December Quiz Answers

OK, so here are the answers to this month’s quiz questions. All should be able to be easily verified online.

December Quiz Questions: 17th Century England

  1. John Aubrey and John Evelyn were fellows of which organisation founded in 1660? The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, aka the Royal Society
  2. Who married the 15 year old Elisabeth Marchant de Saint Michel in December 1655? Samuel Pepys
  3. How is Matthew Hopkins (c.1620-1647) better known? Witchfinder General
  4. What discovery did William Harvey publish in 1628? The workings of the circulatory system
  5. Which influential work on political theory did Thomas Hobbes publish in 1651? Leviathan

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2021.