Which word means both a cutting remark and part of a feather?

A cummerbund is worn around which part of the body? A curse placed on one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestors inspired which 1851 novel? Which word means both a cushion and a groovy bachelor apartment? Which word means both a cutting criticism and a violent closing of a door? Which author wrote "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing"? A dachshund named Waldi was the mascot of the Summer Olympics in which city in 1972? A Dallas-based store was founded in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie and which man, Carrie's husband? A dam, a reservoir and the year of statehood, 1912, are among the symbols on which state's seal?