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Who is Jane Marple? Trivia Quiz

You know Miss Marple? Ten questions about her!

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

Author
Sosias

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
215,182

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
916

Last 3 plays: Peachie13 (10/10), Guest 94 (4/10), Guest 94 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Between which years was Miss Marple likely to have been born? Hint

Between 1861 and 1870

Between 1871 and 1880

Between 1881 and 1890

Between 1891 and 1900

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Miss Marple's hair color when she was young? Hint

Albino

Gray

Brunette

Blonde

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Question 3 of 10

3. Miss Marple is a very religious person. To which Christian Church does she belong? Hint

Presbyterian

Catholic

Anglican

Lutheran

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Question 4 of 10

4. Miss Marple talks frequently about her nephew who is a novelist. What is his name? Hint

Dermot Craddock

Raymond West

Raymond Starr

Adam West

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Question 5 of 10

5. Miss Marple always mentioned Raymond West in the novels in which she appeared.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Miss Marple lives in Saint Mary Mead, but it is known that she travels out of England to another country. Which one? Hint

She never travels out England

United States of America

Italy

Spain

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Question 7 of 10

7. Many of Poirot's novels are linked with nursery rhymes. Which of the following Miss Marple titles has a similar relationship? Hint

"A Murder is Announced"

"The Body in the Library"

"At Bertrams Hotel"

"A Pocketful of Rye"

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Question 8 of 10

8. Chronologically, when does "Sleeping Murder" occur? Hint

Between "The Moving Finger" and "The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side"

Between "The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side" and "Nemesis"

Between "Murder at the Vicarage" and "The Moving Finger"

It is the last case of Miss Marple

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who lives with Miss Marple in her last years? Hint

David Baker

Cherry Baker

Miss Knight

Lucy Eyelesbarrow

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Nemesis", Miss Marple says she likes opera. Has Jane Marple ever been to the opera?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Between which years was Miss Marple likely to have been born?

Answer: Between 1871 and 1880

It can be worked out using the information in "They Do It with Mirrors" in which Carrie Louise Serrocold, Miss Marple's friend in Florence, appears (they must have "similar" ages). Mildred was born when Carrie was 17 years old. In 1934, Mildred married at 40 years of age and Carrie Louise was between 55 and 60 years.

2. What was Miss Marple's hair color when she was young?

Answer: Blonde

This fact is mentioned in "They Do It with Mirrors".

3. Miss Marple is a very religious person. To which Christian Church does she belong?

Answer: Anglican

"Send that Marple woman back," Miss Ramsbottom called after him. "She's frivolous, like all Church of England people, but she knows how to run a charity in a sensible way" (from "A pocketful of Rye"). Jane Marple is Anglican and Hercule Poirot is Catholic.

4. Miss Marple talks frequently about her nephew who is a novelist. What is his name?

Answer: Raymond West

Raymond West is the son of Miss Marple's sister. Agatha Christie never specified her name or wrote about her. Dermot Craddock is Henry Clithering's godson. Raymond Starr appears in "The Body in the Library".

5. Miss Marple always mentioned Raymond West in the novels in which she appeared.

Answer: False

The name Raymond West didn't appears in "The Moving Finger" or "A Pocketful of Rye".

6. Miss Marple lives in Saint Mary Mead, but it is known that she travels out of England to another country. Which one?

Answer: Italy

Miss Jane Marple goes to school in Florence with the North American sisters, Ruth and Carrie Louise, and she also goes to St. Honore island (in the West Indies) in "A Caribbean Mystery".

7. Many of Poirot's novels are linked with nursery rhymes. Which of the following Miss Marple titles has a similar relationship?

Answer: "A Pocketful of Rye"

"Sing a sixpence song, a pocketful of rye ..." is the nursery rhyme in this novel.

8. Chronologically, when does "Sleeping Murder" occur?

Answer: Between "The Moving Finger" and "The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side"

In this book, Inspector Last remembers the Lymstock case and Colonel Bantry is alive (he died before "The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side").

9. Who lives with Miss Marple in her last years?

Answer: Cherry Baker

In the "The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side", Miss Marple lives with Miss Knight, and Jim and Cherry Baker offers to live with her (Jane Marple). Cherry is already mentioned in "Nemesis". David Baker appears in "Third Girl" and Lucy Eyelesbarrow in "4:50 to Paddington".

10. In "Nemesis", Miss Marple says she likes opera. Has Jane Marple ever been to the opera?

Answer: Yes

In "They Do It with Mirrors", she mentioned that she and Carrie Louise went to the opera in Convent Garden in 1928.

Source: Author Sosias

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