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RULES & PRIZES
- The committee is always right
- Don’t use Google or any other search engine
- Don't start the puzzles yet

- PRIZE: online escaperoom!

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LITERATURE & HISTORY

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1. 'Murder on the Orient Express' is a famous book by Agatha Christie. What is the main character's name?
A
Jack Reacher
B
Philip Marlowe
C
Hercule Poirot
D
Inspector Morse

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2. How many Sherlock Holmes novels are there?
A
4
B
9
C
11
D
18

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3. The first known use of the phrase “detective story” was in the title of a crime story by the American author Anna Katharine Green, in what year?
A
1815
B
1883
C
1902
D
1914

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4. What is a 'cozy mystery' in the crime literature genre?

Slide 7 - Open question

5. Agatha Christie is the most-translated individual author. Into at least how many languages have her books been translated?
A
84
B
92
C
103
D
110

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6. Directed by Brett Ratner, which comedy film series stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as a pair of police detectives who go on a series of misadventures?

A
Shanghai Noon
B
48 Hrs.
C
Lethal Weapon
D
Rush Hour

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7. With the objective of naming the killer, weapon and the room where the murder took place, in which board game do you play the detective?
A
Scotland Yard
B
Whoowasit?
C
Mystery Express
D
Cluedo

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8. First appearing in Detective Comics in May of 1939, which DC comic character is known as "The World's Greatest Detective"?

A
Batman
B
Superman
C
Green Lantern
D
The Flash

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LOGIC ROUND

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MOVIES & TV

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1. Scooby-Doo is an animated mystery TV franchise, which first aired in 1969. What is the number of tv series from the Scooby-Doo franchise?
A
five
B
eight
C
eleven
D
fourteen

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2. Which of these four mystery films is said to be based on a true story?
A
The Conjuring
B
Knives Out
C
Basic Instinct
D
Girl On The Train

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3. Taxidermy, mother issues and hotel are three descriptive words of a famous Hitchcock movie. What is the name of this movie?

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4. Who was the killer in the movie "Murder on the Orient Express"?
A
None of the passengers
B
Edward Ratchett
C
Hercule Poirot
D
All the passengers did it

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5. Which of these directors has directed the most mystery feature films?
A
Alfred Hitchcock
B
Steven Spielberg
C
Takashi Miike
D
Roger Corman

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6. Which of these four mystery series has been watched the most on Netflix?
A
Ratched
B
Casa de Papel
C
Sherlock
D
Stranger Things

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7. This is a still image from a popular mystery movie. Which movie is this image from?

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8. Which of these films is the highest grossing mystery film of all time?
A
The Sixth Sense
B
Basic Instinct
C
The Da Vinci Code
D
Seven

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PUZZLE ROUND

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THE END

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