Which author wrote the novel "Vanity Fair", first published in serial form in 1847 and 1848?

What alliterative name was given to the 2000 World Series between the Yankees and the Mets? Which two ironclads fought to a draw at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862? What alliterative term names the stunt of climbing out onto a flying plane, a feat of 1920s barnstorming pilots? Which word describes evidence that is allowable in court? Which word means all-powerful, as God is described? In 1996 almost 10% of the U.S. population was foreign-born; which country was the birthplace of the largest group? Nearly 200,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed when what struck Kobe, Japan, in 1995? Nearly 480 of whose hymns appeared in the 1780 Methodist hymnal compiled by his brother John?