Agatha Christie and Nursery Rhymes

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1. Which novel is based on the nursery rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’? Sad Cypress A Pocket Full of Rye N or M? Nemesis

2. One of Christie’s most famous novels is ‘And Then There Were None’ based on the rhyme ‘Ten Little Indians’. As per the rhyme, one of the characters ‘chopped himself in halves’; who was it? Lombard Vera Rogers Wargrave

3. ‘Mistress Mary Quite Contrary’ is a nursery rhyme used by Christie in the short story ‘How does Your Garden Grow’. What is the connection between the rhyme and the story? The garden has a poisonous berry plant used in the crime The person killed is named Mary Poisoned oyster shells are hidden in the garden It features a garden that refuses to grow

4. ‘Three Blind Mice’ is a famous nursery rhyme. Which novel of Christie uses this rhyme as its theme? The Big Four The Murder of Roger Ackroyd None of these Death in the Clouds

5. ‘One, Two, Buckle My Shoe’ is a Hercule Poirot novel where Poirot catches the murderer after noticing the murderer’s unbuckled shoe. True False

6. ‘Five Little Pigs’ is a Poirot novel where Poirot solves a sixteen year old mystery. This novel is based on the nursery rhyme ‘This little pig’. Who in the novel is referred to as the little pig who went to market? Angela Warren Meredith Blake Phillip Blake Elsa Greer

7. ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ is yet another Poirot mystery based on a nursery rhyme by the same name. What is the connection between the story and the rhyme? A mouse that ran down a clock There is absolutely no connection A mouse that ran up a clock A house on Hickory Road

8. ‘There was a crooked man’ is a popular nursery rhyme. Which Agatha Christie novel is based on this rhyme? Answer: (Two Words)

9. ‘N or M?’ is Tommy-Tuppence spy thriller. Which of the following famous nursery rhymes has a part to play in the novel? Johnny Johnny Jack and Jill Goosey Goosey Gander Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

10. Let’s end with a slightly tough one. Which short story features the rhyme ‘That rabbit has a pleasant face’? The Market Basing Mystery The King of Clubs Double Sin The Tape Measure Murder