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CHISWICK BOOK FESTIVAL JAMES BOND QUIZ
(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?”
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2. Which actor uttered the line
“This never happened to the other fella” in his first Bond film?
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3. What connects the actress
who played Anya Amasova to a brightly-coloured watercraft?
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4. Who was Prime Minister when
the first Bond novel was published - Attlee, Churchill or Eden?
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5. Bond goes it alone this
month – in what way?
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6. Which Bond villain is
described as a 'Chinaman, or rather half Chinese and half German. Got a daft
name. Calls himself…’
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7. Which branch of the
military was Bond an officer? (1/2 pt) and what rank did he hold? (1/2 pt)
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8. Bond was involved in a fall
and a jump last year. What were they? (one point each)
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9. James, David and Boris – what’s
the link?
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10. What cost Felix Leiter an
arm and a leg?
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11. To which question does
Bond – surprisingly – reply “Do I look like I give a damn?”
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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
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13. A total of six actors
played Blofeld in all Bond films, official and unofficial – for half a point
each, name four of them.
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14. This Bond villain has
three of something most people only have two of. Name them and the villain.
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15. Which famous children’s
book did Ian Fleming write?
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16. For one point each, in
which films does Bond do the following?:
Use a cello case as a sled
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Use a ski-pole to shoot a
pursuer
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Escape by running across the
backs of alligators
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Use a mobile phone to drive
his car
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Wear a wet-suit with a
rubber-duck on top
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17. What is the connection
between Louis Armstrong and Rosa Klebb?
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18. In what way is Q actually
B?
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19. What is the connection
between Bond’s name and ornithology?
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20. Three female Avengers
appeared in Bond films. Name all
three.
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21. What connects The James Bond Dossier with follow-up Bond
book Colonel Sun?
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22. In Cyrillic script, it’s
CMEPW (approximately). What does the British Secret Intelligence Service call
it?
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23. What
is the Calypso song we hear at the start of the very first Bond film?
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24. It started life as a
Spektor, but turned into a Lektor. What was it?
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25. Upon hearing whose name
(in a film) does Bond respond “I must be dreaming!”
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26. In what way was Vanessa
Redgrave a Bond’s girl?
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27. A former Goon and a former
Face – which Bond girl married one and had a well-publicised relationship with
the other?
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28. In the novel Moonraker, what does Bond add to his
glass of champagne before playing bridge with Sir Hugo Drax?
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29. M’s first name is Merlin,
Miles, Mandrake, Morris, Maclean or Murdoch?
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30. Four actors have played M
in official Bond films – name them (1/2
point for each correct answer)
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31. According to John Barry,
which two Bond theme songs did producer Harry Saltzman absolutely hate?
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32. In the paperback edition
of which novel does Bond not appear until page 78 (it was 17 minutes in the
film version)?
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33. What is the first line of
the extremely brief poem which ends: “And once when you look death in the
face.”
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34. What connects “Orbis non
sufficit” and the year 1999?
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35. Sean Connery played Bond
after a twelve-year break in an “unofficial” 1983 Bond film. What was its
title?
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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?
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37. What is Miss Moneypenny’s
first name – Janet, Jemima, Jacqueline or Jane?
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38. Turn these acronyms into
one-liners from Bond films (one point each)
ITHGTP .......................................
S.PS ..........................................
HHAPE ........................................
KTBEU,S .......................................
ITHAR-E,S ...................................
39. Who composed the James
Bond theme?
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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."
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41. Bond drives an Aston
Martin DB5 in six films – name them.
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42. In the novels, what does
Bond study at Cambridge - Arabic, Russian, Oriental Languages or Classics?
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43. What does SPECTRE stand
for?
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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
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45. The producers wanted which
distinguished American film actor/director to play Auric Goldfinger (clue: his
fee was enormous, as was the director)
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46. What was the colour of
Daniel Craig’s swimming trunks in Casino Royale?
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47. For one point each name
the villain who:
(a) weeps blood
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(b) can bite a shark to death
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(c) has no hands
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(d) cheats at cards
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(e) can’t whistle
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48. In which novel does Bond
try to assassinate M?
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49. How many former British
secret service agents turn into Bond super-villains in the films?
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50. What was Oddjob’s
nationality?
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51. Name the three short
stories in the collection For Your Eyes
Only that were used as Bond film titles
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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?
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54. “Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman
stuff.” - Which novel is this from?
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55. it was going to be called Death Waits for No Man in the UK and Pressure Point in America - name the film.
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56. Upon hearing whose name
does Bond respond “Named after your father, perhaps?”
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57. Fleming mentions a
mandatory retirement age for 00 agents. Was it 40, 45 or 50?
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58. What is the connection
between the American novelist Carson McCullers, Ian Fleming and Bond?
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59. At which shop did Bond get
his cigarettes made?
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60. Name the English originals
of these foreign films titles – and which language they’re in (one point each)
007 - Operação Tentáculo
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Åskbollen
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Brylanty sa na zawsze
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Zít a nechat zemrít
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Espia que em va estimar
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