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Mystery Fiction With a Sense of Humour

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Mystery Fiction With a Sense of Humour game quiz
"There's a tradition in mystery fiction of mean streets, pain, and violence, but there's another tradition that doesn't take itself quite so seriously...."

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1. Who created Schlock Homes and Dr. Watney of 221B Bagel Street?
    Jack Ritchie
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    Robert L. Fish
    Elmore Leonard


2. Which is not the title of a Kinky Friedman novel?
    I Still Miss my Man, But my Aim is Getting Better
    Armadillos and Old Lace
    God Bless John Wayne
    Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover


3. Simon Brett's Charles Paris is a(n)....
    lawyer
    actor
    police officer
    gardener


4. In which city do we find Hitchcock Sewell, from such books as "The Hearse You Came in On", and "Hearse of a Different Color"?
    Baltimore
    Seattle
    Boston
    Atlanta


5. Steve Brewer's private eye, Bubba Maybry, tells us that he comes from a long line of gullible people. Who hires Bubba in the first novel in the series?
    Bigfoot
    Judge Crater
    Princess Anastasia
    Elvis


6. In which book is Bernie Rhodenbarr caught burgling an apartment that has, unbeknownst to him, a dead body in the back bedroom?
    The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
    The Burglar in the Library
    Burglars Can't be Choosers
    The Burglar in the Closet


7. Leo Haig, Chip Harrison's boss, dearly wants to be a 'great detective'. Who is his hero?
    Hercule Poirot
    Nero Wolfe
    Charlie Chan
    Sherlock Holmes


8. Who wrote 1972's "Every Little Crook and Nanny" about a kidnapping that encounters complications?
    O. Henry
    Evan Hunter
    Elmore Leonard
    John D. MacDonald


9. Who is the leader of a hapless bunch of crooks, in a series by Donald E. Westlake?
    Andy Kelp
    John Dortmunder
    Stan Murch
    F.X. Mologna


10. What is the title of a Donald Westlake book about a petty thief who becomes invisible?
    Smoke
    Don't Ask
    A Likely Story
    Why Me?


11. Who is the Seattle P.I. who employs a bunch of winos as a surveillance team?
    Leo Waterman
    Kinsey Millhone
    Elvis Cole
    Mike Hammer


12. What is the action of the Sam Adams mystery "She Walks in Beauty" centered around?
    poetry
    plastic surgery
    a drama festival
    the Miss America pageant


13. "Big Trouble" is a fast-paced romp by this Florida writer.
    Laurence Shames
    Dave Barry
    Carl Hiaasen
    Edna Buchanan


14. Who is a recurring character in Carl Hiaasen's novels?
    an ex-governor who lives in a swamp
    a 'salvage consultant' who lives on a houseboat
    a retired mobster with excellent taste in shirts
    a U.S. marshal who really knows how to wear a hat


15. Who wrote "Compromising Positions"?
    Sparkle Hayter
    Barbara Kingsolver
    Sue Grafton
    Susan Isaacs


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Compiled Jun 28 12