# Help me with James Bond trivia questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382 "2006-01-04T11:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/1 "2006-01-04T11:44:14Z")
There will be an alumni ball here in a month with a James Bond theme. We hope to get someone from the new film to show up as they will be shooting it here. My job on the event committee is to come up with 5 to 10 trivia questions that each table of 10 people will answer. This ensures that the tables will have a nice conversation amongst themselves, and the winning table(s) will get some bottles of champagne or ??? So, I need 10-ish good trivia questions. Medium to hard difficulty (there will be 10 people working on them). Also, any ideas for a James Bond costume? I can only think of a tuxedo…which is boring. Maybe that Yellow jumpsuit…hhmmmm… Thanks- -Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/2 "2006-01-04T11:55:17Z")
Are we allowed to use the novels? If so: What does James use in his vodka for flavoring? (Moonraker) What is the recipe for a vesper? (Casino Royale) What is M’s real name? (The Man With the Golden Gun) What is the haiku James wrote? (You Only Live Twice) What was the final bid on the Culbertson bridge hand against Hugo Drax? (Moonraker) These were the first 5 I could think of off the top of my head. How many do dopers know without internet or books? ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/3 "2006-01-04T11:59:44Z")
> [@SaintCad](#): > > Are we allowed to use the novels? > > If so: > What does James use in his vodka for flavoring? (Moonraker) > What is the recipe for a vesper? (Casino Royale) > What is M’s real name? (The Man With the Golden Gun) > What is the haiku James wrote? (You Only Live Twice) > What was the final bid on the Culbertson bridge hand against Hugo Drax? (Moonraker) > > These were the first 5 I could think of off the top of my head. How many do dopers know without internet or books? I’ll need the answers in spolier boxes, please! [spoiler]Flavoring? Do you mean crushed Black Pepper? Originally used to pull the impurities from badly distilled Vodka when he was stationed in Moscow. The rest are pretty darn hard. But M’s name could be good.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/4 "2006-01-04T12:12:44Z")
> [@SaintCad](#): > > What is M’s real name? (The Man With the Golden Gun) Off the top of my head, without going to the book: Sir Miles Messervy? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/5 "2006-01-04T12:23:32Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Off the top of my head, without going to the book: > > Sir Miles Messervy? Technically his title was “Admiral Sir” since he was due to be promoted to Fifth Sea Lord if he did not take over the Secret Service. > [@Tomcat](#): > > Flavoring? Do you mean crushed Black Pepper? Originally used to pull the impurities from badly distilled Vodka when he was stationed in Moscow. More specifically it was used to pull fusel oil to the bottom. 3 more to go! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/6 "2006-01-04T20:57:24Z")
OK. I guess this ran its course. I’m disapointed there were not more bondophiles out there. What does James use in his vodka for flavoring? (Moonraker) Black Pepper What is the recipe for a vesper? (Casino Royale) 3 parts Gordon’s gin, 1 part vodka, 1/2 part Kina Lillet. Garnish with a lemon peel. For extra credit, it is served in a champagne goblet. One note: Kina Lillit is no longer made but mixologists say that it would have been too bitter from the quinine. The current version is Lillit Blanc which would probably go quite well in the drink. Another note: Lillet is not a vermouth, it is an apertif. What is M’s real name? (The Man With the Golden Gun) Admiral Sir Miles Messervy What is the haiku James wrote? (You Only Live Twice) You only live twice Once when you’re born And once when you look death in the face. Notice it has 17 syllables, just not in the 5-7-5 pattern What was the final bid on the Culbertson bridge hand against Hugo Drax? (Moonraker) 7 clubs redoubled Bond switched decks to give himself a laydown grandslam. The hand used was developed by Ely Culbertson to demonstrate a way to fool his quick trick count method. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/7 "2006-01-04T22:27:04Z")
In “Thunderball”, how did the world’s governments indicate their acceptance of Blofeld’s demands? How does Bond kill Scaramanga in “Man With the Golden Gun”? In which movie does Bond give up his Beretta for the Walther PPK? What is the name of Bond’s CIA counterpart? ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/8 "2006-01-04T23:13:10Z")
In the movies, who played Felix Leiter? That’ll keep them busy for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/9 "2006-01-04T23:21:05Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > In “Thunderball”, how did the world’s governments indicate their acceptance of Blofeld’s demands? The UK government arranges for Big Ben to strike 7 times at 6 o’clock. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/10 "2006-01-05T02:11:52Z")
Here are some, from easy to difficult: 1. What was the caliber of Bond’s original Beretta? 2. What did he do to the grips on it? 3. At what age did Bond lose his virginity? 4. What was the title of the short story in which Bond used a .45 automatic to dispatch an aent that was intercepting couriers on a motorcycle? 5. How did Felix Leiter lose his arm? 6. What is a Studillac? 7. In “Doctor No” why did Honeychile Ryder, when she first saw Bond while she was naked, cover up not her breasts and groin, but her groin and face? 8. Also, from “Doctor No,” what was the car that Bond drove? (Hint: Forget about the later exoti-cars) 9. Name the actors who played James Bond. (be careful here!) 10. Ian Fleming took his character’s name, James Bond, from a real life orinthologist. What book did this real-life James Bond write? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/11 "2006-01-05T02:52:01Z")
> [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > Here are some, from easy to difficult: > > 1. What was the caliber of Bond’s original Beretta? .25 ACP/6.35mm > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. What did he do to the grips on it? Skeletonized them. > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. At what age did Bond lose his virginity? 13?? > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. What was the title of the short story in which Bond used a .45 automatic to dispatch an aent that was intercepting couriers on a motorcycle? “A View To A Kill” > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. How did Felix Leiter lose his arm? Book: _Live and Let Die_, to an allegator Film: _License To Kill_, to a shark. > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. What is a Studillac? Studebaker with a Caddy engine. > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. In “Doctor No” why did Honeychile Ryder, when she first saw Bond while she was naked, cover up not her breasts and groin, but her groin and face? > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. Also, from “Doctor No,” what was the car that Bond drove? (Hint: Forget about the later exoti-cars) A Sunbeam Alpine. > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. Name the actors who played James Bond. (be careful here!) The Eon Productions actors were Sean Connery, George Lazenby, (Connery again), Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan, who were Scots, Aussie, English, English/Welsh, and Irish, respectively. I’m not going to bother with the non-canon productions, and _Never Say Never Again_ never happened. (Nor are rumors of a previous version of _Casino Royale_ being a “Bond film” true; all character name similarities are entirely incidental. > [@LiveOnAPlane](#): > > 1. Ian Fleming took his character’s name, James Bond, from a real life orinthologist. What book did this real-life James Bond write? “A Field Guide to the Birds of the West Indies.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/12 "2006-01-05T03:28:31Z")
Nicely done, Stranger! You hit some I thought no one would get… I won’t spoil things by answering numbers 3 and 7. You get extra brownie points for giving both answers to #5. For others, his answer to #2 involved taking off the grips and wrapping them with, I think, tape. I dunno how many of you have ever actualy _held_ a Beretta .25, but I have as well as others. The thing is so small, and the grips are as well, I just can’t imagine what this accomplished vis-a-vis helping in concealed carry, but there you are, that’s what’s in the book. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/13 "2006-01-05T03:41:07Z")
OK, I can’t resist, as I’m turning in to watch the finale of the Texas-USC game. If you HAVE to know, He was 16; Honeychile had a broken nose of which she was overly embarrassed by ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/14 "2006-01-05T03:48:10Z")
1. Bond lost his virginity at the age of 15. It was either some business with a maid at his boarding school, or at the SANK ROO de NOO in Paris IIRC. 2. Wasn’t Honeychile Rider’s mother of Middle Eastern descent? ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/15 "2006-01-05T03:57:54Z")
Medium to Hard 1. What was the name of Largo’s ship in _Thunderball_? 2. What sexy singer sang the theme song to _Thunderball_? 3. Movie category: besides playing all around bad guys what do the actors who played Goldfinger and Largo have in common? 4. Books: name one of the two heroines that Bond doesn’t bed? 5. Who or what was Bond’s “Scots treasure”? 6. What did Bond consider “a cup of mud”? 7. This long time Bond movie producer shared a last name with a vegetable? 8. What was Goldfinger’s first name? 9. This novel was the first published and the first to be performed live? 10. Bond was M’s guest several times at this London club? 11. What little service [having nothing to do with sex] did the club do that Bond seemed to enjoy? 12. What Bahamian festival was Bond “forced” to attend? 13. The heroine of _From Russia, with Love_ had this distinctive Russian last name? 14. Where was Dr No’s evil hideout? 15. What was the name of the West Indian boatman who took Bond to Dr No’s evil hideout? 16. Not sure of your audience but- “Which bitch is dead now”? 17. What was the name of Goldfinger’s evil plot? 18. Why are everyone’s questions about either the books, or Sean Connery movies? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/16 "2006-01-05T04:30:10Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > 1. What was the name of Largo’s ship in _Thunderball_? Was that the _Disco Volante_? Or was that some other ship in the film? > [@](#): > > 1. Movie category: besides playing all around bad guys what do the actors who played Goldfinger and Largo have in common? Guessing here - they both had their voices dubbed? > [@](#): > > 1. This long time Bond movie producer shared a last name with a vegetable? Albert Broccoli > [@](#): > > 1. What was Goldfinger’s first name? Auric > [@](#): > > 1. Where was Dr No’s evil hideout? Crab Key ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/17 "2006-01-05T04:52:04Z")
In what subject did James Bond take his degree at Cambridge? It was mentioned in one of the films and I found it a bit surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/18 "2006-01-05T05:28:56Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > In what subject did James Bond take his degree at Cambridge? > > It was mentioned in one of the films and I found it a bit surprising. He _claimed_ to Miss Moneypenny to have taken a “First in Oriental languages”; however, in _Tomorrow Never Dies_ he seems completely perplexed by the Cantonese keyboard in Wei Lin’s hideout, so we can safely assume that Bond was pulling another one of his bullshit stories on Moneypenny. I’m much more a fan of Samantha Bond’s jaded and disaffected take on Moneypenny, by the way, and I think Judi Dench is at least equal to Bernard Lee as M. It’s a pity the Brosnan scripts aren’t up to snuff with some of the earlier films as they have managed to attract some first class character actors in supporting roles. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/19 "2006-01-05T05:34:03Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > He _claimed_ to Miss Moneypenny to have taken a “First in Oriental languages”; however, in _Tomorrow Never Dies_ he seems completely perplexed by the Cantonese keyboard in Wei Lin’s hideout, so we can safely assume that Bond was pulling another one of his bullshit stories on Moneypenny. Or that the Oriental languages he studied were Japanese, Thai, Cambodian etc (and \*\*not \*\* Cantonese) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382/20 "2006-01-05T06:26:22Z")
Q: In Die Another Day who is the author of the book James Bond is reading when he meets Halle Berry on the beach? A: James Bond (a real ornithologist who our hero was named after). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-james-bond-trivia-questions/338382.md?page=2)