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Copyright Ian Shane

29 April 2010

Pop Culture Pop Quiz 1: Bond Villain or Rock Star Part 2

Bond Villain or Rock Star Answers

1. Fugazi – Rock Star
Fugazi is a punk band from Washington DC formed in the late 1980s. Their first album was 13 Songs (1989). They went on to record six more. Their last CD was The Argument which came out in 2001. The band is currently on hiatus. Drummer Brendan Canty worked on Bob Mould's 2005 CD Body of Sound .

2. Bjork – Rock Star
Bjork was the lead singer of the Icelandic band The Sugarcubes. She started her solo career in 1993 with her Debut CD, aptly titled Debut . She made her presence know at the 2001 Academy Awards show when she appeared in a “swan dress”. Her latest CD, Surrounded, was released in June, and it features re-mastered and re-mixed songs from her first five CDs.

3. Blofeld – Bond Villain
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is the arch rival of James Bond. Blofeld was the founder of SPECTER, the terror organization who bedeviled Bond for many years. Blofeld killed Bond's wife, Tracy, at the end of Her Majesty's Secret Service, when his assassination attempt of 007 failed. Bond vowed revenge, and finally killed Blofeld at the beginning of For Your Eyes Only . Blofeld is the inspiration of Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers films.

4. Rammstein – Rock Star
Rammstein is the German band who are the founders of “Dance Metal”. Although their music is recorded in German, the band's music has been featured in many American films, such as Lost Highway , Resident Evil , XXX, and the new movie See No Evil .

5. Jaws – Bond Villain
Jaws, played by Richard Kiel, was one of the more intimidating Bond Villain. Standing at 7'2”, and armed with metal teeth, the menacing bad guy was featured in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

6. Oddjob – Bond Villain
Oddjob was the Korean right hand man of Auric Goldfinger. Oddjob's deadly aim with his killer hat cut down Bond Girl Tilly Masterson. Oddjob met his demise by electrocution at Fort Knox .

7. Dio – Rock Star
Ronnie James Dio was a featured guitarist in Black Sabbath and his own band, Dio. Dio's best known song is “Holy Diver”, which was featured in an episode of South Park.  The latest CD, Holy Diver Live is due out later this year.

8. Zorin – Bond Villain
Played by Christopher Walken in A View to A Kill , Max Zorin tried to undermine the American Computer movement by destroying Silicon Valley . To do so, Zorin placed bombs at the San Andres Fault in San Francisco. While doing battle with James Bond (Roger Moore's final appearance as 007), he plummets to his death off the Golden Gate Bridge.

9. Dr. Rain – Rock Star
A dirty trick. Dr. Rain is a College Rock Band from the UK that recorded one notable CD, The Knife Ran Away With The Spoon (1992).

10. Col. Klebb – Bond Villain
Col. Rosa Klebb was a former KGB operative whose defection to SPECTER was kept under raps. In From Russia With Love , she hires the beautiful Tatiana Romanov to seduce Bond, and to help him steal a Soviet lektor. Tatiana, unaware of Klebb's defection, goes along with the plot, but ultimately kills Klebb while she's trying to kill Bond.

How did you do?

9-10 Right - Double Agent
Congratulations, you have out foxed the master, and you are knowledgeable enough to carry this rank.

7-8 Right - Q Branch
You're still quite clever. You can come up with the right answer at the right time, but not suave enough to carry the Double 0 licence.

5-6 Right - Opening Act
Not bad, but you aren't the main attraction. Maybe a few more years of practice, you could be a rock star.

3-4 Right - Roadie
Um--ROCK ON DUDE will be your mantra for many years.

Less Than 3 Right - Boy Band
Nice try. You'll get it right someday.




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