QoD - August 4, 2008

[TheConfessor]

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1. George I, of the House of Oldenburg, was the monarch of what country, from 1863 to 1913?
Liechtenstein

2. William McKinley was elected to his first term as President of the United States in what year?
1896

3. Galaktoboureko would typically be served during what course at dinner?
Typically, none. But if it were to be served, I'd guess maybe dessert.

4. In mythology, what deity was born from the head of Zeus, after he swallowed her pregnant mother?
You've got some very ambiguous pronouns here. I'll assume that the antecedent of "he" is Zeus. I'll assume that the antecedent of "her" is deity. Which means the answer is, hell I don't know. Let's say Athena.

[sunflower]

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All guesses here...please, no laughing!


1. George I, of the House of Oldenburg, was the monarch of what country, from 1863 to 1913?
Norway?

2. William McKinley was elected to his first term as President of the United States in what year?
1876?

3. Galaktoboureko would typically be served during what course at dinner?
Dessert?

4. In mythology, what deity was born from the head of Zeus, after he swallowed her pregnant mother?
Hera...or Athena. Hmmm. If one of those is right, I will most definitely pick the other one. Here goes nothing, Athena?

[etaoin22]

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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 Tuesday, August 5.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


This is my first attempt at hosting a QoD, so I apologize in advance if the questions are too hard, too easy, too obvious, too obscure, or too lacking in geographical content.


1. George I, of the House of Oldenburg, was the monarch of what country, from 1863 to 1913?

Luxemburg

2. William McKinley was elected to his first term as President of the United States in what year?

1896

3. Galaktoboureko would typically be served during what course at dinner?

dessert

4. In mythology, what deity was born from the head of Zeus, after he swallowed her pregnant mother?

Hera

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[MarleysGh0st]

ANSWERS

1. George I, of the House of Oldenburg, was the monarch of what country, from 1863 to 1913?

Greece. Before the Greek Assembly elected him King of the Hellenes, George was a Danish prince. His father took the Danish throne as Christian IX later in the same year.

2. William McKinley was elected to his first term as President of the United States in what year?

1896.

3. Galaktoboureko would typically be served during what course at dinner?

Dessert. It's custard in a phyllo pastry shell.

4. In mythology, what deity was born from the head of Zeus, after he swallowed her pregnant mother?

Athena. Zeus had done this to Metis because it had been prophesized that she would bear children more powerful than him.


POINTS

Well, I think I started out with roughly the right difficulty setting. A lot of sixes, but these people didn't all miss the same question, so there wasn't any particular WWOQ. Congratulations to wintergreen, AJ, tanstaafl and Annie for their perfect scores.

wintergreen48 = 10
andrewjackson = 10
tanstaafl2 = 10
AnnieCamaro = 10
jarnon = 6
NellyLunatic1980 = 6
ulysses5019 = 6
themanintheseersuckersuit = 6
Hambone = 6
plasticene = 6
kroxquo = 6
Here's Fanny! = 6
T_Bone0806 = 6
mrkelley23 = 6
TheConfessor = 6
frogman042 = 4
peacock2121 = 4
sunflower = 4
etaoin22 = 4
SportsFan68 = 2
megaaddict = 2
Rexer25 = 2
LookingForHumorPoints = 0.5 (One point for the galaktobouriko answer, minus half a point for the suggestion that Uly's avatars might be deities!)


TheConfessor's grumble about ambiguous pronouns is duly noted. Henceforth, all pronoun usage will be of the gender-and-number obfuscating "they".

[Bob78164]

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 Tuesday, August 5.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


This is my first attempt at hosting a QoD, so I apologize in advance if the questions are too hard, too easy, too obvious, too obscure, or too lacking in geographical content.


1. George I, of the House of Oldenburg, was the monarch of what country, from 1863 to 1913?

2. William McKinley was elected to his first term as President of the United States in what year?

3. Galaktoboureko would typically be served during what course at dinner?

4. In mythology, what deity was born from the head of Zeus, after he swallowed her pregnant mother?

Spoiler

1. Austria-Hungary
2. 1896
3. After-dinner drinks
4. Athena

--Bob

[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 Tuesday, August 5.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


This is my first attempt at hosting a QoD, so I apologize in advance if the questions are too hard, too easy, too obvious, too obscure, or too lacking in geographical content.


1. George I, of the House of Oldenburg, was the monarch of what country, from 1863 to 1913?

2. William McKinley was elected to his first term as President of the United States in what year?

3. Galaktoboureko would typically be served during what course at dinner?

4. In mythology, what deity was born from the head of Zeus, after he swallowed her pregnant mother?

Spoiler

1. Austria-Hungary
2. 1896
3. After-dinner drinks
4. Athena

--Bob

You're a little late, Bob, but you would have had 4 points!

[jsuchard]

Late, for fun only

Spoiler

1. Greece [Aha! I finally "get" the theming here]
2. 1900
3. Dessert [obviously! Whatever the heck it is.]
4. Athena

[MarleysGh0st]

Late, for fun only

Spoiler

1. Greece [Aha! I finally "get" the theming here]
2. 1900
3. Dessert [obviously! Whatever the heck it is.]
4. Athena

6 points "for fun".