Statistics for Literary detectives quiz, pt II

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This quiz has been taken 12 times
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Hint	Author	First name	Answer	% Correct
Medieval monk trying to track down a serial killer in an Italian abbey	Umberto Eco	William of	Baskerville	75%
Police psychologist portrayed by Morgan Freeman in two film adapations	James Patterson	Alex	Cross	75%
Headstrong, alcoholic and brillant detective in Norway's capital Oslo	Jo Nesbø	Harry	Hole	75%
Stockholm police inspector unhappy with his marriage and the injustice in society	Maj Sjöwall/Per Wahlöö	Martin	Beck	50%
Catholic priest who solves mysteries through his deep understanding of human behavior	Gilbert Keith Chesterton	(Father)	Brown	50%
Violent hard-boiled private eye in New York who doesn't hesitate to shoot, has a special relationship with his secretary Velda	Mickey Spillane	Mike	Hammer	50%
LAPD detective specialising in serial killers, regularly breaking laws and cheating on his wife	James Ellroy	Lloyd	Hopkins	50%
Good-looking Scotland Yard chief inspector assisted by his aristocratic friend Melrose Plant	Martha Grimes	Richard	Jury	50%
Clever private investigator from New York, often gets involved in his cases through his father, Inspector Richard.	Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay/Manfred Bennington Lee)	Ellery	Queen	50%
Soviet, then Russian police officer solving mysteries in Gorky Park and elsewhere in spite of interfering Secret Services, ruling parties and oligarchs	Martin Cruz Smith	Arkady	Renko	50%
«The Saint» takes from the evil and gives to their victims, famously portrayed by Roger Moore in a 1960s TV series	Leslie Charteris	Simon	Templar	50%
Private detective in the L.A. area whose cases often start with the search of a missing person and end in tragedy	Ross Macdonald	Lew	Archer	25%
Police officer in ficticious Swedish town Kymlinge who bets on the existence of God.	Hakan Nesser	Gunnar	Barbarotti	25%
«Kommissär» (superintendent) in the Swiss capital Bern, gets heavily involved in his cases	Friedrich Dürrenmatt	Hans	Bärlach	25%
Bright Swedish boy who exposes thieves, spies and murderers	Astrid Lindgren	Bill (Kalle)	Bergson (Blomqvist)	25%
Detective with somewhat contradictory personality traits investigating the chaotic and corrupt society of Athens	Petros Markaris	Costas	Haritos	25%
Inspector from Gothenburg in Western Sweden	Helene Tursten	Irene	Huss	25%
Finnish police officer and lawyer who used to play the bass in a punkrock band	Leena Lehtolainen	Maria	Kallio	25%
DEA agent who witnesses all the horrors of the Mexican drug war	Don Winslow	Art	Keller	25%
Crime reporter in Denver and L.A. investigating his brother's suicide and tracking down serial killlers	Michael Connelly	Jack	McEvoy	25%

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