Assorted Christie Characters Trivia

1. In '4.50 From Paddington' Lucy Eyelesbarrow finds herself in demand! She has three 'suggestions' of marriage: one from Alexander Eastley on behalf of his father Bryan, one from Cedric Crackenthorpe and...who else?

From Quiz Love Triangles: Christie Novels 4

Answer: Luther Crackenthorpe

Lucy finds herself very much in demand at Rutherford Hall where the Crackenthorpes live. Luther Crackenthorpe, the elderly and miserly owner, is the first to suggest marriage to Lucy. Alexander Eastley is keen to have her as his stepmother, and Cedric also ends up asking Lucy to come to Ibiza with him! Lucky Lucy!

From Quiz An ABC Character Quiz: Christie Novels 3

Answer: Rachel

Rachel Argyle is a driven, passionate woman whose desire to have a child overwhelms her life. Having adopted five very different children (Mary, Hester, Tina, Micky and Jacko) she almost entirely forgets about her husband Leo and focuses on the children instead. She is beaten to death in a conspiracy between Jacko Argyle and Kirsten Lindstrom.

From Quiz Write Down What You Saw...

Answer: Mark Easterbrook

Mark Easterbrook witnesses two girls fighting in a coffee bar in Chelsea, noticing that one is pulling out the other's hair by the handful. A few days later, the girl whose hair was pulled out is dead. When Mark stumbles across the girl's name again, this time in connection with a crime, he wants to know more, and so it begins. "The Pale Horse" is a standalone novel which seems to deal with the supernatural, but like some other Christie novels, it has a very mundane and down-to-earth solution. It is one of my favorite Christie books and I must have read it at least ten times already.

From Quiz Children in Agatha Christie Novels

Answer: Josephine Leonides

Josephine confessed to killing her grandfather because he would not let her have ballet lessons. She also poisoned her nanny, Janet Rowe, because she supported her mother in wanting to send her to school. Her great aunt, Edith de Haviland, realized the truth, having found the journal and deliberately killed herself and the child in a road accident, in order to prevent her being shut up forever in a mental institution.

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. V

Answer: Simon Doyle and Jackie de Bellefort

As Jackie later tells Poirot, she would have been content with just Simon. But when Linnet started to show interest in Simon, he came up with the plan to marry her, kill her, and then inherit her vast fortune, and since Jackie knew about Simon's complete lack of imagination, she felt compelled to help him to avoid getting caught immediately. This reflects Poirot's thoughts when he first saw Simon and Jackie at the beginning of the novel: "Une qui aime et un qui se laisse aimer" ("One who loves and one who lets himself be loved"). It is also the reason why he ultimately allows Jackie to end things on her own terms.

From Quiz Glimpsed Again: Recurring Supporting Characters

Answer: Nemesis

Jason Rafiel is a rather eccentric millionaire who spends his holidays on the island of St. Honoré at the same time as Miss Marple. When a murder occurs, he and Miss Marple team up to solve the case. Mr. Rafiel is rude and abrasive but has a sharp mind and highly respects Miss Marple. Years after the events in the Caribbean he dies and leaves Miss Marple a substantial sum of money, on the condition that she embarks on a quest for him and proves once again that she is indeed "Nemesis" - the Greek goddess of revenge. The fact that Miss Marple comes into money at the end of "Nemesis" and the entire atmosphere of the novel support the impression that "Nemesis" is the real conclusion of the Miss Marple series, rather than "Sleeping Murder", which was written much earlier but deliberately withheld from publication until after Agatha Christie's death.

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. IV

Answer: "Dead Man's Folly"

James Folliat, the black sheep of the Folliat family, is married to an Italian woman. However, when his mother hooks him up with the rich but naive Hattie, he decides to keep his marriage secret and marries Hattie, only to kill her shortly after and bury her on the property. His real wife thenceforth plays the role of Hattie, and he poses as Sir George, the new owner of the Folliat family manor. When a cousin of the real Hattie announces his visit, the fake Hattie stages her disappearance and murders two people who know more than is good for them. Poirot and Mrs. Oliver investigate, with Mrs. Oliver suffering a traumatic experience as to staging murder hunt games.

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. III

Answer: James Ferguson

Sorry for reusing some of the couples from my previous quizzes here, but it is not easy to find ten occasions where the Christie Coupling doesn't work out... Avid socialist James Ferguson is impressed by Cornelia and thinks of her as the only nice person on the entire ship. But she tells him that she doesn't think he's a reliable person, which is why she prefers the Austrian doctor - despite him being old and having a belly, as Ferguson bitterly points out.

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. II

Answer: Rowley Cloade

"Taken at the Flood" (a Shakespeare quote from "Julius Caesar") deals with a numerous conspiracies all related to the Cloade estate. Poirot and Superintendent Spence solve this mystery. Lynn Marchmont is the effective heroine of the novel. For a while, she is torn between two men (David Hunter and her fiancé, Rowley Cloade). But it is Rowley whom she loves. Although Rowley is involved in two deaths (one an accident, the other a genuine suicide), Poirot manages for him to avoid charges.

From Quiz The Christie Couples

Answer: "Death on the Nile"

Tim and Rosalie, apart from being roughly the same age, seem to be polar opposites, not least because they have the nicest and the most terrible mother, respectively. They bond over the events during "Death on the Nile", with Rosalie lying to Poirot to protect Tim, and make a very nice couple in the end. They are among my favorite matches from all the Christie Couples. The character of Tim was omitted from the Peter Ustinov movie and incorporated into the character of James Ferguson (who, in the movie, courts Rosalie rather than Cornelia Robson, who was omitted as well). The David Suchet TV movie, while having Tim as well as Cornelia, denies the two their happy ending, with Tim rejecting Rosalie for no clearly stated (but possibly implied) reasons.

From Quiz Incognito - Double Identity by Agatha Christie

Answer: M. Pontarlier

He took the name of M. Pontarlier of the U.N.A.R.C.O to take a good look and talk to the family of the late Cora Lansquenet. His double life was soon discovered. He called himself Mr. Parotti in "Dumb Witness" to detect the murder of Miss Arundell. He lived under the name of Mr O'Connor in the short story "The Third Floor Flat". He did not give a reason why he was in need of another name and solved the murder under his own name. Achille Poirot was his so called "twin" in "The Big Four". But even if he deceived Hastings and some others - you didn't fall for this!

From Quiz Nicknames of Agatha Christie characters

Answer: Sandy Cat

Killer Kate was a Lady Julia Starke nickname in "By the Pricking of my Thumbs". Also she was Mrs. Yorke and Mrs. Lancaster! However she is angry when Amos Perry calls her Julia. Weird lady!

From Quiz "Christie Cluedo" Part Three

Answer: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

This was the very first of Agatha Christie's novels, first published in 1920. It introduces us to Hercule Poirot and Hastings. The victim died from an overdose of strychnine.

From Quiz "Christie Cluedo" Part Two

Answer: Sir Eustace Pedler

The main detective is Colonel Johnny Race, helped by Anne Beddingfeld, who sees a man pushed under a train. It was first published in 1924. The murderer committed two murders.

From Quiz Christie's Colorful Characters

Answer: Giraud

Giraud appears in "Murder on the Links". He makes a wager with Poirot. This is that whoever solves the case first will have to pay the other a certain amount of money. In the film version, however, the wager is changed. If Poirot solves it first, he will have Giraud's trademark, his pipe. If Giraud solves it first, Poirot will have to shave his moustache.

From Quiz Agatha Christie's Authors

Answer: Inspector Japp

Mrs. Oliver's first appearances were magazine short stories with Parker Pyne. These were later published as "Parker Pyne Investigates" in 1934. She is also the main detective in "The Pale Horse" (1961), in which Mark Easterbrook helps her. Although her majority of appearences were with Poirot, they were usually after Christie had abandoned Japp.

From Quiz Love Triangles: Christie Novels 4

Answer: Rosamund Darnley

Rosamund Darnley creates a false alibi for her childhood friend, Captain Kenneth Marshall,when she realises that he is suspected of having murdered his wife. A successful dressmaker and businesswoman, she gives it all up at the end of the novel to marry Captain Marshall.

From Quiz An ABC Character Quiz: Christie Novels 3

Answer: Canon Pennyfather

Canon Pennyfather's distinctive appearance, with his thick white hair, lends itself well to being used as a disguise for the train robbers. A very forgetful man, Canon Pennyfather manages to forget what day it is, miss a conference in Lucerne and get coshed on the head for his troubles. It's only Miss Marple's eagle eye that spots that the Canon Pennyfather she sees late one night is an impostor.

From Quiz Children in Agatha Christie Novels

Answer: Dead Man's Folly

The complicated plot involves the murder of Hattie Stubbs, the bigamously married wife of Sir George Stubbs and her replacement by Sir George with his real wife. Sir George had bought Nasse House from the now impecunious Mrs Folliatt. He is subsequently revealed to be James Folliatt the younger son of Mrs Folliatt long believed to be dead. Marlene Tucker had guessed his secret and had to be killed.

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. V

Answer: Patrick and Christine Redfern

Patrick and Christine Redfern pose as a married couple who are going through a rough patch. They fake fights and jealousy, and Patrick creates the impression that he is having a not-very-discreet affair with Arlena Marshall, the victim-to-be. Poirot later reveals that they are probably not married at all.

From Quiz Glimpsed Again: Recurring Supporting Characters

Answer: "The Moving Finger" and "The Pale Horse"

"The Pale Horse" is unique insofar that there are four characters in it who previously appeared in a Christie series: Mrs. Dane Calthrop, who met Miss Marple in "The Moving Finger"; Rhoda and Major Despard, who worked with Poirot in "Cards on the Table"; and Mrs. Ariadne Oliver in one of her two non-Poirot books (the other being "Parker Pyne Investigates"). Mrs. Dane Calthrop is described as quite an original person whose trains of thought are sometimes hard to follow. But she inspires trust and can provide unusual insights. Both Jerry Burton (in "The Moving Finger") and Mark Easterbrook (in "The Pale Horse") turn to her for help at some point. Other Christie characters who appear both in a series and in standalone books include Superintendent Battle ("The Secret of Chimneys", "The Seven Dials Mystery", "Murder Is Easy", "Toward Zero", and "Cards on the Table" with Poirot); Colonel Johnny Race ("The Man in the Brown Suit", "Sparkling Cynanide", and twice with Poirot in "Death on the Nile" and "Cards on the Table); and Miss Felicity Lemon (who worked for Parker Pyne before she became Poirot's secretary). The sleepy Colonel Pikeaway, a high-ranking secret service agent, takes it even one step further: he appears in a Poirot novel ("Cat Among the Pigeons"), a Miss Marple novel ("At Bertram's Hotel"), a Tommy and Tuppence novel ("Postern of Fate"), and a standalone novel ("Passenger to Frankfurt"), often accompanied by his trusted colleague, the enigmatic Mr. Robinson (who is described in "Cat Among the Pigeons" as not having the looks of a "Mr. Robinson" at all).

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. III

Answer: Captain Arthur Hastings

Hastings is smitten with Cynthia (partly owing to his affinity to chestnut hair, as Poirot never tires to point out - not only in this novel). Another woman Hastings admires greatly is Mary Cavendish, the wife of his friend John. He does not get lucky with either of them, but not long after, in "Murder on the Links", he meets his future wife, Dulcie "Cinderella" Duveen.

From Quiz The Christie Couples, Vol. II

Answer: Jean Dupont (fils)

Jane Grey is a hairdresser who happens to be on the same flight as Poirot and the murder victim, the money-lender Madame Giselle. She starts going out with fellow passenger Norman Gale, together with whom she assists Poirot in the investigation. It transpires, however, that Norman is (a) already married, and (b) the murderer. Poirot, who saw that coming all along, recommends her to give the archeologist Jean Dupont a chance.

From Quiz The Christie Couples

Answer: "Murder on the Orient Express"

A conversation between Mary and the colonel near the beginning of the novel already hints that they have a history, which is later confirmed. They appear to have been an item for a while, but only after the events on the Simplon Express might they finally get married (as implied in the aforementioned conversation, where Mary says something along the lines of, "not yet ... when it is all behind us").

From Quiz Nicknames of Agatha Christie characters

Answer: Frankie

Freddie is Frederica Rice's nickname in "Peril at End House".

From Quiz "Christie Cluedo" Part Three

Answer: The Secret of Chimneys

This was published in 1925 and involves the murder of an important diplomat. The main detective is Superintendent Battle. The two victims in this story died of gunshot wounds.

From Quiz "Christie Cluedo" Part Two

Answer: Jane Wilkinson

The main detective is Hercule Poirot. This is also know as "Thirteen at Dinner", first published in 1933. The murderer committed three murders.

From Quiz Christie's Colorful Characters

Answer: Mr. Harley Quin

His short story collection is entitled "The Mysterious Mr. Quin".

From Quiz Agatha Christie's Authors

Answer: The Clue of the Scarlet Petal

If an author appears in one of Christie's novels, he or she usually writes books entitled "The Clue of...". For example, two of Mrs. Oliver's books are entitled "The Clue of the Candlewax" and "The Clue of the Missing Papers". Towards the end of "Death in the Clouds", when Poirot explains the clues, he says "The clue of the wasp" and "The clue of the matchbox" etc., which is his form of jesting Mr. Clancey's somewhat unoriginal book titles.

From Quiz Love Triangles: Christie Novels 4

Answer: Veronica Cray

John Christow certainly seems attractive to the ladies despite his egotism and bad temper. He treats his wife Gerda quite poorly and has a long term affair with the sculptress Henrietta Savernake. One night at The Hollow, his first real love, Veronica Cray, shows up in his life again to persuade him to abandon his family and live with her. It is this that pushes Gerda over the edge to murder her husband.

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