Q 01/05

Under what collective pseudonym are the Nancy Drew books published?

A) Franklin W. Dixon

B) Laura Lee Hope

C) Victor Appleton

D) Carolyn Keene

Answer · why

D) Carolyn Keene

Carolyn Keene. No such author ever existed: the books were turned out by hired ghostwriters, who took a flat fee and signed away both their rights and...

Q 02/05

Who created Nancy Drew as a female counterpart to the Hardy Boys?

A) Horatio Alger

B) Howard Garis

C) Leslie McFarlane

D) Edward Stratemeyer

Answer · why

D) Edward Stratemeyer

Edward Stratemeyer. He had launched the Hardy Boys three years earlier and wanted a girl detective to match, but died less than two weeks after her fi...

Q 03/05

In what year did the first Nancy Drew books appear?

A) 1930

B) 1935

C) 1941

D) 1948

Answer · why

A) 1930

The first four titles came out together and were an immediate success.

Q 04/05

What colour are the spines of the hardback Nancy Drew mysteries published since 1962?

A) Orange

B) Purple

C) Yellow

D) Silver

Answer · why

C) Yellow

Yellow. The bright spines arrived in 1962 as the early stories were being reissued in shorter, modernised versions with the ethnic stereotypes of the ...

Q 05/05

In what fictional town does Nancy Drew live?

A) Bayport

B) Lakeport

C) Sweet Valley

D) River Heights

Answer · why

D) River Heights

River Heights. For a sleepy, tree-lined Midwestern suburb it has an astonishing crime rate: burglars, jewel thieves, smugglers and kidnappers all turn...