Showing posts with label Ian Fleming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Fleming. Show all posts

Saturday, October 1, 2022

THE PUZZLE CORNER: OCTOBER 1, 2022

😎FUN FACT
October 5 marks the 60th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise, so we’re doing something a little different in today’s Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS QUIZ 🥇
01. What was the first movie?
02. Yet the first movie wasn’t Ian Fleming’s first book! That honor belongs to…?

NUMBER PLEASE QUIZ
Get ready! We ask the questions, but the answers are just a number.
01. What numerical designation indicates that British Secret Agent James Bond is authorized to kill in the line of duty?
02. How many actors have portrayed James Bond, to date?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the September 24, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS
Something familiar is represented in the image below. Do you know what it is?

What goes up must come down.


WHAT’S THAT SONG?
Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is give us the song title. Ready?
♫Underneath electric stars.♫ = “Rhythm of the Night” by DeBarge.

Saturday, July 25, 2020

THE PUZZLE CORNER: JULY 25, 2020

😎FUN FACT
July 25 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Caddyshack 🏌movie.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Who portrayed the gopher in that movie?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What was the very first video game ever played in outer space?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 18, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

LAST WEEK’S FUN FACT WAS...
Thus far Roger Moore has made the most movie appearances as British Secret Agent James Bond but because of the delays between films, current Bond actor Daniel Craig has the longest tenure in the role, to date.

Which led us into doing a themed Puzzle Corner.

NUMBER PLEASE
Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.
How many movies has Roger Moore portrayed James Bond in?
007, ironically.

TRIVIA TIME⌚
Whatever your answer to last week’s NUMBER PLEASE, can you name them all?
In premiere order: Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, (and) A View To A Kill.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
The first Bond novel written by creator Ian Fleming was NOT the basis for the first Bond movie. Can you name both titles?
The first novel was Casino Royale, but the first movie was Dr. No, although Fleming wrote both books.

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, except there are just two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?
TRUE OR FALSE: Actor George Lazenby made only one appearance as James Bond.
FALSE! While On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was his only movie, he also made a cameo in character during the 1983 TV movie The Return of the Man From UNCLE: The Fifteen Years Later Affair.

NEXT?
What is the next item(s) in the sequence below?
Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore…
Next would be Timothy Dalton, Pierce Bronsan, and Daniel Craig to complete the list of Bond actors, to date.

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?
A James Bond Double Feature: Allow to exist until tomorrow?
Live and Let Die Another Day.

GEEZ. One more puzzle, especially if it could have been COMMON BONDS, and we’d have 007!😉