I rememeber being airborne on the day of the boat race on a BA aircraft. When I asked the hostess if she knew the result (it had been rowed while we were airborne) not only could she tell me straight away, but it was the right result - Cambridge had won
One happy pax.
P.S. I hear that about every 6 months a memo goes round the airlines from NATS asking that crews do not ask London Centre for sports results and the like. It stops briefly, and gradually returns 'til the next memo