As you may have already surmised from my updates, I do like lists of favorite things, even if (or maybe especially when) I don’t agree with all of them. I also like trivia quizzes, when the topic is of interest to me, such as New York City and the American Revolution (I’ll have one of those soon). I’m also a 007 fan, and have seen all of the movies and read many of the books. A couple of months ago, to prepare viewers for the release of the latest film, Quantum of Solace, The USA Weekend magazine feature a 007 test written by Martin Mazloom. I’ve repeated the questions verbatim here; I’ll give you a few days, then post the answers; in the meantime, feel free to post a comment with answers, questions, critique. They’re tough…good luck!
001 Besides the James Bond novels, Ian Fleming also wrote which popular children’s novel?
a. Mary Poppins
b. The Indian in the Cupboard
c. Stuart Little
d. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
002 During World War II, Fleming helped develop a plan to thwart the Nazis if they tried to invade Gibraltar. The operation’s name was:
a. Moonraker
b. Golden Eye
c. Moneypenny
d. Odd Job
003 Fleming named his fictional spy after a real-life man. The real James Bond was:
a. An American ornithologist
b. An 18th Century Australian pirate
c. A World War I British Army officer
d. A used car salesman in Dublin
004 The fictional James Bond is the offspring of:
a. A Scottish father and Swiss mother
b. An English father and American mother
c. An Irish father and German mother
d. An English father and Welsh mother
005 When Bond was 11 years old, his parents:
a. Bought him a pet chinchilla that he named “Napoleon”
b. Died in a mountain climbing accident
c. Taught him how to drive
d. Were imprisoned for selling secrets to Germany
006 In the novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Bond visits the College of Arms in London, where he adopts a family motto. The motto is:
a. “Today perishes, but tomorrow never dies”
b. “Bravery never goes out of fashion”
c. “The world is not enough”
d. “Live today and die another day”
007 In the novel You Only Live Twice, Bond tries writing a haiku while in Japan. It reads, “You only live twice: once when you’re born, once when you…
a. look death in the face.”
b. find beauty on Earth.”
c. take a man’s life.”
d. drive an Aston Martin.”
008 In the novel Thunderball, Fleming introduces Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his global criminal organization SPECTRE. In a later novel, Blofeld becomes Bond’s archenemy after Blofeld:
a. kidnaps and tortures Miss Moneypenny
b. kills Bond’s wife
c. conducts a ghastly experiment on Bonds’s American colleague Felix Leiter
d. calls Bond a “pretty boy”
009 Of the actors at the right – all of whom have starred in a James Bond movie – which one is related to Ian Fleming through marriage? [Note: the photos are of the people listed below.]
a. Teri Hatcher
b. Judi Dench
c. Christopher Lee
d. Jonathan Pryce
010 Quantum of Solace is the name of:
a. Fleming’s favorite jazz album
b. A painting by Fleming’s mother
c. Fleming’s estate in Jamaica
d. A short story written by Fleming
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Randolph Mase, Fiction Writer
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My Novels:
Death on Broadway
Death Beneath the Streets
Death in Central Park
Nathan Hale
