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1. Hello, I am Sherlock Holmes and I have some strange mysteries to solve. We will start with animals. I was doing some detective work and discovered that there is an animal which can weigh up to seven tons at birth. Can you tell me what it is?
2. Next we move on to celebrities. Why, just the other day I saw the strangest thing. I was in a celebrity's house looking for clues, and inside a walk-in closet I saw the celebrity sound asleep! I don't know his name, but I know he once starred in the show "ER" and the movie "Ocean's Eleven". What is his name?
3. Alright ladies and gents, we now enter the entertainment category. I was listening to the radio on my ride to work. I started to think, "I wonder what the first song aired on the radio was". Some of the lyrics to this song are "fall on your knees o hear the angels voices". What song was this?
4. Let's move onto geography then, shall we? I came across the longest geographical name: "Krung thep maha nakorn amorn ratana kosinmahintar ayutthay amaha dilok phop noppa ratrajathani burirom udom rajaniwesmahasat harn amorn phimarn avatarn sathit sakkattiya visanukamprasit". Wow! That is 163 letters. In which country would I find it?
5. Oh, I know, let's go back in time and look at some history, shall we? Hmm...we Brits have done some interesting things. Did you know that we once just eliminated 11 days from a certain year? I wish I could recall when that was. Perhaps you could tell me in what year this happened?
6. Let us explore world. Why, last summer I took my holiday in the United States, in the state of Illinois, to be precise. Do you know I almost got arrested for dancing? Dancing! What was my crime?
7. Oh, my favorite category: literature. My favorite writer, of course, is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, my creator. I was quite upset with him at one point, however, when he had the nerve to have me done in. Who was the man who supposedly killed me?
8. I enjoy good music and I was wondering if you could help me with a music problem. Tchaikovsky used to hold his chin with his left hand when he was conducting. Tell me what explanation people provided for Tchaikovsky's odd action.
9. Religion is always an interesting topic. There is a verse in the King James Version of the Bible which contains every letter except for the letter Q. In what book of the Old Testament is it found?
10. Well, I have enjoyed having you as my junior detective, but it's time I am off to play some croquet. Oh, if you insist, one sports question before I go. The American city of Boston once banned croquet for fear that young unmarried couples would disappear into the bushes to...ahem...look for lost balls together. What type of sport is croquet?
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