American forces won which January 1815 battle with help from pirates led by Jean Lafitte?

Composer Robert Ward based a 1961 opera on which author's famous play "The Crucible"? American doughboys in World War I called which ruler "Kaiser Bill"? American flags flew at half-mast when which Frenchman died in Paris on May 20, 1834? American forces crossed which river on Christmas night 1776 to surprise the Hessians? General William Hull was court-martialed for surrendering which Michigan city during the War of 1812? American hog maw, a stuffed pig's stomach, is similar to which Scottish dish? Which American humorist was nicknamed the "Poet Lariat"? Which American Idol star was born Clayton Holmes Grissom?