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Quiz about Female Mystery Heroes
Quiz about Female Mystery Heroes

Female Mystery Heroes Trivia Quiz


Female detectives have been a staple of mystery novels since the dawn of the genre. Can you spot the female literary detectives hidden amongst the imposters.
This is a renovated/adopted version of an old quiz by author Jaye

A collection quiz by Joepetz. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Joepetz
Time
3 mins
Type
Quiz #
12,829
Updated
Mar 07 25
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
492
Last 3 plays: Guest 88 (5/15), andymuenz (15/15), slay01 (15/15).
Select the 15 women who are literary detectives while ignoring the ones who are not.
There are 15 correct entries. Get 3 incorrect and the game ends.
Catherine Earnshaw Flavia Albia Hilda Adams Demelza Carne Sarah Keate Maud Silver Hildegarde Withers Kate Keller Mina Murray Vicki Barr Nancy Drew Elizabeth Lavenza Joanna Eberhart Kinsey Millhone Jean Finch Kat Colorado Lucy Pym Agatha Raisin Beverly Gray Eliza Durbeyfield Jane Marple Elizabeth March Amelia Peabody Cherry Ames Constance Reid

Left click to select the correct answers.
Right click if using a keyboard to cross out things you know are incorrect to help you narrow things down.

Most Recent Scores
Jul 04 2025 : Guest 88: 5/15
Jul 03 2025 : andymuenz: 15/15
Jul 01 2025 : slay01: 15/15
Jul 01 2025 : MissCirrus: 13/15
Jun 30 2025 : Guest 31: 15/15
Jun 29 2025 : nikkitem: 10/15
Jun 28 2025 : matho_77: 15/15
Jun 25 2025 : szabs: 15/15
Jun 19 2025 : kino76: 8/15

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
Answer:

Over the course of literary history, there have been many great female literary detectives. From elderly spinsters like Agatha Christie's Jane Marple and Patricia Wentworth's Maud Silver to young career women like Helen Wells's nurse Cherry Ames and Carolyn Keene's young sleuth Nancy Drew, female literary detectives come in all shapes and sizes.

Nurses were popular careers for some of these women. In addition to Cherry Ames, Mary Roberts Rinehart's Hilda Adams was also a nurse. Mignon G. Eberhart's Sarah Keate was also a nurse. Helen Wells also created Vicki Barr, a flight attendant.

Some are private investigators. Flavia Albia is an ancient Roman woman whose father, Didius Falco, is also a detective creation of Lindsey Davis. Kat Colorado is another private eye created by Karen Kijewski. Sue Grafton's private eye Kinsey Millhone appeared in 25 of Grafton's "Alphabet Series".

Many are geared toward younger women and children such as Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames and Beverly Gray, created by Clair Blank, whose adventures are depicted from school, college and beyond.

Some were very unusual, like Amelia Peabody, created by Elizabeth Peters, who had a passion for crime solving and Egyptology. Josephine Tey's Lucy Pym was a psychologist who assisted the police. Agatha Raisin was a public relations agent turned detective created by MC Beaton. Stuart Palmer's Hildegarde Withers was a school teacher.

All of the incorrect answers are characters from non-mystery classic novels.
Source: Author Joepetz

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