“In spite of”, especially in the phrase “____ that” |
for all |
“It may be argued that the past is a country from which we have all ____” (Salman Rushdie) |
EMIGRATED |
“The Hatters” is the nickname of ____ Town FC |
LUTON |
“____ moss” is an informal name for sphagnum |
BOG |
1973 King Crimson album title based on decadent food in ancient Rome |
Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
1990 film about a Dutch painter and his brother |
Vincent and Theo |
A large kind of moth or penguin |
EMPEROR |
A set of instruments at the back of some bands |
drum kit |
Alf and Else ____ were characters in a Johnny Speight sitcom |
GARNETT |
At the 1968 Olympic Games, ____ broke the men’s long jump world record by 55cm with a leap of 8.90m |
Bob Beamon |
BBC drama series, shown 2000-05, in which restaurateur Archie MacDonald returns to his roots |
Monarch of the Glen |
Borough in southern Essex, just outside London |
THURROCK |
Character who rises at ten-thirty in a parody version of a music-hall song |
Burlington Bertie |
Comic actor who, playing Julius Caesar, said “Infamy, infamy. They’ve all got it in for me!” |
Kenneth Williams |
Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes ____ is a cycle of plays |
ELECTRA |
Flora ____ wrote Lark Rise to Candleford |
THOMPSON |
French name for a cake-like confection with halves made from egg white, sugar and almonds, and a creamy filling |
MACARON |
Greek letter which is a symbol for torque in physics |
TAU |
Herbal infusion made from daisy-like plants |
chamomile tea |
Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore is fond of ____ lemons |
SHERBET |
In his own words, Aaron Copland’s second “cowboy ballet” |
RODEO |
Italian master of sprint finishes who won 10,000m gold at the 1983 World Championships and 1984 Olympics |
Alberto Cova |
Jerry ____ starred in a US sitcom about a fictional version of himself, 1989-1998 |
SEINFELD |
Kenneth ____ became the first president of Zambia in 1964 |
kaunda |
Kings using this former hunting area often stayed at Waltham Abbey in Essex |
epping forest |