Detectives in Books and Movies
This crime fighting group is made up of four teenagers and a talking dog. They often meddle in the business of people in the town to solve crimes.
Scooby Doo (Mystery Inc.)
This word describes the unique pattern that can be taken off of anyone's fingers.
Fingerprints
True or false: The three types of patterns on fingerprints are called loops, whorls and arches?
True
This word describes where a crime takes place.
Crime scene.
True or false: Newborns' fingerprints can not be used to identify them.
Name three out of the four human members of Mystery Inc.
Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, Fred
This word describes someone whose job it is to investigate crimes.
Detective
Name one item that glows under the black light.
Tonic water, turmeric, highlighters
This word describes the reason that someone might have for committing a crime.
Motive
What are the three types of fingerprint patterns?
Whirls, arches and loops
This very popular book and movie detective is very intelligent and has a sidekick named Watson.
Sherlock Holmes
This words describes anything that can be used to prove if someone is involved in a crime or not.
Evidence
What were we able to extract from the strawberry?
DNA
This word describes someone who sees a crime take place.
Witness.
DNA was first used to solve a crime in which year?
A 1978
B 1986
C 1999
B 1986
This popular TV and movie detective is a cyborg police officer who solves crimes with the help of his niece and dog.
Inspector Gadget
This is the word for someone who is an expert in breaking codes.
Cryptanalysts
Name two factors to look for when analyzing handwriting?
Form, Lines, Arrangement and Content
This is the word for a distraction that mystery writers put in books to fool readers away from solving the mystery.
Red herring
What are the four blood types?
A, B, AB, O
This detective is a female teenager who solves crimes with her two best friends. There are many books written about the crimes she solves, dating back to the 1920s. The books are titled after her name.
Nancy Drew
This word describes the process of separating the ingredients in inks and markers to identify what was used to write a note.
Chromatography
Name any of the ingredients that were used to make the invisible ink project work.
Turmeric, baking soda, rubbing alcohol
This word describes a situation where someone else can vouch for the whereabouts of a person when a crime occurred.
Alibi
What animal has fingerprints the most similar to humans?
Koala