Which Italian professor wrote the 1994 novel "The Island of the Day Before"?

In December 1994, Boris Yeltsin sent Russian troops into which breakaway republic? The 1994 film "Backbeat" is about the early days of which British band? The 1994 film "Bandit Queen" tells the story of Phoolan Devi, a hero to the poor of which country? Who played Forrest Gump in the 1994 film? Which playwright won his third Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 1994's "Three Tall Women"? Which Tejano singer had a posthumous hit in 1995 with "I Could Fall in Love"? Which 1995 film about a pig had the tagline "A little pig goes a long way"? Alicia Silverstone's catchphrase "As if!" comes from which 1995 film?