Quiz  /  Fictional Detectives Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which Edgar Allan Poe story is generally considered to be the first modern detective story?

  • The Moonstone
  • “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
  • “The Purloined Letter”
  • “The Mystery of Marie Roget”

  • 2. 
    Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins was portrayed in the 1995 film Devil in a Blue Dress by which actor?

  • Forest Whitaker
  • Denzel Washington
  • Laurence Fishburne
  • Samuel L. Jackson

  • 3. 
    Who is Sherlock Holmes’s brother, portrayed by Stephen Fry in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows?

  • Inspector Lestrade
  • Mycroft Holmes
  • Moriarty Holmes
  • Dr. John H. Watson

  • 4. 
    In which fictional English town are Ruth Rendell’s Inspector Wexford novels set?

  • Midsomer
  • St. Mary Mead
  • Kingsmarkham
  • Kembleford

  • 5. 
    Which TV detective, portrayed by Tony Shalhoub, has obsessive-compulsive disorder?

  • Columbo
  • Frank Pembleton
  • Inspector Lestrade
  • Adrian Monk

  • 6. 
    Which eccentric Belgian detective, created by author Agatha Christie, was introduced in the 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles?

  • Jane Marple
  • Ariadne Oliver
  • Harley Quin
  • Hercule Poirot

  • 7. 
    Which author’s novels feature detective Lord Peter Wimsey and mystery writer Harriet Vane?

  • Sue Grafton
  • Raymond Chandler
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
  • G.K. Chesterton

  • 8. 
    What is fictional detective Morse’s first name?

  • Fred
  • Endeavour
  • Reginald
  • Jim

  • 9. 
    Which actor played Dr. Watson in all 14 of the films that starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes?

  • Jude Law
  • Nigel Bruce
  • Bill Paterson
  • David Burke

  • 10. 
    Inspector Bucket is a character in which Charles Dickens novel?

  • The Pickwick Papers
  • Bleak House
  • Our Mutual Friend
  • The Old Curiosity Shop

  • 11. 
    What is the name of the disheveled cigar-smoking Los Angeles homicide detective first portrayed on television by Peter Falk in 1968?

  • Columbo
  • Philip Marlowe
  • Jim Rockford
  • Sherlock Holmes

  • 12. 
    Which detective duo are the main protagonists of Dashiell Hammett’s classic novel The Thin Man?

  • Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
  • Cool and Lam
  • Nick and Nora Charles
  • Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
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