Detective Fiction Quiz
Try out this Detective Fiction quiz to test your knowledge. Detective Fiction trivia explores the mysteries, investigators, and storytelling traditions that shaped one of literature’s most popular genres.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
510 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Who wrote The Tokyo Zodiac Murders?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which detective was created by Seishi Yokomizo?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the Seishi Yokomizo novel that features Kosuke Kindaichi among its central detective-fiction works.?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Inspector Montalbano investigates in what fictional Sicilian town?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Who directed the 1955 French thriller Les Diaboliques?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Les Diaboliques was adapted from a novel by which writing duo?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which police detective was created by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Henning Mankell is the creator of which Swedish inspector?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
In The Bridge, which real-world structure connects the two countries at the center of the story?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Which inspector was created by Ngaio Marsh?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Margery Allingham's gentleman sleuth is named what?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Who wrote the historical-detection classic The Daughter of Time?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
In which novel did Arthur Conan Doyle first introduce Sherlock Holmes?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which detective did Agatha Christie create: Hercule Poirot or Sam Spade?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the name of Agatha Christie's village sleuth?