- 1. What is the official and standard language of the Antwerp province?
A) Dutch
B) German
C) English
D) French
- 2. What is the local dialect variety in the Antwerp province?
A) East Flemish
B) West Flemish
C) Limburgish
D) Brabantian
- 3. What percentage of the population identifies as Catholic according to the 2008 data?
A) 24.1%
B) 50.0%
C) 73.3%
D) 2.6%
- 4. Who is the current governor of Antwerp province?
A) Cathy Berx
B) Jan Jambon
C) Bart De Wever
D) King Baudouin
- 5. How often is the provincial council of Antwerp elected?
A) Every ten years
B) Every five years
C) Every six years
D) Every four years
- 6. How many seats does the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) hold in the council?
A) 5
B) 2
C) 14
D) 6
- 7. What is the highest point in the Antwerp province?
A) Prinsenpark
B) Beerzelberg
C) Liereman
D) Kalmthoutse Heide
- 8. Which municipality is the Beerzelberg located in?
A) Mechelen
B) Antwerp
C) Putte
D) Turnhout
- 9. Which of these is a river in the Antwerp province?
A) Rhine
B) Meuse
C) Seine
D) Scheldt
- 10. Which highway is also known as the King Baudouin highway?
A) E313
B) E40
C) E19
D) E34
- 11. Which tunnels connect the highway network to East Flanders and Ghent?
A) Kennedy Tunnel and Liefkenshoek Tunnel
B) Oosterweelconnection
C) Antwerp tunnel
D) Scheldt tunnel
- 12. Where is the Antwerp International Airport located?
A) Turnhout
B) Herentals
C) Mechelen
D) Deurne
- 13. Which canal connects the Scheldt in Antwerp with the Meuse and Liège?
A) Albert Canal
B) Nete canal
C) Iron Rhine
D) Dessel canal
- 14. What type of traditional farms are found in the Campine region?
A) Chateaus
B) Windmills
C) Langgevelboerderijen
D) Cottages
- 15. In what year did the population reach 1,744,862?
A) 2008
B) 1947
C) 2010
D) 1930
- 16. What percentage of the population identifies as non-religious?
A) 73.3%
B) 10.0%
C) 24.1%
D) 2.6%
- 17. The Iron Rhine railroad connects Antwerp with which city?
A) Mönchengladbach
B) Liège
C) Brussels
D) Amsterdam
- 18. Which of these is a forest or heathland area in the province?
A) Beerzelberg
B) Port of Antwerp
C) Mechelen city center
D) Kalmthoutse Heide
- 19. How many members are in the provincial council of Antwerp?
A) 5
B) 36
C) 6
D) 14
- 20. When were the last elections for the provincial council held?
A) 14 October 2008
B) 14 October 2020
C) 14 October 2018
D) 14 October 2010
- 21. What is the capital of the Antwerp province?
A) Brussels
B) Antwerp
C) Mechelen
D) Turnhout
- 22. Which country is located to the north of the Antwerp province?
A) France
B) Luxembourg
C) Germany
D) Netherlands
- 23. Between 1815 and 1830, what was the Antwerp province known as?
A) North Brabant
B) East Brabant
C) South Brabant
D) Central Brabant
- 24. What is the approximate total area of the Antwerp province in square kilometers?
A) 2,876
B) 1,920
C) 3,500
D) 1,110
- 25. Which region comprises the main part of the eastern section of the province?
A) Wallonia
B) Limburg
C) Flanders
D) Campine
- 26. What was the name of the department created during the First French Empire that later became the modern province?
A) Department of the two Netes
B) Department of Flanders
C) Department of the Scheldt
D) Department of Brabant
- 27. Who established the Margraviate of Antwerp in 974?
A) Otto II
B) Godfrey I of Leuven
C) Henry V
D) Charlemagne
- 28. In what year was the province renamed Antwerp following Belgium's independence?
A) 1830
B) 1815
C) 1790
D) 1795
- 29. What is the status of the Antwerp province in terms of population within Belgium as of 2024?
A) Third most populous
B) Most populous
C) Second most populous
D) Least populous
- 30. Which major facility is located within the capital city of Antwerp?
A) Royal Palace
B) NATO Headquarters
C) Port of Antwerp
D) European Parliament
- 31. Under which house did the Duchy fall in 1477?
A) House of Leuven
B) House of Burgundy
C) House of Bourbon
D) House of Habsburg
- 32. What was the name of the pagus that included the region around what would become the city of Antwerp?
A) Pagus Toxandria
B) Pagus Bracbatinsis
C) Pagus Renesium
D) Pagus Hasbaniensis
- 33. In 1106, to whom did Henry V grant the Margraviate of Antwerp?
A) Charlemagne
B) Otto II
C) Godfrey I of Leuven
D) Napoleon
- 34. Who was the first Prefect of the Department of the two Netes?
A) Charles Cochon
B) Marquis Charles Joseph Fortuné d'Herbouville
C) Jacques Fortunat de Savoye-Rollin
D) Marc René Marie de Voyer d'Argenson
- 35. Which Prefect served immediately before Baron Jacques Fortunat de Savoye-Rollin?
A) Marquis Charles Joseph Fortuné d'Herbouville
B) Marc René Marie de Voyer d'Argenson
C) Charles Cochon
D) François de Robiano
- 36. Who was the Governor of the province of Antwerp in 1830 during the United Kingdom of the Netherlands?
A) Edmond Charles Giullaume Ghislain de la Coste
B) Leonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies
C) André Charles Membrede
D) Alexandre François Ghislain van der Fosse
- 37. Who served as Governor directly before Andries Kinsbergen?
A) Gaston van de Werve de Schilde
B) Richard Declerck
C) Camille Paulus
D) Georges Holvoet
- 38. Who was the first Governor of the Belgian province of Antwerp in 1830?
A) Charles Rogier
B) François de Robiano
C) Henri de Brouckère
D) Jean-François Tielemans
- 39. Which Governor served the longest term in the 19th century?
A) Charles Rogier
B) Jan Teichmann
C) Edward Pycke d'Ideghem
D) Edward Osy de Zegwaart
- 40. In what period did Charles Cochon serve as Prefect?
A) 1813–1814
B) 1809–1813
C) 1805–1808
D) 1800–1805
- 41. Who succeeded Pierre Joseph Pycke as Governor of Antwerp?
A) André Charles Membrede
B) Edmond Charles Giullaume Ghislain de la Coste
C) Charles–Louis van Keverberg van Kessel
D) Leonard Pierre Joseph du Bus de Gisignies
- 42. What was the GDP of the Antwerp province in 2018?
A) 100 billion €
B) 75 billion €
C) 88 billion €
D) 50 billion €
- 43. In what year was the first nuclear installation in Belgium established at SCK•CEN?
A) 1957
B) 1962
C) 1970
D) 1980
- 44. Where is the European Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) located?
A) Turnhout
B) Antwerp
C) Geel
D) Mol
- 45. What is the unemployment rate in Antwerp province as reported for 2017?
A) 4.5%
B) 5.9%
C) 7.2%
D) 8.1%
- 46. Which city is known for its paper and printing business?
A) Balen
B) Turnhout
C) Arendonk
D) Nijlen
- 47. The petrochemical industry cluster in Antwerp is the second-largest in the world after which city?
A) Singapore
B) Rotterdam
C) Doha
D) Houston
- 48. Which company is a world leader in playing cards based in Turnhout?
A) Splichal
B) L. Biermans
C) Brepols
D) Cartamundi
- 49. In which town was the first shoe factory in the province established?
A) Grobbendonk
B) Herentals
C) Geel
D) Arendonk
- 50. What was the main economic activity of the eastern part of the province before 1880?
A) Agriculture
B) Diamond cutting
C) Paper manufacturing
D) Chemical production
- 51. In which city is the pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica located?
A) Beerse
B) Turnhout
C) Geel
D) Antwerp
- 52. Which technology center in Geel is part of the EBN network?
A) Innotek
B) IRMM
C) SCK•CEN
D) VITO
- 53. What kind of metallurgy became renowned in the Campine region?
A) Iron
B) Aluminum
C) Non-ferrous
D) Steel
- 54. Which company was founded in Balen-Nete in 1888-1889?
A) Glaverbel
B) La Metallo-Chimique
C) La Vieille Montagne
D) Union Minière
- 55. La Vieille Montagne had its roots in the exploitation of which mines?
A) Herentals coal mines
B) Moresnet zinc mines
C) Katanga copper mines
D) Rhodesia gold mines
- 56. In which municipality was the Société Générale Métallurgique de Hoboken established?
A) Balen
B) Arendonk
C) Turnhout
D) Olen
- 57. When was the Métallurgique de la Campine established?
A) 1919
B) 1910
C) 1888
D) 1931
- 58. Which product was the specialty of La Metallo-Chimique?
A) Radium
B) Lead
C) Copper
D) Antimony
- 59. Which company, now known as Sibelco, was founded in 1872 to extract silica sand?
A) Univerbel
B) Beles Réunios
C) Sablières et Carrières Réunies
D) Glaverbel
- 60. Where was the glass bottle manufacturer Beles Réunios set up in 1920?
A) Mol-Donk
B) Olen
C) Turnhout
D) Herentals
- 61. In 1961, Glaver merged with which company to form Glaverbel?
A) Univerbel
B) Libbey-Owens
C) Beles Réunios
D) Sibelco
- 62. Why were several dynamite factories established in the Campine region?
A) Because it was sparsely populated
B) Because of cheap wool
C) Because of the proximity to the coast
D) Because of the abundance of water
- 63. Which company was established in 1881 near Balen and later acquired by the PRB?
A) Glaver
B) Ravago
C) Societe Anonyme d'Arendonk
D) La Forcite N.V.
- 64. Why was the dynamite factory founded near Herentals in 1887 closed?
A) Due to a lack of raw materials
B) Due to its vicinity to the city
C) Due to a merger
D) Due to the economic crisis
- 65. Which city became the centre of the tobacco industry at the end of the 19th century?
A) Turnhout
B) Mol
C) Arendonk
D) Herentals
- 66. How many municipalities are located within the province of Antwerp?
A) 19
B) 3
C) 67
D) 10
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