Elementary? The Great Detectives Quiz
From Baker Street to the Orient Express, fiction's great detectives have been solving the impossible for nearly two centuries.
- Dipolelo
- Bagolo
- Magareng
- Ya thuto
- dipotšišo tše 15
- metsotso e ka bago 8
- Tshwaelo ka morago ga potšišo ye nngwe le ye nngwe
Go phenkgišana
Bakeng sa bana le bohle ba ba ratago go bapala
Bona dipotšišo
Ntle le dikarabo tše di nepagetšego, gore di go makatše ge o bapala.
Potšišo 1
Where does Hercule Poirot come from?
- France
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Luxembourg
Potšišo 2
In which Conan Doyle story does Holmes say "Elementary, my dear Watson"?
- A Study in Scarlet
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The Sign of Four
- None of the original stories
Potšišo 3
Which author created the private eye Philip Marlowe?
- Dashiell Hammett
- Raymond Chandler
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Mickey Spillane
Potšišo 4
Ian Rankin's Inspector John Rebus works in which city?
- Glasgow
- Aberdeen
- Edinburgh
- Dundee
Potšišo 5
Who is often called the first fictional detective, from 1841?
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sergeant Cuff
- Inspector Bucket
- C. Auguste Dupin
Potšišo 6
What is Lieutenant Columbo's job?
- Los Angeles police homicide detective
- Boston district attorney's investigator
- San Francisco insurance investigator
- Chicago newspaper crime reporter
Potšišo 7
After Holmes 'died' at the Reichenbach Falls, what happened?
- Watson took over as the detective
- Conan Doyle never wrote about him again
- Only stories set before 1891 followed
- He returned alive in The Empty House
Potšišo 8
Which author created Lord Peter Wimsey?
- Agatha Christie
- Margery Allingham
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Ngaio Marsh
Potšišo 9
What is Miss Marple's profession?
- Retired police inspector
- Former private detective
- Village schoolmistress
- She has none: an elderly amateur
Potšišo 10
Inspector Morse's first name, long kept secret, is revealed to be what?
- Ernest
- Endeavour
- Edmund
- Edward
Potšišo 11
Where did Sherlock Holmes's famous deerstalker hat first come from?
- Conan Doyle's first novel
- Sidney Paget's illustrations
- A 1939 Hollywood film
- The first stage play
Potšišo 12
What nationality is Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret?
- Belgian
- Swiss
- French
- Canadian
Potšišo 13
Who created the crime-solving priest Father Brown?
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- E. W. Hornung
- Graham Greene
- G. K. Chesterton
Potšišo 14
In how many novels does Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade appear?
- One
- Five
- Three
- Twelve
Potšišo 15
Andrea Camilleri's Commissario Montalbano works where?
- Naples
- Sardinia
- Calabria
- Sicily
