Question 1
Which English writer created detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple?
- Agatha Christie
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- P. D. James
- Ngaio Marsh
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Agatha Christie
Literature · Genres
Mystery Literature trivia quiz
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What the Mystery Literature questions cover
- Golden Age
- Hardboiled
- Locked Room
- Historical Mystery
- Japanese Mystery
- Legal Mystery
- Medieval Mystery
- Academic Mystery
- Cozy Mystery
- Detection Club
- Ellery Queen
- Female Detectives
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Question 2
Who wrote the stories featuring the detective who lives at 221B Baker Street?
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Wilkie Collins
- G. K. Chesterton
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Question 3
Which novel features a murder aboard a luxurious train traveling through Europe?
- The Maltese Falcon
- Death on the Nile
- Murder on the Orient Express
- The Big Sleep
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Murder on the Orient Express
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How a Mystery Literature match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven Mystery Literature questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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