Which New Zealander reached the summit of Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953?

Gwyneth Paltrow starred in the 1996 film adaptation of which Jane Austen novel? "H.A. Largelamb," an anagram of his name, was a pen name that which inventor used for articles in National Geographic? Harpsichordist Robert Veyron-Lacroix was the longtime musical partner of which celebrated French flutist? Which former Harvard Lampoon business manager owned 25 daily newspapers and a California castle by 1937? Which man became a five-star General of the Army in 1944 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1947? Who joined Genesis as its drummer in 1970 and became its lead singer after Peter Gabriel left in 1975? Which Russian author burned the second volume of his novel "Dead Souls" shortly before his death in 1852? Which author called his third short-story collection "The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million"?