Dutch Science, Arts and Culture

Science Arts And Culture

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  1. Complete the sentence about KLM with the correct year: In April ______, after a winter hiatus, KLM resumed its services using Fokker F.II and Fokker F.III aircraft.
  2. Complete the sentence about KLM with the correct year: KLM's first experimental intercontinental flight took off on 1 October ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about DAF Trucks with the correct year: In ______, Hubert "Hub" van Doorne founded the company Commanditaire Vennootschap Hub van Doorne's Machinefabriek.
  4. Complete the sentence about DAF Trucks with the correct year: Huenges left the company in ______ and the DAF company was then completely in the hands of the van Doorne brothers.
  5. Complete the sentence about Spyker with the correct year: Spyker or Spijker was a Dutch carriage, automobile and aircraft manufacturer, started in ______ by blacksmiths Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker…
  6. Complete the sentence about Spyker with the correct year: Originally located in Hilversum, the company relocated to Trompenburg, Amsterdam in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Spyker with the correct year: Notable products of Spyker were building the Golden Coach for state ceremonial use for the Dutch royalty in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Spyker with the correct year: The ______ C1 “Aerocoque” was one of the world's first cars with aerodynamically streamlined bodywork.
  9. Complete the sentence about Spyker with the correct year: In ______, Dutch brothers Hendrik Jan and Jacobus Spijker, blacksmiths by profession, start their company for building and maintaining carriag…
  10. Complete the sentence about Spyker with the correct year: In ______, Spyker manufactured the "Golden Coach", still in use as one of the two prime ceremonial state coaches of the Dutch monarchy.
  11. Complete the sentence about Cycling in the Netherlands with the correct year: By ______, the Dutch owned more bicycles per capita than any other country in Europe.
  12. Complete the sentence about Leiden University with the correct year: Established in ______ by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest surviv…
  13. Complete the sentence about Leiden University with the correct year: In ______, the emerging Dutch Republic did not have universities in its northern heartland.
  14. Complete the sentence about Leiden University with the correct year: In ______, the Zeeman effect was discovered at the institution by Pieter Zeeman and shortly afterward explained by Hendrik Antoon L…
  15. Complete the sentence about University of Amsterdam with the correct year: Established in ______ by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlands still in oper…
  16. Complete the sentence about University of Amsterdam with the correct year: In ______, the Athenuem Illustre became the Municipal University of Amsterdam and received the right to confer doctoral degre…
  17. Complete the sentence about University of Amsterdam with the correct year: In ______, the national government made the university a national university, giving it its current name, the University of A…
  18. Complete the sentence about Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with the correct year: The VU was founded in ______ by a group of Calvinists led by Abraham Kuyper as the first Protestant university in the Ne…
  19. Complete the sentence about Radboud University Nijmegen with the correct year: To bolster the international exchange of academic knowledge, Radboud University joined the Guild of European Research-Int…
  20. Complete the sentence about Radboud University Nijmegen with the correct year: The first University of Nijmegen was founded in ______ as the Kwartierlijke Academie van Nijmegen.
  21. Complete the sentence about Radboud University Nijmegen with the correct year: Although the university had its successes, the Kwartierlijke Academie terminated around ______.
  22. Complete the sentence about Radboud University Nijmegen with the correct year: The university was unable to recover from successive outbreaks of the plague and the French invasion of the Netherlands i…
  23. Complete the sentence about University of Groningen with the correct year: The institution was founded as a college in ______ in an initiative taken by the Regional Assembly of the city of Groningen a…
  24. Complete the sentence about University of Groningen with the correct year: The coat of arms of the university was confirmed by The Estates of the City and County of Groningen in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about University of Groningen with the correct year: The situation improved when a new main university building, the Academiegebouw, was constructed in ______, a building that wa…
  26. Complete the sentence about Netherlands national football team with the correct year: The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches sin…
  27. Complete the sentence about Netherlands national football team with the correct year: In ______, the Netherlands competed in their first official tournament at the Summer Olympics in London.
  28. Complete the sentence about Netherlands national football team with the correct year: The Netherlands reached the semi-finals at the ______ Summer Olympics in Paris after winning against Romania and I…
  29. Complete the sentence about Johan Cruyff with the correct year: The Netherlands qualified for the ______ FIFA World Cup, their first appearance in the competition in 36 years.
  30. Complete the sentence about Johan Cruyff with the correct year: At club level, Cruyff started his career at Ajax in ______, where he won six Eredivisie titles, three European Cups, and one Intercontin…
  31. Complete the sentence with the correct year: After his dismissal in ______, he remained an advisor to both Ajax and Barcelona.
  32. Complete the sentence about Marco van Basten with the correct year: In ______, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
  33. Complete the sentence about Marco van Basten with the correct year: In ______, a poll for the 100 greatest Dutch people was held in the Netherlands: Van Basten ranked number 25, the second highest for…
  34. Complete the sentence about Marco van Basten with the correct year: Marco van Basten was born on 31 October ______ in Utrecht and grew up in the Oog In Al neighborhood.
  35. Complete the sentence about Frank Rijkaard with the correct year: Rijkaard was just 17 when Ajax coach Leo Beenhakker gave him his senior squad debut on 23 August ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Dennis Bergkamp with the correct year: Prolific form led to an international call-up with the Netherlands in ______, attracting the attention of several European clubs.
  37. Complete the sentence about Dennis Bergkamp with the correct year: Bergkamp signed for Italian club Inter Milan in ______, where he had two underwhelming seasons.
  38. Complete the sentence about Dennis Bergkamp with the correct year: With the Netherlands national team, Bergkamp was selected for Euro ______, where he impressed, scoring three goals as his country rea…
  39. Complete the sentence about Arjen Robben with the correct year: In August ______, Robben transferred to Bayern Munich for a fee of around €25 million.
  40. Complete the sentence about Robin van Persie with the correct year: Following disillusion with Arsenal's direction, Van Persie joined rivals Manchester United in July ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Virgil van Dijk with the correct year: After beginning his professional career with Groningen, Van Dijk moved to Celtic in ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Virgil van Dijk with the correct year: Van Dijk later won the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup, and helped end the club's 30-year league title drought by winning the…
  43. Complete the sentence about Ajax Amsterdam with the correct year: In ______, they completed the continental treble by winning the Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup.
  44. Complete the sentence about Ajax Amsterdam with the correct year: In ______, Ajax was crowned as World Team of the Year by World Soccer magazine.
  45. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The club was founded in ______ as a team for Philips employees.
  46. Complete the sentence about PSV Eindhoven with the correct year: To serve the need for activities with Philips employees, the company founded its own football team in ______: the Philips Elftal.
  47. Complete the sentence about PSV Eindhoven with the correct year: Financial turmoil and worker strikes led to a quick demise of the team and in ______, its successor emerged, Philips Sport Vereniging…
  48. Complete the sentence about Feyenoord with the correct year: The football club Wilhelmina was founded in the pub De Vereeniging on 19 July ______ and played in blue-sleeved red shirts and white shorts…
  49. Complete the sentence about Feyenoord with the correct year: In ______, Feijenoord were promoted to the highest level of Dutch football and moved to the ground Kromme Zandweg.
  50. Complete the sentence about Feyenoord with the correct year: Feijenoord won their first Dutch Cup in ______ by scoring the only goal in a derby final against Excelsior.
  51. Complete the sentence about Feyenoord with the correct year: Five years after their first cup win, Feijenoord took the prize for a second time in ______, by beating HVV Helmond.
  52. Complete the sentence about Feyenoord with the correct year: Feijenoord started to attract more fans to their stadium at Kromme Zandweg, and in ______, they decided to build a new facility.
  53. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, they reached the UEFA Cup final, which they lost to Ipswich Town.
  54. Complete the sentence about AZ Alkmaar with the correct year: AZ was founded on 10 May ______ as AZ '67, the result of a merger of Alkmaar '54 and FC Zaanstreek.
  55. Complete the sentence about AZ Alkmaar with the correct year: KFC had nearly become national champion in ______ through a narrow loss to Ajax in the finals.
  56. Complete the sentence about AZ Alkmaar with the correct year: In ______ the professional part of KFC was renamed FC Zaanstreek, while the amateurs played on as KFC.
  57. Complete the sentence about AZ Alkmaar with the correct year: After the ZFC leadership thwarted this attempt, the Molenaars successfully merged FC Zaanstreek with Alkmaar '54 in ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about FC Twente with the correct year: The club was formed in ______ as a merger of two professional clubs, Sportclub Enschede and the Enschedese Boys.
  59. Complete the sentence about FC Twente with the correct year: The first successes of the club started just after the merger of ______, under the innovative coach Kees Rijvers.
  60. Complete the sentence about Eredivisie with the correct year: The league was founded in ______, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands.
  61. Complete the sentence about UEFA Euro 1988 with the correct year: In the ______ FIFA World Cup, however, West Berlin had hosted three games.
  62. Complete the sentence about UEFA Euro 1988 with the correct year: As a compromise, the Berlin Olympic Stadium hosted a Four Nations Tournament in ______, with West Germany playing against the Soviet U…
  63. Complete the sentence about 1974 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, had been won for the third time by Brazil in ______ and awarded permanently to the B…
  64. Complete the sentence about 1974 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: Gerd Müller's goal in the final was the 14th in his career of two World Cups, beating Just Fontaine's record of 13, in his single…
  65. Complete the sentence about 1974 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: West Germany was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London, England on 6 July ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Johan Neeskens with the correct year: Neeskens was born in Heemstede in North Holland on 15 September ______.
  67. Complete the sentence about Johan Neeskens with the correct year: The youngster impressed at right-back, playing in that position for Ajax in the ______ European Cup Final win against Panathinaikos.
  68. Complete the sentence about Johan Neeskens with the correct year: In ______ he accepted an offer from the New York Cosmos, spending five years at the club.
  69. Complete the sentence about Rinus Michels with the correct year: Via Joop Köhler, a friend of the family who was commissioner at Ajax, Michels was introduced to the club and became a junior member in…
  70. Complete the sentence about Rinus Michels with the correct year: On 9 June ______, Michels was invited into Ajax's first team squad to replace the injured Han Lambregt.
  71. Complete the sentence about Louis van Gaal with the correct year: After a brief spell as an assistant coach at AZ, Van Gaal served as an assistant under Leo Beenhakker at Ajax, and eventually took ove…
  72. Complete the sentence about Max Verstappen with the correct year: Aged 17, Verstappen signed for Toro Rosso in ______ as part of the Red Bull Junior Team, becoming the youngest driver in Formula One h…
  73. Complete the sentence about Jos Verstappen with the correct year: Progressing to German Formula Three in ______, Verstappen won the title in his rookie season with Opel, further winning the Masters of…
  74. Complete the sentence about Jos Verstappen with the correct year: Verstappen competed for Simtek in ______ before the team went bankrupt five rounds into the season, returning to his test driver role…
  75. Complete the sentence about Dutch Grand Prix with the correct year: The DFV won on its debut with Clark driving; this engine became the most successful and widely used engine among private teams until…
  76. Complete the sentence about Dutch Grand Prix with the correct year: The ______ event saw the 49's successor, the 72, win comprehensively with Jochen Rindt behind the wheel.
  77. Complete the sentence about Dutch Grand Prix with the correct year: The ______ event saw Jacky Ickx win in a Ferrari after a spirited battle with Mexican Pedro Rodriguez in a BRM in rain-soaked condit…
  78. Complete the sentence about Circuit Zandvoort with the correct year: H. "Sammy" Davis who was brought in as a track design advisor in July ______ although the layout was partly dictated by the existin…
  79. Complete the sentence about Circuit Zandvoort with the correct year: The first race on the circuit, the Prijs van Zandvoort, took place on 7 August ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Circuit Zandvoort with the correct year: In January ______ this plan got the necessary 'green light' when it was formally approved by the Provincial Council of North Hollan…
  81. Complete the sentence about Sven Kramer with the correct year: Sven Kramer was born on 23 April ______ in Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands.
  82. Complete the sentence about Ireen Wüst with the correct year: In ______, she was elected by Reuters as the Sportswoman of the World.
  83. Complete the sentence about Rintje Ritsma with the correct year: In October ______ Ritsma started as the Dutch national speed skating coach of the team pursuit, team sprint, and the mass start.
  84. Complete the sentence about Fanny Blankers-Koen with the correct year: Apart from her four Olympic titles, she won five European titles and 58 Dutch championships, and set or tied 12 world records – t…
  85. Complete the sentence about Fanny Blankers-Koen with the correct year: At that time, 800 m was generally considered too physically demanding for female contestants and had been removed from the Olympi…
  86. Complete the sentence about Pieter van den Hoogenband with the correct year: In ______, Van den Hoogenband achieved his first success, performing well on the European Youth Olympic Days.
  87. Complete the sentence about Pieter van den Hoogenband with the correct year: Van den Hoogenband's international breakthrough came at the ______ Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
  88. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, she won the 50 m freestyle at the European Championships.
  89. Complete the sentence about Inge de Bruijn with the correct year: The following year, after having swum several 50 m freestyle world records, she competed in the ______ Summer Olympics in Sydney, Aust…
  90. Complete the sentence about Epke Zonderland with the correct year: Zonderland was born on 16 April ______ in Lemmer, Netherlands.
  91. Complete the sentence about Dafne Schippers with the correct year: In ______, Schippers announced her retirement as a professional athlete.
  92. Complete the sentence about Dafne Schippers with the correct year: Dafne Schippers was born on 15 June ______ in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  93. Complete the sentence about Joop Zoetemelk with the correct year: If not for a ten minute time penalty for a doping infraction in ______, he would have finished in the top 5 in each of the first 12 To…
  94. Complete the sentence about Joop Zoetemelk with the correct year: Nobody other than Zoetemelk achieved sixteen Tour de France finishes until Sylvain Chavanel did so in the ______ Tour de France.
  95. Complete the sentence about Anna van der Breggen with the correct year: In April ______, she won the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, her fifth consecutive win in the race.
  96. Complete the sentence about Dutch Reformed Church with the correct year: Before the demise of the Dutch Republic in ______, the Dutch Reformed Church enjoyed the status of a "public" or "privileged" c…
  97. Complete the sentence about Dutch Reformed Church with the correct year: The Dutch Reformed Church was officially disestablished in ______ with the end of the Republic.
  98. Complete the sentence about Protestant Church in the Netherlands with the correct year: Secularization, or the decline in religiosity, first became noticeable after ______ in the Protestant rural area…
  99. Complete the sentence about Paul Verhoeven with the correct year: Paul Verhoeven was born in Amsterdam on 18 July ______, the son of a schoolteacher, Wim Verhoeven, and a hatmaker, Nel van Schaardenbu…
  100. Complete the sentence about Paul Verhoeven with the correct year: In ______, the family moved to The Hague, the location of the German headquarters in the Netherlands during World War II.

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