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1. Your investigations have identified the Government department in which the spy works. That department has the same name as a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alison Lurie. Which department?
2. Through examining the computer which controls the elevator, you have found which floor of HQ the spy works on. The floor is also a word which appears in the first line of David Bowie's "Space Oddity". Which floor?
3. An informant reveals that the spy was recruited by the enemy while studying at the same university as Bill Clinton. At which of the following did the spy study?
4. Coded messages to the enemy have been intercepted on each day of the week except one, and you deduce that this must be the Spy's day off work. This day of the week is also a character from "The Addams Family" - which day?
5. Sophisticated analysis of the spy's codemaking techniques reveals their nationality - the same as football (or soccer) player Patrick Vieira.
6. A single hair found in a secret dossier reveals the spy's hair colour to be the same as the surname of the actress who played opposite Patrick Swayze in "Dirty Dancing". Which hair colour?
7. Intercepted Morse Code transmissions reveal the first letter of the Spy's surname. This letter looks identical to the capitalised version of the Greek letter upsilon (pronounced ipsilon). Which letter?
8. Bugging the phone lines has revealed the spy's telephone extension number within HQ, and the 4 digit extension is also the title of a famous overture by Tchaikovsky. Type in the extension.
9. Finally, you have uncovered the gender of the spy, which is the same sex as the title of a 1981 John Lennon song about one of his children. Is our spy a man or a woman?
10. We have 10 suspects: 1. Sandy Evans the telephone operator, 2. Thomas, the director of operations from the Defence Department, 3. Alex the intern (a Harvard graduate), 4. Paddy the Irish janitor, who doesn't work Wednesdays 5. Eric, the security clearance chief, 6. Head of Foreign Affairs, Ms Jenny Young, 7. French double Agent Francois, on extension 1756, 8. Jo the translator from the top floor, 9. Mark the stenographer, who works everyday except Tuesday and 10. Jackie, a brown-haired civil servant. Who is the spy?
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