Misc: what is further from the equator-------tasmania, tanzania or transylvania?

Questions

Pinball: Pinball fanatics on the Internet read this Usenet group?

Pinball: Author of the classic book "Pinball!", he helped get pinball unbanned in NYC?

Potluck: The muslim calendar reckons time from this event (one word)?

Potluck: "What the big boys eat"?

Potluck: Fashion designer that owns Paris's Maxim's restaurant?