Bad Boy - Quiz

In Bad Boy, Chapter 22, Jason's presented with a quiz he needs to solve in order to collect the next clue in his pursuit of the stolen Elgar collection. The quiz is given to him by Basil, who suggests it came from a transatlantic ocean liner in the distant past. Passengers were instructed to complete the quiz to their best ability, and then drop off their answers at the Purser's Bureau.

That quiz is based on a real quiz, which I saved from my own transatlantic crossing aboard the Empress of England in the summer of 1968. I was thirteen years old and gave up after only being able to answer ten out of the thirty-six questions. (In fairness, I was probably seasick, and therefore had no intention of spending the day in the ship's library hunting through a dictionary.)

The quiz is on the Bad Boy website here. (look under Snapshots for "Star Sapphire")

And here are the answers!

1. A health station or retreat (Sanatorium)
2. A musical instrument (Harmonium)
3. Recompense or fee (Honorarium)
4. Middle or intervening quality, state, body etc (Medium)
5. Aromatic Gum Resin (Bdellium)
6. Joint Dominion or Sovereignty (Condominium)
7. Any irregular quadrilateral  (Trapezium)
8. A place of trade (Emporium)
9. A country in Europe (Belgium)
10. Wild uproar, infernal noise, or tumult (Pandemonium)
11. A thousand years (Millennium)
12. A building for lectures, concerts, etc (Auditorium)
13. A drug (Opium)
14. Soil, sand, gravel, etc. deposited by running water (Alluvium)
15. A metal named after an asteroid (Palladium)
16. A temporary state of mental disturbance (Delirium)
17. Supreme power (Imperium)
18. A state of balance between opposing forces (Equilibrium)
19. A condensed summary (Compendium)
20. The Roman name for London (Londinium)
21. A glass container for raising plankton or animals indoors (Vivarium)
22. Warm or high praise (Encomium)
23. Front position, or foreground of a stage (Proscenium)
24. An orrery (Planetarium)
25. An administrative governing committee in the U.S.S.R. (Praesidium)
26. The disgrace that follows evil or wrong conduct (Opprobrium)
27. Fellowship, partnership, or union (Convivium)
28. A dwelling place of the happy souls after death (Elysium)
29. The name for the four liberal arts in medieval times (Quadrivium)
30. An establishment for the care and exhibition of aquatic collections (Aquarium)
31. A sun lounge (Solarium)
32. Compensation for injury, or wounded feelings (Solatium)
33. Period of suspension of financial obligations (Moratorium)
34. The heaviest metal (Osmium)
35. A three year period (Triennium)
36. Social gathering, free exchange of ideas (Symposium)



You can read about Jason’s adventures aboard the Alaska cruise ship Star Sapphire in the novel Cold Play here.

You can read all about Jason’s trek to northern Canada on the trail of Ben Quigley in the novella Disturbing the Peace (Book 1 of The Jason Davey Mysteries) here.

You can read all about Jason's first major investigation in London's Soho, in Notes on a Missing G-String (Book 2 of The Jason Davey Mysteries) here.

Lost Time is Book 3 in the Jason Davey Mysteries, featuring professional jazz musician / amateur sleuth Jason Davey. You can read all about it here..

Ticket to Ride is Book 4 in the Jason Davey Mysteries, featuring professional jazz musician / amateur sleuth Jason Davey. You can read all about it here..





You can read the first two chapters of Bad Boy here.

Bad Boy was published by Winona Kent and Blue Devil Books on September 26, 2024. It's available as an ebook and a paperback through Amazon.

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