The University of Antwerp is blowing out 20 candles this year. Linguapolis set up an online quiz with challenging questions about language to mark the occasion. We announced the winners two weeks ago; they win a spot in an Online Language Café! Want to know the answers? Then scroll on!
1. Combine language with the wish.
Language | Wish |
|---|---|
Japanese | リングアポリスはアントワープ大学の誕生日を祝います。
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Korean
| 링구아폴리스는 안트월픈 대학교에게 축하를 전해요 |
Chinese | 语言城邦祝贺安特卫普大学!
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Arabic | لينجوابولِس تهنّيء جامعة أنتوربن
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Russian | Лингуаполис поздравляет университет Антверпена!
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Hindi
| / |
Except Hindi, you can take courses in all of these languages at Linguapolis.
2. Which Linguapolis courses had the most enrolments?
Language | Amount of students | |
|---|---|---|
1. | Dutch as a second language | 2377 |
2. | French | 417 |
3. | Spanish | 246 |
4. | Engels | 180 |
5. | Korean | 95 |
6. | Chinese | 19 |
Annually, Linguapolis receives more than 3500 learners.
3. What is the correct spelling?
- geüpdatet
- ge-updated
- ge-updatet
- geüpdated
4. Which sign should a learner driver attach to their car?
Country | Sign | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
England | 
| 'learner' |
France | 
| 'apprenti' |
Italy | 
| 'principiante' |
Sweden | 
| This indicates that the driver is driving to practice. |
Russia | 
| 'ученик' - 'pupil' |
5. Is the statement true or false?
True | False | |
|---|---|---|
The Japanese word for tap is カラン or 'karan' and is derived from Dutch. | X |
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Although 蛇口 ('jaguchi') is used more frequently. This literally means 'snake's mouth'.
6. What does the Spanish expression 'poner una pica en Flandes' mean?
- Pursuing something difficult
- Eating something spicy
- Having few table manners
- Loving cold temperatures
The expression comes from the 'guerra de los ochenta años" (Eighty Years' War). 'Flandes' here denotes the whole of the Netherlands and the saying indicates how difficult it was for the Spaniards to get troops into the Netherlands. After all, these had to travel overland from Italy across the Alps, through friendly Savoy and the Spanish Free County of Burgundy (Franche-Comté) to the north. Therefore, this expression is used in the sense of pursuing something very difficult or unattainable.
7. Connect the language with the word for ‘chat' or 'talk'.
Language | Word for 'chat' |
|---|---|
Danish | / |
Swahili | kuongea |
Norwegian | småprate |
Portuguese | falar |
Spanish | / |
Swedish | att snacka |
French | bavarder |
Italian | chiacchierare
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Apart from Danish, you can take courses in all of these languages at Linguapolis.
8. What does 'cheesed off' mean in: She's cheesed off with her job?
- She is irritated with her work.
- She is stressed at work.
- She is totally overworked.
- She is laughed at at work.
9. In how many countries is Dutch an official language?
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 6
(Belgium, the Netherlands, Suriname, Aruba, Saint-Martin and Curaçao)