The Cryptic James Bond Family Tree Quiz

Answer: Basildon Bond

The Basildon Bond company was established in England 1911 and over more than 100 years became known for quality personal correspondence items. These included envelopes and writing paper.

The company became part of a French family firm, Hemelin, which claimed to be "a market leader in the field of manufacturing school and office products".

In a nod to the world's best known spy, the British comedian Russ Abbott created a character called "Basildon Bond" and spoofed many of the 007 storylines.

Answer: Vaga Bond

Dictionaries define vagabond as someone who wanders from place to place with no known home. The word sometimes has derogatory connotations.

In England in Tudor times being a vagrant was a crime. Until 2022, the 200-year-old Vagrancy Act made it an offence in England and Wales to sleep rough or beg in the streets. The act had earlier been repealed in Scotland.

Answer: Bail Bond

At its simplest, a bail bond was a written agreement when someone accused of a crime was released from custody to appear for trial, or otherwise pay a penalty.

The system became institutionalised, even commercialised, in the USA, where companies existed to lend accused people money to pay for the bail that kept them free until trial - for a fee.

In other parts of the world, the accused could be released on bail - sometimes known as recognisance - to appear or otherwise forfeit a fixed sum. At times others put up a surety and could forfeit that if the accused failed to appear for trial.

Answer: Premium Bond

Premium Bonds were a financial initiative in the United Kingdom run by the Government-backed agency National Savings & Investments.

Individuals could buy Premium Bonds, and although they did not pay interest, they were entered into a monthly prize draw that paid out two £1m tax-free jackpots per month. Smaller amounts were also paid out.

Prizes were drawn by a machine called ERNIE, Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment. Launched in 1957, it generated prizes of approximately £24billion. Caveat: Some of the rules have changed over the years and are subject to future changes.

Answer: Lovi Bond

The Lovibond Scale was used to measure colour or darkness in grains.

It dates to 1883 and was created by a British brewer, Joseph Williams Lovibond. His tintometer measured the quality of beer by the amount of light passing through.

Answer: Pair Bond

Pairbond can apply to many species and is the act of two members of that species entering into a monogamous and long-lasting living relationship. While many pairbonds include individual animals or humans in a mating system, in humans a pairbond might not involve sexual relationships.

Some scientist posit that humans are in general inclined toward non-monogamy. In humans, monogamy is not biologically ordained, indeed some studies have claimed that humans are programmed to seek out as many partners as possible. This type of promiscuity is seen in Chimpanzees. [Source: 'Scientific American' November 2011.]

Answer: Uni Bond

UniBond was the trade name for a range of products from a company that started life in England in the 1950s. It was set up by Raymond Bushby, who discovered the chemical formula for a universal bonding agent

The range of products grew to include adhesives, sealants and accessories. The brand later became part of the range of products by a multi-national company.

Answer: Derma Bond

The word derma refers to the skin or a skin ailment. It comes from Ancient Greek.

Dermabond was a brand of skin adhesive often used instead of stitches for relatively minor cuts.

Using adhesive could hold cuts together and was less likely to produce noticeable scars than stitches would. Adhesives were also less painful than stitches or staples.

Note: Any method of closing a serious cut should be left the decision of a medical professional. Adhesives are not suitable for some cuts.

Answer: Rag Bond

Ragbond is a term for heavy paper that contains cloth. Although it is now rapidly being replaced by polymer products, cash in many countries was formerly printed on paper that contained cloth.

In the USA, for example, bank notes were printed on a mix of 25 percent linen and 75 percent cotton.

Answer: Dee Bond

Okay, it's a bit of a stretch to turn debond into Dee Bond, but do you realise how hard it is to find an interesting variety of words thad end in bond?

To debond means to remove a bonding agent. Furniture restorers, for example, will often go to great lengths to remove glue from old items they are working on.

Despite the fact that my computer insists on putting red dots under the word debond, it is a proper verb.