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The Adventure of Black Peter

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A Scholarly Examination

By The Duke of Balmoral

October 5, 2001

 

Matching.  1 point each:

 

1.  __________Allardyce                   

 a.  Holmes charged him a great deal of money

2.  __________Captain Basil               

  b.  His death brought about a plea from the Pope

3.  __________Cardinal Tosca           

c.  Trained canaries

4.  __________Dawson                      

d. Was black in spirit and features.

5.  __________Duke of Holdernesse  

e.  Sherlock Holmes

6.  __________Hugh Pattins              

 f.  The local butcher

7.  __________John Hopley Neligan   

g.  An investigator with no alternative

8.  __________James Lancaster        

h.  Passed the cabin at one in the morning

9.  __________ Neligan the Elder       

i.   Tried to clear his father’s name

10. __________Patrick Cairns          

j.  Made twenty-six voyages

11. __________Peter Carey              

k.  Retired ten years earlier

12. __________Slater                     

l.   A shipping agent

13. __________Stanley Hopkins        

m.  Ribston-pippen of a man

14. __________Sumner                      

n.  Dried up creature

15. __________Wilson                       

o.  Sailed off in a yacht

 

Short Answer.  1 point each:

This is your chance to play Sherlock and tell the significance of the following clues:

 

1.  Holmes was unable to spear a pig all the way through?

 

2.  Scratches on the lock of the cabin?

 

3.  A tobacco pouch , but no pipe?

 

4.  Tantalus of whiskey and brandy untouched on sea chest?

 

5.   Blood stain on the bottom side of the notebook?

 

6.  Two dirty glasses and one bottle of rum?

 

7.  Knife in sheath on the floor at feet of victim?

 

8.  S.s. Sea Unicorn, Dundee engraved on the stock of harpoon?

 

9.  Silhouette of a bearded man seen two day before murder?

 

10.  Notebook with initials of JHN found in the room?

 

 

Multiple Choice.  1 point each

 

1.  Neligan stayed at what hotel?
  1. The Black Swan Hotel
  2. The Dundee Hotel
  3. The Sussex Plowman Hotel
  4. Black Peter’s Rustic Cabins
  5. Brambletye Hotel

 

2.  What did Holmes give the rejected harpooners?
  1. A hard time
  2. A pound note
  3. A half-sovereign
  4. A job on his artic expedition
  5. A seal pouch of tobacco

 

3.  Patrick Cairns caught a train for London at what station?
  1. Turnbridge Wells
  2. Slater’s Crossing
  3. Forest Row
  4. Dawson’s Creek
  5. Woodman’s Lee

 

4.  Carey’s daughter slept with her window open and heard a scream at what time?
  1. Midnight
  2. Dawn
  3. 3:00 AM
  4. 2:00 AM
  5. 2 hours before daylight

 

5.  When the story ends, Holmes tells Hopkins what?
  1. That Hopkins couldn’t find his butt with two hands and a lime light.
  2. That he and Watson were off to Norway.
  3. That he had five refuges in London where he could change his identity.
  4. That he could come up with at least five alternatives for any crime.
  5. That all things come to a person of patience.

 

Tiebreaker:

You are Patrick Cairns’ barrister.  Make a case to save him from swinging from the gallows.

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