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    Complete each of these Sherlock Holmes quotes with one word.

  1. ‘Excellent!’ I cried. ‘...Elementary... ,’ said he.    
  2. You know my ...methods... , Watson.    
  3. The curious incident of the ...dog... in the night-time.     
  4. They were the footprints of a gigantic ...hound... !         
  5. When you have eliminated the ...impossible... , whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
  6. Brain teasers

  7. A man rode into town on Monday. He stayed for three nights and then left on Monday. How come?
    Answer: Monday was the name of his horse.
  8. Kevin's mother has three children. The first is called Alpha, the second is called Beta. What is the name of the third?
    Answer: Kevin
  9. Why do the Chinese eat more rice than the Japanese?
    Answer: There are more Chinese than Japanese.
  10. A woman is asked what her daughters look like. She answers, ‘All but two are blondes, all but two are brunettes, and all but two are redheads.’ How many daughters does she have?
    Answer: Three – one blonde, one brunette, one redhead
  11. You are running in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
    Answer: Second
  12. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police burst in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a firefighter playing poker. They immediately arrest the firefighter. How do they know they've got their man?
    Answer: The other three are women.
  13. Romeo and Juliet are dead. They are in a locked room on the 29th floor. There is a table in the room, a puddle and some broken glass. The wind is blowing the curtains of the only window. Apart from the bodies, there is nothing else in the room. How did Romeo and Juliet die?
    Answer: The wind blew the goldfish bowl off the table, it broke, and the two goldfish – Romeo and Juliet – died.

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