4.7 - Kingsday

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This week

King's Day

what do you know?!

Which words come to mind when you think of King's day?

Why do we celebrate King's Day on April 27th?

Who was the first Queen to celebrate Queen's day?

1. Beatrix
2. Maxima
3. Wilhelmina
4. Juliana

Why did Queen Beatrix NOT celebrate Queen's day on her own birthday?

1. because she didn't like the tradition
2. because her birthday was in a cold season
3. because her birtday was on Christmas day
4. because she wasn't allowed to celebrate it

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Koningsdag 2021

King's day Quiz

Editie

2024

Let's start easy: what is the name of our King?

1. Willem
2. Willem-Alexander
3. Claus
4. William

How old will the King become this year?

1. 49
2. 62
3. 44
4. 57

What is the name of the mother of our King? She is our former Queen.

1. Juliana
2. Wilhelmina
3. Beatrix
4. Emma

On which date did we use to celebrate Queen's Day?

1. 27 April
2. 30 April
3. 31 January
4. 31 August

How many kids does our King have?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

What are the names of the King's 3 daughters?

What's the name of the King's wife?

1. Laurentien
2. Katharina
3. Maxima
4. Josephina

Where is she from?

1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. Brazil
4. Argentina

Which princess is also called the 'Gravinfluencer"

1. Amalia van Oranje
2. Eloise van Oranje
3. Christina van Oranje
4. Beatrix van Oranje

Since when is red-white-blue the colour of our National flag?

1. 1596
2. 1854
3. 1937
4. 1945

With what percentage rises the sale of tompoucen before King's day?

1. 100%
2. 150%
3. 600%
4. none

Around how many people celebrate King's Day in Amsterdam each year?

1. 700.000
2. 1.500.000
3. 100.000
4. 500.000

What is the name of our National Anthem

1. God save the King
2. the Wilhelmus
3. the Marseillaise
4. Orange is our colour

How does the Wilhelmus start? Translated in English.

1. Wilhelmus van Nassouwe am I, of Dutch blood,
2. Wilhelmus van Nassouwe am I, of German blood,
3. Wilhelmus van Nassouwe am I, of Protestant blood,
4. Wilhelmus van Nassouwe am I, of Christian blood,