Agatha's Arsenal

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1. "Good old-fashioned rat poison is good enough for me. Or the reliable blunt instrument. NOT firearms if possible. Firearms are so tricky". Which of Agatha Christie’s regular characters expressed Christie’s own feelings about murder weapons with this quote? Ariadne Oliver Jane Marple Hercule Poirot Parker Pyne

2. Despite her reluctance to use firearms as a murder weapon, Christie used this method of disposal in which of the following novels? Death on the Nile At Bertram's Hotel Murder at the Vicarage All of the choices are correct

3. In the novel "And Then There Were None", ten people are lured to an island, left stranded and then murdered one by one. The murder methods corresponded to an old English rhyme. Which character's skull was crushed by a heavy white marble clock? William Henry Blore Vera Ellizabeth Claythorne Anthony James Marston Emily Caroline Brent

4. No weapon was necessary in "4.50 From Paddington". The murderer used his bare hands to strangle his victim. Who witnessed the tall dark man strangling a woman on the train? Lucy Eylesbarrow Mrs McGinty Jane Marple Elspeth McGillicuddy

5. In "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", with which weapon was Roger Ackroyd stabbed to death? an antique bayonet an Italian stiletto a switchblade knife a Tunisian dagger

6. In "Hallowe’en Party", who was found drowned in a bucket of water? Rowena Drake Leopold Reynolds Judith Butler Joyce Reynolds

7. In which novel was Simeon Lee found murdered on Christmas Eve, lying in a huge pool of blood with his throat cut? A Murder for Christmas All three titles are the same story A Holiday for Murder Hercule Poirot's Christmas

8. In "The ABC Murders", a series of "alliterative" murders occurs. Which victim was strangled with his or her own belt? George Earlsfield of Doncaster Alice Ascher of Andover Sir Carmichael Clarke of Churston Betty Barnard of Bexhill-on-Sea

9. In "Witness for the Prosecution", Leonard Vole is accused of murdering Miss Emily French. By what method did he allegedly murder her? Strangled with her own scarf Suffocated with a pillow Bludgeoned with a crowbar Drowned in the bathtub

10. In the course of the novel "Easy to Kill" (also known as "Murder is Easy"), there are at least seven suspicious deaths – one death by gastroenteritis (actually poisoning), a drowning, a fatal fall, an "accidental" poisoning, one death by septicaemia (deliberate infection), a hit-and-run "accident" and one fatal blow to the head. Who eventually solves these murders? Bridget Conway Ariadne Oliver Luke Fitzwillliam Tommy and Tuppence Beresford