Q 01/05

How many mainstream (non-crime) novels did Christie publish under a pen name?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Six

D) Ten

Answer · why

C) Six

Her identity was kept secret until a journalist revealed it in 1949, after which she wrote two more.

Q 02/05

In which English seaside town was Agatha Christie born in 1890?

A) Brighton

B) Bournemouth

C) Torquay

D) Scarborough

Answer · why

C) Torquay

She was largely home-schooled there, and later set Peril at End House in and around the town.

Q 03/05

Roughly how many copies have Agatha Christie's books sold?

A) More than 200 million

B) More than 500 million

C) More than 1 billion

D) More than 2 billion

Answer · why

D) More than 2 billion

Guinness World Records lists her as the best-selling fiction writer of all time.

Q 04/05

What wartime work gave Christie her expert knowledge of poisons?

A) Codebreaking at Bletchley

B) Working in hospital dispensaries

C) Driving ambulances in France

D) Nursing on hospital ships

Answer · why

B) Working in hospital dispensaries

In 1977 doctors solved a real thallium poisoning case after recognising symptoms she had described in a novel.

Q 05/05

In December 1926 Christie made international headlines by going missing for how long?

A) Three days

B) Eleven days

C) Three weeks

D) Two months

Answer · why

B) Eleven days

It followed her mother's death and her husband's request for a divorce, and made the front page of The New York Times.

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