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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jun-26-2013 03:40

You have til 9am July 1, Sleuth Server time... oh yeah there IS a prize. A reasonable 'bragging rights' item of some variety.

Please post your answers below. You might want to hold off posting for as long as possible so people can't copy your answers, or you might want to be philanthropic and help your fellow sleuths out... your choice :)

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How Sleuthy are you?
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WHO?

Cryptic Sleuths

These are the names of famous Detectives in Literature or TV.

1. The King is a Dog.
2. Michael's short to be using tools.
3. Ronald's wife liked to doodle.
4. He's just joined the Monastery.
5. A fiddler who howled at the moon.
6. My US Uncle used to dig for a living.
7. Theyre robust lads, aren't they.
8. His clerical shirts were probably beige.

WHERE?

9. Writer come Detective Jessica Fletcher is based in which fictional town?
AND in which story for the big screen (though it was probaby straight to DVD :) ) did Angela Landsbury portray Miss Marple?
10. Amelia Peabody Emerson has most of her adventures in which Country?
AND What is the name of the character that appears to Amelia in her dreams to offer her advice?
11. In which city is the Big Sleep set?
AND what's the name of the sequel to the Big Sleep? (not written by Chandler)

WHAT?

What do these Authors / Fictional Detectives have in common?

12. Characters: Hercule Poirot, Thomas Magnum, Thomson and Thomson?
13. Characters: Flambeau, Monsieur Lecoq, Eugène François Vidocq
14. Authors: Anna Katherine Green, GK Chesterton, Patricia Wentworth.
15: Carter Dickson, Ellery Queen, Bartholomew Gill


Sorry some these you just can't gooooooogle. :) GOOD LUCK


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Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Aug-27-2013 20:12

OK without further ado... please submit your answers in this post by Sleuth Server midnight September 1.

"THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!"

1. Who has the individual highest score on Noir at the moment? (yes, yes, I know, currently this is changing week to week)

2. In which comic book did Batman make his first appearance? (It's not Batman No. 1.)

3. Who was the world's first modern day Olympic champion?

4. What was the first planet ever discovered?

5. Which actor was the first to play Doctor Who?

6. Who was the first President of the US?

7. What was the first wonder of the World?

8. Who was the first duly anointed and crowned Queen of England?

9. Who's on third?

10. What happened from the S.S Slovenia in 1909 that became a world first?

11. Who was the first person to see Antartica?

12. Which two people were the first to reach the summit of Mt Everest?

Lucky 13.
And finally, which band recorded the soundtrack to the first Highlander film?

Riza Hawkeye
Riza Hawkeye
First Nomad

Aug-27-2013 21:13

Yay, I haven’t played a message board game in ages. Here goes. :)

1. Lady Jas
2. Detective Comics #27
3. James Connolly
4. Uranus
5. William Hartnell
6. George Washington
7. Great Pyramid of Giza
8. Queen Mary I
9. I Don’t Know
10. First use of the S.O.S. distress call
11. Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
12. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
13. Queen


Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Aug-28-2013 04:15

Oh, pure G.K....I'm gonna fail anyway, so, it doesn't matter what I do :)

1. Lady Jas
2. It's not?!?! There goes my guess...
3. ...
4. Uranus
5. Who indeed...
6. George Washington
7. The Great Pyramind of Giza
8. ...
9. Ser Jaime Lannister :)
10. It sent out the first-ever S.O.S. distress call...I've tried that...all they do is push you in deeper...
11. Okay, I had to google that, and nuh-uh, I'm not writing that.
12. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
13. ...

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-3-2013 01:45

I could have sworn I said September 3 :s

Also I could have called this after Riza posted :) as all of Riza's answers are corrrrrect!!

She wins the shiney Toby Jug and can PM me when she has an open hand slot and I will deposit said jug into said hand!!

Congrats!!



Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Sep-3-2013 07:14

Congrats, Riza :)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-5-2013 17:14

Prize delivered. :)

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-23-2013 03:15

yes yes quite correct. Something 'soon'...

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Sep-29-2013 02:48

flu... working on unfluing.

Daenerys Targaryen
Daenerys Targaryen
Bibliophile

Oct-2-2013 02:30

How does the unfluing go? *wishes SS a speedy recovery for selfish and unselfish reasons* :D

Bela Talbot III
Bela Talbot III
Con Artist

Oct-2-2013 09:37

How about purely selfish reasons here? :) Seriously, though, get better soon...apparently everybody here's got this flu :/

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