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Quiz about Agatha Christies Five Little Pigs

Agatha Christie's "Five Little Pigs" Quiz

Also known as "Murder In Retrospect", this book was first published in 1943 and details a murder that happened 16 years beforehand. This is a basic character quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fi B. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Fi B

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
114,759

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
873

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was killed? Hint

Carla Lemarchant

Caroline Crale

Amyas Crale

Elsa Greer

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was convicted of the murder? Hint

Amyas Crale

Caroline Crale

Philip Blake

Meredith Blake

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who consulted a detective about solving the crime 16 years later? Hint

Caroline Crale

Carla Lemarchant

Elsa Greer

Cecilia Williams

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'This little pig went to market'. Which character 'went to market'? Hint

Elsa Greer

Meredith Blake

Philip Blake

Angela Warren

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'This little pig stayed at home'. Who 'stayed at home'? Hint

Caroline Crale

Meredith Blake

Amyas Crale

Cecilia Williams

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'This little pig ate roast beef'. Who was this pampered character? Hint

Carla Lemarchant

Angela Warren

Caroline Crale

Elsa Greer

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'This little pig had none'. Who 'had none'? Hint

Angela Warren

Cecilia Williams

Amyas Crale

Meredith Blake

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'This little pig cried "wee, wee, wee" all the way home'. Who does this refer to? Hint

Philip Blake

Elsa Greer

Meredith Blake

Angela Warren

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who solved the crime? Hint

Sherlock Holmes

Miss Marple

Hercule Poirot

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the real murderer? Hint

Caroline

Angela

Amyas killed himself

Elsa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was killed?

Answer: Amyas Crale

He was an artist, married to Caroline for 10 years. They lived at Alderbury, and had a daughter Caroline (Carla). He was poisoned with coniine (the active ingredient in spotted hemlock).

2. Who was convicted of the murder?

Answer: Caroline Crale

All the evidence pointed to her, plus the fingerprints on the bottle of poison were hers - and she admitted having taken it from Meredith. She died in jail a year later.

3. Who consulted a detective about solving the crime 16 years later?

Answer: Carla Lemarchant

She had come of age (21) and had been told about her early childhood years. Her mother, Caroline, had written her a letter before her death, claiming innocence.

4. 'This little pig went to market'. Which character 'went to market'?

Answer: Philip Blake

He was a stockbroker, and Amyas's best friend. He was staying at the estate at the time.

5. 'This little pig stayed at home'. Who 'stayed at home'?

Answer: Meredith Blake

Merry (Philip's brother) lived next door to the Crales, and the coniine used was from his mixture of spotted hemlock.

6. 'This little pig ate roast beef'. Who was this pampered character?

Answer: Elsa Greer

Amyas was painting a portrait of this rich divorcee who was only 20 at the time.

7. 'This little pig had none'. Who 'had none'?

Answer: Cecilia Williams

She was the governess to Caroline's sister Angela. She was aged at about 50 at the time.

8. 'This little pig cried "wee, wee, wee" all the way home'. Who does this refer to?

Answer: Angela Warren

Caroline's disfigured sister. Caroline had thrown a paperweight at her as a baby. She was 15 when the murder occurred.

9. Who solved the crime?

Answer: Hercule Poirot

Carla hired the Belgian with the 'little grey cells' to find out the truth so that she could marry John Rattery in peace. Marple and the Beresfords are other detectives of Christie's, and Holmes was the detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's books.

10. Who was the real murderer?

Answer: Elsa

Evidence pointed to Caroline, who had thought the killer was Angela and tried to cover it up (though as a suicide), hence 'one has to pay one's debts'. Elsa Greer (now Lady Dittisham) knew the evidence would go against Caroline as well, but in killing Amyas she also killed a part of herself.

The almost finished portrait, according to Poirot, was of Elsa 'watching her lover die'. Hope you enjoyed doing this quiz!

Source: Author Fi B

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