detectives - 2024 FARSI @ Columbia

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

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Julian Musacchia	North Babylon B	BASIS-Independent Brooklyn	15	-5
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Eastchester	28	15
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	East Brunswick A	38	15
Jai Shah	Stuyvesant A	moving finger A	38	15
Aiden Younessian	Mather B	Mather C	42	15
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Mather A	47	15
Nickola Horozov	Hastings B	moving finger B	54	10
Camille Pimente	Hunter B	moving finger C	65	10
Jason Li	Stuyvesant B	North Babylon A	69	10
Raghav Thakur	Trinity B	East Brunswick B	74	10
Maya Baker	BASIS-Independent Brooklyn	North Babylon B	82	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 FARSI @ Columbia	12/08/2024	Y	10	100%	50%	10%	53.70