Janet Evanovich Trivia

1. At the beginning of the story, who did Stephanie help to capture a man named Emilio Gardi?

From Quiz Top Secret Twenty-One

Answer: Ranger

Gardi had skipped out on his court date in Dade County, down in Florida. He was facing racketeering charges, but decided to attend a dinner party in New Jersey. Stephanie and Ranger also attended this event, and Ranger nabbed Gardi. He tried to be civilized about it, but Gardi forced Ranger into a more brutal response.

From Quiz Takedown Twenty

Answer: Giraffe

The giraffe was on the loose, but it kept vanishing mysteriously when Lula and Steph tried to track it. Lula finally decided to name it, and claimed they'd become friends through telepathic communication. There was a mysterious polar bear on the series "LOST".

From Quiz Sizzling Sixteen

Answer: Uncle Pip

Stephanie's Uncle Pip was killed when he wandered out of the senior center during a thunderstorm. She was uncertain why he had chosen such an odd thing to leave to her in his will.

From Quiz Stephanie Plum vs Alex Barnaby

Answer: Both Alex and Stephanie

Stephanie's man, Ranger, owns a black Porsche. At one stage, he even gave one to Stephanie to drive - which she managed to destroy. His business, RangeMan, also owns several high-end cars - all black. When Alex first met Sam Hooker, he owned a silver Porsche. It wasn't destroyed in the first story 'Metro Girl' but it didn't make an appearance in the second story 'Motor Mouth' either, so it is unclear as to whether or not he still owns the Porsche.

From Quiz Motor Mouth

Answer: Lube-a-Lot

The Number 69, Lube-a-Lot car belongs to Dickie Bonnano (otherwise known as Spanky) and, in turn, belongs to Huevo Racing. Yum Yum Snack Cakes is the sponsor of the team that Gobbles works for, Stiller Racing is who Hooker and Alex work for and Nutsy (who is mentioned later in the book) drives for Krank's Beer.

From Quiz Metro Girl

Answer: Barney

Most people call Alexandra 'Alex' and that is what she prefers. However, when she was young, her family started calling her 'Barney' and it has stuck.

From Quiz Plum Spooky

Answer: Carl the monkey

Carl the monkey belongs to Susan Stitch - an FTA (Failure to Appear) in 'Fearless Fourteen'. Susan left Carl with Stephanie while she went on her honeymoon. Diesel DOES end up staying with Stephanie in this book but, as per usual, she finds him INSIDE her apartment. Joe doesn't stay with Stephanie at all in this book as he is working like crazy and is babysitting his brother who was kicked out of his house. Randy Briggs doesn't appear in this story at all.

From Quiz Finger Lickin' Fifteen

Answer: she witnessed a beheading

Lula was in her car and leaned down to retrieve something. When she popped her head back up, she saw a celebrity chef being beheaded with a meat clever. The killers saw her watching the scene transpire and she hauled her booty straight to Plum Bail Bonds to report her trauma to Connie and Stephanie. The women then spent several go-arounds debating who would inform Joe Morelli, and Connie ended up making the report via telephone. Steph and Joe were off again, which always makes me happy as Ranger gets more "page" time.

From Quiz Fearless Fourteen

Answer: she was once married to Moon Man

Poor Loretta had robbed a liquor store because she needed a Tom Collins! She told Stephanie she'd been on her period at the time, and therefore not thinking clearly. She wasn't willing to be taken into custody, because her son Mario would need a ride home from school that afternoon. She made Stephanie promise to take care of Mario in case she couldn't bond out immediately. That turned out to be just the case, as Loretta was worth nothing financially and had burned the last person who put up her bail. She and Stephanie had been in school together and Loretta had quit early to give birth to Mario. At the start of this tale, no one knew who Mario's father could be.

From Quiz Janet Evanovich's "Visions of Sugar Plums"

Answer: A stroke

This was said in response to Diesel saying he was the Spirit of Christmas.

From Quiz High Five

Answer: pictures of a dismembered corpse

The pictures were inside Fred's desk. They couldn't have been there too long, as Mabel went into the desk every so often if she needed something. Stephanie passed the pics to Joe, but kept her own color copies. She searched them over and over for clues.

From Quiz Four To Score

Answer: stealing her boyfriend's car

Maxine and her slimy man Eddie Kuntz broke up and she stole his car, and some other personal items. He sent the cops after her, and she used Vinnie for bail money. Vinnie gave her FTA to Stephanie and it wasn't long before Ms. Plum was on another adventure.

From Quiz Three To Get Deadly

Answer: he'd been caught with a concealed handgun

Initially, Uncle Mo had been pulled over by a newbie cop named Benny Gaspick, better known as Officer Picky. Mo had been doing 35 mph in a 25 mph zone, which is a traffic violation. Then, Officer Picky realized Mo had a concealed weapon in his jacket pocket. Uncle Mo had owned a candy shop in town since 1958 and was beloved by practically all of the burg's citizens. Stephanie knew her work was cut out for her in locating such a cherished townie. The early investigation led her to conclude that Mo wouldn't have even bother being FTA on such a minor incident, as concealeds were common in Trenton. He could have easily appeared and been sentenced to a minor punishment.

From Quiz Two For The Dough

Answer: Kenny Mancuso

The scenario was set such as Kenny had shot his good friend Moogey Bues in the knee. He'd failed to appear after he bonded out, so Stephanie went to recover him. It became clear early on that there was more to Kenny and Moogey than an accidental shooting, when Joe Morelli revealed he was looking for Kenny as well. He initially told Stephanie that he was related to Kenny and had agreed to look for him on behalf of family. Moogey was murdered shortly after the book began, and so naturally, the plot thickened.

From Quiz Plum Numbers in "One For the Money"

Answer: 2 years

Grandma Mazur had lived with the Plums for two years. She moved in when her husband died and never moved out.

From Quiz Plum Colors #2 "One For the Money"

Answer: Red & Gold

Joe Morelli has a brand new red and gold Jeep Cherokee. Stephanie Plum commandeers the jeep in her search for Joe Morelli.

From Quiz Plum Colors - "One For The Money "

Answer: pink

Joseph Morelli was eight when he took six year old Stephanie Plum to his family's garage to play a new game he called choo-choo. He was the train and Stephanie was the tunnel.

From Quiz Stephanie Plum's Lucky 13

Answer: Dickie Orr

Dickie is Stephanie's ex-husband. As usual, she goes a bit ballistic in his company. Joe Morelli gets to spend time with him too, and learns just how obnoxious he is. Sally Sweet is the cross-dressing musician who has appeared in a few of the books. The other names I made up - I swear Evanovich gets her character names from my high school yearbook (I'm from Jersey originally), so I did the same by combining different names from my past.

From Quiz "Lean Mean Thirteen"

Answer: Dickie has a recent picture of him and Joyce Barnhardt on his desk.

Stephanie attacks Dickie when he tells her that he thought he'd be done with Joyce before Stephanie returned home that day.

From Quiz "One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich

Answer: Cousin Vinnie

She lost her job as a buyer for a lingerie store and had to go to her Cousin Vinnie for a job.

From Quiz "Twelve Sharp"

Answer: Miami

Ranger tells Stephanie that he could get her to smile at him the way she looks at donuts if he had five minutes alone with her. She counters he'll get five minutes if he take half of her skips. Ranger, however, says he's leaving for Miami due to "bad" business.

From Quiz "Eleven on Top" -- Part Two

Answer: She always breaks into tear at funerals, no matter whose it is.

Stephanie goes to the funeral at the spur of a moment and is later joined by Ranger. She breaks into tears and loud sobbing when the Priest says: "Ashes to ashes, ..." She explains to Ranger that this happens to her at every funeral.

From Quiz "Eleven on Top" -- Part One

Answer: Sam Sporky

Stephanie chases Sam Sporky through three yards, gets bitten by a dog, and shot at by an old lady. To make matters worse, she then tackles him behind a cafe, rolling in garbage.

From Quiz "Ten Big Ones"

Answer: Ford Escape

The Red Devil robs a store and throws a lit bottle into the store before he tries to make his getaway. Victor, the store manager, throws the bottle at the guy in the devil mask. It bounces off and smashes against Stephanie's car, which then catches fire.

From Quiz "Hot Six" by Janet Evanovich

Answer: Carol Zabo

Stephanie keeps Carol from jumping by telling her that she'll look awful when they find her body. Her hair will be all messed up and she will have ruined the $400 leather jacket she was wearing. She also promises to try to get the charges dropped so that Carol won't have to spend time in jail.

From Quiz "Visions of Sugar Plums"

Answer: Diesel

Diesel appeared out of nowhere. One minute Stephanie was standing in her kitchen alone, and the next minute Diesel was standing beside her.

From Quiz A Quiz on Janet Evanovich's "To the Nines"

Answer: Punky Balog

The reactions Stephanie gets from people before she cleans the Vaseline off are pretty comical.

From Quiz Janet Evanovich's "Seven Up"

Answer: Eddie DeChooch

'He got tagged smuggling a truckload of bootleg cigarettes up from Virginia'. Stephanie works for her cousin Vinnie's bond reinforcement agency and has to bring in criminals who missed their court dates. Ronald is Eddie's nephew.

From Quiz 'Hard Eight'

Answer: Martin Paulson

Martin Paulson was wanted for credit card fraud. He stood 5'8 and weighed 297 pounds. He was handcuffed with his legs shackled and fell out of the car. Stephanie had quite a time trying to get him back up on his feet.

From Quiz Top Secret Twenty-One

Answer: Jimmy Poletti

Jimmy was another notorious "business man" from the neighborhood. Jimmy owned car dealerships and apparently had been involved in some illegal activities with young girls down in Mexico. Steph and Lula visited Jimmy's wife Trudy, his daughter-in-law, his son Oswald and his mother. They had no luck. Speed Weed, McG and David Greenwalt are all TV producers, writers and directors.

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