Misc: butterflies taste with their ---------- feet?

Questions

Who wrote a piano piece inspired by Hartmanns painting of the witch Baba-Yagas hut?

Which 16 year old was turned down when he applied for admission to the Swiss Federal Polytechnic Institute?

Which playwright was chalie chaplins father in law?

Who turned down an offer to appear in Flashdance which included one percent of the estimated ?

Where did Japonica originate?