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Name The Detective's Creator Trivia Quiz

I name the detectives and you name the writers. Some modern some not so modern. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by pippa_sue. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
pippa_sue

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,225

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
3868

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Which author created Sam Spade? Hint

Raymond Chandler

Mildred Wirt

Earle Stanley Gardner

Dashiell Hammett

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which author created Inspector Wexford? Hint

P D James

Ruth Rendell

Caroline Graham

Lynda La Plante

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which author created Lord Peter Wimsey? Hint

P D James

Dorothy L Sayers

Ruth Rendell

Sara Paretsky

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which author created Spenser? Hint

Elmore Leonard

Ian Rankin

Bill Lennox

Robert B Parker

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which author created V I Warshawski? Hint

Caroline Graham

Sara Paretsky

Patricia Cornwell

Ruth Rendell

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which author created Dalziel and Pascoe? Hint

Ian Rankin

Ruth Rendell

Colin Dexter

Reginald Hill

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which author created Virginia West? Hint

Caroline Graham

Sara Paretsky

Ruth Rendell

Patricia Cornwell

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which author created Chief Inspector Morse? Hint

Ian Rankin

P D James

Colin Dexter

Reginald Hill

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which author created Bill Lennox? Hint

Erle Stanley Gardner

Dorothy L Sayers

Raymond Chandler

W T Ballard

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which author created Charlie Chan? Hint

Dorothy L Sayers

Earle Stanley Gardner

Earl Derr Biggers

Raymond Chandler

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which author created Nancy Drew? Hint

Caroline Graham

Dorothy L Sayers

Earl Derr Biggers

Edward Stratemeyer

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which author created Philip Marlowe? Hint

Raymond Chandler

Elmore Leonard

Dashiell Hammett

Colin Dexter

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which author created D.C.I. Jane Tennison? Hint

Sara Paretsky

Lynda La Plante

Ian Rankin

Colin Dexter

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which author created Sherlock Holmes? Hint

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Prof Moriarty

Dorothy L Sayers

Dr Watson

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which author created Adam Dalgliesh? Hint

Ruth Rendell

Lynda La Plante

Caroline Graham

P D James

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which author created Sam Spade?

Answer: Dashiell Hammett

For me Bogey will be forever Sam Spade.

2. Which author created Inspector Wexford?

Answer: Ruth Rendell

He must be pushing 80 by now! I don't care for the 'psychological' ones; they are too weird!

3. Which author created Lord Peter Wimsey?

Answer: Dorothy L Sayers

Rather old fashioned with very different opinions from today.

4. Which author created Spenser?

Answer: Robert B Parker

He got to be rather a caricature towards the later books.

5. Which author created V I Warshawski?

Answer: Sara Paretsky

6. Which author created Dalziel and Pascoe?

Answer: Reginald Hill

Smashing books, very funny.

7. Which author created Virginia West?

Answer: Patricia Cornwell

8. Which author created Chief Inspector Morse?

Answer: Colin Dexter

Miserable old so and so!

9. Which author created Bill Lennox?

Answer: W T Ballard

10. Which author created Charlie Chan?

Answer: Earl Derr Biggers

11. Which author created Nancy Drew?

Answer: Edward Stratemeyer

Edward Stratemeyer created the character Nancy Drew and hired ghostwriters to write the actual stories, which were all published under the pseudonym of Carolyn Keene. Stratemeyer also created the Hardy Boys stories (also ghostwritten and published under the pseudonym of Franklin W. Dixon).

12. Which author created Philip Marlowe?

Answer: Raymond Chandler

Love the books - the atmosphere is electric.

13. Which author created D.C.I. Jane Tennison?

Answer: Lynda La Plante

Gruesome!

14. Which author created Sherlock Holmes?

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Silly one for you.

15. Which author created Adam Dalgliesh?

Answer: P D James

The great poet detective!

Source: Author pippa_sue

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