January+16,+2008


 * 1) What is the name for the group of street urchins who helped Sherlock Holmes with tasks around London? (//The Baker Street Irregulars//)
 * 2) Arthur Conan Doyle wrote or many cases in Sherlock Holmes mysteries. For which case that concerned the Ku Klux Klan was John Openshaw the client? (//The Five Orange Pips//)
 * 3) Name the author who created the fictional detective called Hercule Poirot. (Agatha Christie)
 * 4) What is the name of the young girl detective in the David Adler stories? (//Cam// //Jansen//)
 * 5) Tim Diamond is the world’s worst detective, whereas his brother Nick, also a detective, is smart and funny. Name the series in which these two characters appear. (//The Diamond Brothers by Anthony Horowitz)//
 * 6) This woman was an early Detective Fiction writer. She was born in 1896 and died in 1952. She wrote books like "The Singing Sands," and "Daughter of Time." Her famous private investigator is Alan Grant. Who is this famous writer? (//Josephine Tey//)
 * 7) Who are the two look-alike detectives in the Tintin books by Herge? (//Thomson and Thompson//)
 * 8) Eve Titus's book, Basil of Baker Street, is by far the best "portrayal" of Sherlock Holmes. Disney has made an adaptation of her book and changed its title. The title contains the word Detective. What is the complete title of the book? (//The Great Mouse Detective//)
 * 9) Philip Pullman wrote a series of books about a girl detective called Sally Lockheart. The first title in the series called //The Ruby in the Smoke//. Name the two other titles. (//The Shadow in the North// and //The Tiger in the Well//)
 * 10) This famous writer is another woman who has been around a long time. She has three famous detectives who solve her crimes. One is a man, another one is a woman, and the last one is a couple named Tommy and Tuppence. Some of her books are "Dead Man's Folly," "Death in the Clouds," and "The Unexpected Guest." Who is this famous writer? (Agatha Christie)
 * 11) This woman is another present day detective writer. She has written some excellent suspense filled books. Her new series features FBI agents. The first book in the series is "The Cove." After that book comes, "The Maze," "The Target," and "The Edge." Her newest book is titled, "Beyond Eden." Who is this famous writer? (//Catherine Coulter//)
 * 12) One of the greatest American teen girl detectives created in 1930 by Carolyn Keene has been recently brought back to life in DVD. What is this main character’s name? (//Nancy Drew//)
 * 13) Often mentioned alongside of Nancy Drew was a pair of brothers, The Hardy Boys, created by a ghostwriter named Leslie MacFarlane. What was Leslie MacFarlane’s pen name? (//Franklin W. Dixon)//
 * 14) This English/American writer wrote a number of mysteries set in Roman Times. Some recent titles include //The Charioteer of Delphi// and the //The Sirens of Surrentum//. (//Caroline Lawrence//)
 * 15) This author of a famous Newbery Award, wrote a simple plot of Marvin Redpost, a child detective, who solves the mystery of his existence in a book called __Kidnapped at Birth__. The plot had no ‘hole’ in it. Name the author. (//Louis Sachar//)
 * 16) **Who wrote the Encyclopedia Brown books? (//Donald J. Sobol)//**
 * 17) An innocent caught in the middle of a crime or would-be crime is thirteen year old Andy in a well-known Avi book. A stranger named Zeke calls Andy and confesses that he has murdered Nina Klemmer. Andy calls the police who write it off as a crank call but then Andy takes on a detective role the plot thickens. Name the book. (**//Wolf Rider//)**
 * 18) Name the following book. Lois Duncan has created many thrilling mysteries for young adult readers. In the following book, there's no mystery about who did the crime. The mystery lies in who knows about it. Two couples, Ray and Julie, Barry and Helen run down a child who appears out of nowhere in the night on a bicycle. They do report the accident but they don't stop. After making a pact never to reveal what happened, the four go their separate ways. Their past mistake comes to haunt them and the rest of the book unfolds when the four become detectives in order to find out who else knows about their crime. (//I Know What You Did Last Summer//)
 * 19) Mel Glenn's **fascinating book** uses poetry to tell a story for kids in about fifth grade and up. A high school English teacher is murdered while jogging on the track before school. In a series of short poems we see the event and its aftermath from many perspectives including that of the murderer. The poetry forces the readers to become detectives because so much is left for the reader to infer and because the cast of characters is large. Name the book. (//Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?)//
 * 20) Margaret Peterson Haddix wrote a book set in 1846, but the main character discovers that the date is actually 1995 and that she lives in atourist site. Name the title of this book (//Running out of Time//)
 * 21) What is the name of the girl detective in a series by Webdelin Van Draanen. Her last name is Keyes. (//Sammy Keyes//)