Brave the
Elements
Whodunnit?
History
of
Mystery
I Have a Clue
I Have a Clue
2
100
When the author purposely misleads you it is called...
What is red herring?
100
The Tell-Tale Heart
What is the mad man?
100
Considered the first mystery ever published
What is The Murders in the Rue Morgue?
100
The mad man spends most of the story trying to convince us that he isn't this.
What is mad?
100
The mad man describes his act of bringing the detectives into the old man's room and sitting over the body as one of audacity. Audacity means...
What is shameless daring or boldness?
200
The solver of the crime
What is detective/inspector/investigator?
200
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
What is an ape/gorilla?
200
One of the first published female mystery writers
What is Agatha Christie?
200
The mad man described the old man's groan this way
What is "one of mortal terror"?
200
The mad man compares the beating of the heart to this.
What is a ticking watch enveloped in cotton?
300
I am the mystery element that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
What is suspense?
300
Listened to the deathwatches in the wall
What is the old man?
300
A mystery story about a monster created by a crazy scientist
What is Frankenstein?
300
The old man fastens his shutters for this reason
What is he's afraid of robbers?
300
The mad man says that he: ___________ the old man, and, had no desire for his _________________
What is loved and gold?
400
The hints or pieces of the "puzzle"...
What are clues?
400
Drove the mad man even "madder"
What is the vulture eye?
400
This man's adventures have been made into movies
What is Sherlock Holmes?
400
The mad man compares the lantern's ray falling on the eye to this
What is a spider's thread?
400
This is how the mad man killed the old man
What is pulled the heavy bed over him?
500
When the mystery is solved it is called the...
What is resolution?
500
Conceived the plot to kill the old man (Tricky)
What is the Edgar Allan Poe?
500
Created the term "red herring"
What is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
500
An image that signals the approaching death of the old man is this
What is a black shadow?
500
The detectives came to the old man's house because of this
What is the neighbor's heard screaming?
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