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?
“O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.” This famous quote is from what Shakespeare play?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
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 Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?
What positive number is the geometric mean of 16 and 4?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
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?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
A substance with pH 4 is how many times more acidic than a substance with pH 5?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
In square units, what is the area of a trapezoid with a height of 3 units and bases of 4 units and 2 units?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?