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Everybody Snoops Trivia Quiz

Detective Inspector Herbert Samuels arrives at a gruesome crime scene. This is a case that will haunt him for years and someone, who doesn't wish to be identified, is sending him taunting clues.

A multiple-choice quiz by pollucci19. Estimated time: 9 mins.

Author
pollucci19

Time
9 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
373,536

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
430

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. (CRYPTIC) The victim was the Mayor's daughter, Terri Alderman. I won't describe the scene suffice to say it wasn't pretty. There was a message scrawled in chalk alongside the body. It was pure cryptic and I assumed it was from the perpetrator.

"A pugilist is wrong in the midst of an Afrikaner."

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. (HIDDEN WORD) Pugilist! Oh, the sick puppy, she's not even cold yet and he wants me to put a lid on her. Pugilist, what the heck does he mean by that? A slugger, a knock out, I needed a drink, instead I punched the wall in frustration and hurt my fist... my fist! I looked at Terri's body again and noticed her right hand was clenched. I prised her fingers open and found a note. Amidst the blood stains I found a hidden word clue.

"(Think logically Samuels) A crisp, adequately shaped, can be a shovel."

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. (FRACTURED WORD) Back at the office I start to toy with a drink and the word "crisp" in the note. What the heck did that mean? Was it a potato chip shaped like a shovel? Suddenly I realised I had to dig deeper. I went back to the note and, covered by blood, in the bottom right hand corner were two words "GAR" and "JET". I put one and one together and figured I had me a fractured word clue.

But I wondered "what sort of device is a GAR-JET"?

Answer: (One Word, Six Letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. (MISSING VOWELS) I was getting the inkling of an idea as to what the gadget was that I was looking for when the phone starts ringing and interrupts my train of thought. A mechanical voice announces;

"You're going around in rings detective, listen closely, something is missing. Nail this and you might nail him." Then the voice spat out the following letters, the vowels were missing - HMMR.

Answer: (One Word, Six Letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. (ANAGRAM) "Nail this!" My mind was racing... talon, claw, spike, brad... brad, I'd seen that somewhere... Brad Sharpe! Brad Sharpe is an up and coming politician and I had spotted his name in Terri's mobile phone directory. It's at this point that my secretary interrupts "Note for ya Herbie". "Thanks Peggy" I said "and don't call me Herbie"!

I opened the note to find an anagram clue; "Humility, Detective Samuels, it's not you it's me and look, I'm all mixed up". It was signed STY DEMO. At least I knew where this was heading, the letters formed one word.

Answer: (One Word, Seven Letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. (BEFORE & AFTER) Modesty and her sister, Liza Humble, ran a high class gentleman's club, The Crowning Glory, on the east side of town. My enquiries here ran, like all my others, to nothing. It was two years down the track. Brad Sharpe had won his election, some were whispering "future president", Terri Alderman was still dead and I hit the bottle like there were no tomorrow. Beyond the fact that my boy was high school I had nothing. That's when I got the Valentine's Day card with the following before and after clue;

"Watch out loopy, I bite
Something on my left wing
Something on my right
What's missing from this ring"

Big Bad _______ in sheep's clothing

Answer: (One Word, Four Letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. (WORDS IN COMMON) Lupus "The Grey" Remington, he's a power broker but what's his connection here? Why a Valentine's Day card? Why me and who the heck is sending me these clues? As if on cue another letter arrived for me. This one was perfumed. I recognised the scent but couldn't quite put a name to it... "Midnight Monarch" perhaps.

The note simply said "What do these three words have in common; Virgin, Bee, African?"

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. (BACK WORDS) This wasn't making any sense at all. Was Lupus Remington gay? Why is Brad Sharpe's number in Terri's phone? How does Modesty Humble fit into all this? For the next five years I banged head against the wall and my wallet against a tavern. Stumbling out of a bar one night I was grabbed from behind, shoved up against a wall and rough words grated in my ear. Then everything went black. When I came to I had enough sense to write the words down. It proved to be a back-words clue;

"A stoneworker! Samuels, it's a stoneworker. You recall, no, Sam!"

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. (REBUS) "NOOoooooo!" I screamed. None of my suspects were stoneworkers, bricklayers or concreters. Heck, they weren't even sculptors. I stumbled back to the office. Peggy didn't bat an eyelid at my appearance and simply said "Some hood delivered two arrows for you while you were out, they're on your desk". I noticed that both the arrows had notes attached (surprise, surprise).

The first said "Hey shooter, I'm part of a circle or maybe a ring". The second "I'm the objective case of she, marry us". This was a classic rebus. I had to identify the two words that corresponded to these clues and then join them to form one word.

Answer: (One Word, Six Letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. (HOMOPHONE) I have no ideas any more. I give up I said to no one... and no one listened. I knew that Archer was Terri Alderman's maiden name but I couldn't figure out how it fitted into this little ring of intrigue. All it did was make my booze clouds thicker. The phone rang. "Herbert Samuels" I said. The mechanical voice responded;

"Homophone, on the phone. Your name is Herb and you've run out of time".

Answer: (One Word, Five Letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. (CRYPTIC) The victim was the Mayor's daughter, Terri Alderman. I won't describe the scene suffice to say it wasn't pretty. There was a message scrawled in chalk alongside the body. It was pure cryptic and I assumed it was from the perpetrator. "A pugilist is wrong in the midst of an Afrikaner."

Answer: Boxer

The definition sought is pugilist. The symbol for wrong is an "x" and an Afrikaner is a Boer. An x in the midst of Boer = Boxer.

I have always wondered why the area that boxers compete in is called a ring when it is shaped like a square. Hmm, I wonder if this is important.

2. (HIDDEN WORD) Pugilist! Oh, the sick puppy, she's not even cold yet and he wants me to put a lid on her. Pugilist, what the heck does he mean by that? A slugger, a knock out, I needed a drink, instead I punched the wall in frustration and hurt my fist... my fist! I looked at Terri's body again and noticed her right hand was clenched. I prised her fingers open and found a note. Amidst the blood stains I found a hidden word clue. "(Think logically Samuels) A crisp, adequately shaped, can be a shovel."

Answer: Spade

The definition being sought is a shovel. It is hidden in the words criSP ADEquately.

If you're wondering about the opening line suggesting "put a lid on her" it meant to put her into a coffin and is a play on words on "boxer" (box her). Unfortunately I couldn't use the word boxer in there for fear of giving away the answer to the first question.

3. (FRACTURED WORD) Back at the office I start to toy with a drink and the word "crisp" in the note. What the heck did that mean? Was it a potato chip shaped like a shovel? Suddenly I realised I had to dig deeper. I went back to the note and, covered by blood, in the bottom right hand corner were two words "GAR" and "JET". I put one and one together and figured I had me a fractured word clue. But I wondered "what sort of device is a GAR-JET"?

Answer: Gadget

The definition sought is device, hence gadget. Whilst the term gadget may be used to describe a range of conveniences and appliances it is generally used to describe something smallish in nature. It can also be used to describe something that you have forgotten the name of though, on these occasions, the use of gizmo or widget is more common.

4. (MISSING VOWELS) I was getting the inkling of an idea as to what the gadget was that I was looking for when the phone starts ringing and interrupts my train of thought. A mechanical voice announces; "You're going around in rings detective, listen closely, something is missing. Nail this and you might nail him." Then the voice spat out the following letters, the vowels were missing - HMMR.

Answer: Hammer

No definition was given however, there was a hint provided with the nails. Hammer and nails forming a likely partnership.
We often look at a hammer as a tool for driving in nails or fashioning metal but the meaning of the word has a range of uses. It could a verb meaning to beat something or someone up, to reach a conclusion or to do harm to oneself such as the abuse of alcohol. The hammer is also a bone in the ear. I used the phrase "listen closely" to allude to the ear though this was a very obscure tilt at a hint and I didn't really expect the link to be made.

5. (ANAGRAM) "Nail this!" My mind was racing... talon, claw, spike, brad... brad, I'd seen that somewhere... Brad Sharpe! Brad Sharpe is an up and coming politician and I had spotted his name in Terri's mobile phone directory. It's at this point that my secretary interrupts "Note for ya Herbie". "Thanks Peggy" I said "and don't call me Herbie"! I opened the note to find an anagram clue; "Humility, Detective Samuels, it's not you it's me and look, I'm all mixed up". It was signed STY DEMO. At least I knew where this was heading, the letters formed one word.

Answer: Modesty

The definition sought is humility for which modesty is another word. Did you notice what Brad Sharpe's name was in? Yes it does say a mobile phone, but it is also a gadget.

6. (BEFORE & AFTER) Modesty and her sister, Liza Humble, ran a high class gentleman's club, The Crowning Glory, on the east side of town. My enquiries here ran, like all my others, to nothing. It was two years down the track. Brad Sharpe had won his election, some were whispering "future president", Terri Alderman was still dead and I hit the bottle like there were no tomorrow. Beyond the fact that my boy was high school I had nothing. That's when I got the Valentine's Day card with the following before and after clue; "Watch out loopy, I bite Something on my left wing Something on my right What's missing from this ring" Big Bad _______ in sheep's clothing

Answer: Wolf

The big bad wolf is a well-known children's story book character. "Little Red Riding Hood" instantly comes to mind. A wolf in sheep's clothing is someone pretending they're something that they're not.

Once again there was a secondary clue in there that was very obscure. The scientific name for the grey wolf is Canis lupus and by using the word loopy I was looking to steer you in this direction. As I said, it was a long shot and I didn't expect you to get it. However, I did have another reason for this, which will become obvious in the next question.

7. (WORDS IN COMMON) Lupus "The Grey" Remington, he's a power broker but what's his connection here? Why a Valentine's Day card? Why me and who the heck is sending me these clues? As if on cue another letter arrived for me. This one was perfumed. I recognised the scent but couldn't quite put a name to it... "Midnight Monarch" perhaps. The note simply said "What do these three words have in common; Virgin, Bee, African?"

Answer: Queen

With a bit of luck the use of the word monarch in the preamble helped with the answer. The Virgin Queen usually refers to Queen Elizabeth I (I've seen a similar name to that), the queen bee is generally the mother of a hive and "The African Queen" is a 1951 film directed by John Huston.

8. (BACK WORDS) This wasn't making any sense at all. Was Lupus Remington gay? Why is Brad Sharpe's number in Terri's phone? How does Modesty Humble fit into all this? For the next five years I banged head against the wall and my wallet against a tavern. Stumbling out of a bar one night I was grabbed from behind, shoved up against a wall and rough words grated in my ear. Then everything went black. When I came to I had enough sense to write the words down. It proved to be a back-words clue; "A stoneworker! Samuels, it's a stoneworker. You recall, no, Sam!"

Answer: Mason

The definition is stoneworker, which is a mason. The clue asks you to "recall", which means to look at the subsequent words (no sam) backwards.

9. (REBUS) "NOOoooooo!" I screamed. None of my suspects were stoneworkers, bricklayers or concreters. Heck, they weren't even sculptors. I stumbled back to the office. Peggy didn't bat an eyelid at my appearance and simply said "Some hood delivered two arrows for you while you were out, they're on your desk". I noticed that both the arrows had notes attached (surprise, surprise). The first said "Hey shooter, I'm part of a circle or maybe a ring". The second "I'm the objective case of she, marry us". This was a classic rebus. I had to identify the two words that corresponded to these clues and then join them to form one word.

Answer: Archer

An ARC is a part of the circumference of a circle and HER is the objective case of she.
ARC+HER = ARCHER

There were no definitions provided but it was hoped that the secondary clues would be enough to guide you. These were arrow, shooter and, at the start, hood (as in Robin Hood). The first two were fine, that last one draws a long bow and yes, that pun, as bad as it is, was definitely intended.

10. (HOMOPHONE) I have no ideas any more. I give up I said to no one... and no one listened. I knew that Archer was Terri Alderman's maiden name but I couldn't figure out how it fitted into this little ring of intrigue. All it did was make my booze clouds thicker. The phone rang. "Herbert Samuels" I said. The mechanical voice responded; "Homophone, on the phone. Your name is Herb and you've run out of time".

Answer: Thyme

Homophones are words that, despite different spelling, sound the same. In this case the two are "time" and "thyme". Thyme is an evergreen herb that is great in cooking. Is there a conclusion here? Is there an answer for you? I'm sorry to say "not at this point" but please read the outro. There is hope yet.

Source: Author pollucci19

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