Q 01/05

In Quintin Jardine's novels, the narrator Oz Blackstone is said to bear an uncanny resemblance to which Hollywood actor?

A) Hugh Grant

B) Keanu Reeves

C) Ewan McGregor

D) Brad Pitt

Answer · why

B) Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves is the running joke of the series: Oz grows so famous that, in the author's telling, Reeves ends up being the one who resembles him.

Q 02/05

In Quintin Jardine's A Coffin for Two, set on the Costa Brava, Oz and Prim try to authenticate a masterpiece by whom?

A) Pablo Picasso

B) Joan Miró

C) Salvador Dalí

D) Francisco Goya

Answer · why

C) Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí is the name attached, and the previously unknown work was bought by a gullible client at a highly unconventional auction.

Q 03/05

Quintin Jardine's The Roots of Evil opens with two men killed in Edinburgh on which night of the year?

A) Halloween

B) Burns Night

C) Bonfire Night

D) Hogmanay

Answer · why

D) Hogmanay

Hogmanay is the night ex-policeman Terry Coats and Griff Montell are murdered, dragging Sir Bob Skinner away from the New Year celebrations.

Q 04/05

In Quintin Jardine's Game Over, the prime suspect in a supermodel's murder is defended by which relative of Bob Skinner?

A) His stepbrother

B) His daughter

C) His nephew

D) His uncle

Answer · why

B) His daughter

His daughter, Alex, leads the defence, so parent and child work opposite sides while the old police team builds the case against her client.

Q 05/05

After retiring from the police, Quintin Jardine's Sir Robert Skinner takes charge of what kind of organisation?

A) A security firm

B) A golf resort

C) A media group

D) A whisky distillery

Answer · why

C) A media group

A media group is the surprise second act: by Deadlock the former chief constable heads an international organisation, later given a Spanish base.