Hercule Poirot Quiz: Trivia Questions with Answers about The Great Detective and His Investigations
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Hercule Poirot is one of the most colorful characters in the detective works of the famous English writer Agatha Christie. This great detective pays a lot of attention to psychology, deifies his gray cells and does not suffer from false modesty.
The Hercule Poirot Quiz consists of several multiple choice trivia questions questions about the detective himself and those literary works in which he is the main character. Can you answer each of them correctly?
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1. Who is the great private detective Hercule Poirot by birth?
Belgian
2. This charming character is present in many of Agatha Christie's works. In how many novels and short stories by this famous writer is he a main character?
33 novels and 54 short stories
3. What was remarkable about the shape of Hercule Poirot's head?
His head was exactly the shape of an egg,
4. What were the great detective's eyes like?
His eyes were green, like those of a cat.
5. Hercule Poirot always keeps a strictly defined balance in his bank account. This ...
444 pounds 4 shillings 4 pence
6. With whom does Poirot usually share his findings during the investigation?
He did not discuss his findings with anyone during the investigation.
7. Poirot is almost never defeated, but nevertheless in one story he tells Hastings about one of his investigative failures. What is it called?
The Chocolate Box
8. What was the name of the one who became the great detective's first love?
Virginie Mesnard
9. What were several passengers of the Orient Express avenged for in one of Hercule Poirot's investigative novels?
They were avenging the death of a little girl who had been kidnapped.
10. Who killed Simeon Lee in the novel Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, in which the great detective investigates at the country house of Gorston Hall?
His illegitimate son.
11. What caused Madame Giselle's death in the novel Death in the Clouds, where Poirot begins his investigation on the plane?
She was killed by a poisoned dart fired by one of the passengers.
12. Does Poirot succeed in preventing a murder in the story Wasp’s Nest?
Yes
13. Why does Nick Buckley manage to impersonate his cousin Maggie in the novel Peril at End House, in which Poirot brings the End House mistress to light and accuses her of murder?
They had the same name.
14. Where does Poirot go to investigate the reasons for the missing items in the novel Hickory Dickory Doc?
To the student dormitory