Riddles
Vocab
Projectss
crimes
Tools
100

What goes up, but never comes back down?

your age

100

What is a culprit?

someone who has committed a crime.

100

What project did we do that correlated to our fingerprints?

 The one with turmeric and baking soda

100

Jagga the robber died on a Sunday afternoon, the suspects were his wife, the maid, the driver, and his daughter. The wife said she was out for lunch, the maid said she was cleaning the house, the driver said he was buying groceries, and his daughter said she was at school. Who did the detective arrest.

The daughter 

100

What do detectives use to observe the suspects from a distance?

binoculars 

200

What has many rings but no fingers?

a telephone 

200

What is forensics?

the use of scientific knowledge or methods in solving crimes

200

What project did we do to personally keep track of what we do?

 The journals

200

Gigi was murdered on a freezing cold Friday. The police came and got explanations from everyone at the house that day. The wife said she was cooking dinner, the maid was dusting the bedroom, the butler was cleaning the pool, and the children were watching tv. who was the murder? and why?

the butler 

200

What is used to pick up certain evidence with out messing up the crime scene?

latex gloves 

300

What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?

The letter M

300

What is a homicide?

the killing of a human by another human.

300

What project taught us about how blind people could read?

 making our own brail

300

A girl is at a funeral and meets a guy and hits it off with him. He ends up leaving before she could get his number. She tried to track him down, but couldn’t find him. a few days later her sister dies and the police suspects she was murder, who did it?

she killed her sister hoping the guy would show up the her sister’s funeral.

300

What is used to isolate, protect and preserve a crime scene?

barricade tape

400

Which question can you never answer "yes" to?

Are you asleep? 

400

What does sleuth mean?

another word for detective

400

What project did we do that related to anatomy?

 The hand with string and straws

400

Nicole went to the police to report that her vintage ring was stolen. When police get to her house the window was broken, the house was recked, and there were mud footprints inside. The next day the police arrested nicole for fraud, why?

because the broken window pieces were outside of the house instead of inside, if there was a real break in the glass would be inside the house.

400

What is it when a detective looks into a suspect very closely?

Back ground check

500

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?

Your breath

500

What is red herring?

Something the draws attention away from the matter being discussed

500

What project did we do that taught us about texture identification?

guess what’s in the bag

500

On the first day of school someone murdered the history teacher. There were four suspects at school that day that they think did it, which was the landscaper, a maths teacher, a basketball coach, and the principal. The landscaper said he was outside mowing the lawn, the math teacher said he was giving out a test, the basketball coach said he was running drills with the team, and the principal said she was in her office. who killed the history teacher? how did you know?

The math teacher bc he was giving a mid year test on the first day of school.

500

What helps shorten the time that the detective has to review documents?

Digital scanner