| “Building nests in Fame’s great temple, as in ____ the swallows build” (Longfellow, Nuremberg) |
SPOUTS |
| “When I have nothing to say, ____” (Talking Heads, Psycho Killer) |
my lips are sealed |
| 1922 German silent film based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula |
NOSFERATU |
| 1949 novel which begins with the name Mr Jones |
Animal Farm |
| A bridgehead, to a French soldier |
tete-de-pont |
| A cyclotron particle |
ION |
| A dish of lamb or mutton (originally kid), potatoes, onions, carrots (for some), stock and herbs |
Irish stew |
| A live stream is typically stored as a ____ for later viewing (abbreviation) |
VOD |
| A member of the House of Lords |
PEER |
| A non-owner in whose name a company is registered |
NOMINEE |
| A ____’s white-striped leaves might be seen in student digs |
spider plant |
| Actor who played the lead role of Arkady Renko in Gorky Park |
William Hurt |
| Angolan movement which fought against Portuguese rule and, later, the Marxist MPLA |
UNITA |
| Another name for saltpetre |
NITRE |
| Antarctic explorer who sacrificed himself during the Terra Nova expedition in 1912 |
Lawrence Oates |
| Britain’s only national park inhabited by all three of our native snakes |
New Forest |
| Circular frame which keeps fabric taut in embroidery |
TAMBOUR |
| City which began hosting the Russian Grand Prix in 2014 |
SOCHI |
| Cowboy or cattle-herder of Venezuela or Colombia |
LLANERO |
| Death, judgement, heaven and hell are the Four ____ in eschatology |
Last Things |
| Femurs |
thigh bones |
| First Lady of the United States, 2001-2009 |
Laura Bush |
| In an anxious manner |
AGITATEDLY |
| In Australian slang, one who gets drunk on little alcohol |
two-pot screamer |
