Sometime back in the Stone Age, when protohumans used contraptions called typewriters, a couple of yahoos named Lewis and Napier put together this quiz, and a couple of other yahoos (who shall remain nameless, at least until tomorrow) published it in their fanzines. Queer practices folks had back in those days, eh?
Anyway, here's the quiz. The answers will be revealed tomorrow. How many can YOU get right? There's no prize aside from glory everlasting (at least until the Internet is as defunct as the typewriter). No fair peeking in antique zines.
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4 comments:
i'm done. Must read more detective fiction in english. But is a nice quiz. only one question: "Dick" is not slang for certan part of the male anatomy? Howi s also slang for "detective"?
Good question, Deka. None of my slang dictionaries offer a definitive origin for either use of the word "dick", but both meanings have apparently been popular for over 100 years.
Geez, I've read all the authors but this is tough. I think i have a few of them nailed. But not all of them. Can't wait to see the answers. Don't hold out on us ...
All will be revealed tomorrow, unless some hardboiledologist like Steve Mertz or Art Scott beats me to the punch.
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