Misc: what do english speakers call the region that the spanish know as 'el pais vasco'?

Questions

Which polar explorer died in a plane crash, while searching for a missing Italian airship?

Known as 'England's Darling' who led a resistance against William the Conqueror, on the Isle of Ely in 1070?

Which beer was first brewed in Leuven in 1366?

Which American author wrote the million pound sellers 'The Witches of Eastwick' and 'The Poorhouse Fair'?

What was the name of the company founded by Prince Rupert in 1670 to trade furs with the North American Indians?