van Gogh and van Dyke would ordinarily be alphabetized under "G" and "D", while Von Trapp would be under "V". But, since this is an American quiz, they are all put under "V".
For some reason I looked at the picture for "seafaring people" and thought, "huh, what's a group of seafaring people like the Vikings that start with V..." D'oh!
the 'Van' means 'of'...'von' is the German version of 'of'.
So it says Vincent of Gogh from an English perspective, though, indeed most English speakers don't see the difference. Either way, it is not a double surname. We Dutch list people the folks like:
I'm not usually one to judge the flags of briefly independent republics, but there has to have been a better choice for the star pattern than "eh, just throw'em on there."
(At least I can't find an explanation of the design past "random" or "irregular" or "natural" pattern.)
the 'Van' means 'of'...'von' is the German version of 'of'.
So it says Vincent of Gogh from an English perspective, though, indeed most English speakers don't see the difference. Either way, it is not a double surname. We Dutch list people the folks like:
(van) Gogh, Vincent,
or
Gogh, Vincent (van),
or that kind of style.
(At least I can't find an explanation of the design past "random" or "irregular" or "natural" pattern.)