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