Dr. Detective Alex Cross Trivia Quiz

Answer: 9 years old

Alex's mother died of lung cancer a year after his father died. He was sent to live in Washington DC, with his grandmother, Nana Mama, with whom he and his children still reside.

Answer: True

Cross had tried to set up a private practice in Washington DC, but gave up after limited success for three years. He joined the Washington DC Police Department, then became a member of the FBI.

Answer: Regina

Damon and Janelle (called Jannie by her family) were Alex's children with his wife, Maria. She was killed in a drive by shooting. Alex was Cross' son with Christine Johnson, former head of the Sojourner Truth School. Regina was Nana Mama's name.

Answer: John Sampson

Sampson and Alex had been close friends for years. Nana Mama had looked after Simpson because his mother was a drug addict. Sampson was a big man, tall, well-built and strong. Kyle Craig was a killer that Cross helped catch, Michael Goldberg was a boy kidnapped by another serial killer Cross was tracking, and Jamilla Hughes was a police officer Cross met while in San Francisco.

Answer: Playing the piano

Alex Cross could often be found playing the piano out on the sun porch. He loved playing Gershwin, or classical music. He also loved to spend time with his family, although could not do this as often as he would have liked to because of the long and difficult cases he was involved with.

Answer: Peanut Butter Man

Alex tried to work at the soup kitchen three times a week. He became involved in the voluntary work through his wife, Maria. She had been a social worker at St. Anthony's. His partner, Sampson, also worked there. Sugar was Sampson's nickname for Cross.

Answer: Sara Rosen

Jezzie Flanagan was supervisor of the secret service in Washington. Alex met her whilst trying to solve the kidnapping of Maggie Rose and Michael Goldberg. Christine Johnson was the head of the school that Alex's son and daughter attended. Jamilla Hughes was a police inspector in San Francisco, who worked with whilst solving the vampire murders in 'Violets Are Blue'. Sara Rosen was the partner of Jack, in the novel 'Jack and Jill'.

Answer: Boxing

Alex thought it important that his children could defend themselves, so he took them down to the basement of their home twice a week to teach them boxing. He was very proud of the way that they were learning to fight, yet never wrongly used their skills.

Answer: Humpty Dumpty

Other Alex Cross novels include 'Cat and Mouse', Jack And Jill' and 'Roses Are Red'. In the movies 'Along Came A Spider' and 'Kiss The Girls', Alex was portrayed by Morgan Freeman.

Answer: George Pittman

George Pittman was Chief of Detectives at the seventh district precinct, where Alex worked. He and Alex did not like one another at all.
If you have not read all of the Alex Cross novels, you should go out and do it now! They are really enjoyable and exciting stories.
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