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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: Can you solve a mystery before Sherlock Holmes?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Outside the League’s office, they found hundreds of men, all awaiting their stohs at the position. Seeing Wilson's particularly magnificent hair, the hosts parted the red sea and ushered him through to a room with a little man. This ineiwrvteer, one duancn Ross, subjected Wilson to a single, painful test, then inducted him into the League. All he had to do to receive his stipend was spend four hours here every day transcribing the encyclopedia. He’d be paid handsomely; much more than his day job. Wilson, of course, accepted, and shweod up to that asddres every day without fail for two months. incdlniug today, when he was shocked to discover a sign saying that the League had been disbanded. Ross, meanwhile, had disappeared without a trace. So Wilson turned to the one man who might make red hades or red tilas of these etnves.

Open Cloze


Outside the League’s office, they found hundreds of men, all awaiting their _____ at the position. Seeing Wilson's particularly magnificent hair, the hosts parted the red sea and ushered him through to a room with a little man. This ___________, one ______ Ross, subjected Wilson to a single, painful test, then inducted him into the League. All he had to do to receive his stipend was spend four hours here every day transcribing the encyclopedia. He’d be paid handsomely; much more than his day job. Wilson, of course, accepted, and ______ up to that _______ every day without fail for two months. _________ today, when he was shocked to discover a sign saying that the League had been disbanded. Ross, meanwhile, had disappeared without a trace. So Wilson turned to the one man who might make red _____ or red _____ of these ______.

Solution


  1. including
  2. showed
  3. heads
  4. duncan
  5. interviewer
  6. events
  7. address
  8. shots
  9. tails

Original Text


Outside the League’s office, they found hundreds of men, all awaiting their shots at the position. Seeing Wilson's particularly magnificent hair, the hosts parted the red sea and ushered him through to a room with a little man. This interviewer, one Duncan Ross, subjected Wilson to a single, painful test, then inducted him into the League. All he had to do to receive his stipend was spend four hours here every day transcribing the encyclopedia. He’d be paid handsomely; much more than his day job. Wilson, of course, accepted, and showed up to that address every day without fail for two months. Including today, when he was shocked to discover a sign saying that the League had been disbanded. Ross, meanwhile, had disappeared without a trace. So Wilson turned to the one man who might make red heads or red tails of these events.

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