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 were all made into movies. They are set outside England. They also feature Ariadne Oliver.

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? Prussic Acid Thallium Cyanide Nicotine

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

4. What is common to the novels 'After the Funeral', 'Murder at the Gallop' and 'Funerals are Fatal'? They are all based during the First World War. They are different titles used for the same book. They all feature Miss Marple. 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'? Tommy and Tuppence Colonel Race Miss Marple Hercule Poirot

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 on a train journey. The motive for the murder involves money. The murder victim is poisoned. The murder is committed by a woman.

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 appears to be the intended victim. The murderer accidentally kills the wrong person. The murderer commits suicide before he/she is caught.