Today's Bing Quiz

Stuck on a question in today's Bing quiz on the Netherlands? Today's Bing quiz covers the Dutch seat of government, how much of the country lies below sea level, the royal roots of the national color, King's Day, the dam that tamed the Zuiderzee, the flood protection system built after a deadly storm, Rembrandt's most famous painting, the country's best-known tulip park, a famous row of UNESCO windmills and the lantern tradition children celebrate on November 11. Open a clue for a gentle nudge. The clues never give away the correct answer — full answers and explanations appear on your results screen.

Questions updated: November 10, 2026

1. Amsterdam is the constitutional capital of the Netherlands, but which city is home to the Dutch parliament, the government and the king's working palace?Clue: The International Court of Justice meets in this city's Peace Palace.
2. Roughly how much of the Netherlands lies below sea level?Clue: It is more than a fifth of the country but less than a third.
3. Orange is the Dutch national color, worn by football fans and on King's Day. Which royal house does it come from?Clue: Its name joins a principality in southern France with a county in Germany.
4. On which date do the Dutch celebrate King's Day (Koningsdag), with orange street parties and a nationwide flea market?Clue: The holiday falls on King Willem-Alexander's spring birthday.
5. The Afsluitdijk, a 32-kilometer dam completed in 1932, turned the saltwater Zuiderzee into which freshwater lake?Clue: The lake is named after the river that flows into it from the east.
6. The Delta Works, a vast system of dams and storm barriers, were built in response to which disaster?Clue: The storm surge struck Zeeland on a winter night after World War II.
7. Rembrandt's famous group portrait "The Night Watch" (1642) hangs in which museum?Clue: It is the national museum of the Netherlands, in Amsterdam.
8. Which spring flower park near Lisse plants about 7 million bulbs each year, including masses of tulips?Clue: Its name means "kitchen garden," after herbs once grown there for a countess's castle.
9. Which UNESCO World Heritage site near Rotterdam has 19 windmills built around 1740 to drain the surrounding polders?Clue: Legend says a baby in a cradle washed up here after a great flood in 1421.
10. On November 11, children in many parts of the Netherlands carry lanterns door to door and sing for sweets. Which saint's day is it?Clue: This Roman soldier-saint is famous for cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar.