Murder on the Dancefloor

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1. These murders may not have taken place on a dance floor but three of the following books involved murders committed at a party. Which one of these four is the exception? Lord Edgware Dies Three Act Tragedy Sparkling Cyanide The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

2. A party is the setting for murder again in "Cards on the Table". What game are the guests playing when the murder is committed? Bridge Cribbage Poker Hearts

3. Christie has even managed to ingeniously craft a murder on an airplane full of passengers with the murderer getting away unnoticed. What murder weapon did the murderer use in this plot in the book "Death in the Clouds"? Truncheon Rope Spear Poisoned dart

4. Trains seem to be a favourite, with three different books using them as a setting for murder. Which one of these murders was NOT committed on a train? Murder on the Orient Express What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw! The Mystery of the Blue Train Passenger to Frankfurt

5. Continuing with the transport theme, which book uses a ship as the setting for murder? Death on the Nile The Secret of Chimneys Towards Zero A Caribbean Mystery

6. Christie even manages to plot a murder in the seemingly unlikely setting of a school. Which book had four murders committed inside a girls-only boarding school? Cat Among the Pigeons The ABC Murders Ordeal by Innocence Five Little Pigs

7. Christie's unusual plot settings continue with this novel where a dentist is found dead at his dental practice. Which book with a title derived from a nursery rhyme does this occur in? A Pocket Full of Rye Hickory Dickory Dock One, Two, Buckle My Shoe And Then There Were None

8. As given away by the title, the crime in "The Murder at the Vicarage" takes place in the vicar's study. Which of Christie's sleuths debuted in this novel? Ariadne Oliver Hercule Poirot Colonel Race Miss Marple

9. A few of Christie's novels were also set outside England. Which of these books with murders set in foreign locations featured Miss Marple? Murder in Mesopotamia A Caribbean Mystery They Came to Baghdad Appointment with Death

10. Finally, in which novel does a fake murder hunt organised during a village fete end up in the death of the person playing the victim? Dead Man's Folly The Sittaford Mystery Third Girl The Clocks