Rowan Atkinson Trivia Quiz

Answer: Electrical engineering

Though not widely known, (probably because of his antics on "Mr Bean"!) Rowan Atkinson is a highly intelligent man with two degrees in electrical engineering. It was while he was earning these degrees that he met Richard Curtis and began writing and performing comedy revues.

Answer: True

"Not the Nine O'Clock News" won various awards including an International Emmy Award and the British Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Programme of 1980. Rowan also won both the British Academy Award and was named BBC Personality of the Year for his performance.

Answer: Blackadder

"Blackadder" a comedy set in the middle ages first aired in 1983. "Mr Bean" was aired in 1988, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" in 1994 and "The Thin Blue Line" in 1995/1997.

Answer: Rat Race

Released in 2001, this movie had an all-star cast including John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding Jr. It featured runaway body parts, flying cows, evil squirrel ladies, and 'I love Lucy' impersonaters amongst others.

Answer: Barclaycard

In the long-running series for Barclaycard, Rowan appeared as a hapless and error-prone espionage agent. Interestingly, it was this character on which his title role in "Johnny English" and "Johnny English Reborn" was based.

Answer: The vicar

He was the verbally-bumbling vicar in the 1994 romantic comedy film, which starred Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell. Richard Curtis was the screenwriter of "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

Answer: Mr Bean's Holiday

Lily played a bit part, at the stereo counter, in "Mr. Bean's Holiday".
"Mr Bean's Holiday" was a film made and released in 2007. It was the sequel to the 1997 film "Bean" - the first film based on the television series "Mr. Bean".

Answer: Scooby Doo

"Scooby Doo" is a live-action movie, made in Qld in 2001. As well as starring Freddie Prinze Jr and Sarah Michelle Gellar, it also stars Rowan Atkinson as Emile Mondavarious; the mysterious, creepy and weird owner of Spooky Island.

Answer: Russian Tea Room

Rowan and Sunetra met in the '80s when Sunetra was working as a make-up artist on "Blackadder". They were married at the Russian Tea Room in New York City in 1990, with Stephen Fry acting as the best man.

Answer: Another madman around here? ...Good luck, everyone.

The final episode of the series, although true to the series, is widely accepted for featuring a dramatic and poignant final scene, where most of the main characters including Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and Captain Darling are sent over the top. The four are seen in slow-motion, charging into the smoke of no man's land; gunfire and explosions all around, before the scene fades into a sunny poppy field and the sound of birdsong. We never know the fate of the four.