Twisted Bond Villains

[Dinos Sfyris]

Thought I'd leave a little puzzle here for all you anagrammers while I'm off in Tenerife. Diehard Bond fans should have no problem with this one though.

Below are the scrambled names of 25 Bond villains. Each one you solve gets you 1 point, plus a bonus point if you can name the film in which he/she appears. There is at least one nemesis from each of the 22 films and 3 of the films feature 2 villains listed. There is also one recurring Bond villain for which you must name the film that will give you a complete list of films (ie no other Villains in the list appear in that film) Once you've done pm your answers to me. You will be scored out of 50 and the winner will receive a funny link Should a tie occur there will be a tie-breaker. Deadline is Friday 10th April 6pm. Enjoy!

1. BRAISED MOAN
2. MINOR ZAX
3. BJ DOOD
4. ARTICLE LOVER
5. VENIAL POOF
6. DRUG HOAX
7. FELCH FIRE
8. DUL JUNIORS
9. COMEDIENNE RIG
10. ABSOLVERS LOFT TREND
11. FRENCH ZANZAS
12. MI TURBAN
13. BAR BLOKES
14. ALE TREKKING
15. STORRK GAMBLER
16. NO LARGER LOVE
17. REVEAL LATENCY
18. TROIKAS STAIRS
19. CONFIGURED A GIRL
20. FAR GASCAN CARCINOMAS
21. STAGGER AVUVA
22. IRK KOSOVO EGG
23. GLOOMIER AIL
24. ANTI POPE AXON
25. A DRAB LENGTH

[Matt Morrison]

Awesome stuff Dinos. This is right up my alley.

I've sent my answers, no cheating at all (pretty sure all this information is going to be fairly easy to find on Wikipedia, sadly).
Missed a few that I know I am going to kick myself over, but I've been staring at my answers for long enough now, they'll do!

Plus I'm not that bothered, who wants to win a link!? Pah!

[Dinos Sfyris]

Gallant effort from Matt with 38/50. Also he brought to my attention the scramble for 18 should be TROIKAS STAIRS not TROIKA STAIRS I've amended it now. Also I didn't mention people are free to submit more than one entry if they remember more answers.

[Matt Morrison]

Gallant effort from Matt with 38/50. Also he brought to my attention the scramble for 18 should be TROIKAS STAIRS not TROIKA STAIRS I've amended it now. Also I didn't mention people are free to submit more than one entry if they remember more answers.

Haha brilliant, I got it right without the letters even being right! Which definitely explains the other stupid spelling mistakes I made as well just from not double checking stuff.

[Dinos Sfyris]

No further entrants! Which makes Matt our winner. But since he's not fussed about a link, I guess its a VFSMB for him! Here are the answers:

1. BRAISED MOAN - BARON SAMEDI - LIVE AND LET DIE
2. MINOR ZAX - MAX ZORIN - A VIEW TO A KILL
3. BJ DOOD - ODDJOB - GOLDFINGER
4. ARTICLE LOVER - ELLIOT CARVER - TOMORROW NEVER DIES (My favourite scramble as he's a media mogul)
5. VENIAL POOF - FIONA VOLPE - THUNDERBALL
6. DRUG HOAX - HUGO DRAX - MOONRAKER
7. FELCH FIRE - LE CHIFFRE - CASINO ROYALE
8. DUL JUNIORS - DR JULIUS NO - DR NO
9. COMEDIENNE RIG - DOMINIC GREENE - QUANTUM OF SOLACE (Also Mathieu Amalric has IMMACULATE HAIR )
10. ABSOLVERS LOFT TREND - ERNST STAVRO BLOFELD - (Multiple films but I'm looking for DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER)
11. FRENCH ZANZAS - FRANZ SANCHEZ - LICENCE TO KILL
12. MI TURBAN - IRMA BUNT - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
13. BAR BLOKES - ROSA KLEBB - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
14. ALE TREKKING - ELEKTRA KING - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
15. STORRK GAMBLER - KARL STROMBERG - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
16. NO LARGER LOVE - GENERAL ORLOV - OCTOPUSSY
17. REVEAL LATENCY - ALEC TREVELYAN - GOLDENEYE
18. TROIKAS STAIRS - ARIS KRISTATOS - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (thanks Matt)
19. CONFIGURED A GIRL - AURIC GOLDFINGER - GOLDFINGER
20. FAR GASCAN CARCINOMAS - FRANCISCO SCARAMANGA - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
21. STAGGER AVUVA - GUSTAV GRAVES - DIE ANOTHER DAY
22. IRK KOSOVO EGG - GEORGI KOSKOV - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
23. GLOOMIER AIL - EMILIO LARGO - THUNDERBALL
24. ANTI POPE AXON - XENIA ONATOPP - GOLDENEYE
25. A DRAB LENGTH - HELGA BRANDT - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

Think I'll stick to posting less niche puzzles in future!

[Matt Morrison]

Man you took that on the chin well Dinos. If I were you I'd have been really pissed off, that was an awesome quiz, and a huge shame it seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Apologies for declaring "multiple films" for Blofeld, I was so excited about the whole quiz that I didn't really read your instructions, I'm sure you know I would have said Diamonds had I actually realised I was looking for the missing one!

The only one I'm annoyed at missing was 22, Georgi Koskov, that was a bad miss. 5 and 25 were tough/obscure, and 9 and 21 were from the recent films which I already confessed to being less clued up on.

[Dinos Sfyris]

Man you took that on the chin well Dinos. If I were you I'd have been really pissed off, that was an awesome quiz, and a huge shame it seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Ha I must admit a wave of wrath overthrew me when I saw I had no new messages, but then I ate a lovely cake I got from a lovely cake shop in Puerto de la cruz, and everything was ok Admittedly I wasn't sure how many Bond fans were out there so thought I'd test the water. But hey at least at least I have one 007 geek kindred spirit out there

[kevin manthorpe]

Careful you guys don't make Phil jealous now!