Cranium Calendar, Volume II

I've been saving the good ones from February, so here we go! There are definitely more than in January. All of the answers are below all of the questions. :)

- Feb. 2 : Polygraph (T/F): Halfpipe, slopestyle, and boardercross are all competitive skateboarding events. (I got it right but it was a semi-guess)
- Feb. 3 : zelpuz (scramble): OUR CD STANK (hint: movie melodies) (got it)
- Feb. 4 : starstruck (guess the celebrity): Wayne, man of mystery, green ogre. (got it)
- Feb. 5 : punch list: How many of the ten federally recognized holidays in the United States can you name? (I came up with ten but only nine were correct)
- Feb. 11 : starstruck: Fordham, Malcolm, gangster. (didn't get it)
- Feb. 12 : blankout (fill in the blanks): _N_E U_ _ _ _ _I_E (hint: before ever after) (totally got it in like a second)
- Feb. 16 : zelpuz: HE GETS GOING ON WAR (hint: wig wearer) (didn't get it)
- Feb. 17 : Matchbatch: Match Marmaduke, Snoopy, Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, and Spuds Mackenzie with collie, German shepherd, bull terrier, beagle, and Great Dane. Answer below. (got them all with one left that just matched in the end!)
- Feb. 18 : translator: identify the following hairstyles: nectar collectors' family home; Confederate general's palindromic nickname; plot turn on the Riviera. (got the first and third ones right away, was stumped on the second)
- Feb. 19 : polygraph : Identical Twins have the same fingerprints. (got it)
- Feb. 23 : blankout : _U_ _ L_ C_ _ (hint: well-toned wheels) (got it)
- Feb. 24 : odd couple (pick the two that don't belong): tulip, amaryllis, sunflower, nasturtium, garlic (hint: bulbs) (yeah, nope. didn't get it)
- Feb. 26 : selectaquest (multiple choice): Who was the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp? Susan B. Anthony, Betsy Ross, Martha Washington, Queen Isabella of Spain. (got it)



*Answers*
Feb 2: False. They're all snowboarding events. Halfpipes so appear in skateboarding and in-line skating competitions, though.
Feb. 3: Soundtrack
Feb. 4: Mike Myers (starred in Wayne's World in 1992, the Austin Powers movies, and the Shrek films)
Feb. 5 : New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. (I had Flag Day instead of Columbus Day)
Feb. 11 : Denzel Washington (graduated from Fordham University, starred in Malcolm X and American Gangster
Feb. 12: Once Upon a Time
Feb. 16: George Washington
Feb. 17: Match Marmaduke - Great Dane, Snoopy - beagle, Rin Tin Tin - German Shepherd, Lassie - collie, and Spuds Mackenzie- bull terrier. (Spuds is the one I had to leave until the end)
Feb. 18: beehive; bob; French twist (I'm guessing bob comes in with Robert E. Lee, but I was too busy thinking of better nicknames, like"The Marble Man" and "Old Flintlock" and "Stonewall"
Feb. 19: False. similar, but not identical.
Feb. 23: muscle car. after getting it, the hint made me giggle.
Feb. 24: sunflower and nasturtium (they grow from seeds)
Feb. 26: Queen Isabella of Spain (the stamp was part of a series printed in 1893 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the New World)