Q 01/05

Which former U.S. president co-wrote the thriller The President Is Missing with James Patterson?

A) George W. Bush

B) Bill Clinton

C) Barack Obama

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

B) Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton and Patterson's thriller sold 250,000 copies in its first week, by its publisher's count. The pair went on to write two more thrillers to...

Q 02/05

Which country music star co-wrote the novel Run, Rose, Run with James Patterson and recorded a companion album?

A) Reba McEntire

B) Loretta Lynn

C) Dolly Parton

D) Shania Twain

Answer · why

C) Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton co-produced a full album of songs to go with the suspense novel. It was the forty-eighth studio album of her career.

Q 03/05

Which actor played detective Alex Cross in the films Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider?

A) Danny Glover

B) Laurence Fishburne

C) Samuel L. Jackson

D) Morgan Freeman

Answer · why

D) Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman played the detective twice, in 1997 and 2001. The films came out of order: the first one adapted the second novel in the series.

Q 04/05

Which horror novelist called James Patterson a terrible writer in a USA Weekend interview?

A) Stephen King

B) Dean Koontz

C) Clive Barker

D) Peter Straub

Answer · why

A) Stephen King

Stephen King added that Patterson was very successful all the same. Patterson said his own approach was to do the opposite and heap praise on his crit...

Q 05/05

James Patterson finished Eruption from a manuscript left by which late novelist, at the request of his widow Sherri?

A) Frederick Forsyth

B) Michael Crichton

C) Robert Ludlum

D) Clive Cussler

Answer · why

B) Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton left the volcano thriller unfinished when he died. Published in 2024, it became the fourth of his novels to appear after his death.