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All our favourite detectives, and a few bad guys.

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1.
  Detectives in Love   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Fictional sleuths are mostly shown as detached loners, or as going through women like a hot knife through butter. However, some detectives do find love...
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Dec 25 16
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2158 plays
2.
  What's My Ride?   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many mystery authors have a lot to tell us about their detectives' vehicles. See if you can match the P.I. to the car.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Dec 25 16
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1325 plays
3.
  Sidekicks and Henchmen   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Fictional detectives often have a sidekick - a chronicler, a henchman, a cat's paw. See how many you can identify.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Nov 03 10
Average
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1560 plays
4.
  Mystery Fiction With a Sense of Humour   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
There's a tradition in mystery fiction of mean streets, pain, and violence, but there's another tradition that doesn't take itself quite so seriously....
Tough, 15 Qns, agony, Apr 22 17
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1412 plays
5.
  Where Can I Find A Detective?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
In which city, or at which address, would you find these famous fictional detectives?
Average, 15 Qns, agony, Jan 27 22
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agony
Jan 27 22
1935 plays
6.
  Mayhem and Murder in Florida   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Florida is an attractive location for mystery fiction of all sorts, from John D. Macdonald to Carl Hiaasen.
Average, 15 Qns, agony, Feb 22 20
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agony
Feb 22 20
890 plays
7.
  Fictional Detectives - Part 3    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
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.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Dec 25 16
Average
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1298 plays
8.
  Canadian Mystery Fiction    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A wide selection of Canadian mystery authors and stories, every one of them worth reading.
Average, 15 Qns, agony, Aug 12 14
Average
agony
423 plays
9.
  Hard Boiled Radio   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
With screeching tires and ricocheting bullets, the radio waves were full of detective and mystery shows in the 1940s and '50s. Come see what you remember.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, May 04 09
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648 plays
10.
  Lord Peter Who's Who   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What do you know about secondary characters in Dorothy L Sayers' "Lord Peter Wimsey" stories? Bunter, Harriet, Parker, and more...
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Apr 03 13
Average
agony
686 plays
11.
  Dorothy L Sayers' Montague Egg   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Dorothy L Sayers, who created Lord Peter Wimsey, also wrote a number of stories about Montague Egg. Why not give this quiz a whirl? After all, as Monty would say, "Don't let the smallest chance slip by; you never know until you try." Warning - Spoilers!
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Jun 14 14
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437 plays
12.
  The Burglar Who Liked to Play Quizzes   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you remember about Bernie Rhodenbarr, the hero of Lawrence Block's "Burglar" books? A few SPOILERS here.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Sep 11 07
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577 plays
13.
  The 87th Squadroom   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
These questions about Ed McBain's police procedurals should be pretty easy if you've read several of the books. Good luck!
Average, 20 Qns, agony, Jan 09 16
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854 plays
14.
  The World of Miss Marple   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Let's travel to the little village of St Mary Mead, to visit Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Dec 23 23
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agony
Dec 23 23
2109 plays
15.
  Dortmunder's Crew   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Since they first appeared in Donald E Westlake's "The Hot Rock" in 1970, John Dortmunder and his crew of crooks have attempted more than a dozen capers, in novels and short stories. They're not always successful, but they ARE always hilarious.
Average, 10 Qns, agony, Apr 10 21
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agony
Apr 10 21
356 plays
16.
  Sorting Agatha Christie   best quiz  
Classification Quiz
 15 Qns
Can you tell your Poirot from your Miss Marple from your Tommy and Tuppence? Sort these books by which detective solves the case. Just to make it interesting, I've included some books where the mystery is solved by someone else - or by no one!
Average, 15 Qns, agony, Mar 29 22
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agony
Mar 29 22
1012 plays
17.
  Sorting Golden Age!   best quiz  
Classification Quiz
 15 Qns
Sort these titles by which Golden Age of Detective Fiction author wrote them - Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, or Ngaio Marsh.
Easier, 15 Qns, agony, Feb 02 22
Easier
agony
Feb 02 22
604 plays

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