In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later, a nun and abbess?
The Supreme Council of Antiquities was founded in 1859 by the French scholar and archaeologist François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (1821 – 1881), who specialised in what field?
What was the original nationality of the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Mario and the Magician", "Joseph and His Brothers", "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain"?
What nationality was Paul René Gauguin ( grandson of Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin), painter, graphic artist, sculptor, book illustrator, stage designer, known for his work in coloured woodcuts?
