World Cup NOT Solid Gold

Another long-running deception appears to have been exposed! A British Chemistry Professor, Martyn Poliakoff, has calculated that if the current World Cup Trophy was made of solid gold (as FIFA maintains) then it would weigh at least 70kg (that's 11 STONE in old units!!)!!

Your Sunday questions are:-

1. Which athlete was born today in 1897 in Finland and went on to win nine Gold and three Silver Olympic medals?
   
   
2. Actor Tim Allen (right) was born today in 1953 and played Jason Nesmith in which 1999 spoof sci-fi film?
   
   
3. Which aviator received a ticker-tape reception in New York today in 1927?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Spain; 2. "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"; 3. Inter Milan