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Quiz about Lord Edgeware Dies with Poirot
Quiz about Lord Edgeware Dies with Poirot

"Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot Quiz


This book is also known as 'Thirteen at Dinner', and was made into a film. An actress is eager to get rid of her husband, and asks Poirot for his help. Warning - spoilers ahead! Enjoy

A multiple-choice quiz by JaneMarple. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
JaneMarple
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
289,068
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
402
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Question 1 of 15
1. What hotel do Poirot and Captain Hastings dine at, at the start of the book? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Where is Lord Edgeware going to the next day? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. How was Lord Edgeware killed? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What time did Jane Wilkinson arrive at the dinner party of Sir Montagu Corner? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. How is Carlotta Adams killed? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What sort of shop does Jenny Driver own? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What sort of jewels are on the gold box, found in Carlotta's bag? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who does Jane Wilkinson think killed her husband? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Where was Captain Ronald Marsh when his Uncle was killed? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What was the name of Carlotta's sister? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who did Carlotta tell her sister enjoyed her show in her letter? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. How is Donald Ross killed? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What does Poirot accidently put down in Lord Edgeware's home? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. How long has Jane Wilkinson's maid been in service with Jane? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who killed Lord Edgeware? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What hotel do Poirot and Captain Hastings dine at, at the start of the book?

Answer: Savoy

Poirot and Captain Hastings go to watch a character actress, Carlotta Adams, performing on stage. The talented actress, Jane Wilkinson is also there. Jane was once married to Lord Edgeware. Jane holds a dinner party later on, and insists that Poirot, Hastings and Carlotta attend. Jane wants to divorce her husband, so she can marry the Duke of Merton, but her husband has refused.

She asks Poirot if he will go and see her husband.
2. Where is Lord Edgeware going to the next day?

Answer: Paris

Lord Edgeware agrees to see Poirot and Hastings. He says he wrote to his wife six months ago, saying he was willing to divorce her. But he would not give her any money. Jane says she never got this letter.
3. How was Lord Edgeware killed?

Answer: Stabbed

Inspector Japp comes to see Poirot and Hastings. He says Lord Edgeware has been found murdered - stabbed in the neck, by his wife. Apparently Jane Wilkinson came to see her husband, by taxi. Japp has been to see Jane, but she has not yet been arrested. There is a newspaper article that says Jane was attending a dinner party at the time her husband was killed.
4. What time did Jane Wilkinson arrive at the dinner party of Sir Montagu Corner?

Answer: 8.45 pm

Lord Edgeware's secretary is sure it was Jane Wilkinson who arrived by taxi. Captain Ronald Marsh, Lord Edgeware's nephew, is now the new Lord Edgeware. Jane says that she did consider not attending the dinner party, but her maid persuaded her to. She has an alibi for the time her husband was killed. However, she did get an anonymous telephone call while at dinner.
5. How is Carlotta Adams killed?

Answer: Overdose of veronal

Carlotta has died from an overdose of a sleeping draught. He maid says that Carlotta went out the evening before, seeming pleased about something. She returned very tired. In Carlotta's attaché case is a blond wig - the exact colour of Jane Wilkinson's hair - and other objects.
6. What sort of shop does Jenny Driver own?

Answer: Hat shop

Jenny was a good friend of Carlotta's. Carlotta brought a hat from Jenny that shaded the left side of the face. Jane has a tiny mole on the corner of her left eye. It is possible that Carlotta, and not Jane, went to see Lord Edgeware.
7. What sort of jewels are on the gold box, found in Carlotta's bag?

Answer: Rubies

In Carlotta's attaché case, there was also a gold box, full of veronal. The initials of the case are C.A. and engraved with "From D. Paris, Nov. 10th. Sweet dreams." There is also a pair of pince-nez in the attaché case. Carlotta did not wear any type of glasses.
8. Who does Jane Wilkinson think killed her husband?

Answer: Geraldine Marsh

Geraldine Marsh is Lord Edgeware's daughter from his first marriage. Geraldine was not overly fond of her father or her stepmother. Miss Carroll is Lord Edgeware's secretary while Captain Ronald Marsh in Lord Edgeware's nephew.
9. Where was Captain Ronald Marsh when his Uncle was killed?

Answer: At the theatre

Poirot tells Captain Ronald Marsh that Jane has an alibi for when her husband was killed. Ronald was in need of money, he asked his uncle for money, and his uncle refused. Ronald knew Carlotta slightly. He even was her escort when Carlotta met Jane Wilkinson at the theatre.
10. What was the name of Carlotta's sister?

Answer: Lucie

A taxi driver says he picked a young lady and gentleman from the theatre, on the night Lord Edgeware died. One was Geraldine Marsh and the other was possibly Captain Ronald Marsh. Carlotta wrote to her younger sister before she died.
11. Who did Carlotta tell her sister enjoyed her show in her letter?

Answer: Captain Ronald Marsh

Carlotta told her sister how she was to have ten thousand dollars for performing a hoax on Lord Edgeware. Lucie sends the last letter to Poirot. Poirot says a sheet of the letter is missing. Poirot says that Carlotta's letter to her sister was deliberately torn. Carlotta mentions Ronald Marsh on one sheet, but could be talking about another person later on.
12. How is Donald Ross killed?

Answer: Stabbed

Donald Ross was an actor. He attended a dinner party where Jane was in attendance. Jane makes a mistake and confuses "judgement of Paris" with Paris, France. Donald seems distracted after this, and says he wants to ring Poirot later. Donald does ring Poirot, but is killed before he can tell him what was troubling him.
13. What does Poirot accidently put down in Lord Edgeware's home?

Answer: Gloves

Miss Carroll, Lord Edgeware's secretary wears pince-nez.
14. How long has Jane Wilkinson's maid been in service with Jane?

Answer: Three years

Ellis comes to Poirot's home, on his request. She also wears pince-nez. With a quick sleight of hand, Poirot swaps her pince-nez with the pince-nez which were in Carlotta's attaché case.
15. Who killed Lord Edgeware?

Answer: Jane Wilkinson

The letter to Carlotta's sister was deliberately torn, making it look as if a man suggested the hoax on Lord Edgeware ("he said ...") while in reality it was a woman ("she said ...") Jane and Carlotta changed places when Lord Edgeware was killed. Carlotta pretended to be Jane, at Sir Montagu Corner's dinner party while Jane killed her husband. Jane planted the veronal in Carlotta's drink, after the dinner party. During the dinner party, Carlotta as Jane was discussing the 'judgement of Paris' intelligently. Meanwhile at another dinner party, Jane makes a mistake. Donald Ross realised that the Jane at Sir Montagu's party was a different Jane.

This is why Donald was killed. Jane is to be hanged at the end of the book.
Source: Author JaneMarple

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