The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 287

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Clues Answers
“A man should be _____ at his birth, not at his death” (Montesquieu) MOURNED
“I hear hurricanes ablowing. I know the end is coming soon” (____, Creedence Clearwater Revival) Bad Moon Rising
“It’s my party, and I’ll cry ____” (Lesley Gore) If I Want To
“The only way to get rid of a ____ is to yield to it” (Oscar Wilde) TEMPTATION
“This means nothing to me. Oh, ____” (Ultravox) VIENNA
1965 Bond film in which Claudine Auger plays Domino THUNDERBALL
A difficult problem or puzzle brain-teaser
American sitcom that starred Desi Arnaz and his wife I Love Lucy
Bird shown on the Great Seal of the United States bald eagle
Camus novella starting with Meursault’s mother’s death The Stranger
Comic star and screenwriter of a 1987 film based on Cyrano de Bergerac Steve Martin
Common term for a somnambulist SLEEPWALKER
Composer whose best-known work is probably Panis Angelicus FRANCK
DH Lawrence novel banned for obscenity in 1915 The Rainbow
Don ____ played Philip Smith in Rising Damp WARRINGTON
Douglas Adams’s Slartibartfast character designed part of this country NORWAY
Foodstuff item called a “cream puff” in the US, often served with chocolate sauce PROFITEROLE
French Trappist monks made the original version of this cheese port salut
Hat named after a George du Maurier character TRILBY
Hindu deity sometimes represented as a cosmic dancer SHIVA
In one of two spellings, a fragrant wild rose also called eglantine SWEETBRIER
Instrument George Formby used when cleaning windows? UKULELE
Italian spirit made from the residue from a winepress GRAPPA
Jane ____: an actress since the 1950s, and a cake maker with a brand of baking equipment ASHER
John Grisham novel made into a 1994 Susan Sarandon film The Client
Clues Answers
Johnny ____ played Sick Boy in the film Trainspotting Lee Miller
London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury lambeth palace
Metaphorical substance which is usually pink in its real form red tape
Military courtroom drama in which Jack Nicholson’s character said Tom Cruise’s couldn’t handle the truth A Few Good Men
Mood-stabilizing drug and 1992 hit single for Nirvana LITHIUM
Name shared by the 1958 and 1960 FA Cup winners WANDERERS
Names like Magnusson, Fernandez and Mikhailovna patronymics
One of US comedian Richard ____’s best-known characters was Mudbone, a wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi PRYOR
Outermost major moon of Uranus, named after a fairy king OBERON
Primate with around 100 species, all native to the same island LEMUR
Saint Sebastian survived being shot with these projectiles ARROWS
Scottish photographer known for his Kate Moss pictures RANKIN
Sculptor whose most famous work is a bronze David DONATELLO
Singer of the title song of the film Stand By Me Ben E King
Teaching of his theory led to the infamous Scopes trial Charles Darwin
The Chinese ____ is the only reptile in its genus not native to North America ALLIGATOR
The longest bones in human forearms ULNAE
The only tennis player ever to win two calendar year singles grand slams Rod Laver
Thracian gladiator who led a rebellion against Rome SPARTACUS
Title bestowed on Princess Margaret’s husband in 1961 Earl of Snowdon
To coil around or together intwist
What the final letter of LGBT stands for TRANSGENDER
White-browed gibbon found in the northeast of India hoolock
Wooden souvenir, “matryoshka” in its country of origin Russian doll
Yakety Sax was the music for this comic’s chase scenes Benny Hill