Queen of spades (disambiguation)
The queen of spades is a card in the standard deck of cards.
Queen of Spades may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- "The Queen of Spades" (story), an 1833 short story by Alexander Pushkin, which inspired:
- La dame de pique (opera by Halevy)d, an 1850 opera by Halevy
- The Queen of Spades (opera), an 1890 opera by Tchaikovsky
- The Queen of Spades (1916 film), a Russian adaptation directed by Yakov Protazanov
- The Queen of Spades, a score by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1937 film La dame de pique
- The Queen of Spades (1949 film), directed by Thorold Dickinson
- The Queen of Spades (1960 film), a Russian adaptation of Tchaikovsky's opera
- The Queen of Spades (1982 film), a Russian adaptation directed by Igor Maslennikov
- "Queen of Spades", a song on Pieces of Eight (album) by Styx
Other uses
- an alternative name of the card game Old maid, in which that particular playing card plays an important role
- nickname of Shayna Baszler (born 1980), mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
See also
- Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938-2005), Prime Minister of Iraq from 1991 to 1993, the queen of spades in the US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
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