Shaken or Stirred? Check Your James Bond Knowledge with this Quiz

Question: How big a pencil-neck trivia geek are you?

Answer a series of forehead-slapping anecdotal factoids. It's up to you to weigh each fact in each anecdotal factoid. They're tricky. One might seem like total B.S. until it's revealed to be strangely and disturbingly "True." Another anecdotal factoid might seem to contain all solid and verifiable facts until it's revealed to be yet one more big fat garden variety "Bald-Faced Lie." And here's the trickiest part: an anecdotal factoid might even be "Half-True"; in other words, a mishmosh of truths and bald-faced lies, where you don't know where one ends and the other begins, much like the usual slop served by Madison Avenue, Washington D.C., and the Internet in its entirety.

Category: Bond, James Bond

Decide for yourself, and mark "T" for "Truth", "F" for "Bald-Faced Lie" or "TF" for "Half-Truth" in the blank slot next to each factoid.

The answers will be revealed in a follow-up "Answers" article.

1) __ When speculating on real-life inspirations for Ian Fleming's James Bond character, some history pundits have pointed their fingers at real agents from World War I's Sidney Reilly to World War II double-agent Dusko Popov. In fact, much of Ian Fleming's own activities during World War II inspired the 007 character.

In the late nineties, long after Fleming's death, it was revealed the author was the Commander of Britain's top secret 30 Commando Assault Unit, also known as "Fleming's Red Indians." Their mission was "capturing top secret intelligence" while behind enemy lines. All members of the unit, including Fleming, were trained in combat skills and weaponry. They participated in covert operations in Asia and Europe, including D-Day.

2) __ There have been several screen versions of "Casino Royale", including the 2007 version starring Daniel Craig.