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1.	The pre-title sequence is a trademark of Bond movies. Which is the only pre-title sequence in which James Bond – or a look-alike or a wax dummy – does not appear?
		From Russia With Love
		Diamonds Are Forever
		Live and Let Die
		The Man With the Golden Gun
		*By way of explanation.....* The pre-title sequence for From Russia With Love featured a man wearing a James Bond mask. The pre-title sequence for The Man With The Golden Gun featured a wax statue of James Bond, possibly played by Roger Moore

2.	An equally iconic part of Bond movies is the opening credits that usually feature silhouettes of naked women. This screenshot comes from the opening credits of which movie?
		The Spy Who Loved Me
		Moonraker
		For Your Eyes Only
		Octopussy
		*By way of explanation.....* Sheena Easton remains the only singer of a Bond theme song to appear in the opening credits sequence

3.	Bond opening credits are accompanied by the distinctive sounds of a Bond theme song. Tom Jones reportedly fainted singing the last note to the theme song for:
		From Russia With Love
		Thunderball
		You Only Live Twice
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

4.	Several actors have played James Bond, and while we can argue about which is the best, only one was both the lightest and the heaviest actor to take on the role - in different movies, obviously:
		Sean Connery
		Roger Moore
		Pierce Brosnan
		Daniel Craig
		*By way of explanation.....* Weighing a whippet-thin 164 pounds while filming Goldeneye, Pierce Brosnan was the lightest actor to play Bond. Seven years later, while filming Die Another Day Mr Brosnan weighed 211 pounds. It's not clear in the film narrative how Bond put on so much weight, but we are left to assume it was all that fattening North Korean torture camp cuisine.

5.	Bond’s family motto is also the title of this movie:
		You Only Live Twice
		Die Another Day
		Never Say Never Again
		The World Is Not Enough

6.	Around the beginning of every Bond movie, Bond gets his orders from M. Which line of M’s is said by the original M, played by Bernard Lee?
		“Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately.”
		“We’re not a country club, 007.”
		“Utter one more syllable and I'll have you killed.”
		“Too many free radicals. That's your problem.”

7.	On his way to see M, Bond has some customary by-play with M’s secretary Miss Moneypenny. Of the following lines, which is not said by Lois Maxwell, the first actress to play Moneypenny?
		“Flattery will get you nowhere - but don't stop trying.”
		“Why James, you look like you've just fallen off a mountain.”
		“How about tonight? You'll come over for dinner... and I'll cook you a wonderful angel cake.”
		“You'll just have to decide how much pumping is needed, James.”

8.	Out in the field, Bond frequently meets up with his friend from the CIA, Felix Leiter. Leiter has been played by all of the following, except:
		Jack Lord
		Bernie Casey
		Joe Don Baker
		Jeffrey Wright

9.	The shaken, not stirred martini is a Bond trademark. What is not one of the ingredients for the Vesper, his signature cocktail?
		vodka
		a slice of lemon peel
		Kina Lillet
		Tanqueray gin

10.	And in which movie does Bond drink six of these martinis?
		Dr. No
		Quantum of Solace
		Goldfinger
		Casino Royale

11.	While on a mission, Bond frequently has to improvise using the tools at hand. In which film does he knock out a henchman with a Zamboni?
		The Spy Who Loved Me
		For Your Eyes Only
		A View to a Kill
		The Living Daylights

12.	In which film does Bond drive a tractor-trailer on two wheels?
		Licence to Kill
		Goldeneye
		Moonraker
		The Living Daylights

13.	In which film does Bond catch a villain’s gun and then throw it back at him?
		Goldeneye
		Die Another Day
		Casino Royale
		Quantum of Solace

14.	In which film is Bond taken to school?
		Diamonds are Forever
		You Only Live Twice
		The Man With the Golden Gun
		Tomorrow Never Dies

15.	In which film does Bond jump off a dam?
		Goldeneye
		Tomorrow Never Dies
		Licence to Kill
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

16.	In which film does Bond not kill a bad guy with his own explosive device – whether it’s a bomb, a grenade or a heat-seeking missile?
		Octopussy
		Diamonds Are Forever
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
		Casino Royale

17.	In which film does Bond miss a pheasant... but not miss a sniper?
		Thunderball
		The Spy Who Loved Me
		Die Another Day
		Moonraker

18.	Many of Bond’s missions send him undercover. Which is not an aliases assigned by MI6?
		David Somerset
		Klaus Hergersheimer
		James St. John-Smythe
		Darlington Beech

19.	And in which movie does Bond pretend not to like girls? At least, until one of them seduces him?
		You Only Live Twice
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
		Live and Let Die
		Octopussy

20.	Bond has a certain irreverent style, even when on mission. In which movie does he steal a grape?
		Thunderball
		From Russia With Love
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
		The Spy Who Loved Me

21.	And in which movie does he steal the centerfold from a Playboy?
		You Only Live Twice
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
		Diamonds Are Forever
		The Living Daylights

22.	In which film does Bond say he might have known that another character was an enemy agent, because he had red wine with fish?
		From Russia With Love
		Thunderball
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
		The Man With the Golden Gun

23.	In which movie does Bond escape detection by an enemy agent by making out with himself?
		Dr No
		From Russia With Love
		Thunderball
		Diamonds Are Forever

24.	In which movie does Bond adjust his tie while underwater?
		Goldeneye
		Tomorrow Never Dies
		The World Is Not Enough
		Die Another Day

25.	And in which does a villain try to save himself from falling to his death by grabbing Bond’s tie? (You don’t mess with Bond’s ties)
		The Man With The Golden Gun
		The Spy Who Loved Me
		Moonraker
		Octopussy

26.	Bond’s missions frequently find him in the company of several young ladies. From which movie is the quote “007 on an island populated exclusively by women? We won’t see him till dawn.”
		Moonraker
		Octopussy
		The Spy Who Loved Me
		Live and Let Die

27.	Ladies find Bond irresistible, for some reason. In which movie is a woman dismissed because Bond and Leiter have to have “man talk”?
		Dr No
		From Russia With Love
		Goldfinger
		Thunderball

28.	In which movie does Bond blackmail a woman into sleeping with him with the words “I suppose my silence could have a price”?
		Thunderball
		You Only Live Twice
		On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
		Diamonds are Forever

29.	In this country, men come first, women come second. Where does Bond say he might retire to?
		Japan
		Egypt
		India
		Thailand

30.	Truly, no woman can resist Bond – even when she is the Prime Minister and she is actually talking with a parrot. This screenshot is taken from which movie?
		A View to a Kill
		Moonraker
		For Your Eyes Only
		Octopussy