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Unlike the majority of Agatha Christie's lead characters, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appeared to age in real time through the years, starting as young adventurers in 'The Secret Adversary' (1922) and finishing after their retirement in 'Postern of Fate' (1973), the last novel she wrote.
6 quizzes and 65 trivia questions.
1.
  Multiple Choice Quiz about The Secret Adversary    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Secret Adversary" -see if you can help Tuppence Cowley and Thomas Beresford solve their first case. This book was first published in 1922. Warning - spoilers ahead!
Average, 10 Qns, JaneMarple, May 18 09
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  Tommy and Tuppence Beresford    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appeared in four full length novels and one short story collection. This quiz deals only with their full length novels. Warning - possible spoilers ahead!
Average, 10 Qns, JaneMarple, Dec 20 20
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  By The Pricking of My Thumbs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This eerie tale begins when Tommy and Tuppence go to visit their old aunt at Sunny Ridge - a home for elderly people. Caution: spoilers.
Average, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, May 18 09
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  Partners In Crime   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
We last saw Tommy Beresford and Prudence (Tuppence) Cowley in "The Secret Adversary". They are now married and in these short stories, they are running a detective agency. It was first published in 1929. This quiz deals with some small details.
Tough, 15 Qns, JaneMarple, Feb 28 18
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  N or M?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this Agatha Christie story, Tommy and Tuppence are on the track of WW11 enemy agents. Be warned, this quiz reveals the identity of the agents.
Average, 10 Qns, janeross, May 18 09
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  The Secret Adversary: 10 Questions    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the first Tommy and Tuppence book by Agatha Christie.
Average, 10 Qns, helena411, May 18 09
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trivia question Quick Question
What is the nationality of Mrs. Perenna, the hotel owner?

From Quiz "N or M?"





Tommy and Tuppence Trivia Questions
1. In "The Secret Adversary", where did Rita (Marguerite) Vandemeyer live?

From Quiz Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

Answer: South Audley Mansions

"The Secret Adversary" is the first book to feature Tommy and Tuppence, the young private investigators. However Tuppence is Prudence Cowley in this book, she is married to Tommy in the next book. This novel concerns secret papers and espionage.

2. In "A Fairy in the Flat" - Mr. Carter, Tommy's boss, asks Tommy and Tuppence to take over a detective agency. What type of stamp does he ask them to look out for?

From Quiz Partners In Crime

Answer: Russian

Tuppence is bored with life. Mr. Carter explains that Theodore Blunt, the original owner of the detective agency, is in prison. He did foreign business so Tommy and Tuppence are to be on the look out for blue letters with a Russian stamp. Under the stamp will be a number sixteen.

3. Into which newspaper does a man tell Jane Finn he will put an advertisement in the personal column, about secret papers?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: The Times

This was the second book of Agatha Christie's, following the success of "The Mysterious Affair at Styles. It introduces us to Prudence Cowley (Tuppence) and Thomas Beresford (Tommy). In later books they are married. The story begins in 1915 as The Lusitania is sinking. A young American, Jane Finn, is approached by a stranger and asked to take care of some secret papers, which might make all the difference to the Allies in the War. Jane has not been seen since.

4. From which of Shakespeare's plays did Agatha get the title for this book?

From Quiz By The Pricking of My Thumbs

Answer: Macbeth

In this book we meet a much older Tommy and Tuppence who still retain their spirit for adventure. Agatha Christie dedicated this book to all the readers who had written to her requesting another Tommy and Tuppence mystery.

5. What was the name of the hotel in the little seaside town of Leahampton in which Tommy and Tuppence stayed?

From Quiz N or M?

Answer: Sans Souci

Tommy and Tuppence had information that one or both of the enemy agents were staying in this hotel.

6. Tommy and Tuppence were childhood friends. Where did they first reunite?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: at a hospital

Tommy was wounded in the war (WWI) and was sent to the hospital, and Tuppence was a nurse who worked there.

7. In "N or M?", what is the name of the little girl Tommy and Tuppence decide to adopt?

From Quiz Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

Answer: Betty

Betty helps in the mystery, although she is only a little girl. "N or M?" was written at the same time as "The Moving Finger". The book takes place during World War II.

8. In "A Pot of Tea" - Where is the detective agency based?

From Quiz Partners In Crime

Answer: Bloomsbury

Tommy and Tuppence take over the detective agency. It is called Blunt's Brilliant Detectives. They refuse to deal with divorce cases. Their fist customer is a rich young man who is concerned about the disappearance of the girl he loves. Tuppence rashly says they will find her in 24 hours. But all is not what it seems. Tommy is Mr. Blunt, while Tuppence is his secretary Miss Robinson. Albert is now their office boy.

9. Where does Mr Whittington plan to send Tuppence, to a select school?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: Paris

Tommy and Tuppence are bored of life, so decide to set up a venture "The Young Adventurers Ltd". Tuppence is stopped by a man who has overheard Tommy and Tuppence's conversation. He asks her to come and see him the next day. Tuppence does, but when asked for her name, to protect her father (who is a clergyman) says 'Jane Finn'. Jane Finn is a name she has overheard, but has a remarkable effect on Mr Whittington. He sends her away with £50 and tells her to come back tomorrow.

10. What did Mrs. Lancaster give Aunt Ada as a gift?

From Quiz By The Pricking of My Thumbs

Answer: A picture

Tuppence found the picture of a house by a canal to be remarkably familiar and was sure that she had seen the house before. This led to a hunt for the house and the beginning of the mystery.

11. What are the names of Tommy and Tuppence's children?

From Quiz N or M?

Answer: Derek and Deborah

Derek and Deborah were twins, and both were in the armed forces during the war.

12. What were Tommy and Tuppence's last names?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: Beresford and Cowley

Mr. Thomas Beresford and Ms. Prudence Cowley. At the end of the book, Tuppence became Mrs. Thomas Beresford.

13. In "By the Pricking of my Thumbs", what did Mrs Lancaster believe was buried behind the fireplace of Sunny Ridge nursing home?

From Quiz Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

Answer: A child

Tommy is now over seventy, while Tuppence is sixty-six. After Tommy's Aunt Ada dies, the Beresford inherit a painting. Tuppence takes it onto herself to find out where the house was, which is in the painting. She gets more than she bargained for, with stolen jewels and some residents of Sunny Ridge being poisoned.

14. In "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" - in which room was the pearl found?

From Quiz Partners In Crime

Answer: Bathroom

Tommy and Tuppence investigate the disappearance of an expensive pearl at a house party. Unfortunately one of the members of the party is a kleptomaniac. The pearl is hidden in a bar of soap. Tommy and Tuppence take on the roles of fictional detectives when they investigate crimes. This is a Dr. Thorndyke case, created by R. Austin Freeman. We are also introduced to Inspector Marriot of Scotland Yard.

15. What was the name of the liftboy at South Audley Mansions?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: Albert

The Young Adventurers meet a Mr Carter, who used to work in Intelligence. He tells them of the mysterious "Mr Brown" who is very dangerous indeed. We are also introduced to Julius P. Hersheimmer who is Jane Finn's cousin. He has accidentally given the only remaining photograph of Jane to a bogus policeman. Tommy follows Mr Whittington to a house in Soho, and overhears a secret meeting before being bumped on the head.

16. What did Tommy and Tuppence nickname Mrs. Moody?

From Quiz By The Pricking of My Thumbs

Answer: Mrs. Cocoa

Mrs. Moody had been a dresser with a theatre company. She had recognized Mrs. Lancaster, and was therefore poisoned with her.

17. What is the nationality of Mrs. Perenna, the hotel owner?

From Quiz N or M?

Answer: Irish

Mrs. Perenna pretended that she was English, and that her husband was a Spaniard, as she wanted to hide her past.

18. What was Tommy and Tuppence's joint venture named?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: The Young Adventurers, Ltd.

The Young Adventurers, Ltd.'s motto was 'No unreasonable offer refused.'

19. In "Postern of Fate", Tuppence finds a clue in a children's book. But what was the book?

From Quiz Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

Answer: "The Black Arrow"

This is the last book that Tommy and Tuppence appear in. They are the only detectives, who appeared regularly in Christie novels, who aged accordingly. Tommy and Tuppence had to solve a sixty year old murder mystery.

20. In "The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger" - what did Tuppence buy as a wedding present for a male friend?

From Quiz Partners In Crime

Answer: Cigarette case

This case begins when the detective agency receives a blue letter with a Russian stamp. This is a Brothers Okewood mystery, created by Valentine Williams.

21. What is Sir James Peel Edgerton's hobby?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: Criminology

Tuppence goes to South Audley Mansions to find out about a Marguerite (Rita) Vandemeyer, who Mr Whittington mentioned. Tuppence pretends to be a maid so Mrs Vandemeyer can hire her. Albert appears in later books. Sir James Peel Edgerton is a famous KC; he may become Prime Minister one day. He often visits Mrs Vandemeyer. He chats with Tuppence and gives her his card.

22. What names did Tommy and Tuppence use when stopping in Leahampton?

From Quiz N or M?

Answer: Mr Meadowes and Mrs Blenkensop

Tommy got quite a shock when he saw Mrs Blenkensop at Sans Souci, as she wasn't supposed to know he was going there!

23. Which shipwreck was Jane Finn a survivor of?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: the Lusitania

The Lusitania was torpedoed by the Germans during WWI.

24. Tommy and Tuppence had twins as well as the little girl they adopted. What were the names of the twins?

From Quiz Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

Answer: Deborah and Derek

Deborah is a code-breaker for British Intelligence during "N or M?", while Derek was in the Royal Air Force. Deborah and her children reappear in "Postern of Fate".

25. In "Finessing the King" and "The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper" (a story in two parts) - in which newspaper do Tommy and Tuppence see an advertisement in the personal column about finessing the king?

From Quiz Partners In Crime

Answer: The Daily Leader

"Finessing the King" concerns a nightclub called The Ace of Spades, and the fancy dress ball there at midnight. During the ball, which Tommy and Tuppence attend, a woman is stabbed to death. This is a McCarty and Riordan mystery, created by Isabel Ostrander.

26. What does Mrs Vandemeyer die from?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: Overdose of chloral

Tuppence goes for her day out but when she returns, earlier than usual, Mrs Vandemeyer is trying to make a run for it. Tuppence tries to discover the whereabouts of Tommy and who the mysterious "Mr Brown" is. Tuppence keeps a watch over Mrs Vandemeyer with the help of Julius and Sir James. But Mrs Vandemeyer does not wake up in the morning; there was chloral in some water, and she is now dead.

27. Whose grave was Tuppence looking at when she was hit over the head?

From Quiz By The Pricking of My Thumbs

Answer: Lily Waters

She was helping the vicar locate the grave of a little girl at the request of a certain Major Waters. Later Ivor Smith discovered that the child's coffin was filled with loot from several robberies.

28. In "The Secret Adversary", what nationality was Julius P. Herscheimer?

From Quiz Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

Answer: American

He is looking for his cousin, Jane Finn, who is believed to be drowned on the Lusitania. "The Secret Adversary" takes place after World War I, and concerns secret papers.

29. In "The case of the Missing Lady", where is The Grange nursing home?

From Quiz Partners In Crime

Answer: Sussex

An artic explorer returns home from an expedition to find his girlfriend has disappeared. This is a Sherlock Holmes case, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

30. Whereabouts in the UK did Jane Finn pretend to hide the secret papers?

From Quiz The Secret Adversary

Answer: Wales

Tommy manages to escape from the house in Soho with the help of the maid, Annette. Sir James has managed to find Jane. Tuppence and Julius go to meet her in a nursing home, she has lost her memory. Jane tells them how she had hid the papers in a rock, in Wales. Julius and Tommy go to Holyhead, but the papers are gone, only a sneering note from Mr Brown. Tuppence has gone off after receiving a telegram.

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