Characters
This character is known for kicking people in the shins.
Who is Turtle Wexler?
The number of heirs invited to the Westing game.
What is 16?
Where the heirs gather for the reading of the will.
What is the Westing house?
Clues are often written as scrambled versions of these.
What are words or names?
Heir
What is a person who inherits money or property?
This person says she is an interior designer.
Who is Grace Wexler?
The amount of money each pair starts with.
What is $10,000?
This is the name of the lake where Sunset Towers is near.
What is Lake Michigan?
Many pairs rearrange their clues to form this (ex. cinema formed from iceman)
What is an anagram?
Alibi
What is proof that someone was somewhere else?
This person is a delivery boy.
Who is Otis Amber?
The number of pairs in the game.
What is 8?
What the heirs must figure out to win the game.
Who killed Sam Westing?
Some clues point to mistakes in this company’s products.
What is Westing Paper Products?
Inheritance
What is money or property passed down after death?
This person was in a near fatal accident with Sam Westing.
Who is Dr. Sikes?
The number of clues each pair receives.
What is 2?
This person becomes interested in learning shorthand during the game.
Who is Theo Theodorakis?
One important clue leads to this word meaning “purple waves.”
What is “Berthe Erica Crow”?
Will
What is a legal document that a person creates to leave an inheritance or give special intructions?
These people are the people who rented Sunset Towers.
Who are Dr. Wexler, Theodorakis Coffee Shop, F. Baumbach, Theodorakis family, S. Pulaski, Wexler family, Hoo family, J.J. Ford, and Shin Hoo's Restaurant?
The total inheritance at stake in the game.
What is $200 million?
This major event shocks the heirs and raises the tension during the game.
What is the bombing of the coffee shop / restaurant?
The clues ultimately lead players to realize this truth about the game.
What is that Sam Westing planned everything?
Deceit
What is lying or tricking someone?