Murder Mystery 3
Jewels or Jail?
• The thief looked down at the large box of
glistening jewels sitting on the table and
felt the smooth hard surfaces of the gems.
It was a mere two weeks since they had
been removed from the safe of Sparkly
Gems the Jeweller.
It was a shame the night
watchman had stumbled on the
crime and had to be shot.
• Sparkly Gems had just received a valuable delivery of
diamonds, rubies and sapphires from Holland.
• It was obvious to the police and the owner that this was
an inside job and they had narrowed it down to 32
employees who knew which safe the diamonds were in.
• The investigation was led by Inspector Pymworthy who
as yet had no leads to follow. Forensic tests had not
produced any fingerprints or DNA and the gun was
nowhere to be found. The trail was going cold.
• The thief stared at the airline ticket – a single flight to
Cambodia leaving in two days – the start of a new life.
• Inspector Pymworthy (or should it be Dimworthy?) had
no chance. He wouldn’t recognise a thief with a bag of
swag on his back.
• Being supremely confident and a touch arrogant, the
thief decided to send the Inspector some clues.
• The next day the Inspector received 5 emails from
someone at Sparkly Gems claiming they had clues about
the theft.
• The emails did not appear to make sense and the
Inspector was mystified. He didn’t realise that he had
only two days before the thief and the booty would fly
away to start a new life overseas.
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Can you help the Inspector to nail the thief in time?
Will the thief get away?
Or will justice be done?
For clues 2, 3 & 5: 1 = a, b = 2 etc
Clue 1 Wave that Flag
Clue 2 – The dating game
2 days before Good Friday
3rd Monday in August
The new moon in March
2 weeks after 18th May
Christmas Day
3 weeks before 30th April
2 weeks before the July full moon
2nd Tuesday in September
4th Saturday in April
3 weeks before Boxing day
4 weeks before the August Bank Holiday
The full moon in April
2nd Sunday in October
2nd Monday in March
6 days before the August full moon
2 weeks before 26th August
2nd Saturday in April
4 days after the full moon in September
3rd Sunday in June
3rd Tuesday in September
2nd Friday in September
The new moon in February
2 weeks before Easter Monday
Clue 3 – 100% proof.
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5o% of 26
10% of 250
30% of 20
5% of 20
25% of 88
20% of 75
25% of 84
15% of 120
20% of 45
4o% of 50
5% of 100
60% of 10
20% of 90
30% of 70
75% of 12
1% of 2000
25% of 32
20% of 5
20% of 95
30% of 50
20% of 70
12½% of 40
5% of 380
50% of 10
2% of 250
12½% of 32
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18
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15
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Clue 4 - Braille
Clue 5 – When in Rome
LIV ÷ VI
LXXII ÷ IX
LXXX - LXXIX
II X XI
LXV ÷ XIII
XXVIII ÷ II
L÷X
LXVI ÷ III
LV ÷ XI
LIV ÷ III
C÷L
C ÷ XX
XX ÷ IV
XXX - XVI
XXXIX ÷ III
XCI - XC
III X VI
XXXVI ÷ II
LXXII ÷ VIII
XLV ÷ IX
C ÷ XXV
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Clue 1
Clue 2
Clue 3
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5o% of 26
10% of 250
30% of 20
5% of 20
25% of 88
20% of 75
25% of 84
15% of 120
20% of 45
4o% of 50
5% of 100
60% of 10
20% of 90
30% of 70
75% of 12
1% of 2000
25% of 32
20% of 5
20% of 95
30% of 50
20% of 70
12½% of 40
5% of 380
50% of 10
2% of 250
12½% of 32
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25
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22
15
21
18
9
20
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18
21
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15
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Clue 4
Clue 5
LIV ÷ VI
LXXII ÷ IX
LXXX - LXXIX
II X XI
LXV ÷ XIII
XXVIII ÷ II
L÷X
LXVI ÷ III
LV ÷ XI
LIV ÷ III
C÷L
C ÷ XX
XX ÷ IV
XXX - XVI
XXXIX ÷ III
XCI - XC
III X VI
XXXVI ÷ II
LXXII ÷ VIII
XLV ÷ IX
C ÷ XXV
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