Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
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?
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?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
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?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
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?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
In the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
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?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
What Canadian province is located on the north shore of Lake Erie?
What Mexican artist and feminist icon painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair shortly after divorcing her unfaithful husband, the artist Diego Rivera?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
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?
Jane took a 7-hour bike trip. In all, she traveled 112 miles. What was her average rate of speed in miles per hour?
What country will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?