The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 014

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1984 novel by J G Ballard Empire Of The Sun
1991 action comedy starring Bruce Willis Hudson Hawk
A broad, starched neckband Eton collar
A type of long grained rice BASMATI
Actor whose films include Seven and Ocean’s Eleven Brad Pitt
Australian cricketer who played for Northamptonshire, Gloucestershire and Durham Michael Hussey
Based on its annual festival of sculpture, nickname of Harbin in China Ice City
Body of water such as Haweswater RESERVOIR
British commentator regarded as the voice of golf Peter Alliss
Clerk hired by Uriah Heep Wilkins Micawber
Colour TV system used in the UK and most of Europe PAL
Criminal plea, the Latin word for “elsewhere” ALIBI
Device which displays a script AUTOCUE
Doctor who covers the absence of another LOCUM
First British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest Sandie Shaw
Former Warsaw Pact country where an uprising was suppressed in 1953 East Germany
Fungus used in brewing and baking YEAST
Herb often used in fish dish sauces PARSLEY
Home city of snooker player Mark Selby LEICESTER
Indian loincloth DHOTI
Informally, the quality of being fashionable COOLTH
Instrumental hit single for Hot Butter in 1972 POPCORN
Jason ____, British Touring Car driver PLATO
Kaiser Chiefs single released in 2004 and 2005 I Predict a Riot
Literally a witness; one who suffers or dies for their beliefs MARTYR
Madonna’s co-star in Desperately Seeking Susan Rosanna Arquette
Manufacturer whose products are sometimes called hogs or bobbers Harley-Davidson
Marine cattle class STEERAGE
Meringue and fruit dessert PAVLOVA
MP who replaced Gordon Brown as Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling
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Named after a region of France, a lawless area of historic London ALSATIA
Novel whose opening line is “Call me Ishmael” Moby-Dick
Nun more involved in ancillary work than worship lay sister
Political theorist, author of The Human Condition Hannah Arendt
Protective secretion of various membranes MUCUS
Reggie Perrin’s shop with “ideal gifts for people you hate” GROT
Road surfacing material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley TARMACADAM
Rock band featuring guitarist Nuno Bettencourt EXTREME
Runaway Bride reunited director and co-stars nine years after this film Pretty Woman
Satirical show created by “Luck and Flaw” spitting image
Scandinavian spirit flavoured with caraway seeds AKVAVIT
Siren said to lure sailors onto rocks with her voice LORELEI
Small marsupial of the didelphidae family OPOSSUM
Soak to promote loosening of fibres RET
Soft cheese whose name means “cooked again” in Italian RICOTTA
Star of the Roman Polanski film Tess Nastassja Kinski
Suzanne Vega song sampled for Centuries by Fall Out Boy Tom's Diner
Swimmer who won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 1978 Sharron Davies
The first mass-produced hybrid car, made by Toyota PRIUS
The gills of an oyster BEARD
Third book of the Old Testament LEVITICUS
To formally propose for election NOMINATE
Tony ____, actor and comedian, a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway? SLATTERY
Tropical plant also called gumbo OKRA
Ubiquitous item of laboratory equipment bunsen burner
Unit of food energy content kilocalorie
US educational welfare system introduced in 1965 Head Start
Usual kind of motor for small boats OUTBOARD
Wood traditionally used for black piano keys EBONY
____ Tharp, choreographer who worked on the films Hair and Amadeus TWYLA