Trivia Questions About the Netherlands

The Netherlands is a flat, low country where dikes, canals and windmills shaped the land.

This quiz asks 20 questions about Dutch food, symbols, places, history and famous Dutch people.

One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.

How to play

• Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
• You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
• After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
• The quiz saves your best score and best time.

What counts in this quiz

• The bank holds 40 questions about the Netherlands: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, people, science, business, sport, society, language, money.
• Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.

What's not included, and why

• Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
• Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of the Netherlands, live in the map quizzes.

Good to know

• About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level.
• Schiphol Airport lies about four meters below sea level.
• The Netherlands sends Canada thousands of tulips every year as thanks for shelter in the Second World War.
• Dutch growers made the orange carrot popular in the 17th century.