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Agatha Christie bibliography - Quiz
Contributed by: Halliday
  • 1. How many detective novels did Agatha Christie write?
A) 100
B) 15
C) 2,000
D) 66
  • 2. Which of these works by Agatha Christie has an obituary in The New York Times?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Miss Marple
C) Tommy Beresford
D) Parker Pyne
  • 3. Under what pseudonym did Agatha Christie write six romantic novels?
A) Mary Westmacott
B) Archibald Christie
C) Janet Morgan
D) Agatha Mallowan
  • 4. In what year was Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published?
A) 1930
B) 1928
C) 1914
D) 1920
  • 5. Which novel was identified as the public's favourite in 2015?
A) Death on the Nile
B) Curtain
C) Murder on the Orient Express
D) And Then There Were None
  • 6. What profession did Agatha Christie's second husband, Max Mallowan, hold?
A) Chemist
B) Playwright
C) Crime novelist
D) Archaeologist
  • 7. What is the total number of short-story collections written by Agatha Christie?
A) 30,000
B) 66
C) 15
D) 100
  • 8. What experience gave Agatha Christie background knowledge of poisons?
A) Her marriage to an archaeologist
B) Working in a chemist dispensary
C) Archaeological expeditions
D) Traveling to the Western Front
  • 9. In what year did The Mousetrap open in West End theatre?
A) 2020
B) 1975
C) 1952
D) 2021
  • 10. What is the name of the autobiographical travel book describing life in Syria?
A) Come, Tell Me How You Live
B) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
C) Murder in Mesopotamia
D) Appointment with Death
  • 11. Who was Agatha Christie's biographer?
A) Archibald Christie
B) Mary Westmacott
C) Max Mallowan
D) Janet Morgan
  • 12. Which novel was the first published work by Agatha Christie?
A) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
B) Death on the Nile
C) Curtain
D) The Mousetrap
  • 13. What caused the temporary discontinuation of The Mousetrap in 2020?
A) A change in theatre owners
B) COVID-19 pandemic
C) A shortage of actors
D) Agatha Christie's death
  • 14. According to the text, whose sales are surpassed only by the Bible and William Shakespeare?
A) Janet Morgan
B) Agatha Christie
C) Archibald Christie
D) Max Mallowan
  • 15. How many short stories in total were written and published in collections in the US and the UK?
A) 12
B) 165
C) 166
D) 154
E) 15
  • 16. How many short stories were published in the UK?
A) 165
B) 12
C) 166
D) 18
E) 154
  • 17. Which story was omitted from the UK publications?
A) The Submarine Plans
B) Three Blind Mice
C) The Incredible Theft
D) Christmas Adventure
E) The Second Gong
  • 18. How many short stories were published in the US?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 165
D) 166
E) 154
  • 19. Which story was expanded into 'The Incredible Theft'?
A) Christmas Adventure
B) The Second Gong
C) The Submarine Plans
D) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
E) Three Blind Mice
  • 20. Which story was expanded into 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding'?
A) The Submarine Plans
B) Dead Man's Mirror
C) Christmas Adventure
D) The Second Gong
E) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
  • 21. Which story was expanded into 'The Mystery of the Spanish Chest'?
A) Christmas Adventure
B) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
C) The Incredible Theft
D) The Second Gong
E) The Submarine Plans
  • 22. Which story was expanded into 'Dead Man's Mirror'?
A) Christmas Adventure
B) The Incredible Theft
C) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
D) The Second Gong
E) The Submarine Plans
  • 23. How many US short story collections are there?
A) 165
B) 166
C) 18
D) 14
E) 15
  • 24. In what year were the 12 original short stories used for The Big Four published in the UK?
A) 2017
B) 2018
C) 1930
D) 1926
E) 2016
  • 25. How many stories are included in Poirot's Early Cases?
A) 15
B) 14
C) 18
D) 166
E) 165
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