14 detective tasks with inspector Varnik

Prepare to explore a mysterious and riddling world alongside Inspector Varnik! Youngsters enjoy mysteries, and completing detective activities helps them become more adept at solving problems while also providing entertainment. Your kids will enjoy solving the most exciting cases as real detectives under Inspector Varnik’s guidance.

Kids will follow hints, put together evidence, and apply reasoning to find the truth in these fourteen thrilling detective tasks. Every task is made to test their cognitive abilities in an enjoyable and captivating way, turning learning into a game.

These detective activities are sure to be a hit, whether you’re looking for something to occupy your child’s time on a rainy day or to encourage their imagination. So don your detective cap and set out on an exciting and mysterious adventure with Inspector Varnik!

Blow on the head

Inspector Barnik apologized as he entered the Ugel spouses’ apartment. – I was walking by your house about twenty minutes ago when all of a sudden a flower pot fell on this citizen’s head. We were unable to reach you right away because I had to accompany the victim to the hospital, where a dressing was applied. But the pot flew out of your window, as I saw. A faint blush spread across the apartment owner’s face.

– No, inspector, you are incorrect; this was not possible. Just a minute before you arrived, we had come home ourselves and had closed our windows. Inspector Warnicke said after giving it some thought, "You have been home for a long time, and it would be better for you if you paid the victim a fine right there and then." Why was this the conclusion that Inspector Warnicke reached?

The pot on the stove was steaming, and Nagel says that the water would not have boiled in a minute.

"14 Detective Tasks with Inspector Varnik" is an entertaining series of enjoyable and instructive puzzles created to encourage kids’ problem-solving abilities. Kids can put themselves in the shoes of Inspector Varnik and solve mysteries and puzzles by applying creativity and logic in a series of imaginative detective stories. The whole family will enjoy themselves while participating in these enjoyable activities that foster critical thinking, cooperation, and attention to detail.

Eureka!

Inspector Warnicke and his two assistants were chasing the criminals. Their tracks led them to the basement window. Having secured a rope to a ledge on the wall, the detectives went down into the basement. Before they had time to look around, laughter was heard, and the rope hanging from the window disappeared. How can they get out now? Having estimated the height of the basement, the hapless guardians of the law decided that if they stood on each other’s shoulders, then the top one will be able to reach the windowsill. But no matter how hard Inspector Varnike tried, he could not reach the window. All that was missing was five centimeters. All that was left was to accept his situation and, sitting in the basement, patiently wait for help. But suddenly Warnicke exclaimed: "Eureka! I found a way out".

"It would be better if we switched locations," suggested Warnicke. "At the summit of the pyramid should be the tallest person. He can reach the window with ease because he has the longest arms.

Broken arm

"Calm down, please," Warnicke said to the worried old lady. "Your wallet will be found in a few minutes. You ordered the doors to be closed?
Warnicke had already addressed this question to the store manager, in whose office the conversation was taking place.
"Yes, yes, of course, inspector. After all, as you know, this is already the fifth case this week. That"s why we asked you to come see us.
— And I met an old friend of mine at the entrance to the store and invited him along just in case. But what do I see, Wackel? It turns out that my suspicions were unfounded. Your arm hurts, and you cannot perform the duties associated with your, so to speak, second specialty.

You’re correct, Inspector. That’s precisely it. With my arm broken, how can I pick someone else’s pocket? And as you know, I’m naturally bad with my left. Please let me go, Inspector. I don’t have time to stand here; I have a lot of work to do. Additionally, you won’t have to stand for very long, Warnicke observed, gesturing to the policeman who was holding him up. Why did Inspector Warnicke think Wackel was stealing right away?

Wackel is lying about his sore arm because the plaster cast is placed directly on top of the clothing.

At the abandoned dacha

With the onset of prolonged autumn rains, the Wimmer family left the dacha and returned to their city apartment. Even before moving, Wimmer agreed with his dacha neighbor Zilbert to keep an eye on his farm. Shortly after the New Year, a neighbor called Wimmer and told him in an excited voice that the cottage had been robbed. Wimmer immediately contacted the police, and soon Inspector Warnicke was interrogating Zilbert.
He told the following: “One night I heard a suspicious noise. Despite the severe frost, I immediately got up and went to Wimmer’s cottage. I looked in the window, but all the glass was frozen, and I could not see anything. Then I blew a small hole in the ice covering the window glass and shone a pocket torch. The room was in terrible disarray. The next morning I called Wimmer and told him everything”.

Inspector Warnicke stated in a cold tone, "It’s all clear." "Please come with me." For what reason did Inspector Warnicke think his neighbor was stealing?

Only from the inside does window glass freeze, not from the outside. It is nearly impossible to "breathe through" a frosted window from the outside.

Moonlit night

Near a small white house on the edge of the forest two weeks ago at 23.30 the body of a certain L. Klempner was found. The investigation reached a dead end, and, as always in such cases, Inspector Warnicke was called in.
— It happened in the following way, — witness Moses began to tell during the inspector’s examination of the scene. — I was riding my bicycle along the edge of the forest. Suddenly a tall man in a light gray jacket jumped out from behind the bushes and ran across the field to that fence. I jumped off my bicycle, looked into the bushes and found a corpse there. Without thinking for long, I jumped back on my bicycle and rode to the nearest police station.

Are you certain you recall every detail? Naturally, there was a full moon, and how could you miss anything under a moon like that? You were acquainted with the man who was killed? — Not in a special way. That very evening, we were sharing a meal in a summer restaurant. He had been drinking excessively, and he even made a big-time lottery winning claim about the amount of money he carried around. Hold on! Chief Inspector Warnicke cried out. You can now end the conversation. You’ve been taken into custody. Which inconsistencies in the witness’s testimony did Inspector Warnicke discover?

It is evident that during the witness’s interrogation, the moon was full. This implies that the night of two weeks ago could not have been a full moon; rather, it was a dark one. Because of this, Moses is the main suspect because everything he says is a fabrication.

The nephew did not disappoint

Not far from the savings bank, Aunt Adelheid, who was waiting for her well-known nephew, hurried over to greet him, not masking her impatience. She had just been approached by a woman who stole her purse containing cash and fled. Inspector Warnike observed that she most likely vanished "at the box office," into the savings bank itself. Let’s go look for her.

Indeed, Aunt Adelheid saw her bag—which was between the two women on the bench—as soon as she saw it. It was accessible. Upon observing the inspector closely inspecting the bag, the two women got up and moved to the opposite side of the room. The purse stayed on the seat. "However, I’m not sure which of them took my bag. The aunt remarked, "I didn’t have time to look at it. That’s nothing, Warnicke said in response. "I believe she took your bag, but we’ll question them both. Inspector Warnicke accused whom?

Had the robber been a female suffering from a sore arm, she would have positioned the bag to her right. However, the bag is beside her aching arm. Most likely, it was taken by another woman.

There will be no catastrophe

During his stay in California on official business, Inspector Warnicke had the opportunity to demonstrate his extraordinary abilities.
One day he was urgently called to an airfield located near Los Angeles. From an overheard telephone conversation, the police learned that the flight of an airplane headed to Alaska would end in disaster. One of the passengers, intending to commit suicide, takes a bomb with him, which, if detonated at a great height, would give him a double guarantee of success for the monstrous enterprise he had planned. Dozens of people will become victims of the maniac. Inspector Warnicke, having arrived at the airport, began to closely observe the passengers heading to the plane. Here, five people at once got off the bus that had just arrived.

Inspector Warnicke took a quick glance at the documents and put one of them under arrest. To whom might Warnicke turn his suspicions?

The final traveler is traveling from the subtropics to Alaska and does not have any warm clothing or luggage.

False taster

Probably, you have already heard rumors about the endless bets that are made in the restaurant "Grapevine". The thing is, the restaurant has its own vineyards and produces two types of wine. We won’t tell you from the name — it’s not that important — the fact is that the difference in taste is so subtle that even regulars at the restaurant find it difficult to name the brand of wine from the glass they just drank. And now two friends have been sipping one of their signature wines for two hours and keep returning to this topic in their conversation.
“I have no doubt that I can tell the difference between the wines,” suddenly declares the stranger, who had long since sat down at their table and had been listening attentively to the conversation. “Let them bring me a bottle of wine of a different kind from the cellar. Blindfold me, pour me a glass from your bottle and another from the one that will be brought now, and I will immediately determine what wine I’m drinking.

Naturally, a wager is placed right away, and to everyone’s surprise, the stranger prevails. The owner would have had to pay if Inspector Warnicke hadn’t just so happened to be present. However. "No, no, this wager is uncountable," Inspector Warnicke uttered. This game isn’t fair. Why did Inspector Warnicke make that choice?

The wine in the bottle that the friends drank from warmed up after two hours in the sun. Of course, the wine that was brought out of the cellar was cold. The stranger was able to tell them apart thanks to this.

On a sunny day

What’s the issue? What took place? — Inspector Warnicke spoke to the sobbing woman as he had just taken a seat on the riverbank to sunbathe. Please, collect yourself and tell the truth. Through sobs, the woman said, "It’s easy for you to say." You have no idea how much this bracelet means to me. I visit this place daily. I put the bracelet on a book today after taking it off to tan my hand, and I unintentionally fell asleep. When I awoke, the bracelet was missing.

Inspector Warnicke was deep in concentration: only her own footprints, the victim’s, were visible in the sand surrounding the rug. It appeared as though nobody else was present. Consequently, the inspector was surrounded by a thick wall of regular beachgoers, making it impossible for anyone else to have stolen the bracelet. The inspector quickly identified the possible culprit after taking a quick look around. Who was it the inspector thought was suspicious?

The bracelet could only have been retrieved by a man wielding a fishing rod, and it was he who was initially suspected.

A broken vase

— Yesterday I returned home from work a little earlier than usual. As soon as I sat down at the table, getting ready to have dinner, something fell in my wife"s room. I rushed there and saw an antique vase lying on the floor, which my wife treasures very much. The vase was broken. At that very moment, a man ran out of the room. I rushed after him. But as soon as I was outside, the lenses of my glasses immediately fogged up. You know that we have cold evenings now. I tripped over a rake, fell and lost sight of the stranger. I beg you to find the offender. Of course, he intended to rob our apartment. Besides, how can I explain to my wife – and she is returning from her parents" today – how her vase was broken?
– I cannot understand why you, Mr. Waldemar, are so afraid of your wife. You are trying to mislead me by referring to some imaginary criminal, but it would be much better if you simply told your wife how it all happened.

Why wouldn’t Inspector Warnicke look into this incident?

Glasses fog up when you walk from a cold room into a warm one, but not the other way around when you walk from a warm house onto a cold street.

Misfortune or Crime?

An accident happened on the first day that Inspector Warnicke arrived in the Seeadab resort town. Two hundred meters out from the coast, a woman drowned. As soon as the husband of the woman emerged from the water, the local policeman—a very wise man—arrested him. He thought it was planned murder.

“We had swum so far from the shore to hunt eels,” said the detainee. “I was at a considerable distance from my wife when I suddenly heard her screams for help. I cannot say what happened to her: whether it was a heart attack or whether she was having convulsions. I swam up to her, grabbed her by the hair with both hands and dragged her to the shore. But the shore was too far away, and I was already very tired, my strength left me, and I do not remember how I let go of my unfortunate wife’s hair. She immediately sank to the bottom like a stone!
“I do not want to say that you drowned your wife,” noted Inspector Warnicke, “but everything suggests that you did not provide her with any assistance at all. You quite deliberately allowed her to go to the bottom, and you yourself not only swam out safely, but are also trying to get out of the water dry.
Which confirms Inspector Warnicke"s assumption?

The detainee claims he could have grabbed his wife with both hands, but his hands are full of spearguns.

The collection will remain in the museum

Ritter, a museum employee, said to Warnicke, "A terrible misfortune, Inspector," and held out a trembling hand. "You have no idea how happy I am. I’ll tell you the story chronologically. I worked and organized our financial matters today while I was at the museum. I was perusing the accounts while seated at this desk when all of a sudden I noticed a shadow to the right. There was an open window.

“And you didn’t hear any rustling? ” asked Inspector Warnicke. “Absolutely none,” answered Ritter. “The radio was playing music, and besides, I was too absorbed in my work. Tearing my eyes away from the shadow, I saw a man jump out of the window. I immediately turned on the overhead light and discovered that two boxes with a valuable collection of coins, which I took to my office for work, were missing. I am in a terrible state: after all, this collection is valued at 10,000 marks.
— Do you think that I will really believe your fabrications? — Inspector Warnicke said irritably. — No one has ever managed to mislead me, and you will not be the first.
How did Inspector Warnicke guess that Ritter was trying to deceive him?

Ritter’s account makes it evident that he was unable to see the attacker’s shadow on his right side because at the time of the incident, only the table lamp was on. The inspector was not blind to this subtlety. For this reason, he said Ritter was lying on purpose.

Cat in the Rain

— There he is, the scoundrel! It was he who crippled my poor thing. Right now, right now, Inspector. I will tell you everything as it happened. Are you listening to me, Inspector? I am standing in the rain, that is, no, I am standing in the front door and I wait until the rain stops. And suddenly my kitty jumps out of the bag and rushes straight onto the pavement. And then this robber drives by and – just imagine! – deliberately drives the car at my cat and runs over her tail! I ran after him to remember his number. And you know what he told me when I caught up with him here in the parking lot? So that I would get rid of him with my mousetrap and that my beast — just think about it, beast! — was of no use to him. And anyway, he has been standing here for half an hour and is just wasting his time. Please interrogate him, inspector, and send him where he should be. Let him be taught how to treat women, this ignoramus.

Barely waiting for his animated outburst to end, Varnike begged, "Calm down, please, and take care of your charge." I’m hoping she gets better quickly and that she needs to be taken to the vet. This man is genuinely innocent. Your cat was cruelly joked about by someone else. Why did Varnike make this choice?

Turning to face the woman, the inspector said, "Look for yourself." The driver really stopped here a long time ago and could not have run over your cat, as you can see by the dry field beneath the vehicle.

Task	Description
1. The Missing Necklace	Inspector Varnik needs to find out who stole the necklace at the party. Interview guests and find clues.
2. The Mysterious Footprints	Strange footprints were found at the crime scene. Can Varnik figure out who they belong to?
3. The Vanished Wallet	A wallet has disappeared from the office. Varnik must search for clues to track it down.
4. The Secret Code	Inspector Varnik discovers a coded message. Can you help him crack it?
5. The Broken Vase	A valuable vase is shattered. Who could have done it? Help Varnik solve the mystery.
6. The Locked Room	A crime was committed in a locked room. How did the culprit escape? Help Varnik find out.
7. The Stolen Painting	A famous painting has been stolen from a museum. Can Varnik track down the thief?
8. The Disappearing Cat	A family’s cat has gone missing. Help Inspector Varnik find out what happened to it.
9. The Hidden Treasure	A map leading to hidden treasure has been found. Can you help Varnik solve the puzzle?
10. The Mysterious Note	A note was left at the scene of a crime. What does it mean? Varnik needs your help to understand it.
11. The Switched Suitcases	Two suitcases were swapped at the airport. Can Varnik figure out where the mistake happened?
12. The Unopened Letter	A letter holds an important clue. Should Varnik open it? Help him decide.
13. The Disappearing Act	At a magic show, something goes wrong. Help Varnik figure out what happened behind the scenes.
14. The Stolen Bicycle	A bicycle was taken from outside a store. Can Varnik find out who took it?

Children can take on fascinating mysteries and hone their problem-solving abilities with Inspector Varnik’s detective assignments. Every task not only keeps kids entertained but also fosters their creativity and ability to reason.

Family time spent playing these detective games together is ideal. Since you have to work together to solve the puzzles and locate the necessary clues, they provide an excellent opportunity for team building.

These 14 activities will keep kids occupied and entertained whether they’re at a party, on a rainy day, or spending a quiet evening at home. The adventures of Inspector Varnik are certain to become a beloved family pastime.

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