| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| This national capital is built on a foundation of over a million wooden poles, and has 1,200 bridges. | Amsterdam | 100%
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| A New York district was named after this North Holland provincial capital, which is a big tulip-growing centre. | Haarlem | 100%
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| The capital of Limburg province, this old city hosted the EC conference which launched the EU. | Maastricht | 94%
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| This large city is home to Europe's biggest port (the world's biggest outside Asia). | Rotterdam | 94%
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| The actual Dutch name of this town begins "Hoek van...". It has a nudist beach, and adjacent towns include Monster and Maassluis. | Hook of Holland | 83%
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| The capital of South Holland, this is the seat of government and of the International Criminal Court. | The Hague | 83%
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| In 1944, 35,000 Allied troops landed here by parachute and gliders in what was then the largest airborne operation in history. | Arnhem | 78%
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| Philips Sport Vereniging, the football team from this North Brabant city, won the 1988 European Cup. | Eindhoven | 78%
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| 15th century psychedelic artist Heironymous Bosch was from this adminstrative centre of North Brabant. | s'Hertogenbosch | 72%
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| This Overijssel city's football team, Twente, won the Dutch league in 2010. | Enschede | 67%
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| This central city dates back to the construction of a Roman fort called Traiectum in 50 AD. | Utrecht | 67%
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| Founded in 98 AD, the Romans called this ancient city Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum. | Nijmegen | 61%
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| Located on the river Aa, this southern city's name means "Broad Aa". | Breda | 56%
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| The locals here turned the tide in the Eighty Years War by opening dyke floodgates, causing the Spanish invaders to flee. | Alkmaar | 44%
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| This northern city in Holland has the world's largest pub. | Groningen | 44%
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