Persons of Interest
The first police crime lab in the world was founded by this gentleman; he also had an important forensic principle named after him.
Who is Edmond Locard?
This is the most common plant fiber found at a crime scene.
What is cotton?
OR What is white cotton?
This is the innermost layer of a hair.
What is the medulla?
According to DoorDash & InstaCart, this is the most popular Halloween candy of 2026. (Hint: It is NOT M&M's; that is CandyStore.com's ranking for #1 candy of 2026, though.)
What is/are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
In the Bean Boozled Challenge, if your bright blue jelly bean is not Berry Blue flavor, it's supposedly this comparatively less desirable flavor.
What is Toothpaste?
This man is credited as the first to develop a scientific system of personal identification.
Who is Alphonse Bertillon?
If hair is natural, the cuticle is supposed to give this appearance.
What is transparent?
OR
What is colorless?
OR
What is clear?
OR What is scaly?
True or False: Some human hairs don't have a detectable medulla.
What is True?
According to CandyStore.com, this NON-CHOCOLATE candy is the most popular Halloween candy in New York state in 2026.
What is/are Sour Patch Kids?
Jack-o-lanterns weren't originally made out of pumpkins! They were carved in beets, potatoes, or this vegetable.
What is turnip?
OR What are turnips?
This author originated the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
This is the typical number of hairs picked off a person by a CSI.
What is 50?
The medullary index is the ratio between the diameter of the medulla to the diameter of this.
What is the hair shaft?
OR What is the cortex?
OR What is the entire hair?
Benzaldehyde is the molecule majorly responsible for the flavor in almonds, as well as this specific, sweetened, dyed variety of fruit. You can often find one atop an ice cream sundae.
What are Maraschino cherries?
OR what are cocktail cherries?
OR what are candy cherries?
At one point, this pepper was the hottest on record (about 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units)! It is perfect for Halloween, given the fact its spooky name is this.
What is the (Carolina) Reaper?
The oldest forensic lab in the US was established by this man.
Who is August Vollmer?
Proteins are the monomers of this general type of natural fiber.
What is animal fiber?
This is what it means when the medullary index is greater than 0.5.
What is "the hair is not from a human?"
This was the country in which the first known concept of "candy" was made. (Hint: Think ancient times, at least 2,000 B.C.E.)
What is Egypt?
The "Demon Core" was a cursed object, a 6.2 kilogram mass of this radioactive element, intended to be installed in a nuclear weapon. Thankfully, it never got used, since Japan surrender after two prior nuclear strikes in World War II.
What is plutonium?
Fingerprinting was first pioneered by this fellow.
Who is Francis Galton?
These are the four types of plant fibers.
What are fibers from the seed, the fruit, the stem, and the leaf?
(Partial credit is allowed.)
Human hair has an M.I. of less than this number.
What is 0.33?
OR What is 1/3? OR What is one-third?
This divisive confection is flavored by the root of the same name, but its taste is reinforced by anise oil. (So, much of the flavor does not come from the actual root itself.) This flavor profile is also found in many tobacco products, which are not recommended.
What is licorice?
The notebooks of this two-time Nobel Prize winner are kept in a lead-lined case in Paris, due to their ever-present radioactivity.
Who was Marie Curie?
OR Who was Madame Curie?