The Ashes - First Test Match in Cardiff

Today sees the renewal of an old rivalry when England take on Australia in the first Ashes Test Match at Cardiff. This is the first time a test match has been played on this ground, so it should be interesting as neither side should have any advantage. Let's hope it is as close and as tensely interesting as in 2005!

Your Wednesday questions are: -

1. Which poet drowned today in 1822 off the coast of Italy, aged 29?
   
   
2. Israeli politician Tzipi Livni (right) was born today in 1958 and, in 2008, became Prime Minister as leader of which political party?
   

   
   
3. Which newspaper was first published today in 1889 by Dow Jones & Company of New York?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Pierre Cardin; 2. "Worzel Gummidge"; 3. Sliced Bread

Destination Stratford-upon-Avon

Following a hearty lunch at Wilmcote (below) it is onward (and downward) to Stratford for an evening pub crawl around Shakespeare's home town.

Saturday is here and so are your questions: -

1. The trial of which Nazi war criminal began in Jerusalem today in 1961?

   
   
2. Actor Joel Grey (right), who was born today in 1932, won a Tony Award in 1967 and an Oscar in 1973 for the same role in which musical?
   
   
3. Who was born today in 1948 and coached Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. F Scott Fitzgerald; 2. Casey Ryback; 3. RMS Titanic