Characters
The Windmill
The Clues
Vocabulary
The End
100

Which character is known for playing chess and uses this to help solve the game? 

Who is Theo? 

100

Which character is told by the official will to "sit down"? 

Who is Grace Windsor Wexler? 

100

What song did the clues add up to?

What is America the Beautiful? 

100

What is a person who inherits money called? 

What is heir?  What is beneficiary? 

100

Who cancels their engagement after the Westing game to go to college? 

Who is Angela? 

200

Which character sued Mr. Westing over an invention? 

Who is Mr. Hoo? 

200

What does the will tell the heirs to buy? 

What are westing paper products? 

200

What did Chris think "amber waves of grain" meant? 

Who is Otis Amber? 

200

What is the story that suspects tell about their whereabouts during a crime called? 

What is alibi? 

200

Who does Turtle continue to play chess with after the Westing game? 

Who are Julian Eastman?


Also accepted: Alice, Sandy McSouthers, Sam Westing, Barney Northrup

300

Why is Angela compared to Violet Westing in the book? 

What is

because she also is engaged against her will? 

300

What does Uncle Sam Westing refer to his heirs as in his will? 

What are his nieces and nephews? 

300

Who did Hoo and Grace think purple-fruited referred to? 

Who is Mr. Plum? 

300

What is it called when evidence suggests that a suspect is actually the culprit? 

What is incriminating?

300

What does JJ Ford do to pay Sam Westing's generosity forward? 

What is she pays for Chris' education? 

400

Why does everyone want to hang out with Sydelle in the middle of the story? 

What is because she took notes on the will? 

400

What did the will require each heir to do in order to get the check cashed? 

(Hint: This became a problem for Chris and Denton.) 

What is each person had to sign the check in order for the check to be cashed? 

400

How did the heirs use the clues to get to the answer, "Berthe Erica Crowe?"

What is...

They combined their clues and found all of the missing words in America the Beautiful. 

400

What part of speech is "incompetence?" 

What is a noun? 

400

How does Mr. Hoo's career change as a result of the Westing game? 

What is he starts a company that specializes in foot products like his innersoles? 


500

Which five names are all the same person? 

Who is 

Windy Windkloppel

Sandy McSouthers

Sam Westing

Barney Northrup 

and 

Julian Eastman? 

500

What line from the will helped Turtle see what she really needed to do to win? 

What is...

The one who wins the windfall will be the one who finds the fourth?

500

What two things did Theo believe his clues added up to? 

What are a formula for ammonium nitrate and Otis Amber?

500

What is a person who assists in an act, especially a crime, called? 

What is an accomplice? 

500

What fib does Turtle tell Sandy when he is on his death bed? 

What is he tells them that Otis and Crowe are still alive? 

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