answers: week 46

Round 1 – Pictures – Fan Art

1. Jim Carrey
2. Mel Gibson
3. David Tennant
4. Christopher Walken
5. Brigitte Bardot
6. Harrison Ford
7. David Schwimmer
8. Daniel Craig
9. Robert Pattinson
10. Prince George

Round 2 – GK but it’s February stuff

1. Who is this rodent, why is he here? He’s Punxsutawney Phil, the weather predicting groundhog of the famous day
2. Opened in February 1913, what and where is this? Be as precise as you can. Grand Central Terminal, located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
3. In February of which year did Halley’s Comet make its last visit? 1986
4. What is the birthstone of February? Amethyst
5. Executed on the 8^th February 1587, who is this? Mary Queen of Scots
6. Launched in 1906, what was the name of this revolutionary battleship? HMS Dreadnought
7. Taken on February 14 1990 by the Voyager 1 probe, what name did Carl Sagan give to this photo? Pale Blue Dot – of Earth (from about 6 billion kilometers)
8. Born in February 1912, what distinction did this British civil servant and cartographer hold? Last surviving Titanic passenger – she’s Milvina Dean
9. Which country used this as its national flag until it was replaced with a brand new design in 1965? Canada
10. In 1923, which European country became the last to switch to the Gregorian calendar? Greece

Bonus round

TOTP – 30^th May 1991

Unique Answers

Rolling Stones number ones in America

Rambler – Which actor is this?

Born in Scotland in August 1943, this actor and comedian briefly studied for the priesthood as a teenager but changed his mind. Most recently widely seen in the Hobbit movies, his early work was as part of an experimental theatre troupe and featured his stuntman routine which included putting a fork and nails up his nose, stuffing ferrets down his trousers, and setting his head on fire. The name of this character evolved into our actor’s stage name, replacing his birth name of Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith. His early television was mostly children’s, probably most notably Tiswas, and he played the seventh incarnation of the Doctor. Sylvester McCoy

WTF?
Nikola Tesla

Picture reveal – What (1994) album cover is this?

Green Day – Dookie

Round 3 – Music Round

Random

1995, 2008, 1963, 2000, 1988

Round 4 – Youtube covers of stuff

1. Gimme gimme gimme
2. Paint it black
3. Bad romance
4. Gamgsta’s paradise
5. Deutschland
6. Blue
7. Bohemian Rhapsody
8. Numb
9. Wind of change
10. Kashmir