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Literary Detectives

written by: Eve
 
Try to 'uncover' the identity of these famous fictional detectives from known literary works.

Question 1:


The following words belong to a fictional private detective, created by Agatha Cristie: ‘I, who have undoubtedly the finest brain in Europe at present, can afford to be magnanimous.’
Drury Lane
Hercule Poirot
Perry Mason
John Shaft

Question 2:


This fictional detective, created by a British author and physician, delivered the following words in the short story, ‘The Boscome Valley Mystery’: ‘There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.’
Sherlock Holmes
Charlie Chan
Philip Trent
Sam Spade

Question 3:


This eccentric literary detective, who lives alone in Paris, is the creation of Edgar Allan Poe.
Auguste Dupin
Henry Merrivale
Paul Temple
Hercule Poirot

Question 4:


This fictional detective first appeared in the novel, ‘The Murder at the Vicarage’. Her motto is 'The young people think the old people are fools, but the old people know the young people are fools'.
Jessica Fletcher
Kate Fansler
Daphne Matthews
Miss Jane Marple

Question 5:


This fictional character, depicted by G. K. Chesterton, is both a detective and a Catholic priest. He addressed the following words to the reformed criminal, Flambeau: ‘Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?'.
Father Roger
Father Smith
Gideon Fell
Father Brown

Question 6:


This fictional detective, described as a ‘hard and shifty fellow’, is the leading character in the novel ‘The Maltese Falcon’.
Philip Marlowe
Rex Carver
Sam Spade
Mike Hammer

Question 7:


This fictional police detective, who likes smoking pipes, is the literary creation of Georges Simenon. Unlike his assistant Leroy, he often relies on his instincts in solving cases.
Hercule Poirot
Inspector Morse
Dick Tracy
Jules Maigret

Question 8:


The name of this fictional detective from the novel, ‘The Roman Hat Mystery’ is also the pseudonym under which the two cousins, Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee wrote detective fiction.
Jim Rockford
Henri Bencolin
Inspector Rebus
Ellery Queen

Question 9:


This literary private eye, who works in Southern California, was first introduced in the novel, ‘The Moving Target’.
Ellery Queen
Travis McGee
Lew Archer
Paul Temple

Question 10:


This fictional private eye made the following observation in the book, ‘The Big Sleep’: ‘Dead men are heavier than broken hearts‘.
Rex Carver
Dick Tracy
Cliff Hardy
Phillip Marlowe

 
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