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?
In the 1440s, what German blacksmith invented a method of printing from movable type that remained largely unchanged until the 20th century?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
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?
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?
“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?
What physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
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?
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 trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
The Game of Thrones TV series is based on the bestselling fantasy books of what American author?
The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?
In the epic poem the Iliad, what Greek leader is persuaded to attack Troy after being sent a false dream by Zeus?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?
What Mexican artist and feminist icon painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair shortly after divorcing her unfaithful husband, the artist Diego Rivera?
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?