What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
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?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?
Abbreviated ff on a music score, what Italian word is an indication to play very loudly?
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?
In February 2017, after only 24 days in office, who resigned as national security adviser amid a growing scandal over his contacts with Russian officials?
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?
Who has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leading scorer?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
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?
Who is the first woman to win Album of the Year twice at the Grammys for her own albums, first for Fearless and later for 1989?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
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?