FICTIONAL COPS 'N' ROBBERS
By Lee Tomerlin, as was the following message: "(These) were composed
from memory. If there
are any factual irregularities, make up your own 20 questions!"
(Editor: he's always like that.)
1. Sherlock Holmes' brother's name was...
A.
Moriarty
B.
Mycroft
C.
Meredith
2. Miss Jane Marple lived in...
A.
Saint Mary Mead
B.
Prosper-on-Thames
C.
Coventry
3. Hercules Poirot was a native of...
A.
France
B.
Czechoslovakia
C.
Belgium
4. Sam Spade's partner was...
A.
Raymond Chandler
B.
Mickey Spillane
C.
Miles Archer
5. Spencer was for hire in...
A.
Cambridge
B.
Boston
C.
New York
6. Barney Fife was Sheriff Andy Taylor's...
A.
School chum
B.
Friend
C.
Cousin
7. Perry Mason's receptionist was...
A.
Della
B.
Gertie
C.
Didn't have a receptionist
8. Father Brown's first initial was...
A.
J.
B.
P.
C.
Both
9. Sherlock Holmes kept his pipe tobacco
in...
A.
A Persian slipper
B.
A Grecian urn
C.
A cedar humidor shaped like a casket
10. John D. MacDonald's hero lived on...
A.
A houseboat
B.
The French Riviera
C.
A ranch in Wyoming
11. Nero Wolfe's secretary was...
A.
Gladys Willey
B.
Wendy Goldwyn
C
Archie Goodwin
12. Alfred Hitchcock called his his filmic tricks...
A.
McGuffins
B.
Blind shadows
C.
Filmic tricks
13. The Pink Panther was portrayed by...
A.
Alec Guiness
B.
Peter Sellers
C.
Peter O'Toole
14. Hero of "The Cat Who..." series is named...
A.
James Quilleran
B.
James Qilleran
C.
James Quinlan
15. The story, "Do Mechanical Men Dream of Electric Sheep?" inspired the movie...
A.
"R is for Robot"
B.
"R.U.R."
C.
"Blade Runner"
16. In "The Big Sleep," Sam Spade calls himself...
A.
Digger O'Dell
B.
Mickey Spillane
C.
Doghouse Reilly
17. Isaac Asimov's sleuths were called...
A.
The Liar's Club
B.
The Black Widows
C.
The Baker Street Irregulars
18. Chief Inspector Jules Maigret smokes...
A.
Galoise cigarettes
B.
A briar pipe
C.
He despised tobacco
19. Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall were...
A.
A Swedish writing team
B.
Fictional Norwegian criminals
C.
Danish detectives
20. Peter Falk portrayed...
A.
Brother Cadfile
B.
Professor Moriarty
C.
Lieutenant Colombo
Answers:
1b, 2a, 3c, 4c, 5b, 6c, 7b, 8c,
9a, 10a, 11c, 12a, 13b, 14b,
15c, 16c, 17b, 18b, 19a, 20c