Netherlands
Brazil defeated the host Netherlands 2-1 in the 1989 final in Rotterdam. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 23 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Netherlands trivia questions
Much of the Netherlands lies at or below what?
Answer: Sea level
Bonus fact: Dikes and pumps protect low-lying land.
What are reclaimed areas of land surrounded by dikes called?
Answer: Polders
Bonus fact: Polders are drained and managed landscapes.
Which nation won the first FIFA Futsal World Cup, held in the Netherlands in 1989?
Answer: Brazil
Bonus fact: Brazil defeated the host Netherlands 2-1 in the 1989 final in Rotterdam.
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
Answer: Amsterdam
Bonus fact: Amsterdam is famous for its canal network.
Which constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shares the island of Saint Martin with the French collectivity of Saint-Martin?
Answer: Sint Maarten
Bonus fact: The northern part of the island is French Saint-Martin, while Sint Maarten occupies the southern part.
The Rhine flows into which sea?
Answer: North Sea
Bonus fact: Its delta lies mainly in the Netherlands.
The Rhine empties into which sea?
Answer: North Sea
Bonus fact: Its delta lies largely in the Netherlands.
Which nation won the 1974 men's FIFA World Cup on home soil?
Answer: West Germany
Bonus fact: West Germany defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the final.
Which country shares land borders with Belgium and Germany?
Answer: Netherlands
Bonus fact: The UN Geospatial world map shows Netherlands in this set of international land-boundary relationships.
Which coastal region is the world's largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats?
Answer: Wadden Sea
Bonus fact: The Wadden Sea spans protected areas of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark.
Which of these countries shares a land border with Belgium?
Answer: France
Bonus fact: Belgium also borders the Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg and has a coast on the North Sea.
Belgium has a coastline on which sea?
Answer: North Sea
Bonus fact: Belgium's land neighbors are France, Luxembourg, Germany, and the Netherlands.