Misc: In what year was Shania Twain born?

Questions

What name beginning with G was given to the hurricane that caused major devastation in Jamaica during 1988?

Which rock trio had a hit album with Mussorgskis Pictures at an Exhibition?

What month of the year sees the earth at its nearest point to the sun?

Which is the only sport at which one person could win 8 Olympic golds in the same year?

What colour are most of Venices gondolas?