FICTIONAL DECETIVES
IN A 2000 REMAKE SAMUEL L. JACKSON TOOK OVER FOR RICHARD ROUNDTREE AS THIS COOL DETECTIVE
WHO IS SHAFT?
IN 1974, THIS DAREDEVIL PARACHUTED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON; THAT WAS PLAN B
WHO WAS EVEL KNIEVEL?
IN 1825 THE DECEMBERISTS ATTEMPTED A COUP IN THIS COUNTRY - IT DIDN'T WORK
WHAT IS RUSSIA?
THIS PRIVATE UTAH UNIVERSITY IS CONTROLLED BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
WHAT IS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (BYU)?
IN THE '30s THIS AVIATOR USED SOME OF HIS FORTUNE TO FUND FILMS LIKE "HELL'S ANGELS" & "SCARFACE"
WHO IS HOWARD HUGHES?
A SLEUTH NAMED KINSEY MILLHONE IS THE HEROINE OF HER ALPHABET MYSTERIES
WHO IS SUE GRAFTON?
THIS ENTERTAINER EARNED THE NICKNAME "THE HANDCUFF KING" FOR HIS ABILITY TO ESCAPE MANACLES
WHO IS HARRY HOUDINI?
AROUND 981 THIS "COLORFUL" EXPLORER WAS BANNED FROM ICELAND FOR 3 YEARS FOR KILLING A NEIGHBOR
WHAT IS ERIC THE RED?
IN 1987 PRANKSTERS FROM THIS PASADENA SCHOOL CHANGED THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN TO THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL
WHAT IS CALTECH?
A STOCK THAT'S A LOW RISK INVESTMENT IS A BLUE THIS
WHAT IS A CHIP?
A CAREFULLY WAXED MOUSTACHE IS A PROMINENT FACIAL FEATURE OF THIS AGATHA CHRISTIE DETECTIVE
WHO IS POIROT?
IN 1926 GERTRUDE EDERLE SWAM THIS IN 14 1/2 HOURS, BREAKING THE MEN'S RECORD BY 2 HOURS
WHAT IS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL?
RULING FROM 1764 TO 1795, STANISLAUS II WAS THE LAST KING OF THIS COUNTRY
WHAT IS POLAND?
JAMES MADISON & WOODROW WILSON BOTH GRADUATED FROM THIS NEW JERSEY UNIVERSITY
WHAT IS PRINCETON?
THE 2 MAMMALS USED TO DESCRIBE A RISING OR DECLINING STOCK MARKET ARE THE BULL & THIS
WHAT IS A BEAR?
MORGAN FREEMAN HAS PLAYED DETECTIVE ALEX CROSS TWICE: "KISS THE GIRLS" & THIS FILM
WHAT IS "ALONG CAME A SPIDER"
IN SEPTEMBER 1984 JOE W. KITTINGER BECAME THE FIRST TO SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN ONE OF THESE
WHAT IS A HOT-AIR BALLOON?
IN 1871 THE TREATY OF FRANKFURY ENDED THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE & THIS GERMAN STATE, LED BY BISMARCK
WHAT IS PRUSSIA
THE GROTTO OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES IS A WELL-KNOWN LANDMARK AT THIS MIDWESTERN SCHOOL
WHAT IS NOTRE DAME?
THIS ALLITERATIVE TYPE OF ACCOUNT INVESTMENT IN SHORT-TERM INSTRUMENTS FOR SAFE BUT PIDDLY RETURNS
WHAT IS MONEY MARKET?
FIRST SERIALIZED IN "BLACK MASK", "THE MALTESE FALCON" INTRODUCED THE WORK TO THIS DETECTIVE
WHO IS SAP SPADE?
IN 1947 HE BROKE THE SOUND BARRIER IN THE "GLAMOROUS GLENNIS"
WHO IS CHUCK YEAGER?
THIS MACEDONIAN KING DEFEATED THE PERSIAN ARMY UNDER DARIUS III IN 333B.C.
WHO IS ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
IN 1253 ROBERT DE DORBON FOUNDED A SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY IN THIS CITY
WHAT IS PARIS?
AFTER RUNNING PYRAMID SCHEMES, HE WAS DEPORTED BACK TO ITALY IN 1934
WHO IS CHARLES PONZI?