The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?
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?
“O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.” This famous quote is from what Shakespeare play?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
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?
Who has won three NBA championships, four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, and is the Cleveland Cavaliers’ all-time leading scorer?
In the 1440s, what German blacksmith invented a method of printing from movable type that remained largely unchanged until the 20th century?
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?
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?
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?
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 1991 who became the first democratically elected president of Russia?
A substance with pH 4 is how many times more acidic than a substance with pH 5?
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?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?
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 positive number is the geometric mean of 16 and 4?