Before 2010, the Dutch Kingdom consisted of three nations: the Netherlands, Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. In 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was broken up into seperate countries and a few islands joined the Dutch state.
2.The Eighty Years' War lasted how many years exactly?
78
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83
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76
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80
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It lasted exactly 80 years, just like is says.
3.When did the Dutch national football team win their only cup ever, and which championship was it?
2010, world championship
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1988, European championship
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1995, European championship
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1988, world championship
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The Dutch football team does hold the record for coming close to winning the world cup, but screwing it up last minute.
4.The Dutch language belongs to which language group?
West-Germanic
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South-Germanic
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East-Germanic
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British
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5.Who is known to be the mastermind behind the Zuiderzee works (the creation of the province of Flevoland in the Zuiderzee)?
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Cornelis Lely
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Eduard Douwes Dekker
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Thorbecke was an important Dutch politician in the nineteenth century. Van Leeuwenhoek was a famous scientist. Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known under his pseudonym; Multatuli, wrote the very important book 'Max Havelaar'. Cornelis Lely's involvement in the Zuiderzee works can be seen in the name of the capital of the province of Flevoland: Lelystad.
6.Which plane crash had the most Dutch people killed, also being the most deadly air disaster in world history?
Malaysia Airlines 17 (MH17)
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El Al 1862 (Bijlmerdisaster)
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Martin Air 495, Faro disaster
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KLM 4805, Tenerife Airport disaster
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An American Pan Am 747 and a KLM 747 collided on the runway in dense fog, killing over 500 people, where of more than 200 were Dutch. MH17 comes close, killing 193 Dutch, out of a total of 283 killed. In the Martin Air disaster 56 people were killed. In the Bijlmerramp, which involved an Israeli cargoplane, 43 people were killed.
7.What city is the capital of the province of North-Holland
Haarlem
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Amersfoort
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Leiden
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Amsterdam
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8.Who was the Dutch prime-minister, when Germany invaded the Netherlands?
Joop den Uyl
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Dirk Jan de Geer
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Pieter Gerbrandy
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Hendrikus Colijn
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Pieter Gerbrandy was prime-minister during WW2, four months after the capitulation of the Dutch. Joop den Uyl was PM in the seventies and Colijn in the thirties untill 1939.
9.In 1975 and in 1977, two trains were hijacked by at De Punt and Wijster. What goal did these hijackers have?
Independence for the Republic of South Moluccas
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Independence for Flanders
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Independence for Suriname
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Independence for Indonesia
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The hijackers wanted the Dutch government to pursue independence for the South Moluccas and lobby with the Indonesian government for that purpose.
10.What does the coat of arms of the Netherlands say?
Concordia res parvae crescunt
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Je maintiendrai
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L'union fait la force
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Luctor et emergo
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Concordia res parvae crescunt was on the coat of arms of the Dutch Republic. L'union fait la force is the Belgian motto. Luctor et emergo is the coat of arms of the province of Zeeland.
11.Which of these composers was of Dutch heritage?
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Sebastian Bach
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Frédéric Chopin
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12.Who was a prominent figure in the Dutch nazi party, NSB?
Abraham Kuyper
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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Antonie Fokker
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Meinoud Rost van Tonningen
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Abraham Kuyper was PM around 1900. Antonie Fokker was a Dutch aviation pioneer and Arthur Seyss-Inquart was the Reichscommisaris of the Netherlands from 1940 untill 1945.