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Sherlock Society
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was Alex's reason for not starting a lawn mowing business? | too sweaty (pg 1) |
| How old are Alex and Zoe? | 12 and 13 respectively (1) |
| What bay did they jump into at the start of the book? | Biscayne Bay (2) |
| What was the name of the yacht that exploded? | Sweet Caroline (2) |
| What did the air smell like when they were in the water after the yacht exploded? | Burning fiberglass (2) |
| What / who does Grandpa refer to as the "apex predator?" | Alex and Zoe's mom (3) |
| What was Grandpa's job according to the businesses cards? | Director of Transportation and Logistics (4) |
| What event did Grandpa swim in college? | 400 individual medley (IM) (4) |
| What nickname did Grandpa have in college? | the Barracuda (4) |
| How old is Grandpa? | 73 (4) |
| What was Grandpa's best (swim) time from college? | 4 mins 37.2 secs (5) |
| What is the Miami Marine Stadium? | An abandoned "hulking concrete grandstand" where "fans had once come out to watch boat races" (5) |
| Who were the 2 officers on the Marine Patrol boat? | Sanchez and Del Castillo (6) |
| Why did Alex know the names of the officers on the Marine Patrol boat? | Their mom made both Zoe and Alex send each of them thank-you notes, as well as handwritten 300-word essays. (6) |
| What were the 300-word essays that Zoe and Alex had to write titled? | "I Promise Not to Be Stupid Around the Water Again" (6) |
| How far did Grandpa make it before the Marine Patrol caught him? | About 150 yards (7) |
| How long did it take the Marine Patrols + Alex, Zoe, and Grandpa to make it to the police marina? | About 15 minutes (7) |
| Where did Zoe and Alex sneak onto "Sweet Caroline" (the yacht) from? | Sabal Palm Yacht Club (9) |
| How did everyone else on Sweet Caroline escape the explosion? | Jet Skis (6) |
| What clothes did Sanchez offer the Sherlock trio (Zoe, Alex, and Grandpa; That's what I'm calling them now because I don't feel like typing their names out every time.)? | Police Athletic League sweats and T-shirts (11) |
| A profile in what newspaper had dubbed Mom "The Lawyer of Lost Causes"? | Miami Herald (12) |
| What did the Miami Herald call Mom? | "The Lawyer of Lost Causes" (12) |
| Where is Zoe and Alex's dad? | Honduras (13) |
| Where did Alex and Zoe's dad work? | The University of Mimi (13) |
| Why was Dad in Honduras? | "He'd taken a team of students to Central America to collect coral samples." (13) |
| What was Dad's job? | Marine biologist (at the University of Miami) (13) |
| What is Mom's name? | Melinda Lassiter (16) |
| Grandpa says Zoe might have more friends if... | she were less negative (14) |
| Who is the bald man in the black suit with a New York accent? | Special Agent Dale Tyree (16) |
| Where is Special Agent Dale Tyree from? | Washington (16) |
| Who owned Sweet Caroline? | Morris Kane (17) |
| How many members were there of the Sherlock Society? | 3 (20) |
| When did Alex say "it all" (the whole Morris Kane situation) started? | When he was locked in the school library (19) |
| Where did Lina move from? | Wyoming (20) |
| When did Lina join the Sherlock Society? | January (20) |
| Yadi and Alex had been best friends since... | 2nd grade (when they were the two worst players on their Little League baseball team) (21) |
| Why did Yadi and Alex become friends? | Because they were the two worst players on their Little League baseball team and in a game where Alex struck out twice and committed 3 errors in the same inning, Yadi sat next to him on the bench and called him his mejor amigo. (21) |
| What color is Lina's hair? | electric blue (21) |
| What day of the week did the Sherlock Society get together? | Thursday (21) |
| What school do they go to? | Carver Middle (21) |
| What did Yadi and Alex call Zoe and her friends? | Cerberus (22) |
| What were the names of Zoe's friends? | Brooke and Chelsea (23) |
| Where was the summer camp Brooke and Chelsea were going to? | Maine (23) |
| What's the official motto of the Sherlock Society? | "We are the Sherlock Society. It is our business to know what others do not." (24) |
| Where did the motto of the SS (Sherlock Society) come from? | The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (24) |
| How long does the SS have to escape the library? | 60 minutes (25) |
| What book does the first clue lead to? | A Wrinkle in Time (27) |
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