FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Quiz about Murder on the Orient Express
Quiz about Murder on the Orient Express

"Murder on the Orient Express" Quiz


One of the real classics, and in my opinion one of the best crime stories ever written. Test your knowledge, and DON'T take this quiz if you haven't read the novel - it would spoil everything!

A multiple-choice quiz by PearlQ19. Estimated time: 5 mins.
  1. Home
  2. »
  3. Quizzes
  4. »
  5. Literature Trivia
  6. »
  7. Single Story
  8. »
  9. Murder on the Orient Express

Author
PearlQ19
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
92,957
Updated
Feb 12 23
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
12 / 20
Plays
2547
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (10/20), Guest 188 (13/20), Guest 47 (17/20).
- -
Question 1 of 20
1. The story starts at 5.00 am at a railway station where Poirot enters the Taurus Express. Which station is it? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. Whom does Poirot meet on the Taurus Express? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. Who is Poirot's friend - whom he meets in Istanbul - who helps (or better: tries to help) him solve the strange case they get involved in? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. With whom does Poirot share his compartment during the first night on the Orient Express? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. When asked if he can investigate a case for him, why does Poirot refuse to work for Ratchett? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Where does the train get stuck in the snow? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. What is the name of the Greek doctor who investigates with Poirot and his friend? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. What was Ratchett's real name?

Answer: (One Word, spelling counts)
Question 9 of 20
9. And what was the name of the girl he murdered?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name (or first name only))
Question 10 of 20
10. Whom did Mrs. Hubbard ask to check if the door in her compartment was locked? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. What is the expression Colonel Arbuthnot uses to describe Mary Debenham?

Answer: (Two Words, Indian, p. s. - spelling counts)
Question 12 of 20
12. What is Mr. Hardman's occupation? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. What does the assassin look like, according to Mr. Hardman? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. What is Mary Debenham's middle name? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. In whose suitcase does Poirot find the kimono? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Who does Elena Andrenyi turn out to be? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. Which job did Antonio Foscarelli have at the Armstrongs'? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Who was the only person who didn't participate in the actual "execution"? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. True or false: Linda Arden played Mrs. Hubbard.


Question 20 of 20
20. Poirot has two theories on the crime. The first one: Ratchett was murdered by the man he feared, and this man left the train in Vincovci. The second one: All the passengers were involved in the crime. Everyone had something to do with the Armstrongs, and this is how they had their revenge. Which theory will Poirot tell the police when they arrive?

Answer: (type first or second, or a number)

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

arrow Select a User ID:
arrow Choose a Password:
arrow Your Email:




Most Recent Scores
Mar 26 2024 : Guest 82: 10/20
Mar 20 2024 : Guest 188: 13/20
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 47: 17/20
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 152: 12/20
Mar 18 2024 : Guest 104: 10/20
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 217: 11/20
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 87: 8/20
Mar 15 2024 : Guest 118: 20/20
Mar 13 2024 : Guest 23: 8/20

Score Distribution

quiz
Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The story starts at 5.00 am at a railway station where Poirot enters the Taurus Express. Which station is it?

Answer: Aleppo

Poirot has just solved a case, and now he's going to set off for Istanbul, where he plans to stay for two days. As we all know, he doesn't get to see the Hagia Sophia. The case that Poirot and the young lieutenant are referring to during their conversation on the platform isn't described in a novel, but we can assume that Poirot is returning from the location where he solved the cases of Linnet Doyle ("Death on the Nile"), Louise Leidner ("Murder in Mesopotamia"), and Mrs. Boynton ("Appointment With Death"). So these three cases occured during the same trip.
2. Whom does Poirot meet on the Taurus Express?

Answer: Mary Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot

He can overhear a conversation between these two, yet they pretend not to know each other very well. That's the first thing that confuses Poirot on his ride... there are more to come...
3. Who is Poirot's friend - whom he meets in Istanbul - who helps (or better: tries to help) him solve the strange case they get involved in?

Answer: M. Bouc

M. Bouc is one of the managing directors of the line. He also takes the Orient Express, yet he sleeps in another carriage. M. Bouc tries to get a compartment for Poirot, and he is surprised to see that all the compartments are already occupied. But one of the passengers doesn't show up, and Poirot ends up in compartment No. 6/7, together with Ratchett's secretary. Colin Lamb is a character from "The Clocks" (and most likely Superintendent Battle's son), Adam Goodman is an agent who plays a role in "Cats Among The Pigeons". Hastings doesn't appear in this story.
4. With whom does Poirot share his compartment during the first night on the Orient Express?

Answer: Hector MacQueen

Hector MacQueen, a nice and friendly young American, is the private secretary of Samuel Ratchett, the unpleasant man who has a secret and therefore doesn't survive his trip.
5. When asked if he can investigate a case for him, why does Poirot refuse to work for Ratchett?

Answer: he doesn't like his face

Poirot sees Ratchett first when he is with M. Bouc in a restaurant in Istanbul. He tells his friend that he feels like a predator just passed him, and he doesn't like Ratchett at all. Ratchett, who also takes the Orient Express, asks Poirot the next morning to investigate something for him. Poirot doesn't want to know what he is asked to do, so he simply refuses. Ratchett asks him why, and Poirot replies that he doesn't like Ratchett's face.
6. Where does the train get stuck in the snow?

Answer: between Vincovci and Brod

The night Ratchett is murdered, some passengers keep the conductor, Pierre Michel, busy. Mrs. Hubbard claims to have seen a man in her compartment, and a mysterious lady wearing a kimono knocks on Poirot's door, only to be seen walking down the corridor. When Poirot asks Michel for a bottle of water, Michel tells him about Mrs. Hubbard, and then says that the train got stuck in the snow. Poirot asks where they are, and Michel replies "Between Vincovci and Brod".
The next morning, Ratchett's body is discovered.
7. What is the name of the Greek doctor who investigates with Poirot and his friend?

Answer: Dr. Constantine

He tells Poirot that the victim has been stabbed twelve or fifteen times - sometimes with the left hand, sometimes with the right hand... Dr. Tanios is a character from "Dumb Witness" (a.k.a. "Poirot Loses A Client").
8. What was Ratchett's real name?

Answer: Cassetti

Ratchett was Cassetti, a criminal who kidnapped and murdered several children in America - among them little Daisy Armstrong. Poirot finds a piece of a letter which mentions Daisy's name- that's how he knows who Ratchett is.
9. And what was the name of the girl he murdered?

Answer: Daisy Armstrong

Little Daisy Armstrong has been murdered by Cassetti, but he didn't get punished because of a mistake in the proceedings. She was the daughter of Colonel Armstrong and his wife Sonja, the daughter of the famous actress Linda Arden. Have you noticed that Agatha Christie obviously couldn't decide what Armstrong's first name was? Arbuthnot refers to him as "Toby Armstrong", Elena Andrenyi calls him "Robert", and Linda Arden says that his name was John. Funny...
10. Whom did Mrs. Hubbard ask to check if the door in her compartment was locked?

Answer: Greta Ohlsson

That's part of the plan. Greta Ohlsson was asked to check if the door that led from Mrs. Hubbard's compartment into Ratchett's is locked, and she was supposed to say it was, although it wasn't. This was due to the fact that the murderer should escape through Mrs. Hubbard's compartment... Unfortunately, Poirot was on the train and he soon discovered that something's not right there.
11. What is the expression Colonel Arbuthnot uses to describe Mary Debenham?

Answer: pukka sahib

That means that Mary Debenham belong to the same social class as the colonel.
12. What is Mr. Hardman's occupation?

Answer: private investigator

He belongs to McNeill's Detective Agency in New York, and he was employed by Ratchett. He was asked to check if everything's okay and no one tried to murder Ratchett... At least that's what he says. What was more important about him was that he watched the whole corridor the whole night, so that he could tell that no innocent person got accidentally involved.
13. What does the assassin look like, according to Mr. Hardman?

Answer: small, dark-haired, high-piched voice

Hardman and MacQueen said that Ratchett described the man. In fact, they made him up.
14. What is Mary Debenham's middle name?

Answer: Hermione

Because of the handkerchief that was found in Ratchett's compartment, Poirot checks each woman who has the initial H somewhere in her name. The handkerchief, however, turns out to belong to Princess Dragomiroff, whose first name is Natalia - but N is H in Russian.
15. In whose suitcase does Poirot find the kimono?

Answer: his own

A challenge... and Poirot takes it.
16. Who does Elena Andrenyi turn out to be?

Answer: Sonia Armstrong's sister

Elena's real name is Helena, and she was Linda Arden's younger daughter. Suzanne, the nanny, was Pierre Michel's daughter, and engaged to Hardman. She committed suicide because she was suspected to have helped Cassetti.
17. Which job did Antonio Foscarelli have at the Armstrongs'?

Answer: chauffeur

He loved Daisy, just like all the rest did.
18. Who was the only person who didn't participate in the actual "execution"?

Answer: Elena Andrenyi

... although Elena had - apart from Linda Arden - the strongest reason to hate Ratchett. Her husband Rudolf went with the others instead.
19. True or false: Linda Arden played Mrs. Hubbard.

Answer: True

Sonja Armstrong's mother was a well known and very talented actress, and she played the role of the likeable yet chaotic American woman excellently.
20. Poirot has two theories on the crime. The first one: Ratchett was murdered by the man he feared, and this man left the train in Vincovci. The second one: All the passengers were involved in the crime. Everyone had something to do with the Armstrongs, and this is how they had their revenge. Which theory will Poirot tell the police when they arrive?

Answer: first

... although the second one is correct. But Poirot understands everything, and he decides not to reveal the real murderers. That's how justice is done this time.
Source: Author PearlQ19

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor bullymom before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.
Related Quizzes
This quiz is part of series Hercule Poirot books:

A list of Hercule Poirot books by chronological order.

  1. Agatha Christie's Plot Devices Average
  2. The Christie Couples Average
  3. The Christie Couples, Vol. II Average
  4. The Christie Couples, Vol. III Average
  5. The Christie Couples, Vol. IV Average
  6. The Christie Couples, Vol. V Average
  7. Write Down What You Saw... Average
  8. The Plot, She Thickens Average
  9. "Evil Under the Sun": Book vs. Movie Average
  10. Glimpsed Again: Recurring Supporting Characters Average
  11. Back-Translated German Agatha Christie Book Titles Average
  12. More Back-Translated German Christie Titles Tough

Also part of quiz list
3/28/2024, Copyright 2024 FunTrivia, Inc. - Report an Error / Contact Us