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Specific answer required. One of these people named Bill Fairbanks was fatally shot in the neck, after which his lover, the belly dancer Saida, kept the bullet as a good luck charm. Another of these people died while dressed as a clown after stealing a fake Fabergé egg. While three of these people were rock climbing in Gibraltar, one was attacked by an imposter who slid a note reading “smiert spionam” down their rope before cutting it. A traitorous member of this group faked his death at a weapons facility in (*) Arkhangelsk (10[1])and secretly founded the Janus syndicate. Nomi succeeded one of these people after his retirement, and teamed up with him to take down Lyutsifer Safin. That man was promoted to this status by executing the mole Dryden, (10[1])who noted that two kills were required to gain this status. (10[1])For 10 points, Alec Trevelyan was a former member of what elite section of MI6, whose agents have a license to kill? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: 00 (“double-oh”) agents [accept answers of 00 followed by a digit, like 007 or 009; prompt on “spies”, “secret agents”, “MI6 agents”, or similar answers]
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