In May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?
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?
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 the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
A substance with pH 4 is how many times more acidic than a substance with pH 5?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
Who has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leading scorer?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
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?
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 leader of “the Final Five,” the nickname of the 2016 U.S. women’s gymnastics team, is the most decorated American gymnast in history?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?