Detective Fiction and Mysteries

Literature · 10 questions

Whodunits, sleuths and clever twists.

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1. Which author wrote 'Murder on the Orient Express'?

   1. Dorothy L. Sayers
   2. Patricia Highsmith
   3. P. D. James
   4. Agatha Christie
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   D) Agatha Christie

2. What is the name of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective?

   1. Hercule Poirot
   2. Miss Marple
   3. Inspector Morse
   4. Lord Peter Wimsey
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   A) Hercule Poirot

3. Which story by Edgar Allan Poe is considered the first modern detective tale?

   1. The Tell-Tale Heart
   2. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
   3. The Fall of the House of Usher
   4. The Gold-Bug
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   B) The Murders in the Rue Morgue

4. Who is Sherlock Holmes's loyal companion?

   1. Inspector Lestrade
   2. Mycroft
   3. Dr. Watson
   4. Moriarty
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   C) Dr. Watson

5. Which Swedish crime novel series starts with 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'?

   1. Wallander series
   2. Millennium series
   3. Martin Beck series
   4. Varg Veum series
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   B) Millennium series

6. Which Raymond Chandler character is a hard-boiled Los Angeles detective?

   1. Sam Spade
   2. Mike Hammer
   3. Nero Wolfe
   4. Philip Marlowe
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   D) Philip Marlowe

7. What does a 'red herring' mean in a mystery?

   1. A false clue that misleads
   2. The final revelation
   3. A hidden weapon
   4. A witness's alibi
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   A) A false clue that misleads

8. Which Japanese author is famous for 'Malice' and 'The Devotion of Suspect X'?

   1. Haruki Murakami
   2. Natsuo Kirino
   3. Keigo Higashino
   4. Seishi Yokomizo
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   C) Keigo Higashino

9. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 'A Study in Scarlet'.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. Agatha Christie wrote under the pen name George Eliot.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False