>OCTOBER QUIRKY QUIZ

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Just when you thought it was safe to get on line, here is a one off short Quirky Quiz to amuse you, and to keep ‘those little grey cells’ busy.

The prize will be to pick a book from a selection of great crime fiction.

Please send your answers to thbear08@googlemail.com by 12.00 midnight BST Friday 30 October.

1] What sort of co-operation might mysteriously involve a lonely American jockey, Royal cousins, a Gallic pseudonym, and the lady in the photo partner’s name? Please explain.

2] Which crime writer was born in Malaya in 1907 ?

3] Who had ‘a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling and eyes as empty as the North Sea.’ ?

4] How might a gesture requiring attention, a type of code, or a puzzle be helpful in an investigation?

5] Who turned around to find the way home?