Christie Tri-Bond

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1. Apart from the fact that they all feature Hercule Poirot, what else do the novels 'Dead Man's Folly', 'Cards on the Table' and 'Mrs. McGinty's Dead' have in common? They also feature Captain Hastings. They also feature Ariadne Oliver. They are set outside England. They were all made into movies.

2. 'Remembered Death', 'And Then There Were None' and 'A Pocketful of Rye' all had victims who died of poisoning. Which poison links the three books? Thallium Prussic Acid Nicotine Cyanide

3. What links 'Towards Zero', 'The Secret of Chimneys' and 'Cards on the Table'? They all feature Superintendent Spence. They all feature Superintendent Battle. They all feature Colonel Race. They all feature Inspector Japp.

4. What is common to the novels 'After the Funeral', 'Murder at the Gallop' and 'Funerals are Fatal'? They are different titles used for the same book. They all feature Miss Marple. They are all based during the First World War. The stories are narrated in flashback mode.

5. Which famous Christie sleuth solves the murders in 'A Murder is Announced', 'Murder with Mirrors' and 'Murder at the Vicarage'? Colonel Race Tommy and Tuppence Hercule Poirot Miss Marple

6. What's common to 'The Mystery of the Blue Train', 'What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!' and 'Murder on the Orient Express'? The murder is committed by a woman. The murder victim is poisoned. The murder is committed on a train journey. The motive for the murder involves money.

7. What links 'Sleeping Murder', 'Five Little Pigs' and 'Elephants Can Remember'? The novels are based outside England. The murder is solved many years after it had been committed. A murder is dismissed as suicide. All of these.

8. What links the novels 'Murder in Mesopotamia', 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' and 'The Murder at the Vicarage'? The novels are written in the first person. The victims are shot. The novels are based in England. The victims are poisoned.

9. What is common to 'After the Funeral', 'Murder in Mesopotamia' and 'Taken at the Flood' other than the fact that Hercule Poirot solves the murders in all three books? The murder is an accident. The murderer is a policeman. The principal motive is revenge. The murderers (or co-conspirators) try to pass themselves off as other people.

10. How are the novels 'The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side', 'A Murder is Announced' and 'Peril at End House' connected? One of the central characters is an imposter. The murderer commits suicide before he/she is caught. The murderer accidentally kills the wrong person. The murderer appears to be the intended victim.