A 1996 plane crash in Croatia claimed the life of which U.S. commerce secretary?

A 1995 review said whose prose had improved since the "baroque excesses" of "Interview with the Vampire"? A 1996 episode of which series was titled "Dick Is from Mars, Sally Is from Venus"? A 1996 history of which substance includes sections on Bakelite, polyethylene and cellophane? A 1996 Oakland school board decision made many aware of which term for African American English? A 1996 production of "Buried Child" was which playwright's first Broadway show after three decades in theater? Complete the title of the 1996 Best Picture winner: "The ___ Patient". On "Seinfeld", what icy greeting did Jerry regularly give his nemesis, the mailman who lived down the hall? A 1997 episode of which Don Johnson series guest-starred Philip Michael Thomas and Tommy Chong?