Curiosities
Clues
Country
Cast
Christie
100
Which 2 characters were involved in a secret affair? 

Richard Carey and Louise Leidner

100

What are Anne Johnson's last words? 

"the window! the window!"

100

What country did Louise Leidner's murder take place in? 

Iraq

100

Who committed Louise's murder? (both names) 

Frederick Bosner/Eric Leidner 

100

What nationality is Agatha's most well-known detective, Poirot

Belgian

200

What item does Dr. Leidner suggest Nurse Leatheran take from Louise Leidner's jewelry box? 

The tortoiseshell toilet set  

200

Nurse Leatheran finds ____ under the washstand in Louise Leidner's room. 

a bloodstain

200

What is the name of the home compound? 

Tell Yarimjah

200

Who did Nurse Leatheran think looked like a death's head? 

Richard Carey

200

Murder in Mesopotamia was written in...

1936

300

Sheila Reilly mentions that Richard Carey was not at the dig site when she went to say hello. Where did he say he was? 

Walking by the river

300
What markings does Poirot find on Mr. Mercado's arms? 

hypodermic needle stabs

300
Eric Leidner was sent by which university to conduct this archaeological dig? 

University of Pittstown


300

Who is described as a "hairdresser in a comic play"? 

Hercule Poirot

300

Who in Agatha's life took her to the Middle East? 

Her second husband Max 

400

What specific acid kills Anne Johnson? 

hydrochloric acid

400

What is present on the priceless goblet and cup when it is held by various characters? 

wax residue

400

What do Anne Johnson and Hercule Poirot find excavated at the dig site? 

The body of a six year old child. 

400

Who looks "exactly like a young man out of one of Mr. P. G. Wodehouse's books"? 

Bill Coleman

400

Which Agatha Christie novel takes place right after Poirot leaves Hassanieh? 

Murder on the Orient Express

500
Dr. Leidner dangles something through the window of Louise's bedroom right before he murders her. What is it? 

The yellow mask she saw pressed against her window earlier 

500

What is hidden under Anne Johnson's bed? 

The quern used to kill Louise

500

What is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"?

"The land between two rivers" 

500

Name the two men caught at the border for diamond theft. 

Raoul Menier and Ali Yusuf

500

Christie likens Louise Leidner to a famous woman from a 1918 John Keat's ballad. What is the name of this woman? 

La Belle Dame sans Merci
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