Characters
Phrases
Plot Elements
Types of Mysteries
100

The person that is, usually, the deceased is called?

What is the victim?


100

What is the name given to an object that takes someone's life?

What is the murder weapon?


100

What's the name of the area where a murder has happened?

What is a crime scene?


100

A narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered?

What is a Murder Mystery?


200

The individual that conducts and executes the plan of murder.

What is the culprit (Murderer/Killer)



200

What is a piece of evidence that is meant to throw off the investigation?

What is a red herring?

200

What's the name given to objects that are related to a murder case?

What is Evidence (Clues)?


200

A mystery narrative that involves illegal activities that require an investigation to solve?

What is a Crime Mystery?


300

An individual that usually investigates the crime scene is called?

What is a detective?


300

What is a claim made by an individual that says that they were elsewhere while the crime was happening?

What is an alibi?


300

What's the name given to an individual that is considered to be a potential culprit?

What is a suspect?


300

A genre of superfiction that exploits or is centered around that which is unexplainable by science? May include ghosts, vampires, or werewolves.

What is Supernatural/Fictional/Paranormal Mystery?


400

What do you call an individual that works closely with another to commit a crime?

What is an accomplice?


400

What is the name of an examination done to a deceased's body to discover their cause of death?

What is an autopsy?


400

What do you call an unexpected, drastic change in a story?

What is a plot twist?


400

A narrative that focuses on the mental and emotional aspect of the culprit and the characters involved?

What is Psychological Mystery?


500

What do you call an individual that takes the blame for a crime that they haven't done?

What is a scapegoat?


500

What is a common name for a crime committed inside of a locked room with seemingly no way of entering or exiting?

What is a "Locked Room Mystery"?


500

What is the name of a claim made by a witness or another person related to the crime?

What is a testimony?


500

A narrative that features unexplained mysteries pertaining to important figures or events of the past?

What is Historical Mystery?


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