THE GREEK INTERPRETERS |
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Fall Meeting: February 28th, 2013, Country Club of LansingThe Bascombe Valley Mystery
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The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. |
1. Where Holmes and Watson lunched on their way to the crime scene: _______ (1
wrd, 7 ltrs)
2. The kind of cigar smoked by John Turner: _______ (1 wrd, 6 ltrs)
3. Holmes's seemed to dilate when on a scent: ______ (1 wrd, 8
ltrs)
4. The convoy cargo robbed by the Ballerat Gang: ______
(1 wrd, 4 ltrs)
5. James saw that his father's passion was becoming: ______ (1 wrd, 12 ltrs)
6. Lestrade was wearing a dustcoat and: ______ (2 wrd, 7, 8 ltrs)
7. The doctor who assumed Watson's work load: ______
(1 wrd, 10 ltrs).
8. Holmes read, took notes and meditated until the train passed: _______ (1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
(Oscar Wilde spent a few years here.)
9. An uncharitable term Holmes applied to Lestrade: ______ (1 wrd, 8 ltrs)
10. At Paddington Holmes was wearing a long grey: ______ (2
wrd, 9 (or 10), 5 ltrs)
11. While waiting, Watson tried to interest himself in a: ______ (3 wrd, 6, 6, 5 ltrs)
12. Lestrade to Holmes, "We have got to the deductions and ______
." (1 wrd, 10 ltrs)
13. Holmes description of Watson's shaving of his left jaw: ______ (1 wrd, 8 ltrs)
14. Where Watson learned to be a prompt and ready traveler. ______ (1
wrd, 11 ltrs)
15. Patience Moran was the daughter of the: ______ (2 wrd, 5, 6 ltrs)
16. The murder victim was Charles: ______ (1 wrd, 8 ltrs)
(Where was Edgar Bergen at the time?)
17. Holmes to Watson, "There is nothing more deceptive than an ______ fact." (1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
18. After lunch, the train passed through this beautiful valley: ______ (1 wrd, 6 ltrs)
19. Some of the footprints observed by Holmes were walking on: ______ (1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
(possibly Tiny Tim?)
20. Lestrade's left footprint showed an: ______ (2 wrd, 6, 5 ltrs)
21. Holmes' response to Lestrade's skepticism: ______ (2 wrd, 4, 7 ltrs)
22. The Queenly State in which John Turner made his fortune: ______ (1 wrd, 8 ltrs)
23. The case was referred to the: ______ (1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
24. Where in London did John Turner first encounter his blackmailer: ______ (2 wrd, 6, 6 ltrs)
25. Holmes to Watson, "I only quote this as a trivial example of observation and ______ ":
(1 wrd, 9 ltrs)
26. John Turner's daughter: ______ (1 wrd, 5 ltrs)
27. Where James spent three days before his father's death: ______
(1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
(is it in fashion?)
28. Lestrade did not wish to become a Scotland Yard : ______ (2 wrd, 8, 5 ltrs)
29. According to James, the grey cloak lay about a dozen ______ from the body. (1 wrd, 5 ltrs)
30. Where "Cooee" is a distinct cry: ______ (1 wrd, 9 ltrs).
31. The groom was John: ______ (1 wrd, 4 ltrs)
32. Holmes regarded this kind of aid as either worthless or biased: ______ (1 wrd, 5 ltrs)
33. Holmes states he will employ means that Lestrade is incapable of: ______ (1 wrd, 13 ltrs)
34. The train left Paddington at a quarter past: ______ (1 wrd, 6 ltrs)