Thursday, November 29, 2001

1) Is Anthony Carson or Agatha Christie the most famous thriller writer?

2) Was the story “A Present from Strasbourg” originally written by Anthony Carson for the English satirical magazine “Punch”?

Wasn’t the story “A Present from Strasbourg” originally written by Anthony Carson for the English satirical magazine “Punch”?

Was the story “A Present from Strasbourg” not originally written by Anthony Carson for the English satirical magazine “Punch”?

3) What stories did Anthony Carson write?

4) Was “A Present from Strasbourg” or “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” published in 1920?

5) Who is the author of “A Present from Strasbourg”?

6) Is Anthony Carson the author of “A Present from Strasbourg” or “At Bertram’s Hotel”?

7) Is the style of the story “A Present from Strasbourg” formal or colloquial?

8) What are the Grand European Expresses like?

9) Whom did the elderly man breed?

10) The elderly man bred rabbits for the Strasbourg Fair, didn’t he?

The elderly man bred rabbits for the Strasbourg Fair, did he not?

The elderly man did not breed rabbits for the Strasbourg Fair, did he?

The elderly man didn’t breed rabbits for the Strasbourg Fair, did he?

11) What was the elderly man?

12) Did the elderly man’s box contain a bomb?

Did the elderly man’s box not contain a bomb?

Didn’t the elderly man’s box contain a bomb?

13) Was the young man an undertaker or a florist?

14) Did the young man speak German?

15) How did the elderly man look like?

16) Why did the officials believe the young man’s story?

17) The young man arrived in Austria, didn’t he?

The young man arrived in Austria, did he not?

The young man didn’t arrive in Austria, did he?

The young man did not arrive in Austria, did he?

18) What did the proprietor’s wife cook?

19) What was the young man’s dinner like?

20) Did the young man present a rabbit or a cat to the proprietor’s
wife?

Yekaterina Odincova, 2001