Who directed "Backdraft," "Ransom" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?

Which insect returned in huge numbers in parts of the eastern U.S. in 2004 after developing underground for 17 years? The joker was added to the deck in the 19th century to serve as the highest trump in which card game? In the 1920s, smuggling and selling illegal liquor was known as what? "Back in Therapy" was the tagline of which 2002 sequel starring Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro? Bacteria help turn milk into which food? Which singer-songwriter had hits with "Bad Blood" and "Laughter in the Rain"? In the Bosnian Crisis of 1908, which dual monarchy annexed Bosnia, stirring resentments that helped lead to World War I? Patty McCormack played an evil little girl in which 1956 film, based on a Maxwell Anderson play?