| 100th Anniversary of Rex Stout's first detective novel (1913) | |
| 1. | One of nine children, Rex Stout was born in _________ but grew up in ___________. |
| 2. | Before he took up writing, he served as a _______ on the _______ of President _________. |
| 3. | His first detective fiction, published in 1913, was _________. |
| 4. | It was serialized for five months in ________________. |
| 5. | His horse, Casanova, emerged from Central Park, saddled but riderless, at seven thirty-five. |
| 75th Anniversary of Too Many Cooks (1938) | |
| 6. | Of the _____ maîtres, ______ came to Kanawha Spa. |
| 7. | Sauce printemps: celery, chives, tarragon, peppercorn, thyme, parsley, _____, _____, and ______. |
| 8. | A character from this book, ________, returns three decades later in ___________. |
| 9. | The opening to Saul's telegram: ___ _________ ____ ______. |
| 10. | In this part of the country, Archie says, Wolfe should be known as ____________. |
| 60th Anniversary of The Golden Spiders (1953) | |
| 11. | The youngest victim in the Corpus: __________. |
| 12. | At one point, Archie disguises himself as _______ |
| 13. | …and Saul takes the role of _____________. |
| 14. | Wolfe's description of the blackmail racket: _________________. |
| 15. | Maddox's litigation threat: ______________________. |
| 50th Anniversary of The Mother Hunt (1963) | |
| 16. | Gazette feature headline: “_______ _______ ________.” |
| 17. | That headline draws attention to the carriage wheeled through ________ _________ _______. |
| 18. | ______, ______, who's got the ________? |
| 19. | Nero Wolfe advises that one should scramble eggs for ______ minutes. |
| 20. | Wolfe once becomes so irritated that he throws __________ at _______. |
| TWENTY TITLE TEASERS (Each answer is the title of a Nero Wolfe novel or short story) |
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| 1 | Neither healthy nor on the prix fixe menu: |
| 2 | Could be part of a Chinese take-out order |
| 3 | The least desirable civil liberty |
| 4 | A piece of malfunctioning stereo equipment |
| 5 | More Fritzes than we know what to do with |
| 6 | Why I went to answer the door |
| 7 | This will help you answer, “who's your daddy?” |
| 8 | Not a complaint at your Werowance's day job |
| 9 | Not a complaint of Archie Goodwin's |
| 10 | Vaccinated against a violent death |
| 11 | End of the inning |
| 12 | The decedent is not declared intestate… |
| 13 | The request that eventually no one refuses |
| 14 | I'm not sure if the Second Amendment covers… |
| 15 | I admitted it once; do I have to give… |
| 16 | A ponytail necessity |
| 17 | Why you shouldn't ask, “Did you hear the one about the murder?” |
| 18 | My companion's on the wagon, so I'll have… |
| 19 | A killing, but done very properly |
| 20 | We promise that tonight's banquet will end… |
