The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 361

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“Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an ____” (Laurence Olivier) ADULT
“Dracula” as a 15th-century eastern European ruler Vlad the Impaler
“Straight” HETERO
“The lost one” in The Winter’s Tale PERDITA
1984 Tina Turner album, her first with Capitol Records Private Dancer
1999 film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton Fight Club
2004 animated film with roles voiced by Will Smith and Jack Black Shark Tale
A braid of hair PLAIT
A ____ motorcycle is often called a hog Harley Davidson
Actress who voiced Ginger in the animated film Chicken Run Julia Sawalha
BBC sitcom with the characters Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and Richard DeVere To the Manor Born
Celebrity RENOWN
Comedy partner of Chesney Allen Bud Flanagan
Creature slain in the second labour of Hercules HYDRA
Dish often including mayonnaise and cress as well as its main ingredient, often used in sandwiches egg salad
Early British immigrants in the Transvaal or Orange Free State (Afrikaans) UITLANDERS
English pop duo of the Fairbrass brothers Right Said Fred
Form of witchcraft brought to public attention by Gerald Gardner in the 1950s WICCA
French driver who won the World Rally Championship for six consecutive years Sebastien Ogier
From French garbled by Tommies, old-fashioned slang for “finished” NAPOO
Game in which players try to remove marbles from a circular playing area ring taw
Headland which is France’s closest point to England Cap Gris-Nez
In Italian restaurants, this fish is called branzino sea bass
In tennis, a ____ is used when a set score is six games all TIEBREAKER
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Indian numbering system name for 100,000 LAKH
Italian coffee brand name often seen on a red square ILLY
Of land cultivation AGRARIAN
Old term for an instance of flowing, eg of blood to the head Afflux
One name for an annual Last Supper commemoration Holy Thursday
Pasta whose name means “large reeds” CANNELLONI
Pertaining to a notorious Roman emperor NERONIC
Richard Strauss tone poem inspired by a Friedrich Nietzsche work — its opening “Sunrise” section is heard three times in 2001: A Space Odyssey Also Sprach Zarathustra
Romanian composer, whose Romanian Rhapsodies are among his most popular works George Enescu
Slow-paced jazz standard usually played with muted brass, written for Count Basie’s band by Neal Hefti in 1957 Li'l Darlin'
Striped and spotted wild cat in Central and South American forests OCELOT
The “equal marriage” of reproduction in some organisms which are neither male nor female ISOGAMY
The American football team once called the Baltimore ____ moved to Indianapolis in 1984 COLTS
The brightest star after Sirius CANOPUS
The N of TNT NITRO
The second largest of England’s historic or ceremonial counties LINCOLNSHIRE
The Swiss cheese plant is a member of this genus MONSTERA
Title for a high-ranking government official in the Ottoman Empire EFFENDI
To speak ____ is to do so unadvisedly or tactlessly out of turn
Tom’s nickname which starts a Stravinsky opera title The Rake
Tree-dwelling ARBOREAL
Utah hometown of the Osmonds OGDEN
Winner of the 1996 best actor Oscar for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas Nicolas Cage
____ (Part 2) was Pink Floyd’s only No 1 single, in 1979 Another Brick In The Wall