Misc: by age---------- , most people have lost half of their taste buds?

Questions

which actor has played fagin on both the stage and in the 1968 film oliver?

who was the first person to reach the north pole in 1909?

in shakespeare's the taming of the shrew, what is the name of the shrew?

who was the first person to reach the south pole in 1911?

what was built on the site of the old waldorf astoria hotel in new york?