V is for Valerie Trivia Quiz

Answer: Healthy and strong

Although I have never claimed to be a saint, there is one with my name. St Valerie of Limoges refused to marry a pagan, so he had her decapitated. Not to let him get away this, the lady is reputed to have picked her head up from the ground and handed it to her confessor.

Answer: Vaseline

Vaseline is the most famous brand of petroleum jelly. Robert Chesebrough visited the oil fields and learned of a byproduct known to the workers as rod wax. He extracted the usable product and patented it in 1872.

The name Vaseline supposedly comes from the words wasser (German for water) and elaion (Greek for oil).

Answer: Victoria

The Victoria plum is an English variety that was discovered in Sussex and named after Queen Victoria. It was further developed in Sweden where it became popular in the latter part of the 19th century.

Answer: Aston Martin Vanquish

As usual, James Bond was being chased by the bad guy who had got his hands on the Bond girl, this time in Iceland. "Die Another Day" is a great film with so many twists and turns and was Pierce Brosnan's last outing as the hero.

James Bond has driven lots of cars in his 50 years on film, but my little Corsa would not fit the bill really.

Answer: Violet Elizabeth Bott

"Just William" by Richmal Crompton, was published in 1922. It was the first in a series of almost forty books, written in a much more innocent age. William, aged eleven, only tolerated Violet Elizabeth to prevent her from carrying out her threat. He much preferred getting into adventures with Ginger, Henry and Douglas, his gang that they called the Outlaws.

Answer: Vespers

Vesper, is taken from both Latin and Greek and means evening. It is part of many different Christian denominations.

Answer: Victor Mature

Victor Mature started his film career as a fur wearing caveman in "One Million B.C." A most versatile actor, Mature was equally at home in musicals, action films and comedies. After a break due to contractual problems, he resurfaced to parody his earlier roles, saying that really he was a golfer and acting was just a way to make money. He died in 1999.

Vin Diesel was born in 1967. The film director, Vincent Minnelli, was born in 1903. Rock star Vincent Furnier, better known as Alice Cooper, was born in 1948.

Answer: velociraptor

It is believed that the velociraptor existed more than seventy million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Fossil remains have been found in Mongolia.

Answer: Virgil

Virgil is thought of as one of Rome's greatest poets. "The Aeneid" is considered to be a national epic of ancient Rome. Several other works are attributed to him, based upon his style of writing, but as he lived in the century preceding the birth of Christ, it is not possible to say for certain.

Answer: vulpine

Vulpes vulpes is the Latin name for the red fox. These beautiful animals have adapted to living in the modern world. I just wish that they could learn how to cross the road properly.