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00:00Support me, or there's no point.
00:01One sarsaparilla in a clean glass, as requested.
00:12Final question.
00:15Which ancient civilization's gold filigree adornments
00:19were an inspiration for jewelers in the reign of Queen Victoria?
00:24The Greeks!
00:25I'm sorry, I mean the Romans.
00:26The Greco-Romans.
00:29I'm sorry, no.
00:31Yes, escape.
00:32The Etruscans.
00:33I was going to say the Assyrians.
00:37Wrong.
00:39The Etruscans.
00:41Correct.
00:42So glad you joined the team, Mavis.
00:45And with that last bonus question,
00:47we have the pugnacious police in third.
00:52The learned ladies in second.
00:56And once again, the know-it-alls in first place.
01:01Congratulations.
01:02See you all next week for another esoteric evening of miscellany.
01:08Match-up.
01:09And don't forget to fill out your entry tests for Toronto's smartest man.
01:13Sponsored by Mr. Colwin of Colwin's Complete Cyclopedia.
01:17That's right.
01:19The-the-no home is complete without a set of Colwins.
01:23Higgins, you need to keep your mouth shut unless you're certain of the answer.
01:26Sir, I'm pretty sure that was the right answer.
01:29Where's Murdoch's not anyway?
01:30We'll be a lot better team with him involved.
01:32I understood that the detective usually doesn't take an interest in such frivolous events.
01:40Congratulations, gentlemen.
01:41Good place isn't so bad.
01:43A respectable showing.
01:45I'm surprised the ladies managed to best you.
01:49They aren't the most challenging of competition.
01:52We've been neck and neck every week.
01:55We take pity on you, you mean?
01:56Oh, please.
01:57You're so conceited you pretend even your mistakes are on purpose.
02:01An ad hominem attack.
02:03I'd expect no better from a woman.
02:06An ad hominem attack.
02:08I know what it means.
02:09Be sure to finish up the contest entry test.
02:12My son Dean is coming around to collect them.
02:14Try your luck, gentlemen.
02:15Toronto's smartest man might be here in this very room.
02:20He's your oven aloft.
02:23You call that a test.
02:28Mmm.
02:37Oh, my God.
02:40Oh, my God.
02:42Oh, my God.
02:44Oh, my God.
02:46Oh, my God.
02:47Oh, my God.
02:48Oh, my God.
02:48Oh, my God.
02:48Oh, my God.
02:48Oh, my God.
02:48Oh, my God.
02:50Oh, my God.
02:52Oh, my God.
02:54Oh, my God.
02:57Oh, my God.
03:07Thanks for coming, Murdoch.
03:10We've all had a few.
03:12We thought it would be a good idea if we had a steady hand at the wheel.
03:15The man's fallen ill, then.
03:16Victor Fordham.
03:18Apparently a severe allergic reaction.
03:20Oh.
03:21Well, not poison, then.
03:23But you don't believe it was an accident, either.
03:26Well, we did at first.
03:27So Mr. Ryan informed us that Fordham's shellfish allergy is common knowledge.
03:33And he was a terrible person.
03:35Someone may have intentionally contaminated his glass.
03:40Mr. Ryan.
03:42Detective.
03:43I understand you knew of Mr. Fordham's shellfish allergy?
03:47Of course.
03:48Sure, he never shut up about it.
03:49Especially since I got these new clam juice dispensers in.
03:53Oh?
03:53With these, I can fix all the latest clam beverages.
03:58Hot clam soda.
04:00Ginger clam juice.
04:02Hot clam cream.
04:04It's a vile craze, but it sells.
04:08Is it possible, then, that some of this clam juice accidentally made its way into Mr. Fordham's glass?
04:14Not a chance.
04:16He ordered bottled sarsaparilla that I poured into a clean glass.
04:20I saw him after he took a sip.
04:22He was fine.
04:26The bar cleared out after Mr. Fordham's medical episode.
04:29But, but, sir, everyone who is here will be at the Toronto Smartest Man competition tomorrow.
04:35You should think about entering, sir.
04:36It's being held at the book fair.
04:37Pursuit of knowledge shouldn't be a contest.
04:40The prize is a thousand dollars.
04:42And a full set of encyclopedias.
04:46Imagine all the world's knowledge at your fingertips.
04:52Encyclopedias.
04:55Welcome to Toronto's Pedagogical Book Fair.
04:59We, at Colwyn's Complete Cyclopedia, are proud sponsors of this week's events,
05:03especially the search for Toronto's smartest man.
05:07Dean, my boy, come up here.
05:11Colwyn's Complete Cyclopedia.
05:14Uh, founded by my, my grandfather, uh, Tobias Colwyn, in 18, in, uh, in, in, in, and...
05:231870.
05:24Yes, 1870.
05:25And now, on the second...
05:27Third.
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05:34of learning.
05:35By volume one now, from, from aardvarks to azerites.
05:39But a subscription plan is the best value for the full set.
05:43And now, the main event.
05:46Only five perfect tests were submitted by...
05:49Yes, uh, by, uh, Francois Boudreau.
05:56Ved Srinivasan.
05:59Uh, William Murdoch.
06:01So you didn't, sir?
06:02Well done, detective.
06:04Uh, Victor Fordham and F. Newsome.
06:07These five contestants will buy for the crown of Toronto's smartest man.
06:12Are you lost, my dear?
06:13No.
06:14Fiona Newsome.
06:15F. Newsome.
06:16A woman?
06:17Oh, no.
06:18Uh, this will never do.
06:20I beg your pardon?
06:21Well, it's, uh, it's in the name, ma'am.
06:24Toronto's smartest man.
06:26Maybe we go, we could go to the next heist.
06:28Yes, yes, yes.
06:29Uh, Dr. Glenn Price.
06:32And I believe that Mr. Fordham went to hospital last night.
06:36Oh.
06:36In that case, uh, the alternate for Mr. Fordham will be...
06:40Stop right there.
06:42I'll be damned if I'm kept out of this competition.
06:45Very well, then.
06:46Uh, ladies and gentlemen, uh, please stay and browse the books while we prepare the stage for an exciting battle
06:52of wits.
06:53Um, Mr. Fordham, Detective William Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary.
06:59Ah, have you caught the villain who did this to me?
07:02Not yet, but I was wondering, do you know who may have wanted to do this to you?
07:08I'd say most of my competitors dislike me.
07:11That's what happens when you're the best.
07:13Maybe that tall woman on the ladies team, Miss Gruesome or some such.
07:19Quite competitive.
07:20And she definitely doesn't like me.
07:23Anyone else?
07:25No.
07:27Although, last night, Ved did say he hoped I'd drop dead.
07:37The sign is quite clear, my dear.
07:39This is absurd.
07:40Women are the intellectual equal to men in every way.
07:43Mr. Coleman.
07:45Miss Newsome here plays in a weekly miscellany game against myself and Mr. Fordham.
07:49Thank you, Professor Srinivasan.
07:51And she habitually loses.
07:54She isn't a serious contestant.
07:56I got a perfect score on the entry test, the same as you.
07:59There's no need for raised voices.
08:01Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
08:03If I may, Miss Newsome lives in my neighborhood.
08:06She has recently been left by her husband and is no doubt emotional.
08:11Uh, competition might not be advisable given her fragile state.
08:14I am not emotional, and, sir, you're a chiropodist, not a psychiatrist.
08:20Nevertheless, I think Dr. Price has a point.
08:22Don't you, my dear?
08:29Just how did you get along with Mr. Ford?
08:32I understand you told him you wished he would drop dead.
08:37He called me a fool for saying Montevideo is the capital of Paraguay.
08:42It's Asunción.
08:43So, Montevideo is Uruguay.
08:45I know that now.
08:48Look, we bicker from time to time.
08:50I certainly didn't put clam juice into his drink.
08:55Detective.
08:58The name's Boudreau.
09:00Mr. Boudreau, were you at the miscellany matchup the other night?
09:05No.
09:05Then how can I...
09:06Do you remember getting me sent to jail ten years ago?
09:11Well, the name does ring a bell.
09:14Well, your name does a little bit more than that for me.
09:17I spent ten years locked up, reading every book that I could find,
09:22familiarizing myself with the law, the arts, and the sciences,
09:26waiting for the day that I could throw your supposed genius back in your face.
09:33Well, then, how lovely that you've been afforded that opportunity.
09:39I'm going to beat you, detective, no matter what it takes.
09:54Teddy, have a look at this.
09:55X-ray glasses.
09:57Can see through skin and clothing.
09:59Imagine how useful those would be.
10:01For what?
10:03Police work.
10:05Henry, I don't think that's a real product.
10:07You know what you always say to me, though.
10:09Be careful in the big city.
10:10Everyone's a swimmer.
10:11Oh, this is different.
10:12This is in the newspaper.
10:13Don't waste their money.
10:15The company probably won't even send the glasses.
10:17It's too late.
10:18I already ordered a pair last week.
10:24The Colwyn should just hand the prize over to Murdoch and be done with it.
10:28As brilliant as Detective Murdoch is, you can't be certain he'll win.
10:31There are many different types of intelligence, after all.
10:35Oh, that's rubbish.
10:35You're either bright or you're dim.
10:37And I know a sure thing when I see it.
10:39Attention all.
10:40The moment has arrived.
10:43Together, we will answer the question, who is Toronto's smartest man?
10:48Envelopes with the daily challenges and their solutions are locked in this safe.
10:53Each day, I'll open a new one.
10:55Contestants will earn points.
10:57Which will be tallied by the lovely Miss Ontario Wheat.
11:05And at the end of the week, we will have our champion.
11:10Now, in this briefcase,
11:13This is the $1,000 cash prize for the winner.
11:22And so, let round one begin.
11:29The sum of the first five prime numbers.
11:37Express the golden ratio to three decimal points.
11:421.618
11:48Projectile motion.
11:51Kirchhoff's diffraction formula.
11:56729
11:59Russell's paradox.
12:08And this is it, gentlemen.
12:09The final question of the round,
12:12worth five bonus points.
12:14If a train leaves Montreal at 9 a.m.
12:17traveling at 60 miles per hour,
12:19and another train leaves Toronto
12:21at the same time traveling at 50 miles per hour,
12:23when will the two trains intersect
12:25on the 333-mile journey?
12:2912.16 p.m.
12:32Uh, no, that's not right.
12:35At 12.01 p.m.
12:38And 20 seconds.
12:39That is the correct answer, sir.
12:41It is not.
12:43All trains traveling on the Grand Trunk Railway
12:45between Montreal and Toronto
12:47hold for precisely 15 minutes at Kingston.
12:51It's a hypothetical question, sir.
12:57Take that, Murdoch.
12:59Civility, gentlemen.
13:01Today's round goes to Professor Srinivasan.
13:08And please, join us tomorrow for round two.
13:15A worthy set of opponents.
13:17Better look next time, Murdoch.
13:19Luck has nothing to do with it.
13:21That was a misleading question.
13:24Oh, dear.
13:33Some workers found him this morning.
13:39That's Professor Srinivasan.
13:43He's still wearing yesterday's clothes.
13:46His boutonniere.
13:47This is at the back of the book fair.
13:50He must have been on his way home.
13:53Well, I guess this means
13:54he won't be winning Toronto's smartest man.
14:04The building is undergoing repairs to the cornice.
14:07Some of the brickwork was crumbling.
14:09So he was killed by falling masonry.
14:13Yes, but workers had already removed the loose bricks.
14:18I think this masonry was dropped deliberately.
14:20Is the roof accessible?
14:22All too easily.
14:23Just up the main staircase.
14:24Nice.
14:25Huh.
14:27So Professor Srinivasan exits the building,
14:30pleased with his win,
14:32and was then struck down by falling masonry
14:34thrown from the roof.
14:36So it would seem...
14:37You think it's related to the competition?
14:39I suppose it's possible.
14:41Professor Srinivasan is dead?
14:43I'm afraid so.
14:45Pop, maybe we should call off the contest?
14:47Nonsense.
14:48It occurred directly behind the venue, Mr. Colwood.
14:51And two nights ago,
14:52Mr. Fordham had a near-deadly brush with clam juice.
14:56He's highly allergic.
14:58I'm sorry to hear that,
14:58but I don't see how either of these incidents
15:01are connected to the contest.
15:02Nevertheless,
15:03I will be questioning all of the contestants
15:05before we proceed.
15:09Pop, I...
15:10Gentlemen.
15:12Either you let me compete,
15:14or I intend to sue.
15:15Well, it's Toronto's smartest man.
15:17There's nothing you can do about that.
15:19Aren't man and mankind
15:21commonly used to refer to the whole of the human race?
15:24Why should this competition be any different?
15:26You wouldn't win in court.
15:27Maybe so.
15:28But it'd throw a wrench in your contest all the same.
15:37Mr. Fordham,
15:38where were you following the competition last evening?
15:42I believe I was the first to leave.
15:45You probably saw me.
15:47I went straight out the front door.
15:50And where did you go?
15:51Home.
15:52I still wasn't feeling well.
15:55Probably why I didn't win round one.
15:59Can anyone vouch for you after you left the venue?
16:02Did anyone see you?
16:04When I went home alone?
16:06No.
16:09I'm afraid not.
16:10I am a bachelor, detective.
16:12Although, when I left the venue,
16:14I did see Mr. Boudreau speaking with Professor Srinivasan.
16:18And then I saw Mr. Boudreau hurrying upstairs.
16:22Upstairs?
16:23Are you sure?
16:24Yes, yes.
16:25I thought it quite strange.
16:27And just what were Mr. Boudreau and the professor discussing?
16:31I didn't hear, and I wouldn't hear Eastrop.
16:36I talked to no one.
16:38I saw no one.
16:39I got home and read legal treatises
16:41on prisoners' rights.
16:43Mr. Boudreau,
16:44you were the last person seen talking
16:46to Professor Srinivasan.
16:48And you were seen rushing upstairs afterward.
16:51Ah, I had to find the bathroom.
16:53Prison food has given me the fluffette.
16:56Digestion issues.
16:57What were you and the professor talking about?
16:59I was merely offering my sincere congratulations.
17:02He played brilliantly.
17:05Unlike some.
17:12Upon further consideration,
17:15Miss Effie Newsome will be permitted to compete.
17:18Still so sure Detective Murdoch will win
17:20now that Miss Newsome has entered the fray?
17:22She's a worthy rival.
17:23Oh, I doubt that very much.
17:25Come now.
17:26We've both seen her competitive side.
17:27Sometimes the contest comes down
17:29to just how much someone wants to win.
17:32Just how much, eh?
17:34How about the two of us have a little wager?
17:36Say, two dollars?
17:37Make it five.
17:39One.
17:40Oh, Detective.
17:41You might not want to do so well this round.
17:44Remember what happened to Professor Srinivasan.
17:47I remember, Inspector.
17:48And I'm here to get to the bottom of it.
17:53And now for round two.
17:57It makes octopus blood blue.
18:01Hemocyanid.
18:05Queen of both England and France.
18:10Eleanor of Aquitaine.
18:14Classical epics were written in which poetic meter?
18:19Dactylic hexameter.
18:21Which Scottish-Canadian inventor and engineer
18:25is known as the father of standard time?
18:28Sir Sanford Fleming.
18:47And the final challenge for round two.
18:51For five bonus points,
18:55if ES equals 14 and JZ equals 16,
19:01what does LW equal?
19:04Excuse me, sirs.
19:06Buy it through the auditorium, please.
19:08Oh, but...
19:10A solve!
19:11LW equals 11.
19:14Here are to explain for the audience.
19:16Of course.
19:18Completing the pattern,
19:1911 is the number of alphabetical spaces
19:21between L and W.
19:23Well done.
19:24The quick-witted Miss Newsome
19:26is the winner of this deceptively simple round.
19:36Mr. Boudreau, I saw you cheating.
19:39You were a safe cracker
19:41who worked with armed robbers.
19:42You stole the solution from the Colwyn's safe.
19:45So you do remember me.
19:49I was a safe cracker, yes.
19:52But I was only pretending to cheat.
19:58Why?
19:58As a distraction.
20:00To ensure that you didn't win.
20:02And you fell for it.
20:04Who's smarter now, Detective?
20:14Yes.
20:15Guess what's come in the mail.
20:16A letter from Constable Crabtree.
20:18Oh, uh, yes.
20:19He says he's doing well in St. John's.
20:21He's even made his first arrest.
20:22A, uh, a moose poacher.
20:25But, no.
20:26This.
20:27Look.
20:27My X-ray spectacles.
20:29Told you it was a real company.
20:31Wow.
20:32I guess I was wrong.
20:33Don't feel too bad, Teddy.
20:34No one expects you to go from country bumpkin
20:36to city sophisticate overnight.
20:42This doesn't make sense.
20:44They're supposed to see through skin and clothing,
20:45but all I see is my hand.
20:48Could I give them a try?
20:50Of course.
20:57Whoa.
20:59My own bones.
21:01Unbelievable.
21:02Oh, oh, oh.
21:06Well?
21:09I'm a gentleman, Henry.
21:13Professor Srinivasan was single and kept to himself
21:15apart from his weekly miscellany game.
21:18No enemies to speak of,
21:19so I decided to look into the others as well.
21:21Mr. Fordham works in investments.
21:23Dr. Price runs a...
21:26I can't read this to you.
21:28Fool.
21:30I beg your pardon?
21:32Fo-foot.
21:33Ah.
21:33Foot clinic.
21:34He runs a foot clinic,
21:35and Mr. Boudreau has had trouble finding employment
21:37since his release from prison.
21:39Well, that could be a strong motivator to win the prize.
21:42Let's look next into Mr. Boudreau.
21:44He wasn't at miscellany matchup.
21:46No, but he is a known criminal,
21:48and he was seen going upstairs at the book fair.
21:51You know, the only contestant
21:54who was present on the side of both attacks
21:56was Miss Newsome.
21:57Yes, but she is quite competitive.
22:00And she did dislike both victims,
22:03hated them even.
22:04And she's smart enough to have coordinated the attacks.
22:07Definitely.
22:08Well, thank you for that.
22:09Just to be clear, I didn't attack anybody,
22:12but I do believe somebody may be trying to poison me.
22:15I found these on my doorstep
22:18after yesterday's competition.
22:20For a very pretty lady from her secret admirer.
22:24Yes.
22:24I inspected the chocolates
22:26and found pinprick marks on the bottom of each of them.
22:29I think they're injection points.
22:30Do you always inspect presents so carefully?
22:33I was suspicious.
22:34I haven't received a romantic gift in quite some time.
22:42Is my bad?
22:44Scent of pears?
22:46A bit exotic for a basic box of bonbons.
22:50I believe these were injected with chloral hydrate.
22:54Let's have a look at that card.
22:56You got a typed message, no handwriting.
23:01There's a flower in the design.
23:05It is a poppy.
23:07I know where these came from.
23:10Well, I'm not in the habit of selling poison.
23:14Of course not.
23:15Do you recall who purchased the chocolates?
23:18Likely yesterday afternoon.
23:19You do excellent business, sir.
23:21I must have sold at least a dozen chocolate boxes
23:24after lunch yesterday.
23:26Do you remember typing this message on the card?
23:30Yes.
23:31A man purchased this box.
23:35What did he look like?
23:37A man.
23:39Normal.
23:40Not particularly attractive.
23:42Or unattractive.
23:44Height.
23:46Average.
23:48Voice.
23:49Audible.
23:52And he's standing right behind you.
23:56Dr. Price.
23:58Yes?
23:59Dr. Price, you are under arrest
24:01for the attempted murder of Effie Newsome.
24:08I left the chocolates and the note,
24:10but I never poisoned them.
24:11This is some sort of terrible mistake.
24:13Why did you send them to Miss Newsome?
24:14I sent harmless chocolates to Miss Newsome.
24:17I was merely expressing my burgeoning romantic feelings.
24:20It's for that tall, mouthy brainiac.
24:24It's not very expressive to leave an anonymous card.
24:29Well, I had some qualms about signing my name.
24:32She seems to dislike me.
24:33I had hoped, after some gallant gestures,
24:36to eventually step forward as her suitor.
24:39I think that you're the one who dislikes Miss Newsome.
24:43You're worried she'll beat you in this competition,
24:45and that's why you poisoned the chocolates with chloral hydrate.
24:49Nonsense.
24:50I'm not afraid of a little competition.
24:52Tell me, was she pleased to receive the chocolates
24:55before the poison and such?
24:56As a doctor, you also had access to a syringe.
25:00Those can be acquired at any apothecary,
25:03as can the chloral hydrate.
25:04You needn't even be a medical man.
25:06I left them on her doorstep
25:08before she arrived home from the competition.
25:10They were wrapped in purple paper.
25:12Someone else must have seen them
25:13and done something to them.
25:15Purple paper?
25:16Yes.
25:17With a pink bow.
25:19You know, the kind of frippery women like.
25:23All right, give it up already.
25:24You're having me on about the glasses.
25:25You must be.
25:26I'm not having you on.
25:27You're very mistrustful.
25:29No, I know when I'm being fooled.
25:30I'm not fooling you.
25:32What's all the fuss?
25:34Constable Roberts refuses to stop
25:36this childish prank he's been playing.
25:38What prank?
25:39Explain.
25:40Well, Constable Higgins bought some x-ray glasses
25:43he found in the newspaper.
25:44And they don't work,
25:44but he's been pretending that they do.
25:46Let me see.
25:56Astounding!
25:59Is that a healed fracture
26:00on your forearm, Roberts?
26:02It is.
26:02I broke it falling out of a tree
26:04when I was sleeping.
26:17The chocolates were from Dr. Price?
26:19I knew he hated me.
26:22On the contrary,
26:23I believe he's quite fond of you.
26:25Oh, good Lord.
26:28Tell me,
26:29what did the wrapping
26:30on this box of chocolates look like?
26:32There was no wrapping paper.
26:33No purple paper?
26:35None.
26:36Oh, that supports Dr. Price's story
26:38that someone must have tampered
26:40with this box of chocolates
26:42after the delivery.
26:43So he'll be back in the competition?
26:45I suppose so.
26:46Well,
26:47I look forward to trouncing him.
26:51I hope you're happy
26:53you've kept my patience waiting.
26:54I have people who depend on me
26:56for their well-being.
26:57I trust their feet
26:58will make a full recovery.
27:00Good day, detectives.
27:03I take it he isn't our culprit?
27:05It doesn't look that way.
27:06And he wasn't at the miscellany matchup.
27:09Shouldn't we shut down the competition?
27:11I believe we should continue.
27:13It may lead us to a culprit.
27:15I agree.
27:16And, of course,
27:17you still want the opportunity to win.
27:20I'd like to stay close to the suspects.
27:22Hmm.
27:23Either way,
27:23it will be all hands on deck
27:24for the competition tomorrow.
27:26We've got to keep everyone safe.
27:28Well, I was thinking
27:29with everything that's happening,
27:30perhaps we should call off the competition.
27:32Don't be ridiculous.
27:34We've decided to allow
27:35the competition to continue,
27:37albeit with police supervision.
27:39I'll keep you posted.
27:40Much appreciated, detective.
27:43Two at the front,
27:44two at the back.
27:46And now,
27:47with all five round three
27:49bonus points at stake,
27:50our competitors must assemble
27:52a mystery item
27:53at their workstations.
27:54No instructions provided.
27:57On my signal,
27:58the contestants will remove
27:59their drop cloths.
28:01And go.
28:10Detective Murdoch looks like
28:11he's off to a quick start.
28:13He does indeed.
28:15Care do raise the stakes
28:16of our wager?
28:17Say, double or nothing?
28:19Right, you know.
28:19Although,
28:20Miss Newsome does seem
28:22a tad perplexed,
28:23wouldn't you say, inspector?
28:43Ah, Mr. Fordham believes he's done.
28:48Mr. Fordham has successfully completed his battery circuit.
28:51And Mr. Fordham is the winner of this round.
28:55That's impossible.
28:57There is no way that anyone knows circuits better than William Murdoch.
29:01That man must be cheating.
29:02Please.
29:03Some civility, gentlemen.
29:05Nobody knows batteries like Detective Murdoch.
29:07I sincerely doubt Fordham subscribes to circuits quarterly.
29:11I've seen it on the detective's desk.
29:14Empty your pockets.
29:15I suspect Mr. Fordham has a cheat sheet or a diagram of some sort secreted away.
29:20You're a sore loser.
29:23But, fine.
29:24Don't do it, Fordham.
29:26The police can't be trusted.
29:28Know your rights.
29:29Don't make it easy on them.
29:30I have nothing to hide.
29:33There we are.
29:37What is this?
29:41I've never seen this before.
29:45A bottle of chloral hydrate solution.
29:47The same substance that was used in the attempt on Miss Newsom's life.
29:52Mr. Fordham, you are under arrest.
29:56Oh, God.
29:57Let me...
30:05I don't know anything about any chocolate.
30:08How did this poison get into your pocket?
30:11I take off my jacket when I'm quizzing.
30:13It was hanging off the back of my chair.
30:16You're saying it was planted.
30:18Where were you after yesterday's round?
30:20I don't even know where Miss Newsom lives.
30:22I could hardly have dropped off poison chocolates.
30:25After the first day of competition, you say you went home.
30:28You could have snuck back in, climbed the stairs, and waited on the roof for Professor Srinivasan.
30:33I could have, but I didn't.
30:36And why would I give myself clam juice at the miscellany game?
30:40I nearly died.
30:41As a cover for the attacks to follow.
30:44I think you would do just about anything to win the title of Toronto's smartest man.
30:50I think you're getting the two of us confused, detective.
30:54I want to know how you have been cheating.
30:58I didn't.
31:00May I have a word with you in private, detective?
31:08Did you notice he avoided telling us where he was last night?
31:12What is it, sir?
31:14Are you quite sure that personal pride isn't playing a part in this investigation?
31:18What do you mean?
31:19Is it vanity that's making you so certain Fordham cheated?
31:23Inspector, respectfully, I believe I am seeing things clearly.
31:27Fordham is cheating.
31:28And that malfeasance is somehow mixed in with these violent attacks.
31:32Something is going on here, and it isn't simply the fact that I am not the one winning.
31:37Detective?
31:37Mr. Colwood, what can we do for you?
31:40Well, I thought I'd better drop by and mention something about Mr. Fordham.
31:44He was with me when this business with the poison happened.
31:49When was this?
31:50It was yesterday evening, wasn't it?
31:52Right after the competition.
31:54Mr. Fordham was helping me review mathematical calculations for the encyclopedia.
32:00He's one of our experts, you know, so he couldn't have used the poison.
32:05Why did he not tell us this?
32:07Well, I imagine your onstage accusation of him cheating with me may have made him a touch reticent.
32:14It's time to release Mr. Fordham, detective.
32:23Still nothing?
32:26There must be something wrong with my eyes.
32:28Maybe I should call the doctor.
32:32What if he tells me that I'm slowly going blind?
32:35Henry?
32:35Hang up.
32:37I was joking.
32:38I shouldn't call?
32:40I've been pretending.
32:41The glasses don't work.
32:42I knew it.
32:43Take a closer look.
32:45There's a feather inside to create this sort of blurry effect.
32:49So we got a defective pair.
32:52The glasses themselves are a hoax, Henry.
32:55Sorry for playing along.
32:58It's fine.
33:00I was playing along, too.
33:14Have you been up all night, detective?
33:16Yes.
33:17I found it extremely suspicious that Calvin Cohen showed up here with an alibi for Mr. Fordham.
33:23The two of them must be colluding.
33:26To cheat in the contest, or are you talking about the attacks?
33:30It can't be a coincidence that all of this cheating and violent attacks have been running through this entire competition
33:37from the beginning.
33:38I'm convinced that they are connected.
33:42I just don't know how yet.
33:45Right.
33:45And what's all this?
33:48Oh, I've been trying to figure out exactly how Mr. Fordham has been cheating.
33:53Watts, do you recall when we coached Constable Crabtree through that chess game remotely so that he could win for
34:01a case?
34:01He had an earpiece through which he received instructions?
34:04Yes.
34:05That got me thinking.
34:07What if Mr. Colwyn has some high-level technology hidden within his briefcase?
34:13Like what?
34:14I thought you'd never ask.
34:15I've noticed that Mr. Fordham's workstation is nearest to where Mr. Colwyn always sits, always places his briefcase, and never
34:25takes his hand off of it.
34:27Yes.
34:28What if he's been sending Morse code messages through a device hidden inside the briefcase to Mr. Fordham via an
34:41electrical conduit hidden beneath the stage floor?
34:48That's an extremely complex plan.
34:51Relying on precise placement of all the elements involved, and a lightning-fast understanding of Morse code.
34:59Yes, but we cannot forget the level of intellect that we are dealing with here.
35:04We cannot underestimate their cunning.
35:07We must see through their stratagems.
35:10These X-ray spectacles are garbage.
35:12I've got to get my money back.
35:13That's it.
35:14That's it?
35:15That's it.
35:25This is a portable version of my X-ray machine.
35:28It's disguised as a camera.
35:30I need you to take an image of Colwyn's briefcase.
35:35The backplate is already in place.
35:38Of course.
35:43Detective, I wonder if it's possible that there's a less elaborate cheating scheme at play here.
35:50I'm sure it's not technically impossible.
35:58Ladies and gentlemen, but a single question remains, after which we will officially announce Toronto's smartest man.
36:05Kevin!
36:12The final challenge will be a code-breaking puzzle worth five bonus points.
36:18Miss Ontario Wheat will reveal this statement to be, uh, worked out.
36:33So soon, Mr. Murdoch?
36:36It reads,
36:38The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
36:42Socrates.
36:44It is a simple Caesar-shift cipher of seven places.
36:48It's fairly common in my line of work.
36:50That is, uh, that is correct.
36:52That means we have a winner.
36:56And with the most points on the board, Detective Murdoch is Toronto's smartest man.
37:02Oh, wait a moment.
37:03I wasn't here for the first round.
37:05I'm at a disadvantage in the points count.
37:07Our decision is final.
37:09Um, tomorrow will be the grand prize ceremony.
37:12And Encyclopedia founder and my esteemed father, Tobias Colwyn, will be arriving by train from Windsor to present the prize
37:19himself.
37:21Detective, Detective, I feel as though we should do some kind of face-off to determine who really won this
37:26thing.
37:27All right, but right now I need to get to the station house.
37:29Well, we can continue this conversation there.
37:32All right.
37:36So why are you doing all this?
37:38You won, supposedly.
37:40What are you expecting to find?
37:42Evidence of cheating.
37:43Specifically some sort of Morse code pulsation device.
37:47This x-ray should clarify.
37:49You x-rayed the briefcase?
37:51I did.
37:51Detective Murdoch disguised the device as a camera.
37:55What's inside?
37:57It's empty.
37:58What about the prize money Colwyn showed everyone?
38:01The bills were banded with metal clips.
38:04The money's not in there either.
38:06Maybe there is no $1,000 prize.
38:09What if Calvin Colwyn is trying to avoid a payout?
38:13By attacking the contest frontrunners?
38:16That's mad.
38:17But if it's true, Detective Murdoch could be next.
38:20I believe we need to pay Calvin Colwyn a visit.
38:25Oh, Detective, you startled me.
38:28Mr. Colwyn, why are you taking down your displays?
38:31Oh, well, my father fell ill and couldn't make the train,
38:35so we've decided to forego the prize presentation.
38:38But no worry.
38:39You'll still receive your prize in installment payments.
38:42What about all the money that was in the briefcase?
38:44Well, that was just showmanship.
38:47It's all paid out to suppliers.
38:48But your collected cyclopedia is available today.
38:52Do you offer delivery?
38:55Mr. Colwyn, I'm not surprised that you called off the ceremony.
38:58I don't think you want to pay out that prize money.
39:01Perhaps you can't afford to.
39:03Nonsense.
39:04The book fair and the contest have been terrific publicity.
39:09Even with one of the contestants losing their life?
39:12Well, I had nothing to do with that.
39:14And it's a shame, but sales are up.
39:17I wish I could drag this competition out forever.
39:20Only a fool would think differently.
39:27Mr. Colwyn.
39:30Pop, maybe we should call off the contest.
39:32Nonsense.
39:33Perhaps we should call off the competition.
39:35Don't be ridiculous.
39:37Are you the fool your father's referring to?
39:40I don't.
39:41Uh, what do you mean?
39:43You've been only too eager to shut down this competition, suggesting that your father do so at every turn.
39:49And I was just concerned about the competitors, about their safety.
39:55I think you're lying.
39:56We need to have a discussion about this down at the station house.
39:59Leave my son alone.
40:00He might be a little fool, but he's done nothing wrong.
40:03You be quiet.
40:05I'm not a fool.
40:06You are!
40:08There's no money, Pop.
40:10There's no money.
40:10There's no thousand dollars.
40:12If we had to pay that prize, we would have gone under for sure.
40:14I didn't have a choice.
40:15Son, what have you done?
40:18No one could win that prize.
40:19I was just trying to make sure of it.
40:21When I saw how quickly Mr. Fordham was filling out his entry exam,
40:25I heard him complaining about that clam juice while it was easy enough for me to splash him in his
40:29drink.
40:30But he came back.
40:31Oh, Dean, this is madness.
40:34And I thought surely Professor Srinivasan's doubt that would be enough to stop the event, but no.
40:39No, some eager detective was all too determined to let it continue.
40:43And after you dropped the brick on Professor Srinivasan's head, you tried to poison Miss Newsome?
40:48What were you planning to do to the detective?
40:51I wasn't going to kill him.
40:52We were skipping out without paying.
40:54That's all.
40:54You didn't have to do any of this.
40:56Well, you always tell me to pay attention, to pull my weight.
41:00That's what I was doing.
41:01I was pulling my weight.
41:02I was trying to save your company.
41:05We were going under, Pop.
41:06But you're just too blind to see that.
41:08I wasn't.
41:09I knew we were in trouble.
41:13If you knew you couldn't afford to pay the prize money, why put it up in the first place?
41:16Because I'd already arranged a winner.
41:19A man content with glory even if he cheated to get it.
41:25Fordham.
41:26I gave him the answers and a smaller payout for helping me fix the contest.
41:30I, with the extra publicity, I knew the cyclopedia would bounce back.
41:34Why couldn't you stay out of this?
41:36I was trying to help.
41:38But Fordham didn't win.
41:40So not only did your son fail, you did as well.
41:44I wouldn't have if you hadn't entered the contest.
41:49You were under arrest for fraud.
41:51And your son for murder.
42:05So in the end, sir, I got my money back for the x-ray glasses.
42:08Good for you.
42:10Used it to buy mind-reading goggles.
42:12Higgins, you're as daft as a bloody brush line.
42:14I knew you'd say something like that, sir.
42:16Maybe I don't need them after all, huh?
42:19So, Albert, why didn't Mr. Fordham win it all if he had the answers in advance?
42:24Well, he told Murdoch that he threw at least one round to avoid suspicion.
42:27He also said that the injury to his wrist didn't help him either.
42:31Oh, speak of the devil.
42:32Oh.
42:34Murdoch, you're here.
42:35What have you got there?
42:36I've created a device to aid with gameplay.
42:40I call it the answer alert.
42:44Brilliant.
42:44But, uh, miscellany matchup isn't tonight.
42:48I know.
42:51Miss Newsome?
42:54I believe women are the intellectual equals to most men.
43:02Not all.
43:04Is that a challenge?
43:06Do we still have a bet, Albert?
43:08We do indeed.
43:20Are we ready to begin?
43:22Not too late to back out, detective.
43:24That's very kind of me.
43:27Our first question.
43:29In the George Crabtree novel, A Man Alone,
43:32who did Mr. Crabtree consider to be his biggest influence?
43:49To be continued...
44:10Transcription by CastingWords
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