Basic Facts
Wordplay and Clues
Heirs
Pairs & Partnerships
Plot
100

This author wrote The Westing Game.

Who is Ellen Raskin?

100

The song that the heirs discover matches their clues

What is America the Beautiful?

100

This character turned out to be the bomber

Who is Angela Wexler?

100

Who is paired with Judge JJ Ford in the beginning of the game?

Sandy McSouthers

100

The heir who appears to die during the game but is actually part of Westing's plan

Who is Sandy McSouthers?

200

The heirs compete for this massive prize in the Westing Game.

What is $200 million? 

OR

What is the Westing Mansion/Estate?

200

This heir correctly solves the meaning of the clues in the end

Who is Turtle Wexler?

200

This heir is a bookie and runs a betting operation

Who is Jake Wexler?

200

Which pair includes the kind dressmaker and the stock market-invested middle schooler?

Flora Baumach and Turtle Wexler

200

The reason why Madame Hoo says she stole from the other heirs

What is to sell the items and go back to China?
300

All of the heirs live in this lakeside apartment building.

What is Sunset Towers?

300

The heir who looks similar to Violet Westing, Sam's daughter. 

Who is Angela Wexler?

300

This heir is the only one to take notes of the will, but no one can read them because they are in Polish

Who is Sydelle Pulaski?

300

This pair is made up of two people who disliked each other almost immediately

Who are Grace Wexler and James Shin Hoo?

300

Otis Amber turns out to be a private investigator hired by these three characters

Who are Sam Westing, Judge JJ Ford, and Barney Northup?
400

Turtle Wexler’s real first name is this.

 What is Tabitha-Ruth?


400

The name that the missing pieces to the heirs' clues spell out (full name only)

Who is Berthe Erica Crow?

400

This character secretly investigates the game while participating in it.

Who is Judge JJ Ford?

OR who is Otis Amber?

400

This pair is married by the end of the book and have a daughter named Alice

Who are Angela Wexler and Denton Deere?

400

All of the heirs start off with this amount of money JUST for playing the game 

What is $10,000?

500

This person was a "mistake" and never supposed to be in the game. It was supposed to be this person instead.

Who are Sydelle Pulaski and Sybil Pulaski?

500

The four other names, inspired by the cardinal directions, that Windy Windkloppel goes by (all or nothing!)

Who are Sam Westing, Barney Northrup, Julian R. Eastman, and Sandy McSouthers?

500

This character becomes an ornithologist at the end of the book.

Who is Chris Theodorakis?

500

This author and businesswoman are married by the end of the novel!

Who are Turtle Wexler and Theo Theodorakis?

500

This character was once in love with Sam Westing's daughter Violet

George Theodorakis

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