Belgian Geography and Nature

Belgian Geography and Nature

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  1. Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising how many municipalities?
  2. The secretariat of the Benelux and the headquarters of which organisation are also located in Brussels?
  3. Which is the only rapid transit system in Belgium?
  4. The Port of Antwerp ranks second in Europe after which port?
  5. The Stock Exchange in Antwerp, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872, was the world's first what?
  6. A giant called Druon Antigoon is said to have lived near which river and extracted a toll from passing boatmen?
  7. A giant was killed by a young hero who cut off the giant's own hand and flung it away; what was the hero named?
  8. In which century was Antwerp first named, having been settled by the Germanic Franks?
  9. Merovingian Antwerp was evangelized by which saint in the 7th century?
  10. By the 13th century, Ghent was the biggest city in Europe north of the Alps after which city?
  11. Around 800, Louis the Pious appointed which biographer of Charlemagne abbot of both abbeys?
  12. In 1089, Bruges became the capital of which county?
  13. Bruges was described for the first time in which work, written around 1042?
  14. The city was renowned for its many churches, the oldest of which, St Martin's, dates from which year?
  15. Namur is the capital both of the province of Namur and of which region?
  16. In 1421 the town was purchased by which Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, joining it into a larger state?
  17. Thomas More published his Utopia at Dirk Martens printing house in Leuven in which year?
  18. In 1517 the Collegium Trilingue was founded in which the three ancient languages were taught: Latin, Greek and what?
  19. France retained the town under the 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, and its fortifications were completed by whom?
  20. In 1490, a regular postal service between Mechelen and which city was established?
  21. Ostend became a transit harbour to England in 1846 when the first ferry sailed to which town?
  22. Who was born in the first capital of the Frankish Empire?
  23. Under King Childeric I, whose tomb was discovered in which year, was Tournai the capital of the Frankish Empire?
  24. During the First World War, Ypres was commonly known by British troops as what?
  25. The city was bombarded throughout much of the war, and its imposing Cloth Hall was later rebuilt and designated as what?
  26. Ypres is first mentioned by name in which year?
  27. Henri Pirenne gained his doctorate in 1883 with a thesis on medieval which city?
  28. Dinant was part of the Frankish kingdom of Middle Francia from its creation in 843 by which treaty?

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