What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
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?
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?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
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?
I Am Malala is a memoir of a young girl who stood up for her right to an education and was shot by the Taliban in 2012 in what country?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
Jane took a 7-hour bike trip. In all, she traveled 112 miles. What was her average rate of speed in miles per hour?
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 Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
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?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
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?
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?
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 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?
In May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?