THE GREEK INTERPRETERSSpring Meeting: May 12, 2005, Park Lake Grill, E. LansingThe Final ProblemAn Acrostic prepared by The Chemist The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. |  |
THE GREEK INTERPRETERSSpring Meeting: May 12, 2005, Park Lake Grill, E. LansingThe Final ProblemAn Acrostic prepared by The Chemist The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. | |
1. __ __ __ __ __ the number of days before Moriarty's gang is arrested (Holmes tells Watson)
2. __ __ __ __ Holmes was convinced the letter from Meiringen was one.
3. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the mental powers of Moriarty.
4. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Moriarty wrote a treatise on this theorm.
5. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the vogue enjoyed by Moriarty's treatise.
6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Holmes found these were fenced round the professor.
7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Moriarty's were hereditary and diabolical
8. __ __ __–__ __ __ __ what Holmes was afraid of.
9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Holmes' latest "interference" according to Watson. (a case in the canon)
10. __ __ __ __ where Moriarty vows never to stand. (dry or wet, preceded by the)
11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Street the crossing where Holmes was nearly run down by a van.
12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ how Moriarty was affected by Holmes on January 23rd. (a WC was not involved)
13. __ __ __ __ __–__–__ __ __ __ __ __ where Holmes and Watson argued the question while in Strasbourg
14. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ where Holmes and Watson stayed in Meiringen.
15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the royal family to which Holmes was recently of assistance.
16. __ __ __ __ __ __–__ __ __–__ __ __ __ __ how Holmes characterized a brilliant bit of detective work.
17. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the size of the brougham driver who transported Watson to Victoria station.
18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ according to Holmes, this one (Moriarty) was his intellectual equal.
19. __ __ __ __ __ a French city from which Holmes sent Watson a note.
20. __ __ __ __ what Moriarty (not the coyote) was.
21. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the condition of Moriarty's plans at the end of March.
22. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ on Monday, Moriarty's was gone. (forced retirement?)
23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ How Watson describes the Daubensee.
24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ how Moriarty was affected by Holmes by the middle of February.
25. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ it was not in Holmes' nature to take an aimless one.
26. __ __ __ __ __ __–__ __ __ __ __ the sight of it (Holmes') turned Watson cold and sick.
27. __ __ __ __ __ Watson heard his own reverberating from the cliffs.
28. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Watson cannot recollect seeing Holmes in such spirits.
29. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ of the most dangerous and capable criminal in Europe. (not dinosaurs)
30. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Watson's adjective for the Italian priest he encountered at Victoria Station.
31. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ an aged one shared Watson's rail carriaqe.
32. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ the falls where Holmes and Moriarty struggled to the death.
33. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ two of these were burst and bleeding..
34. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ how Holmes alluded to Moriarty's position among criminals and crime. (not a pastry)
35. __ __ __ __ what Holmes begged Watson to do with the instructions he gave him.
36. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Holmes behavior following Moriarty's escape.
37. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Moriarty's agents.
