A major trading crisis emerged in the EU in 1996 when British beef was banned because of which disease?

A major Russian literary award is named for which poet who died in a duel in 1837? A major cold ocean current off Peru is named for which man who studied it in 1802? A major promoter of the Erie Canal, DeWitt Clinton was governor of which state when it opened in 1825? A reported rift with Alyssa Milano was among the reasons which actress left "Charmed" in 2001? A male bear is called a boar. What is a female bear called? Which colorful male bird is a member of the pheasant family, Phasianidae? Which word names both a male duck and the commander of the Golden Hind? What is a male cat commonly called?