What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
Though it has almost no native mammals, what island nation is home to an unusually large number of flightless birds including the kiwi, its national bird?
What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
What positive number is the geometric mean of 16 and 4?
I Am Malala is a memoir of a young girl who stood up for her right to an education and was shot by the Taliban in 2012 in what country?
The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?
Played by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures, what former NASA mathematician received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 for her vital role in the space race?
What country provides North Korea with most of its food and energy supplies, and accounts for upwards of 90% of North Korea’s total trade volume?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
A box contains 8 oranges, 8 apples, and 8 pears. You randomly select two fruits. What is the probability, in lowest terms, of selecting two different kinds of fruit?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
In 1953 Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for what viral infectious disease of the nervous system that was greatly feared in the first half of the 20th century?
Who has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leading scorer?
In the 1440s, what German blacksmith invented a method of printing from movable type that remained largely unchanged until the 20th century?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
In 2016 President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a deal to end 52 years of civil war with FARC, a rebel group in what country?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?