 2013.

3. The city of Rotterdam has one of the largest of these in the world.

Answer: seaport

Rotterdam's competitors are close by however (e.g. Singapore, Antwerp, London etc.).

4. What country borders the Netherlands to the east?

Answer: Germany

Germany borders the Netherlands to the east, Belgium to the south and the North Sea to the north and the west.

5. What is the highest point in the Netherlands?

Answer: Vaalserberg

The Vaalserberg is 321 m tall, the Paasheuvel is even lower than that. The Aconcagua is a giant in the Andes and the Mont Blanc in the Alps.

6. What currency has been used in the Netherlands since 2002?

Answer: euro

The guilder was in 2002 replaced by the euro.

7. The national team of the Netherlands won the European championship soccer in which year of the 20th century?

Answer: 1988

In 2000 the Netherlands and Belgium organized the event, but neither became champion.

8. Who of the following was born in the Netherlands?

Answer: Willeke Alberti

Willeke Alberti is a popular (female) singer from Amsterdam. William the Silent was the founder of the nation state, but was born in Germany. Roosevelt's ancestors came from the Netherlands, but he was born in the US (and would otherwise never have become an American president).

9. Which of these rivers enters the Netherlands from Belgium?

Answer: Maas (Meuse)

The river Rhine enters the Netherlands from Germany, the Danube never enters Dutch territory and the Lek is a branch of the Rhine solely in the Netherlands.

10. The Netherlands consist of how many provinces?

Answer: 12

They are: Fryslan, Groningen, Drente, Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland, North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, North Brabant, Limburg.

Source: Author StefanL

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