Mystery Dish
This Middle Eastern staple is made of garbanzo beans, lemon, tahini, and garlic.
Hummus
This 1995 film, which took place in Beverly Hills, is loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma.
Clueless
This neo Western television show follows an over-qualified, terminally ill high-school chemistry teacher who partners with a former student to produce and distribute methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future.
Breaking Bad
Mirroring the spider's habit of consuming its mate and symbolizing danger, manipulation, or fatal attraction, this slang term is used to describe a woman who kills her husband or lovers.
Black Widow
This common home feature is a place where we can safely light fires.
Fireplace
This Italian dessert, made of mascarpone, ladyfingers, espresso, and espresso, translates to 'pick me up'.
Tiramisu
Mr Green, Miss Peacock, Mrs White, Colonel Mustard, and Professor Plum are characters of this classic 1943 murder mystery game.
Clue
Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Benoit Blanc are this kind of archetypal fictional detective.
The Gentleman Sleuth
Known as the "Blood Countess", this Hungarian noblewoman is one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history.
Elizabeth Báthory
This word was originally a nautical term for a tall ship's skybound sail, but the usage was scrapped in the 1880s when it was applied to America's first tall buildings.
Skyscraper
Perfect for cold nights, this French drink, made of red wine, sweetened with brown sugar and spiced with citrus, cinnamon, and ginger, literally means "hot wine".
Vin Chaud.
This Emmy winning interactive children's program's host Steve Burns is now a popular podcaster and mental health advocate.
Blue's Clues
This procedural is the longest running, live-action primetime series in American TV history.
Law & Order: SVU
This Florida serial killer's life story was the basis for the 2003 film Monster, for which Charlize Theron won an Academy Award.
Aileen Wuornos
Starting in ancient Egypt over 3,000 years ago, with figures made of reeds and nets to scare away birds from wheat fields, this tactic is still used in the United States to keep crows from scavenging in corn fields.
Scarecrow
This one-pot West African meal of spiced rice cooked in tomatoes, often with meat or fish, is referenced in this common saying, "A party without ____ is just a meeting"
Jollof Rice
On this 1990s UK Game show, celebrities watched a short film, interviewed suspects, and tried to solve the murder.
Cluedo
This famous actor defined the film noir private eye in The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep.
Humphrey Bogart
This legendary 17th Century Italian poisoner provided lethal, slow-acting arsenic-based poisons to women with abusive husbands.
Giulia Tofana
Known for having a tongue longer than its body, this ant and termite-eating mammal is a close cousin to the sloth.
What is an 'Anteater'?
Literally "bottom of the pot," this golden, crunchy layer of rice is a prized textural delight, representing culinary art in the Persian community.
Tahdig
This Blake Edward's character's immense ego, eccentricity, exaggerated French accent, and prominent mustache were a parody of Hercule Poirot, the fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie.
Inspector Clouseau
This widowed, retired Cabot Cove English teacher turned successful mystery writer was the central character in classic detective caper Murder She Wrote.
Jessica Fletcher
This American woman who became the subject of a famous nursery rhyme after she was accused of the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother.
Often used in pumpkin pie, this aromatic blend of ground spices—primarily cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves, sometimes with allspice—generates an estimated $500 million annually for Starbucks.
Pumpkin Spice