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Books Quiz - Author - Agatha Christie (Questions)

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

Miss Marple lives in which village?

[ ]	St Mary Marsh
[ ]	St Mary Mead
[ ]	St Mary Meadow
[ ]	St Mary Moor

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

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

[ ]	Harrogate
[ ]	Knaresborough
[ ]	Scarborough
[ ]	Whitby

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

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

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

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

[ ]	Joan Hickson
[ ]	Peggy Mount
[ ]	Margaret Rutherford
[ ]	Maggie Smith

Christie wrote a series of romantic novels using what pseudonym?

[ ]	Mary Wallencott
[ ]	Mary Westmacott
[ ]	Mary Winalot
[ ]	Mary Wollstonecraft

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

[ ]	Alan Bates
[ ]	Peter Finch
[ ]	Albert Finney
[ ]	Richard Harris

10.

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

[ ]	Sir Max Mallowan
[ ]	Sir Max Mallory
[ ]	Sir Max Mellors
[ ]	Sir Max Molloy

Books Quiz - Author - Agatha Christie (Answers)

Miss Marple lives in which village?

[ ]	St Mary Marsh
[x]	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

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

[ ]	The Honey Trap
[x]	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

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

[x]	Harrogate
[ ]	Knaresborough
[ ]	Scarborough
[ ]	Whitby

She claimed to have suffered amnesia due to a nervous breakdown

Hercule Poirot first appeared in which 1920 novel?

[ ]	The Murderous Affair at Styles
[x]	The Mysterious Affair at Styles
[ ]	The Strange Affair at Styles
[ ]	The Unusual Affair at Styles

Styles is an English country house

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
[x]	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

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
[x]	A Pocket Full of Rye
[ ]	Sing a Song of Sixpence

She often used nursery rhymes as plot devices

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

[ ]	Joan Hickson
[ ]	Peggy Mount
[x]	Margaret Rutherford
[ ]	Maggie Smith

The film was based on the novel 4.50 from Paddington

Christie wrote a series of romantic novels using what pseudonym?

[ ]	Mary Wallencott
[x]	Mary Westmacott
[ ]	Mary Winalot
[ ]	Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the author of Frankenstein