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Cousins. Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee created Ellery Queen over lunch one day.
| In the book, "The Origin of Evil", what is the murder weapon? | Ellery Queen
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A Dead Dog. Didn't have a clue? The dead dog is a sign that scares the victim to death.
| What is the name of Inspector Queen's assistant? | Ellery Queen
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Tom Velie. Sgt. Velie was very loyal to the Queens and he often referred to Ellery as Maestro.
| Who played Ellery Queen in the television series of the 1970's? | Ellery Queen
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Jim Hutton. The short lived series featured a challenge to the viewer in which Jim Hutton turned to the camera and asked if you had figured it out yet.
| In the 1936 book, "The Door Between" the murderer kills someone while he or she was what? | Ellery Queen
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3000 miles away. Just goes to show that man or woman can be very resourceful.
| In The mystery, "Cat of Many Tails", Ellery is after what type of criminal? | Ellery Queen
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A serial killer. The 'Cat' has set the city of New york into a panic through a series of apparent random stranglings.
| The mystery novel "Double, Double features what well known rhyme? | Ellery Queen
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Rich Man, Poor Man. The mystery is one of several books set in small town America. Someone is killing people in the order of the famous rhyme.
Wrightsville. Wrightsville is the small town that Ellery uses as a retreat. The town is first introduced in the novel "Calamity Town", but several other books are set there including "Double, Double".
A Justice of the Peace. Ellery impersonates a Justice of the Peace in order to perform a fake marriage. The ruse is necessary to protect a young woman.
| In the novel "Calamity Town", while being questioned on the witness stand Ellery attempts to blow the D.A.'s case by pointing out that this person could have committed the murder? | Ellery Queen
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Ellery Queen. Ellery was being questioned only as a witness as a person who could have seen poison dropped into a glass. However, when he is asked if there was any other person other than the person on trial who could have poisoned the glass, Ellery replies, "I could".
An Adventure of Mind and Spirit. "An Adventure of Mind and Spirit" is the perfect subtitle for this novel. The information carried within the parable of the story is astoundingly edifying. The insight with which Quinn explores our cultural principals is illuminating.
Alan Lomax. Alan becomes Ishmael's pupil and begins his journey into the depths of our cultural doctrine so that he may discover new things about himself and the world around him.
| "Teacher seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to ____________." What desire must this pupil possess? | Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
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Save the world. The add concludes "Apply in person." The wording of the ad upsets Alan somewhat. The indignant nature of the ad is what draws him to check it out for himself and try to find out just exactly who this teacher is and what knowledge he could possess that could possibly "save the world".
105. The dilapidated building called the Fairfield was not what Alan had expected. When he arrived the room appeared to be empty except the presence of a chair and a bookshelf. Upon closer inspection Alan notices much, much more.
With Man Gone, Will There Be Hope For Gorilla?. Coupled with the presence of the real life gorilla, Alan interprets the sign to be a statement exemplified by the captive gorilla. He thought Ishmael was nothing more than an animate illustration of the message displayed on the poster. He is soon proved wrong.
Takers. The name "Takers" originates from the group of people who approximately 10,000 years ago decided to "take" their welfare into their own hands and start farming full time to survive rather than forage for food like all other humans of the time. According to our culture this event is often referred to as the "agricultural revolution".
| Ishmael uses an interesting method to teach his pupils. By what name does he call this method? | Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
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The Maieutic method. A maieutic teacher is one who acts as a midwife to their students. They help their pupils to draw the knowledge they seek out of their own ideas without actually interfering or giving answers directly to them. This method of exchange between Alan and Ishmael is one of the reasons the dialogue of the novel is so enveloping.
Rachel Sokolow. Walter Sokolow took Ishmael from the zoo where he lived and built him a habitat at his home. His daughter Rachel became his protector after Walter died in 1985.
The Darryl Hicks Carnival. After tracking Ishmael down at the Carnival, Alan and Ishmael attempt to finish the work they had started in room 105. Of course the patrons at the zoo find Alan a bit peculiar, for he is sitting next to a cage and having numerous conversations with a thousand pound gorilla.
| After Alan was told of Ishmael's death he took home his things including the poster that hung upon the wall in Ishmael's den. Upon bringing it to a frame shop he discovers there are messages on both sides. What does the other side have printed on it? | Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
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With Gorilla Gone, Will There Be Hope For Man?. This new line on the poster introduced in the beginning of the story exemplifies Ishmael's message for his pupils. If you haven't already read them check out "My Ishmael", "The Story of B" and "Beyond Civilization" for the continuation of Daniel Quinn's and Ishmael's message. I hope you enjoyed my quiz.
three. The stories are: "Money Talks", where a blackmailer accidentally discloses his identity when he uses such British idioms as "sweets" (chocolates), "fanlight" (transom) and "tin" (can), "A Question of Honor", where a seeming suicide note by a Brit is proved false by Queen when he sees "honor" spelled American fashion...without a U, as Brits spell it, and "Driver's Seat", where a murderer is exposed when Queen notices his right sleeve is wet from rain because his car is a British brand with a righthand steering wheel.
boxing. In "A Matter of Seconds" Queen uncovers a fixed boxing bout when he realizes that a sportswriter at the match doesn't know the fight game lingo; he talks of a "right hook", when there is no such thing in boxing! He knows the phony sportswriter is involved in the kidnapping of a boxer.
two. The two are "The Robber of Wrightsville", about how a policeman is involved in payroll theft and "GI Story", a dying message tale.
Wrightsville first appeared in the novel "Calamity Town" and last appeared in "Double, Double". Outside New York, Queen seems to find the most cases in Wrightsville.
chambermaid. The chambermaid turns out to be the accomplice to a payroll robbery and kills her partner to get the loot. The clue that gives her away is the towels she brings to her victim for his shaving in the bathroom; since there are no used ones there, she's the one who took them out and is the killer.
mounted patrolman. When Shakes Clooney, a racetrack tout, is found murdered in Central Park, three men, a Senator, financier and politician are suspected. But Queen, seeing the sugar in the victim's fist, knows it points to the real killer: the mounted patrolman who "found" the corpse, since you feed lumps of sugar to horses!
a man named George. Queen may not have invented the dying message, but he made it his trademark! In "GI Story", we have three brothers named for American presidents accused of murder. The "GI" actually points to the brother named George (for Washington); the victim was about to write "George" when he died, leaving "GI".
myna birds. "The Myna Birds" are the pets of a rich old lady who's the target of three killers. One of the birds says "Cut!cut!" pointing to the cards the killers cut to see which one does the murder.
spoonerism. Spoonerisms are named for Reverend Spooner who transposed sounds in sentences: "blushing crow" for "crushing blow". A spoonerizing professor announces the discovery of a rare volume about Shakespeare when a robber attacks him and steals the book. Queen deduces the identity of the thief when he realizes the professor spoonerized when saying the name of his assailant. The story's title? "My Queer Dean!"
pawnshop; O. Henry. A pawnshop was the setting for the Sherlock Holmes classic "The Red-Headed League", which was used by robbers to heist a neighboring bank. Queen aids the relatives of a dead pawnbroker to find his hidden hoard; the title of an O. Henry collection, "Between Rounds" means the three gilded balls on every pawnshop, here the ones where the money's hidden!
O. Henry, alias Willaim Sidney Porter, is synonymous with the short story. Porter himself was convicted of and imprisoned for embezzlement, and many of his stories concern crooks and conmen.
The other authors are also given by their pen names: George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) and Henry Green (Henry Vincent Yorke)!
train. A train carrying a female witness to a gangster's trial is aboard an express train that vanishes before arriving at a depot. Queen deduces it was stopped by gunmen and that the stationmaster was bribed to keep it a secret.
three. In "The Three Widows" Queen deduces that the killer of one of them is the physician who checks them, poisoning her by putting the poison on the thermometer he sticks in her mouth!
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