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As well as the many novels and screenplays written using her own name, Rita Mae Brown has produced a series of mysteries featuring the cat Mrs. Murphy, for which Sneaky Pie Brown is credited as a feline co-author.
2 quizzes and 20 trivia questions.
1.
  Wish You Were Here    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the first book in the "Mrs. Murphy Mystery" series by Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown. I hope you enjoyed the book, and good luck on the quiz. :)
Difficult, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jun 20 20
Difficult
kyleisalive editor
Jun 20 20
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  Rest in Pieces    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Rest In Pieces" is the second Mrs. Murphy Mystery written by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. Good luck!
Difficult, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jun 20 20
Difficult
kyleisalive editor
Jun 20 20
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Rita Mae Brown Trivia Questions
1. What is Blair's last name?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Bainbridge

Blair Bainbridge is the newest member of the community. He moves into the farm next door to Harry Haristeen and her companions Mrs. Murphy and Tee Tucker.

2. What state do Harry, Tee Tucker, and Mrs. Murphy live in?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Virginia

Harry Haristeen and her cat and dog, Mrs. Murphy and Tee Tucker, live in Crozet, Virginia. A little town where everybody knows everybody, and murder is afoot.

3. Name the house Blair moves into.

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Foxden

Mrs. Hogendobber tries to get Blair to keep the name as Foxden rather than Yellow Mountain Farm, and when he kindly agrees, she's surprised. Foxden is next door to Harry's farm.

4. Name the fat cat who lives at Market's in Crozet.

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Pewter

Pewter is a fat cat who likes sitting in the store window grooming himself. When need be, she can always be "pulled" from her food bowl. Pewter assists Tee Tucker and Mrs. Murphy through the book.

5. What is the name of the opossum that lives in Harry's barn?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Simon

Simon the opossum roots around Harry's house during the night searching for food scraps that Harry leaves for him, though sometimes he's interrupted by the raccoons, which he is not particularly fond of.

6. What do the animals think they smell at the scene of the murder?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Amphibians

Ozzie tells Tee Tucker and Mrs. Murphy that he smelled frog over at the cement truck, so they check for the same smell when Harry is asleep.

7. Who finds the hand in the cemetery?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Tee Tucker

Tee Tucker and Mrs. Murphy both smell the hand, and Tucker goes across the overflowing creek to reach the hand. The hand was severed at the wrist, and it had no fingerprints.

8. Which person is Harry divorcing?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Fair

Every time Harry and Fair get together, they can't help but argue. Fair's full name is Pharamond Haristeen. Fair was arrested for the murders, but he soon has an alibi.

9. Who finds the torso of the unknown body?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Mim

Mim Sanburne finds the torso floating in her boathouse and calls her daughter over to help her. Little Marilyn's maid, Tiffany, tells everyone the story at the post office.

10. Who is the second person murdered?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Maude Bly Modena

Maude Bly Modena runs a store on Main Street until she is found dead on the train tracks. She was originally from New York.

11. When is the head found?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Harvest ball

The head is found in one of the final pumpkins being judged at the harvest ball. Many of the townspeople had to witness the horrifying event.

12. Who is Susan Tucker married to?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Ned

Shame on you if you chose Tee Tucker, because he's Mrs. Murphy's Welsh Corgi. The answer is Ned Tucker, the lawyer responsible for Maude's legal actions.

13. Who was the second person killed?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Ben Seifert & Benjamin Seifert & Seifert

Benjamin Seifert is a bank officer who assisted in killing the dismembered body found during the book. He's found dead in a railroad tunnel.

14. What breed of dog is Ozzie?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Australian Shepherd

Ozzie is Bob Berryman's Australian Shepherd who discovers the amphibian-like smell at the site of the first murder. Ozzie is shot when he and Bob investigate.

15. Who owns the earring that Harry finds?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Little Marilyn

Harry traded Simon his earring for a different one, and she wore it to Mim's Christmas party in order to have the owner discover it. Little Marilyn said that she lost it at the tennis court.

16. Who was once married to Mrs. Murphy?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Paddy

The handsome tabby-cat Paddy still talks to Mrs. Murphy every once in a while, and she dismisses him. Paddy occasionally finds clues to the mystery and notifies Mrs. Murphy.

17. Who is the third person murdered?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Bob Berryman

Bob Berryman and his dog, Ozzie, were both shot outside the murderer's den. They were found six hours later in Bob's truck with a postcard clue.

18. Who is the murderer?

From Quiz Rest in Pieces

Answer: Tommy

It turns out that a man named Tommy Norton killed Fitz-Gilbert Hamilton. Fitz-Gilbert was the dismembered body strewn around town. The day is saved by Harry, Blair, and the animals.

19. Who was the murderer?

From Quiz Wish You Were Here

Answer: Josiah Dewitt & Josiah & Dewitt

Josiah Dewiit reveals his fatal mistake at the post office, so Harry and Officer Cooper (along with Mrs. Murphy and Tee Tucker) investigate the blocked off railroad tunnel, and solve the mystery.

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