Misc: In 1898 Bertolt---------- , born.?

Questions

"i shot the sheriff" by eric clapton was a rendition of who's song?

'Bowser' and 'Jocko' have been two prominent members of what very successful rock and roll nostalgia act?

'i just close my eyes again...climbed aboard the _______ train...' what is the name this gary wright hit?

'q' is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the ______?

'the 900 days' is a chronicle of the nazi siege of what city?