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. arsenic lead thallium cyanide

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"? arsenic strychinine cyanide morphine

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? laburnum yew tree cotoneaster laurel

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? arsenic cyanide strychnine 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? thallium copper lead mercury

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 coffee poisoned thorn poisoned chocolate 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 nicotine ricin aconitine

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"? heroin cocaine opium morphine