New Element Named Copernicium

The latest addition to the Periodic Table now has a name - Copernicium has the atomic number 112 (symbol Cp) and is named after astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus!

Your Friday questions are: -

1. On which river did Handel's "Water Music" premiere today in 1717 at the request of George I?
   
   
2. Angela Merkel (right) was born today in 1954 and became the Chancellor of which country in November 2005?
   
   
   
3. Which former President of the International Olympic Committee was born in Barcelona today in 1920?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Saddam Hussein; 2. Chicago White Sox; 3. Jupiter

Atherstone or Polesworth

We should have reached Atherstone before the end of the day, possibly will have gone through the flight of locks, which always seem (to me) to be the slowest flight that we pass through! they take ages to fill and empty...and there are always lots of boats around meaning that 3 hours to do the 11 locks is a good time - often takes much longer! This means that we could have reached Polesworth where there are quite a few pubs (again if they haven't closed down!!).

We will hopefully be able to find a suitable place to watch the Champions League Final. Whilst I'd like Manchester United to win, if it's a great game and it ends up 5 - 4, then it won't bother me if Barcelona win by that scoreline!

Your Wednesday posers are: -

1. Which German battleship was sunk in the North Atlantic today in 1941?
   
   
2. Actor Christopher Lee (right), who was born today in 1922, played Count Dracula nine times in films by which production company?
   
   
3. Today in 1964 in Coventry, 11 boys were suspended from school for having a hair style like which singer?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Everest; 2. Tonto; 3. Sally Ride