Agatha Christie - Quiz
Agatha Christie
  • 1. In which year was Agatha Christie born?
A) 1910
B) 1880
C) 1890
D) 1900
  • 2. What was the title of Agatha Christie's first novel?
A) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
B) Murder on the Orient Express
C) And Then There Were None
D) Death on the Nile
  • 3. Which fictional detective did Agatha Christie create?
A) Sam Spade
B) Miss Marple
C) Sherlock Holmes
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 4. What is the best-selling Agatha Christie novel of all time?
A) Murder on the Orient Express
B) Death on the Nile
C) And Then There Were None
D) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • 5. Where was Agatha Christie's birthplace?
A) Paris, France
B) London, England
C) New York, USA
D) Torquay, Devon, England
  • 6. Which of Agatha Christie's novels features a famous detective-writer, Ariadne Oliver?
A) Appointment with Death
B) At Bertram's Hotel
C) Cards on the Table
D) Crooked House
  • 7. Which novel by Agatha Christie is set in the fictional village of St. Mary Mead?
A) The Murder at the Vicarage
B) The Body in the Library
C) Sleeping Murder
D) Endless Night
  • 8. In what year did Agatha Christie pass away?
A) 1996
B) 1966
C) 1976
D) 1986
  • 9. Under what pen name did Agatha Christie write romance novels?
A) Mary Westmacott
B) Agatha West
C) Christie Smith
D) Emily Bronte
  • 10. Who was Agatha Christie's second husband?
A) Anthony Shaffer
B) Max Mallowan
C) Stephen Marshall
D) Archibald Christie
  • 11. What was the original title of the novel 'Murder on the Orient Express' in the United States?
A) The Mystery of the Maharajah
B) Death in the Dining Car
C) Murder in the Calais Coach
D) Terror on the Train
  • 12. How many total novels did Agatha Christie write under her own name?
A) 66
B) 100
C) 50
D) 80
  • 13. What is the famous nickname given to Agatha Christie due to her speed of writing?
A) The Mistress of Mystery
B) The Grand Dame of Detection
C) The Queen of Crime
D) The Duchess of Deception
  • 14. In which decade did Agatha Christie write her final novel 'Sleeping Murder'?
A) 1980s
B) 1970s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s
  • 15. What is the title of Agatha Christie's longest-running play?
A) Murder on the Orient Express
B) The Mousetrap
C) Witness for the Prosecution
D) And Then There Were None
  • 16. In which year was Agatha Christie made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II?
A) 1971
B) 1965
C) 1980
D) 1955
  • 17. How many novels did Agatha Christie write under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) 6
B) 4
C) 10
D) 8
  • 18. Who was Agatha Christie's first husband?
A) Archibald Christie
B) Nathaniel Frary Miller
C) Frederick Alvah Miller
D) Max Mallowan
  • 19. What year did Agatha Christie go missing, creating international headlines?
A) 1926
B) 1945
C) 1914
D) 1930
  • 20. Which country's archaeological sites did Agatha Christie explore with her second husband?
A) Africa
B) Middle East
C) South America
D) Australia
  • 21. What was the name of the villa where Agatha Christie spent much of her childhood?
A) Ashfield
B) Westmacott
C) Mallowan
D) Styles
  • 22. How old was Agatha Christie when she wrote her first poem, 'The Cow Slip'?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 15
D) 10
  • 23. What subject did Agatha Christie particularly enjoy during her home education?
A) Science
B) Geography
C) Basic arithmetic
D) History
  • 24. Where did Agatha Christie and her mother spend the winter of 1907–1908?
A) Italy
B) Egypt
C) France
D) Greece
  • 25. What was the name of the hotel where Agatha Christie stayed in Cairo?
A) Pyramid View Hotel
B) Cairo Royal Hotel
C) Nile Palace Hotel
D) Gezirah Palace Hotel
  • 26. Under which pseudonym did Agatha Christie write her first novel?
A) Mac Miller
B) Sydney West
C) Nathaniel Miller
D) Monosyllaba
  • 27. Where did Agatha and Archie Christie get married?
A) St. John's Wood, London
B) Torquay
C) Sunningdale, Berkshire
D) Emmanuel Church, Clifton, Bristol
  • 28. Who encouraged Agatha Christie to continue writing and provided her with a literary agent?
A) John Lane
B) Hughes Massie
C) Hodder & Stoughton
D) Eden Phillpotts
  • 29. What activity did Agatha Christie enjoy in South Africa during her travels?
A) Fishing
B) Hiking
C) Surfing prone
D) Skiing
  • 30. What was the name of Agatha Christie's only child?
A) Jane Marple
B) Hercule Poirot
C) Tommy Beresford
D) Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks
  • 31. What magazine commissioned short stories from Agatha Christie in 1923?
A) Methuen
B) Hodder & Stoughton
C) The Sketch
D) The Bodley Head
  • 32. What was the title of Agatha Christie's second novel featuring a new detective couple?
A) And Then There Were None
B) The Secret Adversary
C) Death on the Nile
D) Murder on the Links
  • 33. Who was the friend of Major Belcher that Archie fell in love with, leading to Christie's request for a divorce?
A) Mary Westmacott
B) Dorothy L. Sayers
C) Hercule Poirot
D) Nancy Neele
  • 34. What type of vehicle did Agatha Christie drive that was found during the search?
A) Morris Cowley
B) Austin Seven
C) Rolls-Royce Phantom
D) Ford Model T
  • 35. Under what name did Agatha Christie register at the hotel where she was found?
A) "Mrs Tressa Neele"
B) "Mary Westmacott"
C) "Agatha Christie"
D) "Nancy Neele"
  • 36. In which year did Agatha Christie petition for divorce from her first husband?
A) 1929
B) 1928
C) 1930
D) 1927
  • 37. Which British intelligence agency investigated Agatha Christie?
A) FBI
B) CIA
C) Scotland Yard
D) MI5
  • 38. Which character's name in Agatha Christie's novel 'N or M?' led to an MI5 investigation?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Miss Marple
C) Major Bletchley
D) Tommy and Tuppence
  • 39. Which property did Agatha Christie and her husband purchase in 1934?
A) Cresswell Place
B) Abney Hall
C) Greenway Estate
D) Winterbrook House near Wallingford
  • 40. In which year did Agatha Christie express her personal dislikes?
A) 1946
B) 1935
C) 1969
D) 1956
  • 41. What was the first novel published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) The Rose and the Yew Tree
B) Giant's Bread
C) Absent in the Spring
D) Unfinished Portrait
  • 42. Which literary works inspired Agatha Christie for some of her titles?
A) William Shakespeare's works
B) Jane Austen's novels
C) Charles Dickens' stories
D) Homer's epics
  • 43. Who was the chairman of Agatha Christie Limited in 2020?
A) An RLJE executive
B) James Prichard
C) Mathew Prichard
D) Rosalind Hicks
  • 44. What did Julian Symons observe about The Murder of Roger Ackroyd?
A) The setting is in a futuristic city.
B) The book fits within conventions but makes the murderer the local doctor.
C) It breaks away from all traditional detective story conventions.
D) There are no clues provided to solve the mystery.
  • 45. What notable achievement did The Mousetrap accomplish by 2018?
A) It became the world's longest-running play.
B) It was adapted into a film.
C) It won an Oscar.
D) It closed after one year.
  • 46. Which character in 'Three Act Tragedy' is described as un-English?
A) Dr. Constantine
B) Oliver Manders
C) Anthony Browne
D) Charles Hayward
  • 47. Which of the following is NOT a title of a Poirot mystery written by Sophie Hannah?
A) Closed Casket
B) The Mystery of Three Quarters
C) "The ABC Murders"
D) Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
  • 48. Which publisher was involved in editing Agatha Christie's novels to remove offensive passages?
A) HarperCollins
B) Dodd, Mead and Company
C) Penguin Books
D) Random House
  • 49. How many short stories feature Harley Quin?
A) 12
B) 8
C) 10
D) 14
  • 50. Which author did NOT contribute to the collection of Miss Marple short stories titled 'Marple'?
A) Naomi Alderman
B) Alyssa Cole
C) Leigh Bardugo
D) "Inspector Japp"
  • 51. Which year did Agatha Christie publish 'Unfinished Portrait'?
A) 1948
B) 1944
C) 1934
D) 1956
  • 52. In what year was the collection of Miss Marple short stories, titled 'Marple', released?
A) 2020
B) 2019
C) 2023
D) 2022
  • 53. Which hobby did Agatha Christie enjoy that earned her local prizes?
A) Cooking
B) Sculpture
C) Gardening
D) Painting
  • 54. What year did the Telegraph report on the editing of Agatha Christie's novels?
A) 2025
B) 2023
C) 2021
D) 2019
  • 55. Which publication praised 'Giant's Bread' as being above the average of current fiction?
A) The Times Literary Supplement
B) The New York Times
C) The Guardian
D) The London Review of Books
  • 56. How many more novels did Agatha Christie write under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott after her identity was revealed?
A) One more
B) Two more
C) None
D) Three more
  • 57. Which character is described as a 'Whitechapel Jewess with dyed hair and a voice like a corncrake' in Agatha Christie's novel?
A) The Hollow
B) Hallowe'en Party
C) Three Act Tragedy
D) The Mysterious Mr Quin
  • 58. Which activity was part of Agatha Christie's private pleasures related to home decor?
A) Buying furniture for her houses
B) Photography
C) Collecting stamps
D) Writing poetry
  • 59. In which year did The Mousetrap temporarily close due to the pandemic?
A) March 2020
B) January 2021
C) May 2019
D) September 2018
  • 60. Who adapted The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the stage in 1928?
A) Michael Morton
B) Richard Attenborough
C) Peter Saunders
D) Agatha Christie
  • 61. Who donated Greenway and its contents to the National Trust?
A) The BBC
B) Rosalind Hicks
C) Mathew Prichard
D) James Prichard
  • 62. Which of the following authors contributed to the 'Marple' short story collection?
A) Lucy Foley
B) Inspector Japp
C) Captain Arthur Hastings
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 63. Which character is portrayed as a victim at the hands of English malefactors in 'Hallowe'en Party'?
A) Katrina Reiger
B) Olga Seminoff
C) Poirot
D) Miss Marple
  • 64. In which publication did Miss Marple first appear?
A) "And Then There Were None"
B) "Death on the Nile"
C) "Murder on the Orient Express"
D) "The Thirteen Problems"
  • 65. Which network acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK in 2014?
A) Channel 4
B) The BBC
C) Sky
D) ITV
  • 66. Which of the following authors was NOT involved in writing the 'Marple' short story collection?
A) Leigh Bardugo
B) Inspector Japp
C) Alyssa Cole
D) Naomi Alderman
  • 67. How many novels did Miss Marple appear in?
A) 20
B) 12
C) 15
D) 8
  • 68. Which year did the Anti-Defamation League send a letter of complaint regarding perceived antisemitism in Agatha Christie's works?
A) 1960
B) 1945
C) 1947
D) 1950
  • 69. How many novels feature Ariadne Oliver?
A) Seven
B) Nine
C) Four
D) Five
  • 70. In what year was Agatha Christie named 'best crime writer' by the Crime Writers' Association?
A) 2010
B) 2013
C) 2018
D) 2005
  • 71. Who wrote the new Poirot story, The Monogram Murders?
A) Val McDermid
B) Sophie Hannah
C) Ruth Ware
D) Kate Mosse
  • 72. How many plays by Christie were running simultaneously in London in the 1950s?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) One
  • 73. In what year was 'Giant's Bread' published?
A) 1956
B) 1930
C) 1934
D) 1944
  • 74. What was the relationship between Agatha Christie and her step-grandmother Margaret Miller?
A) "Mentor"
B) "No relation"
C) "Distant cousin"
D) "Auntie-Grannie"
  • 75. In what year was Agatha Christie's authorship of the first four Westmacott novels revealed?
A) 1956
B) 1960
C) 1934
D) 1949
  • 76. What was the relationship between Miss Marple and Agatha Christie's step-grandmother?
A) "A firm connection"
B) "No connection at all"
C) "An inspiration for a different character"
D) "A distant relation"
  • 77. Which character in 'How Does Your Garden Grow?' is portrayed as a potential victim?
A) Olga Seminoff
B) Miss Marple
C) Katrina Reiger
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 78. Who acquired Acorn Media UK in 2014?
A) BBC
B) Booker Books
C) Chorion
D) RLJ Entertainment Inc. (RLJE)
  • 79. Which artist included Agatha Christie in a new version of his famous work to celebrate British cultural figures?
A) Banksy
B) Peter Blake
C) Anish Kapoor
D) Damien Hirst
  • 80. Which non-fiction work by Agatha Christie was about her life on an archaeological dig?
A) Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
B) The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery
C) Come, Tell Me How You Live
D) Murder in Mesopotamia
  • 81. What nursery rhyme inspired the title 'And Then There Were None'?
A) 'Ten Little Niggers'
B) 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
C) 'Humpty Dumpty'
D) 'Jack and Jill'
  • 82. Who criticized Agatha Christie's prose as banal?
A) Julian Symons
B) T.S. Eliot
C) Edmund Wilson
D) Raymond Chandler
  • 83. Which of the following novels was written by Sophie Hannah?
A) The ABC Murders
B) Peril at End House
C) Death on the Nile
D) Closed Casket
  • 84. How many more Poirot mysteries did Sophie Hannah write after The Monogram Murders?
A) 6
B) 7
C) 5
D) 3
  • 85. What was Agatha Christie's first original play?
A) Spider's Web
B) Witness for the Prosecution
C) Black Coffee
D) The Mousetrap
  • 86. Which of the following was NOT listed as one of Agatha Christie's likes?
A) Traveling
B) Flowers
C) Cinemas
D) Theatres
  • 87. Which company did Christie sell a 51% stake in Agatha Christie Limited to in 1968?
A) Acorn Media UK
B) RLJE Entertainment Inc.
C) Booker Books (better known as Booker Author's Division)
D) Chorion
  • 88. Which company acquired Chorion's 64% stake in Agatha Christie Limited?
A) The National Trust
B) Booker Books
C) RLJE Entertainment Inc.
D) Acorn Media UK
  • 89. Which title was published last under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) A Daughter's a Daughter
B) The Burden
C) Absent in the Spring
D) Unfinished Portrait
  • 90. How many novels feature Hercule Poirot?
A) 50
B) 40
C) 33
D) 25
  • 91. What did Agatha Christie dislike about public appearances?
A) She disliked them
B) She loved them
C) She avoided them for professional reasons only
D) She was indifferent to them
  • 92. Which novel featuring Hercule Poirot was published posthumously?
A) Curtain
B) Death on the Nile
C) Peril at End House
D) The ABC Murders
  • 93. Where was Agatha Christie buried?
A) Greenway Estate
B) Westminster Abbey
C) London Cemetery
D) St Mary's, Cholsey churchyard
  • 94. What is Parker Pyne's profession before becoming a detective?
A) Private investigator
B) Amateur sleuth
C) Police officer
D) Retired civil servant
  • 95. Who was Hercule Poirot's 'Watson'?
A) Mr. Satterthwaite
B) Inspector Japp
C) Dr. Sheppard
D) Captain Arthur Hastings
  • 96. How many books did Christie sell during her lifetime?
A) 50 million books
B) 500 million books
C) 100 million books
D) An estimated 300 million books
  • 97. What was done to reissues of Christie's novels by HarperCollins since 2020?
A) Removed passages containing descriptions, insults or references to ethnicity
B) Translated into multiple languages
C) Added new chapters
D) Published as audiobooks
  • 98. In which year was Agatha Christie's first published book released?
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1920
D) 1950
  • 99. What is a common motive for murder in Christie's novels?
A) An attempt to change historical events.
B) Most often, money.
C) Revenge based on personal grudges.
D) A desire to gain supernatural powers.
  • 100. What specific stereotype is used to describe characters of 'Hebraic extraction' in Christie's short story?
A) 'Men with dark hair and a quiet demeanor'
B) 'Tall men with broad shoulders and serious expressions'
C) 'Sallow men with hooked noses, wearing rather flamboyant jewellery'
D) 'Men with beards and traditional clothing'
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