# | What they did / were | Dutchman / Dutchwoman | % Correct |
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10 | Painter who cut his ear off | Vincent van Gogh | 92%
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9 | Painter of the Night Watch | Rembrandt van Rijn | 85%
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8 | WWII diarist | Anne Frank | 79%
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6 | Total Football | Johan Cruyff | 67%
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26 | Admiral and privateer, "silver fleet" | Piet Pieterszoon Hein | 67%
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2 | "the father of the fatherland", main lader against the Habsburgs | William of Orange | 67%
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18 | Businessman, famous Dutch brewing company | Freddy Heineken | 62%
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20 | Queen, 1890-1948 | Queen Wilhelmina | 56%
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5 | Renaissance humanist and social critic | Desiderius Erasmus | 54%
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14 | Queen, 1948-1980 | Queen Juliana | 52%
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1 | Politician assassinated during the 2002 election campaign | Pim Fortuyn | 51%
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4 | the Father of Microbiology | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | 49%
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7 | Dutch admiral nicknamed Bestevaêr (grandfather), Raid on the Medway | Michiel de Ruyter | 38%
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23 | Husband of former Queen Beatrix | Prince Claus | 36%
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17 | Co-founder and CEO of a large Dutch technology company | Anton Philips | 34%
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13 | Great Dutch writer, Jip and Janneke | Annie M.G. Schmidt | 31%
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25 | Former striker, did manage the Netherlands national football team | Marco van Basten | 25%
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12 | Astronomer and major figure in the scientific revolution, discovered Titan | Christiaan Huygens | 21%
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11 | Women's suffrage activist and first female physician in the Netherlands | Aletta Jacobs | 20%
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21 | Enlightened critic of the Bible during the Dutch Golden Age | Baruch de Spinoza | 20%
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15 | Important figure in the creation of the Constitution | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | 20%
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27 | Prime Minister 1973-1977, polarizing | Joop den Uyl | 20%
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29 | "the Flying Housewife" who won four gold medals at the Olympic Games 1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | 18%
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3 | Prime Minister after World War II who rebuilt the country (modern welfare state) | Willem Drees | 18%
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19 | Resistance fighter, the girl with the red hair | Hannie Schaft | 13%
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16 | Well-known officer in The Salvation Army | Alida Bosshardt | 11%
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28 | Mill builder and hydraulic engineer | Jan Adriaenszoon Leeghwater | 11%
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24 | Executed statesman who played an important role in the struggle for independence from Spain | Johan van Oldenbarnevelt | 10%
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22 | Comedian, one of the "Great Three" of Dutch cabaret | Toon Hermans | 10%
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30 | Dutch comedy duo | van Kooten en de Bie | 5%
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