Murder Mystery Quiz: Can You Solve These Murder Mysteries?

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Are you ready to play this Murder Mystery Quiz? How good are you at solving murder mysteries? In this quiz, you will come across various scenarios related to murder mysteries in every question. You have to select the right answer according to the scenario. If you manage to do so, it means you have solved that particular murder mystery. There are ten questions. Let's see how many of these mysteries you solve and what score you get. Let's go!

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1.

A senior police officer asks his junior officers to visit a murder location and note everything they see there. Officers return with the information: Body lying, television on, a cup of tea on the table, newspaper opened with page numbers 7 and 8. Are officers lying?
- A.
  
  Yes, they are lying.
- B.
  
  No, they are not lying.
- C.
  
  Not clear
Correct Answer
A. Yes, they are lying.

Explanation
Officers didn't visit the murder spot. Because a newspaper whose 2 facing pages are open will have it with an even-numbered page on the left and an odd-numbered page on the right.

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2.

Police visit a murder spot. There they see a dead body with a bullet shot on the head, and the gun is near the victim's right hand on the floor. There is a tape recorder which police play. It has 10-second audio with crying and then a sound of a gunshot. Is it a murder or a suicide?
- A.
  
  Not clear
- B.
  
  Suicide
- C.
  
  Murder
Correct Answer
C. Murder

Explanation
It's a murder. If the victim had killed himself, he would not be able to stop the recording of the tape recorder.

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3.

For a murder case investigation, police visit a bar. There, the waiter tells the police that the victim was here with his friend. They both drank. Within 10 minutes, the victim managed to drink only one glass of wine. On the other hand, his friend drank 5 drinks. It was later revealed that all of those drinks were poisoned. How come did the victim's friend not die, who had 5 drinks within 10 minutes? What do you think was poisoned?
- A.
  
  Ice cubes
- B.
  
  Water
- C.
  
  Wine
Correct Answer
A. Ice cubes

Explanation
Ice cubes were poisoned. Because the victim's friend drank so fast, ice cubes didn't melt before he finished the drink. On the other hand, the victim's ice cubes melted as he was slow while drinking.

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4.

There was a murder in a hotel at night. The main gate was opened, other gates and windows were closed, and inside, a dead body was lying. Is it true that the murderer entered the hotel through the main gate?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

Explanation
It's obviously true. Where else would the murderer enter from?

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5.

A body is lying on the road. It looks clear that the man died after being hit by the car. Is it an intended murder or an accident?
- A.
  
  Murder
- B.
  
  Accident
- C.
  
  Not clear
Correct Answer
C. Not clear

Explanation
The current given information is not enough to tell whether it is an intended murder or an accident.

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6.

Around 3 pm, a man died in his own house. The next day, police asked each servant and victim's wife what they were doing when this happened. These were their statements: Gardner: I was watering the plants. Cook: I was making breakfast. Wife: I was watching a movie on my laptop. Who do you think is lying?
- A.
  
  Gardner
- B.
  
  Cook
- C.
  
  Wife
Correct Answer
B. Cook

Explanation
Why would a cook make breakfast around 3 pm?

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7.

Inside a room, a man was murdered. Police visited the murder spot, and there they saw a man's dead body lying on the floor. The glass of the window was broken, and pieces of the glass were there outside the room in the garden. Is it true that the murderer entered the room by breaking the glass of the window?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
B. False

Explanation
The murderer didn't enter by breaking the glass of the window. The glass was broken from inside the room that is why glass pieces were found outside.

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8.

A man's dead body was found hanging inside a room. His feet were four feet above the floor. There was nothing inside the room that the man would have used to climb to hang himself. There was a large puddle of water inside the room. Still, police didn't consider it murder but suicide. Was police right?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  No
- C.
  
  Can't say
Correct Answer
A. Yes

Explanation
It was a suicide because police realized there was a block of ice that the man climbed onto and put a noose around his neck. As the ice melted, he was hung, and the ice turned into a puddle of water.

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9.

A lady was murdered on the road. Police suspected the lady's husband, brother, and father to be the murderer. They sent a message to all three something like this: "Your wife/sister/daughter is murdered. Please come to the crime spot." Only the husband reached there. Who is the murderer?
- A.
  
  Brother and father
- B.
  
  Husband
- C.
  
  None
Correct Answer
B. Husband

Explanation
The husband is the murderer because the message didn't specify the place of the murder. Then how did the husband reach the exact location?

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10.

A man was murdered inside his own house. Police asked the maid and the man's wife about where they were when this happened. The wife said she had gone to the market. The maid said she was not well and that is why she didn't come for the job that day. Who is lying?
- A.
  
  The wife
- B.
  
  The maid
- C.
  
  It can't be said
Correct Answer
C. It can't be said

Explanation
There is no information or evidence to say who is lying.

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Murder Mystery Quiz: Can You Solve These Murder Mysteries?

A senior police officer asks his junior officers to visit a murder location and note everything they see there. Officers return with the information: Body lying, television on, a cup of tea on the table, newspaper opened with page numbers 7 and 8. Are officers lying?

Police visit a murder spot. There they see a dead body with a bullet shot on the head, and the gun is near the victim's right hand on the floor. There is a tape recorder which police play. It has 10-second audio with crying and then a sound of a gunshot. Is it a murder or a suicide?

There was a murder in a hotel at night. The main gate was opened, other gates and windows were closed, and inside, a dead body was lying. Is it true that the murderer entered the hotel through the main gate?

A body is lying on the road. It looks clear that the man died after being hit by the car. Is it an intended murder or an accident?

A lady was murdered on the road. Police suspected the lady's husband, brother, and father to be the murderer. They sent a message to all three something like this: "Your wife/sister/daughter is murdered. Please come to the crime spot." Only the husband reached there. Who is the murderer?

A man was murdered inside his own house. Police asked the maid and the man's wife about where they were when this happened. The wife said she had gone to the market. The maid said she was not well and that is why she didn't come for the job that day. Who is lying?