Q 01/05

Which Dutch province shares its name with a neighbouring Belgian province?

A) Utrecht

B) Overijssel

C) Limburg

D) Gelderland

Answer · why

C) Limburg

Limburg was a single territory until Belgium broke away from the Netherlands in the 1830s; the border finally agreed in 1839 left a province called Li...

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

The Hague has been the seat of government since the days of the Dutch Republic, yet the official capital is Amsterdam, where neither the cabinet nor p...

Q 03/05

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

A) 1%

B) 8%

C) 26%

D) 80%

Answer · why

C) 26%

26%, about a quarter of the country, lies below sea level, and roughly half of it sits no more than a metre above; dikes, dunes and pumps are all that...

Q 04/05

Which two countries meet the Netherlands at the Vaalserberg?

A) Belgium and Germany

B) Belgium and France

C) Germany and Denmark

D) France and Luxembourg

Answer · why

A) Belgium and Germany

Belgium and Germany meet the Netherlands at the Three-Country Point, 322 metres up; for most of the 19th century a fourth territory, tiny Neutral More...

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

Flevoland lay under water within living memory: its polders were pumped dry between 1942 and 1968, and its capital, Lelystad, is named after the engin...