Answers to "Licence to Kill - The Bond Quiz"

Hi folks,

I thought I’d bring out a commemorative quiz on Bond movies now that Casino Royale is making waves. Even if you aren’t a Bond fan or haven’t watched the movies, a few questions might be worth taking a guess/workoutable. The first section in this post has only the questions to give people a chance to work them out.The answers, along with their questions, are posted as another section after the questions section . Wishing you all a very happy new year!!

Regards
Manjith

Rules of Engagement:

• There are 21 questions, one from each Bond movie.
• The order of questions follows the order of the movies, except where it has been changed deliberately to make the answer less obvious!
• No googling allowed. I admit that all these questions were sourced from the internet and you’d just have a cakewalk if you use google.
  

Tips:

• Since the order of the questions follow more or less the order of movies, make your guesses count!
• No “Official” Bond movie has been left out (eg: “Never Say Never Again” and an older version of “Casino Royale” are not by Albert Broccoli’s EON productions and hence aren’t treated as official)
• In questions where the movie name has been asked, it would be useful to keep the previous tip in mind and guess the movies that haven’t been named anywhere else in the quiz.
  

Questions:

1. Which Bond movie opens with a chess game in which the moves were identical to the Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein game at the USSR Championship in Leningrad in 1960? The Spassky-Bronstein game is widely regarded as one of the most inspired, brilliant chess matches of all time.

2. A brilliant scientist, he was, (self-described), "the unwanted child of a German missionary and a Chinese girl of a good family". He later "became treasurer of the most powerful criminal society in China", in this case, the Tongs. He then escaped to America with $10 million of gold bullion. He specialized in atomic energy, which cost him both of his hands, which were replaced with crude metallic hands.(some sources indicate that he was born without hands).When spurned by both Americans and Soviets, he joined SPECTRE and plotted his revenge. Identify the memorable Bond villain.

3. Bond: Who are you?
Girl: My name is _________ __________.
Bond: I must be dreaming.
Just fill up!!

4. He was the second in command of Spectre, and successor to Ernesto Stavro Blofeld. He held the world to ransom after stealing two nuclear warheads from the US. Identify this deadly Bond villain who appears in Thunderball.

5. Which celebrated novelist and short story writer wrote the screen play for "You Only Live Twice", the 5th Bond movie?

6. The most powerful Bond villain of all time, he assumed the alias of Comte Balthazar de Bleuville in the movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (the 6th Bond movie). He has appeared in many Bond movies, but his face could not be shown in many movies because of a legal dispute over rights to the Bond novels. In the novels he gets strangled by Bond while hiding in Japan as Dr. Guntram Shatterhand. In the movies, he is shown as killed by Bond in a helicopter stunt, with his trademark Persian cat abandoning him before his death. Identify this character, named after a famous cricket commentator's father (who was Ian Fleming's classmate) and has his name mentioned throughout this quiz. (Easy one!!)

7. In "Diamonds Are Forever", Blofeld holds a millionaire industrialist in Nevada hostage and uses his facilities to build a deadly laser satellite. The industrialist character was inspired by a real life maverick, a close friend of Albert Broccoli (producer of Bond movies). The same man has been in the news due to a 2004 movie based on his life. Identify the real life personality.

8. When the 8th Bond movie "Live and Let Die" was released in South Africa, the love scenes between Bond (Roger Moore) and Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) were removed because of a national law that existed in that era. What was this strange reason?

9. Developed by a man named Lazar, it had the following components:
A ballpoint pen, cigarette lighter, cigarette case, cuff link and a single bullet. Which weapon?

10. This character played by Richard Kiel was introduced in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and later appeared in "Moonraker" as well. He was the only henchman to feature in two Bond movies. Seemingly indestructible, his role changed from a killing machine in the first to a comic lover of humanity at the end of the second, a change presumably brought about by his new found girl friend. Identify.

11. "Moonraker" was chosen as the next (11th) Bond movie because the producers wanted to cash in on the science fiction craze of 1977. Some of the scenes in the movie, especially the shooting scenes in space, paid tribute to the cause of this sci-fi craze. Which cause are we talking about?

12. In the 12th movie "For your eyes only" Whose grave is shown with an epitaph that reads “We have all the time in the world”?

13. Her father was a British military officer who was implicated in a crime and was allowed to commit suicide by Bond, who was assigned to capture him. She lived in a lake palace in India surrounded by acrobatic females. She ran a circus in addition to hotels, ships etc and was also a smuggler. Name the character which is also the title of the film.

14. Which famous band composed the title song for the 14th Bond movie "A view to a kill”?

15. Which Bond movie featuring Timothy Dalton, had a sequence in which Bond teams up with the Mujahidden in Afghanistan? (wiki quotes Afghan media reports that this was mujahideen commander Ahmed Shah Massoud's favorite Bond movie! It couldn’t be confirmed!)

16. He regularly appears in Bond movies, and the movie "Licence to Kill" featured him tying the knot with a girl named Della .She gets killed on their honeymoon night and he was dropped into a shark tank. He lost a leg, but apparently, survived to appear again in Bond movies. Who?

17. During WWII, Operation _______ was planned to ensure that Britain could defend Gibraltar even if Spain joined the Axis powers or Nazis invaded it. Ian Fleming, one of the planners of this operation named his house in Jamaica after this operation. Please fill up!

18. In the movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" Eliott Carver, the villain, reminds Bond of a famous quote:""You provide the pictures, and I'll provide the war”. Which real life personality did he take this quote from?

19. The British Govt. refused permission for the shooting of "The World is not enough" outside a Vauxhall Cross building citing security risk. The then Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook overruled the order saying "After all Bond has done for Britain, it was the least we could do for Bond."(Source: IMDB) What was the security importance of this Vauxhall Cross building?

20. There are two memorable "books" that make their appearance in the movie “Die Another Day”.
a) When Bond visits Havana, lights a cigar, sits in a study and talks to a contact about the clinic where rich clients get treated, he picks up a book from the shelf.
b) When Miranda Frost, the MI6 mole and fencing champion gets killed by a knife-throw by Jinx (Halle Berry), the knife pierces through a book before embedding in Frost's chest.
Identify both the books!!

21. This character was losely based on the British occultist Aleister Crowley who was dubbed "The wickedest man alive" during his time. He makes his appearance in Ian Fleming's novel as a displaced person in Dachau camp in the US zone of Germany in 1945. He was later transferred to Alsace-Lorraine and Strasbourg on a stateless passport where he adopted the name _______ because he was just a "Number" on the passport. The movie altered his role to suit the modern day story line. Identify the character whose name literally means "The Number".

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Answers:

Here are the answers to the Bond Quiz. Great response from all you guys out there. I had interchanged the order of the movies in Q1 and Q2. The rest of the questions follow the order of the movies itself.Scores at the end.

1. Which Bond movie opens with a chess game in which the moves were identical to the Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein game at the USSR Championship in Leningrad in 1960? The Spassky-Bronstein game is widely regarded as one of the most inspired, brilliant chess matches of all time.
A: From Russia With Love

2. A brilliant scientist, he was, (self-described), "the unwanted child of a German missionary and a Chinese girl of a good family". He later "became treasurer of the most powerful criminal society in China", in this case, the Tongs. He then escaped to America with $10 million of gold bullion. He specialized in atomic energy, which cost him both of his hands, which were replaced with crude metallic hands.(some sources indicate that he was born without hands).When spurned by both Americans and Soviets, he joined SPECTRE and plotted his revenge. Identify the memorable Bond villain.
A: Dr. No

3. Bond: Who are you?
Girl: My name is _________ __________.
Bond: I must be dreaming.
Just fill up!!
A: “Pussy Galore “!(Goldfinger)

4. He was the second in command of Spectre, and successor to Ernesto Stavro Blofeld. He held the world to ransom after stealing two nuclear warheads from the US. Identify this deadly Bond villain who appears in Thunderball.
A: Emilio Largo

5. Which celebrated novelist and short story writer wrote the screen play for "You Only Live Twice", the 5th Bond movie?
A: Roald Dahl

6. The most powerful Bond villain of all time, he assumed the alias of Comte Balthazar de Bleuville in the movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (the 6th Bond movie). He has appeared in many Bond movies, but his face could not be shown in many movies because of a legal dispute over rights to the Bond novels. In the novels he gets strangled by Bond while hiding in Japan as Dr. Guntram Shatterhand. In the movies, he is shown as killed by Bond in a helicopter stunt, with his trademark Persian cat abandoning him before his death. Identify this character, named after a famous cricket commentator's father (who was Ian Fleming's classmate) and has his name mentioned throughout this quiz. (Easy one!!)
A: Ernesto Stavro Blofeld

7. In "Diamonds Are Forever", Blofeld holds a millionaire industrialist in Nevada hostage and uses his facilities to build a deadly laser satellite. The industrialist character was inspired by a real life maverick, a close friend of Albert Broccoli (producer of Bond movies). The same man has been in the news due to a 2004 movie based on his life.
A: Howard Hughes

8. When the 8th Bond movie "Live and Let Die" was released in South Africa, the love scenes between Bond (Roger Moore) and Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) were removed because of a national law that existed in that era. What was this strange reason?
A: Gloria Hendry was Black and inter-racial love making scenes were banned in Aparthied era South Africa!

9. Developed by a man named Lazar, it had the following components:
A ballpoint pen, cigarette lighter, cigarette case, cuff link and a single bullet. Which weapon?
A: Golden Gun(in “The Man With the Golden Gun”)

10. This character played by Richard Kiel was introduced in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and later appeared in "Moonraker" as well. He was the only henchman to feature in two Bond movies. Seemingly indestructible, his role changed from a killing machine in the first to a comic lover of humanity at the end of the second, a change presumably brought about by his new found girl friend. Identify.
A: Jaws

11. "Moonraker" was chosen as the next (11th) Bond movie because the producers wanted to cash in on the science fiction craze of 1977. Some of the scenes in the movie, especially the shooting scenes in space paid tribute to the cause of this sci-fi craze. Which cause are we talking about?
A: The release of Starwars. The blasters used in the space fights of Moonraker were similar to Star Wars weaponry.

12. In the 12th movie "For your eyes only" Whose grave is shown with an epitaph that reads “We have all the time in the world”?
A: Theresa Bond/Tracy Draco, wife of James Bond. (They were married in “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”)

13. Her father was a British military officer who was implicated in a crime and was allowed to commit suicide by Bond, who was assigned to capture him. She lived in a lake palace in India surrounded by acrobatic females. She ran a circus in addition to hotels, ships etc and was also a smuggler. Name the character which is also the title of the film.
A: Octopussy

14. Which famous band composed the title song for the 14th Bond movie "A view to a kill”?
A: Duran Duran

15. Which Bond movie featuring Timothy Dalton, had a sequence in which Bond teams up with the Mujahidden in Afghanistan? (wiki quotes Afghan media reports that this was mujahideen commander Ahmed Shah Massoud's favorite bond movie! It couldn’t be confirmed!)
A: The Living Daylights.

16. He regularly appears in Bond movies, and the movie "Licence to Kill" featured him tying the knot with a girl named Della .She gets killed on their honeymoon night and he was dropped into a shark tank. He lost a leg, but apparently, survived to appear again in Bond movies. Who?
A: Felix Leiter of the CIA (later moved to DEA)

17. During WWII, Operation _______ was planned to ensure that Britain could defend Gibraltar even if Spain joined the Axis powers or Nazis invaded it. Ian Fleming, one of the planners of this operation named his house in Jamaica after this operation. Please fill up!
A: Goldeneye.

18. In the movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" Eliott Carver, the villain, reminds Bond of a famous quote:""You provide the pictures, and I'll provide the war”. Which real life personality did he take this quote from?
A: William Randolf Hearst of Citizen Kane fame.

19. The British Govt. refused permission for the shooting of "The World is not enough" outside a Vauxhall Cross building citing security risk. The then Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook overruled the order saying "After all Bond has done for Britain, it was the least we could do for Bond."(Source: IMDB) What was the security importance of this Vauxhall Cross building?
A: The real headquarters of the MI6. This building appears in the Thames chase sequence.

20. There are two memorable "books" that make their appearance in the movie “Die Another Day”.
a) When Bond visits Havana, lights a cigar, sits in a study and talks to a contact about the clinic where rich clients get treated, he picks up a book from the shelf.
b) When Miranda Frost, the MI6 mole and fencing champion gets killed by a knife-throw by Jinx (Halle Berry), the knife pierces through a book before embedding in Frost's chest.
Identify both the books!!
A: A Field Guide to the Birds of West Indies written by the ornithologist James Bond, after whom Fleming named his fictional spy.
B: The Art of War by Sun-Tsu.

21. This character was losely based on the British occultist Aleister Crowley who was dubbed "The wickedest man alive" during his time. He makes his appearance in Ian Fleming's novel as a displaced person in Dachau camp in the US zone of Germany in 1945. He was later transferred to Alsace-Lorraine and Strasbourg on a stateless passport where he adopted the name _______ because he was just a "Number" on the passport. The movie altered his role to suit the modern day story line. Identify the character whose name literally means "The Number".
A: Le Chiffre (as in Casino Royale). The name also means “The Cipher” as per some sites.

The kills:
Sabapathy Narayanan-9
Rajiv D'Silva-12.5
D K Bose-11
Kushal Ramakrishna -6
Biju James-10
Anish -12
Harikrishnan Nair-16.5
Sriram Venkatesh-10
Suraj Menon-11
Abhilash Mony-2.5
Vivek-3
Santosh Chachadi-5
Sunil Pandey-9
Sumo-14.5
inge_y-15
R M V Simha-12
Mitesh Agarwal-4
Anant Singhania-7
Praveen V R-8.5
Atul V Nath-4
Brijesh Nair-11(mail got truncated and couldnt find the last 5 questions!)
Rajesh Mohan-9

Double-Oh Status Confirmed:
Kinshuk Biswas-19
Priyambad Pattanayak-18.5
Rahul Girish Kumar-18

signed
M(!)

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Thats all folks!!!