Moonraker Trivia III

MOONRAKER TRIVIA III

21) What was the cable that Jaws bit through actually made of?

According to actor Richard Kiel, the metal mouthpiece was uncomfortable for him and he could only wear it for less than a minute without gagging. When Kiel was required to use the teeth to bite through something, licorice was used.

22) What flower does 007 go searching for in the Amazon?

BLACK POPPY BLACK DAHLIA BLACK ORCHID BLACK ASTER

The Orchidae Nigra, or Black Orchid, is a rare purple flowering plant found growing among the ruins of an extinct ancient civilization near the River Tapirapé, in north-central Brazil. Drax plans to use the flower's toxins to create a lethal nerve agent.

23) Which of the following is NOT a button on Bond's speedboat?

ROOF ANCHOR MINE EJECT TORPEDO LAUNCH

After reporting to an MI6 base in Brazil, Bond is provided with a modified Glastron Carlson CV23HT and travels the Amazon River looking for Hugo Drax's research facility. When he encounters Jaws and other henchmen, 007 uses the "MINE EJECT" and "TORPEDO LAUNCH" buttons to take out pursuing speedboats. He then uses the "ROOF" button to escape from his boat just before it hits the Iguazu Falls, utilizing a concealed paraglider.

24) What animal tries to kill 007 in Drax's pool?

SNAKE CROCODILE SHARK OCTOPUS

Bond is thrown into a pool containing a huge, reticulated python, but he undermines Drax's attempt to plan an amusing death for him by stabbing the python in the throat with a poison pen. "You're not a sportsman, Mr. Bond," Drax complains. "Why did you break off the encounter with my pet python?" Bond's response? "I discovered he had a crush on me."

25) What does long-term exposure to black orchids cause?

STERILITY MADNESS DEATH UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGHTER

DRAX: Neither war nor pestilence wiped out the race who built the city lying around us. It was their reverence for this lovely flower.
BOND: Because long-term exposure to its pollen caused sterility?
DRAX: Correct, Mr Bond.

26) Which shuttle do Bond and Dr. Goodhead hijack?

MOONRAKER 5 MOONRAKER 6 MOONRAKER 7 MOONRAKER 4

Fortunately, Dr. Goodhead is a trained astronaut and able to pilot Moonraker 6 after she and Bond disable the actual pilots.

27) What is Drax hiding in space?

A CITY A TIME MACHINE A BATTLESHIP A BLACK HOLE

DR. GOODHEAD: There's no image on the radar scanner.
BOND: An entire city in space ...
DR. GOODHEAD: ...and still nothing on the radar scanner.
BOND: So nobody on Earth knows it's there.
DR. GOODHEAD: Right.

28) Where did Dr. Goodhead learn to fight?

QUANTICO NASA VASSAR LANGLEY

BOND: Where did you learn to fight like that? NASA?
DR. GOODHEAD: No, Vassar.

29) What is Jaws' only line in Moonraker?

"WHAT'S YOUR HURRY?""WELL, HERE'S TO US.""TIME TO DIE NOW.""SO LONG, MR. BOND."

At the end of the film, Jaws escapes from Drax's disintegrating space station in an escape pod with his girlfriend Dolly. They open a bottle of champagne, and Jaws speaks his only line in the entire franchise: "Well, here's to us."