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Literary detectives quiz, pt II - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 12 times
- The average score is 9 of 20
Answer Stats
| Hint | Author | First name | Answer | % Correct |
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| Medieval monk trying to track down a serial killer in an Italian abbey | Umberto Eco | William of | Baskerville | 75%
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| Police psychologist portrayed by Morgan Freeman in two film adapations | James Patterson | Alex | Cross | 75%
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| Headstrong, alcoholic and brillant detective in Norway's capital Oslo | Jo Nesbø | Harry | Hole | 75%
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| Stockholm police inspector unhappy with his marriage and the injustice in society | Maj Sjöwall/Per Wahlöö | Martin | Beck | 50%
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| Catholic priest who solves mysteries through his deep understanding of human behavior | Gilbert Keith Chesterton | (Father) | Brown | 50%
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| Violent hard-boiled private eye in New York who doesn't hesitate to shoot, has a special relationship with his secretary Velda | Mickey Spillane | Mike | Hammer | 50%
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| LAPD detective specialising in serial killers, regularly breaking laws and cheating on his wife | James Ellroy | Lloyd | Hopkins | 50%
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| Good-looking Scotland Yard chief inspector assisted by his aristocratic friend Melrose Plant | Martha Grimes | Richard | Jury | 50%
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| Clever private investigator from New York, often gets involved in his cases through his father, Inspector Richard. | Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay/Manfred Bennington Lee) | Ellery | Queen | 50%
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| Soviet, then Russian police officer solving mysteries in Gorky Park and elsewhere in spite of interfering Secret Services, ruling parties and oligarchs | Martin Cruz Smith | Arkady | Renko | 50%
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| «The Saint» takes from the evil and gives to their victims, famously portrayed by Roger Moore in a 1960s TV series | Leslie Charteris | Simon | Templar | 50%
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| Private detective in the L.A. area whose cases often start with the search of a missing person and end in tragedy | Ross Macdonald | Lew | Archer | 25%
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| Police officer in ficticious Swedish town Kymlinge who bets on the existence of God. | Hakan Nesser | Gunnar | Barbarotti | 25%
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| «Kommissär» (superintendent) in the Swiss capital Bern, gets heavily involved in his cases | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | Hans | Bärlach | 25%
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| Bright Swedish boy who exposes thieves, spies and murderers | Astrid Lindgren | Bill (Kalle) | Bergson (Blomqvist) | 25%
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| Detective with somewhat contradictory personality traits investigating the chaotic and corrupt society of Athens | Petros Markaris | Costas | Haritos | 25%
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| Inspector from Gothenburg in Western Sweden | Helene Tursten | Irene | Huss | 25%
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| Finnish police officer and lawyer who used to play the bass in a punkrock band | Leena Lehtolainen | Maria | Kallio | 25%
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| DEA agent who witnesses all the horrors of the Mexican drug war | Don Winslow | Art | Keller | 25%
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| Crime reporter in Denver and L.A. investigating his brother's suicide and tracking down serial killlers | Michael Connelly | Jack | McEvoy | 25%
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