The Case of the Curious Quiz

Grab your magnifying glass for ten questions on fiction's finest detectives and their most baffling cases. Can you crack them all?

Questions

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1. What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's friend who narrates most of his adventures?
2. At which London address do Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson live?
3. Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot is Belgian.
4. Which American writer created C. Auguste Dupin, often called the first detective of modern fiction?
5. In which English village does Agatha Christie's Miss Marple live?
6. Which of these novels did Agatha Christie write? Select THREE.
7. Put these detectives in order of their first appearance in print, earliest first.
8. Which fictional detective was created by G. K. Chesterton?
9. In which year was Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', the first Dupin story, published?
10. On which English moor is The Hound of the Baskervilles set?