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Which Dutch politician's famous work is considered the foundation of international law?

Hugo Grotius. Hugo Grotius wrote 'On the Law of War and Peace' in 1625, considered the first major work and foundation of international law.

This current and very important American policy maker succeeded a man named Paul Volcker in his current position in 1987. Who is he?

Greenspan & Alan Greenspan. Alan Greenspan has been making U.S. monetary policy as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board since 1987.

Who was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in the USSR from 1985-88?

Gromyko. Gromyko worked alongside Mikhail Gorbachev during his years in this essentially honorific sinecure.

Who composed the operas 'Akhnaten' and 'Einstein on the Beach'?

Glass & Philip Glass. Philip Glass has been strongly influenced by Indian music, his work is characterized by rhythmic repetition. He also did the score for the movie 'Kundun'.

Which British Prime Minister is the only one to have served in that post four separate times?

Gladstone. Gladstone was PM 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, and again from 1892-94.

Their first names were Wilhelm and Jakob. What was their last name?

Grimm. They were, of course, the famous recorders of fairy tales known as the Brothers Grimm.

Their first names were Tiberius and Gaius. What was their last name?

Gracchus & Gracchi. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were well known political reformers during the waning years of the Roman republic.

Who was the last Sikh guru?

Gobind Singh. Gobind Singh was the tenth and final guru of the Sigh religion, from 1675-1708.

Which U.S. heart surgeon invented the heart-lung machine?

Gibbon. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine in 1953.

Which artist's most well-known work was dubbed the 'Gates of Paradise' by Michelangelo?

Lorenzo Ghiberti. The 'Gates of Paradise' are the bronze doors on the Florentine baptistry.