Oldest English Words

Researchers at Reading University, using computer modelling, have identified some of the oldest words in the English language. I'm not sure I understand it myself, but follow this link to learn more!

Your teasers for the weekend are: -

1. Olof Palme was the Prime Minister of which country when he was assassinated today in 1986?
   
   
2. Chef Ainsley Harriott (right), who was born today in 1957, is the host of which US TV show?
   
   
3. In which country was tennis player Jelena Jankovic (below) born today in 1985?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. "The Grapes of Wrath"; 2. 2 ("BUtterfield 8" & "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"); 3. Paddy Ashdown