The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?
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?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
In the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
Abbreviated ff on a music score, what Italian word is an indication to play very loudly?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
In May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
In hockey or soccer, a hat trick occurs when a player scores how many goals in a single game?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
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?
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?
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 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
In square units, what is the area of a trapezoid with a height of 3 units and bases of 4 units and 2 units?