The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 292

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“They are ill ____s that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea” (Francis Bacon) discoverer
1960s pop idol whose hits included What Do You Want and Poor Me adam faith
A New York taxi rank CABSTAND
A person to whom cold callers would like to speak HOMEOWNER
Actor who has starred in The Jewel in the Crown, Game of Thrones and Gosford Park Charles Dance
African ruminant whose reddish-brown coat has white stripes on the upper legs OKAPI
Ancient city near Tunis, destroyed by Romans in 146BC CARTHAGE
Angelo Dundee was Muhammad Ali’s ____ cornerman
Attempts to damage the reputations of public figures Smear campaigns
Boarding school dormitory practical joke Apple-pie bed
Borders location of a famous smithy gretna green
Brand TRADENAME
Bring goods back into the country REIMPORT
British singles winner at the US Open in September Emma Raducanu
Casta diva is the famous soprano solo in this opera by Bellini NORMA
Chief port of the 12th-century Kingdom of Jerusalem ACRE
Cinematic movement represented by Hiroshima Mon Amour and Jules et Jim Nouvelle Vague
Country where leks can be spent in Durres and Vlore ALBANIA
Foodstuff often accompanying meat (especially sausages) and potatoes or dumplings SAUERKRAUT
Forename of Richard Nixon’s vice-president SPIRO
Former biennial sailing event which included the Fastnet race Admiral's Cup
Former high security prison on the Isle of Wight PARKHURST
French novelist and dramatist who wrote Les Misérables victor hugo
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Fruit used in the early 20th century to prevent scurvy in the Royal Navy Loganberries
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe is subtitled The ____ and the Peri PEER
Grandmother of Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall Princess Anne
In British forces, the naval equivalent of a major-general rear admiral
In Malta, this songbird is thought of as prestigious, and domesticated GREENFINCH
Lacking vigour or in a decline at a low ebb
Language error such as Mike Tyson’s “I might just fade into Bolivian” comment after a 2002 defeat MALAPROPISM
Large triangular park in south London where a tree in memory of the actor Jeremy Brett was planted in 2007 Clapham Common
Light tanker used to supply water or fuel an aircraft BOWSER
Loch ____ in the Trossachs is featured in Walter Scott’s poem The Lady of the Lake KATRINE
Northern upland temporary accommodation for herdsmen SHIELING
On ____ Island, off the Antrim coast, Irish was spoken by some residents until the 1960s RATHLIN
Pater noster Our Father
Patou is a French informal name for this livestock guardian Pyrenean mountain dog
Seabird which has pinkish underparts in summer plumage Roseate tern
Strangles is also known as ____ distemper EQUINE
The 26 bishops representing the Church of England in parliament Lords Spiritual
The capital of New York state ALBANY
The Duke of Norfolk’s castle is in this West Sussex town ARUNDEL
The Twelve Bens mountains dominate County Galway’s ____ National Park CONNEMARA
Widely recognised and well-respected ICONIC
____ pleats are ones all folded in the same direction KNIFE