This is a message for everyone taking part in the Newsquiz of the national (Dutch) newspaper called Algemeen Dagblad. The 52 questions of this quiz, about news from 2011, can be found in the AD from Saturday 31st of December, on pages 4-13. And I know this because I’ve had several e-mails from contestants asking me the answer to question 30 on page 8. This is because the question reads:
This year it became clear that Hanny’s Voorwerp is a…
A) Fairytale
B) Birthplace for new stars
C) New planet
The kind souls I’ve already e-mailed the answer to all replied back saying thanks, so before I’m giving you the answer here though I’d like to ask you: do let me know if you’ve seen this post and if it was helpful. You can e-mail me at: or leave a comment below (dat mag ook in het Nederlands).
And one more thing: if anyone has a copy left of this newspaper, or can take a picture of the page this question is on, I’d be very grateful too. | Kan iemand mij helpen aan deze krant? Nadat u gewonnen heeft? Of een foto maken van de pagina waar deze vraag staat? Dat kan ook online, maar alleen als abonnee – alvast bedankt very much!
So, the answer was published in the Algemeen Dagblad of Thursday the 13th of January. I gave interviews from Seattle, where we presented our results and I saw this when I got on my flight back and nearly everyone on the airplane was looking at my face. There’s a birthspot with new stars in the ‘eye’ of Hanny’s Voorwerp, so the answer is B. And here’s picture proof.
