X-Factor vs. Strictly Come Dancing

"Strictly Come Dancing" returned to our screens this weekend and this year it has been scheduled in the same time slot as "The X-Factor"! This is crazy as many people like both (personally, I'm a "Strictly" fan) including Simon Cowell's mum! I read in The Sun that he wants to come to some arrangement so that both can be shown at different times and now I find that he is going to try and get ITV to move "X-Factor"! Simon Cowell never fails to amaze me with his common sense approach to everything he does!

Your Sunday questions are: -

1. Who was sworn in as President of South Africa today in 1989?

   
   
2. What was the name of the drag car that TV presenter Richard Hammond (right) crashed in at over 280mph today in 2006?

   
   
3. Who set off from Spain today in 1519 with five ships to sail around the world?
   

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Montgolfier Brothers; 2. Batman; 3. Twiggy

Twitter Attacked

Personally, I'm not a Twitter user, but I'm saddened that hackers have seen fit to attack their servers resulting in the service being down for a couple of hours! I can understand coordinated attacks on government and military computer systems as part of a terrorist or protest campaign, but not on social networking sites!

Friday's questions are: -

1. Which World war I spy and exotic dancer was born today in 1876 in Holland?
   
   
2. Actress Charlize Theron (right), who was born today in 1975 in South Africa, won the Best Actress Oscar for which 2003 film?
   

   
   
3. Who set a 90-day deadline for the expulsion of all Asians from Uganda today in 1972?