Books and Authors Quiz - Agatha Christie Quiz 1

Books and Authors Quiz - Agatha Christie Quiz 1

Here is a quiz on the famous detective fiction writer Agatha Christies and her works

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1. Who among the following is NOT a fictional detective created by Agatha Christie?

Miss Marple
Hercule Poirot
Thomas Beresford
C. Auguste Dupin

2. Name the final novel published by Agatha Christie before her death in which Hercule Poirot, the fictional detective dies at the end.

Curtain
Sleeping Murder
Dumb Witness
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

3. Name the elderly lady detective who appeared in 12 of Agatha Christie's crime novels

Louisa May Alcott
Lady Appleton
Miss Marple
Modesty Blaise

4. How many detective novels did Agatha Christie write?

66
33
55
44

5. The world's longest-running play written by Agatha Christie ran continuously from 1952 to 2020 in London's West End theatre. Can you name the play?

Black Coffee
The Mousetrap
Appointment with Death
Spider's Web

6. Who among the following is a fictional detective created by Agatha Christie?

Harley Quin
Roger Ackroyd
Arthur Hastings
Patrick Redfern

7. Which character by Agatha Christie considers himself to be a "detective of the heart."?

Hercule Poirot
Harley Quin
Miss Marple
Parker Pyne

8. Who was the first fictional character to receive an obituary on the front page of The New York Times?

Miss Marple
Hercule Poirot
Harley Quin
Parker Pyne

9. Agatha Christie also wrote general fiction under a pen name. What was the pen name she used to write general fiction?

Lucy Foley
Mary Westmacott
Felicity Lemon
Mary Wesley

10. "Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September - a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o'clock on the morning of Friday the 17th. There was nothing to be done. She had been dead some hours". Which Christie novel starts with the above lines?

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder at the Vicarage
Dumb Witness
Death Comes as the End

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