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Going Dutch In English Trivia Quiz

When English goes Dutch, it's seldom to praise the 'Hollanders'. This quiz is about English expressions that include the word 'Dutch'. And NO, they don't all have negative connotations.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,208

Updated
Apr 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2223

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What kind of DUTCH do you talk when you talk unintelligible gibberish? Hint

double Dutch

devil's Dutch

donkey Dutch

simpleton's Dutch

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a DUTCH reckoning ? Hint

bill or invoice in which you illegally left out the V.A.T.

higher bill than expected

faulty reckoning

lower bill than expected

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Question 3 of 10

3. How do you conclude a DUTCH bargain ? Hint

by deciding to call off the deal

by going to an expensive restaurant

by drinking something together

by getting drunk

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do you do when you go DUTCH? Hint

you try to make a gain at every opportunity

you offer free drinks to all your company

you tend to be extremely moralising

everybody pays his own share of the bill

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Question 5 of 10

5. What's a DUTCH feast? Hint

the host himself gets drunk the first.

there are no alcoholic drinks.

everybody gets drunk in less than no time.

loud singing and shouting

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is a DUTCH wife? Hint

a grass widow

a woman who is your sexual partner but not your legitimate wife

a woman who bosses her hubby

frame of cane used for resting the limbs in bed

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Question 7 of 10

7. What's a DUTCH doll? Hint

a ragdoll

a jointed wooden doll

a hooker

a doll that can say Mom and can close her eyelids

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Question 8 of 10

8. What kind of comfort would you call DUTCH comfort? Hint

getting comfort from knowing the situation could be worse

getting a blunt refusal to helpots of promises but no concrete help

getting a lot of help

getting help but paying through your nose for it

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Question 9 of 10

9. What type of auction do you call a DUTCH auction? Hint

the auctioneer rises the price till nobody bids any more

the last bid before an alarm-clock rings is decisive

the last bid before a burning candle dies out is decisive

the auctioneer lowers the price till somebody bids

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Question 10 of 10

10. What type of door do you call a DUTCH door ? Hint

kind of mini-door that lets in a cat but closes again when it has passed through

porch door with a semicircular top part

door with a glass window in the centre of it

a door with upper and lower halves that can be opened independently

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What kind of DUTCH do you talk when you talk unintelligible gibberish?

Answer: double Dutch

Many of these expressions probably arose in the period after the Act of Navigation when the Dutch and English navies were at war with each other.

2. What is a DUTCH reckoning ?

Answer: faulty reckoning

V.A.T.= Valued Added Tax

3. How do you conclude a DUTCH bargain ?

Answer: by drinking something together

A drop of gin after concluding a deal was not unusual in the Low Countries by the Sea.

4. What do you do when you go DUTCH?

Answer: everybody pays his own share of the bill

To talk like a DUTCH uncle may imply some moralising tone of course.- DUTCH lunches, DUTCH treats are all types of going DUTCH.

5. What's a DUTCH feast?

Answer: the host himself gets drunk the first.

6. What is a DUTCH wife?

Answer: frame of cane used for resting the limbs in bed

Also called a bamboo wife, this is a hollow open-weave cylinder that can be used to support the arms and legs in hot conditions, allowing a better airflow than is provided by contact with fabric-covered mattress and pillows. The cylinder can also be placed as a support under the knees to relieve lower back pain when lying on one's back.

7. What's a DUTCH doll?

Answer: a jointed wooden doll

From a pedagogical point of view, wooden toys have often been viewed as more suitable than plastic toys.

8. What kind of comfort would you call DUTCH comfort?

Answer: getting comfort from knowing the situation could be worse

9. What type of auction do you call a DUTCH auction?

Answer: the auctioneer lowers the price till somebody bids

Shorter Oxford says: a sale in which the price is gradually reduced by the auctioneer until a buyer is found.- It is rumoured that the expression might even mean : selling to the *lowest* bidder.

10. What type of door do you call a DUTCH door ?

Answer: a door with upper and lower halves that can be opened independently

Another 'neutral' use of the word DUTCH is to be found in the term DUTCH oven for a covered dish for cooking meat.

Source: Author flem-ish

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