Misc: What is another name for a mavis?

Questions

Linn's Stamp News is the world's largest weekly newspaper for ---------- collectors. ?

Long ago, the people of ---------- believed that if they threw beautiful young women into a volcano it would stop erupting. ?

Lorne Green had one of his nipples bitten off by an ---------- while host of Lorne Green's Wild Kingdom.?

Los Angeles and San Francisco become ---------- inches closer together each year because they are on opposite sides of the San Andreas fault.?

Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to ---------- of its size: L.A.?