Which Australian band had a 1988 No. 1 hit with "Need You Tonight," whose video segued into "Mediate"?

Which singer's "Simply Irresistible" reached No. 2 on the charts in 1988? Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature, is best known for tales of which city? Which band named after a city had a No. 1 hit with the ballad "Look Away" in 1988? In which 1988 film does a man explain, "My dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. I'm an excellent driver"? Which 1988 film tells how professional baseball players deliberately lost the 1919 World Series? In the 1988 film "Gorillas in the Mist," Sigourney Weaver played which zoologist? In which 1988 holiday film does Jim Varney's character help Santa Claus find a successor? In 1988, who defeated Lowell Weicker to become a U.S. senator from Connecticut?