Misc: What is the capital of Malta?

Questions

literary characters: also know as mistress betty this english adventuress is a creation of defoe?

literary characters: in melville's 'moby dick' he hails from the south sea island of kovovoko?

literary characters: american expatriate who joins the loyalists in 'for whom the bell tolls'?

alcohol: liquor whose name is derived from uisge beath, gaelic for aqua vitae?

alcohol: mead is made from this?