| Author | Profession | Nationality | Extra Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Consulting Detective | UK | Sherlock Holmes | 94%
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| Agatha Christie | Private Detective | Belgium | Hercule Poirot | 76%
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| Agatha Christie | Curious Lady | UK | Jane Marple | 75%
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| various | Private Detective | USA | played by Tom Selleck | Thomas Magnum | 70%
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| various | Police Detective | USA | played by Peter Falk | Frank Columbo | 68%
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| various | Inspector | France | played by Peter Sellers | Jacques Clouseau | 60%
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| Dashiell Hammett | Private Eye | USA | played by Humphrey Bogart | Sam Spade | 46%
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| G. K. Chesterton | Priest | UK | Father Brown | 37%
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| Georges Simenon | Police Commissioner | France | Jules Maigret | 32%
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| Earl Derr Biggers | Police Detective | USA-China | Charlie Chan | 25%
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| Hening Mankell | Police Commissioner | Sweden | played by Kenneth Branagh | Kurt Wallander | 21%
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| Raymond Chandler | Private Eye | USA | played by Humphrey Bogart | Philip Marlowe | 21%
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| Edgar Allen Poe | Private Detective | France | Auguste Dupin | 8%
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| Umberto Eco | Friar | UK | played by Sean Connery | William of Baskerville | 8%
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