21 Detective and Mystery Novel Trivia Questions for Crime Fiction Fans

Which detective features in the stories ‘The Nine Tailors’ and ‘Murder Must Advertise’?

Which fictional detective retired to become a beekeeper?

Which author was given the Freedom of the City of London in 2012?

Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez wrote about Love in the Time of what?

Wise Children was a 1991 work by which author?

Four legs good, two legs bad’ is a quote from which George Orwell classic novel?

Which American author’s last words were: ‘Is it not meningitis?”’

Which Stephen is the cosmologist and author of ‘A Brief History of Time’?

The 1967 Disney film ‘The Jungle Book’ is based on a book by which author?

Which of these humour writers wrote columns for magazines ‘Outdoor Life’ and ‘Field & Stream’?

The Fudge Family in Paris is a key work by which author?

Who wrote the significant scientific book ‘Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematical’, published in 1687?

Which authors first novel was Alton Locke?

Which author wrote about Fagin and his gang of child thieves?

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is balanced on four elephants which stand on the back of which other creature?

Which author won the ú10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize in 2009 for their first novel ‘Blackmoor’?

Which author wrote ‘Lord of the Rings’?

In what year was ‘A Dirty Job’ first published?

Which novel is about a man believing he’s having a heart-attack while watching football on TV?

Which author was actually two cousins using the same pen-name?