The Mysterious Agatha Christie Quiz
Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time, she wrote sixty-six crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language. Test your knowledge of her life and work with our fun Agatha Christie Quiz.
Results
#1. Published in 1920, what was the first Hercule Poirot novel?
Unlucky! The Mysterious Affair at Styles was the first in the series
#2. What was Agatha Christie’s maiden name?
Unlucky! Miller was her maiden name. She changed it to Christie after she married Archibald Christie and kept it after they divorced.
#3. What was Miss Marple’s first name?
Unlucky! Jane was her name
#4. The world’s longest running play is Agatha Christie’s …?
Unlucky! The Mousetrap is the correct answer. It opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in the London West End on 25 November 1952, and by 2018 there had been more than 27,500 performances.
#5. Agatha Christie published six novels using which pen name?
Unlucky! Mary Westmacott was her pen name
#6. In 1926, Agatha Christie caused worldwide headlines when she….?
Unlucky! She disappeared for 11 days in, to this day, somewhat mysterious circumstances.
#7. Murder on the Orient Express was released in the US with what title?
Unlucky! The US title of Murder in the Calais Coach was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel Stamboul Train, which had been published in the United States as Orient Express.
#8. Murder in Mesopotamia was set in which modern day country?
Unlucky! It was set in Iraq
#9. In Death on the Nile, what is the name of the ship?
Unlucky! In the book it was the SS Karnak. It was based on a real life trip she took on the SS Sudan
#10. In 1928 Agatha Christie married her 2nd husband Max Mallowan, what was his profession?
Unlucky! Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan CBE was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history.
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