Sunday 26 September 2010

Agatha Christie Blog Tour 2010 - final days

On 15 September 2010 Agatha Christie would have been 120 years old.

Here at the ACRC Blog Carnival we have been taking part in world wide celebrations with a blog carnival tour from 1-30 September 2010.
Participants each volunteered to host the blog tour for a day in September.
Their posts all related to an Agatha Christie topic.
The final days are coming up.


Blog Tour stops - the numbers are the dates
  1. Blog tour launch: MYSTERIES in PARADISE  - Kerrie
  2. Agatha Christie Mile
  3. Julia Mckenzie’s first on set interview as Miss Marple
  4. Read THE CAPTURE OF CERBERUS on line
  5. Dear Ms. Christie, I regret to say...
  6. A Library is a hospital for the mind - Sarah
  7. Caviglia's Cabinet of Curiosities
  8. Confessions of a Mystery Novelist - Margot
  9. Unfinished Person - Bryan
  10. Art Deco Inspiration
  11. David Suchet on the Orient Express
  12. Agatha Christie on AudioFile
  13. Miss Lemon's Mysteries - Elizabeth
  14. Mystery Fanfare - Janet
  15. Birthday celebration (special quiz) on Agatha Christie Carnival
    See also today's post at MYSTERIES in PARADISE for the birthday cake.
  16. The Game's Afoot - Jose Ignacio
  17. Poe's Deadly Daughters - Sandy
  18. Dial M for Marple
  19. Crime Scraps - Norman
  20. Overkill - Vanda
  21. Reactions to Reading - Bernadette
  22. Books Please - Margaret
  23. 2010: The Year in Books - Nancy
    Birdie's Nest - Birdie
  24. Endless Books - Beth
  25. Criminal Crafts - Shawn
  26. Books to the Ceiling - Roberta
  27. The Thrill of it All - Chris
  28. Joyfully Retired - Margot
  29. A Library is a hospital for the mind - Sarah
  30. Self-deprecating - Saro
In October we will resume the Blog Carnival, with the next edition due to be published around October 23.

If you'd like to be part of the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge, it is never too late to start. Check out the other postings on this blog and my main Agatha Christie Reading Challenge postings which will lead you to the lists of titles etc. You can now join the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge too, so just click on the link and sign up.

Read at your own pace, write a review on your blog, go to the Carnival collecting space and put in the URL, your details, and a comment about the post.

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Agatha Christie Quizzes 2010


Today on the blog tour we have some quizzes - try your hand at some or all of them.






Some new (to me anyway) Quizzes

Below I've repeated some from last year - but I wonder if you'll remember the answers?


Welcome to Kerrie's Agatha Christie Quiz.
I invite you to complete the Quiz and then leave a comment about it (or your score)
If you are using IE6 there may be a problem with the embedded Quiz below just displaying the choices but not the questions. You may be able to do it online here. (although IE6 users may have the same problem)



This Quiz was created on MyStudiyo and then embedded in my blog.
Here are the questions in case you need them
  1. Was the AFFAIR AT STYLES
  2. In which year was Agatha Christie's first book published?
  3. The police superintendent in THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS was
  4. Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings are often joined by
  5. How many Dials were there?
  6. The alternative title for LORD EDGWARE DIES was
  7. How many Agatha Christie novels featured Miss Marple?
  8. Who was the detective in DEATH ON THE NILE?
  9. Which was the first Miss Marple novel?
  10. Agatha Christie wrote her novels over a period of

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Launch of the Agatha Christie Blog Tour

On 15 September 2010 Agatha Christie would have been 120 years old.

Here at the ACRC Blog Carnival we are taking part in world wide celebrations with a blog carnival tour from 1-30 September 2010.
Participants have each volunteered to host the blog tour for a day in September.
Their posts of course will be related to an Agatha Christie topic.

Blog Tour stops - the numbers are the dates
  1. Blog tour launch: MYSTERIES in PARADISE  - Kerrie
  2. Agatha Christie Mile
  3. Julia Mckenzie’s first on set interview as Miss Marple
  4. Read THE CAPTURE OF CERBERUS on line
  5. Dear Ms. Christie, I regret to say...
  6. A Library is a hospital for the mind - Sarah
  7. Caviglia's Cabinet of Curiosities
  8. Confessions of a Mystery Novelist - Margot
  9. Unfinished Person - Bryan
  10. Art Deco Inspiration
  11. David Suchet on the Orient Express
  12. Agatha Christie on AudioFile
  13. Miss Lemon's Mysteries - Elizabeth
  14. Mystery Fanfare - Janet
  15. Birthday celebration (special quiz) on Agatha Christie Carnival
    See also today's post at MYSTERIES in PARADISE for the birthday cake.
  16. The Game's Afoot - Jose Ignacio
  17. Poe's Deadly Daughters - Sandy
  18. Dial M for Marple
  19. Crime Scraps - Norman
  20. Overkill - Vanda
  21. Reactions to Reading - Bernadette
  22. Books Please - Margaret
  23. 2010: The Year in Books - Nancy
    Birdie's Nest - Birdie
  24. Endless Books - Beth
  25. Criminal Crafts - Shawn
  26. Books to the Ceiling - Roberta
  27. The Thrill of it All - Chris
  28. Joyfully Retired - Margot
  29. A Library is a hospital for the mind - Sarah
  30. Self-deprecating - Saro