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A set of “Ten Commandments” about literature centering on these characters bans Chinese characters (-5[1])and twin brothers and was codified by Roland Knox. (15[1])Sir Hubert Handesley's estate is the setting of a novel about one of these characters named Roderick Alleyn created by the New Zealand author Ngaio (”NYE-oh”) Marsh. Look to the Lady (15[1])is a novel about one of these characters created by Margery Allingham, one of four “Queens” of a (*) “Golden Age” of fiction (10[1])named for these characters. The Nine Tailors is a novel about an amateur one of these characters named (10[1])Lord Peter Wimsey, (10[1])who was created by Dorothy Sayers. One of these characters supposedly dies after he falls from Reichenbach Falls amid a duel with Professor Moriarty. For 10 points, name these people who include Sherlock Holmes. ■END■

ANSWER: detectives [or investigators; or crime solvers; or sleuths; prompt on private eyes]
<Noah Sheidlower, British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinSay itThe Crying of Team 4913-5
Agnijo BanerjeeSee itGressenheller A2215
Ben Russel JonesFour Times I Have Despised My Soul3HK1MM5315
Albery NyangLSELimp Chriskit7510
Andrei HuiSortedOxford School for Quizness9310
Richard PollardThe Crying of Team 49Say it9610

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2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%100%0%29.50
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