The Trio Game

Bottesini said:
:ty: 1. Drinks sirop de cassis and tisanes.
2. From Belgium.
3. Only fictional character to get New York times obituary.
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It's got to be the world's greatest detective (in his own mind, if nowhere else) Hercule Peroit.
 
Quite correct. I keep thinking I am the only one who knows this stuff. Your turn.
 
I will admit to have read some books while eating the covers for the tasty glue . . .

1. Escaped slave

2. Conductor on a railroad without tracks or ties

3. Spied for Union Army against the Confederacy; buried with full military in 1913
 
That was the fearless lady! Congratulations and your turn.
 
1. 1883

2. Helen Stoner victimized

3. Takes place in Surrey
 
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Elementary, my dear Bottesini. <<Chase adusts his deerstalker hat and draws on his calabash pipe>> Clues in this case clearly indicate Conan Dolye's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band."
 
Chase said:
Elementary, my dear Bottesini. <<Chase adusts his deerstalker hat and draws on his calabash pipe>> Clues in this case clearly indicate Conan Dolye's "The Adventure of the Speckled Band."
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Correct professor. Carry on.
 
Thank you.

1. Named during 1870 expedition of western territories

2. World famous public park icon

3. Predictable spurts
 
Very fast . . . and very close. You have the location. Now you need its most famous icon.
 
1. Establish May 22, 1902

2. llao of the Underworld and Skell of the Above World battled at Mt. Mazama--causing it to collapse. ( According to Indian legend. )

3. 9th deepest lake in the world.
 
Gotta love those great native legends. Although there's a lake in Washington state that vies for ninth deepest, the rest of the clues describe Oregon's own Crater Lake National Park, first on my list of spring roadtrips.
 
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