The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 270

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“Each has his own tree of ____, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal” (RL Stevenson) ANCESTORS
“Oh, when shall Britain, conscious of her claim, / Stand ____ of Greek and Roman fame?” (Alexander Pope) EMULOUS
A loggerhead, hawksbill or leatherback sea turtle
A type of pastoral dance, named after an Italian island SICILIANO
A White Friar CARMELITE
Alloy often used to make tableware, up to around 1800 PEWTER
American state in which many Stephen King novels are set MAINE
Anglicised name for a dagger used as part of traditional Highland costume skean dhu
Anglicised spelling of a notable peak south of Dolgellau Cader Idris
Appointed to office but not yet in office DESIGNATE
Architect who designed the layout of Covent Garden’s central square Inigo Jones
As an Australian colloquialism, to ____ off means to depart choof
Author of Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert
County town of Cumbria CARLISLE
Displaying spontaneous playfulness LUDIC
English soldier in Henry V, played by his namesake in a 1989 film adaptation Michael Williams
Former Arsenal and Chelsea footballer who won seven FA Cup winners’ medals Ashley Cole
Former test cricketer and captain, knighted in 2019 Andrew Strauss
French city whose distinctive gothic cathedral was built with black lava stone Clermont-Ferrand
Full name of the USS Enterprise’s engineer Montgomery Scott
Gordon Kaye’s character in ’Allo ’Allo! Rene Artois
Harry “Scud” ____ looks after the fictional Tom Brown when he arrives at Rugby school EAST
In Egyptian mythology, mother of Horus ISIS
In golf, the traditional name for a number two wood BRASSIE
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In physics, a particle, often an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation delta ray
In the translated title of a Verdi opera, Manrico is the ____ TROUBADOUR
India’s most populous city MUMBAI
Island of the West Indies whose capital is Castries Saint Lucia
Magazine which published its 10,000th issue in 2020 The Spectator
Music genre which began with the likes of Abba and Boney M eurodisco
North Yorkshire town with an art gallery called Mima MIDDLESBROUGH
Order proclaimed by a sovereign or government EDICT
Ornithorhynchus anatinus is commonly called the ____ platypus duck-billed
Preference for local rather than central government municipalism
Relating to leaves (of a particular type) PAGINAL
Role played by Ruth Madoc in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! Gladys Pugh
Samuel Johnson said this should be sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, then thrown out as good for nothing CUCUMBER
Small dog described by the Kennel Club as “Sturdy, abundantly but not excessively coated, with distinctly arrogant carriage and ‘chrysanthemum-like’ face” shih tzu
Songwriter who played Jess Robin in The Jazz Singer Neil Diamond
The aristocrat John Bingham was commonly known as ____ Lord Lucan
The Man With the Golden Gun SCARAMANGA
The trepang or “sea slug”, a delicacy in oriental cuisine beche-de-mer
The type of muscles forming a six-pack ABDOMINAL
Welsh education and training inspectorate, whose name means “to reach out or stretch” estyn
Word for rubbish which meant “offal” in the 15th century GARBAGE
Works out using logic DEDUCES
____ by Dickens was subtitled The Parish Boy’s Progress Oliver Twist
____ Peggoty was David Copperfield’s childhood sweetheart EMILY