DETECTIVE PUZZLES
Detective Questions Answer the following questions based on the following information:
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Dr Watson was making his way back to
Baker Street when he bumped into an old colleague whom he hadn’ t seen or heard of for twenty years. They had been at medical school together and had graduated at the same time.
“ Where are you now?” asked Watson.
“ I’ m the head surgeon at London’ s Hammersmith Hospital,” came the reply.
“ And this little girl,” said Watson.“ Is she yours?” provide you with the answers?” said Watson confidently.“ On the contrary, Watson. I completed the entire crossword in one minute twenty seconds. But I noticed that four of these five clues have something in common. Can you tell me the odd one out?” Ignoring the fact that four of the words are of the same length, which is the odd one out and why?
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“ Yes, I’ ve been married for eight years now.”
The little girl tugged on Watson’ s jacket.“ My name’ s Mary,” she said.
“ Fancy that,” replied Watson patting her on the head.“ The same name as your mother.”
How did Watson know that?
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Holmes looked up from the Times crossword and smiled at Watson.“ I’ m sure you will find this of interest, Watson,” he said.“ RADA R LEVEL, ROTOR, REDIVIDER and MOTO R are the first five clues in today’ s crossword.”“ And I suppose you want me to
After one of Mrs Hudson’ s less than appetizing meals Doctor Watson was feeling out of sorts and decided to retire early. By 8.30pm he was fast asleep, having previously wound up and set his faithful old alarm clock to wake him at 9.30am. He slept soundly until the alarm woke him. How many hours’ sleep did Watson get?
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