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1. Margaret was the daughter of the victim in 'Ransom for a Dead Man' (1971) and assisted Lieutenant Columbo in catching the murderer by forcing him/her to part with some of the marked ransom money which supposedly had gone to the kidnappers. Who was the murderer, in relation to Margaret herself?
2. Audrey is seen playing with a dog when the murderer leaves the scene of the crime, and she does not see him. This is unfortunate, but she does point Columbo in the right direction when she tells him how she looked after Chopin the cockatoo; in contrast to this, the murderer tried to imply that it was a suicide and the victim didn't think to save the bird first. At one point in the programme Columbo goes looking for Audrey to speak to her - where does he find her?
3. Steve Spielberg was a mixed-up child in a grown-up world, but for all that a very likeable character. Incredibly smart, he is estranged from his ordinary family and works in his own laboratory in the Institute. He helps Columbo with his dog, and gives him a vital clue in that he had been sent to the drive-in on the night of the murder - an unusual occurrence as people did not treat him as a kid in the normal run of events. His project at the institute was a robot with a clinical name - what was that name?
4. Columbo spent two nights in a Military Academy in 1974 after the Colonel killed the Chairman of the Board; the young men assisted him in his investigation due to some cider which had been spotted by the murderer 'By the Dawn's Early Light' - placing him at the murder scene without doubt. After the first night in the dorm, however, Columbo asked one of the young men for something which he was unable to supply. What was that?
5. Carol Jones (aka Carol Jones-Potter) played a young lady called Caroline Treynor in 1977, and was delighted when Columbo complimented her on her looks, saying it was the first time someone liked her for her body and not her brain. Which Columbo story was this?
6. It seems to be that the innocence of youth gives Columbo the essential clues, but in 'Columbo Goes to the Guillotine' (1989) the young man he meets in the Magic Shop works out how an elaborate hoax was pulled off to fool an august body of officials. Michael Bacall played Tommy, who helped Columbo perform the same trick under the same circumstances to discredit the murderer. Why was this so important?
7. There were many young people in 'Columbo Goes to College' (1990) but we only get to know two of them, the murderers. Justin and Cooper are clever teenagers who have more money than sense, and their way of life finally catches up with them. The only way they seem to be able to continue their soft living is to remove their tutor - but how did they actually kill Professor Rusk?
8. The 1991 special, 'Death Hits the Jackpot' had an unusual 'child' in it - a young chimp lived with the victim and provided the proof needed to nail the murderer. What was this proof?
9. Released in 1993, 'It's all in the Game' was the story of mother and daughter who worked together to murder the man who was dating them both at the same time. Nick Franco was shot by the mother (Faye Dunaway) and her alibi was provided by the daughter (Claudia Christian), who kept the body warm, and then sounded a shot as the mother was with the caretaker just outside the door. Which of these statements is NOT true of this particular Columbo story?
10. In the 1994 Columbo film 'Butterfly in Shades of Gray' (sic) the murderer did the deed because he could not accept that his adopted daughter was no longer a child, and treated her as such. Victoria is very fond of her father and only believes he is not what he seemed when he does what?
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ArleneRimmer
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