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14. What is James Bond's favourite drink?
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WRONG ANSWER - Vodka martini
RIGHT ANSWER - Whisky
REASON - In a study by atomicmartinis.com of Fleming's complete oeuvre, James Bond consumes a drink, on average, every 7 pages. Of these 317 drinks, his preferred tipple was whisky by a long margin - he drinks 101 in all, among them 58 bourbons and 38 scotches. He drinks 30 glasses of champagne and in one book, You Only Live Twice (1964), which is mostly set in Japan, Bond tries sake and consumes 35 of them. Bond only opts for his supposed favourite, vodka martini, 19 times, and he drinks almost as many gin martinis (16, though most were bought for him by other people). The famous line 'shaken, not stirred' appears for the first time in Diamonds are Forever (1956) but isn't used by Bond himself until Dr No (1959). Sean Connery was the first screen Bond to say the line in Goldfinger (1964), and it occurs in most of the films thereafter. In 2005, the American Film Institute voted it the 90th greatest movie quote of all time.
14. What is James Bond's favourite drink?
14.
WRONG ANSWER - Vodka martini
RIGHT ANSWER - Whisky
REASON - In a study by atomicmartinis.com of Fleming's complete oeuvre, James Bond consumes a drink, on average, every 7 pages. Of these 317 drinks, his preferred tipple was whisky by a long margin - he drinks 101 in all, among them 58 bourbons and 38 scotches. He drinks 30 glasses of champagne and in one book, You Only Live Twice (1964), which is mostly set in Japan, Bond tries sake and consumes 35 of them. Bond only opts for his supposed favourite, vodka martini, 19 times, and he drinks almost as many gin martinis (16, though most were bought for him by other people). The famous line 'shaken, not stirred' appears for the first time in Diamonds are Forever (1956) but isn't used by Bond himself until Dr No (1959). Sean Connery was the first screen Bond to say the line in Goldfinger (1964), and it occurs in most of the films thereafter. In 2005, the American Film Institute voted it the 90th greatest movie quote of all time.
) and he was talking with me saying how once he's 21 he's going to order a whisky because that's what Bond drinks. And that led to a discussion about the Bond drinks and so on and so forth. I prefer to think of James as a martini kind of guy (hard to handle, yet refined and classy, but still has a kick) so I went with that, too.
