The answers to Last Months quiz.
4. Dulles Airport is named after former US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles. Which city does the airport primarily serve?
The correct answer was Washington DC The full title of the airport is Washington Dulles International Airport, although it is actually situated in the state of Virginia some 25 miles away from the city. John Foster Dulles was born in Washington DC and having embarked on a career as a solicitor, he made his first major foray into the political world as legal counsel for the US at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 where he argued against the imposition of highly punitive reparations against Germany. The nephew of former Secretary of State, Robert Lansing, Dulles served in the role from 1953 to 1959 under President Eisenhower.
5. The main international airport of Warsaw, Poland is named after which Polish composer?
The correct answer was Frederic Chopin Chopin was born in the Duchy of Warsaw in 1810 and moved to the city seven months later. He was hailed as a child prodigy for his musical abilities and published his first compositions at the age of just seven. He began performing on the piano publicly a year later. Chopin left Poland on a tour of performances around Europe at the age of twenty and never returned to the country of his birth. In 1831 he settled in France, the country of his father ' s birth and was resident there until his death in 1849 at the age of just 39. By the time of his death he was considered the foremost composer for piano of the Romantic period.
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport was originally named Okêcie International Airport after the district in which it was situated.
6. In which city can you find an airport named after Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa?
The correct answer was Tirana, Albania Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman empire, now part of Macedonia, of Albanian parents. After taking her vows and becoming a nun in 1931, Mother Teresa devoted herself to missionary work in India from 1948, aiming to help " the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers ", beginning her work in Calcutta and continuing there and beyond for over 40 years. The airport is commonly known as Rinas International Airport, after the town in which it is based.
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