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Question 1:
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I. Match the last names of the mystery authors in Column A with their first names in Column B.
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Answers for Question 1:
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1) Susan Dunlap
2) Wendy Hornsby
3) Keith Miles
4) Janice Law
5) Minette Walters
6) Amanda Cross
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Question 2:
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II. Many detectives work together as a team. Match the detectives in Column A with the teammates in Column B.
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Answers for Question 2:
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1) Judge Anne Esme Whitney and Sam McCaine were created by Ed Gorman.
2) Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe were created by Reginald Hill.
3) Bill Smith and Lydia Chin were created by S. J. Rozan
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Bonus Question:
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What well-known mystery writer went to jail in 1951 for contempt of court?
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Answers for Bonus Question:
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Dashiell Hammett. (He refused to answer a judge’s questions during a hearing regarding his knowledge of the whereabouts of four men convicted of violating the Smith Act. Hammett had been chairman of a bail fund committee for them and other accused Communists.)
(36 Hammett stories have been published in EQMM.)
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The winner of last month's contest is Kimberley Clancy, who had the correct answers to all three questions. Kimberley's was drawn from all the correct entries, and this lucky winner will receive a copy of the collection of three Ellery Queen novels, The Hollywood Murders, published by Four Walls Eight Windows, as well as a Great Mystery Series book-on-audiotape featuring Roddy McDowal and Morgan Fairchild reading stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
back to the Triva contest!
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