I was definitely intimidated by the W at first, thinking it's a weird letter and therefore I wouldn't do well. Then I actually got to the quiz and it was pretty easy.
I've played this site long enough that I absolutely know Windhoek is the capital of somewhere, but could not tell you which country it is if my life depended on it.
Yes, but to clarify Tintenpalast is a German word, the Afrikaans translation would be inkpaleis. I looked it up because I thought, huh tint, ink? Wouldn't it be simply tint in English (or shade, colour, teint, tan of hue.)
Untill now I wasn't aware the German word for ink was Tinte, they are quite a few of those sneaky quite but not close words in languages from the same families (well atleast the germanic languages). Confusing but interesting.
I remember when I was at my dad's and he had german guests with a dog. And I learned in german dogs "bellen" (bark) which in dutch means making a phonecall.. I found it quite amusing :)
I spend so much time on this site, that I have forgotten the dutch words for most of them haha. Though quite a few I didnt know in ány language before coming to this site. Like Funafuti ;)
Sorry, but I refuse to believe that half the quiz takers knew Windhoek, Namibia. If you want to google to get the answers because it makes you feel good, have at it, I guess.
I was well aware if the status of Windhoek long before I had ever come across jetpunk. Not sure whether I knew it before I learnt Dutch, but that does make it stick in the mind.
Fun fact: there is a motorcycle dealership in the UK going by the name "Windy Corner".
You should put somewhere that full name of the capital because I was stumped for North America because most people only say D.C because their is a state called Washington.
Untill now I wasn't aware the German word for ink was Tinte, they are quite a few of those sneaky quite but not close words in languages from the same families (well atleast the germanic languages). Confusing but interesting.
I remember when I was at my dad's and he had german guests with a dog. And I learned in german dogs "bellen" (bark) which in dutch means making a phonecall.. I found it quite amusing :)
2. I think that was a poor attempt at a Covid-19 joke.
Fun fact: there is a motorcycle dealership in the UK going by the name "Windy Corner".