History of Mysteries
True or False? Dorothy Sayers first novel was published in 1926?
False. 1923.
What would you call a person who studies mystery and crime?
What is a detective.
Who is classified as ah highly skilled, amateur detective character?
Who is Nancy Drew.
Who wrote the first mystery story "The murders in the rue morgue"?
Edgar Allan Poe.
Who was considered the father of the modern mystery?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe.
When was "the shadow" on the air?
August of 1930.
What is the term for a fake name used by writers?
What is a pen name.
Who was the detective created by Edgar Allan Poe?
Who is Auguste C. Dupin
After Poe began writing mystery stories, who also started writing in this genre?
Who is Wilkie Collins.
Who is recognized as the first master of hard-boiled detective fiction?
Who is Dashiell Hammett.
What century was it when crime and mystery stories started to come out?
What is the mid-nineteenth century.
True or False? Criminology is the umbrella title of the scientific study of crimes and criminals.
True.
What are two of Ed McBains pen names?
What is Curt Cannon, Ezra Hannon, or Richard Marsten.
Agatha Christie wrote over how many mystery stories in her career?
What is 80.
True or False? Was Charlie Chan an entirely real person?
What is False?
Who is the mystery author that was the first to shift the focus of mystery stories from the aesthetics of the situation to a more intellectual reality?
Who is Edgar Allan Poe.
Why is it important to take photos at a crime scene investigation?
It shows what the crime scene looked like at the time and what evidence was their before the investigation begins.
Which character was created in 1930 and was one of the most popular mystery heroines of all time?
Who is Nancy Drew.
What was the name of Dorothy L Sayers detective character whose style and intelligence won over readers in 1923?
Who is Lord Peter Wimsey.
Which author wrote the book, “Murder on the Orient Express”, featuring the detective Hercule Poirot?
Who is Agatha Christie.
In what year did Anna Katherine Green became the first woman to write a detective novel?
What is 1878.
What is a Delinquency?
What is a minor crime, especially that is committed by young people.
Who was Sherlock Holmes sidekick that was a retired military doctor?
Who is John Watson
Who originally wrote the mystery series in which a skilled young detective who solves mystery's while being polite and well mannered?
Who is Edward Stratemeyer.
Which author was one of the most popular authors of the golden age era and had a degree from Oxford university in the mid evil literature?
Who is Dorothy Sayers.