Did you know that Holland is actually a region on the west coast of the Netherlands but the name is frequently used (informally) to refer to the Netherlands as a whole.
Holland Quiz Questions
- The city of Eindhoven is the birthplace of which famous electronics company?
- Which Dutch athlete is best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 London Summer Olympics?
- Which Dutch city is known for its university, established in 1575, and also the place where many of the Pilgrims lived before setting off on the Mayflower?
- The Wilhelmus is the oldest in the world; what is it?
- What is the literal translation of the word 'Netherlands'?
- Which classical scholar, born in Rotterdam in 1466, was known as 'Prince of the Humanists'?
- What was the currency in the Netherlands before being replaced by the euro in 2002?
- What name is given to the megalopolis in the central-western Netherlands consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities?
- Which Dutch artist's most famous triptych is The Garden of Earthly Delights?
- Which city has the largest port in Europe?
- As well as Dutch, which West Germanic language is spoken in the north of the Netherlands?
- Which country in the Caribbean Sea starting with the letter 'A' is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands?
- Who became the Prime Minister of the Netherlands in October 2010?
- Name the third-largest city in the Netherlands?
- Which Rotterdam football club did Johan Cruyff end his playing career with?
- Which Dutch scientist discovered the moon of Saturn called Titan and invented the pendulum clock?
- What name is given to the period in the 17th Century during which prices for the recently introduced tulip bulbs reached very high levels before collapsing?
- What is the name of the country's main international airport?
- Which museum holds the largest and most important collection of classical Dutch art? And which famous artist is most associated with Amsterdam?
- The Kinderdijk area is a UNESCO World Heritage site because of it's 19 what?
Answers:
- Philips
- Fanny Blankers-Koen
- Leiden
- The Dutch National anthem (and world's oldest national anthem)
- Lower Countries
- Erasmus
- The Dutch Guilder
- Randstad
- Hieronymus Bosch
- The Port of Rotterdam
- Frisian
- Aruba
- Mark Rutte
- The Hague (Amsterdam and Rotterdam are first and second)
- Feyenoord
- Christiaan Huygens
- Tulip Mania
- Schiphol Amsterdam Airport
- The Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt.
- Traditional windmills