And now for your Agatha Christie trivia fix
by
Jacqueline
April 25, 2008
1) Agatha Christie’s father was American. What was his occupation?
2) What’s Hercule Poirot’s nationality?
3) Poirot was introduced in “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” from 1920. Which book, published 10 years later, gave us Miss Marple?
4) Who played Poirot in 1974’s “Murder on the Orient Express,” directed by Sidney Lumet? Co-stars included: Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Richard Widmark, Vanessa Redgrave and Michael York.
5) Poirot was given an obituary in the New York Times. True or False?
6) Christie got the name Marple from a railway sign. True or False?
Answers on Monday!
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