Crime Quiz No. 1

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Carl
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Crime Quiz No. 1

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  • 1. What was the day job of amateur sleuth Lovejoy ?
  • 2. Which prolific crime writer created forensics expert Dr Kay Scarpetta ?
  • 3. Which English actor graced our screens as Inspector George Gently ?
  • 4. What were the first names of Yorkshire detectives Dalziel and Pascoe ?
  • 5. The Sign of Four is a novel featuring which 'consulting detective' ?
  • 6. Which Victorian 'gentleman thief', created in stories by E W Hornung, shares his name with a landmark Singapore hotel ?
  • 7. Which crime-solving character lived at Shrewsbury Abbey ?
  • 8. Dorothy L Sayers created which uppercrust crime solver ?
  • 9. Murder at the Vicarage was the first Agatha Christie novel to star which of her famous sleuths ?
  • 10. What is the surname of the titular Northumberland TV detective Vera ?
  • 11. Though filmed on Guadeloupe, what fictional Caribbean island is the setting for Death in Paradise ?
  • 12. Confined to his flat with a broken leg, professional photographer L B 'Jeff' Jefferies solves a murder committed by one of his neighbours, in which 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

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stowie39
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1. Antiques dealer
6. Raffles
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3. Martin Shaw
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ANSWERS

1. Antique dealer
2. Patricia Cornwell
3. Martin Shaw
4. Andy and Peter
5. Sherlock Holmes
6. Stanley Raffles
7. Father Cadfael
8. Lord Peter Wimsey
9. Miss Marple
10. Stanhope
11. Saint Marie
12. Rear Window

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