This year we’re beginning each month with five pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. They’re not difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers, so hopefully you’ll learn something new, as well as have a bit of fun.

December Quiz Questions: 17th Century England

1. John Aubrey and John Evelyn were fellows of which organisation founded in 1660?
2. Who married the 15 year old Elisabeth Marchant de Saint Michel in December 1655?
3. How is Matthew Hopkins (c.1620-1647) better known?
4. What discovery did William Harvey publish in 1628?
5. Which influential work on political theory did Thomas Hobbes publish in 1651?

Answers will be posted in 3 weeks time.