Literature quiz
Longer or shorter: Poirot novel titles
The 33 Hercule Poirot novels, a word at a time, with the year of publication underneath. Press Longer if more words follow, Stop when the title is complete.
- Format
- Longer or stop
- Items
- 10 titles
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
Today's first round is the same for everyone.
- Titles
- 10 of 33, drawn fresh each round
- Time limit
- 2:00
- A wrong press
- Costs one of 3 lives
- A title appears one word at a time. Press Longer if more words follow, Stop if the title is complete.
- The line under the title tells you which novel it is.
- A title scores only when you stop on its very last word.
- Keyboard: L or the right arrow for Longer, S or the down arrow for Stop.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Longer if more words follow, Stop if the title is complete. The first word appears when you start.
About this quiz
The pool is the 33 Hercule Poirot novels, from The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 to Curtain in 1975. Christie liked a title that starts with Murder or Death, which is what makes these hard to call.
- None of the 33 novels has a one word title, though Curtain: Poirot's Last Case comes close.
- Two titles open with the same two words: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Murder on the Links.
- The year under each title is the year the novel was first published.
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