80 Crime And Detective Fiction Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1941 film introduced Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade?
Answer
The Maltese Falcon
Which crime novelist created the character Tom Ripley?
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Patricia Highsmith
Who directed the 1995 crime thriller film Se7en?
Answer
David Fincher
What is Sherlock Holmes’s fictional London address in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories?
Answer
221B Baker Street
What is the name of Agatha Christie’s first published novel, featuring Hercule Poirot?
Answer
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
What is the name of the detective agency in Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency?
Answer
No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Which novelist created the fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey?
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Which actor played detective Benoit Blanc in the film Knives Out?
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Daniel Craig
Who wrote the 1868 detective novel The Moonstone?
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Wilkie Collins
What is the name of the village where Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple lives?
Answer
St Mary Mead
Who created the fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin, first published in 1841?
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Edgar Allan Poe
Which novel introduced the fictional detective Father Brown in 1911?
Answer
The Innocence of Father Brown
In the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, who narrates the investigation alongside Hercule Poirot?
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Dr. James Sheppard
Which detective fiction author created Inspector Jules Maigret?
Answer
Georges Simenon
What is the name of Raymond Chandler's private detective in The Big Sleep?
Answer
Philip Marlowe
In the film The Silence of the Lambs, which FBI trainee interviews Hannibal Lecter?
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Clarice Starling