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This famous mystery authors spouse is named Jane Waldhorn.
Who is R. L. Stine?
100
The famous author that produced the character Auguste C. Dupin died on this date.
When is October 7 of 1849?
100
In the Rouge Lawyer, the main character is accused of this.
What is a double murder?
100
"If it wasn't for you _____ kids!"
What is meddling?
100
This main characters catch phrase is always "ZOINKS!"
Who is Shaggy Rodgers? (from Scooby Doo)
200
Creator of the worlds most famous literary lawyer, this author was born in Massachusetts in 1989.
Who is Erle Stanley Gardener?
200
In this year Agatha Christie's first book was published.
When was 1920?
200
This book written in 1929, is one of the five novels written by Dashiell Hammett.
What is the Red Harvest?
200
"Book em' ____" as stated in Hawaii 5-O.
Who is Dano?
200
These two characters were in a series of short stories in the Strand magazine in 1890.
Who is Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson?
300
Known as Lee and Dannay, this author wrote the Roman Hat Mystery published in 1999.
Who is Ellery Queen?
300
In this year Sherlock Holmes died due to falling off a cliff.
When was 1893?
300
It wasn't until the publication of this poem did Edgar Allen Poe achieve his true rise to fame.
What is The Raven?
300
"So whats the ____?" says Kim Possible
What is the sitch?
300
This character has visited 21 places and is known as the widest traveled character in fiction.
Who is Charlie Chan?
400
Best known for his police novels this prolific writer writes under many pseudonyms, the most common is Ed McBain.
Who is Emmit Hunter?
400
Not only were his movies popular but from 1932 to _____ there was a Charlie Chan radio series.
When was 1948?
400
In this series the plot is that every adult disappears leaving all the children in the world very puzzled.
What is the Gone Series?
400
Agatha Christie once said "It is ridiculous, to set up a detective story in ___. ___ is a detective story itself." (The two blanks are the same word.)
What is New York City?
400
Ever since Nancy's mother passed away, Hanna Gruen was given this job in the Drew's Household.
What is a housekeeper?
500
This author served in a hospital during world world one.
Who is Agatha Christie?
500
During this date was the first weekly radio detective show.
When was 1930?
500
In this 1929 book it introduced Ellery Queen as the son of Inspector Richard Queen of the New York Police department.
What is The Roman Hat Mystery?
500
The author Arthur Conan Doyle is well known for saying this quote, "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, _____________________"
What is the quote ending "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"
500
This man was cast as the tenth doctor in the series Doctor Who.
Who is David Tennant?
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