The Sherlocks of Sharpwood Trivia Quiz

Answer: She wanted to escape her marriage to him

The particular catalyst which finally drove Ruth over the edge was her husband's vicious criticism of her vegetable soup, which she had spent hours preparing. But in general, Ruth's marriage to Bob was very unhappy, so she killed him as a means to escape him.

Answer: Tommy Moore

Moore apparently stole the video player after taking his backpack into the Elmer family bathroom, sneaking out the window, going in the house through another window, grabbing it, and stuffing it in his backpack. He would then seamlessly return to the bathroom, then back to his friends as if nothing had happened.

The player has the opportunity to indict one of three different children in this case. Interestingly, despite all kids involved clearly being kids, and nobody actually getting killed or even injured, the culprit does get charged as an adult later. This wildly absurd outcome is meant to remind us that this is, indeed, a video game.

Answer: Paganism

Pederson's ultimate motivation in stealing these files was to "help them embark on a better path." However, it's worth noting that Pederson deliberately discarded all files relating to male parolees, and kept only files pertaining to female parolees. Were his motivations as noble as he claims? Probably not, which is why it's good if the player manages to take him down.

Answer: The Woodsmen

There are only actually three gangs in this game, way down from the dozen that were in "This is the Police." Pederson belongs to The Woodsmen, who are by far the least threatening to deal with between themselves, the Spinach Berserks, and the Neckties.

However, if the player uses him as an informant and eventually arrests all Woodsmen, they will receive a piping hot reward of $45,000, which is quite a lot in this game. As such, the player should definitely refrain on immediately convicting Pederson of his crime.

Answer: A convertible

Before his name is discovered, Knudsen is referred to as "the man in the convertible", as this is the type of car he is seen putting a stolen computer into. Knudsen was otherwise very sneaky on his heist, as he wore a very concealing black face mask, did the deed at night, and did so without making any noise. He just did not take care to evade surveillance cameras.

Answer: No

It turns out that it was actually Alison Spivey, a nurse at the hospital, who suffocated Michael with a pillow. And the reasoning for this ends up being truly ridiculous, as it ends up being that Michael was especially needy one night, moreso than usual. Having to tend to him more prevented Spivey from reading a book called "The Last Temptation of Neptune 2" which had just released in Sharpwood. Being angry she couldn't read the book, she murdered him.

Don't get in the way of people and their highly anticipated releases, especially in Sharpwood.

Answer: A pile of poo

Hilariously, this poo ends up being exactly what gets Pratt caught in the end, as it can be directly linked to him. The idea was that Pratt was attempting to punish his employees for inefficient use of the generator that was harming his business. Perhaps he should have gone the more conventional route and simply replaced them instead.

Answer: The Neckties

The idea here is that, while Jack Boyd (character the player is playing as) is arguably corrupt and can be 'accessed' by the Necktie gang, Britt Carter is as straight and narrow as they come and would never willingly work with them. Carter challenges Jack for his role as chief of police. If Carter happened to win, it would deal a blow to the Neckties. As such, with them viewing Carter as a threat, they sent over a man by the name of Bertran Southgate to deal with him.

This story sequence is also exactly why, no matter how poorly the player performs, they can never, ever lose to Britt Carter. The Neckties will ensure that much.

Answer: No

This case is the case in which the Spinach Berserks make their entrance into this game, as Phillipov is a member of that gang. If choosing to interrogate Phillipov, the player should specifically question if he beat up Oliverson as part of a failed drug deal. This will get Phillipov to clarify that he beat Oliverson up as part of a gang initiation.

Answer: Black

This isn't a gang case, it isn't anything related to religion or any sort of a major emotional distress of sorts. It is as simple as can be: Falcao was very jealous of Buckler's black chicken, so he broke into Buckler's chicken coop and stole it. He never clarifies on why the black coloring was special, but it must have been, because he ends up going to jail for it.

Answer: Female

The reason the offender being female is important, is that it immediately identifies her as being Beatrice Savatier, a member of the Spinach Berserk gang. Savatier was under orders to do it from her gang. The gang's motivation for doing this is, simply put, alcohol is really bad for people's health. For as ridiculous as this rationale is, when interrogating Savatier, the player should really lean into this reasoning.

Answer: To give him a proper burial

Michelle Munson was Alan Cross' wife. She wanted to bury him, but she apparently hates his family, so she wanted to do it without them around. This was her straightforward motivation for breaking into the morgue to steal his corpse.

Answer: Molotov Cocktail

By first dousing the outskirts of the building with gasoline, Barrett then threw a Molotov Cocktail through a window and set the entire shed to blaze. This is the only Spinach Berserk-ordered crime that doesn't seem to have a clear benefit to the gang. Even after interrogating Barrett, it is not clear why the gang targeted homeless people specifically. Why not just offer them some spinach instead?

Answer: Edwin McPhee

McPhee would likely have kept his identity concealed, were it not for the fact that he drove a jeep into town and opened fire on a group of elderly men who were in the park. He even throws a grenade at the men when they use a picnic table as makeshift defense against his machine gun's bullets.

Why McPhee was so intent on murdering this group of elderly men never actually gets revealed, as the player never gains the chance to interrogate him.

Answer: Vic Duvall

Vic Duvall, the Sniper of the department, was responsible for this off-duty killing. If the player indicts him, they will lose his services for the remainder of their playthrough. Choosing to simply ignore this Investigation so Duvall can be retained is an option, and the game will never punish the player for choosing to do this.