I'm going to post twenty of the mystery-related trivia questions from our fabulous Bouchercon game show, Who Wants To Be A Mysteryaire. (How do I know it was fabulous? We filled up the ballroom and the organizers had to tote in extra seating!) Questions are immediately below, then there's a loooong spoiler space, and then the answers. Take the quiz and see how good your mystery knowledge is - no peeking! - and post your score on the back blog.
1.This
American author, sometimes called the American Agatha Christie, is
credited with coining the phrase "The butler did it."
2. What inanimate object missing for 40 years turns up at the beginning of Hallie Ephron's YOU'LL NEVER KNOW, DEAR?
3.Who
is the Grand Dame of the “cozy” mystery?
4.Which
Red is formerly a librarian?
5.Who is considered the
father of the hardboiled story?
6.In Deborah Crombie's
series, who is Inspector Gemma James's sergeant?
7. Who wrote The Singing
Sands?
8. In
Sue
Grafton‘s Kinsey Milhone series, K is for knowledge. But what is L
for?
9. What was the murder
weapon used in Lucy Burdette's first Key West mystery, An Appetite
for Murder?
10. Scott Turow’s seminal
legal thrillers are set in a fictional county in Illinois. What
is the name of the county?
11. What is title of the Book
by James Grady that was made into the movie Three Days of the Condor?
12. Only one author has won
the Agatha award for best first novel, best novel, best short story
and best nonfiction. Which author is that?
13. On which island does
Jeffrey Siger set his mysteries?
14. What profession do
Victoria Thompson and Edith Maxwell’s heroines have in common?
15. In Royal Blood what does
Lady Georgie think she is up against?
16. What is the profession of
Donna Andrews’ Meg Langslow?
17. Which writer’s book
starts with characters being killed by an exploding cow?
18. What character is
featured in both Charles Todd's Bess Crawford books and Ian Rutledge
series?
19. What classic mystery
novel was set in Thebes in 2000 BC?
20.Which Reds have written
under different pen names?
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| Debs and Julia with Texas author Nancy West |
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1. Mary
Roberts Rinehart (it was used in her novel The Door)
2. A doll
3. Agatha Christie
4. Jenn McKinlay
5. Carroll John Daly (wrote
“The False Burton Combs” in 1922 for Black Mask magazine)
6. Melody Talbot
7. Josephine Tey
8. Lawless
9. Poisoned Key Lime pie (what a way to go!)
10. Kindle County
11. Six days of the Condor
12. Hank Phillippi Ryan
13. Mykonos
14. They're both midwives
15. Vampires!
16. She's a blacksmith
17. CJ Box
18. Melinda Crawford
19. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
20. Rhys Bowen (Janet Quin-Harkin) Lucy Burdette (Roberta Islieb), Jenn McKinlay (Josie Bell, Lucy Lawrence) and coming up, Hank Phillippi Ryan, who will be published as Anna Ryan in the UK. In addition, Julia and Hallie write under their maiden names but are known by their married names socially.
