The piano on which Mozart wrote all of his late works returned home to Vienna for the first time since his death in 1791.The piano will stand in his former Vienna home, now a museum, for two weeks, ending in a concert of the works by Mozart. Mozart bought the instrument from Anton Walter, the most famous piano maker of his time, in 1782.He wrote more than 50 works for the piano on it, many of them in the apartment in Vienna.After Mozart's death, Constanze, Mozart's wife, gave the instrument to their elder surviving son, Carl Thomas, who donated it to the Mozarteum Salzburg on what would have been the composer's 100th birthday.The piano is now part of the permanent exhibition in the Austrian city of Salzburg. " It was very hard to let it go," said Matthias Schulz, director of the Mozarteum Salzburg." If we didn' t know it was in the best hands, we wouldn' t have done it." The piano is much smaller and lighter than modern concert ones.Its sound is fresher and brighter than that of a modern piano, with lighter action and hammers . Piano restorer Josef Meingast, who has looked after the Mozart piano since 1975, said it was superior to any of its surviving copies.Meingast said he had to fight to replace the existing strings , dating from a 1973 restoration, with softer ones that produce a rounder sound thought to be more similar to what Mozart would have produced. Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov, who planned to give a concert of Mozart' s music on the piano on November 7, said he was privileged to play such an instrument.It's easily the biggest day of a musician' s life." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what instrument was Melnikov going to play on Nov 7?
2. who looked after the piano since 1975?
3. what year had replacement strings been put in?
4. when did Mozart die?
5. where is his piano now?
6. when did he buy the piano?
7. what museum has it?
8. is that his former home?
9. who donated the piano originally?
10. what is his son's name?
11. who did he get the piano from?
12. what was her first name?
13. how many songs did Mozart compose on it?
14. When Carl donated it, how old would Mozart have been?
15. is the piano bigger or smaller than modern pianos?
16. how does it sound in comparison?
17. did Josef Meigast think it was inferior or superior?
Answer: 1. Mozart's piano
2. Josef Meingast,
3. 1973
4. 1791
5. Salzburg
6. 1782
7. Mozarteum Salzburg
8. no
9. his son
10. Carl Thomas
11. Mozart's wife
12. Constanze
13. more than 50
14. 100
15. smaller
16. fresher and brighter
17. superior

Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (, Jawi: ), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei's population was in .

At the peak of the Bruneian Empire, Sultan Bolkiah (reigned 14851528) is alleged to have had control over most regions of Borneo, including modern-day Sarawak and Sabah, as well as the Sulu Archipelago off the northeast tip of Borneo, Seludong (modern-day Manila), and the islands off the northwest tip of Borneo. The maritime state was visited by Spain's Magellan Expedition in 1521 and fought against Spain in the 1578 Castilian War.

During the 19th century, the Bruneian Empire began to decline. The Sultanate ceded Sarawak (Kuching) to James Brooke and installed him as the White Rajah, and it ceded Sabah to the British North Borneo Chartered Company. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate and was assigned a British resident as colonial manager in 1906. After the Japanese occupation during World War II, in 1959 a new constitution was written. In 1962, a small armed rebellion against the monarchy was ended with the help of the British. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who controlled much of the areas at one point?
2. When?
3. How long was he in power?
4. What was a specific place he controlled?
5. Anywhere else?
6. Did a famous explorer visit there?
7. Who?
8. When?
9. What is the place of his visit called?
10. What is its official name?
11. Does it have another name?
12. What continent is it on?
13. In the west?
14. Where then?
15. What mostly surrounds it?
16. How many pieces is it split into?
17. When did it start to go downhill?
18. Who took over at that point?
19. Who occupied it in WW2?
20. What new document was created in 1959?
Answer: 1. Sultan Bolkiah
2. At the peak of the Bruneian Empire
3. from 1485 to 1528
4. modern-day Sarawak
5. Sabah
6. yes
7. Magellan
8. 1521
9. The maritime state
10. Brunei
11. the Nation of Brunei
12. Asia
13. no
14. in Southeast Asia
15. the Malaysian state of Sarawak
16. two
17. the 19th century
18. James Brooke
19. the Japanese
20. a new constitution

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.

North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 16.5% of the earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 565 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population, if nearby islands (most notably the Caribbean) are included.

North America was reached by its first human populations during the last glacial period, via crossing the Bering land bridge approximately 40,000 to 17,000 years ago. The so-called Paleo-Indian period is taken to have lasted until about 10,000 years ago (the beginning of the Archaic or Meso-Indian period). The Classic stage spans roughly the 6th to 13th centuries. The Pre-Columbian era ended with the transatlantic migrations and the arrival of European settlers during the Age of Discovery and the Early Modern period. Present-day cultural and ethnic patterns reflect different kind of interactions between European colonists, indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When did people first come to North America?
2. How long ago was that?
3. How did they get there?
4. Where does it rank among the continents by size?
5. And by number of people?
6. Which are bigger?
7. And which are more populous?
8. How many bodies of water surround it?
9. Name one of them.
10. What direction is that in from North America?
11. Is there a large landmass in that direction?
12. What is it called?
Answer:
1. during the last glacial period
2. approximately 40,000 to 17,000 years ago
3. the Bering land bridge
4. third largest
5. fourth
6. Asia, Africa, and Europe
7. Asia, Africa, and Europe.
8. four
9. Caribbean Sea
10. southeast
11. Yes
12. South America