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?
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?
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?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
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?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
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?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
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?
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?
In May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?