Casino royale trivia
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Recall the thrills, chills, and dashing style of James Bond when he earns his license to kill and becomes a agent, ready to delve into his next heart-pounding mission. Casino Royale introduced a new James Bond; who was the star?
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent, James Bond. Daniel Craig has played James Bond in four films thus far: Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre. Sean Connery portrayed James Bond in seven films. Roger Moore starred in seven Bond films and Timothy Dalton starred in two.
What made this film different from many of the other Bond films?
It is set at the beginning of James Bond’s career
Casino Royale is set at the beginning of Bond's career, as Agent is earning his license to kill. Daniel Craig rejected the part of James Bond a year before, as he had felt that the series had settled into a standard formula. He changed his mind when he read the finished script.
It is set when James Bond is retiring
It is set when Bond is a boy of 10
What is the name of the female character who supervises Bond and finances his poker game?
The character Miss Moneypenny is, for the first time in the series, completely absent. Vesper Lynd is the agent for HM Treasury that supervises Bond and finances his poker game. She is also the woman James Bond falls in love with. In the novel by Ian Fleming, the character explains that she was born "on a very stormy evening" and that her parents named her "Vesper," Latin for "evening".
What was mentioned for the first time in this film?
The recipe for the “Vesper Martini”
Ian Fleming created a cocktail recipe in the novel that Bond names after Vesper. The "Vesper Martini" became very popular after the novel's publication and gave rise to the famous "shaken, not stirred" catchphrase immortalized in the Bond films. The actual name for the drink, as well as its complete recipe, was mentioned on screen for the first time in the adaptation of Casino Royale.
What is the name of the actress who plays M?
M is the head of MI6. Although she feels she has promoted Bond too soon and chides him for his rash actions, she acts as an important maternal figure in his life. Judi Dench, who portrays M, is the only cast member carried through from the Pierce Brosnan films. Judi Dench has six British Academy Film Awards, four BAFTA TV Awards, seven Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes and a Tony Award.
How do we first get introduced to Bond in the movie?
A. He is earning his license to kill
In Prague, James Bond kills traitorous MI6 station chief Dryden and his terrorist contact, thus earning his license to kill and becoming a 00 agent. Speaking of one of the options, groceries, Daniel Craig said he was shopping for groceries when he got the call from Barbara Broccoli that he had won the James Bond role. She apparently told him, "Over to you, kiddo." Craig left the groceries behind and celebrated with martinis.
B. He is grocery shopping
D. He is picking up his cleaning
Money is used to gain an advantage in Casino Royale, but where does the initial money come from?
It starts with a Ugandian warlord, Steven Obanno
In Uganda, the mysterious Mr. White introduces warlord Steven Obanno to Le Chiffre, a terrorist financier. Obanno entrusts Le Chiffre with a large sum of his money. In the film, Steven Obanno is a leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. The actual Lord's Resistance Movement is a rebel group and heterodox Christian cult which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Although it has since been removed from the list of designated active terrorist groups, it has been accused of widespread human rights violations.
It starts with a terrorist financer, LeChiffre
It starts with Vespa giving a large amount of money to Bond
What will LeChiffre do with Obanno’s money?
A. Invest it in Google shares
B. Short-sell stock in the aerospace company, Skyfleet
Le Chiffre uses Obanno’s money to short-sell stock in the aerospace company, Skyfleet, thus betting on the company's failure. Le Chiffre is a banker who services many of the world's terrorists. He is a mathematical genius and expert chess player who uses these skills when playing poker.
C. Buy drugs to finance their war
D. Purchase weapons to gain superiority against other warlords
What happens in Madagascar that makes M rethink her recent promotion of James Bond?
He is arrested with a prostitute in a hotel
He almost gives away his cover while pursuing a bomb maker
Bond kills a bomb maker and blows up the African Embassy
In Madagascar, Bond pursues bomb maker Mollaka to an African embassy. Bond kills Mollaka and blows up the building. In London, MI6 chief, M, admonishes Bond for his shortsightedness. The bomb maker was just a pawn in a bigger game. Although Bond did not spend much time in Madagascar, there are many places to visit, as it is the fourth-largest island in the world. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa.
Where do the clues from Mollaka, the bomb maker, point Bond?
To a corrupt Greek official, Alex Dimitrios
Clues from Mollaka point to corrupt Greek official Alex Dimitrios, based in the Bahamas. Alex Dimitrios is another contractor in the international terrorist underworld and an associate of Le Chiffre. Bond finds Dimitrios in the Bahamas and pursues him to Miami. Bond kills Dimitrios and follows his henchman to the airport.
To the African Embassy in London
What does Bond find at the airport?
A. Vesper Lynd, a British Treasury agent
B. Le Chiffre’s girlfriend, trying to distract him from the plane
C. A bomb ready to blow up Skyfleet’s airliner
Bond finds a bomb ready to blow up Skyfleet’s airliner. He thwarts its destruction, costing Le Chiffre his investment. Did you know that Daniel Craig gained 20 pounds of muscle for the role? He ate mostly proteins, minimizing his carbohydrates intake, trained five days a week, and only did cardio exercises on weekends.
How does Le Chiffre plan to recoup the invested money?
A. He decides to double the price for heroin
B. He decides to sell the weapons his terrorist cell has acquired
C. He sets up a high-stakes poker tournament
To recoup the money, Le Chiffre sets up a high-stakes Texas hold 'em tournament at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. MI6 enters Bond in the tournament, believing a defeat will force Le Chiffre to aid the British government in exchange for protection from his creditors. Le Chiffre is a French word which translates into English as either "The Cypher" or "The Number" or "The Figure." Other translations in different languages include "Die Nummer," "Herr Ziffer," "Mr. Number," and "Ochiu Spart," the latter of which is from the Romanian language, meaning "Smashed Eye."
How much is the government's buy-in to be in the high-stakes poker game?
On the train to Montenegro, Bond meets Vesper Lynd, a British Treasury agent there to protect the government's $10 million buy-in. Eva Green, who plays Vesper Lynd, is a French actress and model. She achieved international fame in Kingdom of Heaven. Green has also starred in independent films: Cracks, Womb, and Perfect Sense. She starred in the sequels, Sin City sequels, and Penny Dreadful. In , she starred in Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
In Montenegro, Bond and Vesper meet their MI6 contact, René Mathis. What does Bond later realize about his old friend?
In Montenegro, Bond and Vesper meet their MI6 contact, René Mathis. We find out later that Mathis works for Le Chiffre, but then it is revealed that the alliance was fabricated by Le Chiffre. Mathis is portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini, an Italian actor best-known for starring in Swept Away, Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, A Night Full of Rain, and Francesca e Nunziata. He also played the protective father in A Walk in the Clouds, and the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV in the Dune miniseries. Perhaps his best-known recent role is as French agent René Mathis in the 21st and 22nd James Bond films, Casino Royale and its sequel, Quantum of Solace.
Why is Obanno so infuriated during the Montenegro poker game?
Le Chiffre is losing his money
Obanno is infuriated during the Montenegro poker game, because Bond appears to have the upper hand and that means Le Chiffre is losing. Obanno ambushes Le Chiffre in the latter's suite over the loss of money. Bond kills Obanno and his henchmen. Obanno is portrayed by Isaach de Bankolé, who has appeared in over fifty films, including Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Coffee and Cigarettes, The Limits of Control, and Machetero, to name a few.
He got bad news about a drug run
A planeload of weapons has been reported lost
How does Vesper react to seeing two men killed?
Vesper is very shaken up over the killing. Bond comes back from the Poker game and finds her fully dressed, sitting in the shower, shaking. In the shower scene, Vesper was originally scripted to be wearing nothing but her underwear. Daniel Craig argued that Vesper would not have stopped to take her clothes off, and the scene was changed.
B. She is fine, it’s all in the line of duty
C. She thinks it’s time to leave
D. She is happy, another bad guy off the Earth
What happens when Bond loses his initial stake in the poker game?
A. Vesper refuses to fund further playing
B. A CIA agent and fellow player agrees to stake Bond
C. Bond uses his own money to continue the game
When the tournament resumes, Bond loses his initial stake, and Vesper refuses to fund further playing. Frustrated, Bond is about to assassinate Le Chiffre when he meets Felix Leiter, a fellow player and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent. Leiter agrees to stake Bond in exchange for custody of Le Chiffre. This is the first time that the character "Felix Leiter" returns to the James Bond franchise since 's Licence to Kill ().
Who spikes Bond's martini with poison?
Le Chiffre's girlfriend, Valenka
Le Chiffre's girlfriend, Valenka, spikes Bond’s martini with poison. Le Chiffre's left eye is deformed and weeps blood. Valenka almost always has her hair styled to cover her left eye - she hides her eye in deference to his damaged one.
How does Bond survive the poisoning?
B. He injects himself with an antidote
C. He uses a defibrillator
Bond throws up the poison and escapes to his Aston Martin, where he injects an antidote. MI6 instructs him to use the defibrillator, but he finds that one of the wires is disconnected. Vesper saves Bond by connecting the wires and pushing the button. Bond lives AND wins the poker match. Did you know that the scene where James Bond beats an opponent at poker and wins the keys to his Aston Martin is not actually taken from the Casino Royale novel, but rather from another Ian Fleming James Bond novel, Goldfinger?
Who says this? “I'm afraid that your friend Mathis is really my friend Mathis.”
Le Chiffre says this to Bond as he takes both Bond and Vesper hostage. He clearly states that Mathis is a traitor. However, Vesper is the traitor, but Le Chiffre needs Bond to think she is innocent so he can use her as leverage to get Bond to talk. Having failed to win the poker tournament, Le Chiffre's only remaining option to get the money back is to take it from Bond.
How does Le Chiffre intend to get Bond to tell him the password to the account containing his money?
By a castration torture technique
Although Le Chiffre is swinging a weighted, knotted rope that will slowly castrate Bond, Bond still refuses to give in. Even after Vesper can be heard being tortured, he will not relent. Then James tells Le Chiffre that “I'm not gonna give you the password, which means your clients are gonna hunt you down and cut you into little pieces of meat while you're still breathing.” Le Chiffre boastfully reveals he is intending to rat out Quantum for immunity. Hearing this, Mr. White decides to kill Le Chiffre, freeing Bond from his torturous predicament.
By drugging him with a truth serum
How serious is Bond about Vesper?
He decides to resign from M16 to be with her
Bond and Vesper fall in love, and he decides to resign from MI6 to be with her. Bond and Vesper travel to Venice. Bond even tells her the password for the account. Speaking of Bond girls, it was a conscious decision to leave the semi-naked girls out of the opening credits, as the James Bond persona is not effectively established until the end of the movie.
He is just leading her on, he knows she is a double agent
She is just another Bond girl
What does Bond realize when M tells him the money was never deposited?
M calls Bond and tells him the money was never deposited, and Bond realizes Vesper has stolen the money. He pursues her and her clients into a building under renovation. In the ensuing struggle, the building is damaged and begins sinking into the Grand Canal. Bond kills Vesper's accomplices and tries to rescue her, but she drowns as the building sinks. Mr. White, watching nearby, walks away with the money.
C. That M is lying to get James back into M16
What does Bond ultimately learn about Vesper?
Mr. White and his organization kidnapped Vesper’s lover
Vesper had exchanged the money for Bond’s life
Vesper became a double agent out of duress
M informs Bond that the same organization behind Le Chiffre had kidnapped Vesper's lover and threatened to kill him unless Vesper became a double agent. During the torture sessions with Le Chiffre, Vesper had made a deal: the money in exchange for Bond's life. She unwillingly became a double agent.
Mr. White answers the phone and asks for the identity of the caller
Mr. White gets shot in the leg
Bond is shown with a machine gun, identifying himself, "The name's Bond James Bond."
Bond discovers a text message left for him by Vesper with Mr. White's name and phone number. At his estate in Lake Como, Mr. White receives a phone call and is shot in the leg when he asks for the other person's identity. Bond strolls into his path holding a machine gun and answers the question: "The name's Bond James Bond."
Who is talking? “Wait three measures of Gordon's; one of vodka; half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice, and add a thin slice of lemon peel.”