Case #0012: The Quiz Answers
Who peeked at the pub quiz answers? A hard Puzzlebury Mystery set at the Puzzlebury Arms, with 6 suspects and 12 clues.
- Mystery
- Hard
- 20–40 mins
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Download puzzle (PDF, A4)US Letter PDF- Puzzle ID
- mystery-00012
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Setting
- The Puzzlebury Arms
- Suspects
- 6
- Clues
- 12
- Format
- A4 & US Letter PDF
Who peeked at the pub quiz answers?
- Each suspect stood on a different floor square, never on furniture.
- Every suspect was in a different room. One room was empty.
- No two suspects stood in touching squares, not even diagonally.
- The culprit is the suspect who was in the same room as the missing item.
The suspects
- Tom Barker
- Miss Finch
- Reverend Hale
- Polly Shaw
- Nurse Wren
- Beatrice Hollis
Key
- The missing quiz answers, on its table
- Stove: nobody can stand here
- Plant: nobody can stand here
- Bench: nobody can stand here
- Armchair: nobody can stand here
- Piano: nobody can stand here
- Table: nobody can stand here
The clues
- Miss Finch stood right beside the piano.
- Reverend Hale was somewhere north of Miss Finch.
- Reverend Hale was somewhere west of Beatrice Hollis.
- Nurse Wren was somewhere north of Tom Barker.
- Nurse Wren was somewhere west of Beatrice Hollis.
- Polly Shaw was somewhere west of Reverend Hale.
- Beatrice Hollis was not in the Back Room.
- Polly Shaw was not in the Snug.
- Nurse Wren was somewhere north of Beatrice Hollis.
- Miss Finch was somewhere north of Nurse Wren.
- Miss Finch was somewhere west of Polly Shaw.
- Polly Shaw was not against an outside wall.
View solution
Everyone's position, with the culprit circled: Nurse Wren, the only suspect in the same room as the quiz answers.
Culprit: Nurse Wren