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What nationality was Martin Van Buren?

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Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States. 'Van' suggests Dutch origin of his surname, but the capitalized form indicates anglicised version - like Eddie Van Halen (as opposite to Dutch lower-case Vincent van Gogh).
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British Airways
Air France
KLM
Swissair

Why were the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam strongly criticised by Vatican?

islamic countries were allowed to participate
women were allowed to participate in athletic competitions
Pope had a dispute with the King of Netherlands
Vatican wasn't invited to the games

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Switzerland
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands

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Vincent van Gogh
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Herbert von Karajan
All of the above