Authors
Books
Holidays
Mystery Random
Classic Random
100
wrote lord of the rings
JRR Tolkien
100
a series where 2 kids go into a tree house and explore the past
the magic tree house
100
Name 3 holidays happening in December
Possible answers include: Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, Boxing Day, St. Lucia Day, Bodhi Day, etc
100
In mystery stories, weather is often used to
increase suspense
100
I think, therefore ____
I am
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
200
What was George Washington doing on Christmas 1776?
Crossing the Delaware river
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
In which country did the practice of putting up a Christmas tree originate?
Germany
300
what does red herring mean
a clues meant to distract the reader.
300
a+b=6
a+2a=6
b+c=10
c=?
First to raise their hand gets to guess
c=6
400
a Russian author during soviet role, wrote war and peace
leo tosley
400
Jordan B. Peterson wrote this book about how to live life well
12 rules for life
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
400
What is this plant?
Urtica dioica
AKA: stinging nettle, common nettle, burn nettle, nettle leaf, nettle, stinger
500
_______ Connelly is a modern crime writer.
Michael
500
Which Agatha Christie mystery takes place in Egypt?
Death on the Nile
500
When was Kwanzaa first celebrated? (Answers within a decade or two may get points)
1966
500
Author Agatha Christie once disappeared for how many days?
11
500
what is a banana
a berry