1 The year in Flanders started with the introduction of a
ban on the sale of what?
☐ chewing tobacco
☐ flick-knives
☐ cats and dogs
☐ weekly newspapers

2 Early this year, Flanders Today
gave away a book of aerial views of
Flanders. What was the name of that
book?
☐ Aerial Views of Flanders
☐ Flanders from the Air
☐ A View from the Sky
☐ I Can See My House from Here

3 Unesco declared something in
Limburg "not safe". What was it?
☐ the dialect
☐ former coal mines
☐ drivers from Maastricht
☐ cows

4 Which Flemish actress lives in
Hollywood and is friends with Benecio
del Toro?
☐ Veerle Baetens
☐ Anna Franziska Jaeger
☐ Line Van Wambeke
☐ Barbara Sarafian

5 The very existence of the Catholic
Church in Flanders was threatened.
By what?
☐ lack of priests
☐ too many priests
☐ sin
☐ Protestantism

6 Which Flemish city hosts the
biggest Mardi Gras celebration of the
year?
☐ Ghent
☐ Tielt
☐ Brussels (is this a Flemish city?)
☐ Aalst

7 Who asked for more accurate
weather forecasts?
☐ anglers
☐ school kids on holiday
☐ restaurants at the coast
☐ surfers at the coast

8 Which museum in Flanders has a
figure of Cleopatra sponging milk over
her naked breasts?
☐ Gallo-Roman Museum
☐ National Museum of Milk
☐ National Museum of Breasts
☐ De Oude Kaasmakerij and how
do I get there?

9 A survey by the Free University of
Brussels (VUB) found that only 8% of
them wash their hands after going to
the bathroom. Who are they?
☐ doctors
☐ men
☐ pre-school children
☐ restaurant cooks

10 Which of these famous Flemish
people was born in Ostend?
☐ Arno
☐ Erik Van Looy
☐ James Ensor
☐ Both A & C

11 Three out of four of them think
Belgians are good drivers. Who are
they?
☐ lunatics
☐ Belgians themselves
☐ road safety experts
☐ the French

12 Which museum in Flanders won
the Museum Prize in 2009?
☐ Fine Arts Museum (MSK),
Ghent
☐ Design Museum, Ghent
☐ Fine Arts Museum (KMSKA),
Antwerp
☐ Fashion Museum (MoMu),
Antwerp

13 The EU and NATO employ
44,000 people in the Brussels region.
How many lobbyists are there in the
Brussels region?
☐ 10,000
☐ 15,000
☐ 20,000
☐ 30,000

14 What is the name of the opera
by Kris Defoort and Guy Cassiers that
premiered in 2009?
☐ The Woman Who Walked Into
Doors
☐ Daens!
☐ House of the Sleeping Beauties
☐ Bekende Vlamingen

15 Researchers found that one
group of people had become less leftwing
over the last 20 years. They are:
☐ Socialist politicians
☐ students
☐ journalists
☐ celebrity chefs

16 Which is Flanders' biggest music
festival?
☐ Pukkelpop
☐ Rock Werchter
☐ Dranouter Folk Festival
☐ Ghent Jazz Festival

17 Bio-engineering researchers at
Ghent University developed a technique
to produce small quantities of
which prized substance?
☐ uranium
☐ chocolate
☐ the Higgs boson
☐ mercury

18 Which Flemish photographer
published a book on volkscafes?
☐ Stephan Vanfleteren
☐ Lieve Blancquaert
☐ Jimmy Kets
☐ Kris Dewitte

19 Which of the following are you
not allowed to keep as a pet in Flanders?
☐ Bennet's wallaby
☐ Roborovski dwarf hamster
☐ African pygmy mouse
☐ sugar glider

20 Which Flemish architect
designed the jaunty Rubens Square in
Knokke?
☐ Robbrecht & Daem
☐ Vincent Van Duysen
☐ JDS Architects
☐ Renaat Braem

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