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Marple Murderers Trivia Quiz
WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS - Match the person murdered in the Agatha Christie Miss Marple novel with their murderer. If there are multiple murders in a novel then the murder in question is the first chronologically.
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by timoggy.
Estimated time: 4 mins.
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1. Pamela Reeves
Marina Gregg
2. Rudi Scherz
Lewis Serracold
3. Christian Gulbrandsen
David Quimper
4. Rex Fortescue
Charlotte Blacklock
5. Anna Stravinska
Mark Gaskill
6. Heather Badcock
Gladys Martin
7. Major Palgrave
Clotilde Bradbury-Scott
8. Michael Gorman
Tim Kendal
9. Verity Hunt
Elvira Blake
10. Helen Halliday
James Kennedy
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Pamela Reeves
Answer: Mark Gaskill
In "The Body In The Library" (1930) the body in question is not Ruby Keene, as is first thought, but is in fact Pamela Reeves who has been murdered in order to give the plotters of Ruby's death an apparent alibi. Pamela, who has been made up to look like Ruby, is murdered by Mark Gaskill who dumps the body in Basil Blake's house hoping to throw suspicion on him, but Blake in turn dumps the body in the library of Gossington Hall where it is discovered.
2. Rudi Scherz
Answer: Charlotte Blacklock
In "A Murder Is Announced" (1942) Rudi Scherz is shot by Charlotte Blacklock as he recognizes her posing as her sister Letitia, heiress to a large fortune.
3. Christian Gulbrandsen
Answer: Lewis Serracold
In "They Do It With Mirrors" (1952) Lewis Serracold murders Christian Gulbrandsen in order to prevent him disclosing that Lewis has been embezzling from a charitable trust.
4. Rex Fortescue
Answer: Gladys Martin
In "A Pocket Full Of Rye" (1953) Gladys Martin inadvertently poisons Rex Fortescue at the behest of her boyfriend Albert Evans. Albert is in actual fact Rex's son Lance, who is hoping to inherit a valuable African mine upon his father's death.
5. Anna Stravinska
Answer: David Quimper
In "4.50 From Paddington" (1957) Dr David Quimper strangles his estranged wife Anna Stravinska in a train carriage so that he can marry the heiress Emma Crackenthorpe.
6. Heather Badcock
Answer: Marina Gregg
In "The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side" (1962) famous actress Marina Gregg poisons local village resident Heather Badcock when she learns that Heather was responsible for Marina contracting German measles whilst pregnant, leading to the death of her unborn child.
7. Major Palgrave
Answer: Tim Kendal
In "A Caribbean Mystery" (1964) hotelier Tim Kendal murders his guest Major Palgrave when he realizes that the Major knows he murdered his previous wife in a similar fashion to the one in which he intends to murder his present wife Molly.
8. Michael Gorman
Answer: Elvira Blake
In "At Bertram's Hotel" (1965) Elvira Blake shoots Michael Gorman in order to prevent him disclosing that he was married to Elvira's mother Bess and they never divorced. This would make Bess' subsequent marriage, and thus Elvira's substantial inheritence, invalid.
9. Verity Hunt
Answer: Clotilde Bradbury-Scott
In "Nemesis" (1971) the dying Jason Rafiel commissions Miss Marple to investigate the murder of Verity Hunt which occurred some years ago and for which Jason's son Michael was the prime suspect. Miss Marple discovers that Veirty was murdered by her guardian Clotilde Bradbury-Scott to prevent Verity marrying Michael Rafiel. Clotilde then battered another local girl to death and identified her as Verity to cover her tracks.
10. Helen Halliday
Answer: James Kennedy
In "Sleeping Murder" (1976), Gwenda Halliday has flashbacks from when she was a child about the murder of a woman who turns out to be her step-mother Helen. Helen was murdered by her brother Dr James Kennedy, who then convinced Helen's husband Kelvin that he had committed the murder and had him committed to a sanitorium.
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