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Martinis and Madmen:A James Bond Quiz
Associated with death-defying action sequences, psychotic villains, beautiful women, and of course, the vodka martini, the character of James Bond has thrilled readers and movie-goers for over 50 years.
How well do you know 007? See below for answers to the quiz. (If you haven't looked at the questions yet, start the quiz here.
Answer 1.
A) In chapter five of the first 007 novel, Bond orders an Americano at the Hermitage Hotel. The Americano features Campari (a type of bitters), sweet vermouth, club soda and on orange wheel for garnish. Credited to Gaspare Campari, the creator of the aforementioned bitters, the Americano was first served in the 1860s.
For a printable Americano recipe, click here.
Answer 2.
C) In the movies, Bond's favourite alcoholic beverage is champagne. The well-known vodka martini comes in second place. If you include all the drinks Bond enjoys in the Fleming novels in addition to those consumed by the cinematic Bond, it is still champagne that comes out on top, although in the novels alone, bourbon proves to be Bond's favourite drink.
Answer 3.
B) Tabasco. In The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), the villain Scaramanga demands Nick Nack bring him some Tabasco. In The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Stromberg has a bottle of Tabasco on his dinner table. As noted elsewhere online, Tabasco is strangely absent as a product placement in Live and Let Die (1973), which features New Orleans and other areas of Louisiana. Strange because Tabasco is marketed by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana.
Enter our Tabasco contest and you could win a trip to California and dinner with Bob Blumer!
Answer 4.
B) Academy award winning actress Halle Berry portrayed Giancita "Jinx" Johnson, an NSA agent who helps Bond spy on the villainous Zao in the final Bond film to feature Brosnan as 007. Bond offers Jinx a sip of his mojito at the Hotel de los Organos bar. He then asks her if the drink is too strong for her, to which she replies, "I could learn to like it."
Enjoy your own mojito at home.
Answer 5.
D) Roger Moore, the longest serving Bond (12 years and seven films) never orderd a martini, although he did have three martinis served to him during his tenure as 007: one in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); another in Moonraker (1979); and one more in Octopussy (1983). The numbers indicate that Moore's 007 favoured champagne and wine.
More about the vodka martini (plus over 70 martini recipes)!
Answer 6.
C) Auric Goldfinger (played by German actor Gert Fröbe) and Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) drink mint juleps on Goldfinger's front porch as James Bond arrives. The villain offers Sean Connery's Bond a mint julep, noting that it is "traditional, but satisfying." Bond accepts, and after the two exchange some banter, Goldfinger asks, "The julep tart enough for you?"
Read about the history of the mint julep (plus the recipe).
Answer 7.
C) In Thunderball (1965), Commander Bond admits, "a month ago there wasn't a week went by but that on at least one day I couldn't eat anything for breakfast but a couple of aspirins and a prairie oyster."
Answer 8.
B) Canadian actor Joseph Wiseman, who portrayed the mad scientist Dr. No in the 1962 film of the same name (the first Bond film ever), civilly offers 007, "A medium dry martini, lemon peel, shaken, not stirred." The first James Bond film in which the Bond character utters the phrase is Goldfinger (1964).
Read more about the "Shaken vs. Stirred" debate.
Answer 9.
B) It may seem a strange choice from the Italian black marketeer who intended to steal two nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage, but Largo's favourite cocktail was the Crème de Menthe Frappé. Fill a cocktail glass with ice, add crème de menthe to taste and top with a maraschino cherry.
Answer 10.
A) The most commonly consumed champagne in the James Bond movies is Bollinger. Founded in 1829, but with roots in the Champagne region of France dating back to the 1500s, the Bollinger Champagne house produces numerous sparkling wines, both vintage and non-vintage.
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