useless trivia: What Word Means: Squints?

Questions

Grabbag: New England state mentioned in a Mark Twain title, he also lived there?

Hitchhiker Guide: Ford Prefect's home was a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of _______.?

Hitchhiker Guide: He especially liked designing the crinkly bits in fjords.?

Kulture: She wrote "Valley of the Dolls".?

Literary Characters: He is an orphan and the unwanted ward of his sister in 'Great Expectations'?