Q 01/05

Ian Fleming worked in Naval Intelligence during World War II under which codename?

A) 007

B) Agent Z

C) 17F

D) M-1

Answer · why

C) 17F

He was personal assistant to Rear Admiral John Godfrey and worked out of Room 39 at the Admiralty.

Q 02/05

Fleming took the name James Bond from an American expert on what?

A) Tropical fish

B) Rare orchids

C) Jamaican rums

D) Caribbean birds

Answer · why

D) Caribbean birds

Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, owned Bond's field guide Birds of the West Indies and called it 'the dullest name I ever heard'.

Q 03/05

Fleming helped plan which wartime operation, whose name he later reused for his Jamaican estate?

A) Mincemeat

B) Overlord

C) Ruthless

D) Goldeneye

Answer · why

D) Goldeneye

He was also involved with two intelligence commando units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force.

Q 04/05

Fleming's Bond novels number twelve, plus how many short-story collections?

A) Two

B) One

C) Three

D) Four

Answer · why

A) Two

Casino Royale was the first novel, published in 1953, and Fleming died in 1964 aged 56.

Q 05/05

Which children's book did Ian Fleming write, published in 1964?

A) The Phantom Tollbooth

B) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

C) Stig of the Dump

D) The Borrowers

Answer · why

B) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

The 1968 film version was produced by Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli, with a screenplay co-written by Roald Dahl.