Statistics for The Life and Work of Ian Fleming

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Ian’s father, Valentine Fleming, died fighting in which conflict?	World War One	89%
Which public school did Ian attend from 1921 to 1927?	Eton College	67%
Which notable man wrote Valentine’s obituary in The Times?	Winston Churchill	67%
What was the name of Fleming’s first novel, published in 1953?	Casino Royale	56%
Which children’s book was published in 1964, months after his death?	Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang	56%
Which fictional character was the hero of this novel, and eleven others?	James Bond	56%
Which branch of the military did he join at the outbreak of World War 2?	Royal Navy	56%
What was the name of the house he built there in the 1940s?	Goldeneye	33%
Post-war, Ian annually spent 3 months holiday mainly in which country?	Jamaica	33%
What was the highest military rank that Fleming achieved?	Lieutenant Commander	33%
What was the name of Ian’s older brother, who also became a writer?	Peter Fleming	33%
In the early 1930s Ian worked for which News Agency?	Reuters News Agency	33%
In 1927 he attended a small private school in which European country?	Austria	22%
What was the name of their son, who was born a few months later?	Caspar	22%
Age was a cadet at which Royal Military College for about a year?	Sandhurst	22%
He was taken to court in 1961 over the publication of which novel?	Thunderball	22%
What was the name of the long-term mistress he married in 1952?	Ann Charteris	11%
Which artist was the father of Ian’s half-sister, Amaryllis?	Augustus John	11%
Which publishing house was the initial publisher of his books?	Jonathan Cape	11%
What was Ian Fleming’s middle name?	Lancaster	11%
What was the name of the Commando unit Ian formed in 1942?	No. 30 Commando	11%