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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

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


Replies

Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Jul-28-2013 06:08

* even I could guess that one of them was Elvis Presley :)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-29-2013 16:07

Busy, busy, busy, week YAWN!!! I'll sort the actual answers out tonight. However from a field of two I can say with some surety that Daenerys Targaryen wins.

Let me know where you want your prize to go by PM and that that sleuth has a free hand slot :)



Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Jul-30-2013 06:46

Great, congrats Dany! :)

I should get to poking more people for the next one(s) :)

Daenerys Targaryen
Daenerys Targaryen
Bibliophile

Jul-31-2013 02:56

Thanks, Bela, and thank you for the interesting and unusual quiz, SS.

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jul-31-2013 04:35

Sorry for my tardiness.

Prize deposited, answers below :)

Part I

1. Rosa Parks - Civil Rights Activist (the lady who wouldn't give up her seat in the coloured section of her bus to a white person whenthe white section was full.)
2. Bill Gates - International Criminal Mastermind
3. Jonny Cash
4. Al Capone
5. Lee Harvey Oswald
6. Martin Luther King
7. Elvis Presley
8. Igor Stravinsky
9. Bonnie Parker (of Bonnie & Clyde)
10. Jane Fonda
11. Fidel Castro - I bet the person who arrested him regretted that later down the line :)

Part II

1. What's the name of the Reporter in The Doomsayers Scripted Mysteries trilogy.
Terrence Zorn
2. Is the Cairo Rug Merchant a good looking chap?
Nope.
3. What're the odds on Siesta at the Shanghai Track?
32:1
4. What's the connection between the pianist on the Sleuthetania and the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.?
'Humperdinck'... Englebert and Edwina.
5. Not counting Travel Kit discounts how may cases does it cost to go from Delhi to London?
3
6. Where's my Sleuth Apartment based? Seriously, let me know, I can't remember.
SHANGHAI?! Really. Wow.
7. How much does a sword cane cost in the Detective shop?
$6500
8. What's the name of the Case in the game's Tutorial?
The Straight-Forward Mystery of the Ancient Shock
9. Who caught the first Nemesis?
Andrew Corelli
10. What's the name of the little girl in Scripted Mystery Murder on the Sleuthetania, and what's her dog's name?
Daisy & Misty


Daenerys Targaryen
Daenerys Targaryen
Bibliophile

Aug-23-2013 09:52

Exactly how sporadic is "sporadic"? :)

Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Aug-24-2013 04:08

Sometime around now, my fellow sporadicator, sometime around now :)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-24-2013 20:51

jinx! yes just came on to say 'just around the corner'
:)

Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Aug-24-2013 21:13

*high-fives Dany* Ooh, another countdown... :)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-27-2013 20:12

OK without further ado... please submit your answers in this post by Sleuth Server midnight September 1.

"THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!"

1. Who has the individual highest score on Noir at the moment? (yes, yes, I know, currently this is changing week to week)

2. In which comic book did Batman make his first appearance? (It's not Batman No. 1.)

3. Who was the world's first modern day Olympic champion?

4. What was the first planet ever discovered?

5. Which actor was the first to play Doctor Who?

6. Who was the first President of the US?

7. What was the first wonder of the World?

8. Who was the first duly anointed and crowned Queen of England?

9. Who's on third?

10. What happened from the S.S Slovenia in 1909 that became a world first?

11. Who was the first person to see Antartica?

12. Which two people were the first to reach the summit of Mt Everest?

Lucky 13.
And finally, which band recorded the soundtrack to the first Highlander film?

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