QoD - August 12, 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 Wednesday, August 13.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


A note from your QoD Meister/Thematic tour director: We're pressed for time this month, so, unlike the IOC, we will not be revisiting any stops on our tour. Let's leave "Chariots of Fire" for another time and move right along!


1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?


4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?


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SPACE

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. Bangkok?
2. Alf Landon?
3. Piet Mondrian
4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Rexer25]

Spoiler

1. Singapore
2. Alf Landon
3.
4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[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 Wednesday, August 13.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


A note from your QoD Meister/Thematic tour director: We're pressed for time this month, so, unlike the IOC, we will not be revisiting any stops on our tour. Let's leave "Chariots of Fire" for another time and move right along!


1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

Chernobyl

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

Eliot Spitzer

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?


The Dutch Boy

4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?

Vandal


LFHP

[Here's Fanny!]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

Djakarta


2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

Al Smith


3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?

Mondrian Not sure of his first name, so discretion is being the better part of valour.


4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?

Edgar Rice Burroughs

[andrewjackson]

Spoiler

1. Jakarta, Indonesia

2. Al Smith

3. Piet Mondrian

4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[wintergreen48]

Spoiler

1. Djakarta

2. Al Smith

3.Mondriaan

4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[frogman042]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?
New Dehli?

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?
DeWitt?

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?
Moldivio?

4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?
Edgar Rice Burroughs

---Jay (Morey Amsterdam appeared in the movie 'Murder, Inc.' - if you know how many years ago that movie came out you will know the number of days to my air date)

[jarnon]

Spoiler

1. Jakarta
2. Smith (telegram to Pope: stop packing)
3.
4. Burroughs

[megaaddict]

Spoiler

1. Jakarta?
2. Fitzgerald?
3. Paul Klee
4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[tlynn78]

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1. Jakarta
2. nope
3. MOndrian
4. Burroughs

t.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

Jakarta

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

Smith

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?

Miles van De Roe


4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?

Edgar Rice Burroughs

[plasticene]

Spoiler

1. Djakarta?
2. I can never get all four of these!
3. Piet Mondrian
4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Catfish]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

Jakarta

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

Alf Landon?

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?

de Kooning?

4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?

Edgar Rice Burroughs

[TheConfessor]

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1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?
Jakarta

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?
Al Smith

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?

Mondrian


4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?
Edgar Rice Burroughs

[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 Wednesday, August 13.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.


A note from your QoD Meister/Thematic tour director: We're pressed for time this month, so, unlike the IOC, we will not be revisiting any stops on our tour. Let's leave "Chariots of Fire" for another time and move right along!

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?
Jakarta, Indonesia

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?
I dunno. FDR? Dont think he was either Irish or Catholic so pretty sure that isn't right but hey, who remembers the losers...

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?
No idea. Looks like a variation on what I lovingly refer to as "kindergarten art". Have never much cared for kindergarten art. As a result don't much care who did the kindergarten art and so don't have a frellin' clue. I don't much care for it even when I do know the name of who did it.

4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?
Edgar Rice Burroughs. I know that because he didn't do kindergarten art! More like middle school level art. That I liked...

[jsuchard]

Spoiler

1. Jakarta
2. Kennedy? [Total flail guess]
3. [Looks like] Kandinsky [but isn't he Russian? Guess I got this one wrong]
4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[ulysses5019]

Spoiler

Jakarta

Al Smith

Mondrian

Edgar Rice Burroughs

[kroxquo]

OK, I better get a perfect score today what with having a Dutch wife and all.

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

Jakarta

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

Al Smith

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?

Piet Mondrian


4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?


Edgar Rice Burroughs

[elwoodblues]

Spoiler

1. Jakarta (WAG)
2. Al Smith
3. ?
4. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[mrkelley23]

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1. Bombay
2. Al Smith
3. Mondrian
4. Burroughs

[T_Bone0806]

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1-
2-Al Smith
3-
4-Edgar Rice Burroughs

[Hambone]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?

Djakarta

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?

Al Smith

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?


Mondrian

4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?

Edgar Rice Burroughs

[AnnieCamaro]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?
Jakarta (I was going spell this as Djakarta, in an homage to Miss Christie, who learned a lot about Djibouti this week, but I was afraid Mr. Marley would think my answer was confusing. I will try very hard not to be confusing.)

2. In 1928, Herbert Hoover defeated what four-time governor of New York (and first Roman Catholic Irish-American major party candidate) in the presidential election?
Mr. Gov. Alfred E. Smith

3. What Dutch artist became known for his abstract, geometrical paintings such as this "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue"?
Mr. Piet Mondrian (who could draw really nicely, too)

4. At the 1928 Olympics, Johnny Weissmuller won two gold medals in swimming. He would go on to fame as Tarzan, in movies based on the books by what author?
Mr. Edgar Rice Burroughs

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

1. Amsterdam was one of the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, which established trading posts throughout the world. One of these was at Batavia, which is now known as what Asian capital city?
Jakarta (I was going spell this as Djakarta, in an homage to Miss Christie, who learned a lot about Djibouti this week, but I was afraid Mr. Marley would think my answer was confusing. I will try very hard not to be confusing.)

Spoiler

You're very sweet, Annie, especially when you know stuff that I don't and are trying not to rub my nose in it!