General Knowledge Standard 2 Flashcards
Under what name did Belgian born Wally de Backer enjoy a worldwide hit with Somebody That I Used To Know in 2012?
Gotye
Played by hip-hop recording artist Method Man, Cheese Wagstaff was the last on-screen death in which drama series?
The Wire
As of 2014, which huge South Korean company, a sponsor of Chelsea FC and the main contractor for the Petronas Towers and Burj Khalifa skyscrapers, had over 20% of the world’s LCD TV market?
Samsung
With 16 active volcanoes, which large Russian peninsula is considered the most volcanic area of the Eurasian continent?
Kamchatka
Sukarno, Suharto and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (or SBY) have held the office of President in which large nation?
Indonesia
Discovered in 1996, element number 112 in the periodic table, with the symbol Cn is named after which Polish astronomer?
Copernicus
Which commercially imported food fish has types called Bluefin, Yellowfin and Albacore?
Tuna
What, generally weekly, activity was described by Prime Minister Harold Wilson as “Going to see Mother”?
PM’s audience with the Queen
Derived from a profession/trade, what is the English equivalent of the German surname Fassbinder/Fassbender?
Cooper
In which city will you find Michelangelo’s famous 17 foot tall marble sculpture David?
Firenze
Robert (or Robin) Gunningham from Bristol is alleged by some to be which graffiti artist?
Banksie
In which sport was Yani Tseng of Taiwan ranked World Number One for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013?
Golf (women’s)
Of all the cities to host the Summer Olympic games in the modern era, which comes last alphabetically?
Tokyo
Which children’s character created by Jean de Brunhoff shares his name with one of the nicknames of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent?
Barbar
Who played Jane Tennison in ITV’s series Prime Suspect, and Quessn Elizabeth II in the 2006 film The Queen?
Helen Mirren
