A real 19th-century white whale called Mocha Dick may have inspired which 1851 novel?

Which actor who played John Shaft in 1971 became a rare male victim of breast cancer? Which rare green variety of the mineral beryl is valued as a gem? A ratio of systolic and diastolic values measures what? A reading room at the Lorain Public Library in Ohio is named for which native of the city, a 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner? The Chernaya River in Crimea runs just east of which city that was besieged in 1854 and 1855? A real Edinburgh prison nicknamed "the Heart of Midlothian" is featured in which author's 1818 novel of the same name? A real mutiny aboard a Soviet frigate inspired which 1984 Tom Clancy bestseller? Which three-letter unit measures "a real piece of" work?