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
- 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
- Who married the 15 year old Elisabeth Marchant de Saint Michel in December 1655? Samuel Pepys
- How is Matthew Hopkins (c.1620-1647) better known? Witchfinder General
- What discovery did William Harvey publish in 1628? The workings of the circulatory system
- Which influential work on political theory did Thomas Hobbes publish in 1651? Leviathan
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2021.