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Agatha Christie's stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest initial run.

Author - Agatha Christie

Love clever whodunnits? Test what you know about Agatha Christie, from Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple to the twisted plots that made her crime fiction world famous.

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Fascinating Fact:

She is often called the “Queen of Crime” because she specialised in detective and mystery fiction. Her plots are famous for their clever twists and surprise endings.

In Specialist Books quizzes, you can explore Agatha Christie’s life, her famous detectives, and the classic mystery novels that helped define twentieth-century crime fiction and still attract readers today.

Key Terms

Detective fiction: A story in which a crime is investigated and solved, usually by a detective or amateur sleuth.
Whodunnit: A type of mystery where the main puzzle is working out which character committed the crime.
Red herring: A misleading clue that distracts readers from the real solution to the mystery.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

Which Agatha Christie books are the most famous?

Two of Agatha Christie’s best-known novels are And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. Both are classic mysteries with strong plots and memorable endings.

Which detectives did Agatha Christie create?

Agatha Christie created several detectives, but the most famous are Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective with a careful method, and Miss Marple, an elderly village observer of human nature.

Are Agatha Christie novels suitable for students?

Many students enjoy Agatha Christie because her books are gripping but clearly written. They can support wider reading in English, especially for learners interested in plot, character and genre.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Who played Poirot in the 1974 film version of Murder on the Orient Express?

Alan Bates

Peter Finch

Albert Finney

Richard Harris

The film was the first completely financed by a British company to make the top of the weekly US box office charts

2 .

Christie wrote a series of romantic novels using what pseudonym?

Mary Wallencott

Mary Westmacott

Mary Winalot

Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the author of Frankenstein

3 .

Hercule Poirot first appeared in which 1920 novel?

The Murderous Affair at Styles

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

The Strange Affair at Styles

The Unusual Affair at Styles

Styles is an English country house

4 .

Which actress played Miss Marple in the 1961 film Murder, She Said?

Joan Hickson

Peggy Mount

Margaret Rutherford

Maggie Smith

The film was based on the novel 4.50 from Paddington

5 .

What is the title of Christie's 1953 novel featuring the death of Rex Fortescue?

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

The Maid Was in the Garden

A Pocket Full of Rye

Sing a Song of Sixpence

She often used nursery rhymes as plot devices

6 .

Christie disappeared for ten days in 1926, eventually turning up in a hotel in which Yorkshire town?

Harrogate

Knaresborough

Scarborough

Whitby

She claimed to have suffered amnesia due to a nervous breakdown

7 .

Miss Marple lives in which village?

St Mary Marsh

St Mary Mead

St Mary Meadow

St Mary Moor

St Mary Mead is said to be in the fictional county of Downshire in the 1930 book, The Murder at the Vicarage, but in the 1942 novel, The Body in the Library, the county has been renamed Radfordshire

8 .

In 1930 Christie married which archaeologist, 14 years her junior?

Sir Max Mallowan

Sir Max Mallory

Sir Max Mellors

Sir Max Molloy

This was her second marriage. She married Archibald Christie in 1914 and they were divorced in 1928

9 .

What is the title of Christie's 1923 murder mystery in which a body is found on a golf course?

Murder on the Fairway

Murder on the Green

Murder on the Links

Murder in the Rough

The Murder on the Links was Christie's third novel and the second outing for Hercule Poirot

10 .

Which Christie play, that opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in 1952, holds the record for the longest ever run in London?

The Honey Trap

The Mousetrap

The Parent Trap

The Rat Trap

The play was originally called Three Blind Mice but had to be renamed because Emile Littler had produced a play of the same name just prior to the Second World War

Author: Tony Rennick (Art and Literature Critic)