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Quiz about The Christie Couples Vol V
Quiz about The Christie Couples Vol V

The Christie Couples, Vol. V Trivia Quiz


Welcome to the fifth installment of my Christie Couples series. Topic for this one: murderous lovers, i.e. lovers (or spouses) collaborating in the commission of a crime. Novels only, and spoilers galore!

A multiple-choice quiz by PearlQ19. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
PearlQ19
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
361,374
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
393
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 82 (14/15), Guest 49 (14/15), DeepHistory (14/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. "Death On the Nile": Who are the two lovers who conspired to kill Linnet Doyle? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. "Evil Under the Sun": Although it does not seem so to the others, the murderer and his accomplice are very much in love. Who are they? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. "A Pocket Full of Rye": While the accomplice here is an unwitting accomplice, she still does what she did for love. Who of the following ladies was coaxed by a lover into lacing a pot of marmalade with poison? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. "The Body in the Library": Our next couple of murderous lovers is anything but unwitting. They both planned and encompassed the deaths of Ruby Keene and another young girl in exceptionally cold blood. Who are they? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. "Murder at the Vicarage": After much confusion and red herrings, it becomes clear who the two lovers are who worked together to bring about the demise of Colonel Protheroe. Who are they? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. "The Murder on the Links": While the titular murder on the links was committed by one person alone, there is another crime of twenty years past that was committed by two lovers, doing away with the woman's elderly husband and spinning a ruse that eerily resembles what happened on the Renauld estate the night before Poirot arrived. Back then, who were the people conspiring in that murder (their real names, please)? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. "Ordeal by Innocence": Jacko Argyle dies in prison for a crime he technically did not commit. However, it turns out that he persuaded the woman who loved him to deal the fatal blow. Who is this murderous lover? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. "Third Girl": Which murderous Christie Couple is behind the murders (and some other crimes) committed in this novel? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. "Dead Man's Folly": The villain of the piece is working together with his wife, and both are introduced to the reader under false identities. Which identities? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. "Hallowe'en Party": The love between this murderous couple is somewhat unbalanced and their motives differ wildly. Who conspired in the murders that occur in this book? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles": Who is the somewhat unexpected accomplice and lover of the villain of the piece? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. "Endless Night": This murderous couple is twisted indeed. Who is revealed to have brought about the murders in this book? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. "The Seven Dials Mystery": While the male part of the couple here is clearly the driving force and main villain, he is still helped in his endeavors by his lover. Who are they? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. "Death in the Clouds": Our murderer here secretly works together with his wife but falls in love with someone else over the course of the novel. Who is he? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. "Taken at the Flood": A man and his lover and accomplice are involved in a grand scheme revolving about the Cloade estate. Who are they? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Death On the Nile": Who are the two lovers who conspired to kill Linnet Doyle?

Answer: Simon Doyle and Jackie de Bellefort

As Jackie later tells Poirot, she would have been content with just Simon. But when Linnet started to show interest in Simon, he came up with the plan to marry her, kill her, and then inherit her vast fortune, and since Jackie knew about Simon's complete lack of imagination, she felt compelled to help him to avoid getting caught immediately.

This reflects Poirot's thoughts when he first saw Simon and Jackie at the beginning of the novel: "Une qui aime et un qui se laisse aimer" ("One who loves and one who lets himself be loved").

It is also the reason why he ultimately allows Jackie to end things on her own terms.
2. "Evil Under the Sun": Although it does not seem so to the others, the murderer and his accomplice are very much in love. Who are they?

Answer: Patrick and Christine Redfern

Patrick and Christine Redfern pose as a married couple who are going through a rough patch. They fake fights and jealousy, and Patrick creates the impression that he is having a not-very-discreet affair with Arlena Marshall, the victim-to-be. Poirot later reveals that they are probably not married at all.
3. "A Pocket Full of Rye": While the accomplice here is an unwitting accomplice, she still does what she did for love. Who of the following ladies was coaxed by a lover into lacing a pot of marmalade with poison?

Answer: Gladys Martin

Lance Fortescue, the "prodigal son," met Gladys at a summer camp, where he posed as "Bert," a young man who was done wrong by the old Mr Fortescue. He then handed the gullible Gladys something which she believed was a truth drug, telling her to put it into Rex's breakfast marmalade.

In fact, it was poison obtained from the yew trees around the house. By making someone else do it, Lance established a perfect alibi for himself, as it had been proven he was still out of the country when the murder occurred.
4. "The Body in the Library": Our next couple of murderous lovers is anything but unwitting. They both planned and encompassed the deaths of Ruby Keene and another young girl in exceptionally cold blood. Who are they?

Answer: Josie Turner and Mark Gaskell

It turns out that Josie and Mark are secretly married, and when Mark's former father-in-law, Conway Jefferson, made plans to adopt Ruby, Mark saw his inheritance in danger and conspired to kill her. The plan involves a lot of tampering with time, place and identity, but ultimately flops on its head thanks to the ever-vigilant Miss Marple and a young boy with a fascination for crime stories.
5. "Murder at the Vicarage": After much confusion and red herrings, it becomes clear who the two lovers are who worked together to bring about the demise of Colonel Protheroe. Who are they?

Answer: Anne Protheroe and Lawrence Redding

In order to throw the police off the scent, Anne and Lawrence each confess to the crime, making it appear as if they secretly suspected the respective other and wanted to take the fall instead. Several other aspects also play a role, such as the fact that Anne was wearing a dress where she couldn't possibly have concealed a gun (a point she really drives home with Miss Marple).

But in the end, they are, naturally, unable to outwit everybody's favorite spinster.
6. "The Murder on the Links": While the titular murder on the links was committed by one person alone, there is another crime of twenty years past that was committed by two lovers, doing away with the woman's elderly husband and spinning a ruse that eerily resembles what happened on the Renauld estate the night before Poirot arrived. Back then, who were the people conspiring in that murder (their real names, please)?

Answer: Georges Conneau and Jeanne Beroldy

Paul Renauld and Georges Conneau are the same person. Georges Conneau evaded punishment all those years ago and built a new life with a wife who really loves him (Eloise Renauld). When he finds out that his new neighbor is none other than his former lover and accomplice, Jeanne Beroldy, (now known as Mme. Daubreuil), who now tries to blackmail him, he wants to use the same ruse again to fake his death and escape.

Unfortunately, his faked death becomes a very real death instead when his plans are foiled.
7. "Ordeal by Innocence": Jacko Argyle dies in prison for a crime he technically did not commit. However, it turns out that he persuaded the woman who loved him to deal the fatal blow. Who is this murderous lover?

Answer: Kirsten Lindström

When Kirsten understood that Jacko had abandoned her, she kept quiet about her role in the death of Rachel Argyle.
The discussion with the doctor in the book contains a possible reference to the famous Craig and Bentley case, when Dr MacMaster describes Jacko as a person who, when threatened, would tell another one, "Let him have it."
8. "Third Girl": Which murderous Christie Couple is behind the murders (and some other crimes) committed in this novel?

Answer: Robert Orwell and Mary Restarick

Robert Orwell was a friend of the real Andrew Restarick and took his place when Andrew died. The only two people who knew he wasn't who he said were his old flame, Louise Charpentier, and David Baker, who forged a painting by putting Orwell's face in the place of the real Restarick's. Norma, Andrew Restarick's troubled daughter, was set up to take the fall for Robert and Mary's schemes to obtain Sir Roderick's fortune.
9. "Dead Man's Folly": The villain of the piece is working together with his wife, and both are introduced to the reader under false identities. Which identities?

Answer: Sir George and Hattie Stubbs

Sir George is actually James Folliat, Amy Folliat's ne'er-do-well son, and his Italian wife (whose name we never learn) is playing the role of Hattie. The plot thickens when a relation of the real Hattie (who has been long dead before the book even begins) announces his visit.

Therefore, Hattie's disappearance is staged, while in fact all that she does is change clothes and play the role of an Italian hitch-hiker.
10. "Hallowe'en Party": The love between this murderous couple is somewhat unbalanced and their motives differ wildly. Who conspired in the murders that occur in this book?

Answer: Michael Garfield and Rowena Drake

Rowena Drake, the closest relation to a wealthy old lady, set up a scheme to obtain that lady's fortune by implicating the innocent au-pair in a forgery scandal and murdering the witnesses later. She passionately loves Michael Garfield, her accomplice, and plans on eloping with him to a Greek island, but it becomes clear that Michael couldn't care less for Rowena and probably would have killed her, too.
11. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles": Who is the somewhat unexpected accomplice and lover of the villain of the piece?

Answer: Evelyn Howard

Even in Agatha Christie's first book, she couldn't resist bringing up an unexpected accomplice at the end: Evelyn Howard and Alfred Inglethorpe have been lovers all the time, and Evelyn's intense dislike of Alfred was merely a ruse.
12. "Endless Night": This murderous couple is twisted indeed. Who is revealed to have brought about the murders in this book?

Answer: Mike and Greta

It is revealed at the very end that Mike and Greta have been lovers all along, and that it was Greta who engineered the marriage between Mike and Ellie. It is also hinted in the narrative that Mike at some point considers abandoning the plan altogether and simply enjoying the marriage to Ellie, of whom he is growing fond in spite of himself.
13. "The Seven Dials Mystery": While the male part of the couple here is clearly the driving force and main villain, he is still helped in his endeavors by his lover. Who are they?

Answer: Jimmy Thesiger and Loraine Wade

While it was Jimmy who actually murdered Gerry Wade and Ronny Devereaux, Loraine has been helping him all along (though it is debatable whether she had any part in her brother's death). Superintendent Battle speculates that she will probably not be hanged, but Thesiger certainly will.
14. "Death in the Clouds": Our murderer here secretly works together with his wife but falls in love with someone else over the course of the novel. Who is he?

Answer: Norman Gale

Norman Gale is the husband of the victim's daughter, who stands to inherit a substantial fortune. However, he is greedy, and while his plan probably involved killing his wife later, anyway, he speeds matters up and kills her sooner. Part of the reason for that is also that he has fallen in love, for real this time, with Jane Grey, the effective heroine of the novel.
15. "Taken at the Flood": A man and his lover and accomplice are involved in a grand scheme revolving about the Cloade estate. Who are they?

Answer: David Hunter and Eileen Corrigan

David Hunter's sister and rightful heiress to the estate, Rosaleen Cloade, died in the blitz. Therefore Hunter replaced her with Eileen Corrigan, his lover, a former maid of Rosaleen's. However, his plan is to kill her, too, and have the vast fortune all to himself.
Source: Author PearlQ19

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