The 1927 silent "Putting Pants on Philip" was an early film pairing which comedy team?

Which famous magician and escape artist died in 1926 following a ruptured appendix? "Red Cavalry," a famous 1926 collection of tales, was written by which Russian author? One of the top-selling novels of 1926 was which Anita Loos book about the gold digger Lorelei Lee? In which 1927 film does Al Jolson say, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet"? The 1927 film "Wings," winner of the first Best Picture Oscar, features great dogfight scenes set in which war? Who defeated Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election? What is the white of an egg called? Complete the title of William Faulkner's 1929 novel: "___ and the Fury".