Two major things happened in the first week of November 2008: 1. Barack Obama won the US election; 2. AMT74 was released, with discussions of pink socks (urgh!), maybe having an affair with your much much older neighbour (nooo!), and the big deal about the Mona Lisa (hmmmm?). This episode originally appeared at answermethispodcast.com/episode74. Want to complete your AMT collection? Episodes 1-200 are available from http://answermethisstore.com.  There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to [email protected]. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org, Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at http://modernmann.co.uk, and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to http://squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'answer'.