Queen of Spades

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Queen of Spades usually refers to a card, in a typical deck of playing cards, with the rank of Queen in the spades suit.

Queen of Spades may also refer to:

• Old Maid, a card game in which the queen of spades plays a significant role
• The Queen of Spades, an opera by Tchaikovsky, based on a short story by Alexander Pushkin
• "The Queen of Spades" (story), by Pushkin
• Other works inspired by Pushkin's story:
  • The Queen of Spades (1916 film), a Russian adaptation directed by Pyotr Chardynin
  • 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 / Pique Dame, a score by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1937 film La dame de pique

In other uses:

• "Queen of Spades", a song by Styx from their album Pieces of Eight