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1.	In the pre-credits sequence, Moneypenny doesn't use the:
		off-ramp
		brakes
		mirrors
		rocket launcher

2.	What does Bond knock off the train with a bull-dozer?
		crates of chickens
		shipping containers
		lumber
		Volkswagen Beetles

3.	The Academy Award winning theme song sung by Adele contains all of these excellent lyrics, except:
		I've drowned and dreamt this moment / So overdue I owe them
		I hear the ticking of the clock / I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
		When it crumbles / We will stand tall
		Feel the earth move and then / Hear my heart burst again

4.	Three months later, M meets with Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. What is the subject of the meeting?
		civilian oversight
		strategic review
		infrastructure reorganization
		retirement planning

5.	Complete this quote: "To hell with ________, I'll leave when the job's done"
		dignity
		politics
		appearances
		you

6.	MI6 is hacked, and M receives a sinister message on her laptop. What does it say?
		Judgment Calls
		Look Upon Your Work
		Think On Your Sins
		Death Comes For Us All

7.	It turns out that Bond didn't die after being shot and falling off the train after all. He has spent the last three months on a drunken sex bender and playing drinking games that involve... what?
		a lit flame
		a knife
		a scorpion
		sex dares

8.	Bond reports back to MI6, but is told he'll have to pass physical and psychological evaluations before returning to active duty. What is not one of the questions and answers in the word association test?
		day : wasted
		heart : target
		murder : employment
		Skyfall : enough

9.	Bond "passes" the tests and is put back on active duty. But Mallory just has one question for Bond. What is it?
		"Are you ready to get back to work?"
		"Why not stay dead?"
		"Do you think you're up to the job?"
		"You're not going to cock it up, are you?"

10.	Bond is to meet the new quartermaster at what London landmark?
		the National Gallery
		Madame Tussaud's
		H.M.S. Belfast
		the Tate Modern

11.	It's hard to know whether to pull or not pull a trigger when...
		you're waiting for the kettle to boil
		you're having your first cup of Earl Grey
		you're checking your morning emails
		you're in your pyjamas

12.	What doesn't Q Branch really go in for these days?
		toothpaste bombs
		laser watches
		exploding pens
		invisible cars

13.	Bond's next stop is Shanghai where he fights and kills Patrice, the assassin from the opening sequence. In the background to this scene is an LED billboard featuring a...?
		seagull
		jellyfish
		turtle
		dragon

14.	Bond likes some things better the old-fashioned way. Such as what?
		shaving
		dining
		driving
		women

15.	It wouldn't be a Bond movie without some casual racism and sexism. In Skyfall there's an Asian Bond girl with a dragon motif. What is her name?
		Sabine
		Amandine
		Severine
		Delphine

16.	Severine's "bodyguards" attack Bond. Two of them are knocked out, and the third is killed by:
		a tiger
		a Komodo dragon
		a polar bear
		a gorilla

17.	Bond is taken to meet Severine's employer, Silva, who provides some useful advice on how to:
		steal an island from its inhabitants
		keep yourself from drowning
		rid an island of a rat infestation
		stay "dead"

18.	What does Bond say his hobby is?
		retaliation
		restoration
		retribution
		resurrection

19.	Silva is captured and extracted back to London, where he taunts M and challenges her to say his real name. What is it?
		Tiago Rodrigues
		João Tavares
		Luis Menezes
		José Almeida

20.	Q tried to decode Silva's computer, but it's like solving a Rubik's cube that is fighting back. What is the key that unlocks it?
		Aylesbury
		Aldgate
		Granborough
		Loughton

21.	M, hauled before a parliamentary committee, finishes her speech with a poem by:
		William Shakespeare
		Alfred, Lord Tennyson
		Robert Browning
		A. E. Housman

22.	Bond and M retreat to Skyfall, Bond's ancestral home in Scotland. What is the name of the gamekeeper there?
		Erskine
		Kincade
		Munro
		Macleod

23.	Bond read the obituary M wrote for him. What was his verdict?
		disgraceful
		abysmal
		appalling
		dreadful

24.	Silva always has to make an entrance. This one is to:
		Sh-Boom, by the Crew Cuts
		Boom! Shake the Room, by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
		Boom Boom, by John Lee Hooker
		Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room), by Paul Lekakis

25.	Bond's father's name was Andrew. What was his mother's name?
		Monique
		Eloise
		Juliette
		Gabrielle

26.	M has been mortally wounded in the gunfight. What are her final words?
		"I never doubted you"
		"I'm game if you are"
		"Well done, James"
		"I did get one thing right."

27.	M left Bond something in her will. What was it?
		her Union Jack coffee mug
		her ceramic bulldog desk ornament
		her double-decker bus paperweight
		her Keep Calm and Carry On stress-ball

28.	"I look forward to our time together, Miss Moneypenny". What is Moneypenny's first name?
		Rachel
		Miriam
		Eve
		Ruth

29.	What are the final words spoken in Skyfall?
		"At once, M."
		"With pleasure."
		Of course, sir."
		"Ready."

30.	Bonus Question: It took 50 years and 23 movies - Skyfall features the first-ever f-bomb dropped in a Bond film. Who says it?
		Bond
		Q
		Eve
		M