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?
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?
Jane took a 7-hour bike trip. In all, she traveled 112 miles. What was her average rate of speed in miles per hour?
“O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.” This famous quote is from what Shakespeare play?
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?
In square units, what is the area of a trapezoid with a height of 3 units and bases of 4 units and 2 units?
“I suppose I should say, at long last, Mr. President, here is your Emmy.” What Donald Trump impersonator said this in 2017 upon winning an Emmy for his work on Saturday Night Live?
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?
During World War II, what American general was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day?
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?
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 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 physicist established the nuclear theory of the atom when he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil?
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 physics, what is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces?
Ben Platt plays a teen crippled with anxiety in what breakout show that won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
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?