QoD - August 12, 2008

[AnnieCamaro]

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

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Oh, I don't ever like nose-rubbing. You can trust a four-footer on that! But you are one of my very best boyfriends, Mr. Marley, so I send you wet kisses and warm snuggles, and I'm not just saying that.

/:P\

[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 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?

Wellington. I know that's not right.

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"?


I'll guess Klee.

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.

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[MarleysGh0st]

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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, Indonesia. Djakarta is a legitimate, if obsolete, spelling and not just a symptom of this sudden obsession with Djibouti.

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. The Al Smith Dinner, in New York City, is still a regular stop on the presidential campaign trail.

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


Piet Mondrian. As I said yesterday, I don't understand modern art. I particularly don't understand how Mondrian made a whole series of these paintings. Change the spacing of the lines, color in a rectangle here and there, and it all means something different from the other paintings?

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.


POINTS

Everyone knew Edgar, but each of the other questions tripped up a few people. A third of you still got perfect scores, though, so I'm trying harder to adjust the bell curve today!


wintergreen48 = 10
Here's Fanny! = 10
ulysses5019 = 10
AnnieCamaro = 10
Hambone = 10
andrewjackson = 10
kroxquo = 10
TheConfessor = 10
themanintheseersuckersuit = 6
mrkelley23 = 6
jarnon = 6
plasticene = 6
elwoodblues = 6
tlynn78 = 6
tanstaafl2 = 4
T_Bone0806 = 4
NellyLunatic1980 = 4
Catfish = 4
megaaddict = 4
jsuchard = 4
SportsFan68 = 4
Rexer25 = 2
frogman042 = 2
LookingForHumorPoints = 1.618 (I know I'm a tough audience, but you're just not making me laugh, LHFP. I gave you the golden ratio for your shout-out to Vandal. But don't think I'll always be so generous for a gratuitous shout-out!)

I'll update the Standings thread as soon as JBillyGirl posts the scores from the Weekend QoD.

[Here's Fanny!]

I'll update the Standings thread as soon as JBillyGirl posts the scores from the Weekend QoD.

I need updates now! The last couple days were good ones and, if today's questions are any indication, it is as high as I am going to climb. Ha!