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10 Average Questions about Lord Edgware Dies

'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!)

A multiple-choice quiz by Adam1066. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Adam1066

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
317,128

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Lord Edgware Dies', how nice. But how does ol' Edgware get it? Hint

Stabbed in the base of the skull

Poisoned with cyanide in after-dinner coffee

Shot in the head

Blow to the head with a candlestick

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Question 2 of 10

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

Chief Inspector Japp

Superintendant Battle

Colonel Race

Inspector Craddock

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Question 3 of 10

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

Carlotta Adams

Geraldine Marsh

Jane Wilkinson

Jenny Driver

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is Jane Wilkinson smitten with? Hint

Bryan Martin

Donald Ross

Capt. Ronald Marsh

The Duke of Merton

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Question 5 of 10

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

Geraldine Marsh and Capt. Ronald Marsh

Alton the Butler and Jenny Driver

Miss Caroll and Bryan Martin

Miss Carroll and Alton the Butler

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Question 6 of 10

6. 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? Hint

Five

Ten

Three

Eight

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which clues aid Poirot? Hint

'Paris'

All three in question

A pair of pince-nez

A small medicine box

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Question 8 of 10

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

Playwright

Actor

Journalist

Accountant

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Question 9 of 10

9. 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? Hint

An earring

An eyepatch

A gold tooth

A beard

10. 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? Hint

A telephone call

A postcard

A wireless message

A letter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

Answer: Stabbed in the base of the skull

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

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

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'.

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

Answer: Carlotta Adams

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

4. Who is Jane Wilkinson smitten with?

Answer: The Duke of Merton

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

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

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.

6. 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?

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.

7. Which clues aid Poirot?

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.

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

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.

9. 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?

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.

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.

Source: Author Adam1066

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