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:TITLE
The Adventure of the Missing Cuckoo by Mycroft RBBS
:ENDR
:ID_TAG
002
:ENDR
:CASE
Early this morning Margot Smythe, a bar maid at the West
Landing Pub, was found strangled in her room. Clutched in the
dead girl's hand was a gold sovereign; and an empty box, marked
"Hillery's", from an expensive pair of French nylons was found
in the girl's wastebasket. Inspector Lestrade also noticed that
the cuckoo clock in the room was broken, and the bird was missing.
Maxwell Torchfield, the barkeep at the West Landing, says that a
bearded man in a grey coat was seen entering Margot's room last
night. By accident, one of Lestrade's men found a grey coat and
a false beard in the trash can behind the house of Sir Bertram
Lampfelt of Park Lane.
Sir Lampfelt's wife, Constance, claims the coat and beard weren't
there last night when she carried the garbage out and took her
poodle, Fifi, for a walk.
One of Margot's boyfriend's, a merchant sailor named Lars McSwade,
was found drunk this morning in the alley behind the pub. Though
he was wearing his dress uniform, McSwade had no necktie. McSwade
claims the last thing he remembers is tripping over a poodle that
was running free behind the West Landing last night.
Scotland Yard wants to know:
a) who killed Margot Smythe
b) the weapon used
c) the motive
The game is afoot!
:ENDR
:QUESTION_1
Who killed Margot Smythe?
:ENDR
:QUESTION_2
What weapon was used for the murder?
:ENDR
:QUESTION_3
What was the motive?
:ENDR
:SOLUTION_1
Constance Lampfelt
Constance
Mrs. Lampfelt
Mrs Lampfelt
:ENDR
:SOLUTION_2
Fifi's leash
Fifis leash
Dog leash
The dog leash
Leash
The leash
:ENDR
:SOLUTION_3
Adultery
:ENDR
:STORY
Constance, who was adept at electronics, had suspected that her
husband was having an affair with the victim. She therefore
hid a microphone inside the victim's cuckoo clock hoping to
find the truth.
Her suspicions of adultery were confirmed so she went to the
victim's apartment to confront her. After a heated argument,
Constance strangled the victim with her poodle Fifis leash.
Realizing what she had done, she ripped the microphone and the
bird from the cuckoo clock and fled. When her husband learned
of the bar maids death, he disposed his fake beard and grey
coat disguise that he had used when visiting the victim.
Killer: Constance Lampfelt
Weapon: Fifi's leash
Motive: Adultery
:ENDR
:GALLERY
A little man walks up to you and hands you a small folded piece
of paper. You unravel it. It reads:
(Complete Motive Clue)
I. Grown up.
II. Apples grow on a _____.
:ENDR
:BOUTIQUE
One of the shopkeepers, also one of your Baker Street Irregulars,
hands you a coded clue. It reads:
(Weapon Clue - 3 Parts)
III. Opposite of most.
:ENDR
:SCOTLAND
After an extensive talk with the coroner, he tells you that
an in depth examination revealed several flea bites on the
victim's neck.
:ENDR
:LAWYERS
One of the legal aides walks up and says 'I shouldn't be doing
this'. She hands you a piece of crumpled paper. You unravel
it and find the following coded clue:
(Killer Clue - Part 3 of 3)
III. "A type of fabric"
:ENDR
:HOTEL
The desk clerk tells you "The Moon is Blue". You look it up
in your code book and find the following:
(Killer Clue - Part 1 of 3)
I. Not variables.
:ENDR
:BANK
One of the tellers confides that he knows McSwade. He says
that McSwade's hobby is collecting gold coins.
:ENDR
:PARK
A note written in chalk on a stone reads:
(Weapon clue - 3 Parts)
II. The first word the giant says in Jack in the Beanstalk.
:ENDR
:EXCHANGE
A broker hands you a report. Inside you find the following
coded message:
(Killer Clue - Part 2 of 3)
II. "It produces light"
:ENDR
:CAB
One of the drivers remembers that he just picked up Sir Bertram
two days ago at the freight lines. He had just returned from
a trip to Paris.
:ENDR
:NEWSPAPER
One of the printers tells you that what you are interested in
can be found in locker number 4 in the dressing room. When you
open it you find the following coded message on the door:
(General Killer & Motive Clue)
"A little bird told her"
:ENDR
:PUB
The innkeeper tells you that Torchfield bought the cuckoo on
a recent trip to Switzerland.
:ENDR
:FERRY
You find a coded message in one of the service buildings. It
reads:
(Weapon clue - Part 1 of 3)
I. "You must pay a lawyer a legal ____"
:ENDR
:ENDC