New Element Named Copernicium

The latest addition to the Periodic Table now has a name - Copernicium has the atomic number 112 (symbol Cp) and is named after astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus!

Your Friday questions are: -

1. On which river did Handel's "Water Music" premiere today in 1717 at the request of George I?
   
   
2. Angela Merkel (right) was born today in 1954 and became the Chancellor of which country in November 2005?
   
   
   
3. Which former President of the International Olympic Committee was born in Barcelona today in 1920?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Saddam Hussein; 2. Chicago White Sox; 3. Jupiter