- Nero Wolfe went to a cocktail party disguised as a famous man.
- What did he wear?
- What did he do at the party?
- Why did he go?
- "I will not say that to him a woman was more important than a sauce - he could not be accused of ever neglecting a sauce - but he had a warm eye for women." Who has a warm eye?
- This man's wife and children disappeared. He never asked Wolfe to find them. He didn't even seem to notice they were gone!
- The orchid nurse.
- She died a violent death within sight of the mountain.
- Where are Nero Wolfe's houses?
- When he is astonished he may say "Jesus H. Moses!" I hate to tell you this, but he puts vinegar on things.
- "The man about the chair. " He always sits in the red chair.
- He has a sneaking suspicion that Archie might have made a good cop. He never sits in the red chair.
- You think Wolfe doesn't like women? Why, he reeked of her perfume!
- "His is the only desk in a room about nine by twelve, and that's just as well because otherwise there would be no place for his feet, which are also about nine by twelve."
- What is Dol Bonner's first name?
- How did Lily Rowan's father make his fortune?
- He is a successful author but I've never seen him write. He seems to have no dealings with his agent, publishers or editors, or to do any book promotion. As far as I know no articles appear about him in connection with his writings. He doesn't even seem to get royalties!
- He is the only person except Marko who ever diverted a woman's attention from Archie.
- "Clarence and Merton and Isabel and Melinda and Patricia …Well….I guess I told you the most important ones. The others are just tots." Who are they?
- Nero Wolfe's favorite jogging partner.
- Archie's bete noire. If and when Archie is offered a choice of going to heaven or hell, he'll merely ask, "Where's______________?"
- What pets live in the old brownstone?He was a wonderful help to Wolfe in his weight loss program, but he didn't do as well by the orchids.
- Usually he visits the old brownstone in a professional capacity. Once, when he decided that would be too suspicious he came to borrow a recipe from Fritz.
