Well done to so many of you for entering our fun Roy Grace Christmas Quiz, and huge congratulations to the winners and runners up – all details of which have been posted on Facebook.
All the answers to the 50 questions are posted below so you can check how well you did!

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1
What is the first drink we ever see Roy Grace taking (full description)
EVIAN WATER
DS p15
2
According to the opening pages of one novel, what percentage of murder victims are killed by someone they know?
71%
NDE p1
3
One diminutive villain’s surname is the same as a company known for high quality kitchens – based in which Wiltshire town?
DEVIZES
NDY p75 (Amis Smallbone;  Small-bone Kitchens)
4
After being sea-sick, Glenn says he feels like a battle-wounded sailor in which film?
MASTER AND COMMANDER
DT p211
5
Does Alison Vosper have children? AND, if so, how many and of which gender(s)?
YES – ONE BOY, ONE GIRL, or TWO BOYS
LGD p147
DMT p250
6
One character is trying to win an exotic holiday – despite not having a passport! What is the capital of that place?
PORT LOUIS (Mauritius)
DMF p549 (Mary Dawson)
7
What is the Operation codename of one case, which also refers to a meal Glenn ordered in an earlier book, when Roy put him off?
OPERATION SWORDFISH
DLY p225 (see also DS p147)
8
A constable throws his jacket over what at the scene of an accident?
SEVERED LEG (Tony Revere’s)
DMG p47
9
Someone swimming hits a car under water – in which river?
BARWON RIVER
DMF p98, 101 (swimmer is MJ)
10
When a mother arrives home, her daughter is watching a US soap; its title includes the name of a model of car launched in 1993 – by which manufacturer?
RENAULT (Laguna – the soap is Laguna Beach)
DT p253
11
Why did Glenn initially fail his Advanced Police Driving Test?
DRIVING TOO SLOWLY!
NDE p107
12
A treacherous woman’s surname is the first name of a person who wrote a famous book (their only one). Which book?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (by Harper Lee – cf Ashley Harper)
DS p77
13
What is Cleo’s middle name?
SUZANNE
DLY p261
14
When Grace starts to put away Sandy’s stuff, the first item he bags is a photo of them on honeymoon; where, exactly?
AT THE TOP OF MOUNT VESUVIUS
LGD p225
15
A tourist guide tells the story of what Beau Brummel asked when Lord Alvanley was greeted by the Prince Regent; what was it?
“WHO’S YOUR FAT FRIEND?”
NDY p262
16
A vehicle in which a man is drowns has a model name which is part of what 4-word Latin phrase, which can be rendered “wordly things are fleeting”?
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI (Ewan Preece’s Ford Transit)
DMG p252
17
Who leaves Brighton to become ACC in the Midlands?
GARY WESTON
DMF p177
18
Lynn Beckett rings her best friend – whose surname is that of an explorer famously linked to which ship?
ENDURANCE (Ernest Shackleton – Lynn’s friend is Sue Shackleton)
DT p253
19
An advert says extras for a film can earn up to how much a day?
£65
NDY p150
20
Grace talks to Glenn about the eating and drinking habits of various nations; he concludes that it is what that kills you?
SPEAKING ENGLISH!
DS p147
21
Cleo got her name because her father gave the wrong spelling of a character in books by whom?
LAWRENCE DURRELL (Alexandria Quartet)
LGD p400
22
Someone used by Sussex Police in identifying skeletons has the same surname as a previous Prime Minister – who was MP for where?
HUNTINGDON (John Major, cf Joan Major)
DMF p38
23
Name the establishment where Grace buys a special bottle.
BUTLER’S WINE CELLAR
DT p321
24
Something bought as a 9th birthday present has a brand name which is a contraction of which two words?
SECOND WATCH (Swatch for Jaye Somers)
NDE p232
25
A concerned mother is able to know her offspring’s whereabouts due to what app on their phone?
FRIEND MAPPER (Carly and Tyler Chase)
DMG p13
26
What are the sailor’s terms for two things on a boat, which a certain taxi driver has learned?
BUNK, HEADS (bed, toilet – Yac)
DLY p34
27
What name connects Sandy and a certain farmer’s creatures?
LOHMANN (Sandy Lohmann, Lohmann Brown chickens)
NDY p11
28
What is the capital of a group of islands where a hired gun lives?
COCKBURN TOWN (Turks and Caicos – home of Tooth)
DMG p123
29
A bar at the Marina has a name which occurs in the title of an 80s No 1 hit; give the real full name of the lead singer of the relevant act.
GEORGE O’DOWD (Boy George – Karma Chameleon, Karma Bar)
LGD p347
30
On a stag night, one character found himself in frilly underwear, chained to what?
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE (Pete Waring)
DS p8
31
Name the couple on a motoring holiday who phone Roy to say they think they have seen Sandy
DICK AND LESLEY POPE
NDE p86
32
Who queries the price for a large order of something which might be of interest to tegestologists?
RON SPACKS (CD Beer mats –  tegestologist is a beer mat collector)
LGD p98
33
Norman Potting played football for which club, intending to turn pro?
PORTSMOUTH
DMG p91
34
Glenn finds two of what item at Shoreham Harbour – important evidence, it turns out?
CIGARETTE BUTTS
DT p283
35
Which watch (brand and model) does a released convict try to get another criminal to buy?
TAG HEUER AQUARACER
DLY p197
36
What is the nickname Sandy’s father uses for the job he claims his father had in World War II?
TAIL END CHARLIE
DMF p211
37
Which firm of solicitors places an ad in a Munich newspaper over the procedure for having Sandy considered dead?
EDWARDS AND EDWARDS LLP
DMG p170
38
Grace says he likes a certain part of Brighton; it reminds Glenn of a film. He is surprised when Roy says it was a book too. Which book?
BRIGHTON ROCK
LGD p172
39
In Grace’s early career, he’d been before the Police Complaints Authority, accused of what?
USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST A MUGGER
DS p56
40
What makes a connection between Graham Barrington and a man in an earlier book wrongly suspected of uxoricide?
TRIPLETS (Barrington, Chief Superintendent, has triplets; Brian Bishop is one)
NDY p129, NDE p606
41
Which character is killed on his 25th Wedding Anniversary?
JIM TOWERS
DT p230, 281
42
Someone watching a traumatic event on TV speaks on the phone to her best friend – who shares a surname with a character from M*A*S*H – who often did what, to try to get discharged?
CROSS-DRESSED (Klinger – cf Sue Klinger, friend of Lorraine Wilson)
DMF p137
43
A newish term used in place of Anno Domini is part of the name of what type of business in one book?
ESCORT AGENCY (BCE – Before Common Era – BCE-247 agency)
LGD p184
44
A character connected with films has wanted to work in the movie industry since watching a classic film as a child. Give the first name of the author of the book on which the film is based.
LYMAN (L Frank Baum – Wizard of Oz – Sophie Harrington)
NDE p46
45
A major character has a surname which was also the unusual first name of a man who founded which organisation, linked to Sandy?
SCIENTOLOGY (founded by Lafayette Ron Hubbard – cf Gaia Lafayette)
NDY p2, see also p314
46
Someone whose car Glenn admires outside a London restaurant has the same full name as person famous in which activity?
DARTS (Phil Taylor)
NDE p474
47
Who wishes she were at home, opening her Christmas stocking, still sent by her mother, though she is in her early 20s?
RACHEL RYAN
DLY p49
48
An object apparently belonging to a missing person is given to Grace; it is made of something which gets its name from which place?
CYPRUS (Copper bracelet – copper’s name comes from Cupros for Cyprus)
DS p175
49
A specialist who investigates teeth on bodies has a surname which is one city in the title of a famous 1838 poem; which other city is also in the title?
AIX (How They Brought The Good News from Ghent to Aix – Christopher Ghent)
DMF p122
50
What is the English translation of the motto found on a gift which Cleo gives Roy for his birthday?
SEIZE THE DAY (Carpe diem, on a stuffed carp’s display case)
DMF p259