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Tecumseh Fox by Rex Stout

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Tecumseh Fox by Rex Stout game quiz
"Rex Stout, famous for Nero Wolfe mystery novels, also wrote several mystery novels starring Tecumseh Fox, a very unusual man. This quiz is about "The Broken Vase" and "The Sound of Murder" - circa 1941."

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1. In "The Broken Vase", an aspiring concert violinist commits suicide after his debut at Carnegie Hall. He was technically perfect, but the tone from his violin was mediocre. What was the reason?
    His Oksmann Stradivarius had been stolen
    Varnish had been poured inside the violin, deadening the sound
    His pianist was incompetent
    The jealous stage manager ruined the stage acoustics


2. After Jan Tusar, the violinist, shot himself in his dressing room, the police investigation at Carnegie Hall discovered what about the violin?
    It was a fake Stradivarius
    A radio transmitter was inside
    It was mis-tuned
    It was missing


3. A note sent to the sister of Jan Tusar suggested that a plot by Nazi supporters was involved. Fox discounted this for what reason?
    It was signed by Abe Goldstein
    It was signed by Rudolf Hess
    A swastika on the letter was counter-clockwise
    The paper was unavailable in Germany


4. Tecumseh Fox in both novels had his home base where?
    Upstate New York - a house and land called the zoo
    An estate on Long Island
    An office in the Empire State building
    An old mansion in New Jersey called the castle


5. Tecumseh Fox carried an assortment of business cards. They named various companies that he supposedly worked for.
    True
    False


6. The A. in A. Hicks stood for?
    Achilles
    Andrew
    Alphabet
    Agnostic


7. In "The Broken Vase", the murderer loved rare Chinese vases but broke one [secretly] himself to give a reason to his rich wife to switch to collecting what?
    rare musical instruments
    old coins
    stamps
    paintings


8. In "The Sound of Murder", the story revolves around a brand new industry in 1941 USA. It is everywhere today. It is...
    atomic research
    radar
    jet airplanes
    plastics


9. In all of the stories Tecumseh Fox loves to eat oysters and.....
    steak
    chocolate candy
    peanuts
    fried chicken


10. In "The Sound of Murder", what is Tecumseh Fox doing at the beginning of the story?
    busboy
    taxi driver
    office clerk
    airplane pilot


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Compiled Jun 28 12