SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: TV AND FILM DETECTIVES

(e.g., This detective resided at 221B Baker Street. Answer: Sherlock Holmes.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Sidney Poitier portrayed this detective in the film "In the Heat of the Night."

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2. Who headlined "The Rockford Files" as private investigator Jim Rockford?

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3. Tom Selleck was this private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii.

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4. Peter Sellers was this bumbling detective in the "Pink Panther" movies.

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5. Angela Lansbury played her on TV's "Murder, She Wrote."

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GRADUATE LEVEL

6. Humphrey Bogart played this hard-boiled detective in "The Maltese Falcon."

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7. Peter Falk played this unkempt LAPD detective.

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8. This Belgian detective was created by British writer Agatha Christie.

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9. Humphrey Bogart portrayed this Raymond Chandler character in "The Big Sleep."

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10. In what film did Jodie Foster star as a young FBI trainee named Clarice Starling?

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PH.D. LEVEL

11. James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs starred on this TV show.

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12. This New York City detective's standard greeting was, "Who loves ya, baby?"

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13. Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles were featured in this series of films.

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14. Clint Eastwood played the title role as San Francisco inspector Callahan.

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15. Gene Hackman portrayed this detective in the 1971 film "The French Connection."

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ANSWERS: 1. Virgil Tibbs. 2. James Garner. 3. Thomas Magnum. 4. Inspector Jacques Clouseau. 5. Jessica Fletcher. 6. Sam Spade. 7. Columbo. 8. Hercule Poirot. 9. Philip Marlowe. 10. "The Silence of the Lambs." 11. "Miami Vice." 12. Theo Kojak. 13. "The Thin Man." 14. "Dirty Harry." 15. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle.

SCORING:

24 to 30 points -- congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points -- honors graduate; 13 to 17 points -- you're plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points -- you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points -- enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points -- who reads the questions to you?

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