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Logical Reasoning 4 Sherlock Holmes - Special 1)Dr.Watsons uncle had died, leaving $1000 to be divided amongst his 5 nephews.

. But in his will he specified that the money was to be divided according to their ages, so that each nephew received $20 more than the next nephew younger than him. As Watson was the youngest how much did he receive? 2)Holmes and Watson had written individual reports to Scotland Yard on the recent crime they had solved. The combined number of pages written was 78. Holmes had written 14 more pages than Watson. How many pages had each written? 3)Sherlock Holmes wrote something on a piece of paper then passed it over to Dr.Watson. On the note were the following numbers 31,29,31,30. ? Whats this? asked Watson. I want to activate your mind Watson. What is the next number in Sequence? 4)Four prisoners had escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison. The prisoners, Mr East, Mr West, Mr North and Mr South, once free of the prison, made their escape in different directions. Sherlock Holmes was called in to track them down. The prison governor supplied Holmes with the following information The escape routes were the North road, South Road, East road and West road. None of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake. Mr East did not take the South Road Mr West did not take the South Road The West road wasnt taken by Mr East What road did each of prisoners take to make their escape? 5)Holmes was reading a note from Professor Moriarty, Holmes then told Watson the time of the meeting. How can you be sure of the time, Holmes? asked Watson. You were reading the note upside down!. The time reads the same upside down as it does right way up, replied Holmes. What time was the meeting to take place? 6) After a long tired day, Mr Watson decided to retire early. By 8.30 pm he was fast asleep having previously wound up and set his faithful old alarm clock to wake him at 9:30 am. He slept soundly until the alarm woke him. How many hours sleep did Watson get? 7) After dinner one night Holmes, Watson, Lestrade and Mrs Hudson sat down to play a friendly game of poker. No money was involved and they simply played for match sticks. The game started with 168 matchsticks among them. At the end of play Mrs Hudson had twice as many matches as Holmes had and 3 times as many as Watson. Watson finished with one-sixth of the number held by Mrs Hudson. How many matchsticks did each player have at end of the game?

8)While working on a murder case, Dr Watson came across a sheet of paper in the bedroom of a victim. It is a family tree, he announced to Holmes. But its incomplete......I wonder how many children Robert had? Holmes glanced at that family tree and was immediately able to answer to Watsons question. Incomplete family tree... PAUL TOM JACK AMM DON ANN SAM DAVID PETER ROBERT ?

How many children did Robert have? How did Holmes find it out? What logic did he use? 9)Sherlock Holmes and Watson were travelling to London. They shared a compartment with 4 other gentleman. ANDREWS, BAKER, CLARK and DAVIS. The four obviously knew each other well and chatted all through the journey. Their occupations were : STOCKBROKER, BANKER, SHOP OWNER and SOLICITOR ( although not necessarily in order). From the following information gathered by Holmes can you determine the occupation of each man? ANDREWS had never played golf. DAVIS isnt a banker. CLARK bought his last set of golf clubs from the stock broker. ANDREWS was very friendly with the bank manager. The shop owner and BAKER often played golf with stock broker. 10)As Holmes walked down the Baker Street one morning, he stopped to chat with two Americans. One was the father of the other ones son. How were they related?

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