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1 What is Miss Marple’s first name?
A Jane
2 How many full-length novels featured Miss Marple?
A 12 novels and 20 short stories featuring Miss Marple.
3 For how many days did Agatha Christie go missing in 1926?
A Eleven days. She vanished from her home in Sunningdale, Berkshire. Eleven days later, guests and staff finally recognised her at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
4 Who played the role of Agatha Christie in the 1978 film “Agatha”?
A Vanessa Redgrave. The film is a fictionalised account of Agatha Christie’s 1926 disappearance.
5 In which year did David Suchet first appear as Hercule Poirot on TV?
A 1989. He went on to play the role in all 13 series, appearing in a total of 70 episodes, until the show’s conclusion in 2013.
6 On which train was Miss Marple’s friend, Mrs McGillicuddy, travelling when she witnessed a Woman being strangled?
A 4:50 from Paddington. Elspeth McGillicuddy witnessed a man strangle a woman on a passing train. She was travelling to visit Miss Marple when her train briefly ran parallel to another. Looking through her window, she saw the crime through a raised blind.
7 What is the unusual feature of the narrator in “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”?
A He was the murderer. Agatha Christie presents Dr James Sheppard as a reliable and trustworthy character, only to reveal him as the murderer at the end of the novel.
8 Which Agatha Christie novel and play was made into a 1945 film titled ‘And Then There Were None’?
A Ten Little N—–s. Publishers considered the original title offensive and revised it several times, eventually choosing “Ten Little Indians” for some UK editions and “And Then There Were None” for the American market.
9 Which novel became a 1957 film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marlene Dietrich?
A Witness For The Prosecution. Also starred Tyrone Power and Charles Laughton
10 Under what pen name did Agatha Christie publish her six romantic novels?
A Mary Westmacott. She concealed this identity for nearly twenty years. She created the name by combining her middle name with the surname of some distant relatives.