Sept. 15, 2026

Agatha Christie's birthday.

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Agatha Christie's birthday: murder mysteries, Hercule Poirot, and the queen of crime fiction.

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Calarugus Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme

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is Agatha Christie's Birthday. Murder, Mysteries, Hercule Poirot and the

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Queen of Crime fiction. Question one. Known worldwide as the

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Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie was born in Seaside, Torqui, England.

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On what date did she celebrate her very first birthday?

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The day the world's best selling mystery writer came into it?

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Question two. Hercule Poirot, fastidious, mustachiote and fond of his

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little gray cells, made his entrance in Agatha Christie's first

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published novel, Which book introduced the Belgian detective to readers.

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Question three? When Christie finally bid farewell to Hercule Poirot

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in nineteen seventy five, a major newspaper did something extraordinary.

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It ran a front page obituary for the fiction sleuth.

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Which newspaper was it? Question four? Ten Strangers, a nursery

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rhyme and a shrinking number of Survivors, which Agatha Christie

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novel considered the best selling mystery of all time traps

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its characters on an isolated island with deadly consequences. Question five.

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Christie's influence went beyond books. Her record holding stage thriller

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has asked audiences for decades not to reveal its twist

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ending what's the title of this longest running play, which

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opened in London in nineteen fifty two. We'll be right

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back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one,

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When was Agatha Christie born? Answer the fifteenth of September

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eighteen ninety. Christy was born on the fifteenth of September

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eighteen ninety in Torquay, devn Fans mark the date annually

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to celebrate the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

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Question two, which novel first introduced Hercule Poirot. Answer, The

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Mysterious Affair at Styles, Published in nineteen twenty. The Mysterious

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Affair at Styles launched both Christie's career and her most

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famous detective, Hercule Poirot. Question three, which paper ran Poirot's

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nineteen seventy five front page obituary answer The New York Times.

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The New York Times famously ran a front page obituary

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for Poirot upon the publication of Curtain. Poirot's Last case,

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often cited as the first such honor for a fictional character.

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Question four, What is Christie's best selling mystery novel of

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all time? Answer? And then there were None. Published in

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nineteen thirty nine, And then there were None. Has sold

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over one hundred million copies worldwide and is a landmark

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of the Closed circle mystery. Question five, which Christie play

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is the longest running in history? Answer The mouse Trap.

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The mouse Trap opened in London's West End in nineteen

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fifty two and holds the record as the longest running play.

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It originated from her radio play three Blind Mice and

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maintains a tradition of secrecy about its ending. That concludes

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today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison and today's

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questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See

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you tomorrow.

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