History of Mystery Terms and Facts

The 1920's was the Golden Age of Mystery Fiction.  Who wrote during this time and in what mystery style?

• Agatha Christie, hard-boiled
• Agatha Christie, cozy
• Raymond Chandler, hard-boiled
• Raymond Chandler, cozy

an excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed

• alibi
• alias
• mystery
• deception

The reason "why" a crime was committed.

• method
• opportunity 
• motive
• deduction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A partner in a crime.

• suspect
• witness
• clue
• accomplice

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

A false lead that throws the investigation off tack.

• clue
• opportunity
• red herring
• accomplice

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The great orator/lawyer who recreated the crime in the courtroom in ancient Rome.

• Christie
• Poe
• Cicero
• Sophocles

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

First fictional detective and his foil: 

• Auguste Dupin, LaSalle
• Auguste Dupin, Watson
• Sherlock Holmes, Watson
• Sherlock Holmes, LaSalle

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

What major change occurred during the early and mid 1800's which allowed the common man more leisure time?

• American Revolution
• Suffrage
• Industrial Revolution
• Impressment

A man is found dead Sunday morning. His wife calls the police. The policeman questioned the people that were there at the time of the man's death. The wife said she was sleeping, the gardener was picking vegetables, and the maid said she went to get the mail. The policeman immediately knew who murdered the man. Who murdered the man?

• Wife
• Maid
• Gardener

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which is the name of the most popular radio shows in the 1940s?

• The Sniper
• The Shooter
• The Shadow
• The Snooper