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In Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers , the case is hinged on what piece of evidence?
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187 times |
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69 times (13.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
118 times (23.5%) |
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316 times (62.8%) |
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In Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey blows his cover by playing what game?
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186 times |
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120 times (26.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
66 times (14.6%) |
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265 times (58.8%) |
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In Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey goes under cover at an advertising firm. What alias does he use?
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212 times |
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101 times (18.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
111 times (19.9%) |
| Skipped: |
345 times (61.9%) |
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The title of the mother of Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey Wimsey is ...
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| Answered: |
104 times |
| Correct: |
67 times (36.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
37 times (19.9%) |
| Skipped: |
82 times (44.1%) |
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Which of Dorothy L. Sayer's books is written mostly in letter and diary entries?
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| Answered: |
94 times |
| Correct: |
61 times (33.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
33 times (18.0%) |
| Skipped: |
89 times (48.6%) |
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Who defended women's equality in a speech (and later, treatise) entitled Are Women Human?
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169 times |
| Correct: |
59 times (22.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
110 times (41.0%) |
| Skipped: |
99 times (36.9%) |
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Dorothy L. Sayers is known for her detective fiction but was also a highly respected translator from which one of these languages?
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| Answered: |
102 times |
| Correct: |
52 times (31.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
50 times (30.3%) |
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63 times (38.2%) |
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In Dorothy L. Sayers' Clouds of Witness, the suspected party on trial is of what relation to Peter?
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| Answered: |
160 times |
| Correct: |
96 times (24.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
64 times (16.0%) |
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239 times (59.9%) |
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What English mystery writer said "Give me a decent bottle of poison and I'll construct the perfect crime"?
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890 times |
| Correct: |
697 times (60.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
193 times (16.8%) |
| Skipped: |
256 times (22.3%) |
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Who wrote "Gaudy Night"?
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| Answered: |
174 times |
| Correct: |
137 times (44.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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37 times (11.9%) |
| Skipped: |
137 times (44.1%) |
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Which of these women authors was an honorary member of the "Inklings," although she never attended any meetings?
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221 times |
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124 times (25.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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97 times (20.0%) |
| Skipped: |
264 times (54.4%) |
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Which mystery writer was born in New Zealand?
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166 times |
| Correct: |
92 times (28.7%) |
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difficult |
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74 times (23.1%) |
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154 times (48.1%) |
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Which mystery writer had her unfinished manuscripts finished by her husband after her death?
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169 times |
| Correct: |
64 times (20.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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105 times (33.1%) |
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148 times (46.7%) |
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Which of these mystery writers never married or had children?
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133 times |
| Correct: |
37 times (19.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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96 times (49.5%) |
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61 times (31.4%) |
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At her death, Dorothy L. Sayers left several works unfinished; including, first and foremost, a fifth novel dealing with Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (later completed by Jill Paton Walsh and published under the title Thrones, Dominations) and ...
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| Answered: |
135 times |
| Correct: |
61 times (25.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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74 times (31.0%) |
| Skipped: |
104 times (43.5%) |
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J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers had what in common?
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| Answered: |
257 times |
| Correct: |
108 times (34.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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149 times (47.6%) |
| Skipped: |
56 times (17.9%) |
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Over the course of Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, Chief Inspector Parker becomes his ...
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| Answered: |
114 times |
| Correct: |
74 times (37.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
40 times (20.3%) |
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83 times (42.1%) |
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Which "golden age" mystery writer considered herself a writer second and a director first, and actually could boast a considerable renown in that other capacity as well, particularly with productions of the works of William Shakespeare?
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163 times |
| Correct: |
44 times (18.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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119 times (49.4%) |
| Skipped: |
78 times (32.4%) |
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Which literary detective (probably) came into being as a parody of Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey, but proved so popular that he quickly assumed a life and career of his own?
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135 times |
| Correct: |
43 times (19.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
92 times (42.2%) |
| Skipped: |
83 times (38.1%) |
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Which book introduces Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey?
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| Answered: |
146 times |
| Correct: |
69 times (29.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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77 times (33.2%) |
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86 times (37.1%) |
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Who defended women's equality in a book named The Worth of Women (subtitled "Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men")?
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134 times |
| Correct: |
35 times (15.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
99 times (42.3%) |
| Skipped: |
100 times (42.7%) |
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How many novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane did Dorothy L. Sayers complete during her life time?
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| Answered: |
109 times |
| Correct: |
32 times (16.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
77 times (39.1%) |
| Skipped: |
88 times (44.7%) |
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Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey and Ngaio Marsh's Roderick Alleyn have this in common:
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| Answered: |
111 times |
| Correct: |
34 times (18.4%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
77 times (41.6%) |
| Skipped: |
74 times (40.0%) |
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Agatha Christie's Ariadne Oliver and Dorothy L. Sayers's Harriet Vane have this in common:
(Hints: Did Hercule Poirot ever marry? Was Agatha Christie Oxford-educated? What canon, if any, does The Pale Horse belong to?)
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149 times |
| Correct: |
44 times (18.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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105 times (44.3%) |
| Skipped: |
88 times (37.1%) |
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Which book introduces Lord Peter's wife-to-be Harriet Vane in Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries?
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| Answered: |
143 times |
| Correct: |
74 times (31.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
69 times (29.4%) |
| Skipped: |
92 times (39.1%) |
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Which author wrote mystery novels in order to continue serious studies in theology?
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| Answered: |
78 times |
| Correct: |
30 times (25.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
48 times (41.4%) |
| Skipped: |
38 times (32.8%) |
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What do Agatha Christie's The Moving Finger, Dorothy L. Sayers's Gaudy Night and R.D. Wingfield's Night Frost have in common?
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| Answered: |
74 times |
| Correct: |
51 times (47.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
23 times (21.3%) |
| Skipped: |
34 times (31.5%) |
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Which of the following is NOT an epistolary novel?
("NOVEL" -- i.e.: a work of fiction -- being the operative word here ...)
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217 times |
| Correct: |
80 times (25.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
137 times (43.2%) |
| Skipped: |
100 times (31.5%) |
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Which of these couples are mismatched?
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| Answered: |
166 times |
| Correct: |
62 times (23.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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104 times (39.1%) |
| Skipped: |
100 times (37.6%) |
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Which of these holiday-related mystery books and the author(s) given, respectively, is/are mismatched?
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178 times |
| Correct: |
108 times (37.4%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
70 times (24.2%) |
| Skipped: |
111 times (38.4%) |
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