Misc: What ocean contains the Cape Verde Basin?

Questions

Which French dramatist was originally named Jean Baptiste Poquelin?

The interior of which continent was explored by Gregory Blaxland in 1813, John Oxley in 1818 and Charles Stuart in 1829-30?

James Brooke an ex employee of the east India Company ruled which independent state on the island of Borneo between 1841 and 1946?

Which bird in flight is the symbol ofSt John the Apostle?

Which city is famed for its Temple of the Emerald Buddha?