The Foreigner's Guide to Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, t
• Leerjaar 4

Listening & watching

Sinterklaas

Are you ready???

00:41

In Belgium children put in their shoe a carrot for the horse and a beer for Pete.

1. true
2. false

00:50

This family originally comes from

01:56

You'd better watch the Sinterklaasjournaal or

1. you won't get any presents.
2. you don't know what all the children are talking about.

02:29

In the journal children are traumatized every year. How?

1. They say 'pakjesavond' will be cancelled.
2. They ask whether Sinterklaas will come in time.

02:49

When is the 'intocht' every year?

1. the first Saturday of November
2. the third Saturday of November

03:09

'de schoen zetten' in English is

1. to put down the shoe
2. to put on the shoe
3. to put out the shoe

03:32

'pepernoot' in English is

1. crunchy gingerbread cookie
2. crunchy chocolate cookie

04:04

Why does Sinterklaas sometimes put a calendar in the shoe for the child?

1. That is one of the gifts.
2. So they know when they can put out their shoe.
3. So they know when 'pakjesavond' is.

04:42

Young children get presents stuffed in a sack. Older children make

05:02

Surprises come with a poem that roasts the family member in question.

1. true
2. false

05:38

The modern servant (black Pete) was first introduced in a book

1. in 1815
2. in 1850

06:15

Pete is black because of

1. the natural skin colour
2. the black paint
3. the soot from the chimney

07:12

In 2019 71 % of the people objected to the new Pete. In 2020

1. 46 %
2. 64 %

07:46

People who are against the new Pete

1. are hardcore traditionalists or plain all racists.
2. live in big cities.

08:36

The narrator is a fan of Pete because

1. they are with many.
2. he gives all the 'pepernoten'.
3. he wears colourful clothes.
4. he is the joker and full of mischief.

09:36

The difference between the intocht of Sinterklaas and the Canadian Santa Claus parade is especially

1. the fairy tale characters
2. the sponsoring
3. the length of the parade

10:15

At home we celebrate Sinterklaas with surprises and/or a special evening.

1. yes
2. no

02:29

The new horse of Sinterklaas is called