Books & authors
The “Crime fiction: from Poe to today” quiz — Books & authors. It has 25 questions in five categories: Classic whodunits, Hardboiled and noir, Police procedurals, Nordic noir, Modern thrillers. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
At what London address, number 221B, did Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson share lodgings?
Which Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie famously cracked cases using his 'little grey cells'?
Which 1841 short story…
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In the gameWhat priceless black bird statuette is private eye Sam Spade hired to find in Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel?
Which cynical Los Angeles private eye is the hero of Raymond Chandler's classics 'The Big Sleep' and 'The Long Goodbye'?
In which 1934 James…
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Which pipe-smoking French detective investigates crimes in dozens of novels by Georges Simenon?
In which Scottish capital city does cynical Detective Inspector John Rebus solve crimes in Ian Rankin's bestselling series?
Which precinct number titles…
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Which brilliant hacker with a dragon tattoo is the iconic heroine of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy?
Which troubled Oslo police detective, battling addiction while hunting serial killers, is the hero of Jo Nesbø's novels?
Which Swedish author created…
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In the gameIn which 2012 psychological thriller by Gillian Flynn does the sudden disappearance of Amy Dunne frame her husband Nick?
In which 2020 novel by Richard Osman do four inquisitive pensioners in a retirement village meet weekly to solve murders?
In which 2015 psychological…
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.