Advanced Pitt Trivia

    For these questions, you will need access to the complete set of Dirk Pitt novels. The answers are in the back of this book, directly after the concordance.

    1. When talking to Summer in Pacific Vortex after she uses the word gangster, Pitt mentions a famous organized crime figure. What name does he mention?

    2. Before Pitt's date with Teri von Till in The Mediterranean Caper, he splashes aftershave on his cheeks. What brand of aftershave does he use?

    3. In The Mediterranean Caper, Pitt doesn't wear his Dora watch. What kind of watch is he wearing?

    4. In Iceberg, Sam Cashman works on the black Lorelei jet that attacks Pitt. What is his Air Force serial number?

    5. The band on the Titanic played an Irving Berlin song that is mentioned. What is the name of the song?

    6. In Night Probe! Beasley has a secretary who helps him search at the Sanctuary Building for records pertaining to the North American treaty. What is the secretary's name?

    7. In Deep Six, Yaeger drinks a specific kind of tea. What kind is it?

    8. In Cyclops, Hagen eats from a picnic basket as he trails Hudson, who has just met the president. At what famous store did he buy the picnic basket?

    9. What song is Pitt singing when he leads the Cuban children to a makeshift hospital after the explosion in Cyclops?

    10. In Treasure, name the condominium complex and unit number where Rothberg is staying in Breckenridge.

    11. What is the inscription on the coin found by Sharp in Treasure?

    12. The U.S. intelligence services operate a ryokan used as a safe house in Dragon. What does Showalter call the safe house?

    13. In Dragon, Cussler makes a mistake and gives Pitt's mother a different first name from usual. What is the incorrect name?

    14. In Sahara, Yerli calls Massarde after Karnel closes a UNICRAT-F team will try to rescue Pitt, Giordino and Gunn. What is the name of the hotel he calls from?

    15. In Sahara, it's mentioned that Pembroke-Smyth owns an expensive luxury car. What brand of car is it?

    16. In Inca Gold, at the concourse in Washington, D.C. Giordino is wearing a T-shirt. What does the inscription on the T-shirt read?

    17. In Shock Wave, Giordino is wearing a dive watch. What brand is it?

    18. In Shock Wave, it is mentioned that Shannon Kelsey bought a car with her grandfather's inheritance. What kind of car did she buy?

    19. In Flood Tide, Sandecker mentions his cigars are hand-rolled by a family he is close friends with. What city is the family from?

    20. In Flood Tide, as the S.S. United States makes its way upriver, the distance from the Head of Passes to New Orleans is listed. What is the distance Cussler lists?