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endgame

17th November 2009, 13:24
100. And the final problem explains the downfall of this so-called Napoleon.
I would appreciate a clue for this - my brain has reached its elastic limit!
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jdovengloves

17th November 2009, 13:29
The Napoleon of Crime - Professor Moriarty fell to his death from the Reichenbach Falls

if that's any help.
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jdovengloves

17th November 2009, 13:33
T.S.Eliot also calls Macavity: The Mystery Cat, the Napoleon of Crime - although there's no mention of any " downfall " of the cat.
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endgame

17th November 2009, 14:47
Many thanks - the light has dawned!!
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jdovengloves

17th November 2009, 14:55

Plus.... I found the original quiz and you ARE told the number of letters - 8 - MORIARTY

And the novel was called " The Adventure of the Final Problem "
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