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1. Have you ever been to Belgium? Yes
2. Do you know any Belgian people? Yes
3. Give three words that you connect with Belgium Chocolate, Strange Constitution, Does Not Exist
4. Give three characteristics of a Belgian
5. Which is/are the official language(s) in Belgium? Flemish, French, German
6. What are the colours of the Belgian flag? Red, Yellow, Black
7. Do you think Belgium is a republic or a monarchy? Monarchy
8. Which religion is predominant in Belgium? Catholic
9. If you would visit Belgium, where would you go and why? Bruxelles, to visit EU institutions
10. Do you know any famous Belgians (everyone that comes to mind…) Mpenza Bros,
11. Do you know a big Belgian company?
12-05-2007, 12:00 AM
a short research, your help would be greatly appreciated Post #92
originally posted by joatjoatjoat:
- (comic) books and cartoonstin tin/kuifje, hercule poirot although he's fictional, asterix, the smurfs,... are all belgian)
Just curious, but what makes Asterix Belgian? - both the creators (René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo) are French, and the character is a Gaul.
The story was created while they were living in Paris for their own magazine (Pilote) after forming their own companies (Edifrance and Edipresse).
Hercule Poirot is a character with Belgian nationality, but he was created by an English author so isn't really Belgian at all.
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originally posted by joatjoatjoat:
then famous belgians i've never heard of ( ... i know):
Alan Hanson
Remy Belvaux
if anyone could tell me who they are it'd be great...
Alan Hanson is probably supposed to be Alan Hansen, a former Liverpool and football player.
If so, he's not Belgian anyway - he's Scottish. Rémy Belvaux Pascal White
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Waffles are American, no?
Whoops! 'Potato Waffles' and 'Belgian Waffles' are American but waffles are indeed Belgian.
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3.Give three words that you connect with Belgium:
Maastricht (EU HQ),
Maastricht isn't in Belgium!
Musically, I know of the band 'Front 242'and the record label 'Play It Again Sam', but didn't know which question they should belong to.
12-05-2007, 02:58 AM
a short research, your help would be greatly appreciated Post #94
1.Have you ever been to Belgium? No
2.Do you know any Belgian people? No
3.Give three words that you connect with Belgium - Chocolate, Tintin, Mussels
4.Give three characteristics of a Belgian Flemish, European (no idea on this one)
5.Which is/are the official language(s) in Belgium? French, Flemish
6.What are the colours of the Belgian flag? Red, Yellow, Black
7.Do you think Belgium is a republic or a monarchy? Monarchy
8.Which religion is predominant in Belgium? Catholicism
9.If you would visit Belgium, where would you go and why? Brussels, Antwerp. Just to check it out whilst going throughout Europe.
10.Do you know any famous Belgians (everyone that comes to mind…) Herge
11.Do you know a big Belgian company? Societe Generale
12-05-2007, 04:09 AM
a short research, your help would be greatly appreciated Post #95
3. Give three words that you connect with Belgium - Poirot, Flat, Chocolate
4. Give three characteristics of a Belgian - moustache-wearing, liberal, unusual names
5. Which is/are the official language(s) in Belgium? Flemish, Dutch, French
6. What are the colours of the Belgian flag? Yellow, Red, Black
7. Do you think Belgium is a republic or a monarchy? Republic
8. Which religion is predominant in Belgium? Protestantism
9. If you would visit Belgium, where would you go and why? Bruges - I've heard its really nice and its easy and cheap to get to.
10. Do you know any famous Belgians (everyone that comes to mind…) footballers mainly - Pfaff, Scifo, Ceulemans, Nilis, Jean-Claude van Damme, Poirot
11. Do you know a big Belgian company?
12-05-2007, 02:08 PM
a short research, your help would be greatly appreciated Post #97
Originally posted by Half-time Orange:
<BLOCKQUOTE>originally posted by joatjoatjoat:
- (comic) books and cartoonstin tin/kuifje, hercule poirot although he's fictional, asterix, the smurfs,... are all belgian)
Just curious, but what makes Asterix Belgian? - both the creators (René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo) are French, and the character is a Gaul.
The story was created while they were living in Paris for their own magazine (Pilote) after forming their own companies (Edifrance and Edipresse).
Hercule Poirot is a character with Belgian nationality, but he was created by an English author so isn't really Belgian at all.
Quote:
originally posted by joatjoatjoat:
then famous belgians i've never heard of ( ... i know):
Alan Hanson
Remy Belvaux
if anyone could tell me who they are it'd be great...
Alan Hanson is probably supposed to be Alan Hansen, a former Liverpool and football player.
If so, he's not Belgian anyway - he's Scottish. Rémy Belvaux Pascal White
Quote:
Waffles are American, no?
Whoops! 'Potato Waffles' and 'Belgian Waffles' are American but waffles are indeed Belgian.
Quote:
3.Give three words that you connect with Belgium:
Maastricht (EU HQ),
Maastricht isn't in Belgium!
Musically, I know of the band 'Front 242'and the record label 'Play It Again Sam', but didn't know which question they should belong to. </BLOCKQUOTE>
after some research, you're right about asterix. I always thought Uderzo was belgian but it seems he just lived here and started the comic books here.
my bad, credit goes to the french
oh and about poirot: the question was "things that you associate with belgium" and apparently hercule poirot is known well in England
thx for explaining hansen as well, although i don't see why some people replied this...
tin tin/kuifje, hercule poirot although he's fictional, asterix, the smurfs,... are all belgian)
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