# "Tricky" Questions That Trip Up Even Very Knowledgeable Film Fans

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**Created:** [December 4, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricky-questions-that-trip-up-even-very-knowledgeable-film-fans/278089 "2004-12-04T19:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricky-questions-that-trip-up-even-very-knowledgeable-film-fans/278089/1 "2004-12-04T19:08:35Z")

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(Today is my day for being bored and starting dumb threads…)

Ask even fairly knowledgeable film/TV fans who the first actor to play James Bond was, and 99 out of 100 will say Sean Connery.

Wrong. Barry Nelson in a 1954 **Climax** (iirc) version of **Casino Royale**.

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Sir Rhosis