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 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?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
In the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
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?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
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 trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
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?
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?
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?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?