Q 01/05

Belgium sits in a coastal lowland part of Europe known as what?

A) The Low Countries

B) The Northern Marches

C) The Flatlands

D) The Polder Belt

Answer · why

A) The Low Countries

The Netherlands and Luxembourg share the label; together the three are the Benelux.

Q 02/05

How many nations share a land border with Belgium?

A) Five

B) Four

C) Two

D) Three

Answer · why

B) Four

The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; the North Sea takes the fifth side.

Q 03/05

Which language is spoken by the Flemish Community, roughly 60 percent of Belgians?

A) German

B) Flemish Gaelic

C) Dutch

D) French

Answer · why

C) Dutch

About 40 percent speak French and around one percent German, and the split runs through everything from politics to universities.

Q 04/05

What is the northern, Dutch-speaking region of Belgium called?

A) Limburg

B) Wallonia

C) Brabant

D) Flanders

Answer · why

D) Flanders

Wallonia is the French-speaking south; the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region sits between them.

Q 05/05

In which year did the Belgian Revolution create an independent Belgium?

A) 1830

B) 1815

C) 1789

D) 1821

Answer · why

A) 1830

The new state broke away from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands set up at the Congress of Vienna.