Wednesday, September 9: Tune It Or Die!
POP QUIZ
by Rob Lopresti
Below you will find 21 familiar authors and 21 mostly unknown titles. The problem is that the words in each column have been jumbled. For example, Raymond Chandler did not write a book called Naked You Advertise (and that’s a shame, really.) He did, however write Farewell My Lovely and you will find those words hidden in other titles below.
To make your life easier I have set it up as a table at the end. If you want to try to figure this out, print it and write in the numbers. You’ll never solve it all on the screen. Good luck. The answers will appear next Wednesday.
- Naked You Advertise – Raymond Chandler
Very Buried Merry – Anne Perry
No No Nothing – Rex Stout
Funerals Must Deceive – Miriam Grace Monfredo
Angel Falls Up – David Housewright
Money Once Money – Barbara Seranella
Taming My Mice – Stanley Ellin
Practice Sitting Academic – Ed McBain
Murder Me More – Amanda Mackay
Ripley Is Involved – Mike Ripley
Tell Old Fatal – Michael Innes
Three In One – Charlotte McLeod
Death Moon Water – Elizabeth Peters
Half Humans Lovely – Earl Emerson
Kiss A Street – Patricia Highsmith
Hare Under Seahorse – Agatha Christie
Morons Are Deadly – Dorothy Sayers
Some Blind Inheritance – Donald Westlake
Rest For Madmen – Harlen Coben
Seneca And Caesar – Robert B. Parker
Farewell To Arms – Mickey Spillaine
Here it is as a table. Not as pretty, but easier to write in the connections.
| 1. Naked | You | Advertise | Raymond Chandler | 21 7 14 |
| 2. Very | Buried | Merry | Anne Perry |
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| 3. No | No | Nothing | Rex Stout |
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| 4. Funerals | Must | Deceive | Miriam Grace Monfredo |
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| 5. Angel | Falls | Up | David Housewright |
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| 6. Money | Once | Money | Barbara Seranella |
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| 7. Taming | My |
Mice | Stanley Ellin |
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| 8. Practice | Sitting | Academic | Ed McBain |
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| 9. Murder | Me | More | Amanda Mackay |
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| 10. Ripley | Is | Involved | Mike Ripley |
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| 11. Tell | Old | Fatal | Michael Innes |
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| 12. Three | In | One | Charlotte McLeod |
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| 13. Death | Moon | Water | Elizabeth Peters |
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| 14. Half | Humans | Lovely |
Earl Emerson |
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| 15. Kiss | A | Street | Patricia Highsmith |
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| 16. Hare | Under | Seahorse | Agatha Christie |
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| 17. Morons | Are | Deadly | Dorothy Sayers |
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| 18. Some | Blind | Inheritance | Donald Westlake |
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| 19. Rest | For | Madmen | Harlen Coben |
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| 20. Seneca | And | Caesar | Robert B. Parker |
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| 21. Farewell | To | Arms | Mickey Spillaine |
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Agatha Christie: Funerals Are Fatal (Original title: After the Funeral)
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I love this stuff!
Thanks for the puzzle — this should keep me busy awhile.
If you’d only made this table in chocolate like the math calculator……..
Hum, interesting. And here I thought Agatha Christie’s entry was “Three Blind Mice.”
Wish I could say I got at least one right. Oh wait, I did: Chandler wrote “Farewell My Lovely”.
Hamilton: Hmmm, yes. “Three Blind Mice.” Could be. Since Rob said mostly UNKNOWN titles, I tend to think it’s FUNERALS ARE FATAL, but who knows?
Oh, by the by, I am reading “Hallowe’en Party” at the moment. One of Christie’s most literary works. Love it.
PS: Am I the only one who has never heard of David Housewright, Miriam Grace Monfredo, and Barbara Seranella? They sure have colorful names, but who the heck are they?
Rob, I’m impressed that you could come up with something like this. Not so much the filling in of the boxes but finding enough three-word titles.
when I wrote unknown titles I meant that I had garbled up the known ones. Yes, I did mean Funerals are Fatal to represent Christie. Three Blind Mice was used by another author on the list.
Glad you guys are enjoying this. As for Housewright and the others… when in doubt Google ’em.
This was great, and a lot harder than I expected. It was clever to include a Mike Ripley book. He’s not well known in the States, and I’ve enjoyed his “Angel” series.
CJD pointed out four mistakes, so here they are:
Mackay should be MacKay.
Humans should be human. (which is good advice)
Angel should be Angels.
Harlen should be Harlan.
Apologies, and thanks to CJD.