Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

best-selling novelist of all time

Hercule Poirot

the novel’s protagonist and star of many of Christie’s most successful mysteries (33 novels total)

Mary Debenham

calm, cool and unruffled lady whom Poirot suspects almost immediately

Mrs. Hubbard

loud American who provides constant interruptions and distractions to the investigation

Colonel Arbuthnot

hard-wild and very proper British gentleman

M. Bouc

Poirot’s friend and director of the Compagnie Wagon Lits

Princess Dragomiroff

an elderly Russian princess

Ratchet

a despicable, American businessman

Hector Mcqueen

Ratchet’s personal secretary

Countess Andrenyi

beautiful, mysterious countess

Greta Ohlsson

Swedish governess who tends to weep a great deal

Justice

What is the theme of Murder on the Orient Express?

2,000,000,000

How many of Christie’s books have been sold

Hercule Poirot

Who is the protagonist of the book

12

How many times was he stabbed

Matches, handkerchief, watch

What is the physical evidence

12:37

What time was the watch stopped on

Everything else was locked

Why did they conclude the murderer went out of the window

5

How many people were connected to the Armstrong case

Dad is the attorney

What is McQueen's connection to the case