Question 1
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Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has been portrayed by a number of different actors. Which of these have *not* taken the role of Poirot in film or television?
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David Suchet
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Peter Ustinov
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Kevin Whately
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Albert Finney
Question 2
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'Vera,' starring Brenda Blethyn, is a popular television adaptation of one of this author's series. Who created the show's lead character Vera Stanhope?
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Ann Cleeves
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Ruth Rendell
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P.D. James
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Elly Griffiths
Question 3
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In The Dance of the Seagull, this author actually makes reference to Luca Zingaretti, who plays his creation Salvo Montalbano in the TV adaptation of that series. Who is this author?
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Donna Leon
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Andrea Camilleri
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Michael Dibdin
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Giorgio Scerbanenco
Question 4
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This Kerry Greenwood creation has been very successfully played by Tasmanian actress Essie Davis. Whom does Davis play?
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Corinna Chapman
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Miss Marple
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Ella Marconi
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Phryne Fisher
Question 5
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This Henning Mankell series has been adapted twice. One version stars Krister Henriksson. The other stars Kenneth Branagh. Which fictional sleuth have both these actors portrayed?
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Inspector Erlendur
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Kurt Wallander
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Inspector Van Veeteren
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Marin Beck
Question 6
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Caroline Graham's DCI Tom Barnaby series only included seven novels. Yet it was the basis for a series that's still going on years after its debut. Which series is based on Graham's novels?
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Midsomer Murders
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Taggart
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The Killing
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A Touch of Frost
Question 7
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This actor was so closely associated with Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse that for many people, he *was* Morse. Who played that iconic character in the Inspector Morse series?
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Kevin Whately
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Kenneth Branagh
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David Jason
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John Thaw
Question 8
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This fictional sleuth has been portrayed by actors from Basil Rathbone to Benedict Cumberbatch. Jeremy Brett and Frank Langella have played him too. Who's the sleuth these actors have played?
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Jules Maigret
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Sherlock Holmes
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C. Auguste Dupin
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Mike Hammer
Question 9
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Lynda La Plante did the writing for this series about DCI/Superintendent Jane Tennison, one of the first female Chief Inspectors at the Met. Dame Helen Mirren became famous for taking that lead role. What's the name of this groundbreaking series?
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Bones
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Hill Street Blues
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Prime Suspect
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Broadchurch
Question 10
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Which rumpled, cigar-smoking TV detective did Peter Falk make famous for having 'just one more question?'
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Jim Taggart
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Andy Dalziel
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Lieutenant Cramer
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Lieutenant Columbo