Rafael Nadal Wins Australian Open

Today, I believe that we witnessed another final between the two best tennis players to have lived. Roger Federer will surely overtake Pete Sampras' total of Grand Slam singles wins, but Rafael Nadal will then surpass Federer (assuming his knees hold up). What makes Nadal the more complete champion is that he has now won on Grass, Hard Court AND on Clay (neither Sampras nor Federer [so far] were able to win in Paris!)

On to the posers for today: -

1. Who married fashion model Carla Bruni today in 2008?
   


2. What is the name of the groundhog that has predicted the end of spring annually since today in 1887?
   


3. In which country was singer/songwriter Shakira (below) born today in 1977?
   

   Photo by Alejandro Bárcenas (2006)

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Ayatollah Khomeini; 2. Peter Sallis; 3. South Africa; 4. Sir Stanley Matthews