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.
- Dipuo
- Bagolo
- Magareng
- Ya thuto
- Dipotso di le 15
- metsotso e ka nna 8
- Tshwaelo morago ga potso nngwe le nngwe
Go phenkgisana
Ya bana le botlhe ba ba ratang go tshameka
Bona dipotso
Kwa ntle ga dikarabo tse di nepagetseng, gore di sale kgakgamatso fa o tshameka.
Potso 1
Where does Hercule Poirot come from?
- France
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- Luxembourg
Potso 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
Potso 3
Which author created the private eye Philip Marlowe?
- Dashiell Hammett
- Raymond Chandler
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Mickey Spillane
Potso 4
Ian Rankin's Inspector John Rebus works in which city?
- Glasgow
- Aberdeen
- Edinburgh
- Dundee
Potso 5
Who is often called the first fictional detective, from 1841?
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sergeant Cuff
- Inspector Bucket
- C. Auguste Dupin
Potso 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
Potso 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
Potso 8
Which author created Lord Peter Wimsey?
- Agatha Christie
- Margery Allingham
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- Ngaio Marsh
Potso 9
What is Miss Marple's profession?
- Retired police inspector
- Former private detective
- Village schoolmistress
- She has none: an elderly amateur
Potso 10
Inspector Morse's first name, long kept secret, is revealed to be what?
- Ernest
- Endeavour
- Edmund
- Edward
Potso 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
Potso 12
What nationality is Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret?
- Belgian
- Swiss
- French
- Canadian
Potso 13
Who created the crime-solving priest Father Brown?
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- E. W. Hornung
- Graham Greene
- G. K. Chesterton
Potso 14
In how many novels does Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade appear?
- One
- Five
- Three
- Twelve
Potso 15
Andrea Camilleri's Commissario Montalbano works where?
- Naples
- Sardinia
- Calabria
- Sicily
