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1.	We open on Spectre’s training facility, where assassin Red Grant kills a man in a James Bond mask by:
		shooting him
		stabbing him
		strangling him
		drowning him

2.	Red Grant is played by a young:
		John Hurt
		Christopher Plummer
		Robert Shaw
		Albert Finney

3.	Spectre Number 5 Kronsteen is asked to report to Number 1 immediately, interrupting his:
		breakfast
		chess game
		love making
		nap

4.	What colour is Number 1’s cat?
		black
		grey
		ginger
		white

5.	Spectre’s plot involves playing the British and the Russians against each other, using a Soviet coding machine as bait. What’s the name of the coding machine?
		Vektor
		Hektor
		Lektor
		Nektor

6.	Rosa Klebb, is a recent defector to Spectre from the KGB. She is played by:
		Jenny Diver
		Sukey Tawdry
		Lotte Lenya
		Lucy Brown

7.	What is Klebb’s SPECTRE number?
		3
		6
		8
		9

8.	Spectre’s head of training operations Morzeny is played by Walter Gotell, who would later return to the James Bond franchise in what role?
		General Gogol
		Hugo Drax
		Karl Stromberg
		M

9.	Klebb inspects Grant and pronounces him fit after:
		watching him kill a man with his bare hands
		sitting on him while he does push-ups
		punching him in the stomach
		watching him fight a bear

10.	Bond is on a date with Sylvia Trench. What activity is the background to their date?
		fishing
		punting
		water skiing
		boating

11.	Q makes his first appearance, to give Bond an attaché case with all but which one of the following features?
		throwing knives
		tear gas dispenser
		homing beacon
		gold sovereigns

12.	How does the secret recognition code by which MI6 agents introduce themselves begin?
		Can I borrow a match? / I use a lighter
		Bad weather we’re having / It will be nicer tomorrow
		Do you have the time? / Sorry, I forgot my watch
		Where is the nearest pub? / I could use a drink myself

13.	Bond meets Kerim Bey, the head of Station T. His front is a carpet-seller, but what former occupation does he also mention?
		tea hawker
		baglama (guitar) player
		circus strongman
		professional wrestler

14.	Kerim is able to spy on goings on at the Russian Consulate thanks to:
		a hidden microphone
		a son who works there
		the mistress he shares with the Russian consul
		a periscope

15.	Kerim takes Bond to a gypsy camp to lay low, where they watch a wrestling match between two girls in love with the same man. Bond spends the night with:
		the winning girl
		the losing girl
		both girls
		neither girl

16.	Bulgarian assassin Krilencu has a secret escape hatch in his apartment. It is contained in a movie poster, behind the mouth of:
		Marilyn Monroe
		Brigitte Bardot
		Anita Ekberg
		Sophia Loren

17.	Bond returns to his hotel suite to find Russian cipher clerk Tatiana Romanova in his bed, wearing
		a robe
		one of his shirts
		a negligée
		a ribbon

18.	Tatiana thinks her mouth is too big. What’s Bond’s opinion?
		it’s perfect – just like the rest of her
		it’s just the right size – for him
		let’s see how well it fits
		so long as she keeps it shut

19.	Bond arranges to meet Tatiana the next day at what Istanbul landmark?
		Topkapi Palace
		Saint Sophia
		the Spice Bazaar
		the Blue Mosque

20.	Bond steals the Lektor from the Soviet consulate and escapes with Tatiana on board the Orient Express. What is their alias?
		Mr and Mrs Edward Fisher
		Mr and Mrs David Somerset
		Mr and Mrs John Bentley
		Mr and Mrs Richard Sterling

21.	Bond arranges to be met by Nash, another MI6 agent. However, Nash is killed by Grant, who takes his place. When Grant reveals this, why does Bond think he should have known?
		Grant used the word “serviette” instead of “napkin”
		Grant’s necktie is tied with a simple knot, not a Windsor knot
		Grant ordered red wine with fish
		Grant had a limp handshake

22.	Grant’s chosen method of assassination is strangling with a garrotte, which he keeps inside his:
		hat
		tie
		wristwatch
		cufflinks

23.	Bond kills Grant, escapes some Spectre agents and makes it to Venice with Tatiana and the Lektor. Klebb is there also, and she tries to kill Bond using a poisoned:
		hatpin
		shoe
		nailfile
		umbrella

24.	On the gondola, what does Tatiana give to Bond?
		the Lektor
		the ribbon
		the wedding ring
		the film of them having sex

25.	Bonus Question: In Ian Fleming’s novel, the villains are a division of Soviet intelligence named:
		SVOLOCH
		SMERSH
		SUKA BLYAT
		SHALAVA