QoD - August 28, 2008

[MarleysGh0st]

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Friday, August 29.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?



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[NellyLunatic1980]

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1. Juan Antonio Samaranch
2. Minneapolis-St. Paul
3. Ernest Hemingway?
4. the Balearic Islands

[wintergreen48]

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1. Juan Scaramanga?

2. Minneapolis?

3. Hemingway?

4. Baleiracs?

[Here's Fanny!]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

Juan Antonio Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

Minneapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

George Orwell

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

Chopinanas I can't even think of a real island group that's close. Ha!

[LookingForHumorPoints]

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Friday, August 29.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

_TPTB_

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

Minot

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

John McCain

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

The Kitty Sandwich Islands


LFHP

[jsuchard]

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1. Samaranch

2. Minneapolis

3. Hemingway

4. Balearic Islands

[Here's Fanny!]

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

The Kitty Sandwich Islands


LFHP

Damn, Butch, why didn't I think of that?

(I know, I know, because you're the professional. Ha!)

[ulysses5019]

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Samaranch

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Hemingway

Balearics

[BigDrawMan]

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2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Friday, August 29.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

ja samaranch


2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

bloomington

for xtra points, I will tell yins it was built on the site of old Met stadium
the wetrodome was built on the site of a shopping mall

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

orwell
it is a fabu book

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?


baeleric

or balearic

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or mallorca
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[AnnieCamaro]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?
Mr. Juan Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?
Minneapolis, Minnesota

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
I don't think it's Mr. Hemingway, but he's the only writer I can think of who was in the Spanish Civil War, so I will guess Mr. Hemingway.

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?
Balearic Islands

[Catfish]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

Minneapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

??

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

??

[andrewjackson]

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1. Juan Antonio Samaranch

2. Minneapolis, MN

3. W.H. Auden?

4. Balearics

[plasticene]

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1. Juan Antonio Samaranch
2. Minneapolis
3. Ernest Hemingway
4. The Balearic Islands

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

Juan Carlos Secretariat



2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

Minneapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

Hemingway

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

The Majorcas

[jarnon]

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1. Samaranch
2. Minneapolis
3. Hemingway
4. Balearic Islands

[Rexer25]

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1. Sammarranch
2. St. Paul, Minnesota (It's in Bloomington, but I don't know if Bloomington is a suburb of Minneapolis or St. Paul)
3. Dos Passos
4.

[TheConfessor]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?
Juan Antonio Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?
Minneapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
Ernest Hemingway

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?
Baleric Islands

[SportsFan68]

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2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Friday, August 29.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

Juan Antonio Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

Minneapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

I'll guess Hemingway.

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

I'll guess the Canaries, but I know that's not right. They're on the other side of the Rock of Gibraltar.



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[elwoodblues]

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1. Juan Samaranch
2. Minneapolis

[T_Bone0806]

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1-Juan Antonio Samaranch (sp?)
2-Minneanapolis, Minnesota (it's in Bloomington, Minnesota)
3-Hemingway?
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[kroxquo]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

Juan Antonio Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

Minneapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

Hemingway

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

Canaries

[tanstaafl2]

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Friday, August 29.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.

Spoiler

1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?
Juan Antonio Samaranch

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?
Minneapolis/St. Paul?

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
Hemingway?

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?
Baleric Islands

[frogman042]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?
No clue - so going for the humor pts: Franco - this just in - he is still dead

2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?
Minniapolis

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?
Hemmingway

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?
WAG: - Gibralta

---Jay (If you know how many years ago the Massacre of Atocha, a neo-fascist attack during the Spanish transition to democracy, was - then you know the rest...)

[MarleysGh0st]

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1. Barcelona is the birthplace of what former International Olympic Committee president (and current Merry Man)?

Juan Antonio Samaranch. "Juan Scaramanga" was a dilemma; I knew that wintergreen knew who he was talking about and I've been generous with spelling in the past, but when the lead is at stake, I'm afraid that the different number of syllables and different pronunciation means I can't award him credit for this one.


2. The Mall of America became the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United States, when it opened in 1992 in a suburb of what city?

It's in Bloomington, outside Minneapolis-St. Paul. Mentioning any of these was good for credit.

3. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. What author wrote the book, Homage to Catalonia, describing his experiences in the Spanish Civil War?

George Orwell. I think this has become the most interesting Q&A of the month! When I was writing this QoD, the title of this book came to mind. I, too, thought that was one of Hemingway's, until I checked my facts online. Then Hemingway turns out to be the nearly unanimous choice of the Bored! GMTA? If the WWTBAM question writers are lurking, they should borrow this question as an upper tier WWOQ!

Kudos to Fanny and BDM, who were the only two to get this question right!

BTW, I presume we were all thinking of Hemingway, because of For Whom the Bell Tolls, which he wrote after going to Spain as a reporter. He wasn't an active combatant, like Orwell, though.

4. Off the coast of Catalonia, Majorca is the largest island in what Mediterranean island group?

Balearic Islands.


POINTS


Thanks to Mr. Orwell, I'm only handing out one (non-humor) bonus today. Good job, BigDrawMan!


LookingForHumorPoints = 12 (Full humor points, plus bonus bonus points for the Kitty Sandwich Islands!)
BigDrawMan = 10
ulysses5019 = 6
Here's Fanny! = 6
AnnieCamaro = 6
andrewjackson = 6
tanstaafl2 = 6
plasticene = 6
jarnon = 6
jsuchard = 6
NellyLunatic1980 = 6
TheConfessor = 6
wintergreen48 = 4
kroxquo = 4
T_Bone0806 = 4
SportsFan68 = 4
Catfish = 4
Rexer25 = 4
elwoodblues = 4
themanintheseersuckersuit = 2
frogman042 = 0