YACWQ Answers
BASICS
1. A Mackintosh, of course!
2. The Daily Fluxion
3. The Press Club.
4. False. Qwilleran met Koko in Could Read Backwards and Yum Yum in Ate Danish Modern.
5. 400
6. His Aunt Fanny. This was a gimme if you read question 99!
7. five
8. New Jersey
REMEMBER ME FROM...?
9. Saw Red
10. Could Read Backwards, the very first one.
11. Played Post Office
12. Went into the Closet
13. Knew Shakespeare
14. His law firm is mentioned in Ate Danish Modern, but he actually first appears is a fleeting cameo in Turned On and Off at Andy Glanz's estate auction.
ONE-SHOTS
15. Went Underground; he was a carpenter whom Joanna murdered.
16. Saw Stars; chef who murdered Owen Bowen.
17. Could Read Backwards; murdered Mountclemens, but full story too lengthy to get into here.
18. Moved a Mountain; real-estate agent.
19. Came to Breakfast; brother to the eventual Elizabeth Hart.
20. Lived High; Qwilleran's wild punk-dancer next-door neighbor in the Casablanca.
21. Wasn't There; brother to Melinda Goodwinter, long thought dead.
22. Ate Danish Modern; interior designer.
23. Knew a Cardinal; actress from Lockmaster hired by Hilary VanBrook.
24. Turned On and Off; furniture refurbisher in Junktown. (Not to be confused (as I did) with Russell Simms, the frail, odd young woman in Went Underground.)
HOT OFF THE PRESSES
25. The Morning Rampage
26. Percy
27. Lodge Kendall
28. The Pickax Picayune
29. funeral/death announcements
A NASTY WAY TO GO
30. Irma Haselrich, Wasn't There
31. Vic Greer, Said Cheese
32. Andy Glanz, Turned On and Off
33. Harry Noyton or Gritty Goodwinter, Knew Shakespeare (Ah, you say it was the car crash that did it? No doubt it didn't help, but the authorities described the crime scene as looking like "an amateur ax murder", which leads one to believe that the antlers did more of a number on them than the crash.)
34. William Vitello, Saw Red (Just "William at Maus Haus" or something to that effect is fine; I had to look up William's last name, too.)
35. Alexander Goodwinter, Played Post Office
36. Melinda Goodwinter, Wasn't There
37. Senior Goodwinter, Knew Shakespeare
38. J. J. Hawkinfield, Moved a Mountain ("He was pushed!" Oh, hush. "And they probably did something else to him beforehand to make him go over!" Good Lord, man, do you ever keep quiet?)
39. either Ernie Bowen (thanks to Angel for this one) or The Nameless Backpacking Tourist, Saw Stars (And if he does have a name, I don't particularly care.)
AROUND THE WORLD IN...
40. c.
41. j.
42. h.
43. i.
44. g.
45. f.
46. a.
47. e.
48. d.
49. b.
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD
50. "The Big Burning of 1869". (If you just got "The Big Burning", give yourself credit anyway.)
51. Mrs. Fisheye
52. Bruno
53. Detectives Hames (the believer in Koko's powers) and Wojcik (the skeptic)
54. Wasn't There, by Emory (and Melinda) Goodwinter as part of a ransom plot (if he couldn't get Polly...)
55. Knew Shakespeare; it was gutted by fire, but later renovated into a theater.
56. Hippolyta of "A Midsummer's Night's Dream"
57. Merlin
GOOD EATS
58. Robert(o) Maus (or his restaurant, Roberto's)
59. Iris Cobb
60. George Bonifield Mountclemens III
61. Either the Hotel Booze or the Black Bear Café will do it.
62. Tipsy's
63. Celia Robinson
64. Onoosh Dolmathakia (We're pretty sure that the "meatballs in kimonos" are stuffed grape leaves.)
65. the Dimsdale Diner
66. The Petrified Bagel
ADVENTURES IN...
67. Could Read Backwards (half-credit for Sang for the Birds, but that didn't really concentrate on modern art...)
68. Knew a Cardinal
69. Saw Red. (Oh, fine, we'll give you credit if you put down Said Cheese.)
70. Turned On and Off
71. Talked to Ghosts
72. Ate Danish Modern
73. Lived High (Tailed a Thief mentioned the subject, but only as part of the criminal's con game, and the book didn't get much into the subject itself)
74. Said Cheese. Duh. (Duh on me, rather, for posing the question...)
75. Went Underground...all right, or Saw Stars...
PECCADILLOES
76. Lived High
77. Lived High again
78. Sniffed Glue (it was divided by "Acts" and "Scenes")
79. Robbed a Bank
80. Played Post Office
81. Moved a Mountain
82. Geez. Another Lived High.
A. GOODWINTER B. GOODWINTER C. GOODWINTER...
83. b.
84. c., sayeth thy humble Montana-dwelling quiz author.
85. b.
86. d., 7: Penny, Alexander, Senior, Gritty, Dr. Hal's wife, Dr. Hal, and Melinda. Depressing mortality rate, isn't it?
87. b.
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
88. "The Sin of Madame Phloi"
89. The Cat Who Had 14 Tales
90. The Detroit Free Press
91. After the publication of Turned On and Off in 1968, publishers weren't particularly interested in stories that didn't feature a lot of sex and violence.
92. Eighteen years, from 1968 to 1986.
93. North Carolina
TOUGH NUTS
94. Harold Bates (Give yourself half-credit if you just got Harold.)
95. Groat & Boddle No. 5
96. pink
97. Robert Maus, during Saw Red
98. Night's Candles (named after a line from "Romeo and Juliet")
99. a project to research, explore, and preserve the old shipwrecks at the bottom of the lake
100. Calorie-free beer with added Vitamin C. (Hey, it'd be a boon to mankind in Montana, beer-swilling capital of the nation. My proud, illustrious state...*sigh*.)
SCORING
Round up for half-points...
100-90: Hey, I have a vacation coming up in a coupla weeks, you wanna take the site over 'til I come back?
89-80: What an eye for detail you have! Were debates actually allowed on the Cat Who... mailing list, you'd probably be quite the McLaughlin.
79-65: Admirable. You're a devoted fan.
64-50: You're probably more of a "big picture" person when it comes to the Cat Who..s, but no one'll ever accuse you of being confused on the fundamentals of Pickax and Down Below. Continue to enjoy the books in good health!
49-35: Hey, a lot of people just read the books for the kitties anyway.
Below 35: You did read that warning at the start about making sure you've read all the books before taking the test, right?
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