What is a mystery element used to scare or insert anxiety into a story.
100
Who is Charles dickens
Who is the author who inspired Edgar Allan Poe to write his mysteries?
100
Scooby Doo
What is the show aired towards children where a gang of kids and a dog solve mysteries in a green and blue van?
100
When was the first modern mystery written? (Murders in the Rue Morgue)
What is 1841
100
Cold hard fiction
A type of mystery where lean writing style, cynical characters and complex plots are used.
200
Anna Katherine Greene
What is the first woman to write a modern mystery?
200
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Who are the main characters in Sir Arthur Doyle's mystery series?
200
1887
What is the date of Sherlock Holmes' debut?
200
British cozy
What is a type of mysteryfeaturing "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
300
Alibi
What is an excuse used by a person of interest to acquit themselves.
300
The first place/author of a mystery, not necessarily modern
What is Ancient Greece
300
Hercule Poirot
What is a character created by Agatha Christie and is described as a Belgian "sleuth".
300
1947
What is the date of Marky Spillane's debut on the mystery scene?
300
Hard Boiled
"Red Harvest is an example of what kind of mystery?
400
Motive
What is the reason for doing something in a mystery novel, particularly criminal acts
400
Agatha Christie
What is quite possibly the most famous mystery author, this author has written over 80 mysteries spanning a 50 year career.
400
Jane Marple
What is the character created by Agatha Christie and served in Christie's perfected cozies
400
1935
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
500
witness
What is a person who is generally suppressed by the perpetrator to keep themselves from getting caught.
500
Dorothy L. Sayers
What is the woman author that made the golden age synonymous with the golden age.
500
1920-
What is the year that ushered in he golden age of mysteries?