Misc: In 1974 Guinea----------- gains independence from Portugal. ?

Questions

What term is applied to ethyl alcohol that has been treated with poison to make it unfit for human consumption?

What term is derived from the practise of clans of long ago wanting to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them so burned their houses down instead?

What term is used to describe the mind functioning as the center of thought and behavior?

What term originally menat instruction in all branches of knowledge, or a comprehensive education in a specific subject?

What Texan slammed back more bourbon and branch water than any character in TV history?