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1. Before he expired, His Lordship grabbed a hair from the murderer's head. This hair is the same colour as the surname of Harry Potter's godfather. What colour is it?
2. A trustworthy servant overheard raised voices in the pool room on the night of the foul deed. One was Lord D'Eath's, the other sounded as if the speaker came from the last of the following countries to join the European Union. Which country?
3. The murderer's silhouette was seen through the lace curtains by an honest passer-by, who says the killer was about one-sixth as tall as the distance between the penalty spot and the goal-line in Soccer. How tall was the killer?
4. DNA evidence indicates that the killer was the same blood relation to Lord D'Eath as Marilyn Manson is to Jimmy Buffett. What relation?
5. His Lordship's last faint words were "Alas. I am undone. Look for the person with the ... oh what's it called ... you know ... the name of the drummer out of ZZ Top ...". What facial feature did the killer have?
6. Foolishly, the killer left an item of clothing at the scene. It was an item of clothing that featured in the name given to cemeteries in the Wild West. What was it?
7. The pathologist can tell from the body whether the murderer was right or left handed. Unhelpfully, he will only reveal that the answer lies in the title of one of Thomas Paine's most famous pieces of writing. Which is it (right or left)?
8. Through amazing new advances in forensics, we can tell the killer's eye colour. It's the same colour as the girl's eyes in a famous Van Morrison song. What colour?
9. Our final clue: the murder weapon used was the same one as the weapon used by Macbeth to murder King Duncan. What was it?
10. We have 10 suspects: 1. Henry, the British butler, 2. George the chauffeur 3. Frank D-Eath, the victim's nephew, 4. Michelle the chambermaid, 5. Malcolm the gamekeeper, who goes everywhere barefoot due to allergies, 6. Chico, a 5 foot tall travelling tightrope walker, 7. Old white haired Chris, the gardener , 8. Sotiris, the left-handed Greek cook who was found mysteriously wandering around with no shirt on 9. Sven, the blue-eyed masseur and 10. The Irish handyman, Seamus. Whodunnit?
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