The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 017

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Clues Answers
1994 film starring John Travolta as Vincent Vega Pulp Fiction
1999 TV programme cancelled after its guests were shown to be fake The Vanessa Show
A forerunner of the bicycle VELOCIPEDE
Actor who played Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister Nigel Hawthorne
Advance ___ Fair is this country’s national anthem AUSTRALIA
American business which ceased its telegram service in 2006 Western Union
American non-intervention policy of 1823 Monroe Doctrine
Australian distance runner who set 17 world records in the 1960s Ron Clarke
Author depicted in the 1985 film Leave All Fair Katherine Mansfield
Belgian film, Palme d’Or winner at Cannes in 2005 The Child
Bird which, uniquely, eats with its bill upside-down FLAMINGO
British racing driver who won 31 Grands Prix Nigel Mansell
Capital of Morocco RABAT
Captain ____ made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand COOK
Chef whose first restaurant was Ménage à Trois Antony Worrall Thompson
Comedian once thought to have made the UK’s first mobile phone call Ernie Wise
Composition used by Torvill and Dean in the 1984 Winter Olympics BOLERO
David ____, four-time manager of Tottenham Hotspur PLEAT
Difficult breathing (US spelling) DYSPNEA
Dogs noted for their spotted coats DALMATIANS
Element named, in 1789, after a recently discovered planet URANIUM
Fashion designer, born Maria Adélaide Nielli Nina Ricci
Film actor who played Mike Young in Neighbours Guy Pearce
First of the noble gases in the periodic table HELIUM
Former capital of Nigeria LAGOS
Graphical symbol which can be clicked to launch a command or program ICON
Hair ointment originally scented with mashed apples POMADE
Iconic Raleigh bicycle of the 1970s CHOPPER
In analytical geometry, the x-co-ordinate ABSCISSA
In military slang, to finish or kill NAPOO
Clues Answers
Informal name of the racing circuit featuring La Source SPA
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews INRI
Knife whose (Oxford Dictionary) etymology refers to the word “hammer” MACHETE
Lowest deck of a ship ORLOP
Mathematical product indicated by “!” FACTORIAL
Michel ___, top scorer in the 1984 European Championship PLATINI
Modifier key, typically to the left of the space bar ALT
Newsreader who was briefly engaged to her colleague Jon Snow Anna Ford
One of the three official languages of Belgium FLEMISH
Part of Powys since 1996 RADNOR
Pondering (something) musing on
Protagonist in The Jungle Book MOWGLI
Rangifer tarandus, called caribou in North America REINDEER
Relating to salt or tar? NAUTICAL
Scottish rock band fronted by Alex Kapranos Franz Ferdinand
Singer who fronts The Specials and, formerly, Fun Boy Three Terry Hall
Singer whose hits include Cracklin’ Rosie Neil Diamond
Sitcom set in the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee Parks And Recreation
Small lizard found in many warm regions GECKO
Something very good, or a nightmare DREAM
Spandau Ballet single which followed True GOLD
Stage name of actress Margaret Hyra Meg Ryan
Steersman of a racing shell COXSWAIN
Tennessee Williams play, winner of a 1948 Pulitzer Prize A Streetcar Named Desire
Type of ribbed fabric CORDUROY
Typeface which influenced the design of Times New Roman EXCELSIOR
US circuit which hosted the country’s first Formula One Grand Prix sebring
Video chat and voice call service launched in 2003 SKYPE
Winner of the Epsom Derby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1971 Mill Reef
____ pentameter, metre often used by Shakespeare IAMBIC