Queen of Spades

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