Kids' Detective Series From The Past Quiz

Answer: Cherry Ames

Like many other fictional characters, despite the huge time gap between first publication, 1943, and last, 1968, Cherry never seemed to age. Since the books were aimed at kids there wasn't a lot of detail as to exactly what being a nurse entailed, but her profession did manage to take her all over the country and sometimes even further.

As a nurse, she worked a myriad of places, including a dude ranch, a boarding school, and a department store.

Answer: Connie Blair

During the series, Connie Blair takes part in a modeling event, attends art school, and works at an advertising agency in Philadelphia, all of which take her on adventures and lead her to mysteries that she invariably solves. Her twin sister's name is Kit, and she also has a younger brother, Toby.

Her Aunt Bet, with a connection to the fashion industry, has a big effect on her life and, at one point, Connie shares her apartment in Philadelphia.

Answer: Jimmy the Crow

Jimmy the Crow had everything stashed in a crow's nest in a walnut tree. Until Trixie discovered his hoard she suspected one of the Darnells (possibly Mrs. Darnell) had stolen the locket, because they knew Mr. Darnell had "borrowed" the red trailer from Di Lynch's father.

But when Mr. Lynch found out it was Darnell who had taken the trailer he called off the search for the "stolen" trailer, because he knew Darnell and found out about all the financial troubles he was having. Mrs. Smith calls Jimmy a pest, but it's obvious she treats him as a pet.

Answer: Mystery of the Galloping Ghost

Trixie Belden and her brothers and friends, collectively known as the Bob-Whites, had a good, long run. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell, but even now there is some "mystery" about which authors wrote which books published under the pen name Kathryn Kenny. Trixie, like many other teen detectives, plans to become a private detective when she grows up, and already has a name picked out-The Belden-Wheeler Detective Agency, because, of course, best friend Honey Wheeler will be there, no matter how frightened she may be.

Answer: Beverly Gray

Setting the book at a specific event, which occurred at a specific time, made the book harder to appeal to a later audience that might think it dated. Or so the publishers at Grosset and Dunlap thought. This title was eventually released as a limited reprint in 2003, but even that is difficult to find.

Answer: Rancho Lucia

Robin's best friend, Mindy, Robin's brother, Kevin, and Mindy's brother, Michael, all spend a great deal of time at the ranch, where Robin's horse, a palomino named Nugget, is kept. Robin and Kevin have a younger sister, nicknamed Sugar, whose best friend, Judy, had been afflicted with polio.

They also live very near the ocean and surf, scuba dive, and swim there, as well as living close enough to San Francisco to easily make trips there.

Answer: Judy Bolton

There were thirty-eight original Judy Bolton titles, all written by Margaret Sutton, published from 1932 to 1967. Judy doesn't age thirty-some years through the books but she does graduate high school, get engaged, get married; her friends age as well, and Judy even has one of her friend's children named after her. Peter Dobbs, whom she marries, goes from lawyer to FBI agent along the way.

Her brother, Horace, is a newspaper reporter. She has a cat named Blackberry.

Answer: Jimmy Carson

The two of them are the Benton and Carson International Detective Agency. Brains' real first name is Barclay. The original series only consists of six titles, published between 1959 and 1961. At times Jimmy is less than enamored of Brains' superior attitude, but he has to admit that he usually knows what he is talking about.

Answer: A junkyard

The Three Investigators (Jupiter Jones, Bob Andrews and Pete Crenshaw) actually have their headquarters in an old mobile home in the junkyard, which is owned by Jupiter's Uncle Titus and Aunt Mathilda. It is well-hidden and has secret entrances that the boys use to come and go.

They live in Rocky Beach, California, and are more "official" than teen detectives usually are, as they have their own business cards identifying them as The Three Investigators, which sometimes impresses people, and sometimes doesn't.

Answer: New York City

In addition to being a stewardess, Vicki herself becomes a licensed pilot. Her family lives in Illinois and she has a younger sister who looks up to Vicki. The titles were written by two well-known series authors, Julie Campbell Tatham and Helen Wells, who have numerous other novels to their names.

Helen Wells and Julie Campbell Tatham both wrote some of the Cherry Ames titles, and Julie Campbell (Tatham) also started the Trixie Belden series.