The Speckled Band-an escape room

Delasalle Primary School

presents

The Speckled Band

An escape room based on the famous Sherlock Holmes story.

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INTRODUCTION

This escape room is based on the book The Speckled band. When you complete the missions, you will find a secret message, which you have to email it to agglika.dimotiko@saintpaul.gr. The fastest will be the winner. There is only ONE winner (team or individual) for this game. Enjoy!

CHARACTERS

Dr Roylott is a violent man. He used to be a doctor but he doesn't work anymore. He was married to Helen and Julia's mother. After her death, he changed a lot.

Sherlock Holmes is a competent detective. He is clever but also observative. He is known for solving mysterious cases.

Helen has just lost her sister in a mysterious way. She is kind but very scared, since she believes that her life is in danger too.

Julia is Helen's twin sister. She was engaged to be married but just before her wedding day, she died in a very strange way.

Dr Watson is Holmes' closest friend. He is patient and kind but also clever. He helps Holmes with his difficult cases.

MISSIONS

FINALMission

1. Helen’s surname name is _______.

A. Roylott

B. James

C. Stoner

2. The Roylotts’ family home is now _____.

A. in a good condition

B. old

C. repaired

3. Helen is ______ Julia.

A. older than

B. the same age as

C. younger than

4. Dr Roylott was once _______.

A. an architect

B. a detective

C. a doctor

5. Julia and Helen’s mother left them _______ every year in her will.

A. £ 3.000

B. £ 2.000

C. £ 1.000

6. Julia died ______.

A. 2 days ago

B. 2 months ago

C. 2 years ago

7. Julia’s death was _________.

A. mysterious

B. expected

C. painful

8. After Julia’s death, Helen feels _______.

A. relieved

B. frightened

C. angry

9. When Helen visited Holmes, she was ______.

A. happy

B. angry

C. terrified

10. Julia got engaged two ______ ago.

A. weeks

B. months

C. years

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've completed the first mission!

* Remember the result of the operation for later.

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WRONGANSWER!

*Try again!

11. Julia went to Helen’s bedroom _______.

A. a week before the wedding

B. a night before the wedding

C. the night of the wedding

12. Julia heard ________ noises late at night.

A. strange

B. loud

C. deafening

13. As Helen ran to Julia’s room she heard _______.

A. a whistling noise

B. dogs barking

C. a strange song

14. When Helen heard Julia screaming the night before the wedding, she asked her to _____.

A. go to her room

B. stop screaming

C. open the door

15. When Julia opened her bedroom door, she _______.

A. smiled

B. fainted

C. got out of the house

16. Who tried to help Julia before she died?

A. Dr Roylott

B. Dr Watson

C. Holmes

17. The night Julia died, the door and windows of her bedroom were _______.

A. open

B. locked

C. broken

18. The night Julia died _______ was with her in her room.

A. Julia

B. Dr Roylott

C. nobody

19. When the police investigated Julia’s death, they found ______.

A. nothing

B. poison

C. a snake

20. Helen’s stepfather went to prison for attacking _______.

A. his stepdaughter

B. his servant

C. nobody

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've completed the second mission!

* Remember the result of the operation for later.

WRONGANSWER!

*Try again!

21. Helen thinks that Julia died of ________.

A. poison

B. insomnia

C. fear

22. Helen’s stepfather is making her use ______ room.

A. the servant’s

B. his own

C. Julia’s

23. Helen had to use Julia’s room because _______.

A. they were making some repairs in her room

B. she was hearing strange noises

C. her room was smaller

24. Helen went to London by _________.

A. train

B. car

C. horse drawn carriage

25. Holmes can’t help Helen until he sees ________.

A. her stepfather

B. the rooms of her house

C. Julia’s dead body

26. Dr Roylott went to London ________.

A. for a doctor’s appointment

B. to see an old friend

C. on a business meeting

27. When Helen left Holmes' house, he promised to meet her _______.

A. the day after

B. the following week

C. the same day

28. When Dr Roylott went to Holmes’ house, Helen __________.

A. was still there

B. had just left

C. was about to leave

29. When Dr Roylott went to Holmes’ house, he was _________.

A. excited

B. nervous

C. angry

30. While Dr Roylott was at Holmes’ house, he asked him what Helen had told him. Holmes _______.

A. told him the truth

B. lied

C. didn’t answer

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've completed the third mission!

* You will need to remember number 0 for later.

WRONGANSWER!

*Try again!

31. After seeing all the rooms of Helen’s house, Holmes realised that Helen was _______.

A. exaggerating

B. in great danger

C. lying

32. After examining the house, Dr Watson and Homles would spend the night in _______.

A. Roylott’s house

B. a nearby house

C. an inn

33. Holmes asked Julia to send them a signal _______.

A. before Dr Roylott went home

B. after Dr Roylott went home

C. when Dr Roylott went to bed

34. The signal that Helen would send was ______.

A. smoke

B. a light

C. a sound

35. When Dr Watson asked Holmes to explain how he solved the mystery, Holmes replied: ________.

A. “Guess, my dear Watson”

B. “Elementary, my dear Watson”

C. “You’ll never know, my dear Watson”

36. Holmes didn’t have the time to explain how he solved the mystery because he was interrupted by _______.

A. the signal

B. a knock on the door

C. animals howling

37. Holmes and Dr Watson got in Dr Roylott’s house through ______.

A. the front door

B. the back door

C. the window

38. When Holmes and Dr. Watson got into Julia’s room, they put out the light so that Roylott wouldn’t see it _______.

A. through the ventilator

B. through the window

C. under the door

39. How did Roylott call the snake back to his room?

A. He whistled.

B. He opened the safe.

C. He hit the stick.

40. Why did Dr Roylott choose a snake to kill the girls?

A. The police would never find the weapon.

B. The police would never check for such a poison.

C. The snake was too fast.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You've completed the fourth mission!

* You will need to remember number 5 to complete the password.

WRONGANSWER!

*Try again!

Enter the secret number

· Mission number 01 · Mission number 02 · Mission number 03 · Mission number 04

Enter the secret number

Number

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have completed all the missions. The secret message is...

Start over?

Sherlock Holmes is a great detective!

Now, send the secret message to agglika.dimotiko@saintpaul.gr. You have to write your name(s) and the name of your team.