Authors
Books
Holidays
Mystery Random
Classic Random
100
Name 3 holidays happening in December
Possible answers include: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Winter Solstice, Boxing Day, St. Lucia Day, Bodhi Day, etc
100
In mystery stories, weather is often used to
increase suspense
100
What is this plant?
Urtica dioica
AKA: stinging nettle, common nettle, burn nettle, nettle leaf, nettle, stinger
200
This author was only outsold by the Bible and Shakespeare
Agatha Christie
200
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote many books and stories, the most famous of which being ___?
Sherlock Holmes
200
Hanukkah/Chanukah is how many days long?
8
200
A misleading clue meant to distract the reader/detective.
A red herring
300
This author wrote lots of hard-boiled detective books, such as The Big Sleep.
Raymond Chandler
300
Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Murders in the ___ Morgue
Rue
300
a+b=6
a+2a=6
b+c=10
c=?
First to raise their hand gets to guess
c=6
400
When was Jesus Christ born?
6-4 BC (according to many historians)
400
When was the golden age of detective fiction?
Between WWI and WWII
500
Author Agatha Christie once disappeared for how many days?
11