TELL Clue Group 1

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

                                     The Characters

 Mark Ram                  Philip Jenkins            Isabelle Flagger

Likes to drink coffee    Eats yoghurt         Is very hygienic

The TELLAT Clue stories

GROUP 1

20 Minutes

Discuss with your group (quietly)

New part added every two minutes

Write down the criminal, the weapon and what happened on a piece of paper in max five sentences, and hand it in when you know the answer. Also write down the number of how many tips you have had

Dear Mr Holmes,  1

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna

Dear Mr Holmes,  2

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better.

Dear Mr Holmes,  3

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won.

Dear Mr Holmes,  4

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. 

Dear Mr Holmes,  5

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. We immediately arrested Jenkins. In the house shared by Jenkins and Ram, we found five grams of arsenic in the sugar bowl, mixed with the sugar. That is an enormous amount of arsenic.

Dear Mr Holmes,  6

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. We immediately arrested Jenkins. In the house shared by Jenkins and Ram, we found five grams of arsenic in the sugar bowl, mixed with the sugar. That is an enormous amount of arsenic. There were another thirty milligrams of the poison in a glass of yoghurt in the kitchen.

Dear Mr Holmes,  7

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. We immediately arrested Jenkins. In the house shared by Jenkins and Ram, we found five grams of arsenic in the sugar bowl, mixed with the sugar. That is an enormous amount of arsenic. There were another thirty milligrams of the poison in a glass of yoghurt in the kitchen. There is one thing I don’t understand about this case, Mr Holmes. As you know, arsenic is an excellent poison to use because it is so difficult to detect: it looks like sugar, has no taste, and its symptoms are like a natural stomach illness. This means that doctors don’t usually realise that a person is suffering from arsenic poisoning, and so they don’t give the patient dimercaprol, the only antidote to the poison.

Dear Mr Holmes,  8

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. We immediately arrested Jenkins. In the house shared by Jenkins and Ram, we found five grams of arsenic in the sugar bowl, mixed with the sugar. That is an enormous amount of arsenic. There were another thirty milligrams of the poison in a glass of yoghurt in the kitchen. There is one thing I don’t understand about this case, Mr Holmes. As you know, arsenic is an excellent poison to use because it is so difficult to detect: it looks like sugar, has no taste, and its symptoms are like a natural stomach illness. This means that doctors don’t usually realise that a person is suffering from arsenic poisoning, and so they don’t give the patient dimercaprol, the only antidote to the poison. But Jenkins gave Ram so much arsenic that it was obvious to the doctor that the man had been poisoned. He used fifty times more than was necessary to kill him.

Dear Mr Holmes,  9

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. We immediately arrested Jenkins. In the house shared by Jenkins and Ram, we found five grams of arsenic in the sugar bowl, mixed with the sugar. That is an enormous amount of arsenic. There were another thirty milligrams of the poison in a glass of yoghurt in the kitchen. There is one thing I don’t understand about this case, Mr Holmes. As you know, arsenic is an excellent poison to use because it is so difficult to detect: it looks like sugar, has no taste, and its symptoms are like a natural stomach illness. This means that doctors don’t usually realise that a person is suffering from arsenic poisoning, and so they don’t give the patient dimercaprol, the only antidote to the poison. But Jenkins gave Ram so much arsenic that it was obvious to the doctor that the man had been poisoned. He used fifty times more than was necessary to kill him. In contrast, there were only thirty milligrams of arsenic in the yoghurt, which wouldn’t kill anyone, and would only give you a nasty upset stomach for 24 hours.

Dear Mr Holmes,  10

I am writing to you about a murder which occurred in London yesterday. It involved two musicians, Mark Ram and Phillip Jenkins. The two men were friends and lived together, but they were also both trying to get the same scholarship to study the piano in Vienna. They were both excellent pianists. Phillip Jenkins was studying music full time, but Ram was studying to be a doctor and was only an amateur. Even so, Ram was just as good as Jenkins, and none of the teachers at the Academy of Music knew which was better. The only two pianists to reach the finals of the competition were Ram and Jenkins. But Jenkins was so desperate to win that on the morning of the finals he poisoned Ram. Ram left the Academy of Music in great pain and Jenkins won. Ram managed to reach home, but by the time a doctor arrived it was too late – he was dead. An autopsy showed that he had died of arsenic poisoning. We immediately arrested Jenkins. In the house shared by Jenkins and Ram, we found five grams of arsenic in the sugar bowl, mixed with the sugar. That is an enormous amount of arsenic. There were another thirty milligrams of the poison in a glass of yoghurt in the kitchen. There is one thing I don’t understand about this case, Mr Holmes. As you know, arsenic is an excellent poison to use because it is so difficult to detect: it looks like sugar, has no taste, and its symptoms are like a natural stomach illness. This means that doctors don’t usually realise that a person is suffering from arsenic poisoning, and so they don’t give the patient dimercaprol, the only antidote to the poison. But Jenkins gave Ram so much arsenic that it was obvious to the doctor that the man had been poisoned. He used fifty times more than was necessary to kill him. In contrast, there were only thirty milligrams of arsenic in the yoghurt, which wouldn’t kill anyone, and would only give you a nasty upset stomach for 24 hours. Why did Jenkins put so little arsenic in the yoghurt and so much in the sugar?

I would appreciate your opinion in this case.

Inspector Lestrad