According to tradition, the Shang dynasty arose around 1766 B.C. in the valley of which Chinese river, also called the Huang He?

Around 1700, Bartolomeo Cristofori of Florence invented which instrument? In the early 1700s, who set the freezing point of water at 32 degrees and the boiling point at 212? Around 1720, which Mississippi port became the capital of France's Louisiana territory? Which great Baroque composer wrote six "English Suites" for harpsichord? Around 1780, which grandfather of Charles Darwin invented a pyrometer to measure the high heat in his kilns? Around 1784, Henry Cavendish found that hydrogen exploding with air produced which substance? Around 1800, Parson Mason Weems told a famous story of which future president chopping down a cherry tree as a boy? Around 1800, which scientist from Como, Italy, built a forerunner of the electric battery?