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Who wrote: 'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'?
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550 times |
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452 times (70.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
| Incorrect: |
98 times (15.3%) |
| Skipped: |
91 times (14.2%) |
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What English mystery writer said "Give me a decent bottle of poison and I'll construct the perfect crime"?
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950 times |
| Correct: |
748 times (61.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
202 times (16.5%) |
| Skipped: |
273 times (22.3%) |
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Which of these did not write a series of cat mysteries?
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224 times |
| Correct: |
189 times (69.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
35 times (12.9%) |
| Skipped: |
48 times (17.6%) |
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In Agatha Christie's "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" (also published as "The Boomerang Clue"), who was Evans?
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| Answered: |
251 times |
| Correct: |
97 times (14.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
154 times (23.5%) |
| Skipped: |
405 times (61.7%) |
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In Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, the poem goes like this: "Ten little Indian boys went out to ______, one ________ his little self, and then there were nine."
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| Answered: |
644 times |
| Correct: |
395 times (45.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
249 times (28.7%) |
| Skipped: |
223 times (25.7%) |
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In Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, where does the first murder occur?
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| Answered: |
214 times |
| Correct: |
126 times (30.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
88 times (21.5%) |
| Skipped: |
195 times (47.7%) |
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In Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, the private island the ten were taken to was just off the coast of...
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| Answered: |
548 times |
| Correct: |
356 times (41.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
192 times (22.2%) |
| Skipped: |
316 times (36.6%) |
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What is the name of the millionaire in Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile?
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| Answered: |
153 times |
| Correct: |
62 times (21.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
91 times (31.0%) |
| Skipped: |
141 times (48.0%) |
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Which Agatha Christie mystery takes place in 2000 BC?
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| Answered: |
245 times |
| Correct: |
58 times (12.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
187 times (41.5%) |
| Skipped: |
206 times (45.7%) |
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Which character has been described as Agatha Christie's fictional alter ego?
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| Answered: |
337 times |
| Correct: |
83 times (17.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
254 times (53.5%) |
| Skipped: |
138 times (29.1%) |
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What is the name of (Agatha Christie's character) Hercule Poirot's secretary?
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| Answered: |
216 times |
| Correct: |
115 times (27.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
101 times (24.2%) |
| Skipped: |
201 times (48.2%) |
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What is the nationality of Agatha Christie’s Poirot?
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| Answered: |
770 times |
| Correct: |
653 times (77.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
| Incorrect: |
117 times (13.9%) |
| Skipped: |
71 times (8.4%) |
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In Agatha Christie's Crooked House Minotaur Mysteries, what country is Sophia's grandfather from?
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| Answered: |
205 times |
| Correct: |
108 times (20.9%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
97 times (18.8%) |
| Skipped: |
312 times (60.3%) |
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In the classic Agatha Christie mystery And Then There Were None, also known as Ten Little Indians, the killer chooses to kill his victims...
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| Answered: |
408 times |
| Correct: |
243 times (39.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
165 times (27.0%) |
| Skipped: |
203 times (33.2%) |
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What is Hercule Poirot's first appearance? (Agatha Christie)
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| Answered: |
160 times |
| Correct: |
116 times (43.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
44 times (16.3%) |
| Skipped: |
110 times (40.7%) |
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Who wrote "Gaudy Night"?
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| Answered: |
180 times |
| Correct: |
141 times (44.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
39 times (12.3%) |
| Skipped: |
137 times (43.2%) |
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Which of these women authors was an honorary member of the "Inklings," although she never attended any meetings?
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| Answered: |
223 times |
| Correct: |
126 times (25.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
97 times (19.9%) |
| Skipped: |
265 times (54.3%) |
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Who are Tommy and Tuppence trying to find in the book The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie?
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| Answered: |
87 times |
| Correct: |
44 times (27.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
43 times (26.7%) |
| Skipped: |
74 times (46.0%) |
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In which of Agatha Christie's books did one character read The Railway Children by E. Nesbit?
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| Answered: |
283 times |
| Correct: |
81 times (15.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
202 times (38.3%) |
| Skipped: |
245 times (46.4%) |
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Which mystery writer was born in New Zealand?
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| Answered: |
168 times |
| Correct: |
94 times (29.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
74 times (23.0%) |
| Skipped: |
154 times (47.8%) |
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Which mystery writer had her unfinished manuscripts finished by her husband after her death?
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| Answered: |
170 times |
| Correct: |
65 times (20.4%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
105 times (33.0%) |
| Skipped: |
148 times (46.5%) |
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In which Agatha Christie book do Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver meet for the first time?
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| Answered: |
102 times |
| Correct: |
28 times (15.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
74 times (40.9%) |
| Skipped: |
79 times (43.6%) |
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Which of these mystery writers never married or had children?
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| Answered: |
135 times |
| Correct: |
38 times (19.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
97 times (49.2%) |
| Skipped: |
62 times (31.5%) |
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Who created detective Travis McGee?
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| Answered: |
155 times |
| Correct: |
106 times (50.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
49 times (23.1%) |
| Skipped: |
57 times (26.9%) |
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Who introduced mystery fiction's first fictional detective ?
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| Answered: |
672 times |
| Correct: |
479 times (62.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
193 times (25.0%) |
| Skipped: |
100 times (13.0%) |
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Who lives in the sleepy English village of St. Mary Mead?
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| Answered: |
849 times |
| Correct: |
776 times (64.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
73 times (6.1%) |
| Skipped: |
354 times (29.4%) |
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The Bible is the world's most translated book. Unesco's "Index Translationum" measures the most translated authors in the world. Which one of the following writers is not among the top four translated writers on this list (as of 2008)?
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| Answered: |
121 times |
| Correct: |
49 times (30.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
72 times (44.4%) |
| Skipped: |
41 times (25.3%) |
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Who wrote the Miss Marple and Hercule Poiriot series?
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| Answered: |
1080 times |
| Correct: |
998 times (86.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
| Incorrect: |
82 times (7.1%) |
| Skipped: |
78 times (6.7%) |
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After William Makepeace Thackeray's daughter Harriet died, her husband re-married and one of his daughters from that second marriage was called Adeline. Who did Adeline grow up to be?
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| Answered: |
96 times |
| Correct: |
27 times (17.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
69 times (45.4%) |
| Skipped: |
56 times (36.8%) |
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Which book is often referred to in Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog, and also serves as a rough template for a portion of the book?
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| Answered: |
121 times |
| Correct: |
90 times (44.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
31 times (15.4%) |
| Skipped: |
80 times (39.8%) |
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