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Jun-26-2013 03:40

You have til 9am July 1, Sleuth Server time... oh yeah there IS a prize. A reasonable 'bragging rights' item of some variety.

Please post your answers below. You might want to hold off posting for as long as possible so people can't copy your answers, or you might want to be philanthropic and help your fellow sleuths out... your choice :)

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How Sleuthy are you?
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WHO?

Cryptic Sleuths

These are the names of famous Detectives in Literature or TV.

1. The King is a Dog.
2. Michael's short to be using tools.
3. Ronald's wife liked to doodle.
4. He's just joined the Monastery.
5. A fiddler who howled at the moon.
6. My US Uncle used to dig for a living.
7. Theyre robust lads, aren't they.
8. His clerical shirts were probably beige.

WHERE?

9. Writer come Detective Jessica Fletcher is based in which fictional town?
AND in which story for the big screen (though it was probaby straight to DVD :) ) did Angela Landsbury portray Miss Marple?
10. Amelia Peabody Emerson has most of her adventures in which Country?
AND What is the name of the character that appears to Amelia in her dreams to offer her advice?
11. In which city is the Big Sleep set?
AND what's the name of the sequel to the Big Sleep? (not written by Chandler)

WHAT?

What do these Authors / Fictional Detectives have in common?

12. Characters: Hercule Poirot, Thomas Magnum, Thomson and Thomson?
13. Characters: Flambeau, Monsieur Lecoq, Eugène François Vidocq
14. Authors: Anna Katherine Green, GK Chesterton, Patricia Wentworth.
15: Carter Dickson, Ellery Queen, Bartholomew Gill


Sorry some these you just can't gooooooogle. :) GOOD LUCK

Jun-30-2013 21:37

He took me a while to realise that's a spoiler Bela :) Secret No. 1 is secret after all :)

Jun-30-2013 21:37

"Heh", I mean.

Jul-1-2013 00:51

1. Rex the Wonder Dog (??)
2. Mike Hammer (??)
3. Nancy Drew.
4. Adrian Monk (??)
5. Nero Wolfe (??)
6. Sam Spade
7. Hardy Boys (??)
8. Father Brown

9. Cabot Cove, Maine. The Mirror Crack'd.
10. Egypt. Abdullah, her reis.
11. San Francisco (??). Perchance to Dream (??).

12. All wear mustaches.
13. All were criminals and later detectives, and all had French names.
14. All are pseudonyms, and all were pioneers of mystery/detective fiction.
15. All are pen names or pseudonyms.

Jul-1-2013 00:53

Sorry, should've signed that.... ;-)

Breit

Jul-1-2013 04:04

Oops...I forgot the spoiler signs too, huh? Now, it's just waiting till 9 am server time. I'll clap enthusiastically here too, *provided* you have a tie-breaker in place...you do have one, don't you? Anyway, Breit seems to have got it all, a Klutz wins...

Jul-1-2013 16:53

Ok I have to remember the answers from work, as I didn't dump them in my drop box.

1. The King is a Dog - INSPECTOR REX (It's a German series. Inspector Rex is a German Shepherd)
2. Michael's short to be using tools. MIKE HAMMER
3. Ronald's wife liked to doodle. NANCY DREW
4. He's just joined the Monastery. MONK
5. A fiddler who howled at the moon. NERO WOLFE
6. My US Uncle used to dig for a living. SAM SPADE
7. Theyre robust lads, aren't they. HARDY BOYS
8. His clerical shirts were probably beige. FATHER BROWN

WHERE?

9. Writer come Detective Jessica Fletcher is based in which fictional town?
AND in which story for the big screen (though it was probaby straight to DVD :) ) did Angela Landsbury portray Miss Marple? CABOT COVE & The Mirror Crack'd
10. Amelia Peabody Emerson has most of her adventures in which Country?
AND What is the name of the character that appears to Amelia in her dreams to offer her advice? EGYPT & ABDULLAH (He starts giving her advice in her dreams after he dies midway through the series)
11. In which city is the Big Sleep set? AND what's the name of the sequel to the Big Sleep? (not written by Chandler) LOS ANGELES, PERCHANCE TO DREAM. (never read it).

WHAT?

12. Characters: Hercule Poirot, Thomas Magnum, Thomson and Thomson?
ROCKIN THE STACHE. err yes they have moustaches.
13. Characters: Flambeau, Monsieur Lecoq, Eugène François Vidocq
ALL SPENT TIME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW. Vidocq was a real person, but enough fictional characters were based on him I felt it was safe to include him.
14. Authors: Anna Katherine Green, GK Chesterton, Patricia Wentworth.
ALL HAD CHARACTERS IN THEIR DETECIVE SERIES WHOSE SIRNAMES WERE COLOURS.
Green =Violet Strange, Chesterton = Father Brown, Wentworth = Miss Silver
15: Carter Dickson, Ellery Queen, Bartholomew Gill
ALL PEN NAMES.

Jul-1-2013 16:54

14. ALL HAD CHARACTERS IN THEIR SERIES WHOS NAMES INVOLVED A COLOUR. (oops)

Jul-1-2013 16:59

Ok I make that out as BREIT being our winner. Congratulations!!!

There is a prize, as stated. Breit' please have an ACCESSORY slot open on David Adams or another Detective and then PM me to let me know, and I will dump the prize into it.

Thank you one and all.

Jul-1-2013 22:56

O.o

Whoa. Reallllly?!?!

Nnaaaahhhh.

I would've sworn that Cordy won it.

Good job to her, as well as everybody else!! ;-D ;-D ;-D

And thank you, Squirrel!! Dave has an open space, just like you wanted. ;-D

Thank you again!! ;-)
Breit

Jul-2-2013 02:17

Prize duly deposited

If you'd like to see what it was:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/shop/item.spy?id=184217