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TV Detectives: Answers
Some of these descriptions were easier than others, we admit. But we're sure you made all the clues add up. Do you want to know more about these TV detectives? Use the Search Button to find them in the Edited Guide. If you didn't find your favourite TV sleuth, that means only one thing: you haven't written the definitive Guide Entry on them yet. Get to work! (But check your answers first.)
Matching.
- Wears an old mac, and drives a Peugeot. Maddening manner.
- Talks to dead people to solve the crime. Lives in a warm climate.
- Never talks to dead people. Doesn't believe in ghosts. Lives in a windmill.
- Supercool, may be a secret Royal. Valet's first name is Magersfontein.
- In new UK version, he's way snarky. In new US version, he has far too many tattoos.
- Massively irritating accent, moustache, and 'little grey cells'. Great snob appeal, though.
- In UK version, confused cop thinks Manchester may be heaven. In US version, Harvey Keitel's his boss.
- On both Swedish and UK TV, this detective is grumpy, frumpy, and existentialist. The UK version's got a British knight, though.
- Often referred to as 'the Defective Detective', this guy goes through more cleaning supplies than your average sleuth.
- This crime-solver lives on an island. (Not, not Wight.)
| - Columbo.
- Alison Dubois.
- Jonathan Creek.
- Albert Campion.
- Sherlock Holmes.
- Hercule Poirot.
- Sam Tyler.
- Wallander.
- Monk.
- Bergerac.
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We hope these detectives made you chuckle. Show off your erudition at the next mystery weekend, or send this quiz to your friends.
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