Question

A character with this profession has a telegram waiting for him while checking into The Tokatlian (-5[1])Hotel. The brother of a character with this profession founded the Diogenes club. (15[1])Arthur Hastings is befriended by a character of this profession (15[2])who likes to boast (15[1])about his “little gray cells." (15[1])A character with this profession is (*) outwitted (10[1])by his lover Irene Adler in “A Scandal in Bohemia.” Hercule (10[1])Poirot has this profession (10[1])in books by Agatha Christie. (10[1])Another character with this profession resides at 221b (10[1])Baker Street with his assistant John Watson. For 10 points, name this profession of Sherlock Holmes. ■END■

ANSWER: detectives
<Literature - British Literature - Short Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Julian MusacchiaNorth Babylon BBASIS-Independent Brooklyn15-5
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleyEastchester2815
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMEast Brunswick A3815
Jai ShahStuyvesant Amoving finger A3815
Aiden YounessianMather BMather C4215
Evan SchleckHunter AMather A4715
Nickola HorozovHastings Bmoving finger B5410
Camille PimenteHunter Bmoving finger C6510
Jason LiStuyvesant BNorth Babylon A6910
Raghav ThakurTrinity BEast Brunswick B7410
Maya BakerBASIS-Independent BrooklynNorth Babylon B8210

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y10100%50%10%53.70