Quiz on Modern Crime Solving Techniques

Who is known as D.B. Cooper?

• A forensic scientist

• A member of the Cooper Research Team

• A hijacker

• A police detective

What did D.B. Cooper demand during the hijacking?

• A bomb

• A plane ticket to Mexico

• A safe landing

• $200,000 in cash and four parachutes

What technology did the Cooper Research Team use to analyze the tie?

• A digital camera

• A chemical analyzer

• An electron microscope

• A DNA sequencer

What unusual element was found on the tie analyzed by the Cooper Research Team?

• Pure titanium

• Copper

• Gold

• Silver

What was the first conviction based on plant DNA evidence?

• A robbery in California

• A fraud case in New York

• A murder in Arizona

• A theft in Texas

What type of tree was linked to the murder case in Arizona?

• Oak tree

• Pine tree

• Maple tree

• Palo verde tree

What evidence was found at the crime scene in Arizona?

• A wallet

• A pager

• A bloody shirt

• A knife

What did the geneticist determine about the seed pods found in the truck?

• They were from a different tree

• They matched the DNA of a specific tree

• They were contaminated

• They were from a common plant

What unusual method was used to solve a robbery case in Australia?

• Fingerprint analysis

• DNA from the blood in the leech

• Surveillance footage

• Witness testimony

What did detectives find at the crime scene in Tasmania?

• A broken window

• A stolen car

• A leech filled with blood

• A blood-stained shirt