the Belgium Quiz

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

Ok ,everybosy is beginnig to post poll's about their country here ,as the only representative of my superpower i have the obligation to do the same (i guess)

1) how much monarch's has belgium had?
2) what is the name of our current monarch?
3) what is the name of our Prime minister?
4) How much poppulation has Belgium
5) Belgium has 2 major ethnical groups (based on language),name them.
6) what is the name of Belgiums first colony
7) how much languages are there spoken in belgium
8) what is our biggest export product?
9) when was belgium independant (the year), and from who
10) how much european civilizations have occupied Belgium.name them if you can.
11) Julius caesar wrote about the belgians in "la bella galico":
From all people the Belgians are the ........ ?
12) Flandres was a very important region through the middle ages ,for wich export product was it famous?
13) What was the name people gave to bruges in the middle ages
14) Wich Flemmish Duke was the hero at the capture of jeruzalem of the fattimids in the first crusade?

 

[joespaniel]

I voted for No.#1. I like Duvel.

As for the questions, I know a few...I think...

#2-King AlbertII
#3-Some guy named Guy (Verhoften?)
#4-10 million give or take
#5-French and Dutch
#7- (guess) 4?
#8-Ducks
#9-(guess)1830 from Netherlands?
#10- Oh boy. How about Romans, French, Dutch, Spanish,Germans...Swedes?,Danes?, I dont know
#12-Ducks
#13-(guess)Brussels?
#14-The Duke of Flanders!

Thats the best I can do, hope I got a couple at least.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

#3-Some guy named Guy (Verhoften?)

almost ,Verhofstad.

#5-French and Dutch

these are the language's these groups speak.

#8-Ducks

We export ourselfs in the summer.but i guess we won't do that anymore ,there are a lot of people against us immigrants.

#14-The Duke of Flanders! :rotflmao:

has joespaniel discovered the profound mystical and sarcastic meaning of my name.
Think again ,because youre answer was wrong

number 2,3,4 and 9 were correct though.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

#5; the Squeamish & the Poltroons, wait, maybe that is the Flemish and the Walloons, no, right the first time.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

#5; the Squeamish & the Poltroons, wait, maybe that is the Flemish and the Walloons, no, right the first time.

That's one for lefty ,by the way ,have you ever been in Poltronia?There are a lot of beautifull horny chicks screaming for group sex over there.Ah ,i could tell you so much about it...

 

[Sodak]

Well, you've confirmed the answers I knew (3, 4, 5, 9)! Here are my remaining guesses:

2) Guus Flater
6) Congo
7) Vlaams, Walloons, and that oddity they speak in Luxembourg?
8) diamonds (should be )
10) Romans, Franks, Spanish (Hapsburgs), Dutch, Germans, English...
11) ...most beautiful.
12) paintings?

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

6) Congo

Because none of the big colonial powers wanted the other to have the Congo ,it was given to belgium. Soon after the Belgians discoverd it was full of natural recources and had more gold and diamonds their world economies could bare.The big colonial powers were stupied to not fight a war for this country.But we forgive them

7) Vlaams, Walloons, and that oddity they speak in Luxembourg?

almost ,vlaams and Waloons is correct ,that odity is a known language and it's spoken in a small region of the country.
Tip: We "captured" that region from germany......... (serious hint)
it's called the Eastcantons.

8) diamonds (should be )

Actually ,we even export more diamonds "illigaly" than we do in statistics, the profitmarges are hugh ,and antwerp is the worlds diamond center.In volume though we export more beer ,because beer is genneraly more consumed.

10) Romans, Franks, Spanish (Hapsburgs), Dutch, Germans, English...

1 of them is wrong ,one should be added.

11) ...most beautiful.

i wiched! You 've never been to Belgium? (How could you ,BELGIUM!!!)

12) paintings?

technicly ,we only traded our (for that time pretty master pieces) paintings with the Germans during wwII ,although it was a pretty louzy deal ,one master piece for a load of a smeiser rifle.

No it was something else.

This trade good gave us a strong economical relation with england through the middle ages, That produced the raw material in mass used for making this good.This trade good has been found trough large parts of the world in the middle ages.Some pieces of this good have be found in china.

question 6 and 8 has been answered correctly ,7 and 10 only partly.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

10. Delete English, add Austrians.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

10. Delete English, add Austrians.

Number 10 answered correctly by Lefty

The score (for now) :
Joespaniel: 2,3,4 and 9 thus 4 correct
Lefty scaevola 5 and 10 thus 2 correct
Sodak 6 and 8 thus 2 correct

unanswered are:1,7,11,12,13 and 14

Everybody can still win! (sounds of a good quizmaster)

Never though some foureign people knew so much about this puny country.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

7) 2?

12) Wool?

"Because none of the big colonial powers wanted the other to have the Congo ,it was given to belgium. Soon after the Belgians discoverd it was full of natural recources and had more gold and diamonds their world economies could bare.The big colonial powers were stupied to not fight a war for this country.But we forgive them"

But didn't you know the Belgians instituted the most oppressive and rapacious colonial administration in Belgian Congo? The Belgian royalty systematically exploited and harnessed the natural resources of the country and enriched themselves immensely in the process. Congo was administrated like their own personal royal estate.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

7) 2?

nope ,but close

12) Wool?

Also close ,that was the recource England produced at mass for export with us in the middle ages.

But didn't you know the Belgians instituted the most oppressive and rapacious colonial administration in Belgian Congo? The Belgian royalty systematically exploited and harnessed the natural resources of the country and enriched themselves immensely in the process. Congo was administrated like their own personal royal estate.

If i know that? Man i can write essays about Belgium and Congo.We've gotten righ thanks to Congo ,and were still getting richer on their expense.Why do you think diamonds are Belgium's major export product?
Anyway ,if we wouldn rip them off,the jews would.The whole Antwerp diamond market (including blood diamonds) is practicly in Jewish hands.Nothing racist though,Only facts.After Belgium Israel is the biggest diamond seller.

But it's true ,Belgium did no good colonization job in Congo.
But most colonizers have done some attroceties though.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

2) 3 since someone already mentioned 4.

12) Spun cloth?

Yeah I know all about imperialist powers, coming fr an ex-colonial territory.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

The score (for now) :
Joespaniel: 2,3,4 and 9 thus 4 correct
Lefty scaevola 5 and 10 thus 2 correct
Sodak 6 and 8 thus 2 correct
Skm 7 and 12 thus 2 correct

We speak three langauges spoken in Belgium: Dutch,French and German.

Trough the middle ages Flandres was one of the econmicly richest regions in Europe.Cloth was our major trading good.
That's why we took England's side in the 100 years war.Flandres was dependent on the English wool for its economy.
Pieces of Flabdres cloth has been traded as far as China.

Still 4 questons left: unanswered are:1,11,13 and 14

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

Sidack should have ten, I was not paying for score, just fun and clean up.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

Cleaning up on another one (I have read Ceaser's Gallic Commentaries, in Latin), The Belgae were the bravest of the Celtae, and the most fierce in battle.

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

I will clean up on # 1# & 14 today around noon if no one esle gets them.

 

[willemvanoranje]

1) Leopold I, Leopold II, Boudewijn zoveel.....eeeeh sinds 1840, dat is......5?
2) Albert I
3) het was De Haene, maar nu......
4) 10 miljoen
5) Vlamen en Walen (of Waloniers ofzo)
6) Ik ken er maar 1: Belgisch COngo
7) oorspronkelijke talen: 3. Frans, Duits en het mooie Nederlands.
8) dat zou ik niet weten, poststukken van de EU?
9) 1840 (erkent in 1849) van ons Nederlanders, jullie hadden eerder mogen gaan als het aan mij lag.
10) WHAT?! Celts, Romans, Goths, Germans, French, Spanish. Is dat genoeg? (wij hebben jullie niet bezet: voor klachten moet je bij het Congres van Wenen zijn).
11) Grrrrrr. Hier is Abraracourcix het niet mee eens!!! Ze zijn het dapperst.
12) Wacht! Die heb ik gehad op school ooit! Lakens ofzo?
13) Brugge
14) Godfroid van Bouillon? Ik kende vroeger al die gasten, maar nu.....


En dan nog iets........Congo ging naar Belgie niet alleen omdat niemand anders het graag wilde, maar ook door de ongelooflijke politieke inspanningen van jullie koning Leopold toendertijd. Om het Vlaams te houden: proficiat!

SAMSON & GERT RULE!!!!

 

[Lefty Scaevola]

Billy got Godfrey of Bouillon, that leaves me to clean up # 13. Bruges, originally Brugge (means bridge?), was named for a time Flanders, which later became the name of the larger land area.

 

[TheDuckOfFlanders]

Cleaning up on another one (I have read Ceaser's Gallic Commentaries, in Latin), The Belgae were the bravest of the Celtae, and the most fierce in battle.

correct ,although in present time the Belgium soldiers are not that brave anymore ,except when they are drunk.Considering that they are drunk almost always they maybe are brave.

10) WHAT?! Celts, Romans, Goths, Germans, French, Spanish. Is dat genoeg? (wij hebben jullie niet bezet: voor klachten moet je bij het Congres van Wenen zijn).

Ah nee zeker?Terug in 1820 waren jullie toch maar een bende imperialistische zwijnen.Maar nu zijn jullie veel braver. (goed drugsbeleid)

11) Grrrrrr. Hier is Abraracourcix het niet mee eens!!! Ze zijn het dapperst.

Abraracourix was een sissy die aleen kon winnen met toverdrank.En Obelix heeft verdomme al onze zwijnen opgegeten.

12) Wacht! Die heb ik gehad op school ooit! Lakens ofzo?

Dat is inderdaad die mooie nederlandse vertaling van Cloth.Correct man.

13) Brugge

onder andere...

14) Godfroid van Bouillon? Ik kende vroeger al die gasten, maar nu.....

Tenminste iemand die dat weet.Nog een correct.

En dan nog iets........Congo ging naar Belgie niet alleen omdat niemand anders het graag wilde, maar ook door de ongelooflijke politieke inspanningen van jullie koning Leopold toendertijd. Om het Vlaams te houden: proficiat!

Al spreekt iedereen in Congo wel Frans omdat in die tijd De Walen het land bestuurden

SAMSON & GERT RULE!!!!

En zwemmen beiden in de miljarden

Billy got Godfrey of Bouillon, that leaves me to clean up # 13. Bruges, originally Brugge (means bridge?), was named for a time Flanders, which later became the name of the larger land area

Tottaly wrong...
Flanders was a bit bigger at that time.Limburg wasn't yet included but the North-east of France was.Practicly Flanders was then bigger than it is now.
Brugge was the ...... of the North (6 letters)

 

[willemvanoranje]

Imperialistisch? Ja, klopt. Maar het is niet onze schuld dat jullie bij ons kwamen. Om eerlijk te zijn, het was beter geweest als tenminste Vlaanderen bij Nederland was gebleven, ook al had er dan politiek veel meer moeten veranderen (van alle ambtenaren was maar 3% Belg, geloof ik. Nederlanders werden bevoordeeld.) Maar denk je is in: Nederland en Vlaanderen samen: dat betekend tenminste 1 wereld beker. En 2 of meer Europacups!