Name The Year: US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time?

Questions

What four letters are put at the end of an invitation if a reply is needed?

What four words are the traditional beginning of a fairytale?

What French writer spent 27 years of his life in prison for sexual offense?

What Fridays are supposed to be unlucky?

What friend of Noddy's lives in a toadstool house?