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Miss Marple Trivia Quiz

Here are ten questions on one of my favourite detectives - Miss Jane Marple. The questions concern both the short stories and full length novels. Hope you enjoy it :-)

A multiple-choice quiz by JaneMarple. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
JaneMarple

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
117,870

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1599

Last 3 plays: Guest 92 (5/10), Guest 62 (9/10), Guest 62 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the village where Miss Jane Marple lives? Hint

St. Margaret Mead

St. Mary Mead

Market Basing

Chipping Cleghorn

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which book features only Miss Marple short stories? Hint

The Thirteen Problems

Miss Marple's Final Cases

Witness for the Prosecution

The Hound of Death

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Question 3 of 10

3. How many full length Miss Marple novels are there? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these ISN'T a Miss Marple mystery? Hint

Murder is Easy

Nemesis

A Pocketful of Rye

Sleeping Murder

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the first name of Miss Marple's friend, Mrs Bantry? Hint

Dolly

Holly

Molly

Polly

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Question 6 of 10

6. Complete the title of the Miss Marple novel "The Moving ..." Hint

Pen

Finger

Typewriter

Death

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the title of Miss Marple's last full length novel? Hint

The Murder at the Vicarage

Nemesis

Sleeping Murder

They do it with Mirrors

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the cook in "A Murder is Announced"? Hint

Susi

Mitzi

Lucy

Gladys

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of the woman who helps Miss Marple in "4.50 from Paddington"? (This book is also known as "What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw".) Hint

Gwenda Reed

Lucy Eylesbarrow

Gladys Cram

Dora Bunner

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally, who did Miss Marple meet in "A Carribean Mystery", who would also ask for her help, from beyond the grave, in "Nemesis"? Hint

Letitia Blacklock

Jason Rafiel

Emma Crackenthrope

Jerry Burton

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Nov 06 2024 : Guest 92: 5/10
Nov 03 2024 : Guest 62: 9/10
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 62: 6/10
Nov 02 2024 : Guest 188: 6/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the village where Miss Jane Marple lives?

Answer: St. Mary Mead

Miss Marple does sometimes leave St. Mary Mead, however, to solve some of her mysteries!

2. Which book features only Miss Marple short stories?

Answer: The Thirteen Problems

"The Thirteen Problems" was published in 1932, two years after "The Murder at the Vicarage", which first introduces Miss Marple. It features Miss Marple and some friends who form The Tuesday Night Club. One person has to tell a mystery and they are the only one who knows the solution. The other members have to try and solve it. Miss Marple does rather well.

3. How many full length Miss Marple novels are there?

Answer: 12

There is "4.50 from Paddington", "They do it with Mirrors" and "The Body in the Library", to name just a few. Joan Hickson starred in all twelve of the BBC adaptations of the novels.

4. Which of these ISN'T a Miss Marple mystery?

Answer: Murder is Easy

"Murder is Easy", although it is very much like the Miss Marple mysteries, does not feature Miss Marple.

5. What was the first name of Miss Marple's friend, Mrs Bantry?

Answer: Dolly

Dolly Bantry lived with her husband, Colonel Bantry, at Gossington Hall. She and her husband were both members of The Tuesday Night Club ("The Thirteen Problems"). They play a major role in "The Body in the Library". Dolly reappears in "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" without her husband, who has died.

6. Complete the title of the Miss Marple novel "The Moving ..."

Answer: Finger

This concerns a spate of "poison pen" letters being distributed. Miss Marple goes to help some friends to solve the mystery.

7. What was the title of Miss Marple's last full length novel?

Answer: Sleeping Murder

This book was written by Agatha Christie during the Second World War and was kept by Christie for posthumous publication, as Miss Marple's final case. Although, unlike Christie's other famous detective, Poirot, Miss Marple does not die in the end. "Sleeping Murder" was released ten months after Christie's death.

8. What was the name of the cook in "A Murder is Announced"?

Answer: Mitzi

Mitzi helped Miss Marple in this story - one of my favourites! Mitzi makes a cake which everybody calls "Delicious Death".

9. What was the name of the woman who helps Miss Marple in "4.50 from Paddington"? (This book is also known as "What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw".)

Answer: Lucy Eylesbarrow

It is a very unusual place to see a murder committed! The other women mentioned also starred in other Miss Marple novels.

10. And finally, who did Miss Marple meet in "A Carribean Mystery", who would also ask for her help, from beyond the grave, in "Nemesis"?

Answer: Jason Rafiel

In "Nemesis", Miss Marple reads in "The Times", that Jason Rafiel, the millionaire, whom she met while she was in the West Indies, has died. Later, she receives a letter from Mr Rafiel asking her to help him solve a mystery, a murder committed years earlier. Rafiel's son is in jail for this murder, but Mr Rafiel does not believe he did it.

Source: Author JaneMarple

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