THE GREEK INTERPRETERS
Winter Meeting: March 5th, 2009, Hershey's, E. Lansing
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
An Acrostic prepared by The Chemist
The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase.
THE GREEK INTERPRETERS | |
Winter Meeting: March 5th, 2009, Hershey's, E. LansingThe Adventure of the Dying DetectiveAn Acrostic prepared by The Chemist The first letter of each correct answer, read vertically, will form a phrase. | |
1. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : The tropical disease expert Watson proposed to fetch.
2. __ __ __ __ __ : the section of Burke Street where Culverton Smith lived.
3. __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : how Mrs. Hudson is described in the first sentrnce.
4. __ __ __ __ __ : The nature of the box Watson spied on the mantlepiece.
5. __ __ __ __ __ __ __: where Culverton Smith had lived as a planter.
6. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : how Holmes' untidiness is described.
7. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the month in which these events take place.
8. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : what Holmes fears the world will be overrun by.
9. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : where Holmes had been working on a case.
10. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : what Mrs. Hudson did not dare to do when she found Holmes sick.
11. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : Holmes' were malodorous.
12. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : The disease Culverton Smith may have suffered in childhood.
13. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: Culverton Smith's smile when he heard Holmes was ill.
14. __ __ __ __ __ __ : Victor's relationship to Culverton Smith.
15. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : what Culverton Smith did not wish to be.
16. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the fever Holmes queried Watson about.
17. __ __ __ __ - __ __ __ __ __ __ : the five silver coins Holmes wished Watson to redistribute.
18. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ deadly: how Holmes refers to his desease.
19. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : the name of Culverton Smith's butler.
20. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : how Watson referred to Holmes' locking of the bedroom door.
21. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : where Holmes proposed to have something nutritious.
22. __ __ __ __ __ __ : the color of Culverton Smith's face.
23. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: Culverton Smith kept the worst of these in bottles and jars.
24. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: the tweeds in which inspector Morton was dressed.
25. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : Victor Savage stood between Culverton Smith and this.
26 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __: Holmes considered writing a monograph on this subject.
27. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ : Holmes owed Watson a thousand of these.
28. __ __ __ __ : how Culverton Smith referred to the trap Holmes had laid for him.
