September 27th

I've just got back from playing golf (lost again) and there's nothing in the news that inspires me, so I'll just leave you with the questions today!

Your Sunday questions are: -

1. Who launched the liner Queen Elizabeth at Clydebank today in 1938?
   
   
2. Gwyneth Paltrow (right) was born today in 1972 and won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in which 1998 film?
   

   
   
3. Which rock singer was born Marvin Lee Aday in Texas today in 1947?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Queen Mary; 2. United Kingdom (Cambridge); 3. Francis Drake

It Could Only Happen In Formula 1

On the first practice session at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, Renault driver Romain Grosjean crashed his car into the wall at exactly the same place Nelson Piquet Jr. controversially did in the race last year, leading to his teammate Fernando Alonso's victory! If someone wrote this in a novel they'd be accused of being unrealistic, but this actually happened!

Your Saturday questions are: -

1. Who launched the liner Queen Mary at Clydebank today in 1934?
   
   
2. In which country was singer Olivia Newton-John (right) born today in 1948?

   
   
3. Who returned to Plymouth today in 1580 after having circumnavigated the globe?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. U2; 2. "Melrose Place"; 3. East Riding of Yorkshire