Which film won Sean Connery his only Academy Award?
The Untouchables
The Avengers
The Name of the Rose
The Man Who Would Be King
The pre-stardom Sean earned his crust in a variety of occupations. Which of these was NOT one of Connery's early jobs?
A male escort
A milk delivery man
A nude model for Edinburgh Art College
A coffin polisher
Which actors did Connery beat out for the role of James Bond in 1962's Dr No?
Richard Burton, Dirk Bogarde and Michael Redgrave
Albert Finney, Richard Harris and Peter O'Toole
Peter Sellers, Norman Wisdom and Kenneth Williams
Cary Grant, David Niven and Trevor Howard
In which Bond film did Connery remark that drinking Dom Perignon at the wrong temperature was "like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs"?
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
Goldfinger
You Only Live Twice
Connery received a then record sum for reprising his role as 007 in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever. How much was he paid and what did he do with it?
$775,000, which he used to purchase his villa in Marbella
$1.75m, which he used to finance his next film, The Red Tent
$1.25m, which he donated to the Scottish International Trust
$550,000, which he used to develop a golf course outside Edinburgh
Name the one Alfred Hitchcock film that Connery starred in
North by Northwest
Frenzy
Marnie
Torn Curtain
Connery is still dogged by controversial comments he made in a 1964 magazine interview. What was he quoted as saying?
That it is acceptable to hit women: "If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I do it"
That the cause of Scottish nationalism justified violence: "The English are the oppressor, colonialists, and we must force them out by any means necessary"
That he subscribes fully to James Bond's cold war ethos: "Once you realise that the Russians are the Antichrist, the only realistic solution is to bomb them back to the stone age"
That he has no time for homosexuals: "My profession is so packed full of gays that I've had to get used to them, but I could never, ever have one as a friend"
Which legendary hero did Connery play in Terry Gilliam's 1981 fantasy Time Bandits?
Robin Hood
King Agamemnon
Don Quixote
King Arthur
In the 1989 comedy Family Business, Sean Connery played Dustin Hoffman's father. How much older is Connery than Hoffman?
Seven years
28 years
16 years
12 years
Connery has two tattoos on his right arm. One reads "Scotland Forever". What does the other one say?
"Royal Navy"
"Marbella for the Taxes"
"Mum and Dad"
"Death or Glory"
