.kop A Delft Self-test!Studying and working in Delft is a real privilege. Delft is one of the most fascinating cities in the Netherlands, with a wealth of history and interesting facts.
Do you really know the ins and outs of Delft? Are you at home in Delft?
Test your Delft-ness with these 12 multiple choice questions. We’re betting you don’t even know half of Delft!
1. Delft blue is a:
a. cleaning agent
b. type of painted pottery
c. Dutch form of blues music
d. strong party drug
2. The Delft School is:
a. a trend in architecture, opposing the Amsterdam School
b. an alternative name for the TU Delft
c. Delft’s most famous ‘coffeeshop’
d. a circle of painters around Vermeer
3. Cornelis Drebbel is:
a. a popular performer of the ‘Delft blues’
b. the founder of the ‘polder model’
c. the inventor of the submarine
d. the author of ‘Ma Belle Amie’ (The Tee-Set, 1969)
4. Delftware is:
a. buggy software
b. a precursor of xtc
c. a bicycle, ‘found’ in the street
d. a type of pottery from Liverpool
5. The Kiss of Delft is a:
a. nickname of the Wippolder
b. treaty between Jacoba of Bavaria and Philip the Good (1428)
c. typical Delft hair-style
d. contraceptive
6. Old Delft is a:
a. type of cheese
b. type of jenever
c type of cannabis
d canal in the center of Delft
7. ‘Geestgrond’ is:
a. a Christian theme park
b. chalky, sandy soil near the dunes
c. a soil type suitable for growing cannabis
d. a nickname of the Wippolder
8. Van den Broek and Bakema:
a. are legendary ice-skaters of the 1950s
b. are the architects of TU Delft’s auditorium
c. are two stand-up comedians
d. is the name of a well-known shoe shop in Delft
9. Dirck van Beest is:
a. the name of a supermarket
b. Delft’s first ever engineer
c. a 16th century mayor of Delft
d. FC Den Haag’s substitute goalkeeper
10. The Delft Master is:
a. Delft’s most famous DJ
b. a computer game
c. an anonymous painter
d. a nickname for the TU Delft rector
11. John of Delft is:
a. Hans Brinker’s nephew
b. another name for Johannes Vermeer
c. a seabird of the Sulidae family
d. the former Quake world champion
12. Delft cheese is made with:
a. an underspit
b. a curd mill
c. ‘geestgrond’
d. Delft blue
Less than four correct answers: congratulations, you are a Delft idiot; are you really a TU Delft student?
Between four and six correct answers: your Delft-ness could be better; do you really enjoy living in Delft?
Between seven and nine correct answers: your Delft-ness is satisfactory; you’d mix in well with real Delft people.
More than nine correct answers: you are completely at home in Delft; but are you sure you didn’t cheat?
The correct answers: 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d, 5-b, 6-d, 7-b, 8-b, 9-c, 10-c, 11-b, 12-b.
.kop A Delft Self-test!
Studying and working in Delft is a real privilege. Delft is one of the most fascinating cities in the Netherlands, with a wealth of history and interesting facts. Do you really know the ins and outs of Delft? Are you at home in Delft?
Test your Delft-ness with these 12 multiple choice questions. We’re betting you don’t even know half of Delft!
1. Delft blue is a:
a. cleaning agent
b. type of painted pottery
c. Dutch form of blues music
d. strong party drug
2. The Delft School is:
a. a trend in architecture, opposing the Amsterdam School
b. an alternative name for the TU Delft
c. Delft’s most famous ‘coffeeshop’
d. a circle of painters around Vermeer
3. Cornelis Drebbel is:
a. a popular performer of the ‘Delft blues’
b. the founder of the ‘polder model’
c. the inventor of the submarine
d. the author of ‘Ma Belle Amie’ (The Tee-Set, 1969)
4. Delftware is:
a. buggy software
b. a precursor of xtc
c. a bicycle, ‘found’ in the street
d. a type of pottery from Liverpool
5. The Kiss of Delft is a:
a. nickname of the Wippolder
b. treaty between Jacoba of Bavaria and Philip the Good (1428)
c. typical Delft hair-style
d. contraceptive
6. Old Delft is a:
a. type of cheese
b. type of jenever
c type of cannabis
d canal in the center of Delft
7. ‘Geestgrond’ is:
a. a Christian theme park
b. chalky, sandy soil near the dunes
c. a soil type suitable for growing cannabis
d. a nickname of the Wippolder
8. Van den Broek and Bakema:
a. are legendary ice-skaters of the 1950s
b. are the architects of TU Delft’s auditorium
c. are two stand-up comedians
d. is the name of a well-known shoe shop in Delft
9. Dirck van Beest is:
a. the name of a supermarket
b. Delft’s first ever engineer
c. a 16th century mayor of Delft
d. FC Den Haag’s substitute goalkeeper
10. The Delft Master is:
a. Delft’s most famous DJ
b. a computer game
c. an anonymous painter
d. a nickname for the TU Delft rector
11. John of Delft is:
a. Hans Brinker’s nephew
b. another name for Johannes Vermeer
c. a seabird of the Sulidae family
d. the former Quake world champion
12. Delft cheese is made with:
a. an underspit
b. a curd mill
c. ‘geestgrond’
d. Delft blue
Less than four correct answers: congratulations, you are a Delft idiot; are you really a TU Delft student?
Between four and six correct answers: your Delft-ness could be better; do you really enjoy living in Delft?
Between seven and nine correct answers: your Delft-ness is satisfactory; you’d mix in well with real Delft people.
More than nine correct answers: you are completely at home in Delft; but are you sure you didn’t cheat?
The correct answers: 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d, 5-b, 6-d, 7-b, 8-b, 9-c, 10-c, 11-b, 12-b.
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