Question
Two stories in this collection turn on the discovery of litmus paper flowers and a hidden list of dahlia species. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this collection of short stories. In this collection’s first entry, set in St. Mary Mead, Joyce Lemprière suggests an experiment to see which profession produces the best detectives.
ANSWER: The Thirteen Problems [or The Tuesday Club Murders]
[10e] "The Tuesday Night Club," the first entry in The Thirteen Problems, was this author's first story featuring her character Miss Marple. Longer works by this "Queen of Crime" include Murder on the Orient Express.
ANSWER: Agatha Christie
[10m] In the collection's sixth story, "The Thumb Mark of St. Peter," Marple uses the phrase "pile of carp" to discover the identity of one of these things. One of these things corresponds to a "bumblebee sting" in And Then There Were None.
ANSWER: poisons [accept strychnine or pilocarpine]
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