30 PUZZLES
Detective Questions Answer the following questions based on the following information :
1
Holmes and Watson were invited to take part in a charity cricket match , playing for the Scotland Yard team . They both agreed to play . Holmes made 56 runs . Watson scored twice as many as Inspector Lestrade and three times as many as sergeant Smith . Holmes ’ score exceeded Watson ’ s by the same number of runs as Lestrade ’ s exceeded sergeant Smith ’ s . Can you give each player ’ s score ?
2
Holmes , Watson , Lestrade , Moriarty and Mrs
Hudson all belonged to the same library . All five were returning books at the same time . The library shelved its books in alphabetical order by title instead of by author .
Borrower HOLMES WATSON HUDSON MORIARTY
Dr Watson 3 decided he would try a little flutter on the stock market . To buy the shares he withdrew two-thirds of his total savings from his bank account . “ It was a disaster ,” he said to Holmes only a few weeks later . “ I had to sell the shares at a loss , receiving only two thirds of the price I had originally paid . My brief venture into the world of high finance has lowered my bank balance by £ 500 !” How much money did Watson originally have in his bank account ?
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | January , 2017
Title GREAT DETECTIVES MEDICINE THE COOK BOOK GREAT CRIMINALS
LESTRADE
POLICE
• None of the borrowers returned the book listed against their name above .
• Two books were overdue . Watson had one ; the other was ‘ Medicine ’.
• The books returned by Holmes and Watson sat next to each other on the shelf .
• Mrs Hudson had to pay a fine for a late return .
Can you match up all five titles with the borrower ?