Question 469: Year me out (Dedicated to all those who come to a quiz blog on new year's eve)

To those mentioned in my dedication, to quote Marx
"Nerds of the world unite
You have nothing to lose, coz its already all gone"
Smirk


A for the question, i'll keep it simple


There have been several odd years in the history of the world, like There was no Full Moon in February for the years 1809, 1847, 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961, 1999.


There were several discrepancies when the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian, Ten days were omitted from the calendar to bring the calendar back in line with the solstices, and Pope Gregory XIII decreed that the day following Thursday, October 4, 1582 would be Friday, October 15, 1582 and from then on the reformed Gregorian calendar would be used. 


But
Name me one year where they had both new year's eve and new year's day fall on the same day.


Happy new decade/year/month/day to all.
Hopefully next year, our lives would've improved such that we aren't on a quiz blog on new years eve.


Cheers

Question 468: Where is the party? On the island of (Insert answer)?

A sitter of a question, but its new years eve, so if you are on a quiz blog, 
Solidarity Mate.


Now for the question.


Originally names Ikes GIlbert, after the British Captain Thomas Gilbert, the island is now known as __X__. Although in the native Gilbertese tongue the island name is Tungaru, they chose the name __X__, which is the Gilbertese Rendition of Gilbert


A fairly obscure island nation, which has raised its voice in the Cancun and Copenhagen Summits due to the fact that it will sink in the next century at the present rate of deglaciation (not a word i made up, its an actual word).


But Apart from this, this island nation has another claim to fame once every year
So
ID the nation, and its claim to Fame.


And a Happy New Years to all, but this won't be the last question of the day, month, year or decade.
Stay tuned, or get a social life
lol

Question 467: Pair-O-These (parodies)

I'll spare you all the long commentary

Just ID the 2 universes in each
(or the 2 main franchises being merged into 1)

1) For pic 1, ID the 2 individuals(wielding the guns no doubt(Fake bonus points for IDying their franchise)), and which franchise's poster they are parodying.

2) For pic 2, ID the 2 Individuals merged into one (look closely, their similarities extend past their name)


Happy Tineyeing

pic 1

pic 2

Question 466: No's the Answer.

Old logo of?

Question 465: Up Up And Away

These are the general side effects of a drug which was originally used to treat hypertension and a symptom related to heart attacks. Its present use mirrors this in some aspects, but what really rises to one's mind when one sees this drug is something more concrete, hard evidence if you could pardon the term.

An Ignobel was awarded for the use of this drug in the treatment of Jetlag as well, as it benefit for treating altitude sickness and other ailments is well known.

Just ID the drug (this picture should serve as a clue in 2 other ways, other than what has been blanked out)
Pseudo bonus points for anyone who can id the ways as well
lol

Question 464: Wingardium

What is this?
Technology-ish.
If you don't know, look at the question title.
Something'll pop up to your mind.
If you've heard of it, you'll get it.
Thanks.

Question 463: BLEW me away

This picture actually did blow me away, and well, coloured me ___ because its amongst the only pictures i've seen of these guys looking as so. I've gone ahead and made this picture un-tineye-able. But these guys- Phil, Chris and Matt are people we have all seen in The Simpsons, Scrubs, The Tonight Show, Superbowl, TV, Movies, even a comic or two has them. The ultimate punchline in a plethora of jokes, they are part of a creative organization which deals in music, theatre, multimedia and the whole lot. Another less famous band derived their name from this organization.


Just ID how do we better know these guys
and/or
The less famous band which derived its name
(both have the same answer, like most other questions)
(Wonder where critic is now?Smirk)

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Question 462: Two's Company

This duty done, we refilled our glasses, lit our pipes, and resumed the discussion upon our state of health. What it was that was actually the matter with us, we none of us could be sure of; but the unanimous opinion was that it - whatever it was - had been brought on by overwork.

"What we want is rest," said Harris.

"Rest and a complete change," said George. "The overstrain upon our brains has produced a general depression throughout the system. Change of scene, and absence of the necessity for thought, will restore the mental equilibrium."

Harris said he thought it would be humpy. He said he knew the sort of place I meant; where everybody went to bed at eight o'clock, and you couldn't get a REFEREE for love or money, and had to walk ten miles to get your baccy.

"No," said Harris, "if you want rest and change, you can't beat a sea trip."

I objected to the sea trip strongly. A sea trip does you good when you are going to have a couple of months of it, but, for a week, it is wicked.

Question: If not a sea trip, what?

Excerpts from?

Question 461: Oh Heavenly Delight

The lady in this picture is the patron saint of all engineers ( lucky B*st*rds), and the reason behind it was that most engineering colleges in England had sprung up during the Industrial Revolution. When it migrated to the US, it remained as the mascot (no surprises) and was passed onto their various drinking songs (again, lucky B*st*rds). Her story was often regaled by rogues in MIT and other engineering colleges, and often enacted over there by females ( lucky guys), and sometimes by  guys (what the deuce?), until strong feminist views stopped these practices  (was it against the girls doing it or the guys?)

Her influence isn't only encompassed by those engineers, as she finds her find figure upon chocolates, a pop music festival, poems (obviously), pictures ( they have more?), and movies (someone send me a link).

As for the question

1) ID the fine piece of art (im not talking about the painting, smirk)

2) Ignore the comments

3) And why is she portrayed as such?

(And why she should be portrayed so again,lol)