Name The Year: William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris.?

Questions

Which word other than renege means 'to neglect to follow suit at cards'?

In which modem country was there a region called Acadia?

Name the old type of window which housed cords attached to counterweights in order to hold it open at any height?

In the game of draughts, what term means to remove from the board for failing to make a possible capture?

On the coast of which modern country did the Phoenicians live?