Miss Marple Trivia

1. The whole of Chipping Cleghorn was reading the Chipping Cleghorn Gazette, but for one person, Edmund Sweatenham. What was he reading at the breakfast table?

From Quiz 'A Murder is Announced'

Answer: The Daily Worker

The conversations throughout the village centred on the advertisement announcing a murder at Little Paddocks that evening - in Edmund's case there was much confusion as his mother did not understand such phrases as 'the opium of the people', which he used to describe the 'murder games' so popular in richer homes at the time.

From Quiz 'They do it with Mirrors'

Answer: 6

Carrie Louise was presently married to Lewis Serrocold, and the future murder victim was her step-son, who was older than she was, the son of her first husband.

From Quiz 'A Caribbean Mystery'

Answer: Barbados

She was staying in a hotel owned and run by Tim and Molly Kendal, and was very homesick, especially for the British clock! There were a fair number of references to what time it was back home, and at the end of the programme she admitted to having missed the wet British weather as well.

From Quiz 'Sleeping Murder'

Answer: Galbraith and Penderley

Giles and Gwenda Reed were driving along the Lehampton Road when Gwenda spotted the 'For Sale' sign and they decided to take a look at the house. Although Giles said it was £500 over their budget, they bought it because Gwenda loved it.

From Quiz '4.50 from Paddington'

Answer: the victim

This was Anna Stravinska; she is in the Catholic Church and being watched by the murderer. He is to catch up with her on the train and strangle her, unknowingly witnessed by Miss Marple's friend, Elspeth McGillyguddy.

From Quiz 'A Pocketful of Rye'

Answer: 9.40am

This was a surprise to his staff, as it was so early. When the tea tray came, he was in convulsions, and died.

From Quiz 'A Murder is Announced'

Answer: 14

They were: Miss Blacklock, Dora Banner (Bunny), Patrick and Julia Simmons, Philippa Haymes, Edmund and Mrs Sweatenham, Miss Hinchcliffe and Miss Murgatroyd, Colonel and Mrs Easterbrook, Bunch Harmon, Hannah and Scherz. By the end of the programme three of these would be dead, and one would be arrested for their murder.

From Quiz 'They do it with Mirrors'

Answer: 'dressing rooms'

Alex was Stephen's brother - Stephen was one of the workers at Stoneygates rehabilitation centre for young offenders. It was a combination of Alex's London play and Chief Inspector Slack's hobby which helped Miss Marple discover the truth of the murder.

From Quiz '4.50 from Paddington'

Answer: 'Russian Space Tragedy'

This was a reference to the world's first artificial satellite being burned up on re-entry to the earth's atmosphere in 1957 after barely 50 days in orbit. The name 'Sputnik' means 'travelling companion of the world'.

From Quiz 'A Pocketful of Rye'

Answer: Ellen

We only see Ellen twice, and only hear her name once, when Miss Dove speaks to her the first time. Gladys is the maid, and the cook and valet/butler are called Crump.

From Quiz 'A Murder is Announced'

Answer: Harmon & Harman

Everyone else commented on the central heating and the chrysanthemums, pretending that they just dropped in as they were passing.

From Quiz 'They do it with Mirrors'

Answer: Vienna

Carrie Louise tells Miss Marple that Hitler was responsible for many fine brains coming to England - mostly Jewish. Like Dr Maseryk, they escaped the Nazi regime and fled to England, the USA and other freer countries.

From Quiz 'A Caribbean Mystery'

Answer: 2.30am

Her clock is clearly seen as she lies wakeful, and tells herself that it is only 7.30pm at home. The next morning Major Paulgrove is found dead.

From Quiz 'Sleeping Murder'

Answer: The Duchess of Malfi

It was the line 'Cover her face, my eyes dazzle. She died young' which caused Gwenda to scream aloud with emerging memories. Later, at Raymond's home, Miss Marple chatted with her and after hearing about Hillside, told her that she was not going mad - that in all likelihood she had lived in that house before.

From Quiz 'A Pocketful of Rye'

Answer: below her left ear

She is seen wearing this ornament on a few occasions in the programme, and each time it has the clasp clearly visible to her left. Jennifer was married to Percival, one of Rex's sons, and in the course of the story we learn that she is the daughter of the man Rex once partnered on an unsuccessful mining operation in Africa.

From Quiz 'They do it with Mirrors'

Answer: Walter

Stephen did not realise they were fighting for real - he thought they were rehearsing the fight scene at the start of the play. The look on his face when Walter showed him that the knife they were fighting with was not a stage prop was priceless!

From Quiz 'A Caribbean Mystery'

Answer: 'Onward Christian Soldiers'

'Abide with Me' was one of those sung at Victoria's funeral later in the programme. The Major was later to be dug up and a post mortem (autopsy) performed to ascertain the cause of death. They did the digging at night, presumably not to upset the holiday makers and residents on the island.

From Quiz 'Sleeping Murder'

Answer: eight shillings a week

It was a large house. When they were being shown around, they were told that it had six bedrooms, not seven as mentioned by the estate agents, as the seventh was really a 'dressing room'. It had large grounds and a magnificent view of the sea once the shrubbery was removed. Eight shillings a week before WWII was a lot of money.

From Quiz '4.50 from Paddington'

Answer: DFC with Bar and DSO with Bar

Having a Bar to a decoration means that it was won a second time; DFC stands for 'Distinguished Flying Cross' and DSO for 'Distinguished Service Order'.

From Quiz 'A Pocketful of Rye'

Answer: Gladys

Miss Marple had trained Gladys as a maid; it was her knowledge of Gladys that enabled her to solve the mystery so quickly. Unfortunately she was not quick enough to save Gladys from being killed as well.

From Quiz 'A Murder is Announced'

Answer: she was taking the spa waters

When Craddock came to see her, she told him that she was taking the waters for her rheumatism. We had already seen Miss Marple at the beginning of the programme when Scherz left the hotel to put the advertisement in the paper, and was able to direct Craddock back to speak again to his girlfriend, Mirna Harris.

From Quiz 'They do it with Mirrors'

Answer: he didn't like stairs

There was great excitement that Christian was coming; he came three or four times a year and was clearly very fond of Carrie Louise.

From Quiz 'A Caribbean Mystery'

Answer: just off HIghway 1A

Miss Marple enjoyed tea with Aunt Johnson, talking about England and villages in general. She also learned a little about Victoria, information which was to come in handy later in the programme when Victoria was also killed.

From Quiz 'Sleeping Murder'

Answer: half brother

To all intents and purposes, Dr Kennedy was seen as a loving brother, but in reality he was so devoted to Helen that it was to be her downfall as she was desperate to escape from him.

From Quiz '4.50 from Paddington'

Answer: in the Long Barn

The Tack Room was used by the Police for their Incident Room (the name can be clearly seen on the door). Lucy opened the Long Barn for Alexander and his friend, and found the body in a sarcophagus in a store area of statues and other ancient artefacts.

From Quiz 'A Pocketful of Rye'

Answer: the Dormy House Hotel

Vivian was a suspect for a short while, as to kill Rex enabled Adele to inherit £100,000, and Adele's Will named him as sole inheritor. Miss Marple, however, soon told the police that such was not the case.

From Quiz 'A Murder is Announced'

Answer: Miss Marple

Miss Marple doubted that anyone had seen Scherz with a gun because it was too dark to see him, let alone what was in his other hand as he waved the torch around. Later Miss Hinchcliffe was to use Miss Murgatroyd to re-enact the event and proved that Scherz could not have had a gun because he needed his second hand to hold the door open.

From Quiz 'They do it with Mirrors'

Answer: bicycle

We do not see Stoneygates as being too close to a town or village. When Miss Marple arrived Gina brought her from the train station in her car, and during that journey she is telling her about the institution and her family, so they were some distance from the station as well.

From Quiz 'A Caribbean Mystery'

Answer: £4,000

Rafiel was brought up in an orphanage in Peckham (London), and made his fortune as an adult. He was an obnoxious man, but was able to recognise quality in others and not afraid to admit when he made a mistake, Once he saw that Miss Marple was an astute thinker, he was as gracious as he was able (it is not often we see Miss Marple behave anything less than politely to anyone, but she has her moments in this programme!)

From Quiz '4.50 from Paddington'

Answer: six

They were: Emma, who stayed at home with him and was engaged to Dr Quimper; Harold, who was a merchant banker and who was killed in the course of the programme; Cedric, who was a wandering artist who came home only for the Birthday Dinner each year; Alfred, who dealt in used cars from premises in Warren Street; Edie, who died, and whose husband came to the Birthday Dinner with his son each year; and then there was Edmund, who was killed in the retreat at Dunkirk in 1940.

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