THE GREEK INTERPRETERS |
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Fall Meeting: October 2nd, 2012, Country Club of LansingThe Engineer's Thumb
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The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. |
1. What the
engineer saw between two boards in the press chamber: _______ (2
wrd, 6, 5 ltrs)
2. Like Oliver Twist, the engineer was one: _______ (1 wrd, 6 ltrs)
3. The damp broke through the walls in green: ______ (2 wrd, 9, 8
ltrs)
4. The first train station on the way to the Stark's house: ______
(1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
5. The final train station near the house was at: ______ (1 wrd, 6
ltrs)
6. The radius in miles drawn on the map by inspector Bradstreet (in Roman Numerals): ______ (1 symbol)
7. The train station close to Watson's practice. (not a bear): ______
(1 wrd, 10 ltrs).
8. The pressure exerted by the hydraulic press: ______ (1 wrd, 8
ltrs)
9. Holmes ordered a breakfast of eggs and: ______ (1 wrd, 7
ltrs)
10. Regarding secrecy, the engineer obeyed Stark's: ______ (1
wrd, 10 ltrs)
11. In his first meeting with the engineer, Stark was worried about: ______ (1 wrd, 13 ltrs)
12. According to Watson, where this story has been told more than once: ______
(1 wrd, 10 ltrs)
13. Warburton and Stark had this rank in common: ______ (1 wrd, 7
ltrs)
14. Normally unhealthy, Stark's was his natural habit. ______ (1
wrd, 10 ltrs)
15. The engineer's surname: ______ (1 wrd, 9 ltrs)
16. Where Holmes sat while questioning the engineer (a big one): ______ (1 wrd, 8 ltrs)
17. In which direction from the village station did the inspector think the
house lay? ______ (1 wrd, 5 ltrs)
18. In which county does the village lie? ______ (1 wrd, 9 ltrs)
19. The engineer regarded the fuller's-earth story as: ______ (1 wrd, 9 ltrs)
20. In which direction from the village station did the engineer think the
house lay? ______ (1 wrd, 4 ltrs)
21. In which direction from the village station did Watson think the house lay?
______ (1 wrd, 5 ltrs)
22. One of the metals stored in an out-house: ______ (1 wrd, 6
ltrs)
23. What Holmes asserts started the fire that destroyed the house: ______ (2 wrd, 3, 4 ltrs)
24. The color of the horse pulling Stark's carriage: ______ (1
wrd, 8 ltrs)
25. How often Watson persuaded Holmes to visit him: ______
(1 wrd, 12 ltrs)
26 This adventure takes place not long after Watson's: ______
(1 wrd, 8 ltrs)
27. Where Holmes kept the plugs of his previous day pipe smokes: ______ (1 wrd, 11 ltrs)
28. The immense appearance of the smoke cloud from the burning house: ______
(2 wrd, 7 ltrs each)
29. The engineer's business hours began at: ______ (1 wrd, 4 ltrs)
30. Stark was willing to pay the engineer fifty guineas for his: ______ (1 wrd, 7 ltrs)
31. The old house had ______ winding staircases. (1 wrd, 6 ltrs).
32. What Holmes said the engineer had gained from his adventure: ______ (1 wrd, 10 ltrs)