Philately - The Fiction Connection
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Continuing our quiz series on famous fictional detectives, inspired by a 1972 Nicaragua airmail set issued to celebrate 50 years of the International Police Organization (INTERPOL), we offer the following challenges to your powers of recollection.
The central design element shows a bookshelf with one book open and facing
the reader. The open page reveals a portrait of the detective with the name
of the author appearing on the spine of the book directly to the left of
the open book. To the left of the author's name a caption in Spanish reads
Los Doce Detectives Mas Famosos De La Ficcion (The Twelve
Most Famous Fictional Detectives). Interestingly several of the portraits
are drawn from American film and television actors who helped to popularize
the detectives.
Make your choice, then CLICK on the stamp to reveal the answer.
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Many of the criminal cases solved by fictional detective
Ellery Queen are collaborative efforts between father and son. Queen père,
Richard, works for the New York police department while Ellery earns a living
as a(n):
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G. K. Chesterton's Roman Catholic cleric Father Brown has been
called "a transcendental Sherlock Holmes." A simple parish priest
might seem an odd choice for a criminal detective, but one of his professional
duties uniquely qualifies a priest for being well-versed in the evil that
we do. What duty is that?
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Honolulu detective Charlie
Chan-who rarely solved a crime in his home
town-is perhaps most familiar through the Monogram films of the 30's and
40's. Warner Oland was the first Chan-until he mysteriously walked off the
movie set one day never to return. Sidney Toler followed him. Chan fans
will know that there was a third actor who filled the role for Monogram.
Who was he?
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