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100

Complete the following sentence :

Someone ... (steal) a chocolate bar from the teacher.

stole / has stolen / is stealing

100

Which word has a different vowel pronunciation ?

a) waste        b) weight         c) hate        d) water

water

100

What is this ?

a weapon

100

Name this famous detective 

Arsene Lupin

100

What month of the year has 28 days?

all oF them

200

Complete the following sentence :

The weapon ..... on the crime scene. (find)

wAs found

200

Which word has a different vowel pronunciation ?

a) wide        b) make        c) nail            d) replace

wide

200

What is this ? 

a thief / a robber / a burGlar

200

They are a wealthy family of Irish descent. While being a small family, their influence was big in between the two world wars. They are famous from Birmingham to London. Who are they ?

The Shelby family (Peaky Blinders)

200

What question can you never answer yes to?

are you asleep ?

300

Complete the following sentence :

Many clues ... (hide) in this game and you ... (find) them.

are hidden / must find / have to find

300

Which word has an /i/ pronounced differently from the others ?

a) specific        b) meat        c) will            d) capacity

meat /i:/

300

What is this ? (2 words)

a crime scene

300

Which one of these detectives is NOT british ?

a) James Bond   b) Sherlock Holmes  c) Hercule Poirot d) Miss Marple

Hercule Poirot

300

What gets wet while drying?

a towel

400

Complete the following sentence :

Anything that ... (keep) unexplained ... (call) a mystery.

is kept / is called

400

Where is the stressed syllable ?

a) 'invincible        b) in'vincible        c) invin'cible        d) invinci'ble

in'vincible

400

What is this ?

a witness / to witness

400

I am a successful detective, whose wife is dead. I have obsessive compulsive disorder and various phobias. I live in San Francisco. Who am I ?

Adrian Monk

400

What begins with an ā€œeā€ and only contains one letter?

an envelope 

500

Complete the following sentence :

The culprit .... (arrest) sooner if they .... (find) his fingerprints.

would have been arrested / had found

500

Where is the stressed syllable ?

a) 'politics        b) po'litics        c) poli'tics       

'politics

500

Who are they ? (one word)

a lawyer / an attorney / (accepted : a murderer)

500

Name this famous detective

CoLumbo

500

Where does today come before yesterday?

a dictionnary