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1. Who was elected as chairman of the International Olympic Committee in July 2001?
2. Which musical instrument was invented by a Belgian (and first demonstrated by him in 1841)?
3. For those who know something about cycling in general, and 'the Tour de France' in specific, they should know 'the Cannibal'. He won it 5 times and is generally seen as the greatest cyclist of all.
4. Another famous Belgian was called Willy Claes. He was chairman of which organisation when he had to resign in 1995 because of an incident of bribery?
5. His real name was Jozef De Veuster, born in the Belgian town of Tremelo in 1840, but everyone knows him under another name. He lived among terminally ill people (they suffered from leprosy) on the island of Molokai. He died from the disease at the age of 49.
6. In 1976 a young Belgian athlete, who had won 2 silver medals in that years Olympic Games (800 and 1500 meter), died unexpectedly at the age of 22. In his Memoriam, an athletics' meeting was founded. At this moment, it is one of the four 'Golden League' meetings. What is the name of this athlete?
7. Who was the Belgian king from 1951 until his death in 1993?
8. One fellow countryman has been in space. He was member of the 'Atlantis' crew from March 1992. What was his name?
9. In the year 2001, two Belgian women became really famous in the world of tennis. Who were they?
10. This man has won eight grand prix races and was twice vice-World Champion (1969 and 1970). His palmares in the endurance is far more appealing: he won for instance 6 times the '24 hours of Le Mans'. Who is he?
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