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Trivia Quiz:

1. Where was Benjamin Justice born and raised?

2. What was the name of his little sister?

3. What sport did he participate in high school and college?

4. What kind of gun did his detective father keep at home?

5. What was the name of Justice’s lost love?

6. What is the name of the West Hollywood neighborhood in which he lives?

7. What are the names of his landlords?

8. What was the name and breed of the dog introduced in the second novel, "REVISION OF JUSTICE"?

9. What was the name and breed of the dog that appeared in the fourth novel, "THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE"?

10. Where was Alexandra Templeton working when Justice first met her?

11. In "SIMPLE JUSTICE," whom did Alexandra Templeton describe as having "a fine brown frame," and where did she mention this?

12. What did Cecile Chang lose in "JUSTICE AT RISK" that became an important clue?

13. What kind of car does Justice drive, and what year model is it?

14. What two names are mentioned in the opening line of "SIMPLE JUSTICE"?

15. In which of the Justice mysteries did Jin Jai-Sik appear and where did his daughter live?

16. In what Justice mystery did the dead James Dean play a role?

17. Where did Justice meet Gonzalo Albundo’s sister just before his showdown with the murderer in "SIMPLE JUSTICE?"

18. What is Oree Joffrien’s job title and where does he work?

19. In what part of Los Angeles did Oree and Justice first meet?

20. In what part of Tijuana did Justice chase Chucho Pernales in "THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE"?

21. What was Justice forced to drink in Tijuana that made him so ill?

22. What put Harry Brofsky into the hospital in "JUSTICE AT RISK"?

23. In "THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE," what poison is used for both murder and suicide?

24. In the first four Justice mysteries, what are the four writing fields that serve as essential story elements or backdrops?

25. What was the name of the sex club where Justice was raped by Charlie Gitt?


Answers:

1. Buffalo, New York

2. Elizabeth Jane

3. Wrestling

4. .38 Detective’s Special

5. Jacques

6. The Norma Triangle

7. Maurice and Fred

8. Maggie, a golden retriever

9. Mei-Ling, a Llaso Apsos

10. The Los Angeles Sun (newspaper)

11. Jefferson Bellworthy, at a memorial service for Billy Lusk in a synagogue

12. An earring

13. Mustang convertible, 1965 (technically, "1964 ˝")

14. "Billy Lusk was murdered on a Tuesday, shortly after midnight, and Harry Brofsky came looking for me that afternoon."

15. "SIMPLE JUSTICE," Koreatown.

16. "REVISION OF JUSTICE," as the one-time love interest of Gloria Cantwell

17. The downtown branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library

18. Professor of Anthropology, UCLA

19. Little Ethiopia

20. Zona Norte

21. Tequila

22. A stroke

23. Curare

24. Newspaper reporting, screenwriting, television documentary writing, celebrity biography

25. The Reptile Den