Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
What leader of “the Final Five,” the nickname of the 2016 U.S. women’s gymnastics team, is the most decorated American gymnast in history?
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 the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
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 May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?
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?
Abbreviated ff on a music score, what Italian word is an indication to play very loudly?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
What Mexican artist and feminist icon painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair shortly after divorcing her unfaithful husband, the artist Diego Rivera?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
The Boston Red Sox were the last major league baseball team to integrate their roster. In 1959 who became the first African American to play for the Sox?
The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?
Who has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leading scorer?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
The Savoy Theatre in London was built in 1881 as a showcase for what songwriting team famous for comic operas such as The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?