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Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout #3 Trivia Quiz

My third quiz on my favorite author and his mystery novels.

A multiple-choice quiz by aladdinjuno. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
aladdinjuno

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,835

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
483

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In "Too Many Clients" the man who was murdered owned an apartment building that had: Hint

a room with naked pictures of women

an office with telephone operators

a vault with gold bars

poker tables for gambling

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Prisoner's Base" Priscilla Eads was about to inherit stock in a company that made: Hint

aircraft

towels

dictation machines

women's clothes

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Question 3 of 10

3. In "Plot It Yourself" Amy Wynn is the culprit. Alice Porter is an accomplice in the early stages of the story. Is she one of the people that Amy kills?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Where There's A Will" Noel Hawthorne's sisters each receive in a false will: Hint

a piece of fruit

50,000 dollars

1 million dollars

a share in the family house and property

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the short story "Too Many Detectives" a state official is the culprit.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the short story "This Won't Kill You" Nero Wolfe is at a: Hint

jury trial

baseball game

writer's convention

flower show

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the short story "Invitation to Murder" Theodore Huck transports a body in a: Hint

wheelbarrow

armored car

motorized wheelchair

taxi

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Question 8 of 10

8. In "Too Many Women" the women were: Hint

college students

office workers

Archie's girl friends

telephone operators

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Question 9 of 10

9. Archie Goodwin's friend who works at a newspaper is: Hint

Saul Panzer

Johnny Keems

Fred Durkin

Lon Cohen

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Some Buried Caesar" (written in 1938) Archie Goodwin first meets someone who appears in many of the stories Rex Stout wrote over the next 20+ years. Hint

Lon Cohen

Orrie Cather

Saul Panzer

Lily Rowan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "Too Many Clients" the man who was murdered owned an apartment building that had:

Answer: a room with naked pictures of women

The apartment was managed by the Perez family whose daughter was killed because she had made drawings of the people who had gone to that room.

2. In "Prisoner's Base" Priscilla Eads was about to inherit stock in a company that made:

Answer: towels

Priscilla, her maid, and her friend are all killed because they would know that the man who claimed to be her former husband was an imposter.

3. In "Plot It Yourself" Amy Wynn is the culprit. Alice Porter is an accomplice in the early stages of the story. Is she one of the people that Amy kills?

Answer: No

She avoids being murdered by giving an envelope to the woman who ran a rooming house where she met Amy. The letter inside exposed their conspiracy, and was only to be opened if Alice died.

4. In "Where There's A Will" Noel Hawthorne's sisters each receive in a false will:

Answer: a piece of fruit

A photograph by the daughter of June, one of the sisters, is the clue that unlocks the mystery.

5. In the short story "Too Many Detectives" a state official is the culprit.

Answer: True

The story involved an investigation into wiretapping by private detectives.

6. In the short story "This Won't Kill You" Nero Wolfe is at a:

Answer: baseball game

Archie Goodwin is irritated trying to explain baseball rules to Pierre Mondor; a famous chef from France.

7. In the short story "Invitation to Murder" Theodore Huck transports a body in a:

Answer: motorized wheelchair

Huck's brother-in-law Herman Lewant was the victim.

8. In "Too Many Women" the women were:

Answer: office workers

Jasper Pine who hired Nero Wolfe was the culprit.

9. Archie Goodwin's friend who works at a newspaper is:

Answer: Lon Cohen

In most of the stories Lon has no official title, but has his own room "three doors down from the publisher" and is always on the phone.

10. In "Some Buried Caesar" (written in 1938) Archie Goodwin first meets someone who appears in many of the stories Rex Stout wrote over the next 20+ years.

Answer: Lily Rowan

Running from a charging bull, Archie leaps over a fence, "landing flat...sprawling and rolling." A voice (has to be Lily): "Beautiful! I wouldn't have missed that for anything."

Source: Author aladdinjuno

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