Born in 1770, which composer studied with Salieri, was totally deaf by about 1819 and died in 1827?

Born in 1686, which physicist invented the mercury thermometer and devised a temperature scale to go with it? Born in 1714, which son of J.S. Bach spent decades as harpsichordist to Frederick the Great? Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1735, who drafted most of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780? Born in 1752, which Philadelphia upholsterer is credited in legend with sewing the first American flag? Born in 1775 and never married, which novelist published "Sense and Sensibility" in 1811 and died in 1817? Born in 1799, which poet, novelist and playwright is often called the Shakespeare of Russian literature? Born into slavery in 1800, which Virginia man believed God had chosen him to lead an uprising in 1831? Sarah Childress, born in Tennessee in 1803, attended school in which state, the birthplace of her husband, James K. Pol…