Quizzing is an art & guessing its part!!!!!

1) "Simple 1 2 begin with":What is this form of representation called?
2)Kali was reborn as Duryodhan ,Fire as Pradhyumna.Which form did Anuhlada,brother of Prahlada take to take part in Kurukshetra?
3)Connect F1 drivers Guiseppe Farina & Juan Manuel Fangio.
4)"Contrary to belief":Who invented paper b4 Egyptians?
5)What r "roaring forties","howling fifties" &"sizzling sixties"?
6)Name the oldman in "The Oldman & the Sea"(E.Hemingway's).Clue:A country's capital.
7)What is "The Perfume"?
8)Current affairs:What is unique 2 Benjamin Bradley,Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein?
9)According 2 its author an eqaully apt title would b "The Fantasies of an Octogenarian"wherein u come across Dhanno,Prof.Sarojini Baradwaj,Jessica Browne,Yasmeen Wanchoo,Sonu,Mary Joseph,Molly Gomes,Susanthika Goonatileke & a prostitute.Which book?

I wind with 9 as there r nine letters in my nam.