When ASCAP was founded in 1914, every member had to be able to read music—every member, that is, except what co-founding composer?
"Annie Get Your Gun" was the most successful musical by what guy who was named for a European city?
Israel Beilin was the birth name of what "White Christmas" guy who hardly changed his last name at all?
"I myself don't give away anything for nothing," Nancy Pelosi recently said, throwing shade at what congressional colleague?
The star of "Trainwreck" is a second cousin, once removed, of what native New Yorker who won his first election in 1974?
Currently a lightning rod for do-nothing accusations, what Senate Minority Leader anagrams to MUCK CHURCHES?
Seksu is an alternate Algerian name for what North African dish?
Egyptians use butter, sugar, and cinnamon to make a sweet version of what usually-savory side?
Tunisians pile a chili-pepper paste called harissa on top of the semolina when making what side that's so nice, they named it twice?
Near the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you'll find a statue of what famous local mathematician who was born around 1170?
With his 1202 "Abacus Book," what Leonardo introduced Europe to the decimal number system?
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ... I haven't forgotten how to count, I'm just rattling off a sequence of numbers named for what medieval egghead?
On any cut gemstone, the flat top is called the table, and the slanty facets surrounding it collectively go by what name?
On a dive watch, the part around the dial is rotatable so you can see how long you've been sucking on that oxygen tank. What's that B-word for that part?
You can't spell BEELZEBUB without what word for the opaque frame around your phone/tablet/computer screen?