Which comfy, informal chair filled with small pellets is often found in dorm rooms?

Al Franken titled his 1996 bestseller "___ Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations". Whose name fills the blank? Which comet of 1973 failed to put on its promised spectacular show? Comet, Lysol and Pine-Sol are brands of which kind of product? Which casual shoe brand, introduced in 1958, has a basset hound as its logo? Which strapped patent leather shoes take their name from a girl in the "Buster Brown" comic strip? Which 2002 romantic comedy about a Greek-American family became one of the top-grossing independent films ever? In the 4th inning of a 1974 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which Atlanta Brave hit his 715th home run? Alexander II, who came to power in 1855, made peace in 1856 to end which war?