Misc: In 1755 ---------- -Jacque Conte inventor (modern pencil), born. ?

Questions

peat, lignite and bituminous are types of _________?

what was cpl. louis lebeau's nickname?

what south american country fittingly named its highest mountain for christopher columbus?

give the musical term for 'grow louder'?

name the 1983 bryan adams album that included the hit "cuts like a knife"?