General Knowledge Quiz 513 (20 MCQs)

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1. US President Reagan appointed two Republicans and one Democrat (John Tower, Brent Scowcroft and Edmund Muskie, known as the "Tower Commission") to investigate what?
2. Which of these US states has no Pacific coast?
3. Which of these islands is part of Indonesia?
4. What did US president Harry S. Truman's middle initial stand for?
5. What is the term used in music to designate a passage which brings a piece (or one movement thereof) to a conclusion?
6. Where and when was the 1st Summer Universiade held?
7. The first road tunnel known to have been dug under a navigable river spans which river?
8. John Fogarty was the singer for which of these bands?
9. What geographic and historical term denotes the westernmost protrusion of Asia, bounded by Georgia, Armenia, the Mesopotamian plain, the Euphrates and Orontes Rivers, and the Black, Mediterranean and Aegean Seas?
10. What country was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth in 1961 and was reinstated in 1994?
11. Which of these is a synonym for "lascivious" ?
12. After the Rolling Stones released their first LP, who was the first person to leave the band?
13. Why did the UK send two Royal Navy ships in May 2021 to the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency?
14. What is the name of the strait between New Guinea and the Australian mainland?
15. A compilation of whose inspirational letters to a young jazz student named Anthony, has been published as "To a Young Jazz Musician" ?
16. Which of these is a type of beetle?
17. What was special about "The Daily Courant" that appeared in the early 18th century?
18. Where is the EstΓ‘dio da Luz ("Stadium of Light"), the home stadium of the association football club S.L. Benfica, which has a capacity of 65, 400, and opened in October 2003, replacing a larger stadium, which was also called EstΓ‘dio da Luz?
19. Where would the category of "Les Autres" be used in sporting contests?
20. In 1988, the American Society of Civil Engineers created an award to recognize outstanding achievements in erosion control, sedimentation and/or waterway development, named in honour of which scientist?