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 the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
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?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
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 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?
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 Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
In the 1440s, what German blacksmith invented a method of printing from movable type that remained largely unchanged until the 20th century?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
“I suppose I should say, at long last, Mr. President, here is your Emmy.” What Donald Trump impersonator said this in 2017 upon winning an Emmy for his work on Saturday Night Live?
What positive number is the geometric mean of 16 and 4?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?
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?