1. How did Ian Fleming sum up his own work in a letter to Raymond Chandler?

   1. "My books are straight pillow fantasies of the bang-bang, kiss-kiss variety."

   2. "Scorn from the critics, disdain from my peers. Why does no one see me for the serious writer indeed?"

   3. "I consider my peers to be Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh, and my achievements to have outstripped them both."

   4. "They're unbelievable trash. It would depress me that they sell in such large numbers if they hadn't made me so rich."

2. 

   During the second world war, Fleming was instrumental in setting up Operation Golden Eye, whose purpose was ...

   1. Building a huge underwater military headquarters on the bed of the North Sea

   2. To undermine a German invasion of Spain

   3. Developing a miniature pistol disguised as a fountain pen

   4. To set a honey trap for Joseph Goebbels

3. Fleming also wrote one book for children. Its title is ...

   1. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

   2. Spying for Boys

   3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

   4. Matilda's Fabulous Pink Dress

4. He also published a collection of travel writing, called ...

   1. Caribbean Dreams

   2. Shaken and Stirred

   3. Thrilling Cities

   4. Dreadlock Holiday

5. 

   Which Bond story involves a plot to steal rare fish and sell them to the Smithsonian Institute?

   1. A Fin Romance

   2. The Hildebrand Rarity

   3. A View to a Crill

   4. Quantum of Solace

6. The first Bond book, Casino Royale, was published in which year?

   1. 1953

   2. 1955

   3. 1957

   4. 1951

7. In Diamonds are Forever, Tingaling Bell is ...

   1. A beautiful Jamaican assassin

   2. Scaramanga's kitten

   3. A Belgian cocktail waiter at Blades

   4. An American jockey

8. The Bond villain whose sometime alias is Dr Shatterhand, who aspires to be recognised as the Comte de Bleuville, is better known as ...

   1. Scaramanga

   2. Oddjob

   3. Knick-knack

   4. Blofeld

9. 

   Which of the following is NOT one of the numerous aliases used by 007?

   1. Peter Franks

   2. Delaney Jones

   3. Mark Hazard

   4. David Somerset

10. What is Dr No's first name?

    1. Cappucine

    2. Julius

    3. Aloyisius

    4. Beau

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:C, 4:C, 5:B, 6:A, 7:D, 8:D, 9:B, 10:B

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   00 dear

2. 6 and above.

   Not bad, but you're not quite 00 material yet

3. 7 and above.

   007 Looks like you cracked the code

4. 10 and above.

   Great! Looks like you hit the jackpot at the Casino Royale