History of Belgium - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Modern day capital	Brussels	99%
Official languages of Belgium	French	98%
Official languages of Belgium	Dutch	97%
Official languages of Belgium	German	97%
How many provinces are there in Belgium?	10	91%
What was the name of the Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960?	Belgian Congo	90%
In which town was Napoleon Bonaparte defeated in 1815? Hint: ABBA made a song about it.	Waterloo	90%
In what year did the Germans began their occupation of Belgium in World War I?	1914	89%
Which country annexed the Belgian territories in 1795?	France	87%
Who was the first king of Belgium?	Leopold I	81%
What is the name of the present king of Belgium?	Philippe	76%
This roman general called the Belgae the bravest in his "De Bello Gallico"	Julius Caesar	70%
In which year did Belgium became independent from this United Kingdom of the Netherlands?	1830	68%
The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) was a revolt against Philip II, the sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands, who was also King of which country from 1556 till 1598?	Spain	66%
Which painter of history paintings, portraits, mythological paintings of voluptuous nude females, ... is considered the most notable artist of Flemish Baroque art school?	Peter Paul Rubens	61%
In 1815, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was created, uniting the former Belgian territories and the former Seven United Provinces. Who was the first king?	William I	53%
From 1705 to 1795, the Belgian and present-day Luxembourg countries belonged to which country?	Austria	46%
This Holy Roman emperor was born in Ghent in 1500	Charles V	40%
This leader of the Eburones, a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul, became a Belgian national hero because of his resistance against the roman general above.	Ambiorix	37%
What was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp?	Battle of the Bulge	24%