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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case Trivia Quiz

Hercule Poirot's last adventure took place at Styles, the same place where it had all started. Spoilers ahead!

A multiple-choice quiz by sauterelle. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
sauterelle

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
289,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
449

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who's described as "a very good [bridge] player, though a rather unpleasant to play with"? Hint

Colonel Luttrell

Mrs Luttrell

Captain Hastings

Stephen Norton

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's Miss Cole's real name? Hint

Nancy Etherington

Freda Clay

Barbara Riggs

Elizabeth Litchfield

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did Hastings want to poison Major Allerton? Hint

Eight Slumberyl tablets in his whisky

Cyanide in his beer

Physostigmine in his coffee

Arsenic in his chocolates

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Question 4 of 10

4. What's untrue about Boyd Carrington? Hint

He had an excellent memory

He played picquet with Mrs Franklin

He had his future told by Nurse Craven

He was a rich baronet

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Question 5 of 10

5. Only two people possessed a key to the lab: Dr Franklin and who else? Hint

Judith Hastings

Mrs Franklin

Nurse Craven

Hercule Poirot

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which action indirectly caused Mrs Franklin's death? Hint

Dr Franklin upsetting half the chocolates

Captain Hastings swinging round the bookcase-table

Colonel Luttrell shooting a pigeon

Nurse Craven fetching Mrs Franklin's gloves

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Question 7 of 10

7. What's the real reason why Poirot replaced his valet George with Curtiss? Hint

George knew that Poirot was wearing a false moustache

George knew that Poirot could still walk

George's father was ill

Curtiss was a better valet

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where was Norton shot? Hint

Middle of the forehead

Chest

Left temple

Back

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which character in "Othello" does Poirot compare Norton to? Hint

Desdemona

Iago

Othello

Cassio

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many people did the mysterious X kill with his own hands? Hint

One

More than five

Five

None

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who's described as "a very good [bridge] player, though a rather unpleasant to play with"?

Answer: Mrs Luttrell

Mrs Luttrell blames her husband for being a poor bridge player, which makes him play even worse.

2. What's Miss Cole's real name?

Answer: Elizabeth Litchfield

Her elder sister Margaret had killed her father. Elizabeth decided to use a false identity afterwards.

3. How did Hastings want to poison Major Allerton?

Answer: Eight Slumberyl tablets in his whisky

Hastings was influenced by X. He suspected his daughter Judith of being in love with Major Allerton. Poirot prevented the murder by dropping sleeping tablets in Hastings' cup of chocolate.

4. What's untrue about Boyd Carrington?

Answer: He had an excellent memory

In chapter eight Poirot described him as a "windbag" and a "stuffed shirt". "His memory is so bad that he tells back to you the story that you have told to him."

5. Only two people possessed a key to the lab: Dr Franklin and who else?

Answer: Judith Hastings

Mrs Franklin and Nurse Craven had to borrow Dr Franklin's key to enter the lab.

6. Which action indirectly caused Mrs Franklin's death?

Answer: Captain Hastings swinging round the bookcase-table

Mrs Franklin wanted to kill her husband by putting physostigmine in his coffee. After Hastings had swung round the bookcase-table with the coffee cups on it Mrs Franklin accidentally drank the poisoned cup herself.

7. What's the real reason why Poirot replaced his valet George with Curtiss?

Answer: George knew that Poirot could still walk

Poirot pretended to be an invalid, so nobody suspected it was he that Hastings saw limping in Norton's dressing gown.

8. Where was Norton shot?

Answer: Middle of the forehead

This was a clue that it wasn't suicide, but that Norton was shot by Poirot, who had a strong preference for symmetry.

9. Which character in "Othello" does Poirot compare Norton to?

Answer: Iago

Norton was X. Just like Iago he never killed anyone himself, but he instigated other people to kill.

10. How many people did the mysterious X kill with his own hands?

Answer: None

The murders were committed by someone under Norton's influence. Norton would never have been convicted because technically he didn't commit any murder himself.

Source: Author sauterelle

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