The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 420

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“Governments do not make ____, but ____ make governments. This is both historically and logically true.” (Calvin Coolidge) IDEALS
“I am ____; I am the part you won’t recognise. But, get used to me” (Muhammad Ali) AMERICA
“The United States has no imperialistic ambitions whatsoever in ____ or in any other part of the globe” (Richard Nixon) ASIA
100 sen in Malaysia RINGGIT
A battleship’s aft-firing cannon or gun stern-chaser
A marginal annotation APOSTIL
A wax-coated wick used to convey a flame TAPER
Actor who appeared in The Italian Job (2003) and starred in The Bank Job Jason Statham
Alex Salmond, ____, Humza Yousaf Nicola Sturgeon
An Italian coffee brand; nickname of a Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England cricket captain ILLY
Band whose sole surviving member is Micky Dolenz The Monkees
Bird noted for its sustained hovering while hunting KESTREL
British actress who starred with James Mason in The Seventh Veil Ann Todd
British javelin thrower who competed in the Olympics six times, 1976-1996 Tessa Sanderson
Cartoon character voiced by Julie Kavner since 1987 Marge Simpson
Doctor ____ is the main antagonist of the Crash Bandicoot video games Neo Cortex
Fragrant white wine of the Rhine valley RIESLING
Illusion in art, often falsely suggesting three dimensions Trompe l'oeil
In extremely good order, informally as sweet as a nut
Informally, a car fanatic PETROLHEAD
Inhabitant of South America’s vast plains LLANERO
Is of striking or stylish appearance cuts a dash
Italian eau de vie made from winepress residue GRAPPA
Italian for “joke”; a possible movement in a symphony SCHERZO
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Locomotion No 1 departed from this Co Durham town as the first locomotive to haul a public railway passenger train DARLINGTON
Love lies bleeding is one variety of this plant, associated poetically with immortality AMARANTH
Lubricated sharpeners for metal tools OILSTONES
Male deer; the short version of an English county BUCKS
Mythical Mycenaean king who led the Greeks in the Trojan War AGAMEMNON
Nothing, in Latin NIHIL
Of a narrative, starting after the beginning of the plot (Latin) in medias res
Old name for tiny aquatic organisms, derived from the way they were obtained by early microscopists INFUSORIA
One of Bach’s best-known choral works, completed about a year before his death Mass In B Minor
Original name of a Thames rowing event held since 1839 Henley Regatta
Raptors with subspecies including Iberian, Siberian and North American golden eagles
Rutger Hauer’s character in Blade Runner Roy Batty
Scottish rock band fronted by Sharleen Spiteri TEXAS
Singer who wrote the Kenny Rogers hit single Lady Lionel Richie
Software which creates PDF files Adobe Acrobat
Spirits of nature in Greek mythology NYMPHS
Stephen King novel about a 1958 Plymouth Fury CHRISTINE
The “iron capital of the world” in the early 19th century Merthyr Tydfil
The capital of Mali BAMAKO
The four most recent films in this series, which started in 1984, have a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes Police Academy
The solar system’s largest satellite GANYMEDE
The ____ Palace in Istanbul was once the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire TOPKAPI
Voluntarily leave (a position) resign from
____ starred as the mermaid Madison in Splash Daryl Hannah