Hercule Poirot Quiz Challenge - How Much Do You Know? | Christie, Agatha

Answer: Achille ('The Big Four')

Thank God I had to read 'Antigone' in school, or otherwise I wouldn't have known the French names of three other ancient Greek heroes for the multiple choice! Poirot told Hastings he had a twin brother, so that he could fake his own death and yet go on investigating.

Answer: The Clocks

'Styles' was their first case together after Poirot had come to England (and was Christie's first novel, anyway). They also solved the mysteries about Jane Wilkinson and Alexander Bonaparte Cust. In 'The Clocks', a great novel about spies and secrets, Poirot works with Inspector Hardcastle and Colin Lamb (who could very likely be the son of Superintendent Battle who also sometimes worked with Poirot).

Answer: Curtiss

One of Poirot's most psychological cases: he wants to catch a brilliant murderer who never comes near his victims, but influences others to commit the crime - Poirot compares him to Iago from Shakespeare's 'Othello'. Poirot is old, but he only pretends to need a wheelchair. Curtiss is stronger than Georges, and he has to carry Poirot - and Poirot has other reasons to get rid of Georges...

Answer: Ariadne Oliver

It is in 'Halloween Party', when Mrs. Oliver calls and - as usual - starts talking without any introduction. Then she stops, asking Poirot if he doesn't know who's on the phone. He replies: 'Of course I know, you are my friend Ariadne.'
The other woman is, of course, Vera Rossakoff.

Answer: Cinderella

Hastings and Dulcie Duveen met in 'Murder on the Links'. They got married and moved, together with Dulcie's sister Bella, to South America. Have you noticed, in 'The Big Four', Hastings talks about his wife and calls her 'Bella'... What the hell was going on there in Argentina?

Answer: Dumb Witness

Bob, the clever terrier, belonged to Emily Arundell who had an accident. Everyone thought she stepped on Bob's ball and therefore fell down the stairs, but this wasn't true... Not very much later, the murderer tried again and succeeded. When Poirot had solved the case, he got Bob, and Hastings was really happy about that.

But 'Bobsy' never appeared again in the Poirot books... maybe Hastings took him to Argentina.

Answer: Colonel Race

Race also appears in 'Cards On The Table'. He works for the Secret Service and is always on some top secret mission. Race also plays an important role in a Christie novel called 'The Man In The Brown Suit'.
Since I received a lot of notes concerning Mrs Doyle's first name, I'd like to make this clear again: In my version of the book (the German translation), it is said that her name is Linnet, but everyone calls her Linna, so I used this name, too. Sorry if that confused some of you, but since the answer doesn't refer to the name, it shouldn't influence your score.

Answer: Diana Rigg

I like the movie though I'm sad that they left the Allerton's out. Diana Rigg played Arlena in 'Evil Under The Sun'. Maggie Smith was also in that {movie;} in 'Death on the Nile' she played Bowers. Sir Peter played Poirot, and Angela Lansbury had a wonderful performance as the always drunk novelist Salome Otterbourne. Furthermore, the movie starred Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, David Niven, Bette Davis and Olivia Hussey.

Answer: Vera Rossakoff

Poirot meets the Russian countess in a short story and he falls in love with her - but she's a clever thief. They meet again in 'The Big Four' - where Poirot finds her missing son - and in 'The Labours of Hercules', where she owns a night club called 'Hell'.

Answer: Curtain

His last case takes place in 'Styles' again. It's quite an unusual novel.