Misc: Which municipal appointment did Richard Whittington hold?

Questions

in---------- , christmas is celebrated with fireworks?

in downtown---------- , peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to winnie-the-pooh?

in england, the speaker of the house is not allowed to----------?

in france, there's a place called----------?

in may 1948, mt ---------- and mt ngauruhoe, both in new zealand, erupted simultaneously?