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Jane Wilkinson seeks Poirot's help in obtaining a divorce from her husband, but Lord Edgware is murdered shortly after telling Poirot that he has already agreed to the divorce.
4 quizzes and 55 trivia questions.
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  Lord Edgware Dies (1933)   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the major characters in this novel with their description. (NO SPOILERS)
Easier, 10 Qns, MotherGoose, Nov 04 21
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Nov 04 21
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  Lord Edgware Dies Multiple Choice Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Hercule Poirot matches wits with a killer who proves almost his equal. DO NOT PLAY unless you have read this superb mystery, a.k.a "Thirteen at Dinner"
Average, 20 Qns, jouen58, Mar 19 17
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  "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This book is also known as 'Thirteen at Dinner', and was made into a film. An actress is eager to get rid of her husband, and asks Poirot for his help. Warning - spoilers ahead! Enjoy
Average, 15 Qns, JaneMarple, May 16 08
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407 plays
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  10 Questions about Lord Edgware Dies    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Lord Edgware Dies' is one of my favourite Christie mysteries. Its rich and colourful characters and settings have provided me with a lot of entertainment. And the solution is just plain genius, despite some negativity over it.(CONTAINS SPOILERS!)
Average, 10 Qns, Adam1066, Jun 07 20
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Jun 07 20
198 plays

Lord Edgeware Dies Trivia Questions
1. 'Lord Edgware Dies', how nice. But how does ol' Edgware get it?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Stabbed in the base of the skull

Interestingly, in the David Suchet TV version, Lord Edgware is stabbed in the neck instead.

2. What hotel do Poirot and Captain Hastings dine at, at the start of the book?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Savoy

Poirot and Captain Hastings go to watch a character actress, Carlotta Adams, performing on stage. The talented actress, Jane Wilkinson is also there. Jane was once married to Lord Edgeware. Jane holds a dinner party later on, and insists that Poirot, Hastings and Carlotta attend. Jane wants to divorce her husband, so she can marry the Duke of Merton, but her husband has refused. She asks Poirot if he will go and see her husband.

3. Christie based one of the characters in this book on the great American actress Ruth Draper. Which one?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Carlotta Adams

There are two actresses in this story, but it is Carlotta Adams, with her gift for mimicry, who is based on Ruth Draper. Draper specialized in one-woman shows in which she impersonated a number of different characters.

4. Poirot and Captain Hastings take on the case, but which well-known detective and friend of Poirot is officially in charge?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Chief Inspector Japp

Fan favourite Chief Inspector Japp leads the investigation. He is also featured in many other Poirot novels and short stories such as 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' and 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'.

5. Who was Hastings surprised to see enthusiastically applauding Carlotta Adams' slightly malicious impersonation of Jane Wilkinson?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Jane Wilkinson

Hastings is wondering, as he watches Carlotta's imitation, how the subjects of her imitations react to them when, to his surprise, he sees Jane herself applauding and evidently quite delighted.

6. The murderer soon claims a second victim by giving them an overdose of veronal. But who is the victim?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Carlotta Adams

This convinces the police that Carlotta Adams had something to do with Lord Edgware's death.

7. How was Lord Edgeware killed?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Stabbed

Inspector Japp comes to see Poirot and Hastings. He says Lord Edgeware has been found murdered - stabbed in the neck, by his wife. Apparently Jane Wilkinson came to see her husband, by taxi. Japp has been to see Jane, but she has not yet been arrested. There is a newspaper article that says Jane was attending a dinner party at the time her husband was killed.

8. What surprise did Poirot and Hastings receive when they went to see Lord Edgware regarding his wife's desperate request for a divorce?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Lord Edgware tells them that he has already agreed to a divorce.

Poirot is utterly stupefied when Lord Edgware tells him that he has agreed to the divorce (in writing) and that Lady Edgware is well aware of the fact. He later theorizes that the letter may have been intercepted.

9. Who is Jane Wilkinson smitten with?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: The Duke of Merton

Jane Wilkinson wants to divorce Lord Edgware so she an marry the wealthy and well-known Duke of Merton.

10. What time did Jane Wilkinson arrive at the dinner party of Sir Montagu Corner?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: 8.45 pm

Lord Edgeware's secretary is sure it was Jane Wilkinson who arrived by taxi. Captain Ronald Marsh, Lord Edgeware's nephew, is now the new Lord Edgeware. Jane says that she did consider not attending the dinner party, but her maid persuaded her to. She has an alibi for the time her husband was killed. However, she did get an anonymous telephone call while at dinner.

11. Hastings is further startled when he notices what upon leaving the interview with Lord Edgware?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: A look of almost insane fury and rage on Lord Edgware's face.

As Hastings turns to close the study door, he notices Lord Edgware's face contorted in an expression of murderous rage. He later mentions to Poirot, who considers it highly significant.

12. Which two people see a figure who looked like Jane Wilkinson enter Lord Edgware's house on the night of his death?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Miss Carroll and Alton the Butler

Miss Carroll and Alton see 'Jane Wilkinson' enter the house. Alton admits her to the house, and Miss Carroll catches a glimpse of her from upstairs.

13. How is Carlotta Adams killed?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Overdose of veronal

Carlotta has died from an overdose of a sleeping draught. He maid says that Carlotta went out the evening before, seeming pleased about something. She returned very tired. In Carlotta's attaché case is a blond wig - the exact colour of Jane Wilkinson's hair - and other objects.

14. Who was the first person to leave the table after the meal was completed at Sir Montague Corner's dinner at Chiswick?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Donald Ross

According to superstition, when there are thirteen at table, the first person to leave the table will die. This proves all too true for poor Donald Ross.

15. Poirot sets himself a set number of questions, and states that once all are answered he will know the solution to the mystery. How many questions does he have?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Five

In typical Poirot fashion, the questions seem to be trivial and to have little relevance to the mystery. But once he explains the answers, their significance becomes clear.

16. What sort of shop does Jenny Driver own?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Hat shop

Jenny was a good friend of Carlotta's. Carlotta brought a hat from Jenny that shaded the left side of the face. Jane has a tiny mole on the corner of her left eye. It is possible that Carlotta, and not Jane, went to see Lord Edgeware.

17. What was used to kill Lord Edgware?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: A corn knife.

Lord Edgware was stabbed at the base of the skull with a corn knife (borrowed from Ellis). He died instantaneously without crying out.

18. Which clues aid Poirot?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: All three in question

A small inscribed medicine box contained the sleeping powder with which Carlotta Adams is poisoned; Donald Ross is involved in conversations at two different dinner parties about the Judgment of Paris, which leaves him puzzled; Miss Carrroll's pince-nez cast doubt on the accuracy of her observation on the night of the first murder.

19. What sort of jewels are on the gold box, found in Carlotta's bag?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Rubies

In Carlotta's attaché case, there was also a gold box, full of veronal. The initials of the case are C.A. and engraved with "From D. Paris, Nov. 10th. Sweet dreams." There is also a pair of pince-nez in the attaché case. Carlotta did not wear any type of glasses.

20. What was used to poison Carlotta Adams?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Veronal

The Veronal was found in a small gold box with Carlotta's initials in rubies and the inscription "C.A. from D. Paris, Nov. 10. Sweet Dreams."

21. Donald Ross is the third murder victim. What is his job?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Actor

Donald Ross is an actor. He was disappointed when Poirot and Hastings did not recognise him. He was killed because he realised that he had been talking to two different women who called themselves Jane Wilkinson. At the first dinner party, 'Jane' had conversed knowledgeably about the classical reference to the Judgment of Paris; at the second one, 'Jane' understood it to refer to the world of fashion.

22. Who does Jane Wilkinson think killed her husband?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Geraldine Marsh

Geraldine Marsh is Lord Edgeware's daughter from his first marriage. Geraldine was not overly fond of her father or her stepmother. Miss Carroll is Lord Edgeware's secretary while Captain Ronald Marsh in Lord Edgeware's nephew.

23. To whom had Carlotta Adams written shortly before her death?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Her sister

The letter to her sister in America contained the details of her planned impersonation of Lady Edgware the night of the murder, including the person who was paying her to do it.

24. Early in the novel, Bryan Martin visits Poirot to tell him that he was being stalked by a man with a significant feature. What was it?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: A gold tooth

Poirot later realises that the whole question of a stalker was in fact a hoax on Bryan Martin's part in an attempt to set up Jane Wilkinson.

25. Where was Captain Ronald Marsh when his Uncle was killed?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: At the theatre

Poirot tells Captain Ronald Marsh that Jane has an alibi for when her husband was killed. Ronald was in need of money, he asked his uncle for money, and his uncle refused. Ronald knew Carlotta slightly. He even was her escort when Carlotta met Jane Wilkinson at the theatre.

26. What was missing from this letter?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: One page and the first letter of one word.

The page containing the name of the person who paid for Carlotta's "performance" was missing and a corner of the following page, containing the letter S was torn off, changing the first word from "She" to "he".

27. In the end, Poirot (naturally) deduces the killer, and he/she is arrested. However, they send Poirot one last message before they are soon to be hanged. By what form of communication does Poirot receive this?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: A letter

In this letter the killer contemplates his/her actions and how he/she was caught, and ends by wondering why hangings are not done in public anymore.

28. What was the name of Carlotta's sister?

From Quiz "Lord Edgeware Dies" with Poirot

Answer: Lucie

A taxi driver says he picked a young lady and gentleman from the theatre, on the night Lord Edgeware died. One was Geraldine Marsh and the other was possibly Captain Ronald Marsh. Carlotta wrote to her younger sister before she died.

29. What was Jenny Driver's profession?

From Quiz Lord Edgware Dies

Answer: Hatmaker

Jenny, a great friend of Carlotta's, owns a hat shop called Genevieve on Moffat Street. She is romantically involved with actor Bryan Martin and reminds Hastings of a fox terrier.

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