Here are the answers to the James Bond Quiz. If you've reached this first without first going through the one that features the quiz without the answers, and would like to have a go, click here. As I explain there, the quiz is finished and a winner has been announced, so you'll be playing for the sheer fun of it. And now - the questions again, with the answers below. Only one entrant got all 78 points, one got 76 1/2, and the next got 63. Good luck!
JAMES BOND QUIZ ANSWERS
(Unless otherwise stated, answers to each question are worth one point)
1.What was the answer to the question “Do you expect me to talk?”
(“No, Mr. Bond – I expect you to die!”) 1 point
2. Which actor uttered the line “This never happened to the other fella” in his first Bond film?
(George Lazenby) 1 point
3. What connects the actress who played Anya Amasova to a brightly-coloured watercraft?
(Barbara Bach was married to Ringo Starr who sang “Yellow Submarine”) 1 point
4. Who was Prime Minister when the first Bond novel was published - Attlee, Churchill or Eden?
(Churchill – it was 1953) 1 point
5. Bond goes it alone this month – in what way?
(William Boyd’s Bond novel, Solo, is published) 1 point
6. Which Bond villain is described as a 'Chinaman, or rather half Chinese and half German. Got a daft name. Calls himself…’
(Dr No) 1 point
7. Which branch of the military was Bond an officer? (1/2 point) And what rank did he hold? (1/2 point)
(Royal Navy and Commander) 1 point
8. Bond was involved in a fall and a jump last year. What were they? (one point each)
(The film Skyfall was released and the Queen supposedly jumped from a helicopter at the Olympics opening ceremony) 2 points
9. James, David and Boris – what’s the link?
(Eton) 1 point
10. What cost Felix Leiter an arm and a leg?
(a shark) 1 point
11. To which question does Bond – surprisingly – reply “Do look like I give a damn?”
(A barman in Casino Royale who asks whether he’d like his martini shaken or stirred) 1 point
12. Which of the following authors has not written a James Bond follow-on novel? Raymond Benson, Christopher Wood, Anthony Horowitz, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd
(Anthony Horowitz – he wrote the Alex Ryder series) 1 point
13. A total of six actors played Blofeld in all Bond films, official and unofficial – for half a point each, name four of them.
(Donald Pleasance, Charles Gray, Telly Savalas, Max von Sydow, Anthony Dawson, John Hollis) 2 points
14. This Bond villain has three of something most people only have two of. Name them and the villain.
(Nipples - Scaramanga) 1 point
15. Which famous children’s book did Ian Fleming write?
(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) 1 point
16. For one point each, in which films does Bond do the following?:
Use a cello case as a sled (The Living Daylights)
Use a ski-pole to shoot a pursuer (The Spy Who Loved Me)
Escape by running across the backs of alligators (Live and Let Die)
Use a mobile phone to drive his car (Tomorrow Never Dies)
Wear a wet-suit with a rubber-duck on top (Goldfinger)
5 points
17. What is the connection between Louis Armstrong and Rosa Klebb?
(The actress Lotte Lenya, who played Rosa Klebb, is named in Armstrong’s version of the song “Mack the Knife”) 1 point
18. In what way is Q actually B?
(Q’s name is Boothroyd) 1 point
19. What is the connection between Bond’s name and ornithology?
(James Bond was the author of Birds of the West Indies) 1 point
20. Three female Avengers appeared in Bond films. Name all three.
(Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Joanna Lumley) 1 point
21. What connects The James Bond Dossier with follow-up Bond book Colonel Sun?
(Kingsley Amis wrote both – the first as “Robert Markham”) 1 point
22. In Cyrillic script, it’s CMEPW (approximately). What does the British Secret Intelligence Service call it?
(SMERSH or DEATH TO SPIES) 1 point
23. What is the second song we hear at the start of the very first Bond film?
(“Three Blind Mice” or “Kingston Calypso”) 1 point
24. It started life as a Spektor, but turned into a Lektor. What was it?
(decoding machine in From Russia with Love) 1 point
25. Upon hearing whose name (in a film) does Bond respond “I must be dreaming!”
(Pussy Galore) 1 point
26. In what way was Vanessa Redgrave a Bond’s girl?
(Long-term relationship with Timothy Dalton) 1 point
27. A former Goon and a former Face – which Bond girl married one and had a well-publicised relationship with the other?
(Britt Ekland – Peter Sellers and Rod Stewart) 1 point
28. In the novel Moonraker, what does Bond add to his glass of champagne before playing bridge with Sir Hugo Drax?
(amphetamine, Benzedrine and speed are all acceptable) 1 point
29. M’s first name is Merlin, Miles, Mandrake, Morris, Maclean or Murdoch?
(Miles) 1 point
30. Four actors have played M in official Bond films – name them (1/2 point for each correct answer)
(Bernard Lee, Ranulph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Robert Brown) 2 points
31. According to John Barry, which two of his Bond theme songs did producer Harry Saltzman absolutely hate?
(Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever) 1 point
32. In the paperback edition of which novel does Bond not appear until page 78 (it was 17 minutes in the film version)?
(From Russia with Love) 1 point
33. What is the first line of the extremely brief poem which ends: “And once when you look death in the face.”
(“You only live twice”) 1 point
34. What connects “Orbis non sufficit” and the year 1999?
(Release date of The World Is Not Enough, which is what it means in English) 1 point
35. Sean Connery played Bond after a twelve-year break in an “unofficial” 1983 Bond film. What was its title?
(Never Say Never Again) 1 point
36. In the novels, Bond started off using a .25 ACP Beretta, but changed to another gun after From Russia With Love. What was it?
(Walther PPK Automatic) 1 point
37. What is Miss Moneypenny’s first name – Janet, Jemima, Jacqueline or Jane?
(Jane) 1 point
38. Turn these acronyms into one-liners from Bond films (one point each)
ITHGTP (I think he got the point)
S.PS (Shocking. Positively shocking.)
HHAPE (He had a pressing engagement)
KTBEU,S (Keeping the British end up, sir)
ITHAR-E,S (I think he’s attempting re-entry, sir
5 points
39. Who composed the James Bond theme?
(Monty Norman) 1 point
40. Which Bond novel does this tweet describe? "Me- Hi I'm Viv & this is my story. Unhappy lovelife now work in a motel. Them- two gangsters with dirty minds. Him- The name's Bond. Job done."
(The Spy Who Loved Me) 1 point
41. Bond drives an Aston Martin DB5 in six films – name them.
(Goldfinger, Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies, Casino Royale, Goldeneye, Skyfall,) 1 point
42. In the novels, what does Bond study at Cambridge - Arabic, Russian, Oriental Languages or Classics?
(Oriental Languages) 1 point
43. What does SPECTRE stand for?
(Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion) 1 point
44. Match the writers to the Bond novel:
(a) John Gardner (b) Charlie Higson (c) Sebastian Faulks
(1) Silverfin (2) License Renewed (3) Devil May Care
(a=2, b=1, c=3) 1 point
45. The producers wanted which distinguished American film actor/director to play Auric Goldfinger (clue: his fee was enormous, as was the director)
(Orson Welles) 1 point
46. What was the colour of Daniel Craig’s swimming trunks in Casino Royale?
(Blue) 1 point
47. For one point each name the villain who:
(a) weeps blood (Le Chiffre)
(b) can bite a shark to death (Jaws)
(c) has no hands (Dr No)
(d) cheats at cards (Goldfinger)
(e) can’t whistle (Scaramanga)
5 points
48. In which novel does Bond try to assassinate M?
(Man with the Golden Gun) 1 point
49. How many former British secret service agents turn into Bond super-villains in the films?
(Two – Alex Trevelyan in GoldenEye and Silva in Skyfall) I point
50. What was Oddjob’s nationality?
(Korean) 1 point
51. Name the three short stories in the collection For Your Eyes Only that used as Bond film titles
(View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Quantum of Solace) 1 point
52. In the novel Moonraker, a female character says of Bond that he is “"certainly good-looking ... Rather like xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx in a way. That black hair falling down over the right eyebrow. Much the same bones. But there was something a bit cruel in the mouth, and the eyes were cold.” Who is the American songwriter she names?
(Hoagy Carmichael) 1 point
54. “Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff.” - Which novel is this from?
(Live and Let Die) 1 point
55. it was going to be called Death Waits for No Man in the UK and Pressure Point in the America - name the film.
(The World Is Not Enough) 1 point
56. Upon hearing whose name does Bond respond “Named after your father, perhaps?”
(Plenty O’Toole) 1 point
57. Fleming mentions a mandatory retirement age for 00 agents. Was it 40, 45 or 50?
(45) 1 point
58. What is the connection between the American novelist Carson McCullers, Ian Fleming and Bond?
(the novel Reflections in a Golden Eye and Goldeneye, the estate or the film – either answer will do) 1 point
59. At which shop did Bond get his cigarettes made?
(Morlands of Grosvenor Street) 1 point
60. Name the English originals of these foreign films titles – and which language they’re in (one point each)
007 - Operação Tentáculo (Octopussy - Portuguese)
Åskbollen – (Thunderball – Swedish)
Brylanty sa na zawsze (Diamonds are Forever – Polish)
Zít a nechat zemrít (Live and Let Die – Czechoslovakian)
Espia que em va estimar (The Spy Who Loved Me – Spanish)
5 points
Total points available: 78
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