The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 262

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“Even in laughter, the heart is ____” (Proverbs xiv, 13) SORROWFUL
“It is a fault that springeth from your ____” (The Comedy of Errors) EYE
“Roger ____” is apparently incorrect in radio communication, as ____ implies “Roger” WILCO
“The ____ is a courtly quean, / Whom, therefore, I will shun” (Thomas Hood) TULIP
A “dance” which is effectively a sporting contest LIMBO
A display of images representing a film plot STORYBOARD
A heavy pole used in a sporting event CABER
A major role of one type of sub PROOFREADER
A piebald horse or a type of bean PINTO
Among other things (Latin) inter alia
An old name for a docile horse, often ridden by women PALFREY
Animated cartoon rooster who woos Miss Prissy Foghorn Leghorn
Another name for cash dispensers autotellers
Author of Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett
Author of the first English translation of Boccacio, and the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary John Florio
Board used in conjunction with a planchette OUIJA
Canadian boxer who won super-heavyweight gold at the 1988 Olympic Games Lennox Lewis
Composer Pietro ____’s best-known work is the opera Cavalleria Rusticana MASCAGNI
Cruiser bicycle, introduced in 1981, which lost popularity with the introduction of mountain bikes Raleigh Bomber
DC Comics character originally called Lazarus Lane El Diablo
Dorset resort town to the west of Bournemouth POOLE
Early general-purpose computer designed by Charles Babbage Analytical Engine
English-Australian actor who played Felicia Jollygoodfellow in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Guy Pearce
Former US sitcom starring stand-up comedian Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond
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Fragrant oil of the damask rose OTTO
Icelandic volcano which was dormant for 6,000 years before erupting on March 19, 2021 fagradalsfjall
Insect sometimes used by US forensics teams to determine time of death common toad fly
Johnnie Johnson was a well-known flying ____ in the Second World War ACE
Jules Verne character, also known as Prince Dakkar Captain Nemo
June 6, 1944 D-day
Keats poem which begins “Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness” Ode on a Grecian Urn
Mineral material from which a metal can be extracted ORE
Multinational retailer whose first shop opened in Barnet in 1931 TESCO
Of ice, to become a berg CALVE
Ouagadougou is this country’s capital burkina faso
Plant whose leaves are chewed as a mild stimulant in Asia betel pepper
Pseudonym indicator which is typically abbreviated also known as
Republican politician who lost to Barack Obama in 2008 John McCain
Singer who duetted with George Michael on their hit I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Aretha Franklin
Tasmania’s former name Van Diemen's Land
That which, according to Nietzsche, stares back at you if stare a long time into it ABYSS
The act of registering one’s presence as an air passenger check-in
The content of a German’s wallet between 1924 and 1948 reichsmarks
The rank and file of, for example, voters grass roots
The tree normally called ____ in the UK is Acer campestre MAPLE
The ____ whale is the third-largest rorqual species SEI
Watford and England goalkeeper who has made the most saves in Premier League history Ben Foster
____, Ohio was the “Rubber Capital of the World” in the 20th century AKRON