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Mystery cats Trivia Quiz

Many people think cats are mysterious. They're also featured in many mysteries!

A multiple-choice quiz by catamount. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
catamount

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
178,656

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
618

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who is the human companion of Koko and Yum Yum? Hint

Richard Lockridge

Mary Minor Haristeen

Jim Qwilleran

Goldy Bear Schulz

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is Joe Gray's "girl friend"? Hint

Cleopatra

Snowball

Dulcie

Trixie

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the story about Pluto, an abused cat who returned from the grave to get even with his cruel master by revealing him as the murderer of his wife? Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

H. P. Lovecraft

Bram Stoker

Stephen King

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who are the three animals featured in Rita Mae Brown's mystery novels? Hint

Had I, But Known, Roscoe

Am, Berlioz, Claude

Bodget, Luath, Tao

Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, Tucker

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the bookstore where the cat Agatha lives? Hint

Feline Felonies

House of Mystery

Death on Demand

Crime through Time

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the setting for Mary Daheim's "Sweetums" stories? Hint

A library

A bed and breakfast

A pet store

A restaurant

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Question 7 of 10

7. This American-born, British-based author has written a number of mysteries featuring cats. Hint

Elizabeth George

Jody Jaffe

M. C. Beaton

Marian Babson

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Question 8 of 10

8. This author who writes about park ranger Anna Pigeon and her cat Piedmont is a real-life park ranger. Hint

Gillian Roberts

Mary Jane Maffini

Nevada Barr

Carole Nelson Douglas

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Question 9 of 10

9. Cyril the cat is a minor character in the books starring Superintendent Richard Jury by this author. Hint

Jill Churchill

Ruth Rendell

Martha Grimes

Elizabeth George

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the name of the cat in "This Pen for Hire" by Laura Levine? Hint

Valium

Viagra

Halcion

Prozac

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the human companion of Koko and Yum Yum?

Answer: Jim Qwilleran

Lillian J. Braun has been writing about the two clever Siamese since 1966. They star in over twenty "The Cat Who..." mysteries.

2. Who is Joe Gray's "girl friend"?

Answer: Dulcie

These cats, created by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, can speak and read. They made their first appearance in "Cat on the Edge" in 1996.

3. Who wrote the story about Pluto, an abused cat who returned from the grave to get even with his cruel master by revealing him as the murderer of his wife?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Unbeknownst to him, the murderer had walled up the cat together with his wife's body. When the police came to his house, the cat screamed and the body was found. The name of the story? "The Black Cat".

4. Who are the three animals featured in Rita Mae Brown's mystery novels?

Answer: Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, Tucker

Tucker is actually a Welsh corgi. Their team work puts criminals on the run in "Rest in Pieces", "Murder She Meowed" and other mystery stories.

5. What is the name of the bookstore where the cat Agatha lives?

Answer: Death on Demand

Carolyn Hart writes about bookstore owner and amateur detective Annie Darling. Annie's other cat, Dorothy L., lives at her house.

6. What is the setting for Mary Daheim's "Sweetums" stories?

Answer: A bed and breakfast

Sweetums is known for his pranks.

7. This American-born, British-based author has written a number of mysteries featuring cats.

Answer: Marian Babson

Unlike other authors, she writes about many different cats in totally different novels. Only some of them are a kind of mini series of two or three books. Her cats include Pandora, Monty and Leif Erikson.

8. This author who writes about park ranger Anna Pigeon and her cat Piedmont is a real-life park ranger.

Answer: Nevada Barr

She also worked as an actor, travel writer and restaurant critic.

9. Cyril the cat is a minor character in the books starring Superintendent Richard Jury by this author.

Answer: Martha Grimes

Cyril, who lives in Scotland Yard, is the bane of the existence of Chief Superintendent Racer. Racer vows to get rid of the "mangy furball", but he is no match for Cyril's superior intelligence and his human protectors Richard Jury and Fiona Clingmore.

10. What is the name of the cat in "This Pen for Hire" by Laura Levine?

Answer: Prozac

Prozac's human companion is freelance writer Jaine Austen.

Source: Author catamount

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