Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Your Mummy's Calling!

Sooooooo aparently some of you sticklers for details want to know what the correct answers to these contest questions are--cannily surmising that I might recycle a few questions down the line.

Okay, I can do that.

CONTEST #1 (The correct answer is in bold--assuming I remember the correct answer!)

1)Who among the following does NOT qualify as a spinster sleuth?
A – Maud Silver
B – EMILY POLLIFAX
C- Jane Marple
D – Hildegard Withers

2)Frances Iles was the pseudonym of which mystery writer?
A – Ronald A. Knox
B – Anthony Boucher
C – Ronald Anthony
D – ANTHONY BERKELEY COX

3)Which of the following was an early mystery story by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle?
A – OUR MIDNIGHT VISITOR
B – Mr. Midnight Goes Trick or Treating
C – The Crime of the Midnight Express
D – Death Swims at Midnight

4)The original manuscript of Diana Killian's Sonnet of the Sphinx was
titled:
A) The Mummy Case
B) Death Comes as the End
C) DOCKETFUL OF POESY (Which I still plan on using one of these days!)
D) The Egypt Game

5)The author of the Jarrod Jarvis mystery series also has film
credits for what cartoon sleuth?
A – SCOOBY DOO
B – Inspector Gadget
C – Kim Possible
D – Elmo the Aardvark



6)Diana Killian's self-published mystery The Art of Dying is set in:
a.The English Lake District
b. A CALIFORNIA ART COLONY
c.Northern New Jersey
d.The south of France

7)The term "bibliophile mystery" refers to:
A -Christian mysteries approved by the CBD
a-MYSTERIES SET IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTIONS
b-Any mystery novel
D-A mystery or crime novel set in a library or bibliothèque

8)Which of the following items does Diana Killian NOT list on her
Amazon Profile page?
A – McMillan & Wife Season One
B – THE THIN MAN BOX COLLECTION
C-Raymond Chandler Stories and Early Novels
D – The New Avengers `76


9)Which of the following Hitchcock films did Grace Kelly star in?
A – Vertigo
B – Marnie
C – Psycho
D – REAR WINDOW

10)The graphic image on the Girl Detective web site is taken from
which classic Dell map back cover ?
a)No Crime For a Lady
b)LADY IN THE TOWER
c)Wife vs. Secretary
d)The Lady is Afraid

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