Pubquiz Monday Mysteries

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RULES & PRIZES

- The committee is always right

- Don’t use Google or any other search engine

- Don't start the puzzles yet

- PRIZE: online escaperoom!

LITERATURE & HISTORY

1. 'Murder on the Orient Express' is a famous book by Agatha Christie. What is the main character's name?

1. Jack Reacher
2. Philip Marlowe
3. Hercule Poirot
4. Inspector Morse

2. How many Sherlock Holmes novels are there?

1. 4
2. 9
3. 11
4. 18

3. The first known use of the phrase “detective story” was in the title of a crime story by the American author Anna Katharine Green, in what year?

1. 1815
2. 1883
3. 1902
4. 1914

4. What is a 'cozy mystery' in the crime literature genre?

5. Agatha Christie is the most-translated individual author. Into at least how many languages have her books been translated?

1. 84
2. 92
3. 103
4. 110

6. Directed by Brett Ratner, which comedy film series stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as a pair of police detectives who go on a series of misadventures?

1. Shanghai Noon
2. 48 Hrs.
3. Lethal Weapon
4. Rush Hour

7. With the objective of naming the killer, weapon and the room where the murder took place, in which board game do you play the detective?

1. Scotland Yard
2. Whoowasit?
3. Mystery Express
4. Cluedo

8. First appearing in Detective Comics in May of 1939, which DC comic character is known as "The World's Greatest Detective"?

1. Batman
2. Superman
3. Green Lantern
4. The Flash

LOGIC ROUND

MOVIES & TV

1. Scooby-Doo is an animated mystery TV franchise, which first aired in 1969. What is the number of tv series from the Scooby-Doo franchise?

1. five
2. eight
3. eleven
4. fourteen

2. Which of these four mystery films is said to be based on a true story?

1. The Conjuring
2. Knives Out
3. Basic Instinct
4. Girl On The Train

3. Taxidermy, mother issues and hotel are three descriptive words of a famous Hitchcock movie. What is the name of this movie?

4. Who was the killer in the movie "Murder on the Orient Express"?

1. None of the passengers
2. Edward Ratchett
3. Hercule Poirot
4. All the passengers did it

5. Which of these directors has directed the most mystery feature films?

1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Steven Spielberg
3. Takashi Miike
4. Roger Corman

6. Which of these four mystery series has been watched the most on Netflix?

1. Ratched
2. Casa de Papel
3. Sherlock
4. Stranger Things

7. This is a still image from a popular mystery movie. Which movie is this image from?

8. Which of these films is the highest grossing mystery film of all time?

1. The Sixth Sense
2. Basic Instinct
3. The Da Vinci Code
4. Seven

PUZZLE ROUND

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