Criminal genius who ran 
rings round 007

1 — We’ve all seen the James Bond film Dr No, but what was Dr No’s Christian name? 
2 — Can giraffes swim?
3 — Name three cars that are called after types of wind. 
4 — Why are grenadier guards so called?
5 — Why are shares in well-established profitable companies called “blue chip” shares?
6 — In computing, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? 
7 — Why do roses have thorns?
8 — What is beef jerky?
9 — How many Labour leaders since WW2 haven’t become Prime Minister? 
10 — What is the item most purchased in UK supermarkets? 
11 — What is HDTV? 
12 — Which sleeps more hours each day — a domestic cat or a sheep? 
13 — What would you expect to find in a binnacle? 
14 — In the popular rhyme, what child works hard for a living? 
15 — What is Tweed kettle?
16 — How many letters are there in the Russian alphabet — 26, 30, 33 or 35? 
17 — When did the Scottish Nationalist Party win their first seat at Westminster — 1945, 1955, 1960 or 1965? 
18 — Why are creatures lacking in pigment called albinos?
19 — What are crab, zebra and wolf varieties of? 
20 — What has a crust and a core, yet you can’t eat it? 

Sunday Post Quiz Answers, December 4, 2005

1 — Julius. 
2 — No. 
3 — Volkswagen Scirocco and Bora, Nissan Mistral. 
4 — Originally they were equipped with grenades. 
5 — From the high-value blue chips in poker.
6 — Experience. 
7 — Wild roses developed them to stop themselves being eaten by grazing animals. 
8 — Strips of dried preserved meat as a snack. 
9 — Four — Hugh Gaitskell, Michael Foot, Neil Kinnock, John Smith.
10 — Bananas. We eat 17.8 million of them in the UK every day.
11 — High-resolution digital television. 
12 — Cats sleep for around 12 hours a day, sheep about four. 
13 — A ship’s compass. 
14 — Saturday’s child. 
15 — A soup-stew made with salmon, white wine and herbs.
16 — There are 33. 
17 — 1945. Dr Robert D. McIntyre won Motherwell and Wishaw in a by-election, but was defeated in a General Election by Labour later in the year. 
18 — From Latin albus, white. 
19 — Spider. 
20 — Planet Earth.