Friday 23 October 2009

Team USA Comes to Birmingham

The deal has been signed - Birmingham will be the base for the American athletics team for the 2012 Olympic Games. This will mean that 160 athletes and their families and coaches will be here in Birmingham for several weeks. This is great news for the city and should bring in plenty of spending power and be a great showcase for Birmingham and the region!

Your Friday questions are: -
  1. The War of Jenkins' Ear began when Britain declared war on which country, today in 1739?

  2. Filmmaker Ang Lee (right) was born today in 1954 and won the 2005 Best Director Oscar for which movie?

  3. Which Brazilian footballer was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento today in 1940?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Hungary (now in Austria); 2. "Independence Day"; 3. Doris Lessing

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