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01-07-2004, 05:40 PM
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Was Jones able to ascertain that the woman was murdered merely from the headline, or did he need details from the story to clue him in?
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01-07-2004, 05:43 PM
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Was Jones able to ascertain that the woman was murdered merely from the headline, or did he need details from the story to clue him in? He needed to read the headline and the first sentence. |
01-07-2004, 06:04 PM
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Was the fact that she fell/was pushed off the balcony relevant to his epiphany that she was murdered?
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01-07-2004, 06:06 PM
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Is Mrs. Rigby-JOnes well known for being afraid of heights?
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01-07-2004, 09:02 PM
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Is Mr. Jones in the travel business? I.E. is he a travel agent?
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01-07-2004, 09:42 PM
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Does Mr Jones work/live in the building from which Mrs Rigby-Brown fell? |
01-07-2004, 09:57 PM
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Was the fact that she fell/was pushed off the balcony relevant to his epiphany that she was murdered? No.
Is Mrs. Rigby-JOnes well known for being afraid of heights? No.
Is Mr. Jones in the travel business? I.E. is he a travel agent? Yes.
Does Mr Jones work/live in the building from which Mrs Rigby-Brown fell? No. |
01-07-2004, 10:12 PM
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Did Mr. Jones sell Mr. Rigby-Brown the tickets? Specifically, a round trip ticket for Mr. Rigby-Brown and a one-way ticket for Mrs. Rigby-Brown?
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01-07-2004, 10:14 PM
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Does Mr. Jones happen to know that Mrs. Rigby-Jones was not planning to share her holiday with her husband? |
01-08-2004, 10:15 AM
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Does Mr. Jones happen to know that Mrs. Rigby-Jones was not planning to share her holiday with her husband? No.
Did Mr. Jones sell Mr. Rigby-Brown the tickets? Specifically, a round trip ticket for Mr. Rigby-Brown and a one-way ticket for Mrs. Rigby-Brown? Yes! Nowadays, maybe Mr. Rigby-Brown would use Orbitz or Travelocity to make it less likely that someone would discover that.  |
01-08-2004, 10:21 AM
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Wow! That was a hard one! But a goodie!  |
01-23-2004, 01:49 PM
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Yes, a good one that was 
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