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June 1, 2008

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.