Wednesday 25 November 2009

Winter Deaths Highest for 9 Years

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that last winter there were over 36,000 extra deaths, an increase of 49% over the previous year! The largest number of deaths were amongst the over 85's! This is an ongoing scandal, according to Help the Aged, as Britain has more winter deaths than much colder countries such as Sweden and Finland!

Your Wednesday questions are: -
  1. Which long-running play opened at the Ambassador's Theatre in London today in 1952?

  2. Actress Christina Applegate (right) was born today in 1971 and played which character in the US TV sitcom "Married...With Children"?

  3. Joe DiMaggio was born today in 1914 and played baseball for which club from 1936 to 1951?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. William Webb Ellis; 2. The Big Yin; 3. Lee Harvey Oswald

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