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  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

How many siblings does Rebus have? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 70 times
Correct: 42 times (32.1%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 28 times (21.4%)
Skipped: 61 times (46.6%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

Where did Rebus's partner Siobhan Clarke grow up?

(Hint: It's not the place you'd suspect from just looking at her name.) 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 56 times
Correct: 14 times (12.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 42 times (36.2%)
Skipped: 60 times (51.7%)
  Which of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus books was inspired by a real-life serial killer case?

(Hint: The book deals with a series of copycat murders perpetrated by an individual whose nickname is a twist on that of the real life killer whose "work" he emulates. In the novel's TV adaptation starring John Hannah, the two names were changed to "The Preacher" and "The Disciple," respectively.) 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 89 times
Correct: 17 times (11.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 72 times (47.1%)
Skipped: 64 times (41.8%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

What is Rebus's favorite rock band or singer? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 66 times
Correct: 19 times (14.5%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 47 times (35.9%)
Skipped: 65 times (49.6%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

What is mob boss "Big Ger" Cafferty's one (allegedly) legitimate business interest? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 58 times
Correct: 14 times (11.2%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 44 times (35.2%)
Skipped: 67 times (53.6%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

What is mob boss "Big Ger" Cafferty's nickname for Rebus? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 86 times
Correct: 26 times (12.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 60 times (27.8%)
Skipped: 130 times (60.2%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series.

What is the nickname of Rebus's boss (in the first novels)? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 82 times
Correct: 23 times (11.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 59 times (28.1%)
Skipped: 128 times (61.0%)
  How many novels did Ian Rankin write under the pen name Jack Harvey? see if you know the answer
Answered: 82 times
Correct: 33 times (15.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 49 times (23.6%)
Skipped: 126 times (60.6%)
  Where did Ian Rankin live when he wrote the Jack Harvey novels, as well as some of the books from the Inspector Rebus series? see if you know the answer
Answered: 54 times
Correct: 11 times (9.5%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 43 times (37.1%)
Skipped: 62 times (53.4%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

To which Scottish police unit does Rebus belong? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 65 times
Correct: 19 times (15.1%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 46 times (36.5%)
Skipped: 61 times (48.4%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

Which of the following police stations does not belong in this group? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 60 times
Correct: 26 times (21.0%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 34 times (27.4%)
Skipped: 64 times (51.6%)
  What do author Ian Rankin and John Rebus, the protagonist of his Inspector Rebus series have in common? see if you know the answer
Answered: 66 times
Correct: 13 times (10.4%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 53 times (42.4%)
Skipped: 59 times (47.2%)
  What is unusual about Ian Rankin's "Jack Harvey" novel Bleeding Hearts? see if you know the answer
Answered: 63 times
Correct: 36 times (27.7%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 27 times (20.8%)
Skipped: 67 times (51.5%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

What is mob boss "Big Ger" Cafferty's real name? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 69 times
Correct: 20 times (12.7%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 49 times (31.0%)
Skipped: 89 times (56.3%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

Who or what is "the Ox?" 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 86 times
Correct: 34 times (16.0%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 52 times (24.4%)
Skipped: 127 times (59.6%)
  Ian Rankin: Inspector Rebus series

Which of the following locations does not belong in this group? 		see if you know the answer
Answered: 82 times
Correct: 38 times (17.9%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 44 times (20.8%)
Skipped: 130 times (61.3%)
  What is the first Ian Rankin novel featuring Inspector Rebus? see if you know the answer
Answered: 67 times
Correct: 23 times (16.4%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 44 times (31.4%)
Skipped: 73 times (52.1%)
  What city does Ian Rankin describe as "...the invisible city, hiding its true feelings and intentions..."?
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Answered: 38 times
Correct: 22 times (33.3%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 16 times (24.2%)
Skipped: 28 times (42.4%)

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