The Netherlands Quiz

[willemvanoranje]

Then now some questions about the Netherlands:

1. What is Holland?
2. How many kings/queens did we have?
3. What is our population?
4. What is the Waterlinie?
5. What happened in 1600?
6. Name 10 Dutch colonies
7. What was the most important happening in Dutch history?
8. When did we win the European Championship Football?
9. What is the best Dutch football club throughout history?
10. When was Amsterdam founded (an age is enough)?
11. What was the motto of the first Dutch republic?
12. Where do they speek Dutch, except for in the Netherlands?
13. What is the Dutch capital?
14. What is Fort Holland?
15. What did we do in WW I and what in WW II?
16. Why did there come so many 'outlanders' to Amsterdam in the 16th and 17th century (and even later)?
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[Sodak]

1) 2 of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands
2) one at a time
3) ~16 million
4) the "national" system of dikes devised to protect the lowlands - replaced (?) the old system of individual polders and settlements having their own dike system.
5) the dawning of the Golden Age
6) Oost-Indie (Indonesia), Surinaam, Curacao and others "borrowed" from the Portuguese (sorry, my font doesn't have the c with a parasite...), Nederlands Antilles, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustacius, Nieuw Amsterdam (defunct), Zuid Afrika (if that counts), ...
7) (see #8, below)
8) 1988 - Guuuuuulllit! Van Baaaaaasten! Rrrrrrijkaaard!
9) (see #8, above - they actually won) or Ajax in the 70's
10) ~1100ad
11) Hup Hup Hoera
12) Surinaam, Belgium, east central Michigan (US)
13) Amsterdam, with Den Haag as seat of the parliament
14) I've nary a clue
15) WW1: sat around eating spruitjes and kaas; WW2: got rolled over by the moffen, then froze while dreaming of eating spruitjes and kaas
16) to get rich? Tulips, spice trade, fish?

 

[joespaniel]

Ten questions, huh? Aparently the Dutch are not known for their mathmatics.

OK, I might get a few of these...

#3-16 million or so
#7- Winning the European Championship
#13-Amsterdam
#14-If you mean Fortress Holland, it was a defensive line protecting the Hague, Rotterdam and the Capitol against German invaders 1940.
#15-Remain nuetral and get screwed anyway.
#16-Hashish?

Sorry I couldn't do better...

 

[adamsj]

The Dutch are people who live in a small succesful country who have to get land for the Sea, because of the Dense Population!

:crazyeyes

 

[addiv]

1. It is the western area of the country, currently divided in 2 provinces, noord-holland and zuid-holland. But these 2 provinces do not consist exactly the same area as holland did in the 17th century.
2. We have had 3 queens and 3 kings.
3. about 16 million people
4. The Waterlinie? Isn't that a stroke of land in the west that can be put under water to protect us from invaders (which didn't really work in the last war)?
5. Battle of Nieuwpoort
6. We have had Indonesia, parts of Zuid-Afrika, Suriname, New Amsterdam (now New York), and certainly some small island which I don't know, and currently we still have Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, half of Sint-Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
7. Ehhmmm, I would say the declaration of independence in 1574 or so.
8. 1988 Gullit and Van Basten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. Unfortunately not Feyenoord but Ajax
10. 12th century or so?
11. Je maintiendrai
12. Flanders, a small piece of northwest France, Suriname, the Antillen, Aruba, small parts of South Africa.
13. Amsterdam
14. Fort Holland?!?? Doesn't exist or only in a name but what's in a name?
15. WW1-neutral WW2-we were attacked by germany although we wanted to stay neutral.
16. Amsterdam was a flourishing city and in the south of the Netherlands (the current Flanders) many people fled to Amsterdam because the catholics there were not very nice to them. Many Jews from Portugal came here too. Later in the 1960's, we recruited Morroccons and Turks to work here because there were too less people to do all the (dirty) work. Later many people came here because there own countries weren't very nice and because you could easily enter the Netherlands.
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[willemvanoranje]

You guys are doing pretty well. I'll wait another day, maybe 2, before giving the right answers.

 

[DaEezT]

1) A country?
3) ~15 Million, 17 if you include the stoned tourists...
4) "The Waterlinie" = thos canals that run through the whole country that are full with tourist on boats...
6) Belgium
9) Ajax
11) We'll allow everything our neighbours forbid?
16) Dope? Or was it that religous stuff?

 

[willemvanoranje]

Scepticism.......How long will it take for you people to see that our drugs policy WORKS!

 

[Michiel de Ruyter]

6 ) Belgium, Luxemburg , Surinam, Dutch Antilles( + Aruba), Indonesia, New Netherlands ( around New Amsterdam now New York), Ceylon ( Sri Lanka), Formosa (Taiwan), Brazil, South Afrika, Gold Coast ( now Guinee in West-Africa)

 

[willemvanoranje]

-What is Holland?
It used to be a province, now it's departed into to 2 different provinces: North- and South-Holland. IT'S NOT A COUNTRY!

-How many kings/queens did we have?
3 kings, 3 queens

-What is our population?
16 million

-What is the Waterlinie?
A network of dikes and land that can be put underwater, defended by a long line of fortresses from Muiden to somewhere in the south

-What happened in 1600?
Battle of Nieuwpoort

-Name 10 Dutch colonies
most of the given answers were correct

-What was the most important happening in Dutch history?
80-year War / Independence War

-When did we win the European Championship Football?
1988

-What is the best Dutch football club throughout history?
AJAX!!!!

-When was Amsterdam founded (an age is enough)?
13th century (at least there's evidence, maybe it was even ealier)

-What was the motto of the first Dutch republic?
Concordia res parvae cres****

-Where do they speek Dutch, except for in the Netherlands?
Suriname Vlaanderen

-What is the Dutch capital?
AMSTERDAM!!!

-What is Fort Holland?
The defence line (WWII) to defend the most important part of the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam. It defends the provinces North- and South-Holland

-What did we do in WW I and what in WW II?
WWI: being neutral and eventually let Wilhelm II into our country
WWII: get rushed and bombed by Germany

-Why did there come so many 'outlanders' to Amsterdam in the 16th and 17th century (and even later)?
The Spanish Inquisition was hunting them because of their religion. The Netherlands had religious freedom. Besides, Antwerpen was 'blocked' by Dutch ships, so they moved to the next wealthiest and best port: Amsterdam.

 

[willemvanoranje]

A'dam:

 

[Ribannah]

What is Holland?
The largest greenhouse in the world
How many kings/queens did we have?
16,000,000
What is our population?
A bunch of ice-skaters
What is the Waterlinie?
I'm looking at it (@&$#8!! 20cm water on my path)
What happened in 1600?
A small step for a gatemaster, a giant leap year for the Dutch!
Name 10 Dutch colonies
Hoogezand, Sappermeer, Oude Pekela, Nieuwe Pekela,
Veendam, Stadskanaal, Borger, Odoorn, Wildervank, ... Zevenhuizen
What was the most important happening in Dutch history?
Contact with the Iroquois
When did we win the European Championship Football?
You played? Every disadvantage has its advantage.
What is the best Dutch football club throughout history?
Barcelona
When was Amsterdam founded (an age is enough)?
It wasn't. It kinda grew with the diamonds and the red lights.
What was the motto of the first Dutch republic?
"Hij heeft gewonnen, de zilvervloo-hooo-hooo-hoot!"
Where do they speek Dutch, except for in the Netherlands?
In Benidorm
What is the Dutch capital?
Tulips
What is Fort Holland?
Another Waterline, but without the water
What did we do in WW I and what in WW II?
(I) Preparing for (II) Kickin' ass with the same old weapons of (I) til the order came to surrender
Why did there come so many 'outlanders' to Amsterdam in the 16th and 17th century (and even later)?
For the diamonds and the red lights

 

[willemvanoranje]

You know what the worst part is......I can't even say those answers are wrong!