Mysteries and Thrillers
Video Games
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U.S. Senator Rhyme Time
100

In Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries, "H is for" this killer crime.

Homicide

100

This classic Nintendo spinoff used a board game layout and minigames to destroy families and friendships.

Mario Party

100

2016: "Fences", in which he also starred.

Denzel Washington

100
Add "Y" to the kind of clock with hands and numbers to get this type of comparison.

Analogy

100

McConnell's curveballs.

Mitch's pitches

200

For his novel "Inferno", Dan Brown drew on a poem by this italian.

Dante

200

Before the 1983 crash, this now forgotten game company was responsible for a large chunk of video game sales.

Atari

200

1997: rediscovering "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"

Steven Spielberg

200

An idioticon is a dictionary of this "D" word, a form of language spoken in a particular region.

Dialect

200

Booker's anecdotes.

Cory's stories

300

After a fatal stabbing in this classic mystery, Hercule Poirot asks for a "plan of the Istanbul-Calais Coach".

Murder on the Orient Express

300

Booker DeWitt is the main character in this first person shooter that reaches for the skies.

Bioshock: Infinite

300

In 2017, a man unafraid of explosions: "Transformers: The Last Knight"

Michael Bay

300

To talk without preparation is to ad-lib or to speak in this "sleeve-oriented" way.

Off the cuff

300

Cruz' prescription pills.

Ted's meds

400

Time magazine named this Gillian Flynn thriller one of the "10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s".

Gone Girl

400

Kingdom Hearts combines Disney characters with another series of video games...created by this game company.

Square Enix

400

1991: "Point Break" (she'd win a directing Oscar for a later film)

Kathryn Bigelow

400

It's a dramatic monologue or speech made to oneself.

Soliloquy

400

Independent Angus' violin section.

King's strings

500

A review for this Ruth Ware bestseller set at sea says it "just may do to cruise vacations what 'Jaws' did for ocean swimming".

The Woman in Cabin 10

500

Seeking something frustrating? This CAPCOM horror platforming game series recently got a revival based on the series' SNES title.

Ghosts 'n Goblins

500

1935: taking "The 39 Steps"

Alfred Hitchcock

500

Lapsus linguae is literally Latin for this kind of mistake.

Slip of the tongue

500

Sherrod's new teeth.

Brown's crowns

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