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A murder mystery. There are college students looking for the jewel of Rainbow Street. |
Rainbow Street is a dead end street with five houses. There are two houses on the right side, and there are three houses on the left side. Every house has two floors and an outdoor porch in the back. Rainbow Street is connected to Main Street. There is a wooded area beyond the end of Rainbow Street. On the right side of Rainbow Street, there is a blue house, which is the closest house to Main Street. There is a red house next to the blue house. There are three big trees next to the red house, and the trees are at the end of the street. On the left side of Rainbow Street, there is a green house, and it is directly across the street from the blue house. There is a yellow house next to the green house, and it is directly across the street from the red house. There is an orange house next to the yellow house, and it is directly across the street from the three big trees. The orange house is at the end of the street. It is a Monday in the third week of March. There are eight college students, and they are on their Spring Break. There are four men and four women. There is John, who has rich parents. The other three men are Ben, Dave, and Mike. The four women are Janice, Karen, Mary, and Nancy. The five houses on Rainbow Street are often rented by college students on their Spring Break. The eight college students are going to rent four of the houses for five days and four nights. They are going to rent the blue house, the red house, the green house, and the yellow house. There are two young women from another college. They are Kathy and Linda. They are going to rent the orange house for five days and four nights. All ten of the college students would be leaving on Friday morning. There is the jewel of Rainbow Street. This jewel is not like any other jewel on Rainbow Street. John is the only person who knows where the jewel is hidden. The jewel could be hidden on the land surrounding any of the five houses, or it could be hidden on the outside of any house on Rainbow Street. The jewel could also be hidden inside of the blue house, the red house, the green house, or the yellow house. The jewel is not inside of the orange house. The jewel was not on Rainbow Street 25 years ago. The jewel was not within 50 miles of Rainbow Street 25 years ago. John is offering a one hundred dollar reward to anyone from his college who can find the jewel. If any of the other seven people from his college finds the jewel, or tells him what the jewel is before Friday, then John would write the person a check for $100. The five houses have bushes in the front yards. There are gemstones around the bushes in the front of every house. The blue house has blue gemstones and shiny white gemstones around the bushes in the front yard. The red house has red gemstones and shiny white gemstones around the bushes in the front yard. There is a small stained glass window above the front door. There is a picture of a flower in the stained glass window. There are five diamonds in the flower. The diamonds are sticking out of the flower about one quarter of an inch. The green house has green gemstones and shiny white gemstones around the bushes in the front yard. The yellow house has yellow gemstones and shiny white gemstones around the bushes in the front yard. There is a large white flower pot in the front yard. The flower pot is on the ground on the right side of the front steps. The flower pot is empty. There is a round blue gemstone on the outside of the flower pot. The blue gemstone is near the top of the flower pot. The orange house has orange gemstones and shiny white gemstones around the bushes in the front yard. There is a rainbow painted on the side of the orange house. The top of the rainbow is about ten feet above the ground. Anyone who is standing in the front yard of the red house can see the rainbow. There is a diamond in the middle of the rainbow. The diamond is glued to the orange house. The diamond is sticking out of the rainbow about one inch. The blue house has a gemstone table with a neon blue apatite table top in the living room. The table is 28 inches long and 14 inches wide. The blue house also has a sapphire blue table lamp in a bedroom. The red house has a painting of Rainbow Street in the living room on the wall above the fireplace. The painting shows all five houses on Rainbow Street in the summertime, and there is a rainbow in the sky. The name of the painting is "Rainbow World." The red house also has a crystal table lamp in a bedroom. There is also a copper table lamp in another bedroom. The green house has a small white marble table in the living room. The marble table is in the shape of an oval. There is a round green gemstone in the middle of the marble table. The green gemstone is part of the marble table. The green house also has an emerald green table lamp in a bedroom. The yellow house has an antique gold clock in the living room on the mantel above the fireplace. The yellow house also has an amber glass table lamp in a bedroom. There is also a brass table lamp in another bedroom. Forty years ago, the five houses on Rainbow Street were not being rented. The people who lived in those houses 40 years ago and earlier would live there all year long. Fifty years ago, there was a young woman who lived alone in one of the five houses on Rainbow Street who was murdered. Her name was Paula. The murder happened on a Friday night on March 15th. Paula was stabbed to death in her bedroom. She was stabbed in the back three times. She was robbed. The murder was discovered the next day at 4:30 in the afternoon. Paula was found dead on the floor. The murder was never solved. The jewel of Rainbow Street is one word. The name of the jewel does not begin with any of these ten letters: k l m n o p q x y z. The jewel of Rainbow Street has at least four letters in its name, and no more than nine letters. If the jewel has 4 letters in its name, then the murder was committed in the blue house. If the jewel has 5 letters in its name, then the murder was committed in the green house. If the jewel has 6 letters in its name, then the murder was committed in the red house. If the jewel has 7 letters in its name, then the murder was committed in the yellow house. If the jewel has 8 or 9 letters in its name, then the murder was committed in the orange house. The eight college students would draw cards to determine which house each person would be sleeping in for the next four nights. John has a deck of red cards, and he removes the four kings and the four queens. The four men would draw a king, and the four women would draw a queen. There would be one man and one woman staying in a house. Ben draws the King of Clubs, and he would be staying in the green house. The woman who draws the Queen of Clubs would be staying with him in the green house from Monday through Friday. Dave draws the King of Hearts, and he would be staying in the red house. The woman who draws the Queen of Hearts would be staying with him in the red house from Monday through Friday. Mike draws the King of Spades, and he would be staying in the blue house. The woman who draws the Queen of Spades would be staying with him in the blue house from Monday through Friday. John draws the King of Diamonds, and Mary draws the Queen of Diamonds. John and Mary would be staying in the yellow house from Monday through Friday. Paula's occupation has 15 letters in its name. The name of her occupation does not have these five letters: i m n o u. When Paula was working, she would ask many people every day if they want insurance. However, in most situations, she would not ask any of the people if they want insurance. The other three women would draw a card from the remaining three queens. There are six ways in which the three queens can be drawn. The queen that each woman draws determines the first letter in the name of Paula's occupation. The answer is in the cards. If Janice draws the Queen of Clubs, and Karen draws the Queen of Hearts, and Nancy draws the Queen of Spades, then the name of Paula's occupation begins with a 'B'. If Janice draws the Queen of Clubs, and Nancy draws the Queen of Hearts, and Karen draws the Queen of Spades, then the name of Paula's occupation begins with an 'H'. If Karen draws the Queen of Clubs, and Janice draws the Queen of Hearts, and Nancy draws the Queen of Spades, then the name of Paula's occupation begins with an 'L'. If Karen draws the Queen of Clubs, and Nancy draws the Queen of Hearts, and Janice draws the Queen of Spades, then the name of Paula's occupation begins with a 'P'. If Nancy draws the Queen of Clubs, and Janice draws the Queen of Hearts, and Karen draws the Queen of Spades, then the name of Paula's occupation begins with an 'R'. If Nancy draws the Queen of Clubs, and Karen draws the Queen of Hearts, and Janice draws the Queen of Spades, then the name of Paula's occupation begins with an 'S'. The eight college students would be having a party every night in a different house. On Monday night, Mike and the woman who draws the Queen of Spades would be hosting a party in the blue house. On Tuesday night, Ben and the woman who draws the Queen of Clubs would be hosting a party in the green house. On Wednesday night, Dave and the woman who draws the Queen of Hearts would be hosting a party in the red house. On Thursday night, John and Mary would be hosting a party in the yellow house. The parties would begin at 8:00 every night. The people would play poker and other card games. It is Friday morning. The ten college students are packing their bags, and getting ready to leave. Nobody found the jewel. John told the other seven people from his college what the jewel is, and where it was hidden. He also told them that they all looked at the jewel many times. 1. What is the jewel of Rainbow Street? 2. In which house was the murder committed? A) the blue house B) the green house C) the red house D) the yellow house E) the orange house 3. Which card did Janice draw? A) Queen of Clubs B) Queen of Hearts C) Queen of Spades 4. Which card did Karen draw? A) Queen of Clubs B) Queen of Hearts C) Queen of Spades 5. Which card did Nancy draw? A) Queen of Clubs B) Queen of Hearts C) Queen of Spades 6. What was Paula's occupation? |