Samuel Beckett won which award in 1969 but skipped the trip to Sweden to avoid giving public speeches?

Heavy diversion of the Jordan River's water has caused the level of which salty sea to drop dramatically? Which Mississippi River stronghold surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's forces on July 4, 1863, after a long siege? Béchamel sauce is also known by what color name? Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg were boyhood idols of which Swiss player, who won Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004? Beck's, Sierra Nevada and Pabst Blue Ribbon are brands of what? Which title did Benito Mussolini's followers use for him? Which state's voters approved a one-house, or unicameral, legislature in 1934, making it unique among U.S. states? Bedford Falls is the setting of which classic 1946 Christmas film?