Academic, Gentlemen and Amateur Sleuths

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1. Described by some commentators as a "vast, wheezing, hulking, somewhat sinister figure" this fictional academic don and private investigator was a larger than life beer drinking member of Oxford University. He specialized in paradoxes and the locked room type of murder mystery. Who was he? Dr Gideon Pike Dr Gideon Scafell Dr Gideon Torr Dr Gideon Fell

2. This fictional serving police detective was apparently named after the founder of Dulwich College, where the author's father went to school. Can you name this fictional Old-Etonian detective who first appeared in a 1934 novel? Broderick Crawford Roderick Payne Roderick Allingham Roderick Alleyn

3. Please identify this fictional detective who was a professor of English Literature at Oxford University and a spare time sleuth who also liked a pint or two of beer. He was usually seen wearing 'an enormous raincoat and carrying an enormous hat.' Who was he? (What is it about Oxford and detection work, I wonder?) Gervase Fence Gervase Phinn Gervase Fen Gervase Finn

4. This fictional detective has been described as "a sophisticated, educated kind of sleuth, clearly intended as something of a self-portrait". He was created by a Poet Laureate and first appeared in 1935. Can you identify him? Nicholas Day Lewis Nigel Strangeways Nigel Dartmoor Nigel Crossways

5. This fictional detective first appeared in 1936 and was characterized by an ability to quote apt and sometimes very obscure literary references and allusions from a wide range of literature throughout his investigations. He was a well-educated man of humble origins who ended up as Commissioner of Police at Scotland Yard. Can you identify him? Inspector Plumtree Inspector Appleby Inspector Welreade Inspector Partridge

6. This Australian Aboriginal detective was nicknamed "Boney". He first appeared in a novel in 1929. What was his full name? Napoleon Skywalker Napoleon Solo Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Walks Far

7. More middle class than gentleman I suppose but this middle aged investigator worked for the Public Prosecutor's Office. He regularly admitted to "having a criminal mind" which he asserted helped him solve the crimes he investigated. Who was he? J T Edson J G Reeder J G Writer J G Austen

8. This erudite and music loving fictional detective based in contemporary times was another beer aficionado. He was a senior detective with the Oxford Police showing that this Oxford graduate had not endeavoured to move very far away from his alma mater. Who was this character? Samuel Lewis Morse Dexter

9. Which author so annoyed her writing peers that they formed "The British Detection Club" (1930) with rules such that "as soon as the sleuth discovers a clue, it must be revealed to the reader"? Agatha Christie Dorothy L Sayers Ngaio Marsh Patricia Highsmith

10. The British Detection Club was founded in 1930 in London by Anthony Berkeley. Who was the Club's first president? A L Housman D L Sayers G K Chesterton E C Bentley