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Scooby-Doo Mysteries Challenge
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Kari in the Mystery Machine
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Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Thanks, this looks great! My real life dog is named Scooby :-)I'll start with season 2
1. Nowhere to Hyde
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That's awesome!
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Season 2
1. Nowhere to Hyde
On their way home from the Malt Shop, the gang encounters the Ghost of Mr. Hyde in the back of the Mystery Machine, who runs through a marsh and sneaks into a spooky house. The house turns out to be the home of Dr. Jekyll (great-grandson of the novel character), who fears he may be transforming into the ghost. The gang begin searching the house for clues, pegging Helga, Jekyll's housekeeper, as a likely suspect, but they are pursued at every turn by the ghost.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with two names in the title
2. a book with a domicile on the cover
3. a book with a servant in the story
4. a book with 'ghost' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTAuthor: Renee Rose
Book: His Human Slave
Date Read: 5/1/20
Task: 3. a book with a servant in the story
How it Fits: The MC is royalty and has several servants
Next Episode Choice: 2. Mystery Mask Mix-Up
*I'll go in order down the list for Season 2*
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2. Mystery Mask Mix-Up
After attending a Chinese New Year parade, the gang goes shopping in a curio shop where Daphne buys a golden mask. The gang then visits Mr. Fong, and they soon learn from him that the mask was stolen many centuries ago from the crypt of a Chinese warlord named Zen Tuo, and now his ghost and his two phantom henchmen want it back.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'parade' in the text of the book
2. a book where someone wears a mask
3. a book where something is stolen
4. a book with two people on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Hairless Harassment
Author: Molly Fitz
Date Read: 5/1/20
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: Mystery on the book's main page
Next Episode Choice: 3. Jeepers, It's the Creeper
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3. Jeepers, It's the Creeper
While on their way to their high school's barn dance, the gang comes across a knocked-out bank guard and his ransacked car. After he mumbles to them some clues, they discover that the local banks have been robbed by a mysterious zombie-like phantom called the Creeper.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC attends school
2. a book where someone loses consciousness
3. a book where a money is exchanged
4. a book the MC has a nickname
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Lanelle wrote: "You're sailing right through these, Kari!"Yup! It's a holiday here so I've been reading non-stop!
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Billionaire Dragon Shifter Meets His Match
Author: Zoe Chant
Date Read: 5/2/20
Task: 2. a book where someone loses consciousness
How it Fits: Laurence loses consciousness right after meeting Jane
Next Episode Choice: 4. Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright
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4. Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright
While out fishing, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo hook a two-million-year-old caveman frozen in a block of ice, which the gang learns was lost at sea during a violent storm. They take the caveman to the Oceanland aquarium, but when someone melts the ice block and the caveman goes on the rampage, the gang decides to stick around and investigate.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'fish' in the text of the book
2. a book a severe storm in the story
3. a book set by the ocean or sea
4. a book with the letters of 'ICE' in the title
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Nate
Author: Celia Aaron
Date Read: 5/2/20
Task: 1. a book with 'fish' in the text of the book
How it Fits: Loc 671 “Jealousy twisted in my gut like a fish hook”
Next Episode Choice: 5. Haunted House Hang-Up
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5. Haunted House Hang-Up
The Mystery Machine overheats in front of an old spooky mansion, and the gang goes to look for help, but finds out that the house is being haunted by the Headless Spectre, a terrifying phantom with no head. The mystery gets even stranger when they begin to hear knocking sounds and clues leading to a treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set during the summertime
2. a book where the MC goes looking for help
3. a book a headless person on the cover
4. a book where the MC meets a stranger
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Dandelion Season
Author: Zoe Chant
Date Read: 5/3/20
Task: 4. a book where the MC meets a stranger
How it Fits: Tawny meets a stranger (Damien) during her retirement party
Next Episode Choice: 6. A Tiki Scare Is No Fair
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6. A Tiki Scare Is No Fair
Shaggy and Scooby's vacation in Hawaii is interrupted by a ghostly witch doctor, who warns the tourists and natives they are on the sacred grounds of the island god Mano Tiki Tia and to stay away from the cursed village. Later, the gang's guide John Simms goes missing, so it is up to the gang to search for him in the supposedly cursed village, where they eventually run into the witch doctor, and the giant statue of Mano Tiki Tia.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC goes on vacation
2. a book set on an island
3. a book with a character named John
4. a book with 'statue' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Dog-Eared Delinquent
Author: Molly Fitz
Date Read: 5/4/20
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: Mystery on main page
Next Episode Choice: 7. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?
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7. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?
Out on a camping trip, the gang hears the sounds of a wolf, so they decide to follow wolf-like tracks to the open and empty grave of Silas Long, who was supposedly a werewolf. They follow his tracks further to an old abandoned sawmill filled with wool, empty barrels, and the werewolf ghost himself.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a mountain on the cover
2. a book with 'wolf' in the text of the book
3. a book where the MC goes to a graveyard
4. a book that someone else has abandoned (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Ask Me If I Care
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Date Read: 5/5/20
Task: 4. a book that someone else has abandoned (DNF)
How it Fits: Shelved as dnf by 2 people and as did-not-finish by 2 other people
Next Episode Choice: 8. Don't Fool with a Phantom
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8. Don't Fool with a Phantom
While participating in the Johnny Sands Dance Game Show at the local TV station, the teens encounter a phantom made of wax, who steals a safe full of money and kidnaps the station manager. Is the phantom a hoax, or the result of a curse from an old station employee seeking revenge for the cancellation of his show?
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a teen-aged MC
2. a book where the MC watches TV
3. a book where the MC uses a candle
4. a book with 'revenge' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Vampire's Accidental Wife
Author: Kristen Painter
Date Read: 5/7/20
Task: 4. a book with 'revenge' in the text of the book
How it Fits: Loc 2160 “Revenge fantasies were all that kept me going”
Next Episode Choice:
Season 1
1. What a Night for a Knight
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1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Care and Feeding of Your Captive Earl
Author: Kate McKinley
Date Read: 5/8/20
Task: a historical book
How it Fits: MPG historical
Next Episode Choice: 2. A Clue for Scooby-Doo
I'll go down the list of Season 1
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2. A Clue for Scooby Doo
At Rocky Point Beach, the gang encounter the ghost of an old sea diver. A sailor claims it to be the ghost of Captain Cutler, who, according to legend, died at sea many years ago when his boat got wrecked and he is getting his revenge.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set by the sea or ocean
2. a book where the main character spends time on a boat
3. a ghost story
4. a book where someone gets revenge
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Outmatched
Author: Kristen Callihan
Date Read: 5/9/20
Task: a book where the main character spends time on a boat
How it Fits: In chapter 6 the MCs go to a party on a huge yacht.
Next Episode Choice: 3. Hassle in the Castle
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3. Hassle in the Castle
After getting lost in the fog, the gang arrive on Haunted Isle, where they meet an unearthly ghost haunting an old, abandoned castle.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets lost
2. a book set on an island
3. a book not set on Earth
4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Zar
Author: Alana Khan
Date Read: 5/11/20
Task: a book not set on Earth
How it Fits: Set on a spaceship entirely
Next Episode Choice: 4. Mine Your Own Business
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4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Wolf's Secret Vegas Bride
Author: Eve Langlais
Date Read: 5/12/20
Task: 2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
How it Fits: the MCs spend a night in a hotel right after they get married
Next Episode Choice: 5. Decoy for a Dognapper
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5. Decoy for a Dognapper
When Mystery Inc. hear about a series of dognappings, they investigate. But when Scooby is dognapped, mistaken for another dog, the gang track him to a secret hideout in the desert where they face a witch doctor and a ghostly Indian on horseback.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
2. a book that is part of a series
3. a book where a kidnapping occurs
4. a book where a doctor is a significant part of the story
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Shadow
Author: Alana Khan
Date Read: 5/13/20
Task: 2. a book that is part of a series
How it Fits: Part of series called Galaxy Gladiators
Next Episode Choice: 6. What the Hex Going On?
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6. What the Hex Going On?
Mystery Inc. is headed to their friend Sharon Wetherby's estate. When they arrive, Sharon's Uncle Stuart disappears, and when they find him, he says he was beckoned by the voice of the Ghost of Elias Kingston from the Kingston Mansion. The gang find themselves wrapped up in the tangle of the spooky ghoul of Elias Kingston who wants the family treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book about friends
2. a book whose title starts with 'U', 'N', 'C', "L', or 'E' (ignoring 'a', 'an', 'the')
3. listen to an audio book
4. a book that you consider to be a treasure
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Date Read: 5/14/20
Task: a book that you consider to be a treasure
How it Fits: Considered a treasure and a classic book
Next Episode Choice: 7. Never Ape an Ape Man
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7. Never Ape an Ape Man
The gang take jobs as extras on the set of Daphne's uncle, John Maxwell's, movie set of The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain. But, a real apeman has been sabotaging the movie and Mystery Inc. need to catch this ape before he causes the movie to end permanently.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets a job
2. a book that has been made into a movie
3. a book that has been tagged 'Realistic Fiction'
4. a book that is the last of its series
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Will
Author: Kristen Ashley
Date Read: 5/15/20
Task: a book that has been made into a movie
How it Fits: Movie on Passionflix
Next Episode Choice: 8. Foul Play in Funland
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8. Foul Play in Funland
The gang anticipate the opening of a theme park while clam collecting on a nearby beach. But when the theme park's lights come on and the rides start running, when the park is supposed to be closed, they try to find out who is doing it, and find the shenanigans are being caused by a strange man who walks like a torpedo.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book that is the first of a series
2. a book set where the main character goes to a beach
3. a book with an unusual word in the title
4. a book by a male author
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Sweetest Things
Author: Bria Quinlan
Date Read: 5/16/20
Task: a book that is the first of a series
How it Fits: First in the series Starlight Harbor
Next Episode Choice: 9. The Backstage Rage
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9. The Backstage Rage
The gang investigate an abandoned theater where they face a spooky phantom and his puppets, all connected to a counterfeiting operation!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets left behind
2. a book where the main character goes to a theater
3. a book where a face is the focus of the cover
4. a book whose title has double letters in its title (puppet)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Highlander Is All That
Author: Sabrina York
Date Read: 5/16/20
Task: a book whose title has double letters in its title
How it Fits: the word ALL in the title
Next Episode Choice: 10. Bedlam in the Big Top
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10. Bedlam in the Big Top
The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
2. a book with a circus animal in the story
3. a book that is humorous
4. a book that you purchased
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Best of You
Author: Sophie-Leigh Robbins
Date Read: 5/17/20
Task: a book that is humorous
How it Fits: humorous/chick-lit story
Next Episode Choice: 11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
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11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
While on their way to Franken Castle, the gang stop to get their fortunes told by a gypsy. She warns them "they will meet their doom" if they go to the castle. The gang goes to the castle anyway, where they are confronted by Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'castle' in the text of the book
2. a book where something bad happens to the MC
3. a book with a significant character who is nobility
4. a book that is considered a classic
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: After His Banana
Author: Penelope Bloom
Date Read: 5/18/20
Task: a book with 'castle' in the text of the book
How it Fits: “She was the medieval castle” LOC 584
Next Episode Choice: 12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
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12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
While visiting a museum, the gang learn about the legend of Ankha, a 3000-year-old mummy. Legend had it that the mummy will come back alive and turn people to stone if he is removed from his tomb. Shaggy later finds a coin inside his pocket from the exhibit, and when the gang go back to return it, they find the mummy has come to life and turned the professor to stone, and now he wants Shaggy's coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a historical book
2. a book that you purchased
3. a book with a teacher as a character
4. a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Lawman Lion
Author: Zoe Chant
Date Read: 5/19/20
Task: a book that you purchased
How it Fits: book I purchased
Next Episode Choice: 13. Which Witch Is Which?
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13. Which Witch Is Which?
While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC gets lost
2. a book cover that you consider spooky
3. a book set near where you live
4. a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Murder Lo Mein
Author: Vivien Chien
Date Read: 5/20/20
Task: a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG mystery
Next Episode Choice: 14. Spooky Space Kook
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14. Spooky Space Kook
The Mystery Machine runs out of gas in front of a farmhouse, next to an abandoned airfield, which is haunted by a UFO and its ghostly alien driver.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC has difficulty with a vehicle
2. a book set on a farm
3. a book where the MC flies on a airplane
4. a science fiction book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
COMPLETION POSTmy thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Tyree
Author: Alana Khan
Date Read: 5/20/20
Task: a science fiction book
How it Fits: MPG science fiction
Next Episode Choice: 15. Go Away Ghost Ship
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was an animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was on Saturday mornings and it aired from September 13, 1969, until October 31, 1970.
The show centers on four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in the Mystery Machine, a blue and green van decorated with orange flowers, solving mysteries.
Challenge Begins: May 1, 2020
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Take a look at the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode list.
2. Choose your first mystery and post it into your thread.
3. The moderator will then post the related episode information and tasks.
4. Once you complete one of the tasks, post in your thread and in the Reporting thread the following:
Author:
Book:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice:
Books must be 100 pages.
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
Page count for audio books will be determined the first paper version shown on Goodreads. From the book's page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide.