Q 01/05

How many provinces make up the Netherlands?

A) Ten

B) Nine

C) Twelve

D) Fifteen

Answer · why

C) Twelve

Beyond the European provinces, three Caribbean islands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) are 'special municipalities' that belong to no province at a...

Q 02/05

Which non-capital city is the seat of the Dutch government, parliament and Supreme Court?

A) Leiden

B) Utrecht

C) Rotterdam

D) The Hague

Answer · why

D) The Hague

Its formal Dutch name, 's-Gravenhage, means 'the count's enclosure', a nod to the hunting grounds of the medieval Counts of Holland.

Q 03/05

Roughly what share of the Netherlands' land area lies below sea level?

A) 8%

B) 26%

C) 50%

D) 70%

Answer · why

B) 26%

Even so, the country's highest point is not in Europe at all: Mount Scenery on the Caribbean island of Saba rises 870 metres.

Q 04/05

At about 322 metres, what is the highest point of the European Netherlands?

A) Posbank

B) Lemelerberg

C) Vaalserberg

D) Holterberg

Answer · why

C) Vaalserberg

It sits at the Drielandenpunt, where the Dutch, Belgian and German borders meet, so you can stand in three countries in a few strides.

Q 05/05

Which Netherlands province, established in 1986, was reclaimed from the former Zuiderzee?

A) Drenthe

B) Overijssel

C) Groningen

D) Flevoland

Answer · why

D) Flevoland

Its capital, Lelystad, is named after Cornelis Lely, the engineer who designed the reclamation scheme; the province's eastern and southern polders for...