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Question	Answer	% Correct
What African country has the most people of Dutch descent?	South Africa	94%
What country was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies?	Indonesia	91%
What country in South America speaks Dutch?	Suriname	88%
What Dutch-derived language is an official language of that country today?	Afrikaans	84%
What bird became extinct shortly after Mauritius was colonized in 1638?	Dodo	83%
What, primarily, did the Dutch East India Company import into Europe?	Spices	75%
What island country was known as Dutch Ceylon between 1640-1796?	Sri Lanka	74%
What Englishman, working for the Dutch, discovered a river in New York and a bay in Canada?	Henry Hudson	71%
What two modern megacities were once in the Dutch empire?	Jakarta	69%
What are the names of the ABC islands in the Caribbean?	Aruba	68%
What European country was successfully "invaded" by the Dutch in the Glorious Revolution of 1688?	England	65%
What word, meaning "farmer", was commonly used to refer to Dutch settlers in that country?	Boer	65%
What small Caribbean island does the Netherlands share with France?	Saint Martin	60%
What two modern megacities were once in the Dutch empire?	New York City	60%
What are the names of the ABC islands in the Caribbean?	Curaçao	58%
What were the Dutch names of those cities?	Nieuw Amsterdam	57%
What African country was once known as the Dutch Gold Coast?	Ghana	54%
Who discovered Tasmania in 1642?	Abel Tasman	48%
What are the names of the ABC islands in the Caribbean?	Bonaire	38%
What were the Dutch names of those cities?	Batavia	24%