Who wrote the controversial novel 'Ik Jan Cremer'?

Jan Cremer Click to see the answer

Which Dutch artist is known for his optical illusion art?

Escher

Ian Buruma writes for newspapers on which topic?

Politics

Whose first novel was 'Philip and the Others'?

Cees Nooteboom

Writer Nescio produced which sort of work?

Short stories

Dick Bruna, creator of Miffy, died in which year?

2017

What was the profession of Vermeer's father?

Weaver Click to see the answer

Piet Mondrian was a pioneer of which type of art?

Abstract

The art installation 'Green Cathedral' mimics the shape of the cathedral in which French city?

Reims

What was the pen name of Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh?

Nescio

Lucas van Leyden was an expert in which type of art?

Engraving

The Return of the Prodigal Son' by Rembrandt is on display at the Hermitage museum in which city?

St Petersburg

Annie M. G. Schmidt is best known for writing which type of books?

Children's

Which Dutch town is known as the birthplace of De Stijl?

Leiden

The Garden of Earthly Delights' is a painting by which famous artist?

Hieronymus Bosch

Writer Harry Mulisch died in which year?

2010 Click to see the answer

Swimmy' and 'Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse' are books by which writer?

Leo Lionni

Aagje Deken collaborated with which other author on 'De historie van mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'?

Betje Wolff

What was the maiden surname of Cees Nooteboom's mothers, which he used often in his works?

Pessers

The Mauritshuis museum in The Hague has art from which centuries?

17th and 18th

18th century work 'Willem Leevend' was produced in how many volumes?

8

John Gabriel Stedman was an author working in which century?

18th

Which artist cut off his own ear in 1888?

Van Gogh

Janwillem van de Wetering was best known for writing which types of books?

Thrillers

How many panels are there in the famous painting 'Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch?

3

Van Gogh's 'A Bedroom in Arles' was created during a stay in which country?

France

The Goldfinch' is a work by which artist?

Fabritius

Only how many Vermeer paintings survive to the current day?

36 Click to see the answer

Panorama Mesdag' is a view of which town in the 19th century?

 Scheveningen

Anton Corbijn is famous in which field of the arts?

Photography

Poet Heinrich von Veldeke worked in which century?

12th

Michel Faber primarily writes in which language?

English

The Starry Night' by Van Gogh is owned by MOMA in which city?

New York

In which town, now in Belgium, was Frans Hals born?

Antwerp

In which city was Rembrandt born?

Leiden

Artist Jan Steen was painting during which century?

17th

Jacob van Campen was an architect best known for work during which century?

17th

Janwillem van de Wetering created the character Hugh Pine which was which sort of animal?

Porcupine

Author Jan Wolkers died in which year?

2007

Willem Kalf is best known for which type of pictures?

Still Life

The former house of which artist at Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum?

Rembrandt

Artist Piet Mondrian was born in which century?

19th

The De Stijl movement celebrated which birthday in 2017?

100 Click to see the answer

Still Life with a Chinese Tureen' is a work by which 17th century artist?

Willem Kalf

Man Blowing Smoke at a Drunken Woman' is a 1660 painting by which artist?

Jan Steen

Before becoming an author, Willem Frederik Hermans taught which subject at Gronigen University?

Geography

Which author wrote ' The Crimson Petal and the White'?

Michel Faber

In which Dutch city was Johannes Vermeer born in 1632?

Delft

The novel 'Ik Jan Cremer' was published in which decade?

1960s

Carel Fabritius was a pupil of which other famous artist?

Rembrandt

Delftware pottery was a Dutch copy of techniques from which country?

China

Leo Lionni wrote books in which genre?

Childrens

Which author wrote the 1982 novel 'De Aanslag'?

Harry Mulisch

Janwillem van de Wetering's 1971 novel 'The Empty Mirror' is about his time in which country?

Japan

Bosch's masterpiece 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' is on display in a museum in which city?

Madrid

Architect Jacob van Campen is best known for the Mauritshuis museum in which city?

The Hague

What kind of earring does the girl have in the Vermeer painting?

Pearl

2012 saw a massive art heist from the Kunsthal museum in which city?

Rotterdam

Which biblical character is depicted taking a bath in a famous work by Rembrandt?

Bathsheba

The Van Gogh Museum is in which city?

Amsterdam

In which Dutch province was Van Gogh born?

North Brabant Click to see the answer

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag has the world's biggest collection of which artist's work?

Mondrian

In which year did Anne Frank start to write in her diary?

1942

Which poet was the earliest to use Dutch dialect?

Heinrich von Veldeke

In which decade did Maarten 't hart write his first novel, 'Stenen voor een ransuil'?

1970s

What was the value in euros of the art stolen in Rotterdam in 2012?

18 million

What was the real first name of Dutch author Aagje Deken?

Agatha

What nationality were the thieves charged with stealing art from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2012?

Romanian

A C Baantjer wrote which sort of novels?

Detective

Which children's character was created by Dick Bruna?

Miffy

Although famous for her Amsterdam written diary, in which city was Anne Frank born?

Frankfurt

What type of blue flowers were famously painted by Van Gogh in France in 1889?

Irises

Which author wrote 'The Tea Lords' and 'Het woud der verwachting'?

Hella Haasse

Graphic artist MC Escher was active in which century?

20th

Hella Haasse is best known for which type of fiction?

Historical

Louis Couperus grew up in which Asian city?

Jakarta

What was the first name of artist Vermeer?

Johannes

What is the nickname of the Mauritshuis art gallery in The Hague?

Jewellery Box

Fabritius was killed in an explosion when he was how old?

32

Willem Frederik Hermans was a writer working in which century?

20th

What was the name of the Inspector's side-kick in the novels by A C Baantjer?

Vledder

The Night Watch' is a famous work by which Dutch painter?

Rembrandt

Hendrick ter Brugghen was a follower of which Italian artist?

Caravaggio

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp' is in the Mauritshuis museum in which city?

The Hague

Marinus Boezem planted trees to form the Green Cathedral in which decade?

1980s

The The Kröller-Müller museum, housing 19th and 20th century art, is in which province?

Gelderland

Jan Wolker's famous book 'Turkish Delight' was published in which decade?

1960s

Willem Kalf's work 'Still Life with Drinking Horn' is in the National Gallery in which English cirty?

London

Rinus de Gier and Henk Grijpstra are characters in thrillers by which author?

Janwillem van de Wetering

Dick Bruna's Miffy books first appeared in which decade?

1950s

The Laughing Cavalier' was painted by which Dutch Artist

Frans Hals

Michel Faber's family emigrated from the Netherlands to which country when he was 7?

Australia

During the 1960s, Cees Nooteboom wrote a column for which newspaper?

de Volkskrant

Willem Kalf painted several still life works in which century?

17th

What was the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker?

Multatuli

Cornelis Vreeswijk emigrated to which country with his parents at the age of 12?

Sweden

Which 19th century author wrote 'Eline vere' and 'Extaze'?

Louis Couperus

Artist Bart van der Leck worked in which art field before studying fine art?

White

John Gabriel Stedman wrote a book about an expedition on which continent?

South America

The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen‎ is in which city?

Rotterdam Click to see the answer

Pieter Saenredam is best known for painting the interiors of which buildings?

Churches

In which year did the Rijksmuseum open for the first time?

1885

Rineke Dijkstra is known in which field of the arts?

Photography

Which artist was a great friend to Van Gogh during his time in France?

Gaugin

A pair of portraits by Rembrandt were bought jointly by the Rijksmuseum and which gallery?

Louvre

Van Gogh's productive art career only lasted how many years?

10 Click to see the answer

Ootje Oxenaar is known for designing which everyday object?

Banknotes

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero died at which young age in 1618?

33

Gerrit Dou was a pupil of which famous artist?

Rembrandt

Whose best known work was the 1983 novel 'The Sorrow of Belgium'?

Hugo Claus

Bram Braam bases much of his work on what?

Architecture

Pieter Post famously designed the Town Hall in which Dutch city?

Maastricht

How many public libraries are there in the Netherlands?

579

In order to enter the Royal Award for Modern Painting, artists have to be under which age?

35

Fleur Van Dodewaard works in which field of art?

Photography Click to see the answer

Willem De Kooning's 'Woman III' sold in 2006 for what price?

$137 million

Geert Mak writes non-fiction in which field?

History

Frederique Jonker puts a modern twist on which type of painting?

Still Life

Van Gogh was the eldest of how many children?

6

Bram Braam is a modern Dutch artist based in which city?

Berlin

Which artist's masterpiece is the altar at Ghent cathedral?

Jan van Eyck

The Drentsmuseum is home to the largest what in the Netherlands?

Dolls house

Maarten van Heemskerck's set of paintings of Wonders of the World contains how many works?

8

How many figures are there in Rembrandt's painting 'The Night Watch'?

34

How many plays did Hugo Claus write over his career?

60

How many euros is the prize money for a Royal Award for Modern Painting?

6500

Willem De Kooning moved from the Netherlands to which country in 1926?

United States Click to see the answer

Saskia Olde Wolbers works in which medium?

Video

What is the pen-name of Nicolaas Beets?

Hildebrand

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft is associated with writing in which period of history?

Renaissance

What was the name given to the Dutch artists including Mondrian who produced geometric art?

De Stijl

Whose 2003 novel was called 'Problemski Hotel'?

Dimitri Verhulst

Ootje Oxenaar was first asked to design guilder banknotes in which decade?

1960s

Siem Sigerius is the main character in which book?

Bonita Avenue

How many artists are presented with the Royal Award for Modern Painting each year?

4

In which decade was photographer Rinkeke Dijkstra born?

1950s

Renate Dorreestein published her forst novel in which decade?

1980s

De Kleine Johannes' is a novel by which psychiatrist and writer?

Frederick van Eeden

Scheltema is the largest retailer of which item in the Netherlands?

Books

Johannes Bosboom is best known for producing paintings using which technique?

Watercolours

The Bonnefantenmuseum is a gallery in which town?

Maastricht

Willem de Kooning was an artist working in which century?

20th Click to see the answer

Which Old Master produced 'Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul'?

Rembrandt

Which type of tree did van Gogh paint extensively during his time at Saint-Rémy?

Cypresses

Van Gogh produced the 'Sunflowers' paintrings to decorate the house of which artist?

Gaugin

Theo van Doesburg was an artist working in the early part of which century?

20th

Which famous painting is also known as 'The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq'?

The Night Watch

Portrait of Marten Soolmans and Portrait of Oopjen Coppit were bought for how many million dollars?

$180

Jacob van Ruisdael is known for which type of painting in the 17th century?

Lanscapes

Maarten van Heemskerck spent most of his life working in which city?

Haarlem

Mondrian died in which American city in 1944?

New York

The Royal Award for Modern Painting was first awarded in which year?

1871

The Netherlands Dance Theatre is in which city?

The Hague

Which Golden Age playwright wrote 'Klucht van de Koe'?

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero

Cees Nooteboom wrote a non-fiction book about a pilgrimage to which Spanish city?

Santiago de Compostela

Who wrote 'Grandida' and 'Geeraert van Velsen'?

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

The Milkmaid' is a painting created by which artist in around 1660?

Vermeer

How much did Rembrandt charge his pupils for a year's tuition?

100 guilders

Joost van den Vondel was the most famous playwright of which century?

17th

Christien Meindertsma wrote a book about the ways in which what animal can be used in manufacturing?

Pig Click to see the answer

The Stedelijk Museum features which sort of art?

Modern

Christien Meindertsma put together an art work with lost property from which airport?

Schipol

Jacob van Swanenburgh trained which famous artist?

Rembrandt

Marcel Moring won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2007 for which novel?

Dis

The Zeeland Library is in which town?

Middelburg

How many books are in stock at Scheltema at any one time?

120,000

Joost van den Vondel's most famous play is about which biblical character?

John the Baptist

Koch X Bos is an independent gallery in which city?

Amsterdam

What is the occupation of Siem Sigerius in 'Bonita Avenue'?

Maths professor

A businessman from which country bought van Gogh's 'Portrait of Dr. Gachet' in 1990?

Japan

What was the name of Rembrandt's wife?

Saskia

Which writer has been called the father of international law?

Hugo Grotius

Who wrote the book 'Girl with the Pearl Earring' about the Vermeer painting?

Tracy Chevalier

Which Dutch newspaper has the largest circulation?

De Telegraaf

Willem Elsschot's 1933 novel had which food in the title?

Cheese

Who wrote the book 'De Tweeling', made into a successful movie?

Tess de Loo

Which Da Vinci picture provided inspiration for Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch'?

Last Supper

Jan van Eyck was one of the first painters to work using which materials?

Oil paint

The poem 'Camera Obscura' is by which Dutch poet?

Nicolaas Beets

The Golden Age of Dutch painting was the early part of which century?

17th

The Scheltema bookshop in Amsterdam was founded in which year?

1853

The Night Watch' by Rembrandt is on the walls of which museum?

Rijksmuseum

The Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem will open in which year after refurbishment?

2019

Frederik van Eeden was which type of doctor as well as being a writer?

Psychiatrist

In which town is the Nederlands Tegelmuseum?

Otterlo

Who designed the Mauritshuis at The Hague?

Pieter Post

Which writer's 1983 debut was 'Meisjes van de suikerfabriek'?

Tessa de Loo

To 2017, how many Dutch people have won the Nobel Prize for Literature?

0

In Lucia's Eyes' is a 2005 novel about what topic?

Immigration Click to see the answer

2017 novel 'Abdoel and Akil' is set in which year?

1978

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee' by which Dutch artist was stolen in 1990?

Rembrandt

Which thriller by Gauke Andriesse won the Golden Noose prize in 2011?

De handen van Kalman Teller

Amsterdam has been printing newspapers since which year?

1618

Which playwright won the 2017 Taalunie Playwriting Prize for 'De advocaat'?

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Starry Night' by van Gogh was painted in which year?

1889 Click to see the answer

18th century painter Rachel Ruysch specialised in which subject?

Flowers

A Rembrandt painting was stolen by armed robbers from a museum in which Canadian city in 1972?

Montreal

Broer' and 'Dorst' are novels by which writer?

Esther Gerritsen

What is the name of the main character in 'De Heilige Rita'?

Paul

The pigment in the van Gogh 'Irises' painting has faded, what color were the flowers originally?

Purple

Poet Gerrit Komrij died in which year?

2012

How many self-portraits did van Gogh paint during his career?

43

Gerrit Rietveld designed the Rietveld Schroder House in which city?

Utrecht

The Two Hearts Of Kwasi Boachi' is set in which century?

19th Click to see the answer

Arthur Japin's novel 'The Two Hearts Of Kwasi Boachi' tells the story of a prince from which continent?

Africa

Hans Achterhuis writes books on which subject?

Philosophy

What are the names of the main characters in the books by Annie MG Schmidt?

Jip and Janneke

In which year did MOMA in New York acquire 'Starry Night' by van Gogh?

1941

One of van Gogh's earliest works was a beach scene at which Dutch port?

Scheveningen

Whose first novel was 'The Two Hearts Of Kwasi Boachi'?

Arthur Japin

Which 17th century Dutch artist is known for his use of ultramarine pigment?

Vermeer

Irises' by van Gogh was bought in 1990 by the Getty center in which city?

Los Angeles

Poppy Flowers' by van Gogh was stolen from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in which city?

Cairo

The Just Judges' by Jan van Eyck was stolen and has been missing since which year?

1934

1881 painting 'Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs' is one of which artist's earliest works?

Van Gogh

Van Gogh's masterpiece 'Starry Night' was painted in which country?

France Click to see the answer

What was Van Gogh's first name?

Vincent

The 2017 novel 'Abdoel and Akil' is about three girls on holiday in which country?

France

The House of the Mosque' is a 2010 novel by which writer?

Kader Abdolah

Esther Gerritsen is an author from which town?

Nijmegen

Which author wrote 'Het Smelt'?

Lize Spit

Only how many of Vermeer's paintings have been dated?

3

How many watercolors did van Gogh produce during his career?

1,300

Fabeldieren' was a 1975 poetry compilation by which poet?

Gerrit Komrij

How many oil paintings did van Gogh produce during his career?

860

Tommy Wieringa's novel 'De Heilige Rita' is set in which decade?

1970s

In which year was van Gogh in France, painting sunflowers?

1888

Who wrote the 2016 novel 'Slapeloze nacht'?

Magriet de Moor

Whose 1887 novel was 'Een Liefde'?

Lodewijk van Deyssel

Who is the only author two have won the Libris Prize twice?

Thomas Rosenboom

The whereabouts of which van Gogh painting are currently unknown?

Portrait of Dr Gachet Click to see the answer

De Wetten' was the first novel by which female writer?

Connie Palmen

Lodewijk van Deyssel was an admirer of which French author?

Emile Zola

Self-portrait with Beret and Gathered Shirt' by Rembrandt was stolen from Stockholm in 2000 and recovered in which city 5 years later?

Copenhagen

Stefan Hertmans based his novel 'War and Turpentine' on which relative's notebooks?

Grandfather

What color is the scarf the girl wears around her head in 'Girl With a Pearl Earring'?

Blue

Tonguecat' is a novel by which writer?

Peter Velhelst

Who is the central character of Connie Palmen's novel 'De wetten'?

Marie

The Concert' by Vermeer was stolen in which year and has not been recovered?

1990

Zen Ohne Master' is a comic book about which country?

Japan

What is the estimated value of Van Gogh's 'Poppy Flowers', stolen in Cairo in 2010?

$50 million

What was the first name of painter Vermeer?

Johannes

View of the Sea at Scheveningen' was recovered in which Italian city after being stolen in 2002?

Naples

The Concert' by Vermeer was stolen in 1990 from a museum in which American city?

Boston

Gerrit Komrij is best known for which type of literary work?

Poetry

Who wrote 2006 novel 'In Lucia's Eyes'?

Arthur Japin

Which author's 2017 book was 'Reddende engel'?

Renate Dorrestein

Which author wrote 'De Wafel Febriek'?

Roman Helinski

Alfred Birneys 'De tolk van Java' is set in which century?

20th

Het Behouden Huis' was written in which decade?

1950s