Trivia Quiz Questions about The Netherlands (2024 update)
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This page was last updated on: January 4, 2024
Questions about the Netherlands
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Question: On which 'mountain', at 322 meters above sea level, can you find the highest point in the Netherlands?
Answer: The Vaalserberg
Question: Which Dutch painter created The Night Watch?
Answer: Rembrandt
Question: What century do we call The Golden Age in the Netherlands? The 16th or 17th century?
Answer: 17th century
Question: What is the largest lake in the Netherlands?
Answer: The IJsselmeer
Question: Which is the largest port in the Netherlands, Amsterdam or Rotterdam?
Answer: Rotterdam
Question: The Rutte administration fell early Friday night, July 7, 2023. Which # cabinet Rutte was this?
Answer: Cabinet-Rutte IV
Question: The inventor of Bluetooth is a Dutchman, true or false?
Answer: True (Jaap Haartsen)
Question: Since 2014, King's Day has fallen on April 27. What day did it fall on in 2013?
Answer: April 30
Question: Which Dutch soccer club has won the most national titles, Ajax or PSV?
Answer: Ajax
Question: In what year did the Netherlands win the European Championship in soccer (men)?
Answer: 1988
Question: Which energy label must an office building in the Netherlands have as of January 1, 2023?
Answer: Energy label C
Question: Which Dutch festival was sold out within fourteen minutes in February 2023?
Answer: Lowlands
Question: In which city can you find the Dutch Open Air Museum (Openluchtmuseum)?
Answer: Arnhem
Question: In which century did the so-called Rampjaar take place in the Netherlands?
Answer: 17th century (1672)
Question: Who painted the painting Starry Night? A. Pablo Picasso, B. Vincent van Gogh, C. Salvador Dalí, D. Claude Monet
Answer: B. Vincent van Gogh
Question: Are there more chickens or pigs in the Netherlands?
Answer: Chickens
Question: Which king lived from 1815-1840, William 1 or William 2?
Answer: William 2
Question: From which Dutch song do we know the sentence "In een discotheek zat ik van de week, en ik voelde mij daar zo alleen"
Answer: Een beetje verliefd (Andre Hazes)
Question: In early July 2023, a very severe summer storm swept through the Netherlands. What was the name given to the storm?
Answer: Poly
Question: In what year was slavery abolished in the Netherlands? A. 1789 B. 1806 C. 1848 D. 1863
Answer: D. 1863
Question: With which political party did Pieter Omtzigt participate in the November 22, 2023 elections to the House of Representatives?
Answer: New Social Contract (NSC)
Question: Which Dutchman has played the most international matches for the Dutch national team (men)?
Answer: Wesley Sneijder
Question: Complete the saying, "Beer after wine brings venom, wine after beer brings...."
Answer: Fun
Question: Where is the Netherlands Film Festival held? A. Amsterdam, B, Rotterdam, C. Utrecht, D. Wageningen
Answer: C. Utrecht
Question: How many provinces does the Netherlands have, 12 or 13?
Answer: 12 provinces
Question: In which Dutch city is the Dom tower located?
Answer: Utrecht
Question: Who was king of the Netherlands during World War I?
Answer: Wilhelmina
Question: In which Dutch village was Vincent van Gogh born?
Answer: Zundert
Question: KLM is the oldest national airline in the world, true or false?
Answer: True (1919)
Question: Who is considered the founder of parliamentarianism in the Netherlands?
Answer: Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
Question: Who wrote the book Oorlogswinter? A. Harry Mulisch B. Jan Terlouw C. Hermans D. Reve
Answer: B. Jan Terlouw
Question: Which count has been given a place in the Canon of the Netherlands?
Answer: Floris the Fifth
Question: Which Dutch concert series will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2023 and will celebrate with the biggest concert series ever in the Netherlands?
Answer: The Friends of Amstel LIVE
Question: Which Dutch bicycle factory was founded in 1892 and has been allowed to call itself Royal since 1992?
Answer: Gazelle
Question: What was the only Dutch-language song in the top 10 of the 2022 NPO Radio 2 Top 2000?
Answer: Avond by Boudewijn de Groot
Question: Which famous artist created the painting View of Delft?
Answer: Johannes Vermeer
Question: Which feminist and physician was the first woman ever to graduate as a physician in the Netherlands?
Answer: Aletta Jacobs
Question: What is the name of the largest top sports training center in the Netherlands?
Answer: Sports center Papendal
Question: Groningen is home to the largest café in Europe, true or false?
Answer: True (the Three Sisters)
Question: There are more bicycles in the Netherlands (more than 18 million) than there are people, true or false?
Answer: True
Question: Who was Queen Wilhelmina's father? A. King William 3, B. King William 2 C. King William 1, King William of Orange
Answer: A. King William 3
Question: Which Dutchman went into space earlier, Wubbo Ockels or Andre Kuipers?
Answer: Wubbo Ockels
Question: In which city was the 1928 Olympics held?
Answer: Amsterdam
Question: Who did the Dutch team play against in the eighth final of the World Cup in Qatar?
Answer: United States
Question: Who wrote Pluk van de petteflet and Minoes?
Answer: Annie M.G. Schmidt
Question: In 2022, who was the longest-serving prime minister in Dutch history?
Answer: Mark Rutte
Question: In what year was Pim Fortuyn assassinated?
Answer: 2002
Question: Which Dutch film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1996?
Answer: Antonia
Question: Which Dutch motocross rider won the MXGP world championship in 2021?
Answer: Jeffrey Herlings
Question: Which King William married his full cousin Wilhelmina of Prussia in 1791?
Answer: King William 1
Question: Which naval hero named Michiel was nicknamed Bestevaêr?
Answer: Michiel de Ruyter
Question: Which Dutch singer do we know from the songs Testament and Het Land van Maas en Waal?
Answer: Boudewijn de Groot
Question: Since what year has the Netherlands been a kingdom?
Answer: 1815
Question: What is the name of the largest nature reserve in the Netherlands, the Veluwe or the Oostvaardersplassen?
Answer: The Veluwe
Question: In which Dutch city can you find Brewery De Leckere?
Answer: Utrecht
Question: What was the name of the anarchist protest movement founded in the Netherlands on May 25, 1965, and disbanded after two years?
Answer: Provo
Question: In which Dutch amusement park can you find the Sprookjesbos (Fairytale Forest)?
Answer: The Efteling
Question: Between which 2 cities ran the first railroad in the Netherlands?
Answer: Amsterdam and Haarlem
Question: Which Dutch city is also called the city of lights (Lichtstad)?
Answer: Eindhoven
Question: In which Dutch province can you find the Oostvaardersplassen?
Answer: Flevoland
Question: When was slavery abolished in the Netherlands?
Answer: 1863
Question: Who is the lead singer of the Dutch band Kensington? A. Eloi Youssef, B. Casper Starreveld, C. Jan Haker, D. Niles Vandenberg
Answer: A. Eloi Youssef
Question: Which political party was Maarten van Rossem's list pusher in 2012? A. VVD B. Groenlinks C. D66 D. PvdA
Answer: D.PvdA
Question: Which Dutchman received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of molecular machines?
Answer: Ben Feringa
Question: Which Dutch beer magnate was kidnapped in 1983?
Answer: Freddy Heineken
Question: What is the name of the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands?
Answer: The Catshuis
Question: What is the name of the song by the band Bots that begins with the line "Wat zullen we drinken"
Answer: Zeven dagen lang
Question: Which Dutch artist created the work Victory Boogie?
Answer: Piet Mondriaan
Question: Under what pseudonym did Eduard Douwes Dekker write Max Havelaar?
Answer: Multatuli
Question: What is the statue of Paul McCarthy standing on Eendrachtsplein in the Dutch city of Rotterdam popularly called?
Answer: Gnome Buttplug
Question: What is the largest paid music festival in the Netherlands and also the largest motocross in the world?
Answer: Zwarte Cross
Question: In which country did the flood disaster take place in the Netherlands?
Answer: 1953
Question: Which Dutch philosopher is considered one of the founders of rationalism, and one of the inspirers of the Enlightenment?
Answer: Spinoza
Question: Which Dutch city is also called the key city (Sleutelstad)?
Answer: Leiden
Question: On which Dutch island is Eierland lighthouse located?
Answer: Texel
Question: Which member of the royal family is the heir to the throne after King Willem-Alexander?
Answer: (Catherine) Amalia
Question: What nickname do Volendammers give people who are not from Volendam?
Answer: ‘Jacket’ (jas)
Question: Who was the Dutch politician known as the founder of the welfare state in the Netherlands?
Answer: Willem Drees
Question: Which Dutch poet created the famous poem Remembrance of Holland?
Answer: Hendrik Marsman
Question: Which comedian was the 'Slimste Mens' 2022 in the Netherlands?
Answer: Jasper van Kuijk
Question: In which sport was Fanny Blankers-Koen a Dutch world champion?
Answer: Athletics
Question: What is the name of the well-known Dutch festival for documentary films, DocuNL or IDFA?
Answer: IDFA
Question: Which Dutch band scored a big hit in 1983 with the song "Twilight Zone"?
Answer: Golden Earring
Question: From 1586 to 1619, who was Raadpensionaris of Holland, and thus the most important administrator in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands?
Answer: Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Bonus quiz questions about the Netherlands 
Question: Of whom is the saying “You’re not going to see it until you realise it’?
Answer: Johan Cruijff
Question: Which Dutch province has the most inhabitants?
Answer: South Holland
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