Wolfean thirty-fives:  Name the character and the book
1. At a trial, a jury awarded her one hundred and thirty five thousand dollars.
2. He was in the lobby of an office building from nine nineteen until twelve thirty-five
3. He caused more excitement in his one minute of dying than in his thirty-five years of living.
4. She could come to Wolfe's house, because she had no matinee today, and it was only ten thirty-five.
5. His horse, Casanova, emerged from Central Park, saddled but riderless, at seven thirty-five.

The second Nero Wolfe novel, The League of Frightened Men, was published in 1935

6. In what magazine was The League of Frightened Men first serialized?
7. What city does Archie visit during the novel?
8. Archie describes what Mr. Wolfe calls the Anglo-Saxon theory of emotions and desserts.  What is that theory?
9. How many blocks north of the brownstone must Archie walk to swap typewriters?
10. In toto, how many men are murdered in this book?

Some other questions from the early years

11. When Nero Wolfe decided he was overweight, what form of at-home exercise did he undertake, and what time of day did he do it?
12. What did Clara Fox steal from the Seaboard Products Company office?
13. In his youth, His Lordship the Marquis of Clivers sowed a few wild oats in the American west.  Under what name did he sow them?
14. At the time of The Rubber Band, what was Mrs. Panzer's first name?
15. What, as of the time of Fer-de-Lance, was the brownstone's telephone number?
16. What did Mr. Wolfe give to Archie for a birthday present, and what was inscribed on each side of it?
17. What radio program did Mr. Wolfe rarely miss?

Wolfe Meets Archie

18. Through what case did Mr. Wolfe meet Archie?
19. Name two authors who have recounted the history of this case….
20. … but when did Fritz claim there never was such a case?

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