1
Which is a detective created by Agatha Christie?
Miss Marple
Philip Marlowe
Sherlock Holmes
C. Auguste Dupin
55% got this right
2
Who wrote the classic detective novel "Strong Poison"?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Michael Innes
Edmund Crispin
Raymond Chandler
25% got this right
It is the fifth novel featuring the crime solving Lord Peter Wimsey.
3
Who was the first to write detective fiction, and introduced detective C. Auguste Dupin?
Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain
Alexander Dumas
Herman Melville
35% got this right
Poe's 1841 "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is widely considered the first detective fiction story.
4
Which of the following is a bestselling novel by Fergus Home, set in Melbourne, Australia, and published in 1886?
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Moving Toyshop
The Big Sleep
22% got this right
After a body is discovered in a cab in Melbourne, Detective Gorby sets out to solve the mystery.
5
Which of the following is NOT a Sherlock Holmes novel?
Death on the Nile
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of Four
38% got this right
6
In what year was "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins published?
1868
1930
1822
1970
18% got this right
The Moonstone established many of the ground rules of the genre.
7
"4.50 from Paddington" is a famous novel by Agatha Christie. Can you place Paddington Station on the map of London?
8% got this right
The 1961 film Murder, She Said was based on this novel as were several television programmes.
8
What's the name of Sherlock Holmes' nemesis?
Prof. Moriarty
Mycroft Holmes
Dr. Watson
Inspector Lestrade
59% got this right
9
What detective solves the mystery of the Murder on the Orient Express?
Hercule Poirot
Miss Marple
Lord Peter Wimsey
Franklin Blake
67% got this right
10
Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes novels?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Victor Hugo
Charles Dickens
Robert Louis Stevenson
