Misc: On This Day In January 1953 - Tufted plastic ______ was introduced by Barwick Mills.?

Questions

Who had a No. 1 hit record in 1964 with 'Don't Throw Your Love Away'?

Which car company makes the 'Avensis'?

Who wrote, 'This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper'?

Which star of films such as 'The Philadelphia Story' died in 1997?

Who succeeded Pompidou as French president?