The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
In hockey or soccer, a hat trick occurs when a player scores how many goals in a single game?
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?
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 Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
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?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
In the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
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?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
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 trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
A substance with pH 4 is how many times more acidic than a substance with pH 5?
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?
What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?
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?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?