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3 July 2009

Weekly Geeks, 2009-24: Trivia - The Answers

Last week's task was to pose 5-10 trivia questions, so I decided to make all mine related to Agatha Christie novels. Here are the answers.
  1. What was the title of the first Agatha Christie novel? (Hercule Poirot was first seen in this one)
    A: THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES
  2. In which novel did Miss Marple make her debut?
    A: THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
  3. What is the name of Hercule Poirot's "foil"?
    A: Captain Arthur Hastings
  4. In which village does Miss Marple live?
    A: St. Mary Mead
  5. Miss Marple has a nephew who is an author. What is his name?
    A: Raymond West
  6. Which Agatha Christie novel was set on an island?
    A: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE aka TEN LITTLE NIGGERS aka TEN LITTLE INDIANS
  7. Hercule Poirot has a good friend, an Inspector, at Scotland Yard. What is his name?
    A: Inspector Japp
  8. By what alternative title is MURDER IN THE CALAIS COACH better known?
    A: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
  9. What is the name of the husband & wife detective team who first appeared in Christie's second novel? (they weren't married at the time)
    A: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
  10. Which novel was not published until after Agatha Christie's death? (hints: it is the final Miss Marple, and was thought to have been written in the blitz in 1940, and then sealed in a bank vault)
    A: SLEEPING MURDER
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2 comments:

  1. Dorte H4 July 2009 at 03:19

    I knew seven of them, then.
    There is also a Miss Marple which takes place on an island, however. I don´t remember the title, but it tales place on some exotic island (a holiday payed by Raymond West, of course).

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  2. Kerrie4 July 2009 at 10:55

    Thanks for that Dorte - I'll keep a look out for that one.

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