The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 077

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“Mankind are an ____ race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong […] are worse than indifferent to them” (William Hazlitt) INCORRIGIBLE
1966 single by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston It Takes Two
2007 film based on a 1998 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Love in the Time of Cholera
A direction-finding instrument COMPASS
A jill or gill, or a hob FERRET
A location, sometimes notional, for a sporting offender sin bin
Actress who hosted the religious programme Praise Be! Thora Hird
Alternative to “emersion” as the reappearance of a celestial body following an eclipse EGRESS
An alarm signal, often sounded on a bell TOCSIN
An orthodox school of Hinduism, which sees the universe as consisting of consciousness and matter sankhya
Any of various prophesying women of classical antiquity SIBYL
Billy ____ is the stage name of singer William Broad IDOL
Casino card game based on red and black diamonds rouge-et-noir
Christians who do not celebrate Christmas or Easter Jehovah's Witnesses
Deep Blue beat this game’s world champion in 1997 CHESS
Elias ____’s collection of rarities formed the basis of an Oxford museum ASHMOLE
Exercise equipment used for several disciplines MULTIGYM
Fabric made with waste silk SCHAPPE
Folklore figure played by Kate Moss in Blackadder: Back & Forth maid marian
Former name of the city regarded as the cultural capital of Karnataka, India MYSORE
Fritz ____’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, first published in German in 1914, is now in its seventh edition ULLMANN
Graphical symbol often loosely referred to as a smiley EMOTICON
Gulfweed, or a floating mass of it SARGASSO
Harry Potter’s aunt and uncle live in Little Whinging in this English county SURREY
Hyundai model known in some countries as Verna and Solaris ACCENT
Measure of energy available for mechanical use ENTROPY
Musical comedy drama series set in William McKinley High School GLEE
Nascar, drag and dirt racing venue in Concord, North Carolina Charlotte Motor Speedway
Nation with territory in both Asia and Europe TURKEY
One of only two US states not divided into counties ALASKA
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Personification, given the name Artemis, of liberty in ancient Greece eleutheria
Poet who wrote How Do I Love Thee? elizabeth Browning
Political satire novel originally subtitled A Fairy Story Animal Farm
Pouch used for sending of documents overseas, free from customs inspection diplomatic bag
Pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, an author of exotic novels based on his life as a naval officer Pierre Loti
Retired professors who retain their titles EMERITI
Self-declared king of Israel, killed at the wood of Ephraim ABSALOM
Shakespeare character whose final line is “Now go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrew” HORTENSIO
Short name for a wild or half-tamed horse BRONC
Singer and actress who gained fame as mechanic Charlene Robinson Kylie Minogue
South African vultures aasvogels
Strong demands for action clarion calls
Strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide LYE
Substance used for cleaning leather saddle soap
That being the case if so
The “Kritik der Politischen Oekonomie” of Karl Marx Das Kapital
The 1942-3 ____ campaign was named after the largest of the independent Solomon Islands GUADALCANAL
The first US secretary of state chosen by Donald Trump Rex Tillerson
The German customs union founded in 1834 ZOLLVEREIN
The H of HRT HORMONE
The killing of a god DEICIDE
The national anthem of this island republic is La Bayamesa CUBA
The Queen celebrated her 91st birthday at ____ racecourse NEWBURY
The tower of a church STEEPLE
The traditional head-dress of a bishop MITRE
The Winter’s Tale’s “snapper-up of unconsidered trifles” AUTOLYCUS
Those who were in favour of the end of slavery ABOLITIONISTS
Tool typically used to create a small hole for a nail or screw AWL
Type of light which flashes on and off very quickly STROBE
___ is described as the oldest city in the Netherlands Nijmegen