Who done it? Murder Mystery Quiz

In the movie "Clue," Mrs. Peacock is a senator's wife who's being blackmailed for taking bribes.

False. The famous detective who solved the mystery on the Orient Express was Hercule Poirot.

The game "Clue," originally known as "Cluedo," was invented in 1949 in England.

The unsolved murder mystery case of the Black Dahlia in Los Angeles has inspired many books and movies, including "LA Confidential."

In Hitchcock's famous film "Rear Window," Jimmy Stewart stars as the man in a wheelchair who spies on his neighbors and witnesses a possible murder.

Even though the movie "Clue" had three different endings, in every version, Mr. Boddy was a blackmailer.

The Maltese Falcon, a jewel-encrusted statue of a falcon, is the centerpiece of the Sam Spade private detective story.

Ed Gein was a Wisconsin murderer and grave robber, and his story inspired Robert Bloch to write the novel "Psycho." His macabre tale also inspired a number of other famous works, including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," which was later turned into the movie "The Silence of the Lambs."

In 1974, Ingrid Bergman won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Murder on the Orient Express."

The Whitechapel Murderer was another name for the London serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. To this day, the murder cases remain unsolved.

In Dashiell Hammet's book, "The Thin Man," and the subsequent series of movies, the "thin man" was the murder victim that kept fans guessing 'til the end.

The movie chronicles the actual murder of a woman by her teenage daughter's friend, Anne Perry. After serving a prison sentence as a juvenile, Perry became a well-known mystery writer under the pen name of Juliet Hulme.

Until her silver screen debut in "Heavenly Creatures," Kate Winslet had played relatively minor British television and stage roles. Winslet went on to a breakout role in the blockbuster film, "Titanic."

Nora Roberts writes murder mysteries set in the future under the pen name of J.D. Robb. Her 41st such book, "Devoted in Death" was released in 2015.

Porfiry Petrovich, the seemingly dull-witted character who investigates a murder in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" inspired the modern-day Columbo character. And as viewers witnessed in the "Columbo" TV series, appearances can be deceiving.

Nancy Drew, a fictional mystery-solving character that leapt onto the literary scene in 1930, first solved "The Secret of the Old Clock."

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" had a budget of $70 million, making it the most expensive film of the 1980s. Incidentally, it also had the longest on-screen credits for a film of that era.

Actress Kathleen Turner performed Jessica Rabbit's speaking voice, but her name didn't appear in the credits. Instead, credit went to Amy Irving, who performed the character's singing voice.

"Hello Clarice" has joined the ranks of famously misquoted movie lines like "Play It Again Sam" from "Casablanca." In "Silence of the Lambs," the line is actually "Good evening Clarice."

"The Maltese Falcon" debuted in 1941 and through the window behind Sam Spade's desk, viewers can see the Golden Gate Bridge.

Floyd Thursby is an important character in "The Maltese Falcon," but he never actually appears in the movie.

Jimmy (Sean Penn) delivers these famous phrases just before killing Dave (Tim Robbins) in "Mystic River."

"Mystic River," which chronicles the post-tragedy reunion of three childhood friends, was filmed in just 39 days.

Producer Sydney Pollack bought the film rights to "Presumed Innocent" before the book was released in 1987.

In the first five minutes of "And Then There None," the 1945 film version of Agatha Christie's island murder mystery, there is not any dialogue between characters.

"Chinatown" features a farmer herding sheep at Los Angeles' City Hall in protest of diverting water from agricultural land.

Roger Kint (Kevin Spacey) is dubbed "Verbal" because of his habit of talking too much. He's just one of the memorable characters in "The Usual Suspects." Spacey won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the 1995 role.

"The Usual Suspects" was nominated in 1995 for two Oscars—and won them both: Best Original Screenplay (Chris McQuarrie) and Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey).

Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" wasn't well received by movie-goers when it was released In 1958, and went relatively unseen until its re-release in 1983. It then became one of Hitchcock's most acclaimed films.

"Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock was the first American movie that showed a toilet flushing on the big screen. It was released in 1960.