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'The Pale Horse' Trivia Quiz

This is about my favorite Agatha Christie novel.

A multiple-choice quiz by PearlQ19. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
PearlQ19

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
67,392

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
621

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What's the name of the dying woman who sent for the priest? Hint

Mrs. Doyle

Miss Meredith

Miss Marshall

Mrs. Davis

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Ginger's real name?

Answer: (Two Words - first and last name)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which character known from some of Poirot's cases plays an important role in the book? Hint

Captain Arthur Hastings

Inspector Japp

Colonel Race

Ariadne Oliver

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of Mark's girlfriend?

Answer: (First name only - a character in Shakespeare's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' has the same name)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which animal does Bella sacrifice during the seance Mark attends? Hint

a black cat

a white cock

a white mouse

a black lamb

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mrs. Oliver has a problem with her book - she can't find a proper name for one of her characters. Which name does she finally choose? Hint

Lucia

Joanna

Monica

Sheryl

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who does Mr. Osborne claim to have seen walking past his store the night the priest was murdered? Hint

Jim Corrigan

Mr. Venables

Mark

no one, he just says he would have seen someone if it hadn't been so foggy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Thyrza Grey says that the 'unknown poisons' in history were nothing but...? Hint

strychnin

white arsenic

cyanide

digitalis

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the end, Hermia asks Mark to go to the theatre with her. Which play does she want to see? Hint

'Macbeth'

'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

'Hamlet'

'Love's Labour's Lost'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the real brain behind the 'Pale Horse'? Hint

Mark Easterbrook

Jim Corrigan

Zachariah Osborne

Rhoda Despard

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What's the name of the dying woman who sent for the priest?

Answer: Mrs. Davis

Linna Doyle is the first victim in 'Death on the Nile', Linda Marshall is Arlena's daughter in 'Evil Under The Sun' and Anne Meredith is a character from 'Cards On The Table'.

2. What is Ginger's real name?

Answer: Katherine Corrigan

'Up the Corrigans!' as Mark's friend Dr. Corrigan puts it. She is called 'Ginger' because of her red hair.

3. Which character known from some of Poirot's cases plays an important role in the book?

Answer: Ariadne Oliver

Novelist Ariadne Oliver is also a friend of Poirot. She appears in 'Elephants Can Remember', 'Cards On The Table', 'Mrs. McGinty's Dead', 'Third Girl', 'Halloween Party' and 'Dead Man's Folly'.

4. What is the name of Mark's girlfriend?

Answer: Hermia

Hermia Sutcliffe is a young, clever and pretty woman who seems to be a perfect match for Mark. But in the end Mark dumps her for Ginger.

5. Which animal does Bella sacrifice during the seance Mark attends?

Answer: a white cock

Bella believes in her witchcraft and takes it seriously. She sacrifices the cock because she really thinks it is required to make the 'curse' work.

6. Mrs. Oliver has a problem with her book - she can't find a proper name for one of her characters. Which name does she finally choose?

Answer: Lucia

'Lucia? Oh yes, I can see a Lucia...' Mrs. Oliver is seldom satisfied by what she writes. Actually, the character was meant to be called 'Monica', but Mrs. Oliver doesn't like it anymore.

7. Who does Mr. Osborne claim to have seen walking past his store the night the priest was murdered?

Answer: Mr. Venables

Zachariah Osborne is very proud that he could help - but he's terribly disappointed when he learns that Mr. Venables needs a wheelchair.

8. Thyrza Grey says that the 'unknown poisons' in history were nothing but...?

Answer: white arsenic

'It's just pure white arsenic'. Mark thinks later, that he could have guessed the truth about the 'Pale Horse' by then.

9. In the end, Hermia asks Mark to go to the theatre with her. Which play does she want to see?

Answer: 'Love's Labour's Lost'

Mark and Hermia often went to the theatre to see Shakespeare's plays. But when Hermia asks at the end of the book, Ginger tears up the letter and says 'If you ever go to the Old Vic again, you'll go with me.'

10. Who was the real brain behind the 'Pale Horse'?

Answer: Zachariah Osborne

Little Mr. Osborne always wanted to be someone special, so he put up this very intelligent system of 'helping' someone to get rid of a certain person.

Source: Author PearlQ19

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