Elementary, my dear Watson! Brain Ring Start

HARD (5 POINTS) MEDIUM (3 POINTS) EASY (1 POINT) Brain Ring: rules Teams have 1 minute for one task. Tasks: Warm-up (1 minute)

WARM UP How many short words can you make out of the word INVESTIGATION

INVESTIGATION NO NOT TEST TASTE STATION GO VET GATE STATE NATION SO TIN TONE STONE IN GET GIVE VISIT ON SIT GOAT TOAST TO SET INTO NOISE AGO EAST TEN NINE SING SONG CHECK YOURSELF

One day Sherlock Holmes got a message but he couldn’t read it because he didn’t know anything about mobile phones. ROUND I: Strange messages

HARD (5 POINTS) MEDIUM (3 POINTS) EASY (1 POINT) ROUND I: Strange messages

C u l8r!

See you later!

Y r u sad? What r u duin 2nIt?

Y r u sad? What r u duin 2nIt? Why are you sad? What are you doing tonight?

Will u b 8? W8 4 me, pls!

Will you be there at eight? Wait for me, please!

ROUND II: Logical problems Sherlock Holmes was a great specialist in solving logical problems. What about you?

HARD (5 POINTS) MEDIUM (3 POINTS) EASY (1 POINT) ROUND II: Logical problems

Logical problem 1 Five brothers have each a sister. How many children are there in the family?

Logical problem 1 Five brothers have each a sister. How many children are there in the family?

Logical problem 2 What is white when its dirty and black when its clean?

Logical problem 2 What is white when its dirty and black when its clean?

Logical problem 3 What belongs to you, other people use it a lot, but you very seldom use it?

Logical problem 3 What belongs to you, other people use it a lot, but you very seldom use it?

When Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are tired of their work they play a rhyming game… to train their brain. Let’s have some rest too: Here are some rhymes for you. ROUND III: Rhyming game

HARD (5 POINTS) MEDIUM (3 POINTS) EASY (1 POINT)

What do you drive that rhymes with “FAR”? Where do you sleep that rhymes with “RED”? Where do you sit that rhymes with “STAIR”? What do you read that rhymes with “COOK”?

Where do you sit that rhymes with stair? Where do you sleep that rhymes with red? What do you drive that rhymes with far? What do you read that rhymes with cook?

It eats mosquitoes, and rhymes with “LOG”. It flies in the sky and rhymes with “WORD”. It lives in the sea and rhymes with “DISH”. It has whiskers and rhymes with “HAT”. It eats grass and rhymes with “WOW”!

It flies in the sky and rhymes with WORD. It lives in the sea and rhymes with DISH. It has whiskers and rhymes with HAT. It eats grass and rhymes with WOW! It eats mosquitoes, and rhymes with LOG.

Where do you go for a walk that rhymes with SHARK? It comes out at night and rhymes with “CAR”. It comes out at night and rhymes with “SPOON”. It travels in space and rhymes with “POCKET”. It makes us hot and rhymes with “FUN”.

What comes out at night and rhymes with car? Where do you go for a walk that rhymes with shark? It travels in space and rhymes with pocket. It makes us hot and rhymes with fun. It comes out at night and rhymes with spoon.

Thank you for your help! Sherlock Holmes