In May 2017, who won the French presidential election in a landslide victory against his far-right rival Marine Le Pen?
Who is best known for writing Alexander Hamilton, a biography that inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton?
Jane took a 7-hour bike trip. In all, she traveled 112 miles. What was her average rate of speed in miles per hour?
The Simpsons is the longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series in history. It’s set in what fictional city?
What Silicon Valley carmaker that has never turned a profit made headlines in April 2017, when it surpassed GM in stock value?
“O beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster.” This famous quote is from what Shakespeare play?
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?
In trigonometry, what function is the reciprocal of the cosine?
In hockey or soccer, a hat trick occurs when a player scores how many goals in a single game?
In square units, what is the area of a trapezoid with a height of 3 units and bases of 4 units and 2 units?
What Mexican artist and feminist icon painted Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair shortly after divorcing her unfaithful husband, the artist Diego Rivera?
Named for the Flemish cartographer who developed it, what type of map projection keeps true compass positions intact but distorts geographic areas?
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and ends in what Southern state?
What leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa?
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?
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?
What African American poet read “On the Pulse of Morning” at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration?
The first battles of the American Revolution—Lexington and Concord—took place on April 19th of what year?
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?
Revelations is a famous ballet by what African American choreographer whose multiracial dance company popularized modern dance with extensive world tours?