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Fictional Detectives - Part 3

Created by agony

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Fictional Detectives  Part 3 game quiz
"Part 3 of a series of quizzes about fictional detectives from all over the world. This part, focusing on detectives and authors from the UK and Canada, was created by agony and mnbates."

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1. What is the first name of the assistant to Albert Campion, the aristocratic detective created by Margery Allingham?
    Majuba
    Mafeking
    Modder River
    Magersfontein


2. Not a question about a detective, here, but one about a thief!

A Canadian author, Grant Allen, created the first "Master Criminal" who was the hero of his story, rather than villain or anti hero. He appeared in print in 1897, two years before E. W. Hornung's Raffles. What was the name of the book in which we meet Colonel Clay, the Master of Disguise?
    A Study in Scarlet
    The Purloined Letter
    The Moonstone
    The African Millionaire


3. What is the title of the fifth and last Ripley book containing the talented (and notorious) Mr Ripley, created by Patricia Highsmith?
    The Boy Who Followed Ripley
    Ripley's Game
    Ripley Under Water
    Ripley Under Ground


4. Can't have a quiz on Canadian detectives without a Mountie.

Who created Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, the commander of the Sechelt, BC, RCMP detachment?
    Eric Wright
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    Richard Wright
    LR Wright


5. Christianna Brand wrote numerous excellent detective stories; where is the setting for her classic "Green for Danger"?
    the house of Mr and Mrs Brown
    a Mediterranean holiday hotel
    a military hospital
    a Grecian lodge


6. Another Mountie, this one in the far North. Which author, better known for his sportswriting, (and his famous son) created Inuk Inspector Matthew Kitologitak?
    Lister Sinclair
    Pierre Berton
    Scott Young
    Farley Mowat


7. Who was the mentor to Richard Chandos and his companion George Hanbury in several of the adventure novels written by Dornford Yates?
    Malcolm McDowell
    Cecil William Mercer
    Captain Jonathan Mansel
    H G Muskett


8. Laurence Gough gave us the Willows and Parker series - tough and gritty police novels. Where in British Columbia are they set?
    Victoria
    Kelowna
    Prince Rupert
    Vancouver


9. In what type of mystery did Dr. Gideon Fell, the forensic investigator created by John Dickson Carr, specialise?
    Poisonings
    Locked rooms
    Country house mysteries
    Village mysteries


10. Michael Blair has two books in his Granville Island series, "If Looks Could Kill" and "Overexposed". What is the profession of his hero/detective, Tom McCall?
    orchid grower
    undertaker
    used bookseller
    photographer

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