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Where Can I Find A Detective? Trivia Quiz


In which city, or at which address, would you find these famous fictional detectives?

A multiple-choice quiz by agony. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
agony
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
176,194
Updated
Jan 27 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
1829
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: jonnowales (7/15), PurpleComet (11/15), Guest 68 (15/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. You know that John D MacDonald's 'salvage consultant', Travis McGee, lives on a houseboat in Florida, but in which city does he dock? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Before his marriage, Dorothy L Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey keeps a London flat. Whereabouts in London is it? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. V I Warshawski lives in this city. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. You know that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson live in rooms at 221B Baker Street, London, but do you remember the name of their landlady? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who lives in a brownstone on West 35th Street, New York? (Hint: the top floor consists of orchid-growing rooms). Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Where does Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux live? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. This PI, with an office on Boston's Massachusetts Avenue, is a tough guy and a gourmet cook. He works out a lot, and has a psychologist for a girlfriend. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Lawrence Block has several series: the Bernie Rhodenbarr "Burglar" series; the Matt Scudder series; the Evan Michael Tanner sort-of-spy series; and the Chip Harrison series. All of his detectives live in this city. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. This West Coast detective lived for the first five books of the series in a converted garage. Her landlord is a retired baker. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Dennis Lehane has gained some fame as the author of "Mystic River", which was made into a pretty good movie starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. Before this, he wrote a series about the PI team of Angie Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie. What city are they based in? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" books are set in a fictional city. Which real American city is it obviously based on? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Tony Hillerman's detectives definitely don't live in the city. Where would you find them? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Who lives in the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead?

Answer: (Two words)
Question 14 of 15
14. This detective lives on the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, and works at #36 Quai des Orfevres. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Frank and Joe Hardy live in River Heights.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. You know that John D MacDonald's 'salvage consultant', Travis McGee, lives on a houseboat in Florida, but in which city does he dock?

Answer: Fort Lauderdale

The "Busted Flush" ties up at Slip F-18, at Bahia Mar, Ft. Lauderdale. This is just down a ways from the "'Bama Gal" where the Alabama Tiger hosts "the world's longest continuous floating house-party", and the "John Maynard Keynes", the cruiser where Travis' economist friend, Meyer, lives.
2. Before his marriage, Dorothy L Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey keeps a London flat. Whereabouts in London is it?

Answer: Piccadilly

After Lord Peter and Harriet Vane marry, they buy a place in the country, Talboys, near to where Harriet grew up.
3. V I Warshawski lives in this city.

Answer: Chicago

Sara Paretsky's Vic Warshawski was one of the first of the tough, intelligent female PIs that appeared in the early eighties. Her first book, "Indemnity Only" came out in 1982.
4. You know that Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson live in rooms at 221B Baker Street, London, but do you remember the name of their landlady?

Answer: Mrs Hudson

Dr Watson describes their rooms: "They consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows. So desirable in every way were the apartments, and so moderate did the terms seem when divided between us, that the bargain was concluded upon the spot, and we at once entered into possession." ("A Study in Scarlet" A Conan Doyle)
5. Who lives in a brownstone on West 35th Street, New York? (Hint: the top floor consists of orchid-growing rooms).

Answer: Nero Wolfe

Rex Stout's fat detective never (well, almost never) leaves the four storey brownstone on business; instead he sends his assistant, Archie Goodwin, to be his eyes and ears. If you have never read any of these short books, you really ought to give them a try. The breezy style is remarkably modern, and Archie is one of the most appealing characters in mystery fiction.
6. Where does Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux live?

Answer: New Iberia

Dave, a sober alcoholic, was originally a New Orleans police officer. He ran a bait shop for years in New Iberia with Batiste, and eventually got back into police work with the New Iberia Sheriff's Department. He was created by writer James Lee Burke.
7. This PI, with an office on Boston's Massachusetts Avenue, is a tough guy and a gourmet cook. He works out a lot, and has a psychologist for a girlfriend.

Answer: Spenser

Anyone who has only read the novels that Robert B Parker has published in the last few years could be forgiven for wondering why this guy is famous. However, the first half dozen or so "Spenser" novels were very good, funny and fast, with a fresh feel to them.

It was only later, when Spenser began to spend more time talking about his "code" than detecting, and sinking deeper into that creepy relationship with Susan Silverman, that the books really went downhill.
8. Lawrence Block has several series: the Bernie Rhodenbarr "Burglar" series; the Matt Scudder series; the Evan Michael Tanner sort-of-spy series; and the Chip Harrison series. All of his detectives live in this city.

Answer: New York

Bernie lives in an apartment building on West End Avenue, while Matt Scudder lived for years in a hotel in Hell's Kitchen. Leo Haig, the detective in the Chip Harrison series, lives in the top two floors of a carriage house in Chelsea, "the bottom two floors of which are occupied by Madam Juana's Puerto Rican cathouse."
9. This West Coast detective lived for the first five books of the series in a converted garage. Her landlord is a retired baker.

Answer: Kinsey Milhone

Kinsey's original apartment, in a converted one car garage, was blown up in "E is for Evidence". Since then Henry built a lovely little compact apartment for her in his back yard. You can read about Kinsey in the "Alphabet" series - "A is for Alibi", "B is for Burglar"... by Sue Grafton.
10. Dennis Lehane has gained some fame as the author of "Mystic River", which was made into a pretty good movie starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. Before this, he wrote a series about the PI team of Angie Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie. What city are they based in?

Answer: Boston

Angie and Patrick have their office in the top of a belfry in South Boston. These tense, atmospheric novels are maybe a little violent for the "cosy" mystery reader, and the personal lives of the characters are sometimes a little hard to take. That said, I'd recommend these books to anyone who likes their mysteries on the darker side.
11. Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" books are set in a fictional city. Which real American city is it obviously based on?

Answer: New York

"The city" is composed of five boroughs, one of which, Isola, is a completely urbanized island, surrounded by the rivers Dix and Harb. It has a large central park, a Black district far uptown, and a financial district downtown. Sound familiar?
12. Tony Hillerman's detectives definitely don't live in the city. Where would you find them?

Answer: Navajo reservation

Both Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee work for the Navajo Tribal Police, though Joe has retired in the later books. Jim Chee lives in a trailer just outside of Shiprock, while Joe Leaphorn lives in Window Rock.
13. Who lives in the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead?

Answer: Miss Marple

When her nephew, writer Raymond West, compares St Mary Mead to a "stagnant pool", Miss Marple replies: "'That is really not a very good simile, dear Raymond,' said Miss Marple briskly. 'Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool.'" ("The Murder at the Vicarage") Miss Marple has indeed gained a vast knowledge of human nature from her observations of the teeming waters of St Mary Mead!

Miss Marple was of course created by Agatha Christie.
14. This detective lives on the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, and works at #36 Quai des Orfevres.

Answer: Inspector Maigret

Inspector Maigret, a man who enjoys the pleasures of life, appears in eighty-four mysteries by Georges Simenon. Madame Maigret is a good cook, and the books are full of descriptions of excellent meals - not to mention the glasses of beer, wine and calvados taken by the Inspector in little cafes around Paris.
15. Frank and Joe Hardy live in River Heights.

Answer: False

The Hardy Boys live in Bayport; it is Nancy Drew, of course, who lives in River Heights. You may also remember that the Dana Girls live in Oak Falls, and the Rover Boys spend much of the year at Putnam Hall, a military academy.

All of these series were created by Edward Stratemeyer's Syndicate, and published by a stable of authors under pen names.
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