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entertainment">At the quiz, the historian had indicated areas of interest in which the questions he would receive in the broadcast would specifically be about. Although Maarten van Rossem says he does not want to waste too many words, he is happy to explain how he experienced his participation in the anniversary broadcast last week.
entertainment">“Here you can indicate an area of interest and I had done that. And that area of interest was quite simple, the United States after 1945 with special attention to foreign policy. And possibly a question about cars. But with the best will in the world you can’t say that that area of interest was actually the subject of the questions.” The historian thought the three questions he received, including about the Dutch occupation of 1940-1945, were ‘weird questions’. “We hadn’t agreed on that.” He therefore felt ‘cheated’. “I sent them an angry email. But they knew no harm about the prince.”
‘Nice angles’
entertainment">A spokesperson for BnnVara, on behalf of the editors of Per Second Hand at The Telegraph know that participants do indeed indicate an area of interest and that the editors ‘just tried to come up with nice angles’. “We have stayed within its territory of the twentieth century, especially the US and the Cold War. It is not the case that a player only gets questions within one specific area of interest. We always try to match a player’s knowledge, but in an original way. That is the nature of the quiz.”
entertainment">The editors therefore find it a pity that Maarten van Rossem experienced it so differently. He spoke of an ‘unpleasant experience’. “The editors were just so happy with Van Rossem’s participation! (…) Unfortunately, it appears from his reaction that Van Rossem experienced it differently.” The editors once again emphasize the positive aspects of his participation: “While he got a nice score, and told interesting things about the people and things that were discussed in the questions. Thanks in part to Van Rossem, a nice amount went to the UNICEF vaccination program COVAX. That is why we would like to thank him again for his participation.”
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