Question

In a game of "Clue," Ms. White is killed in the conservatory. You have a device in each room to help you find the murderer— a spectrometer that emits the entire visible spectrum to indicate who is in that room. For example, if someone wearing yellow is in a room, light at 580 nm is reflected. The suspects are Col. Mustard, Prof. Plum, Mr. Green, Ms. Peacock (blue), and Ms. Scarlet. At the time of the murder, the spectrometer in the dining room recorded a reflection at 520 nm, those in the lounge and study recorded reflections of lower frequencies, and the one in the library recorded a reflection of the shortest possible wavelength. Who killed Ms. White? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer: Ms. Scarlet is the murderer.

Explanation: Each color has a wavelength band, some visible to the human eye (visible spectrum), some for the other animals. In this game of "Clue", the color are yellow (Col. Mustard), violet (Prof. Plum), green (Mr. Green), blue (Ms. Peacock) and red (Ms. Scarlet). Using the device and knowing each band, it's determined that at the time of murder, Mr. Green was in the dining room, because green light has the wavelength between 495 to 570nm; Prof. Plum was in the library, due to violet's light has the shortest wavelength; Col. Mustard and Ms. Peacock were either in the lounge or in the study, because of their color's light wavelength measurement. So, the person responsible for the murderer was Ms. Scarlet, as the other devices in the other places didn't register a higher wavelength, which is compatible to the red light.