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1. Where is the seat of Government in the Netherlands?
 
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
The Hague
Utrecht

Amsterdam is the capital city but the Government sits at The Hague
 

 
2. How high is Botrange, the highest point in Belgium?
 
394 metres
694 metres
994 metres
1994 metres
 

 
3. What construction was started in 1927 as part of the Dutch "Zuiderzee Project"?
 
Amsterdam-Rhine River Canal
East Schelde Dam
IJsselmeer Dam
Veluwezoom National Park

The 19-mile IJsselmeer Dam sealed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea
 

 
4. How many countries share a border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg?
 
2
3
4
5

Luxembourg shares borders with Belgium, France and Germany
 

 
5. Which of Europe's busiest ports lies on the River Schelde?
 
Antwerp
Ostend
Rotterdam
Zeebrugge
 

 
6. What is the capital of Limburg province in the Netherlands?
 
Eindhoven
Maastricht
s-Hertogenbosch
Tilburg
 

 
7. Which area of Belgium lies outside the zone of broad-leaved deciduous forestation?
 
Ardennes
Flanders
Kempenland
Wallonia

Ardennes has MIXED deciduous and coniferous forestation
 

 
8. Apart from the Netherlands, which is the nearest country to Nijmegen?
 
Belgium
Germany
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
 

 
9. Which economic union did Belgium join in 1948?
 
Benelux Economic Union
European Coal and Steel Community
European Common Market
European Free Trade Association

BElgium, NEtherlands, LUXembourg formed Benelux before the others were created
 

 
10. What are "polders", which are found in the Netherlands?
 
Areas of reclaimed land
Cheese markets
Small boating lakes
Trainee ski slopes
 

 
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