Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
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?
A substance with pH 4 is how many times more acidic than a substance with pH 5?
Located 11,800 feet above sea level, what city is the administrative capital of Bolivia?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
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 hockey or soccer, a hat trick occurs when a player scores how many goals in a single game?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
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?
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 the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
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?
What positive number is the geometric mean of 16 and 4?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
In 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
In physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?