7 “Simple” Questions (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong

Are you clever enough?

A photograph of Sean Connery as James Bond by Rob Mieremet, 1971 (Wikimedia Commons)

We’re all familiar with trick questions. These nasty queries deceive and mislead, pushing us into the wrong answer.

But there are also plenty of simple questions that people get wrong; our minds make incorrect assumptions based on limited information and completely miss the truth.

Thankfully, we can counter this problem by enriching our knowledge. And after doing some research, I’ve put together this seven-part article for your benefit.

1. Who Was the First Actor to Play James Bond?

A photograph of Sean Connery by an unknown photographer, c. 1960s (Wikimedia Commons)

Well, that’s an easy one — it’s Sean Connery!

Everyone knows he played the first iteration of James Bond.

Except … he didn’t.

The first actor to play the famous spy was an American by the name of Barry Nelson. This landmark moment took place in 1954 in the third episode of an anthology series called Climax! The series featured a fifty-minute adaptation of the first Bond novel: Casino Royale (1953).