No News on New Year's Day!

This story illustrates the fact that it has been a slow news day in Birmingham. Apparently, over the Christmas period we have been tipping even more waste oil and fat down our sinks and into the drains. This ultimately congeals and can block the pipes. Severn Trent Water are not impressed that people have ignored their advice...but they should know that we would throw anything we can down the sink if we had the opportunity!

Your Saturday questions are: -

1. Which Science Fiction author was born in Russia and celebrated his birth date as today in 1920?
   
   
2. What was the only UK No 1 single for Roger Miller (right) who was born today in 1936?
   
   
3. Australian bowler Fred Spofforth became the first person to do what in a Test Match, today in 1879?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Heathrow; 2. Mini-Me; 3. Cigarettes

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