The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 337

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“Laughter … the most civilised ____ in the world” (Peter Ustinov) MUSIC
“They say all lovers ___ more performance than they are able” (Troilus and Cressida) SWEAR
1980 comedy film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor Stir Crazy
1985 Diana Ross single written by the Bee Gees chain reaction
1992 Lightning Seeds single which gained popularity thanks to Match of the Day The Life Of Riley
A wild sheep of the Himalayas URIAL
Another name for the small Löwchen dog breed Little Lion
BBC miniseries, first shown in 2005, about the construction of five famous buildings CATHEDRAL
Belgian city on the River Meuse, which suffered heavy damage in both world wars NAMUR
Blood poisoning SEPTICAEMIA
Charlie Sheen’s brother, who played one of the punished pupils in The Breakfast Club Emilio Estevez
Courier company founded as the American Messenger Company in Seattle in 1907 UPS
Former co-presenter of Top Gear and Fifth Gear Tiff Needell
Former wool weight of about 28 pounds TOD
Game of Thrones actress who plays Ellie in the forthcoming HBO series The Last Of Us Bella Ramsey
Handel oratorio which starts with mourning for the death of a pharaoh’s adviser Israel in Egypt
Having a spiritual significance beyond human understanding MYSTICAL
Historically, a solemnly renounced religious belief was ____ ABJURED
Illustrator of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books John Tenniel
In this form of baccarat any player may be the banker Chemin de fer
Indigenous inhabitants of South America’s northern coast CARIBS
JBS ____ was a founder of neo-Darwinism HALDANE
Knot often used to join ropes of different sizes sheet bend
Lack of worldliness NAIVETY
Clues Answers
Location, near Edgware Road, of a 1820 conspiracy Cato Street
Moby Dick character described as “George Washington cannibalistically developed” QUEEQUEG
Name for a place beyond the borders of the known world ultima Thule
One nominated for an office or position, especially an ecclesiastical one PRESENTEE
Permit allowing one to enter, eg, a restricted area laissez-passer
Pertaining to the leg CRURAL
Pompey, Caesar and Crassus, for example TRIUMVIRATE
Process of vanishing; US rock band fronted by Amy Lee EVANESCENCE
Stage name of the comedian Robert Nankeville Bobby Davro
Tennis player who won the Australian Open eleven times Margaret Court
Tenth month of the Jewish civil year, fourth of the ecclesiastical TAMMUZ
The derived SI unit of solid angle STERADIAN
The first Richard Strauss opera with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ELEKTRA
The five religious duties of the Muslim faith Pillars of Islam
The Procuress is thought to be a self-portrait of this Dutch artist Jan Vermeer
The World as Will and Idea was written by Arthur ____ SCHOPENHAUER
The ____ Arena has the smallest capacity of the four stadiums used for tennis grand slam finals Rod Laver
To come clean own up
Torticollis and writer’s cramp are examples of this condition affecting muscles dystonia
Walter Scott novel published anonymously in 1815 Guy Mannering
Wheat protein which makes dough sticky GLUTEN
____ replaced Arsène Wenger as Arsenal manager in 2018 Unai Emery
____ wrote and recorded After All This Time, winner of the 1990 best country song Grammy award Rodney Crowell
____’s Livadia palace hosted a Big Three conference in 1945 YALTA