Detective Stories
Complete the word
_ _ S _ E R _
mystery
Who is it? Fill in the blanks
A _ A _ _ A. _ H _ _ S T_ E
Agatha Christie
Can you name any famous detective duo?
Holmes and Watson
Starsky and Hutch
Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully
This is what you need in order to prove you were not at the scene of a crime when it took place.
a) a good friend
b) a clue
c) an alibi
C) an alibi
The c-----t is the person who is responsible for a crime.
culprit
He is a sidekick for Sherlock Homes
Dr. Watson
He is the author of The Hounds of the Baskervilles and other Sherlock Holmes stories.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What is the traditional symbol for a detective?
A Magnifying glass
A character's reason for committing a crime.
a) a culprit
b) a motive
c) a murder weapon
B) a motive
This is a word for someone who sees a crime:
a) an observer
b) a watcher
c) a witness
C) a witness
Miss Marple is a popular female sleuth created by author Agatha Christie in the 1920s. What does "sleuth" mean?
a) detective? b) policewoman? c) burglar?
a) detective
Where was Edgar Allen Poe from?
USA
Where was the fictional detective Hercule Poirot from?
Belgium
What type of jacket is famous for detectives?
A trench coat
The word for a piece of evidence that may help you solve the crime.
a) a clue
b) help
c) a pist
d) evidence
A) a clue
Complete the title of this book:
__________ on the Orient Express
A) Crime
B) Murder
C) Mystery
D) Party
B) Murder
He was the creator of the modern-day detective story:
A) Edgar Allen Poe
B) Inspector Gadget
c) Steven King
D) Donald Trump
A) Edgar Allen Poe
What decade was the golden age of the detective story?
A) 1930s
B) 1950s
C) 1980s
A) 1930s
This is one thing that is analyzed to discover someone's identity?
A fingerprint
Another word for "detective".
a) a sleuth
b) a sidekick
c) a bullet
a) a sleuth
Which detective was from Belgium?
A) Sherlock Holmes
B) Agatha Christie
C) Hercule Poirot
C) Hercule Poirot
Who was the first "scientific" detective?
a) Dr Jekyll
b) Sherlock Holmes
c) Dana Scully, from the X-Files
Sherlock Holmes; he was also a physician.
What are the four main genres of literature?
poetry? horror? drama? romance? fiction? science fiction? detective novels? non fiction? philosophy? comedy?
Poetry, drama, fiction, non fiction
If you "unravel the case" what have you done?
You have solved it!
This is the person who people think committed a crime.
a suspect.