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The Ultimate Casino Royale Quiz | Authors

Published in 1953, "Casino Royale" kicked off Ian Fleming's great James Bond spy series. WARNING: The movie and the novel have few similarities.

A multiple-choice quiz by knto. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
knto

Time
8 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
364,221

Updated
Dec 03 21

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25

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Question 1 of 25

1. In Ian Fleming's first James Bond book, "Casino Royale", where do we first see James Bond? Hint

in an airport

in his car

a casino

in an interview with M

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Question 2 of 25

2. In the second chapter of "Casino Royale", we backtrack to find M reading the dossier on Le Chiffre and his history. After WWII Le Chiffre was found with amnesia which was never cured. He then called himself Le Chiffre. What is the closest meaning of his name in English? Hint

the number

the asp

the mole

the forgotten

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Question 3 of 25

3. James Bond was allowed to chose his own cover when he left for France in "Casino Royale". From where did he choose to be controlled? Hint

Canada

Jamaica

Russia

Peru

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Question 4 of 25

4. M chose James Bond for the Casino Royale case because Bond had been trained by one of the best card sharps in the business. He had been sent to Monte Carlo to discover how a certain group was cheating the casino. What nationality were the cheating players? Hint

Soviets

Celts

Sioux

Romanians

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Question 5 of 25

5. Rene Mathis enters James Bond's room with an item which serves two purposes. One purpose is that it is part of his own cover. The other is to confuse the opposition. What is the item? Hint

baseball bat

wireless set

lego set

bookcase

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Question 6 of 25

6. After lunch with Mathis and his contact, the beautiful Vesper Lynd, Bond walked toward his hotel in Fleming's novel "Casino Royale". He noticed two men in straw hats with something slung around their necks, one item bright blue and the other bright red. What was around their necks? Hint

ties

cameras

necklaces

purses

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Question 7 of 25

7. James Bond found he had another ally in "Casino Royale": Felix Leiter of the CIA was also present to watch the proceedings for the USA. Bond had somewhat fallen for Vesper, and as they ordered drinks with Felix, Bond was quite insistent on his. "A dry martini. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel." He then asked if he could borrow someone's name for it. What did he name it? Hint

The Vesper

The Mathis

The Felix

The Le Chiffre

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Question 8 of 25

8. James Bond had to gamble against Le Chiffre to break him in "Casino Royale". What game had Le Chiffre been winning at for days in an attempt to get his money back? Hint

Backgammon

Go Fish

Poker

Baccarat

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Question 9 of 25

9. As Bond sat at the Casino Royale table before play started, he asked for a rundown of the other players. Among the other players were Lord and Lady Danvers, a Greek shipping magnate, American film star Carmel Delane and the Maharajah of an Indian state. Just to his left were a middle aged American couple. What was the name of the couple? Hint

Eastman

Monsanto

Bayer

Du Pont

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Question 10 of 25

10. Le Chiffre had a habit of using something to calm his nerves and sharpen his senses. Most of the players found it disgusting,and one of them called him a "filthy brute." What was it? Hint

benzedrine inhaler

snuff

chewing tobacco

cigars

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Question 11 of 25

11. Le Chiffre had a run of luck when Bond began playing, winning two hands. When the bank got to sixteen million francs, it was all Bond had left. He was beaten again and cleaned out. As he sat in defeat, an envelope was handed to him. It contained money and a note which said: "Marshall Aid. Thirty-two million francs. With the compliments of _____." Compliments of who or what? Hint

Le Chiffre

Rene Mathis

the Soviet Union

the USA

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Question 12 of 25

12. Ian Fleming could build suspense very well. In "Casino Royale", the moment of highest suspense was after Bond placed his thirty-two million franc bet. One of Le Chiffre's bodyguards stood behind Bond, threatening and ordering him to withdraw his bet. Nobody else was watching. What did he have that he threatened James Bond with? Hint

a revolver

a cane

a grenade

a sharpened popsickle stick

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Question 13 of 25

13. In the Casino at Royale, Le Chiffre's guard stood behind Bond and ordered him to withdraw his bet before he counted to ten. As he began to count, Bond knew he had one chance. He put his hands flat on the table and did what? Hint

stood up

upset the table

heaved the chair backwards

withdrew his bet

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Question 14 of 25

14. In one of the biggest bets in Casino Royale history, Bond looked at his cards. They were two red queens. Their value was nothing. What is the gambling term for zero in baccarat? Hint

notadamthing

zilch

baccarat

nada

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Question 15 of 25

15. After returning Leiter's money, James Bond took his check to his room and hid it. A search by Le Chiffre and later by Mathis couldn't discover where he had hidden it. While Bond was healing in the hospital after his torture, Mathis asked if it was in his room or not. "It is. More or less." Where had he hidden it? Hint

ventilator shaft in the ceiling

behind the number plate on his door

in the bulb socket of a lamp

ballcock of his toilet

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Question 16 of 25

16. While celebrating with Vesper after his gambling victory at Casino Royale, Vesper got a note from Mathis to meet him out front. After she left, Bond became suspicious and went outside to see Vesper being pushed into a Citroen, which roared off down the road. Bond raced to his car and gave chase. What type of car did he own in this first novel? Hint

Aston-Martin DBII

Bentley

Volkswagen Beetle

Saab

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Question 17 of 25

17. What type of gun did James Bond carry in "Casino Royale"? Hint

Walther PPK

Thompson sub machine gun

Colt .45

.25 Beretta

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Question 18 of 25

18. As James Bond gave moonlight chase to the kidnapped Vesper in "Casino Royale" what did Le Chiffre drop in the road? Hint

a grenade

Vesper Lynd

spiked chain mail

a banana peel

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Question 19 of 25

19. In "Casino Royale" Le Chiffre's guard cut the bottom out of a cane chair and tied the naked Bond to it. What instrument did Le Chiffre use to torture Bond? Hint

cigar and ice

cattle prod

cane carpet beater

feather

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Question 20 of 25

20. Finally realizing James Bond was not going to talk, Le Chiffre took his knife and got out of his chair. "Say goodbye to it, Bond." He suddenly stopped and the barely conscious Bond heard another voice. "Shotp. Dhrop it." After a pause it said one more word, an acronym which was all that needed to be said, according to Ian Fleming. What was the word? Hint

UNICEF

SPECTRE

SMERSH

KGB

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Question 21 of 25

21. The man who killed Le Chiffre told James Bond that he should kill him as well, but he had no orders to do so. But he would leave his 'visiting card'. He took his knife and cut an inverted 'M' with a tail in the back of his hand. Why? Hint

it labeled him as a spy

it was the man's initial

it was a warning to M

it labeled him as married

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Question 22 of 25

22. Twice during "Casino Royale" James Bond told how he got his '00' status, having killed in the line of duty during WWII. One was a Japanese cipher expert and the other was a Norwegian double agent. In what city did he kill the Japanese cipher agent? Hint

Helsinki

Amsterdam

New York

Tokyo

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Question 23 of 25

23. Vesper took James Bond to a secluded beach inn to recover in "Casino Royale". There were no other patrons. A few days later a man came to the house for lunch. Vesper was terrified. What set him apart from other people? Hint

an earring

an eye patch

he only had one arm

he had a wooden leg

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Question 24 of 25

24. After the second visit from the man Vesper swore was 'one of them', she suddenly got drunk and spent the night with James Bond. The next morning the owner of the house came to Bond and told him of a 'terrible accident'. Vesper had committed suicide in her room. How did she do it? Hint

sleeping pills

gun

hanging

drowned in the tub

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Question 25 of 25

25. At the end of "Casino Royale" we find James Bond talking to London quickly on an open line. "3030 was a double, working for Redland. Yes I said was. _____." What is the last line of the book? Hint

Then the tears came swiftly.

"The bitch is dead now."

"What a hell of a mess."

Then he slammed the receiver down.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In Ian Fleming's first James Bond book, "Casino Royale", where do we first see James Bond?

Answer: a casino

He is playing roulette at Casino Royale. It is three in the morning and he leaves his game to check on Le Chiffre, who he finds is still winning. Bond is also mentally checking the improbability of the casino being robbed as he goes to his hotel for the night.

Answer: the number

"Since I am only a number on a passport."

Le Chiffre was a suspected Soviet agent in France who had used Soviet funds to buy a string of brothels. They were successfully raided over the span of a year and Le Chiffre was now attempting to get the funds back by gambling before his employers discovered the missing money. 'Head of S' had a plan to beat Le Chiffre out of his remaining money by gambling and leave him open to his employers' revenge.

3. James Bond was allowed to chose his own cover when he left for France in "Casino Royale". From where did he choose to be controlled?

Answer: Jamaica

He had spent some time in Jamaica during the war and knew the people and businesses there. He was posing as the son of a wealthy planter who didn't mind squandering away the family money.

Answer: Romanians

The Romanians were using invisible ink and shaded glasses. There are many small insights into Bond's earlier cases in these books. He had worked with Rene Mathis on this earlier case and hoped to work with him at Casino Royale.

5. Rene Mathis enters James Bond's room with an item which serves two purposes. One purpose is that it is part of his own cover. The other is to confuse the opposition. What is the item?

Answer: wireless set

He turns the wireless on and it emits loud appalling static. Mathis knows Bond's cover has been blown and there is a microphone in the wall. The static is probably deafening to 'The Muntzes' who are in the apartment above. They then discuss the case while the radio plays music.

Mathis' cover is a wireless salesman.

Answer: cameras

Bond saw them fiddling with the cases just before a huge explosion knocked him down. The camera cases were bombs which were intended to kill Bond. The men had been misled by their superiors, who told them one case was a smoke bomb and the other a bomb.

The 'smoke bomb' killed both men. James Bond was saved because he had just walked past a tree when the explosion took place. There was now no question whether Le Chiffre was a serious enemy or not.

Answer: The Vesper

This is the original 'martini. Shaken not stirred'. Apparently the name Vesper was dropped by Bond after this story for obvious reasons.

8. James Bond had to gamble against Le Chiffre to break him in "Casino Royale". What game had Le Chiffre been winning at for days in an attempt to get his money back?

Answer: Baccarat

The basic object of Baccarat is to get as near to nine as possible. Two cards are dealt, the player can take one more. Face cards are worth zero, aces one.

Answer: Du Pont

Bond was glad to have the wealthy Du Ponts to his left.

Fleming used Mr. Du Pont in another of his stories. Mr. Junius Du Pont recognized Bond in the Miami airport at the beginning of the "Goldfinger" story. Knowing Bond as a gambler, Du Pont asked for his help in the discovery of how he was being cheated at canasta. It was Bond's first sight of Goldfinger.

10. Le Chiffre had a habit of using something to calm his nerves and sharpen his senses. Most of the players found it disgusting,and one of them called him a "filthy brute." What was it?

Answer: benzedrine inhaler

Le Chiffre took his time inhaling the vapors after inserting the tube into each nostril, holding up the game as he did so.

Answer: the USA

It was just enough to cover one more bet against Le Chiffre. Fleming said the bet was likely the largest in the history of the casino.

Answer: a cane

The man had stuck his cane in his back and told Bond it was a gun. He began to count to ten, and as the count rose, Fleming described what Bond was seeing and thinking, building the suspense with each count.

Answer: heaved the chair backwards

The action twisted the cane out of the guard's hand before he could fire. It was an embarrassing situation, but after it was straightened out, play resumed.
The guard disappeared and Bond gave the cane to Leiter, who recognized it as a gun.

14. In one of the biggest bets in Casino Royale history, Bond looked at his cards. They were two red queens. Their value was nothing. What is the gambling term for zero in baccarat?

Answer: baccarat

But he could draw one card. It was a nine, the best. He had won the hand and now Le Chiffre was down to his last wager. This time Bond had an unbeatable natural nine and Le Chiffre was cleaned out.

Answer: behind the number plate on his door

Bond had folded it very small and unscrewed the plate when he returned to his room, then screwed it back on.

Answer: Bentley

It was a 1933 4.5-litre Bentley with Amherst Villiers supercharger. The color was battleship grey.

17. What type of gun did James Bond carry in "Casino Royale"?

Answer: .25 Beretta

He used the Beretta until the "Dr. No" story, where he was forced to change hardware.

18. As James Bond gave moonlight chase to the kidnapped Vesper in "Casino Royale" what did Le Chiffre drop in the road?

Answer: spiked chain mail

The spikes blew two tires and wrecked Bond's Bentley. Le Chiffre and his two bodyguards took a barely-conscious Bond and Vesper to a secluded house for 'interrogation'. They had searched Bond's room and couldn't find the check.

19. In "Casino Royale" Le Chiffre's guard cut the bottom out of a cane chair and tied the naked Bond to it. What instrument did Le Chiffre use to torture Bond?

Answer: cane carpet beater

"I will continue attacking the sensitive parts of your body until you tell me where the money is."

This was a very disturbing torture scene, pretty well reenacted in the movie. But Bond didn't crack.

Answer: SMERSH

SMERSH was short for Smyert Shpionam, which means death to spies. This deadly arm of the KGB had caught up with Le Chiffre and shot him to death in front of Bond.

Answer: it labeled him as a spy

The inverted M is Russian for SH, the first two letters of the Russian word for spy - Shpion. The agent told Bond that someday he would gamble against a Russian, and Bond would be recognized as a spy. Bond had to have his hand grafted later to get rid of the M.

Answer: New York

He told Vesper first, then when he told Mathis he expanded.

The Japanese was in the 36th floor of the RCA building. Bond and a colleague had rifles in the neighboring building. His colleague shot a second before James Bond. The first bullet was deflected by the thick glass. Bond's bullet then passed through the hole, killing the spy.

Bond killed the Norwegian in his room with a knife and, "well, he just didn't die very quickly."

Answer: an eye patch

Lots of war wounds in 1953. The owner of the inn had lost an arm as well.
Bond checked up on the man and his car, but found nothing out of the ordinary. The landlord had been told he would be back in a day or so.

Answer: sleeping pills

Bond had been intending to resign from the Secret Service and ask Vesper to marry him. She left a note explaining why she was working for the Soviets - she had a Polish lover who would die if she didn't follow orders. She had been the reason Bond's cover was blown before he had arrived, and the reason the guard had been able to stand behind Bond at the baccarat table.

25. At the end of "Casino Royale" we find James Bond talking to London quickly on an open line. "3030 was a double, working for Redland. Yes I said was. _____." What is the last line of the book?

Answer: "The bitch is dead now."

Fleming's first Bond book was not quite as complex as his later ones, but very exciting at times. Bond now wages his own personal war on SMERSH.

Source: Author knto

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