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The NEW AND IMPROVED James Bond Trivia Quiz

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited July 11 Posts: 14,678
    mtm wrote: »
    Gosh I never knew about those Mallet and Walken ones: good eyes!
    There he is on the Keeper of Traken's chair! :D
    You only see a blur of the Walken covers when Roger crosses the room to look at the painting of Misty the horse. Would love to get ahold of those covers somehow. The Mallet magazine is one you can buy but typically very expensive. Took many years to find a reasonably priced copy.

    Keeper of Traken was a memorable serial. Love that eerie Melkur statue in the gardens.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    A quick one inbetween: What is the business of Adams & Adams?
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Which animal name connects the pre-title sequences from these two films?

    TLD
    DAD
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    A quick one inbetween: What is the business of Adams & Adams?

    A brewery? I honestly don't know the answer to that one or even what film or book we are referring to.
    QBranch wrote: »
    Which animal name connects the pre-title sequences from these two films?

    TLD
    DAD


    A chameleon? Since Bond is not who is seems in DAD and in TLD we don't know who is Bond from the three chaps?

  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    thedove wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    A quick one inbetween: What is the business of Adams & Adams?

    A brewery? I honestly don't know the answer to that one or even what film or book we are referring to.

    ...
    Thanks for reviving my ad-hoc question from three months ago. No, it's not a brewery. It can be seen in a movie...rather early in the franchise.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Which animal name connects the pre-title sequences from these two films?

    TLD
    DAD

    Is it a brand name?
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    No, not a brand. Not clothes, nor vehicles or firearms.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Clues:

    Wood and metal
    I need 6 points to win
    I'm not a porcupine and I don't look like one!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited December 16 Posts: 16,597
    And it's the name of a species or kind of animal, is it? Like 'hedgehog'? This might be too cryptic for me!
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    A quick one inbetween: What is the business of Adams & Adams?

    Solicitors! I got that one at least :)

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    @mtm Can you connect 'hedgehog' to both TLD and DAD pre-titles?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    You've lost me I'm afraid! :D It is cryptic is it?
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    mtm wrote: »
    And it's the name of a species or kind of animal, is it? Like 'hedgehog'? This might be too cryptic for me!
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    A quick one inbetween: What is the business of Adams & Adams?

    Solicitors! I got that one at least :)

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    Congrats! I had lost all hope but didn't feel like nudging everyone closer to the solution.
  • GerardGerard
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    I have the beginning of an answer to the question : I would guess monkeys. We see them in Gibraltar in TLD, of course (they practically own the place anyway), but I don't see how they feature in DAD.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    edited December 16 Posts: 5,477
    I believe it is a hedgehog.

    We see Bond dodge a hedgehog on the road during the PTS of TLD. In DAD Bond is observed using a stealth glider made with wood and metal and it resembles a hedgehog spine.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Here's the answer: A 'hedgehog' is a static anti-tank obstacle defense made of 3 angle beams, first made in Czechoslovakia. Examples seen in both TLD and DAD pre-titles sequences:

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    Above: The 'hedgehog' seen with pyramidal concrete 'dragon's teeth' anti-tank obstacles.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_hedgehog

    Extra trivia: Both TLD and DAD gun barrel sequences open the iris on these hedgehog defenses.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited December 17 Posts: 9,082
    Interesting. I never knew these things are called (Czech) hedgehogs, though I now find out that there is even the German word "Tschechenigel" for them. Remarkable also, as mentioned in the Wikipedia article: After the Nazis took over most of Czechia based on the 1938 Munich accord ("Peace in our time" said Neville Chamberlain...we know how well that worked out), they shipped most of the hedgehogs to the Western front as part of the Atlantic Wall. Thanks @QBranch for a learning experience beyond Bond details.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    @j_w_pepper Always something new to learn isn't there? We've all seen these things before, but never thought to find out what they're called.
  • GerardGerard
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    I have one question for the quizz, but I'll wait until The Dove has his/her say.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    The Dove is cool with you sharing your question @Gerard thanks for being so courteous.
  • GerardGerard
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    Then, here goes : Which famous actor, who played James Bond, was mentioned by Ian Fleming in one of his novels ? Hint : the novel happened before the Bond movie.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    That would have been David Niven in YOLT.
    It's about Kissy Suzuki's pet cormorant:
    “So this is David?”
    “Yes. I named him after the only man I liked in Hollywood— an Englishman, as it happens. He was called David Niven. He is a famous actor and producer. You have heard of him?”
  • GerardGerard
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    And the point goes to JW Pepper. It is indeed David Niven, who later was Sir James Bond in CR '67. Your turn now.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I was afraid of that...but wasn't @thedove next in line?
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Technically it's still @mtm's round from when he guessed 'Adams & Adams', but it's all the same to me. 👍
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Oh no don't worry, I haven't anything so feel free to go.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    I'm fine to skip on by and let @j_w_pepper take the reins with a question.
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