General Knowledge Quiz

[jane mark 2]

These are the last ones in my General Knowledge Quiz and I am completely baffled. Can anyone answer them please?
1.Which artist has had number one singles in the U.K.as a solo artist, as part of a duo, a trio, a quartet and an even larger number?
2. What happened in the middle of the 20th century that wont happen again for another 4000 years?
3.Who began business making jam but failed, became prosperous with footwear but became world famous for something totally different?

[nyros]

1. Paul McCartney.

[1955]

1. Paul McCartney

[Aquagility]

2. The year read the same upside down. (1961)

[jane mark 2]

2. Thanks Aquagility, I would never have worked that one out in the next 4000 years.

[Aquagility]

3. Michael Jordan?

[merched]

3 john Logie Baird

[jane mark 2]

3. Many thanks for this answer. I found reading about his early life very interesting. J.