Quizzes & Puzzles

Dedicated to the wit and jocosity of
Archie Goodwin, bon vivant

by Ira Matetsky, Werowance

1. According to Please Pass the Guilt, Fritz prepares shad roe creole using _________ instead of onion, and no cayenne.
2. Also ________, not sherry.
3. Later in the same novel, with Fritz away for the day, Wolfe and Archie enjoy a Sunday shad roe lunch prepared by _______________.
4. Although most of the shad roe in the Corpus is enjoyed at Mr. Wolfe’s table, in Too Many Women (1947), Archie takes Gwynne Ferris to Frisbie’s, where a lunch of shad roe and avocado salad costs ___________.
5. A Werowance (but not this one) might enjoy shad roe mousse ____________.
6. Because he has accepted Mrs. Robilotti’s invitation to dinner, Archie must miss an appetizer of shad roe spread with ________________.
7. This spice is often found in the shad roe served at Wolfe’s table, but in other contexts, Wolfe almost always says “no _____________.”
8. Three more herbs and spices frequently found on shad roe chez Wolfe:  ___________, __________, and _______________.
9. One of Les Quinze Maitres asked for more shad roe mousse; Wolfe observes that they don’t have shad roe _______________.
10. Archie enjoys his share of shad roe, but still, every spring sooner or later he gets so fed up with it that he wishes to heaven that ____________________.