A mystery element used to scare or insert anxiety into a story.
What is suspense
100
Who is the author who inspired Edgar Allan Poe to write his mysteries?
Who is Charles dickens
100
What is the show aired towards children where a gang of kids and a dog solve mysteries in a green and blue van?
What is Scooby Doo
100
When was the first modern mystery written? (Murders in the Rue Morgue
What is 1841
100
A type of mystery where lean writing style, cynical characters and complex plots are used
What is Cold hard fiction
200
The underlying basis of a story, or its track per say
What is the plot
200
Who is the first woman to write a modern mystery?
Who is Anna Katherine Greene
200
Who are the main characters in Sir Arthur Doyle's mystery series?
Who is Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
200
What is the date of Sherlock Holmes' debut?
What is 1887
200
What is a type of mystery featuring "a small village setting, a hero with faintly aristocratic family connections, a plethora of red herrings and a tendency to commit homicide with sterling silver letter openers and poisons imported from Paraguay
What is a British cozy
300
An excuse used by a person of interest to acquit themselves.
Alibi
300
The first place/author of a mystery, not necessarily modern
What is Ancient Greece
300
A character created by Agatha Christie and is described as a Belgian sleuth.
Who is Hercule Poirot
300
What is the date of Marky Spillane's debut on the mystery scene?
What is 1947
300
"Red Harvest" is an example of what kind of mystery?
What is Hard Boiled
400
The reason for doing something in a mystery novel, particularly criminal acts
What is the motive
400
An author that wrote over 80 mystery novels over her career. Particularly the british cozy type of mystery novels.
Agatha Christie
400
An elderly spinster in the quaint English village of St. Mary Mead, solved all manner of mysteries with intense concentration and intuition
Who is Jane Marple
400
What is the year "penguins" were found in department stores, these penguins as they were called, originally had 10 titles, but then grew to over 70 titles
What is 1935
400
What is the type of mystery including a detective or character with unusual traits or personality.
What is Quirky fiction
500
A person who has seen a crime take place, who is normally "suppressed" by the perpetrator.
What is a Witness
500
Who is the woman author that made the golden age synonymous with the mystery genre.
Who is Dorothy L. Sayers
500
Who is the character that used the sage wisdom of orient to forge an entire industry and appear in and on books, music, radio, and television.
Who is Charlie Chan
500
What is the year that ushered in he golden age of mysteries?
When is 1920-
500
What is the genre of mystery written after 1920 in the 20th century. This type became more and more popular as it gained traction in modern literature. Agatha Christie was one of the most popular of these writers