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?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
In the 1440s, what German blacksmith invented a method of printing from movable type that remained largely unchanged until the 20th century?
Abbreviated ff on a music score, what Italian word is an indication to play very loudly?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
Who has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leading scorer?
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?
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 Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
What Mexican artist and feminist icon painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair shortly after divorcing her unfaithful husband, the artist Diego Rivera?
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?
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?
A substance with pH 4 is how many times more acidic than a substance with pH 5?
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?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?