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The Men of the 87th Trivia Quiz

This is mostly about the men of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct, still the best police procedural series of all!

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
39,612

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is most striking about Steve Carella? Hint

he has a wooden leg

an ear is missing

he has a glass eye

his eyes are slanted

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Question 2 of 10

2. And his wife, Teddy? Hint

she's blind

she's in a wheelchair

she's a midget

she's deaf

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Question 3 of 10

3. What member of the 87th has a white streak in his red hair? Hint

Cotton Hawes

Andy Parker

Bert Kling

Arthur Brown

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Question 4 of 10

4. What member was murdered? Hint

Cotton Hawes

Roger Havilland

Bert Kling

Arthur Brown

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is the fat detective from another precinct known for his W.C. Fields impersonations? Hint

Nero Wolfe

Fat Ollie Weeks

The Continental Op

Frank Cannon

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Question 6 of 10

6. What member has the same first and last name?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is the chief of the 87th?

Answer: (Two Words - first and last name, do not use his rank.)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is the African American member of the squad? Hint

Virgil Tibbs

Arthur Brown

Coffin Ed Johnson

Gravedigger Jones

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Question 9 of 10

9. Name the first case of the 87th. Hint

M is for Murder

V as in Victim

To Kill A Cop

Cop Hater

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Question 10 of 10

10. True or false: Ed McBain and Evan Hunter ('The Blackboard Jungle') are the same person.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is most striking about Steve Carella?

Answer: his eyes are slanted

Steve has Oriental-looking eyes, unusual for an Italian-American.

2. And his wife, Teddy?

Answer: she's deaf

Teddy Carella has major roles in many of the 87th's cases.

3. What member of the 87th has a white streak in his red hair?

Answer: Cotton Hawes

Hawes got it when he was knifed during a robbery. He was named for the famed Puritan Cotton Mather.

4. What member was murdered?

Answer: Roger Havilland

Havilland met his fate in the early work 'Killer's Choice'.

5. Who is the fat detective from another precinct known for his W.C. Fields impersonations?

Answer: Fat Ollie Weeks

BTW, William Conrad played both Cannon and Nero Wolfe!

6. What member has the same first and last name?

Answer: Meyer Meyer

Perhaps the best-known member next to Carella. Helen Hudson also wrote a novel called 'Meyer Meyer' about a character with the same name (inspired by McBain's?), and McBain included it in his 'Fuzz'(later the motion picture starring Burt Reynolds and Rachel Welch)

7. Who is the chief of the 87th?

Answer: Peter Byrnes

The oldest member, to boot.

8. Who is the African American member of the squad?

Answer: Arthur Brown

Tibbs was created by the late John Ball and Johnson and Jones by the legendary Chester Himes.

9. Name the first case of the 87th.

Answer: Cop Hater

'Cop Hater' came out back in 1956, and the series is still going strong today!

10. True or false: Ed McBain and Evan Hunter ('The Blackboard Jungle') are the same person.

Answer: True

In fact, they're pen names for one Salvatore Lombino. 'Hunter' penned the screenplay for 'McBain's' 'Fuzz' and lately they've 'teamed up' for the novel 'Candyland'.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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