Q 01/05

John Barry arranged the James Bond Theme, but which composer sued a newspaper for saying he didn't write it?

A) Monty Norman

B) Lionel Bart

C) Ron Grainer

D) Laurie Johnson

Answer · why

A) Monty Norman

Monty Norman won £30,000 libel damages in 2001; Barry had taken a flat £250 fee, leaving Norman the songwriting credit.

Q 02/05

Which singer is the only person to have performed more than one Bond theme?

A) Shirley Bassey

B) Tina Turner

C) Carly Simon

D) Rita Coolidge

Answer · why

A) Shirley Bassey

Shirley Bassey sang Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker, and she held Goldfinger's final note so long that she nearly passed out.

Q 03/05

Which was the first Bond theme to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song?

A) Live and Let Die

B) For Your Eyes Only

C) GoldenEye

D) Skyfall

Answer · why

D) Skyfall

Skyfall won Adele the Oscar in 2013, a first for a Bond theme, though she had at first been hesitant to take on a Bond song.

Q 04/05

Which Bond theme was the first US Billboard Hot 100 number one?

A) Live and Let Die by Wings

B) A View to a Kill by Duran Duran

C) Tomorrow Never Dies by Sheryl Crow

D) GoldenEye by Tina Turner

Answer · why

B) A View to a Kill by Duran Duran

A View to a Kill by Duran Duran came about, as the band tells it, after bassist John Taylor drunkenly asked producer Cubby Broccoli at a party about d...

Q 05/05

Which was the first Bond theme to reach number one on the UK singles chart?

A) Live and Let Die

B) Writing's on the Wall

C) No Time to Die

D) For Your Eyes Only

Answer · why

B) Writing's on the Wall

Writing's on the Wall split opinion on release, yet in October 2015 it became the first Bond theme to reach number one in the UK.