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Team 1 Qs
Team 2 Qs
100

Forensic __________ is the scientific study of the colonization of a dead body by arthropods. This includes the study of insect types commonly associated with cadavers.

What is entomology?

100

Founder of Theranos (a private health tech company) who was found guilty of intentionally misleading investors & patients. 

Hint: documentary series on Hulu

Who is Elizabeth Holmes?



100

How is American criminal and cult leader Charles Milles Maddox better known?

Who is Charles Manson?

100

Keith Raniere started this cult in 1998 as a self-help organization.

What is NXIVM?


100

High school girl went missing on a graduation trip in Aruba, 2005.

Who is Natalee Holloway?



100

Killled over 33 people (men/teen boys) and buried them beneath his home.

Who is John Wayne Gacy?



100

What Drama Series Begins with this intro: 

In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.

What is Law & Order: SVU?

100

The name given to an unidentified male body.

What is John Doe?

100

The hosts of Crime Junkie.

Who are Ashley Flowers and Britt Prawat?

100

Name of the leader of the NXIVM cult.

Who is Keith Raniere?

200

Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who was convicted on the basis of which type of forensic evidence?


a) ballistics                             c) bite marks 

b) DNA fingerprinting              d) latent fingerprinting

What is c) bite marks?

200

The 58-year-old actor and her husband confessed to paying $500k to ensure their daughters were accepted into the University of Southern California (college admissions scandal).

Who is Lori Laughlin?

200

Which mobster was famously nicknamed ‘Scarface’, headed the Chicago Outfit organization, and masterminded the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

Who is Al Capone?

200

Members Of This Cult Were Told That God Was An Alien

What was Heaven's Gate?

200

Three-year-old girl went missing from a vacation resort in Portugal, 2007.

Who is Madeleine McCann?



200

Colorado, killed wife, two daughters, and unborn son in 2018.

Hint: this was made into a Netflix documentary.

Who is Chris Watts?

200

The central character in "Scandal", a communications director and political "fixer."

Who is Olivia Pope?
200

The Italian criminal organization that originated in Sicily.



What is the Mafia?

200

The head of the NXIVM cult.

Who is Keith Raniere?

200

Name the state that Christopher Duntch operated in.

What is Texas?

300

Forensic __________ involves the analysis of any evidence related to firearms (bullets, bullet marks, shell casings, gunpowder residue, etc.)

What is ballistics?

300

Disappeared on 8/27/21 after being killed by fiancé Brian Laundrie at the age of 22 while they were traveling together on a van life journey across the US.

Who is Gabbi Petito?

300

This man assassinated president Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

Who is John Wilkes Booth?

300

This Cult was founded in California and gained infamy for its sexual misconduct and child abuse. Famous ex-members include Joaquin Phoenix and Rose McGowan.

What is the Children Of God/The Family International/The Family?

300

Hijacked a plane in 1971 and jumped out with the cash, never to be seen again.

Who is "DB Cooper"?

300

This serial killer defended himself in his televised murder trial & received fan mail from all over the world due to his performance; escaped capture twice.

Who is Ted Bundy?

300

This American Drama Series stars LL Cool J

What is NCIS: Los Angeles?

300

The number of unlawful homicides a person must conduct to be considered a serial killer.

What is 3?

300
DeeDee's age when Gypsy killed her.

What is 48?

300

Name of Jennifer Pan's boyfriend.

Who is Daniel Chi-Kwong-Wong?

400

The scientific examination of blood spatter patterns found at a crime scene to reconstruct the events of the crime.

What is bloodstain pattern analysis?

400

Man of prominent family in South Carolina, until a fatal boating accident begins the unraveling of their legacy; family's murders brought light a century of corruption, power & cover-ups.

Hint: documentary series on Netflix

Who is Alex Murdaugh?

400

Which infamous couple was known for their bank robberies during the Great Depression?

Who are Bonnie & Clyde?

400

Celebrities such as Elizabeth Moss, Laura Prepon and Tom Cruise (formerly) belong to this group.

What is Scientology?



400

Was kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 20+ years; had two children during this time. She was found in 2009.

Who is Jaycee Duggard?

400

Unidentified serial killer with self-proclaimed pseudonym; directly linked to at least 5 murders in Northern California in 1968/69.

Who is the Zodiac Killer?

400

The names of all 5 CSI TV series.

What are CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, and CSI: Vegas?

400

The 2 key characteristics a psychopath lacks.

What are empathy and remorse?

400

The number of months Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped.

What is 9 months?

400

The illness that Gypsy Rose's mother say she had.

What is Munchausen Syndrome by proxy?

500

A method of operation or pattern of criminal behavior so distinctive that separate crimes or wrongful conduct are recognized as the work of the same person.

What is modus operandi (MO)?

500

The murder of 4 college students in November 2022; unraveled a months-long investigation; solved with forensic genetic genealogy.

What is the University of Idaho Murders?

500

Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin are infamous escapees of this prison? (1962)

What is Alcatraz?

500

This radical-feminist cult were responsible for the attempted shooting of Andy Warhol.

What is SCUM?

500

Two-and-a-half-year-old boy went missing without a trace in Timber Creek Falls (Idaho)?

Who is DeOrr Kunz?



500

Also called the white chapel murderer, and the leather apron. 


Who is Jack the Ripper?

500

The school that Annalise Keating is a criminal defense professor at in "How to Get Away with Murder."

What is Middleton University?

500

The number of states that used capital punishment in 2022.

What is 6?

500

The charges in Jennifer Pan's case.

What is first-degree murder and life imprisonment?
500

The name of the true crime documentary that Ross Lynch starred in.

What is "My Friend Dahmer"?