Multiple-choice and matching quizzes relating to the television show. Over 600 questions cover topics including: the producers, directors and writers of the series; awards won by the show; details about the star, Peter Falk, and his character, Lieutenant Columbo; background on the many famous guest stars; the motives behind the murders, and the methods used; the occupations of the killers, and the relationships between them and their victims; bogus alibis, frame-ups, and other deceptions employed by the murderers; the clues that enable Columbo to solve the crimes; general trivia questions,...

The puzzles in this innovative book are different from typical crosswords in several ways: every puzzle has a theme, and all the answers relate to that theme; with a few exceptions, all the answers are people's names; the puzzles are free-form, so no two look alike. Topics include celebrity families, movies, art, music, astrology and presidents.