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?
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?
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 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?
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?
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?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
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?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?
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 physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
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?
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?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
In May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?
“O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.” This famous quote is from what Shakespeare play?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
In the 1440s, what German blacksmith invented a method of printing from movable type that remained largely unchanged until the 20th century?