In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
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?
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?
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?
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 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?
What Mexican artist and feminist icon painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair shortly after divorcing her unfaithful husband, the artist Diego Rivera?
In the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
“O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.” This famous quote is from what Shakespeare play?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
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?
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?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
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?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?