Back in June I did my first Through the Keyhole quiz, which asked sharp eyed readers to look at images of keyholes. Inside each keyhole would be a snippet of a classic crime novel cover. The name of the game was to decide which titles were hiding behind the keyholes. Today’s quiz runs along similar lines, except this time the topic is more refined – it is Agatha Christie books. The only difference to this quiz is that there is no bonus challenge. I have shared this on Twitter and Instagram, but I thought my blog readers might enjoy it too. Answers will be posted in December. Good Luck!
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div dir=”ltr”>Dear Mum and Miranda, let’s have your guesses for these Christie book covers.
My thoughts:
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div dir=”ltr”> 1. Sparkling Cyanide
Don’t know3. A Caribbean mystery
Don’t know
Don’t know Murder of Roger Ackroyd?
Appointment with death
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I know two of them and can make a good guess at the last one…
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Last one I guess Murder on the Links. Nr 6 I want to say Murder in Mesopotamia.
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I can name 7 but stuck on those last three so far. Binoculars and an onion?
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7 out of 10 is very good going. Yes the binoculars and onions is an odd one, and even though I know which book it is for, I still can’t think how the images link lol One of the more odder vintage covers.
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I love the Tom Adams artworks so they were easy. My favourites are The Mirror cracked form side to side and Appointment with Death.
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Yes familiarity with certain cover designs is definitely a bonus in this quiz.
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Hint: It is a Tommy and Tuppence novel.
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Just the hint I needed. Got it, (but still don’t get it :D).
I agree with your others and don’t have 5 yet either
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1. SC
2. TBF
3. ACM
4. NOM
5. ?
6. DOTN
7. TG
8. SC
9. HPC
10. MOTL
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Finally!! got the last one.
5. ATTWN
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Well done, that was a surprisingly tricky one, think you are the only one online who has mentioned it (here and on social media).
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Regarding 5, there is actually no published book with this cover. It is simply a book cover designed by graphic designer Don Welch and uploaded on Behance (a social media platform owned by Adobe whose main focus is to showcase and discover creative work.)
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I wasn’t aware of that. I appreciate with this type of quiz knowledge of imprints and their specific designs does make it easier to guess title. However, another way of tackling these covers was to consider the object partially on view and which title is related to that object. I guess that is why I chose that particular cover for number 5, as it was not one I had seen before, yet the object on show is highly relevant to the plot of the book.
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