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Old 04-02-2013, 08:48 AM   #11491
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Oh, I know this one... I can even remember whodunnit. but which one is it? Oh yes!

The Body in the Library

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Is this Curtain?

No other spoilers, please - I haven't read it yet!

Yes! Means of death?

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Oh, I know this one... I can even remember whodunnit. but which one is it? Oh yes!

The Body in the Library

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Except that the body in the library isn't!
Right - means of death?
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Old 04-02-2013, 09:49 AM   #11493
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I don't know, I haven't read it yet!
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Old 04-02-2013, 09:54 AM   #11494
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Right - means of death?
The Body in the Library was strangled.
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Old 04-02-2013, 09:55 AM   #11495
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I don't know, I haven't read it yet!
Oops! Should I put the correct answers in spoiler tags so as not to spoil things for those who haven't read that particular book?
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The Body in the Library was strangled.
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I think Ruby Keene was also strangled, but I'm not certain.
Yes - on both counts ....
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Old 04-02-2013, 10:35 AM   #11497
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1. Emily Ingelthorp
Spoiler:
Poisoned. The Mysterious affair at styles

Yes - care to be more specific?

2. Arlena Marshall
3. Linnet Ridgeway Doyle
Spoiler:
Shot. Murder on the Nile

Yes - on both counts!
4. Ruby Keene - The Body in the Library - pdurrant

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strangled
- pdurrant

5. Mr. Ratchett
Spoiler:
Stabbed - several times. Murder on the Orient Express

Yes - on both counts

6. Henry Morley
Mr. Amberiotis
Spoiler:
Stabbed in the throat. Cards on the Table

Wrong on both - hint - different method for each victim.
7. Thomasina Tuckerton
8. Marlene Tucker
9. Rex Fortescue
10. Madame Giselle
11. Hercule Poirot - Curtain - pdurrant
Spoiler:
Natural causes. Old age?

Close, but not quite.


See my comments above - great start!
[Harder than it sounds, right? Who notices a dead body .... or two?]

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Old 04-02-2013, 06:05 PM   #11498
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1. Emily Ingelthorp - The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Iznogood
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Poison. A famous poison. Strychnine, arsenic or cyanide. By "cyanide" I mean all the cyanide acids HCN, KCN etc. That's as specific as I can be. I only have a vague rememberence of the poison


2. Arlena Marshall
I know this one too, but I can't for the life of me remember the book. Is it a Miss Marple story?

Edit:
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Arlena Mashall isn't by any chance the actress that commits suicide in the book where Mrs. Bantry have sold the Something Hall (Gossington Hall?), the same house in which The Body in the Library is found? If so, it was suicide by poison again - sleeping drugs or something


6. Henry Morley
Mr. Amberiotis
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Is this the one at the dentists then?


11. Hercule Poirot - Curtain - pdurrant
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Was he shot then? Perhaps between the eyes? One of the deaths in this book is caused by a bullet in the head like a mark of Cain, but I don't remember whether that was Poirot or his victim. It would be very appropriate if it was Poirot though. Suicide by pistol?

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Old 04-03-2013, 10:15 AM   #11499
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1. Emily Ingelthorp - The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Iznogood
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Poison. A famous poison. Strychnine, arsenic or cyanide. By "cyanide" I mean all the cyanide acids HCN, KCN etc. That's as specific as I can be. I only have a vague rememberence of the poison


2. Arlena Marshall
I know this one too, but I can't for the life of me remember the book. Is it a Miss Marple story?

Edit:
Spoiler:
Arlena Mashall isn't by any chance the actress that commits suicide in the book where Mrs. Bantry have sold the Something Hall (Gossington Hall?), the same house in which The Body in the Library is found? If so, it was suicide by poison again - sleeping drugs or something


6. Henry Morley
Mr. Amberiotis
Spoiler:
Is this the one at the dentists then?


11. Hercule Poirot - Curtain - pdurrant
Spoiler:
Was he shot then? Perhaps between the eyes? One of the deaths in this book is caused by a bullet in the head like a mark of Cain, but I don't remember whether that was Poirot or his victim. It would be very appropriate if it was Poirot though. Suicide by pistol?
Right about Emily Ingelthorp

Sorry - wrong about Arlena

Right about Mr. Amberiotis

Wrong victim for Hercule
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Old 04-03-2013, 10:22 AM   #11500
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2. Arlena Marshall - (Poirot) - actress
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Is it the actress that is strangled on the beach in a book called something like "Evil beneath the sun"? I have read them in norwegian, and don't know all the english titles


8. Marlene Tucker - (Ariadne Oliver) - Girl Guide
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Drowned? In a book where there figures a children's party and apples floating in a pond? In Norwegian, this book is called "The Children's Party", but could it be Elephants can remember? I must admit I used this page to try to guess the english title for this one, but could have the wrong english title. If this use of internet is not permissable in this quiz, feel free to ignore this answer
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10. Madame Giselle (Poirot) - blackmailer
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Is this the book where an entire village receives anonymous poison-letters? Where a lady is found dead over her writing desk? I don't remember the death cause (maybe death by blunt instrument?)
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2. Arlena Marshall - (Poirot) - actress
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Is it the actress that is strangled on the beach in a book called something like "Evil beneath the sun"? I have read them in norwegian, and don't know all the english titles


8. Marlene Tucker - (Ariadne Oliver) - Girl Guide
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Drowned? In a book where there figures a children's party and apples floating in a pond? In Norwegian, this book is called "The Children's Party", but could it be Elephants can remember? I must admit I used this page to try to guess the english title for this one, but could have the wrong english title. If this use of internet is not permissable in this quiz, feel free to ignore this answer
Yes for Arlena!

Wrong book for Marlene
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10. Madame Giselle (Poirot) - blackmailer
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Is this the book where an entire village receives anonymous poison-letters? Where a lady is found dead over her writing desk? I don't remember the death cause (maybe death by blunt instrument?)
Wrong book.
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OK - so it seems my quiz question about dead bodies has killed the thread!
[Poetic justice?] I've filled in the answers below in spoiler tags - in case anyone still wants to guess.

Iznogood is clearly the winner - so take it away and give us a new question!
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1. Emily Ingelthorp - The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Iznogood
Spoiler:
Poison
- Iznogood
Spoiler:
Strychnine
- Iznogood

2. Arlena Marshall - (Poirot) - actress - Evil Under the Sun - Iznogood
Spoiler:
strangled
- Iznogood

3. Linnet Ridgeway Doyle - Death on the Nile - Iznogood
Spoiler:
Shot
- Iznogood

4. Ruby Keene - The Body in the Library - pdurrant

Spoiler:
strangled
- pdurrant

5. Mr. Ratchett - Murder on the Orient Express - Iznogood

Spoiler:
Stabbed
- Iznogood

6. Henry Morley - (Poirot) - dentist -
Spoiler:
Shot

Mr. Amberiotis - spy -
Spoiler:
Poison - Novocaine overdose

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe -- or The Patriotic Murders

7. Thomasina Tuckerton - (not a Poirot nor a Marple) - The Pale Horse
Spoiler:
Poison - thallium


8. Marlene Tucker - (Ariadne Oliver) - Girl Guide - Dead Man's Folly
Spoiler:
Strangled


9. Rex Fortescue - (Marple) - business man - A Pocket Full of Rye
Spoiler:
Poison - taxine/yew


10. Madame Giselle (Poirot) - blackmailer - Death in the Clouds
Spoiler:
Poison dart/wasp?


11. Hercule Poirot - Curtain - pdurrant
Spoiler:
Suicide of sorts - he moves his heart medicine out of reach
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