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What is the Hound of the Baskervilles revealed to be?
Answer: A real dog
Why: Its eerie glow is a trick: the dog's muzzle is smeared with a phosphorus preparation to make it look like a demon.
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What is the recovered falcon in The Maltese Falcon made of?
Answer: Lead
Why: Legend says the original bird was made of gold and jewels by the Knights of Malta, then hidden under black enamel.
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Which first name does Inspector Morse have?
Answer: Endeavour
Why: In the novels, his first name comes from Captain Cook's ship, HMS Endeavour.
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How does Sherlock Holmes describe his own job?
Answer: Consulting detective
Why: Both police detectives and private ones bring Holmes their cases whenever they get stuck.
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Who is the culprit in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd?
Answer: The narrator
Why: The narrator, Dr James Sheppard, never writes a false sentence; he hides his guilt by simply leaving things out.
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Who is the 'thin man' in Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man?
Answer: Clyde Wynant
Why: After the 1934 film, fans started calling detective Nick Charles the Thin Man, so every sequel kept the phrase in its title.
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