Wednesday 30 June 2010

Harryhausen Donates Models to Bradford Museum

Special effects creator Ray Harryhausen is offering his life's work to the National Media Museum. Harryhausen, 90 yesterday, was behind dozens of stop-motion creatures which featured in films such as the original "Clash Of The Titans" and "Jason And The Argonauts". The museum, in Bradford, will be able to display the collection if it can raise the funds to preserve it!

Your Wednesday questions are:-
  1. In which country did the "Night of the Long Knives" begin today in 1934?

  2. Florence Ballard (right) was born today in 1943 and was a founder member of which Motown pop group?

  3. Which French acrobat crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope today in 1859?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Katherine Hepburn; 2. Ray Harryhausen ; 3. Daily Telegraph

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