Mystery Day 12/15

Define a suspect.

• Someone who committed the crime.

• Someone who saw the crime happen.

• Someone who could have committed the crime.

• Someone who solves the crime.

Answer explanation

Make sure you pay attention to the COLORS of the correct answers.

What does an alibi do?

• Prove someone did not commit a crime.

• Prove someone did commit a crime.

• Makes the evidence look better.

• Misleads the detective.

Hair, fingerprints, and fibers are examples of...

• Witness

• Evidence

• Motive

• Alibi

A reason to commit a crime is called...

• Means

• Opportunity

• Motive

Choose the word that is synonymous with 'detective' and 'investigator'.

• Protagonist

• Witness

• Suspect

• Sleuth

A clue that misleads the detective is...

• Red herring

• Evidence

• Motive

• Investigator

Why do authors write nonfiction mysteries?

• To entertain the audience with a spooky story.

• To scare the audience into being more careful.

• To inform the audience about an unsolved mystery.

• To inform the audience how to solve a mystery.

Victim

• The person who commits a crime
• The police officer investigating a crime
• Someone who is deceived or cheated or suffers some loss
• An attorney 

Why do authors write fictional mysteries?

• To entertain the audience; to give them a problem to solve

• To educate the audience about how crime-solving works

• To inform the audience about an unsolved mystery.

• To confuse the audience and make life difficult.

The word "mystery" comes from the Latin "mysterium", which means...

• Secret thing

• Suspense

• Lying

• Fear