Those bad guys in the
James Bond movies

1 — In which Bond films were the following villains — a) Oddjob, b) Dr Kananga, c) Fransisco Scaramanga, d) Jaws?
2 — On average how many addresses are there for each UK postcode?
3 — What makes Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries-shire unique in Britain — a) it’s triangular, b) its resident ghost is a wolfhound or c) it was built by French prisoners of war?
4 — How is the Bebo website said to have got its name?
5 — A rugby player can be sent to one of two “bins”. One is the sin bin. What’s the other?
6 — Whose motto is “Swifter, higher, stronger” — a) the RAF, b) NASA,
c) The Olympic Games?
7 — What does a red triangle on an Ordnance Survey map indicate?
8 — You’ll find houses all over Scotland, especially in rural areas, call Tigh Na something or other. What does it mean?
9 — What’s the fastest part of your fingers?
10 — In the musical, Brigadoon appears for one day every how often?
11 — What joke is a palindrome?
12 — Which saint was crucified upside down?
13 — In fiction who lives in Nutwood?
14 — John Stuart, Earl of Bute, was Britain’s first Scottish-born . . . what?
15 — Who is the only racing driver to have won the Triple Crown of the Indianapolis 500, the 24 hours of Le Mans and the Formula One World Championship?
16 — Why is something fanciful a “pipe dream”?
17 — How is the foodstuff Spam said to have got its name?
18 — Which of Snow White’s seven dwarfs wears glasses?
19 — Which animal gives us mohair?
20 — The Blue Meanies are characters in which popular animated film?
Sunday Post Quiz Answers,
June 1, 2008
1 — a) Goldfinger, b) Live And Let
Die, c) The Man With The Golden Gun, d) The Spy Who Loved Me
or Moonraker.
2 — 15, though it can vary considerably.
3 — a) It’s triangular.
4 — From the initials of “Blog early, Blog often”.
5 — The blood bin.
6 — c) The Olympic Games.
7 — Site of a youth hostel.
8 — House in, on or by.
9 — The quick underneath your nails!
10 — 100 years.
11 — A gag!
12 — St Peter.
13 — Rupert The Bear and his chums.
14 — Prime Minister from 1762-3.
15 — Graham Hill.
16 — It’s an allusion to the hallucinations experienced by people smoking opium pipes.
17 — From SPiced hAM.
18 — Doc.
19 — The angora goat.
20 — Yellow Submarine, featuring The Beatles.
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