Elementary? The Great Detectives Quiz

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1. Uiraa 1

   Where does Hercule Poirot come from?

   • France
   • Belgium
   • Switzerland
   • Luxembourg

2. Uiraa 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

3. Uiraa 3

   Which author created the private eye Philip Marlowe?

   • Dashiell Hammett
   • Raymond Chandler
   • Erle Stanley Gardner
   • Mickey Spillane

4. Uiraa 4

   Ian Rankin's Inspector John Rebus works in which city?

   • Glasgow
   • Aberdeen
   • Edinburgh
   • Dundee

5. Uiraa 5

   Who is often called the first fictional detective, from 1841?

   • Sherlock Holmes
   • Sergeant Cuff
   • Inspector Bucket
   • C. Auguste Dupin

6. Uiraa 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

7. Uiraa 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

8. Uiraa 8

   Which author created Lord Peter Wimsey?

   • Agatha Christie
   • Margery Allingham
   • Dorothy L. Sayers
   • Ngaio Marsh

9. Uiraa 9

   What is Miss Marple's profession?

   • Retired police inspector
   • Former private detective
   • Village schoolmistress
   • She has none: an elderly amateur

10. Uiraa 10

    Inspector Morse's first name, long kept secret, is revealed to be what?

    • Ernest
    • Endeavour
    • Edmund
    • Edward

11. Uiraa 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

12. Uiraa 12

    What nationality is Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret?

    • Belgian
    • Swiss
    • French
    • Canadian

13. Uiraa 13

    Who created the crime-solving priest Father Brown?

    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • E. W. Hornung
    • Graham Greene
    • G. K. Chesterton

14. Uiraa 14

    In how many novels does Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade appear?

    • One
    • Five
    • Three
    • Twelve

15. Uiraa 15

    Andrea Camilleri's Commissario Montalbano works where?

    • Naples
    • Sardinia
    • Calabria
    • Sicily