Murder at the Movies

Suddenly and without warning, on a quiet night at the cinema, a body is discovered outside
Screen 3. The cinema staff know that no one has left the building - so the murderer is one
of the customers watching a film. As the Detective Chief Inspector, it is your job to solve
the crime.
Your officers have compiled a list of the
suspects in attendance at the cinema. You
must use this list of cinema goers and the clues
on the following pages to determine who has
committed this terrible crime. Eliminate those who
could not have committed the crime as you go by
cross referencing the information you discover. As
Sherlock Holmes said, When you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable,
must be the truth.
Accuracy and care could make the difference between
identifying the culprit and arresting someone innocent.
Good luck!

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 Table of Suspects
L/R Favourite Type Hair
Name Age Male/Female
Handed of Film Colour or x
Tabitha Carvery 44 Female Right Romantic Comedy Brown
Barney Lukeson 18 Male Right Western Blonde
Hania Hightower 31 Female Left Science Fiction Blonde
Jasper McNiel 76 Male Right Science Fiction Grey
Erma McGuire 34 Female Left Science Fiction Red
Silvia Sloane 102 Female Left Western Grey
Kerrie Langley 39 Female Right Romantic Comedy Brown
Masterman Bell 35 Male Right Romantic Comedy Blonde
Angus Smith 27 Male Left Science Fiction Red
Berniece Lowry 29 Female Right Western Brown
Rylee Stringer 28 Female Left Western Brown
Rowley Butler 43 Male Left Science Fiction Brown
Barry McNaughton 45 Male Right Western Black
Asia Bobienski 69 Female Right Romantic Comedy Red
Sarita Blackwood 71 Female Left Romantic Comedy Brown
Witek Turnbull 54 Male Right Science Fiction Brown
Melissa Forest 34 Female Left Romantic Comedy Blonde
Russell Heath 57 Male Left Science Fiction Grey
Jayma Stanley 33 Female Right Western Black
Darius Christopher 24 Male Left Romantic Comedy Red
Amalia Clifford 35 Female Right Western Blonde
Jasmina Todd 53 Female Left Science Fiction Brown
Zoe Dickinson 82 Female Right Western Grey
David Parry 47 Male Right Romantic Comedy Black
Luis Mendoza 38 Male Left Romantic Comedy Brown
Korrinne Szwedko 21 Female Right Science Fiction Black
Huda Ali 30 Female Left Western Black
Blake Cantrell 36 Male Left Western Brown
Jemima Thorpe 27 Female Right Romantic Comedy Blonde
Lynn Gallivan 41 Female Left Romantic Comedy Black
Rick Victory 35 Male Right Science Fiction Red
Bethney Tinker 26 Female Left Western Blonde

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 Zero in on the Murderer!
Murder Mystery: Clue 1

Once you have worked out the clue, use

the column in the table of suspects to
cross out and eliminate suspects. After
you have worked through all the clues,
you will have one final suspect. This
suspect is the murderer!

Fill in the missing number which is either 10, 100 or 1000 in each case. When you have filled
in all of the missing numbers, count the number of 0s you have added in and match it up to
the appropriate clue from the table. Eliminate from your inquiry any people in the cinema who
have either of those letters in their names.

1. _______x 40 = 400 2. 100 x 10 = _______

3. 3.4 x _______ = 34 4. 0.1 x _______ = 1

5. 345 _______ = 0.345 6. 0.05 x _______ = 5

7. 1000 1 = _______ 8. 2.8 _______ = 0.28

9. 236 x _______ = 23 600 10. 32 000 _______ = 320

11. 3.0002 x _______ = 3000.2 12. 450 45 = _______

13. _______ x 0.86 = 86 14. _______ 10 = 10

15. 972 _______ = 97.2 16. 204.9 _______ = 0.2049

B, X F, D O, S M, I V, K R, P Y, M Z, U H, W J, A

27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

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 Weight of Evidence
Murder Mystery: Clue 2

Was the murderer male or female? Examine the following calculations carefully and tick the
questions when you know they are correct. Add up the ticks for each column and write the
numbers in the total box. The column with the most right answers indicates the gender of the
murderer.

i.e. If the female column has the most right answers then the murderer is female.

Female Male

1. 1 1 = 0 2. 1 x 1 = 2

3. 645 + 376 = 1021 4. 354 + 676 = 1020

5. 15.5 x 30 = 465 6. 15 x 30 = 455

7. 0.2 x 50 = 100 8. 0.6 x 5 = 3

2 4
9. 9 of 36 = 12 10. 7 of 56 = 32

11. 5 x 8 x 9 = 360 12. 6 x 7 x 5 = 410

13. 534 3 = 175 14. 436 4 = 109

15. 23 + 67 = 18 x 5 16. 42 + 68 = of 200

total correct: total correct:

Make sure you double check

the answers, you dont
want to wrongly
accuse someone.

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Get It Right, Dont Be Left Confused!
Murder Mystery: Clue 3
Plot these codes as coordinates to discover if the murderer was left or right handed. Join the
points together as you go to be sure you are interpreting the clue correctly.

(6,6) (6,0) (6, -6)

(-4, -6) (-3, 0)

(6,0) (-4, 6)

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8

Interpret your answer and eliminate those you can from your inquiry.

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 Higher or Lower?
Murder Mystery: Clue 4
Follow each sequence of calculations through until you achieve a final number. The two answers
will give you an age range that the murderer falls within;

Start 3 50% squared -48 11 12 Answer

Highest possible age:

2
Start 7 of 8 75% of X6 12 +17 Answer

14

Lowest possible age:

Eliminate any suspects that dont fall within these criteria.

Hairs the Truth

Murder Mystery: Clue 5
A hair which detectives believe to have belonged to the murderer was found near the body. Can

?
you add these Roman numerals together (you may have to turn them into numbers) and then
match the answer to the hair colour of the murderer?
CCXXXIII CMXLIV

?
DCXXIX DCCCXXXVII
CDLVIII DCLXXXI

Brown MDCCCLXXII

Blonde MMMDCCLXXXII

Black MMMDCCCXXVII

Red MMDCCLXXXII

Grey MMMDCCLXX

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 It All Adds Up
Murder Mystery: Clue 6
The final clue which should reveal the murderers identity is the ticket found which indicates
which film the murderer had gone to see. Unfortunately the ticket computer appears to have
issued the ticket in a code which you will need to solve.

Each letter of the film name has a numerical value match the total value of the words in
the film to the number on the ticket to see which film the murderer saw. Assume that suspects
went to see their favourite type of film and eliminate them on that basis.

Movie: 137
Movie: 137
Screen A
Screen A
Midday Midday
Adult
Adult

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Film Name Total

Saddle Bags at Dawn
Sum:
Just You and Me
Sum:
Journey to the Stars
Sum:

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 Answers
Zero in on the Murderer: Murder Mystery: Clue 1

1. 10 x 40 = 400 2. 100 x 10 = 1000

3. 3.4 x 10 = 34 4. 0.1 x 10 = 1
5. 345 1000 = 0.345 6. 0.05 x 100 = 5
7. 1000 1 = 1000 8. 2.8 10 = 0.28
9. 236 x 100 = 23 600 10. 32 000 100 = 320
11. 3.0002 x 1000 = 3000.2 12. 450 45 = 10
13. 100 x 0.86 = 86 14. 100 10 = 10
15. 972 10 = 97.2 16. 204.9 1000 = 0.2049

B, X F, D O, S M, I V, K R, P Y, M Z, U H, W J, A
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

The murderer does not have V or K in their name.

Weight Murder Mystery: Clue 2

Female Male
1. 1 1 = 0 2. 1 x 1 = 2
3. 645 + 376 = 1021 P 4. 354 + 676 = 1020
5. 15.5 x 30 = 465 P 6. 15 x 30 = 455
7. 0.2 x 50 = 100
8. 0.6 x 5 = 3 P
2
9. 9 of 36 = 12 10.
4
7 of 56 = 32 P
11. 5 x 8 x 9 = 360 P 12. 6 x 7 x 5 = 410
13. 534 3 = 175
14. 436 4 = 109 P
15. 23 + 67 = 18 x 5 P
1
16. 42 + 68 = 2 of 200
total correct: 4 total correct: 3
The murderer is female!
 Answers
Get it right, dont be left confused! : Murder Mystery: Clue 3
8
7 The murderer is right-handed!
6
5
4
3
2
1

-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
-7
-8

Higher or Lower?: Murder Mystery: Clue 4

Start 3 50% squared -48 11 12 Answer

6 18 9 81 33 3 36 36

Highest possible age: 36

Start 2
7
of 8 75% of X6 12 +17 Answer

14 4 32 24 144 12 29 29

Lowest possible age: 29

Higher or Lower?: Murder Mystery: Clue 5

CCXXXIII 233
Brown MDCCCLXXII
DCXXIX 629
CDLVIII 458 Blonde MMMDCCLXXXII

CMXLIV 944 Black MMMDCCCXXVII

DCCCXXXVII 837
Red MMDCCLXXXII
+ DCLXXXI + 681
Grey MMMDCCLXX
MMMDCCLXXXII 3782
 Answers
It All Adds Up: Murder Mystery: Clue 6

Film Name Total

Saddle Bags at Dawn
Sum: 19+1+4+4+12+5+2+1+7+19+1+20+4+1+23+14 137
Just You and Me
Sum: 10+21+19+20+25+15+21+1+14+4+13+5 168
Journey to the Stars
Sum: 10+15+21+18+14+5+25+20+15+20+8+5+19+20+1+18+19 253

And the murderer is

Amalia Clifford!
Hopefully you didnt arrest someone innocent!