Murder by Poison

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1. Which poison did Agatha Christie use most frequently in her many works? It is a semi-metallic element (or metalloid) with the atomic number 33 in the periodic table. thallium cyanide lead arsenic

2. Agatha Christie learned a lot about poisons from her work as a dispenser in a hospital pharmacy during the First World War so naturally the plot of her first book involved murder by poison. Which poison did she employ in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"? morphine arsenic strychinine cyanide

3. In "A Pocketful of Rye", Rex Fortescue died of taxine poisoning which was administered to him at breakfast in his marmalade. Taxine is a poisonous alkaloid found in the foliage and berries of which English tree? laurel laburnum yew tree cotoneaster

4. Rex Fortescue wasn’t the only victim in "A Pocketful of Rye". His second wife, Adele, was also poisoned, not by taxine, but by another poison which can also be obtained from plants. The murderer slipped which poison into her tea? cyanide strychnine arsenic nicotine

5. Ella Zielinsky, actress Marina Gregg's social secretary, in "The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side", died by inhalation of which poison? prussic acid strychnine cyanide nicotine

6. In "The Pale Horse", a very unusual form of poisoning was employed. The symptoms of which type of metallic poisoning include nervous and gastrointestinal disorders and rapid loss of hair? lead mercury copper thallium

7. Another unusual form of poisoning was used in "Death in the Air" (also known as "Death in the Clouds"). While on a short flight, Madame Giselle, a French moneylender, is murdered by which means? poisoned thorn poisoned chocolate poisoned coffee poisoned nasal spray

8. It is possible that many readers cheered when the nasty, sadistic Mrs Boynton was poisoned in "Appointment with Death". She was poisoned with an overdose of which heart medication? digitoxin morphine adrenalin strophanthin

9. In "Three Act Tragedy" (also known as "Murder in Three Acts"), Reverend Stephen Babbington, Sir Bartholomew Strange and Margaret De Rushbridger are all dispatched by a poisonous alkaloid derived from the leaf of a plant. Which poison was employed? solanine aconitine ricin nicotine

10. "Who killed Lord Cronshaw? Was Coco Courtenay’s death on the same night a mere coincidence? Was it an accident? Or did she deliberately take an overdose …?" Which addictive drug did Coco take a fatal dose of in "The Affair at the Victory Ball"? cocaine opium heroin morphine