First assignment
for James Bond

1 — What was the first of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels — Live And Let Die, Dr. No, Casino Royale, From Russia With Love?
2 — Scotland’s “Electric Brae” can be found in which county?
3 — Founder Ingvar Kamprad’s initials make up part of the name of which international home furnishings store?
4 — Is oology the study of birds’ eggs, odours, regional accents or ice floes?
5 — In Ae Fond Kiss by Burns what are the two lines after, “Ae fond kiss, and then we sever! Ae fareweel, and then forever!"
6 — Can you make a connection between Elton John and The Wizard of Oz?
7 — Which Scotland-England border river is also a Channel isle?
8 — “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away” is how which famous move is introduced?
9 — In the Bible, where was Jesus when he turned water into wine?
10 — Name the world’s tallest growing grass.
11 — Which of the following soaps ISN’T on Channel 5 — Family Affairs, Home & Away, The Bold And The Beautiful, Hollyoaks?
12 — What is Princess Margaret’s son’s title?
13 — How can garden plants improve security around your home?
14 — Which legendary actress died before she could complete the 1960s film Something’s Got To Give?
15 — The malleus is a bone in which part of the body?
16 — Landing at Luga airport are you visiting Madeira, Majorca, Malta or the Maldives?
17 — Kiss-behind-the-garden-gate is a country nickname for which garden flower?
18 — If you’re sitting behind the wheel of a Fabia are you driving a Skoda, Saab, Volkswagen or a Hyundai.
19 — The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, is the headquarters of which nature society?
20 — What shape is each cell in a honeycomb?

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, August 19, 2001

1 — Casino Royale, first published in 1953.
2 — North west of Maybole in South Ayrshire. The brae appears to be rising when it’s actually falling.
3 — IKEA. E & A is for Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd the Swedish farm and village where he was born.
4 — Birds’ eggs.
5 — Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.
6 — Elton had an album and single called Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Dorothy and Co. followed the Yellow Brick Road in The Wizard Of Oz.
7 — Sark.
8 — Star Wars.
9 — Cana, Galilee.
10 — Bamboo, which can grow to 130 feet.
11 — Hollyoaks, on Channel 4.
12 — Viscount Linley.
13 — Hedges of prickly bushes can make it more difficult for intruders to climb fences and scale walls.
14 — Marilyn Monroe. 15 — Our ears.
16 — Malta.
17 — The pansy.
18 — Skoda.
19 — The Royal Society for Protection of Birds.
20 — Hexagonal.