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After some early efforts in the field of romantic thrillers, then medical thrillers, Tess Gerritsen found her niche with the crime thrillers featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles.
4 Tess Gerritsen quizzes and 40 Tess Gerritsen trivia questions.
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  "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen   top quiz  
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Tess Gerritsen and her "Jane Rizzoli" series are an excellent set of books and anybody who has read the books may want to do this quiz. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, rosah, Feb 10 08
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  Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz is about the second of many crime fiction books by Tess Gerritsen.
Average, 10 Qns, peasly, Dec 03 07
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  Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon    
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This quiz is about the first of many crime fiction books by Tess Gerritsen. Warning - SPOILERS.
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  Tess Gerritsen: Vanish   popular trivia quiz  
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This quiz is the fourth in a series of crime fiction books by Tess Gerritsen.
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trivia question Quick Question
In which book is the reader first introduced to Agent Dean from the FBI?

From Quiz ""Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen"




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Tess Gerritsen Trivia Questions

1. What did the woman in the body bag, who was later found to be alive, apparently die from?

From Quiz
Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Drowning

Dr Maura Isles discovers that the woman in the body bag brought in earlier that day is actually alive! She had been in the water so long that she had frozen.

2. What is the name of the female detective?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: Jane Rizzoli

Detective Jane Rizzoli is the only female homicide detective. She believes she is pitted against the entire male police establishment.

3. How many weeks overdue is Jane Rizzoli?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: One

Detective Jane Rizzoli is concerned for her baby as it is now a week overdue. While on maternity leave she is called to give evidence in a previous case. The man being charged suddenly gets violent so Rizzoli, tired and fed up, wrestles him on his front and puts the handcuffs on him. Almost immediately after that her waters break.

4. What is the first clue that 'The Apprentice' has partnered with 'The Surgeon'?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Folding of nightgown

At one of the crime scenes Detective Rizzoli notices that the victim's nightgown has been folded, in exactly the same way as The Surgeon did.

5. What is Catherine Cordell's job?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: Cardiac surgeon

The last victim of Andrew Capra is Dr. Catherine Cordell, who now works as a cardiac surgeon at one of Boston's prestigious hospitals.

6. In which book is the reader first introduced to Agent Dean from the FBI?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: The Apprentice

Agent Dean is from the FBI, with a cool manner that could give others the false impression that he has no emotions. This is not true as he eventually manages to win over even the stubborn Jane Rizzoli.

7. How many girls were kept at the house?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Seven

Girls are brought to this house mainly from abroad to be used as sex slaves. The most girls housed there is seven including Olena and Mila.

8. What is the significance of the teacup and saucer?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Warning system

The Apprentice positions the teacup and saucer on the lap of the husband while he rapes the wife. If the husband moves the teacup and saucer will fall off and break alerting him to the husband's struggles.

9. What is the first name of the psychologist, Dr Zucker?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: Lawrence

His character is rather curious and does not appear in the books very often. When he does, it is possible to see that he works as a psychologist for the Boston PD and seems to know more about Jane's true emotions than she is actually showing.

10. What is the name of the journalist with whom Joe asks to do the interview and who also turns out to be a traitor?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Peter Lucas

Detective Jane Rizzoli, Mila and her baby leave her apartment through the window when they hear someone buzzing the intercom. They go to Peter Lucas' house to show him the videoed evidence. As Mila goes into the bathroom someone knocks at the door. It turns out to be the man who slaughtered the girls at the house. Lucas has been informing him of their whereabouts as he has been paid off.

11. What name do the police give 'The Apprentice'?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Dominator

The Dominator is named such as he takes pleasure in overpowering the husband. He does this by raping and abusing the husband's wife in front of him. The husband is restrained and is forced to watch.

12. What is Catherine Cordell's online password?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: CCord

Catherine Cordell speaks to no-one about her past ordeal. Instead she goes to an online chat-room called Womenhelp where other women who have had similar experiences chat.

13. What was the name of the nun who was killed in 'The Sinner' before they discovered that she had given birth?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: Camile

There were numerous clues in the book, suggesting that she had been pregnant, one of which is a used sanitary towel in the bathroom. After further investigations, it is discovered that the baby was born dead and anencephalic (this means that the brain was not fully developed).They also discovered that it had been her father who had been the child's father.

14. What name do Jane Rizzoli and Gabriel Dean decide on for their baby?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Regina

Regina is first suggested by Jane Rizzoli's mother Angela. After a while Jane realises that the name suits her perfectly.

15. What is the name of the Detective whom Rizzoli is partnered with before FBI Agent Dean?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Vince Korsak

Detective Korsak contacted Rizzoli to view a crime scene. Some elements of the scene were similar to The Surgeon's and he felt it necessary for Detective Rizzoli to view it for herself.

16. What does Detective Crowe put in Detective Rizzoli's drink?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: Tampon

For a joke Detective Crowe puts a tampon in Detective Rizzoli's drink to remind her that she's a woman and to try to irritate her.

17. In "Body Double", Maura meets her birth mother; what is her name?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: Amathea

She discovers that her mother is a murderer, virtually crazy and unintelligible. After meeting her in the prison, Maura wonders if her mother's eyes were the eyes of evil, and whether she had inherited anything other than her looks from her mother.

18. What is the name of Olena and Mila's partner?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Joe

Olena and Mila meet Joseph Roke after they run from the house where the other girls and 'Mother' are slaughtered.

19. What is 'The Surgeon's' job?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: Blood technician

Warren Hoyt aka The Surgeon is a blood technician.

20. In 'Vanish', a new addition is made to the Rizzoli family- baby Regina. Who actually suggested the name to begin with?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: Angela Rizzoli

Regina, meaning queenly, was suggested by Jane's mother, Angela when they couldn't think of anything else to call her. Jane quickly shortened it to 'Reggie'.

21. What is the phrase that Olena broadcasts on the radio?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: The die is cast.

At first the police are baffled as to why Olena does not speak to them directly. It soon becomes clear when a man sneaks into the hospital that the message was for someone else.

22. What is the name of Boston's medical examiner?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Maura Isles

Dr. Maura Isles is introduced in this book. She's a medical examiner and works the crime scenes.

23. What does 'The Surgeon' remove from his victims?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: Womb

The Surgeon removes the womb while the naked woman lies awake and can see his power over her.

24. In 'The Mephisto Club' the word Peccavi appears after the murder of Lori Ann Tucker. What does it mean?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: I have sinned

Peccavi, meaning "I have sinned", seriously confuses the police team so that they are left to wonder whether the killings are the results of Satanic cults.

25. What were the last words whispered to detective Jane Rizzoli by Olena as she died?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Mila knows.

Detective Jane Rizzoli has nightmares about the day at the hospital where she and others were taken hostage by Joe and Olena. While looking through a book of names for her daughter she comes across the name Mila which triggers the memory of Olena whispering 'Mila knows' to her before she died.

26. How does 'The Apprentice' find his victims?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Taxi driver from airport

The Apprentice poses as a taxi driver at airports.

27. What was the name of 'The Surgeon's' partner?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: The Surgeon

Answer: Andrew Capra

Warren Hoyt and Andrew Capra first met as interns.

28. In 'The Mephisto Club', which well known character, who was first introduced in 'The Apprentice', died after her throat was cut?

From Quiz "Jane Rizzoli" Series by Tess Gerritsen

Answer: Joyce O'Donnel

Joyce O'Donnel met her end in 'The Mephisto Club' after the murder cut her through and apparently dragged her upstairs. During the time she died, Maura had tried to help her to survive but was unable to as the injury was too serious.

29. What is the name of the magazine found on the back seat of Joe and Olena's car?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: Vanish

Answer: Weekly Confidential

Detective Jane Rizzoli was looking through photos taken of Joe's abandoned car by crime technicians when she spots a copy of The Weekly Confidential lying on the back seat.

30. Who was 'The Apprentice's' partner?

From Quiz Tess Gerritsen: "The Apprentice"

Answer: Warren Hoyt

The Apprentice and The Surgeon (Warren Hoyt) first 'met' by corresponding through the prison mail.

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