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Quiz about Secret of the Old Clock
Quiz about Secret of the Old Clock

Secret of the Old Clock Trivia Quiz


"Secret of the Old Clock," the ninth game in the Nancy Drew mystery series, has Nancy solving a mystery in the era of hobos and ham radios. See how much you know about this old-fashioned mystery game!

A multiple-choice quiz by ak2. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
ak2
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
271,743
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
465
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 74 (14/15), rosalindrs58 (0/15), Guest 198 (10/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is the name of the town in which the mystery takes place? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. The restaurant that Emily Crandall and her guardian run is named after which flower?

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)
Question 3 of 15
3. Who is president of the United States at the time? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Hobo symbols figure prominently throughout the mystery. Which hobo symbol is carved into the wall of the Inn? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What does Nancy find in each of Josiah Crowley's clocks? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What does Mrs. Sheldon ask Nancy to do? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What are you when you win Bard Bounce? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What is the name of Richard Topham's cat? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What Shakespeare play did Josiah Crowley direct and star in? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Which was NOT one of Josiah's alter egos? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What fictional detective does Emily compare Nancy to? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What was Emily's mother's maiden name? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What is Jim Archer's profession? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. How does Nancy earn extra cash in this game? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Emily's guardian is really an imposter.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of the town in which the mystery takes place?

Answer: Titusville

Nancy is visiting Emily Crandall, a 17-year-old girl whose mother has just died. Nancy knows Emily only through the girls' mutual friend, Helen Corning, but Nancy wrote Emily a note after the death of her mother, and Emily has asked her to come for a visit.
2. The restaurant that Emily Crandall and her guardian run is named after which flower?

Answer: Lilac

The Lilac Inn, established in 1908, is owned and operated by Emily and her guardian, Jane Willoughby. The Inn's specialty is pies, and Nancy sorts pies for the delivery truck near the end of the game.
3. Who is president of the United States at the time?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

The year is 1930, according to the introduction. Jim Archer mentions to Nancy that Hoover is president. It's the beginning of the Great Depression, and both Archer and Emily Crandall have fallen on hard times.
4. Hobo symbols figure prominently throughout the mystery. Which hobo symbol is carved into the wall of the Inn?

Answer: A cat

This symbol is carved under the telephone on the porch of the Lilac Inn. According to a newspaper in the parlor, a cat means "A kind woman lives here." The kind woman was Emily's recently deceased mother, Gloria Crandall.
5. What does Nancy find in each of Josiah Crowley's clocks?

Answer: A mirror

Josiah Crowley gave clocks to the Crandalls and Jim Archer, and Nancy finds two others on his property. Nancy has to solve a puzzle inside each clock to get each mirror.
6. What does Mrs. Sheldon ask Nancy to do?

Answer: Get her bridge cards from Miss Jakowski

Mrs. Sheldon borrowed a trivet belonging to Josiah shortly before his death, and Nancy asks Mrs. Sheldon if she can have it. Before Mrs. Sheldon will give it to her, she asks her to get her bridge cards. It's not quite that easy, though. Miss Jakowski asks Nancy to pick up raffle tickets from the orphanage.

The head of the orphanage asks her to find toys for the children, then sends her to the printer to pick up the tickets. Then the printer asks Nancy to go fishing for him while he prints the tickets. Finally, Nancy brings the tickets to Miss Jakowski, who gives her the bridge cards to take to Mrs.

Sheldon.
7. What are you when you win Bard Bounce?

Answer: Keen

This is one of four four-letter words needed to open the shed near Josiah's house. The others are the name of Josiah's favorite poet, Gloria Crandall's middle name, and the object that Nancy receives when she gets par on Josiah's miniature golf course.
8. What is the name of Richard Topham's cat?

Answer: Uri

Uri doesn't figure prominently in the game - he just sits by the fireplace and meows. Twice during the game Nancy has to find his toy mouse and give it to him so he will stop meowing.
9. What Shakespeare play did Josiah Crowley direct and star in?

Answer: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

According to Richard Topham, the play "closed after two nights, but he didn't care. He loved that play." Josiah was Puck in the production, and used that name when conversing with people on his ham radio.
10. Which was NOT one of Josiah's alter egos?

Answer: Richard Topham

Jim Archer knew him as Clara Pickford, not realizing that Josiah Crowley and Clara Pickford were one and the same. Josiah was "Puck" to those who knew him via his ham radio, and Emily tells Nancy that once he came to her birthday party dressed as her great-aunt Harriet. "I didn't know it was really him until two days later!" she says with a laugh.
11. What fictional detective does Emily compare Nancy to?

Answer: Sam Spade

In the game, "Secret of the Old Clock" is supposedly the first mystery that Nancy solves. When Nancy comments that she'd like to figure out the weird things that have been going on, Emily laughs and asks, "What are you, some kind of Sam Spade?" Nancy replies, "Just because I've never solved a mystery before doesn't mean that I can't. Who knows? I might turn out to be good at it."
12. What was Emily's mother's maiden name?

Answer: Gloria Lois Dowd

According to a photograph Nancy finds in one of Josiah Crowley's safe deposit boxes, Gloria's maiden name was Dowd. Emily tells Nancy that her mother's middle name was Lois.
13. What is Jim Archer's profession?

Answer: Banker

Archer is the owner of Titusville's Main Street Bank, and he reveals to Nancy that his bank is on the brink of ruin. Magazines in the parlor of the Lilac Inn are dated April 1930, so it's been barely six months since the stock market crash of October 1929.
14. How does Nancy earn extra cash in this game?

Answer: Delivering telegrams

Nancy delivers telegrams for Tubby Telegrams, earning 25 cents for each delivery. There are literary allusions in the names of the characters at several locations throughout Titusville. For example, at Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca picks up the telegrams, and the names of the teachers at the Lowood Academy are taken from "Jane Eyre."
15. Emily's guardian is really an imposter.

Answer: True

The woman masquerading as Emily's guardian Jane Willoughby is really an imposter named Marion Aborn. Marion intercepted the letter Gloria Crandall wrote to Jane asking her to be Emily's guardian, and came to the Lilac Inn upon Gloria's death, hoping to convince Emily to sell the Inn and split the money with her.

But after a thrilling high-speed (by 1930s standards!) car chase, Marion's plot is foiled, and Nancy Drew has solved her first mystery!
Source: Author ak2

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