This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General > Basic Gk > General Knowledge β Quiz 513 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books General Knowledge Quiz 513 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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? A) Troopergate. B) Watergate. C) Iran-Contra affair. D) Travelgate controversy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iran-Contra affair. 2. Which of these US states has no Pacific coast? A) Idaho. B) Washington. C) California. D) Oregon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idaho. 3. Which of these islands is part of Indonesia? A) Tasmania. B) Isle of Wight. C) Rhode Island. D) Sumatra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sumatra. 4. What did US president Harry S. Truman's middle initial stand for? A) Solomon. B) Shippe. C) Nothing. D) Simon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 5. What is the term used in music to designate a passage which brings a piece (or one movement thereof) to a conclusion? A) Epilogue. B) Harmony. C) Cadenza. D) Coda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coda. 6. Where and when was the 1st Summer Universiade held? A) Turin, Italy, 1959. B) Paris, France, 1923. C) Warsaw, Poland 1924. D) Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1947. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turin, Italy, 1959. 7. The first road tunnel known to have been dug under a navigable river spans which river? A) Mersey, England. B) Neva, Russia. C) Thames, England. D) Elbe, Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thames, England. 8. John Fogarty was the singer for which of these bands? A) Aerosmith. B) CCR. C) Chicago. D) Blood Sweat and Tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CCR. 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? A) Sylvia. B) Anatolia. C) Andalusia. D) Elysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anatolia. 10. What country was forced to withdraw from the British Commonwealth in 1961 and was reinstated in 1994? A) Northern Rhodesia. B) Fiji. C) Ghana. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Africa. 11. Which of these is a synonym for "lascivious" ? A) Limping. B) Lustful. C) Overweight. D) Bleeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lustful. 12. After the Rolling Stones released their first LP, who was the first person to leave the band? A) Brian Jones. B) Mick Taylor. C) Bill Wyman. D) Bobby Keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brian Jones. 13. Why did the UK send two Royal Navy ships in May 2021 to the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency? A) To participate in a naval training exercise with France. B) To prevent Jersey's seceding to France. C) To deliver vaccines against COVID-19. D) To monitor a protest and potential blockade by French fishermen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To monitor a protest and potential blockade by French fishermen. 14. What is the name of the strait between New Guinea and the Australian mainland? A) Bering Strait. B) Bass Strait. C) Cook Strait. D) Torres Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Torres Strait. 15. A compilation of whose inspirational letters to a young jazz student named Anthony, has been published as "To a Young Jazz Musician" ? A) Wynton Marsalis. B) Paul Whiteman. C) "Jelly Roll" Morton. D) Benny Goodman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wynton Marsalis. 16. Which of these is a type of beetle? A) Weevil. B) Trapdoor spider. C) Crane fly. D) Red ant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weevil. 17. What was special about "The Daily Courant" that appeared in the early 18th century? A) First regular train service. B) First daily newspaper. C) First regular bus service. D) First postal service. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First daily newspaper. 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? A) Lisbon, Portugal. B) Madrid, Spain. C) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. D) Macau, China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lisbon, Portugal. 19. Where would the category of "Les Autres" be used in sporting contests? A) Robot Wars. B) Disability sport. C) E-sports. D) Spider racing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disability sport. 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? A) Albert Einstein. B) Hans Albert Einstein. C) Osborne Reynolds. D) Hans Christian Andersen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hans Albert Einstein. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesGeneral QuizzesGeneral Knowledge Quiz 1General Knowledge Quiz 2General Knowledge Quiz 3General Knowledge Quiz 4General Knowledge Quiz 5General Knowledge Quiz 6General Knowledge Quiz 7General Knowledge Quiz 8General Knowledge Quiz 9 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books