Aalsmeer Flower Market

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Aalsmeer Flower Market
Aalsmeer Flower Market in Mario is Missing!
Screenshot from the MS-DOS version of Mario is Missing!
First appearance Mario is Missing! (1993)
Latest appearance Mario is Missing! CD-ROM Deluxe (1994)
Greater location Amsterdam
“The Netherlands (which used to be called Holland), has been famous as a flower-growing center since the 17th century. When most people think of Holland they automatically think of tulips. The Aalsmeer Flower Auction, just outside Amsterdam, is the heart of the European florist trade. Six days a week, vendors gather there to bid for hundreds of different types of flowers. A gigantic clock showing the prices starts high and is gradually lowered. The first vendor to push a button and stop the clock owns that particular lot of flowers for the price shown.”
Pamphlet, Mario is Missing! (PC)

Aalsmeer Flower Market (properly titled Aalsmeer Flower Auction in real life) is a well-known flower shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It appears in the PC versions of Mario is Missing! as a visitable location. In the game, the place closes when a Koopa stole the tulip from the Aalsmeer Flower Market, until Luigi returns it there.

Questions

Aalsmeer Flower Market in Mario is Missing! CD-ROM Deluxe
Stock photo from Mario is Missing! CD-ROM Deluxe

To prove the tulip's authenticity, Luigi must answer the following questions:

  • The Alsmeer[sic] Flower Market is the biggest _____ in Europe.:
    • garden
    • city
    • auction
    • department store
  • How would you buy a lot of flowers at Aalsmeer?
    • Stop the clock
    • Raise your hand
    • Bang your gavel
    • Throw your money
  • Holland is best known for what flower?
    • Snapdragons
    • Wheat flowers
    • Tulips
    • Roses