Goldfingers on buzzers! 50 years after Sean Connery became the first Bond, how much do YOU know about 007?

1. Here are the torsos of the six actors who have played 007 in the official James Bond films. But can you guess which is which?

Bond A Bond B Bond C

Bond D Bond E Bond F 1 Sean Connery 2 George Lazenby 3 Roger Moore 4 Timothy Dalton

5 Pierce Brosnan 6 Daniel Craig









2. Where would Bond be without his girls? But can you match these actresses to the names of the Bond babes they played?

2. Ursula Andress 2. Famke Janssen Honor Blackman Barbara Bach Halle Berry Eva Green (a) Pussy Galore (b) Honey Ryder (c) Major Anya Amasova (d) Xenia Onatopp

(e) Vesper Lynd (f) Jinx Johnson

3. Here are three perennial Bond movie characters who have each been played by different actors. So what are the names of the characters each pair played?

1. Desmond Llewellyn John Cleese

2. Bernard Lee Judi Dench

3. Jeffrey Wright Jack Lord





4. Bond never goes on a mission without taking a gadget or two along with him.



What was the name of the autogyro flown by James Bond in You Only Live Twice?



(a) Little Billie



(b) Little Willie



(c) Little Mollie



(d) Little Nellie

... and which Bond baddie almost killed 007 with a gadget of their own: a dagger hidden in a shoe?

(a) Jaws in Moonraker (b) Nick Nack in The Man With The Golden Gun (c) Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love (d) Sergeant Stagg in The Living Daylights





5. ‘Good evening, Mr Bond. We’ve been expecting you . . .’



Here, in pictures 1 to 3 are three dastardly versions of that archvillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld (none of whom, incidentally, ever said that line), each with his oh-so-essential cat. But can you name the three actors?



And, for a bonus, who is the comedian in picture 4, hilariously spoofing Blofeld as Dr Evil with his cat Mr Bigglesworth?

1 2 3 4





6. If you want to find a Bond villain, where else to look but his lair? Here are the hideaways occupied by Drax (Moonraker), Blofeld (You Only Live Twice) and Dr No. But which villain built which lair?

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2

3





7. The Aston Martin DB5 is the ultimate Bond car. It has appeared in five Bond movies (Goldfinger, Thunderball, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Casino Royale) and the original Goldfinger DB51 was sold at auction last year for a whopping 2.6 million euros. But what added extra does Bond's Aston not possess?



(a) An ejector seat (b) Machine guns (c) Flame thrower (d) A bullet-proof shield





...and what rather less glamorous vehicle did Daniel Craig’s James Bond drive in Casino Royale as part of a sponsorship deal with the car company that made it?

(a) A Vauxhall Astra (b) A Ford Mondeo

(c) A Honda Civic (d) Toyota Prius





8. This is Roger Moore, as Bond, with the Lotus Esprit he drove in The Spy Who Loved Me. But what was so special about this particular car?



Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me

(a) It could fly



(b) It converted into a submarine

(c) It converted into a rocket



(d) It was powered by champagne



...and speaking of Roger Moore, with what regrettable Seventies fashion fad will his incarnation of Bond forever be associated?



(a) Loon pants (b) Medallions (c) Safari suits (d) Cuban heels













9. Here are three more Bond girls and the films in which they appeared. But can you name the British actresses who played them?

(a) Solitaire, in Live And Let Die

(b) Strawberry Fields in Quantum Of Solace (c) Tracy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service





10. Somehow a Bond film never quite seems complete without a belting song from Dame Shirley Bassey. But which of the following films does NOT have a theme tune sung by the girl from Tiger Bay?



(a) Goldfinger (b) Moonraker (c) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (d) Diamonds Are Forever ... and which of these is both the biggest-selling of all Bond themes and the only one to top the U.S. singles charts?

(a) Live And Let Die, by Wings (b) A View To A Kill, by Duran Duran (c) Die Another Day, by Madonna (d) Thunderball, by Tom Jones





11. Three classic Bond stunts - but from which films?

(a) Bond skis off a cliff... only to produce a Union Jack parachute (b) Confronted by alligators, Bond runs across them

(c) Trapped in an alley, Bond flips his Mustang onto two wheels

12. Four locations from around the world. Now match them to the right Bond film. (a) The Lake Palace Hotel, Rajasthan, India, where beautiful maidens reside (b) Action heats up at the Ice Palace (c) The Rio Carnival, where Jaws is lurking (d) St Petersburg, with a tank on the loose



ANSWERS



1. 1(b), 2(d), 3(a), 4(f), 5(c), 6(e)

2. 1(b), 2(d), 3(a), 4(c), 5(f), 6(e)

3. 1. Q, 2. M 3. Felix Leiter

4. (d), (c)

5. 1) Telly Savalas 2) Donald Pleasance 3) Charles Gray 4) Mike Myers, in the Austin Powers series.

6. 1) Blofeld 2) Drax 3) Dr No

7. (c), (b)

8. (b), (c)

9. (a) Jane Seymour (b) Gemma Arterton (c) Diana Rigg

10. (c), (b)

11. (a) The Spy Who Loved Me, (b) Live And Let Die, (c) Diamonds Are Forever

12. (a) Octopussy (b) Die Another Day (c) Moonraker (d) Goldeneye





