As this is my 5 thousandth - 5K - post (still find that hard to believe

) I thought I would mark the occasion with a
5K quiz. Five questions whose answers all start with "K". To be make it a little more testing the questions require a bit more thought to get there.
1) This battle sounds to have involved a dwarf friend of Bilbo and a diminutive female schoolboy. The victorious rebels may have toasted their success with a scotch?
2) A bladed weapon who featured in a 1998 Blade?
3) In the land of my creation I was called Gale but to my enemies I was "Frank". I spent my whole career in the Pacific.
4) A start to the century and the day after Valentine's the inhabitants here were so relieved to see French. Where?
5) I heard cousin Frederic Chopin play and later fought off some Tigers near a cemetery. Who am I?
Enjoy