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Some words about getting points:
Every right answer, known or guessed, gives you one point. If you answered right on all three parts of one question, you get one extrapoint, that is 4 points for this question. That makes the highest possible score of this quiz 40.

Result:
31 - 40 points: Superb! Your general knowledge is flawless and enviable.
25 - 30 points: Marvellous. Probably you have been to Belgium a couple of times.
20 - 24 points: A good result. You can be satisfied.
14 - 19 points: All right. Your knowledge of Belgium is about average.
08 - 13 points: It wasn't much. But you know probably, where Belgium is situated.
00 - 07 points: Not enough. Try to look further than you television set.

The right answers:

Question 1: 4-6-3
Tom Boonen is a cyclist.
Kim Clijsters played tennis.
Kim Gevaert practices track and field.

Question 2: 3-6-5
The Belgian Revolution was in 1830.
The Belgian Kongo became independent in 1960.
The world fair in Brussels was held in 1958.

Question 3: 5-3-2
Mons is situated in Hainaut.
Ghent is situated in East-Flanders.
In West-Flanders you find Bruges.

Question 4: 5-1-3
Magritte was called René.
Eddy Merckx.
Simenon's first name was Georges.

Question 5: 2-3-5
België is Flemisch, Belgien is German und Belgique ist French. - Yes, German is one of the offcial languages of the country!

Question 6: 3-1-4
Jacques Brel sang about Amsterdam.
Petit bonheur is by Salvatore Adamo.
Vlaamse Nachten were sung about by Helmut Lotti.

Question 7: 5-6-3
Leopold II was King between 1865 - 1909.
Leopold III was King between 1934 - 1951.
The era of King Baudouin I was between 1951 - 1993.

Question 8: 1-4-5
Boerentoren stands in Antwerp.
Gravensteen is to be found in Ghent.
In Liege you can climb the Montagne de Bueren.

Question 9: 3-1-2
René Magritte lived between 1900 - 1967.
The Museum in Koksijde is dedicated to Paul Delvaux.
"The Fallen Astronaut" is a piece by Paul Van Hoeydonck.

Question 10: 6-3-2
Druiven are grapes.
Krieken are cherries.
Peren are pears.

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