Braingle: 'Sherlock Holmes' Brain Teaser

Sherlock Holmes

Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.

Puzzle ID:	#10855
Fun:	(3.18)
Difficulty:	(1.54)
Category:	Mystery
Submitted By:	allenpitcher26
Corrected By:	ace_of_spades

One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it.
Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson.
The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke your window."
Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?

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Comments

jimbo Mar 15, 2003	I'd question them all anyway. Good Teaser!
na-iem Mar 17, 2003	Oh that's neat!!! Keep 'em coming! :-)
griphook Mar 18, 2003	Very cool. More please.
i_h8_hp_nerds Mar 18, 2003	I got that one right!!!!!!!Oh darn i got this song stuck in my head.
icehaven Apr 05, 2003	Great. I thought it was all three...
Codammanus Apr 05, 2003	Very creative, and fun! Thanx.
PrfAngel17 Apr 05, 2003	Nice one I loved it
Millionaire Apr 06, 2003	lol, I liked this one. It was actually funny now I got the right answer but not for that reason. I just guessed lol PE@CE Millionaire
electronjohn Apr 07, 2003	Very clever. Thanks for posting it for us.
Juice Apr 14, 2003	Really cute, so far the only one I like.
Shoobop May 17, 2003	funniest brain teaser i eva read! never heard it. at first i didnt get it when it just said mark crimson then i got it!! awesome joke!
peterg May 25, 2003	i woulda just taken them all out..then u wouldve had to have got the right one..at the expense f the other 2..but they probably deserve it anyway!
BrenBeadSP Apr 05, 2004	'speed reading' this morning, and I missed the ? - darn - excellent, fun teaser, thanks
hoppy_happy_hipp Apr 05, 2004	That was fun.. and I got it right
peridot Apr 05, 2004	very nice, it was fun and I got it right. good job.
kvernphil Apr 05, 2004	NICE! I guessed MARK, but for the wrong reason. I guessed Mark because he was the brother who 'hit his mark'. nice job!
doggyxp Apr 05, 2004	Very good. Liked this one.
JmBannana Apr 05, 2004	Neat Teaser! I got it right away, Still good thought. Keep 'em comin'!
brgdo1994 Apr 05, 2004	I got it! Too easy!
gabe1991 Apr 05, 2004	Nice teaser. I love mysyeries.
(user deleted) Aug 26, 2004	Wow
ched4r Sep 19, 2004	Very fun but very easy
ched4r Sep 19, 2004	Very fun but very easy
sissy245 Oct 23, 2004	That was very clever
knbrain Dec 24, 2004	Kind of funny but tooooo easy
babygirl35 Dec 28, 2004	i thought maybe it was a typo but i get it now.
alicewashere13 Jan 04, 2005	i think they were all accessories!
chuckelect Feb 23, 2005	wow that one was really good!
prettykitty Feb 25, 2005	Stupid ... no offense
poljay Mar 02, 2005	Got me with that one. I just read it as "Question Coslin." Good one.
Master_Yoda Mar 18, 2005	hi. Great teaser. I actually got it.
thetrumonk Apr 05, 2005	That was really good
mumbojumbo1234 Apr 05, 2005	That was pretty easy, I figured it out right after I read it! Thanks anyways, it was a good teaser!
(user deleted) Apr 05, 2005	Very creative and interesting, though easy.
Ozymandias Apr 05, 2005	Very nice! I enjoyed this one!
(user deleted) Apr 05, 2005	brilliant
Israel-Girl Apr 05, 2005	Loved It! I got it right, but I thought it was beause he hit the "mark"
filetmerlot Apr 05, 2005	wonderful. it reminds me of those 2 minute mysteries that i used to read as a teen. only this was a 2 second mystery
deadmanrun Apr 05, 2005	Bravo! a good thinking persons teaser more like it,it may take a few minutes to figure out, but in this day of instant gratification,take the time, your mind will thank you for it.
rustygurrrrrl Apr 05, 2005	that was VERY GOOD
myalyn_77 Apr 05, 2005	Great teaser Aimeekspice- Did you really have to use that many faces?
Chakoteya Apr 05, 2005	Groan. Easy peasy!
zombiefreak Apr 05, 2005	the mark part was corny but i woulda questioned all 3 ov em
DJNic Apr 05, 2005	oops i didnt see the "?" oh well!
brain_dead Apr 06, 2005	that was a good one i didn't get it until i read the answer, but i liked it anyways.
timilee Apr 06, 2005	ewe dew knot half too bee Sherlock Holmes two fig your Aldus won!
(user deleted) Apr 06, 2005	I am new to the site and this was the best daily teaser so far.
roadburn65 Apr 06, 2005	Very challenging first thing in the morning!
Muffintins Apr 06, 2005	YAY i figured it out!
MEJOHN Apr 07, 2005	This one was real easy. I think I may have heard it before.
Jessa Apr 07, 2005	I liked that one! Nice!
biter_lemon Apr 10, 2005	didn't even see the ? in the note. yeah, i'm good at reading . nice teaser though.
Gandalf Apr 11, 2005	Why'd he need to question mark it tells him in the note
wolfy68 Apr 17, 2005	The game is afoot!
lil_Brat Apr 18, 2005	i love that one i actually got it right when i read it! it was great
(user deleted) Apr 22, 2005	thats cool! i never wuld have guessed tho thats a good 1!
darthforman May 21, 2005	good one
mxclint68 Jul 06, 2005	Elementary, my dear Watson!...LOL....I loved it, but I am addicted to Holmes....I am currently collecting the old movies on DVD....
marching_xc Jul 07, 2005	cute cute cute
dolphingurl12 Jul 08, 2005	awesome!!!!!
max_payne_5th Jul 20, 2005	nice job man! U get my thunbs up!
Pelikan Aug 26, 2005	Hehehe....i like i like!!! ....one of the ones that makes u go "oooooooh!" hehe....in my faves already!
swithie Sep 10, 2005	That was a really cool teaser, loved it!
Royaltrecords Sep 10, 2005	Excellent job! Keep up the good work
thorax Sep 18, 2005	that was cool
bnwing Sep 21, 2005	Super easy, but extremely FUN! I love these mystery teasers. Keep them coming!
rkaaland Nov 16, 2005	Great, why can't I every remember that?
rkaaland Nov 16, 2005	Great, why can't I every remember that?
rkaaland Nov 16, 2005	Sorry Couldn't remember I clicked either
peppamintp Nov 22, 2005	Good teaser. I actually thought John because the question mark is an upside down j (pretty much)
ragethe3rd Dec 22, 2005	Hehe very clever.
Sherlock129 Jan 12, 2006	This was in a book also.
teen_wiz Feb 09, 2006	VEEEEEEEEEEEERY cool. Loved it!
luckythirteen Feb 12, 2006	haha , very nice, i LOVE it!
emily103 Mar 16, 2006	very clever
azbee123 Apr 05, 2006	ssooooo cute!!!! going into my favs mos def!
king_leonard Apr 05, 2006	LOL tat was a gr8 one and i got it! excellent teaser!
atrac Apr 05, 2006	nice one!
OldChinaHand Apr 05, 2006	? this one a winner.
lmurray Apr 05, 2006	ELEMENTARY
coachpisco Apr 05, 2006	I actually got it, by using MARK. I didn't use QUESTION though. Pretty good teaser.
meteor Apr 05, 2006	I wanted to make the connection to these brothers to their bibical name sakes. I thought John was beyond reproach, as John the Baptist is a major figure and revered by all. So I left with Paul and Mark, I saw Paul as the more important of the two. Which left Mark. Then I get the right answer for the wrong reason I credit the teaser more highly because of it's ability to mislead, an indication of a well thought out puzzle. Well done, I had fun and I must be more careful in the future.
shawneeo Apr 05, 2006	I got it, yay!!!!! The only reason I got it, tho, is because there's a guy on this site called "Question Mark", and I thought Mark as soon as I saw the "question mark". Really good teaser! btw: akg said he hates "gay riddles, gay songs, etc." in his comment. Why is that OK? That comment was made like two years ago! I don't care what shade of meaning calling something "gay" is supposed to have, it's a hateful use of the word, its def. not good, and if anyone used any similar word about any other minority it would be immediately deleted!
bradon182001 Apr 05, 2006	I liked this one. Good teaser.
alis99 Apr 05, 2006	I guessed it rite but for the wrong reason good one!
saleprice Apr 05, 2006	cute, very cute......
saleprice Apr 05, 2006	akg keep your snide comments clean and pleasant please.no more derogatory comments!!
hockeygirl Apr 05, 2006	YAY i got one for once!!!YAY YAY YAY!!!! Righteous
iteachkids Apr 05, 2006	I'm with shawneeo and saleprice. There are a couple of people who use that term regularly and inappropriately. I click on "This is Offensive," but I don't know if it changes anything. Now - for the teaser - L VED it!!! By some stroke of genius (or luck), I got it right away. But it was still highly entertaining and clever!
sccrclssc5 Apr 05, 2006	Very Clever! Twas awesome, and fun! Great job!
Sara2009 Apr 05, 2006	CLEVER I LIKE IT
besamishuevos Apr 05, 2006	lame.....very lame indeed.
KatV Apr 05, 2006	I didn't get it....he he he...I HAD to look at the answer...I guess I'm slow today.
koalamom Apr 05, 2006	Read too fast and missed the "?". So I didn't get it.
shardney08 Apr 05, 2006	I thought that was so cool! It was very interesting. I would have never thought of that one. I had to read it twice before I got it but that's ok. It takes me a minute. Great one though.
tdbrsun Apr 05, 2006	I am so new at the teasers and such. Hope to try more of them . Maybe I will get a bit smarter. enjoyed this one a lot
youdumbsavage Apr 05, 2006	I REALLY LOVED THIS ONE. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD (THATS WHY I DIDNT GET IT ) BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY EASY. GREAT TEASER! DEFINATELY GOING TO MY FAVORITES. WOW! KEEP THEM COMING!
tam13 Apr 05, 2006	Thought this one was very clever. The ? really gave it away!! Thanks for a good brain teaser.
jabdr Apr 05, 2006	Loved it
bballer21 Apr 05, 2006	great-- keep them coming!! 5 smileys!!!!
Bastet Apr 05, 2006	I didn't get the answer at all. When I read the answer, I went, "Oh, my God!" It was so simple and if I wasn't so blasted literal in my thinking, I may have seen the answer right away. I loved it!!
feste Apr 05, 2006	I got it right but for the wrong reason, ie, Mark (marksman).
spazzyjazzy93 Apr 05, 2006	omg, i actually got that one! yay!
spazzyjazzy93 Apr 05, 2006	it was really good!
lindquist_25 Apr 05, 2006	Great!
bluehawk Apr 05, 2006	That was very cleaver. I thought it was cute. "?"
syracuse945 Apr 05, 2006	yeah, it was gud... n i lyk sherlock holmes...
vlerma Apr 06, 2006	Again, I got in too big of a hurry and didn't see the ? or didn't understand it, or something. Was a cute teaser anyhow. And welcome back Besa Have missed you.
eabreu92 Apr 06, 2006	shouldn't this be in trick or rebus??? oh well... (by the way, i got it after reading the note out loud)
horse_luver Apr 09, 2006	Haha, cute. I got it
riddlelover Apr 10, 2006	Clever...easy, but clever. And fun.
brainster Apr 25, 2006	This was great!
zonarita Apr 25, 2006	GR8 teaser!
peanut-tiara May 26, 2006	Very clever. Very fun. Made me Smile. (and not just because I got it)
teasermaster Dec 19, 2006	Got it quickly, but very clever.
solarsistim321 Dec 28, 2006	Clever!
gaylewolf Apr 05, 2007	Thanks! I LOVED this one! It was clever and it was fun! I share these teasers with my teenage grandkids - THEY are also clever and fun!
anion Apr 05, 2007	Great Teaser!!! I got it. Keep up the good work.
Shikamaru Apr 05, 2007	pretty good teaser. i got the question part, but not the question mark, so i came up with "question crimson" which told me nothing i didnt already know.
builder Apr 05, 2007	not as fun this year as in years past. With hundreds of teasers we should be able to go at least two years before we repeat
cnahorses Apr 05, 2007	too easy but cute
bradon182001 Apr 05, 2007	Excellent teaser. Can't believe I didn't see it last year, but I didn't. Glad I saw it this year. The answer was much better than the one I came up with which was he should question all three. What was I thinking?
doehead Apr 05, 2007	Kindergarden material
puttumup Apr 05, 2007	yawn
ViaTunisi Apr 05, 2007	Wow- so much easier the second time around
cassiemark Apr 05, 2007	Good one! I actually got it Yay!
MelkorDCLXVI Apr 05, 2007	i love pusslez like this event hough i didn't get it
katjojo Apr 05, 2007	I have seen this one before. But, still cute.
FatHead Apr 05, 2007	Easy enough when you think about it!
Pizzazz2u Apr 05, 2007	Very good! It does seem to be easy when you think about it, but I believe you should question ALL three of them, anyway! Keep up the terrific work!
morgoth1028 Apr 05, 2007	omgsh i should known!!!
zombiesean Apr 05, 2007	That was easy, but fun.
auntiesis Apr 05, 2007	Took me a min. but eventually the little grey cells went to work, to borrow a phrase from M. Poirot ! Keep up the good work.
I_Write_Books Apr 05, 2007	It was a little on the easy side, but I liked it all the same.
merrypippin246 Apr 05, 2007	That was a fun teaser but it was too easy!
saachigirl1 Apr 05, 2007	Yes i agree with you merrypippin!!
merrypippin246 Apr 05, 2007	merrypippin246 to you!!!
saachigirl1 Apr 05, 2007	srry
chickenzRcool Apr 05, 2007	LOL, I was actually 'laughing out loud' this time...maybe cause there's no one in the room MuahAhaHa Great Teaser!!!!!!
cloughme Apr 05, 2007	Excellent!!
OhEmGee Apr 05, 2007	good one M E S S A G E M E P L E A S E
cooltigerr1 Apr 05, 2007	LOVE IT!! this was funny it was so obvious and i didnt get it! good one
musiclover101 Apr 05, 2007	LOVED IT!! DEFINITELY GOING ON MY FAVES!!!
suganue Apr 05, 2007	i liked it, mostly because I got it. it was cute though. I almost missed the fact that the question mark was inside the parenthesis. I thought that was a great teaser!
kitty728 Apr 05, 2007	DUH.......IM A DUMMY TODAY....COULDNT GET IT......GIMME SOME JUMBLES OR CRYTPOQUOTES - I CAN BREAK CODE.... CAN U???
kauphi1976 Apr 05, 2007	a little too easy for Mr Holmes
breathesunshine Apr 05, 2007	I hope Mark has allowance $ to pay for that! Got it after reading it a second time.
Madelulabelle Apr 11, 2007	Loved this one! I got it but it did make me slow down a little. A+++!
j9mattfield Apr 19, 2007	I love mysteries! I actually got this one after the second reading. Well done!
Qrystal May 10, 2007	Cute. Easy. A joy to get in my email today!
dudebomb93 Nov 01, 2007	i got it!!!
luckypuppy May 15, 2008	wow there are a lot of comments on this one! easy but fun!
wise_girl_01 Jun 02, 2008	best one i've read thus far
sourdough Jun 23, 2008	$ourDough gives this the best score so far! Kudos to the writer! Four Thumbs Up! $D
Vivica Oct 13, 2008	I liked that
yangjun Nov 15, 2008	I have seem this question a lot of times... so it is very easy and a little broing...
mathisnice Apr 05, 2010	Easy, but an excellent teaser.
doehead Apr 05, 2010	Give me a break. This was on a kindergarden quiz. And all the kids got it right.
beyonce123 Apr 05, 2010	that means it probably wasn't mark. It was probably from one of mark's brothers and said brother was really the one who broke the window
sunnybonghits Apr 05, 2010	I liked it. Had to think for a minute and got it. Just the way a short little brain teaser should be. Cheers
auntiesis Apr 05, 2010	Loved this one before, love it still. Cute & clever. Thanks.
TallTimber Apr 05, 2010	Good one.
angelfinder Apr 05, 2010	This one was too easy! Naturally you would question Mark?
Darkmagician92 Apr 11, 2011	easy but very nice,
makan121 Apr 02, 2012	so who write the note?
brains2beauty96 Jun 16, 2012	Someone tell me why my 9 year old brother got it before I did!?! lol
Babe Apr 05, 2013	I got that one so fast it even shocked me! Really cute though
jaycr Apr 05, 2013	? for sure, but never trust any of those Crimson brothers.
cutebug Apr 05, 2013	It's been 10 years since Mark broke the window. Did he for the replacement yet?
Maggiethe8th Apr 05, 2013	and this is why I need these-I thought I'd looked at all the possibilities Loved the answer!
gaylewolf Apr 05, 2013	Sure it's been posted before, but it's still cute and clever. Love it!
thecatladycac Apr 05, 2013	Cute Teaser - I had to read it twice for it to soak in!
HABS2933 Apr 05, 2013	Very easy.
iggy39 Apr 05, 2013	Sorry that was way to easy. When I figure it out just by reading it, that's very easy, but thanks for posting. It still was fun.
giuseppemccarth Apr 19, 2013	Haha, I found it very clever. I didn't get it, I guess I'm a bit slower than this person^ :-)