Country Quiz: Belgium 🇧🇪

Situated in Western Europe; this is the territorial nation of Belgium 🇧🇪 Instead of having knowledge of a few countries - Why not all of them?

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/belgium/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17205436

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/bel

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History
Independence	1830
Between 1885-1908, this Belgian King colonised this major African country for his own personal possession	Leopold II
During World War I (1914-18) and World War II (1939-45), this country (during both wars) invaded and conquered the majority of Belgium	Germany
In 1948, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands formed this union to promote free movement of workers, goods and services between the three nations	Benelux Customs Union
Between 1908-60, after confiscating the colonised African country from the Belgian, Belgium itself colonised this African country until its independence	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Between 1922-1962, Belgium administered (colonised) these two East African countries	Burundi
	Rwanda
In 2007, for approx. 100 consecutive days, Belgium was without this crucial political element	Government
Society
Language	Dutch
	French
	German
Nationality	Belgian
Main Religion	Christianity (Catholicism)
Famous People from the country	Jean-Claude Van Damme
Belgian Inventions 1. Polymeric material that you can shape with the help of heat / pressure 2. A type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body 3. The material used for road pavement layers and consists of the binder bitumen 4. A measurement of an individual's possible overweight / underweight 5. A geographical chart where the spherical globe if flattened into a two-dimensional map, with latitude and longitude lines drawn in a straight cord	Plastic
	Saxophone
	Asphalt
	Body Mass Index
	Mercator Projection
These two famous animated adaptations were created in Belgium 1. A young man on adventures, for example in the Congo 2. A bunch of small, blue, troll-like human characters	Tintin
	The Smurfs
Geography
Capital	Brussels
Second-Largest City	Antwerp
Bordering Seas	North Sea
Climate	Temperate
Time zones	1 (utc+1)
Bordering Countries	France
	Germany
	Luxembourg
	Netherlands
Politics
State-Condition	Monarchy (parliamentary / federale)
Since 1993, according to the Belgian constitution, the country is divided into three administrative regions	Brussels
	Flanders
	Wallonia
Founding Father	Leopold
Most Famous Leader	Leopold II
Country that Belgium received independence from	Netherlands
Economy
Currency	Euro
The world's second-largest exporter of this type of candy	Chocolate

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2 Comments

Level 79

Aug 1, 2024

I answered Leopold ii to one question but it failed to register for another.

Level 52

Aug 1, 2024

Problem solved :)

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