Christ the Redeemer Restored

The 130 ft (39.6 m) statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking Rio de Janeiro has reopened after four months of restoration work. Over 60,000 pieces of stone (from the original quarry) were used to repair water damage to the 79-year-old statue!

Your Friday questions are:-

1. Which country conducted their first nuclear bomb test in the Pacific at Mururoa Atoll today in 1966?
   
   
2. Former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos (right) was born today in 1929 and is renowned for her collection of what?
   
   
3. Which Nobel Prize winning author, who wrote "Steppenwolf", was born today in 1877 in Germany?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Charles Laughton; 2. Elwood Blues ; 3. Battle of the Somme