Archie Goodwin Birthday Dinner
The Stout Room, Heartland Brewery, N.Y.C.
October 24, 2011
Some questions about our birthday boy (roughly in increasing order of difficulty)
| QUESTIONS | ANSWERS | |
| Starting off ... can you identify ... | ||
| 1. | Archie's birthplace? | |
| 2. | Archie's favorite beverage? | |
| 3. | Archie's lady friend? | |
| 4. | Archie's lady friend's nickname for him? | |
| 5. | Archie's baseball teams? | |
| A little tougher … | ||
| 6. | Archie's usual place to dance? | |
| 7. | Archie's usual model of gun? | |
| 8. | Archie's most prized possession? | |
| 9. | Archie's favorite cab drivers? | |
| 10. | The make of the sedan Archie drives? | |
| Only a true Archie-phile would know … | ||
| 11. | The diner that Archie eats at when he doesn't want to eat at home? | |
| 12. | The club that Archie visits when he's annoyed at Mr. Wolfe? | |
| 13. | The location in the brownstone of Archie's bedroom? | |
| 14. | The herb Archie cares for more than Mr. Wolfe does? | |
| 15. | How Archie answers the phone in the office? | |
| For our most attentive readers … | ||
| 16. | The evening each week that is Archie's poker night? | |
| 17. | The number of hours Archie sleeps each night? | |
| 18. | Archie's salary in 1947? | |
| 19. | The full text of Wolfe's goodbye note to Archie? | |
| 20. | The number of men Archie has killed (that we know about)? | |
| And can you tell us … | ||
| 21. | The names of at least five actors who have portrayed Archie in films or on TV? | |
| 22. | Why did Archie Goodwin have to change his name to publish a mystery story? | |
| 23. | For whom will Archie Goodwin be playing basketball next year? | |
| 24. | When Archie dies, would he rather go to Heaven or to Hell? | |
| 25. | What movie star might Archie resemble, according to Rex Stout? | |
