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Quiz Visit FYK-exchange 28-07-2009

Quiz Visit FYK-exchange 28-07-2009. Runes in the Netherlands…. B. are never found, but they have been found in Scandinavia. are found in areas where Frisian is or was spoken. are falsifications.

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Quiz Visit FYK-exchange 28-07-2009

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  1. QuizVisit FYK-exchange 28-07-2009

  2. Runes in the Netherlands… B • are never found, but they have been found in Scandinavia. • are found in areas where Frisian is or was spoken. • are falsifications. • are partly found in the province of North-Holland and the other part is found in the province of Fryslân.

  3. Why the name Zuiderzee? (Southernsea) A • The sea is south of Fryslân and North-Holland. • The sea is south of the North Sea. • “South” meant in Old Dutch “inside”, so actually it means “inland sea”. • The Southern people were a nation living around the Southernsea.

  4. Have minority languages recognized rights within the EU? B • No • Yes, but only in the States that ratified the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages. • Yes, the European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities is valid throughout the EU. • This is part of the universal Human Rights, but they have no specific, own rights.

  5. Lower Saxon and Limburgish … B • are official minority languages in the Netherlands. • have the “lower” European status as regional language. • are just dialects without European rights. • are dialects of the High German and derive rights from that language.

  6. Yiddish and Romani are … • recognised by the Netherlands as languages in diasporas (without territory). • dialects of Dutch. • dialects of German. • not languages because the have no written tradition. A

  7. The earliest indication of an owl sign is from? • 1696 • 1796 • 1896 • 1498 A

  8. The dictionary of the Frisian language … • consists of 23 published parts and 2 parts will appear soon. • is twice as big as the dictionary of the Dutch language. • hoax! No such thing exists • is a project which the KNAW and NWO recently supported with 650.000 €. A

  9. Who recognised, after France, the USA the first? • Piece of cake: the Netherlands. • Piece of cake: Fryslân. • The parliament of Schleswig-Holstein (North Frisians). • The Swiss. B

  10. The official name of Fryslân is: • Frisia Magna • Zeven Friesche Zeelanden • Fryslân • Friesland C

  11. C What are the Zeven Friese Zeelanden? (Seven Frisian Seacountries) • A European region nowadays. • A farmers state with an own parliament in the tenth century. • A failed Frisian NATO of the fourteenth century. • Hoax!

  12. How many EU citizens speak a minority language? • 5 million • 15 million • 30 million • 45 million D

  13. Is Frisian a language? • Yes. • No. • It is a dialect. • It is a language family. D

  14. What are nowadays the members of the Frisian language family? • Frisian, West Frisian, East Frisian. • Frisian, Sater Frisian, North Frisian. • North Frisian, South Frisian, Frisian. • Frisian, Gronings, East Frisian, West Frisian. B

  15. Did the people in the Province of Groningen ever speak Frisian? • Yes, but at that time Ron Jans wasn’t the football coach of FC Groningen yet. • Just in the western part of the province. • Yes, until well into the Middle Ages. • No, Lower Saxon. C

  16. What did Napoleon for Fryslân? D • He closed the University of Franeker. • Heavy government tasks were moved from Ljouwert to The Hague. • Everyone got a last name. • Open boarders at Wolvegea and elsewhere along the province boarders. A B C

  17. When did the first Frisian translation of the Bible appear? • 1843 • 1943 • Still working on it. • 1743 B

  18. What are the minority languages in the United Kingdom? • Irish, Scots, Welsh. • Gaelic, Welsh, Scots. • Welsh, Scots, Manx, Gaelic, Cornish. • Gaelic, Scots, Welsh, Manx. C

  19. Does primary education in Fryslân have a minimum amount of hours Frisian in the curriculum? • The law says nothing about a required number of hours. • 1 hour Frisian education per week is compulsory. • 3 hours Frisian education per week is compulsory. • 1 day a week Frisian education is compulsory. A

  20. When was the first tv-broadcasting of Omrop Fryslân? • 01.02.1994 • 01.02.1974 • 01.02.1984 • Omrop Fryslân has only radio-broadcasting. A

  21. The last official change of the Frisian spelling is made in … • There is no general accepted spelling for the Frisian language. • 1980 • 1880 • 1946 B

  22. When did the Netherlands ratify the European Charter for Regional and Minority languages? • 1996. • Not ratified. • 1976. • Such a Charter doesn’t exist. A

  23. When has Fryslân been independent for a short while? • In 1803, during a reform by Napoleon. • In 1831, during the Belgium battle. • In 1853, because of an administrative mistake during the state reform of that year. • Hoax! Never. D

  24. What are the minority languages in Spain? • Portuguese, Basque, Catalan • Catalan, Moroccan, Galician • Basque, Galician, Catalan • Catalan, Andorran, Basque C

  25. Which Latin classic isn’t translated to Frisian? • Vergilius - Georgica • Seneca - Troades • Boethius - De Consolatione Philosophiae • Thomas a Kempis - Imitatio Christi C

  26. Immigrants in Fryslân are mainly: • Turks and Moroccans. • Surinam and Iraqi. • Turks and Surinam. • Iraqi and Moroccans. B

  27. The word “Fries” derives from: • the Celtic stem Parisii (p>f, see also pater > fader), therefore Frisii. • “with curly hair”, compare the Frisian word “frisearen” (to curl). • is unknown. • the name of the first King Friso, after whom the nowadays prince Friso is named. C

  28. C Old Frisian … • constitutes with Old English a separate branch in the family tree of languages. • constitutes a separate branch with Old Dutch and Old Norse. • resembles Old English the most within the Old Germanic language continuum. • resembles Old Norse the most within that same continuum.

  29. What insult indicates compensation in the Old Frisian Law? A B • Throw someone in such deep water, that his head dunks under the water, his hands and feet can’t touch the bottom, with his eyes he can’t see the sky and his ears can’t hear the calls of the crowd. • Hit someone that hard that his food comes out at two sides at once. • Jump someone on his back so he falls in the mud, and call him names in the meanwhile. • Put someone's beard on fire while he sleeps. D C

  30. How many municipalities counts Fryslân nowadays? • 11 • 31 • 24 • 44 B

  31. In 2005 the Netherlands had nearly 1.5 million milk cows. How many are there in the Frisian grasslands? • 150.000 • 250.000 • 300.000 • 500.000 B

  32. What percentage of the Frisian soil is used for agriculture? • 50 % • 80 % • 65 % • 90 % B

  33. From what year dates the oldest, still active, Frisian company? • 1803 • 1703 • 1603 • 1503 B

  34. Who was the first Frisian Stadholder from the Nassau-family? • Ernst Casimir. • Hendrik Casimir. • Willem Lodewijk (Ús Heit). • Willem van Oranje. D

  35. Which sport is practised mostly by the inhabitants of Fryslân? • Korfball. • Skating. • Soccer. • Swimming. D

  36. Which mother language is not present between the schoolchildren in Ljouwert? • Armenian. • Nepalese. • Norwegian. • Sorbian. D

  37. What is the oldest newspaper of Fryslân (1752)? • Bolswards Nieuwsblad • Friesch Dagblad • Leeuwarder Courant • Nieuwe Dockumer Courant C

  38. Oldehove, the tower in Ljouwert, is leaning over, just like the tower of Pisa. How many meters is the Oldehove out of plumb? • 0,90 meter • 1,70 meter • 1,20 meter • 2,00 meter B

  39. Which classic Greek book is not translated into Frisian? • Homeros - Ilias. • Sofocles - Oedipus the King. • Plato - Symposion. • Homeros - Odyssee. C

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