Question
In a story by this author, the engineer Victor Hatherley is hired to repair a machine that is supposedly used to compress fuller’s earth, but is actually used to make counterfeit coins. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author of “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb,” “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Final Problem.”
ANSWER: Arthur Conan Doyle [or Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle]
[10h] In Doyle’s story “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches,” Violet is hired as a governess on the condition that she sacrifice this thing; later, Violet finds what appears to be this thing in a locked drawer.
ANSWER: her long hair [or equivalents, such as locks or tresses]
[10m] In Doyle’s story “The Red-Headed League,” Jabez Wilson is hired to copy out this text as part of a criminal’s scheme to keep him occupied while the criminal tunnels into a bank vault.
ANSWER: Encyclopaedia Britannica [prompt on encyclopedia]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
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| Georgia Tech A | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |