1. How many "Q.B.I." stories revolve around British spellings, idioms and customs? six eight five three

2. What spectator sport is featured in the collection? tennis baseball boxing soccer

3. How many stories take place in the fictional town of Wrightsville? six five two nine

4. In "Cold Money" what hotel employee is a killer and robber? chambermaid cook valet concierge

5. What killer does "A Lump of Sugar" point to? jockey fox hunter cowboy mounted patrolman

6. In "GI Story" who does the "GI" scrawl of the murder victim point to? an Italian named Giovanni a soldier a man named George a girl named Virginia

7. Besides a horse, what other animals play a part in the collection? hamsters poultry snakes myna birds

8. What clue points to the theft of a rare book? bookmark watermark misspelling spoonerism

9. In the hidden treasure tale "Miser's Gold" what's the setting and the author who provides the clue to the treasure? pawnshop; O. Henry thrift shop, Saki library, George Eliot print shop, Henry Green

10. In "Snowball in July" what seems to magically vanish? plane sailboat car train

11. How many widows is EQ mixed up with in one of his cases from this book? seven three eleven fifteen

12. Who does Ellery run into in New York's Times Square? a centaur a cyclops a satyr a witch

13. What racket case involves Queen with different sized envelopes? The Gambler's Club Murder in the Mail Double Your Money Stamps for Swinders

14. What's the reason Queen is stripped almost to the buff by gangsters on a train? extortion murder narcotics robbery

15. What's the crime of the book's last story? kidnapping pickpocketing arson bigamy