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Calgary's James Bond superfan, 8, on sipping apple-juice martinis with Daniel Craig

A Calgary boy who hung out with Daniel Craig as a correspondent at Spectres premiere in Mexico tells us what it was like to sip apple-juice martinis with James Bond and fires back the answers to our 007 trivia quiz.

007 trivia expert Britton Walker of Calgary got the red carpet treatment

The CBC's Danielle Nerman gets schooled by an 8-year-old James Bond trivia master

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CBC Calgary's Danielle Nerman tests Britton Walker, 8, on all things James Bond. The Calgary fan just returned from the red carpet premiere of Spectre in Mexico City

Britton Walkeran eight-year-old from Calgary who's a James Bond superfan takes his apple-juice martinis shaken, not stirred.

He learned that skillhanging out with James Bond starDaniel Craigin Mexico City, at the premiere ofSpectre.

Britton shows off the OMEGA watch Craig wore in Spectre. Craig gave it to him when they met. (Danielle Nerman/CBC)

"That was probably the most amazing moment of my life,"Brittontold Alberta@Noon on Friday.

Craig also showed the pint-sized 007 fan how to iron a tuxedo and gave him a very special gift the OMEGA spy watch he wore in the film, which opens in theatres on Friday.

"In Spectre it has a superpower.... It doesn't work in real life, but if you press this button, something explodes," said Walker.

Sony Pictures flew Walker and his family to the movie premiere, and while there, the Grade 3 student had a job to dobe the red carpet correspondent for the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Walker interviewed most of the big Spectre stars, including Bond girl Monica Bellucci who gave him a "smoochie," as he calls it.

"It felt pretty nice."

007 trivia master

On Friday, Walker was aguest on TheEllen DeGeneres Show for the second time in his life.

His first appearance was inDecember, 2014 after it came to DeGeneres' attention that Walker was a somewhat of a spytrivia master.

Not only can Walkerrattle off everyBond film ever madein order, he also knows what year each was made.

His father, Jeff, says he learned all those facts playing a game on his iPad.

"I'm a big Bond fan, too, but couldn't answer half the questions he was getting. Anything he read, it's just stuck in his head."

Walker has seen most of the Bond films andsays Spectre is his favourite.He also thinks Craig isthe best Bond because he's the "toughest."