# Which Doper did it? : The Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757 "2005-03-22T19:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/1 "2005-03-22T19:12:12Z")
Inspired by **Bosda** ’s “OK, which Doper did it?” thread, which I thought was going to be a game, but it’s not. This one is. The rules: - If you post a clue, hang around long enough to verify whether the guesses are correct or incorrect. - When posting a possible answer, please quote the clue. Let’s get started… (1) Although the police thoroughly searched the crime site, they could find no evidence whatsoever. Which Doper did it? (2) Sometime during the night, the victim’s blood was sucked out. Which Doper did it? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/2 "2005-03-22T19:20:14Z")
(1) is **NoClueBoy**. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/3 "2005-03-22T19:22:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > (1) is **NoClueBoy**. You are correct. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/4 "2005-03-22T19:50:29Z")
1. When they got to the crime scene, all the cops found was [this critter](http://www.cortland.edu/herp/keys/images/salamand/pruberlg.jpg) scampering around. Who did they arrest? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/5 "2005-03-22T19:57:29Z")
1. We suspect that death was the result of blunt force trauma, done with a large, heavy, sharp object–possibly something like a machete or an axe. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/6 "2005-03-22T20:00:31Z")
_(2) Sometime during the night, the victim’s blood was sucked out. Which Doper did it?_ **nocturnal\_tick**. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/7 "2005-03-22T20:02:49Z")
4 is **Regallag the Axe** Clue: The ony clue at the murder scene was a single glove, with the thumb on the right, covered with images of star trek, star wars and dungeons & dragons characters. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/8 "2005-03-22T20:05:21Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > _(2) Sometime during the night, the victim’s blood was sucked out. Which Doper did it?_ > > **nocturnal\_tick**. Right you are. Many astonished witnesses said they saw the perpetrator, a woman, running rapidly from the crime scene. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/9 "2005-03-22T20:10:16Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Right you are. > Many astonished witnesses said they saw the perpetrator, a woman, running rapidly from the crime scene. I’m guessing **iampunha** but he’s a he not a her. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/10 "2005-03-22T20:46:50Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 1. When they got to the crime scene, all the cops found was [this critter](http://www.cortland.edu/herp/keys/images/salamand/pruberlg.jpg) scampering around. Who did they arrest? T’was **pseudotriton ruber ruber** what did the evil deed! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/11 "2005-03-22T20:47:32Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I’m guessing **iampunha** but he’s a he not a her. The clue was “running _rapidly_”, not running nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/12 "2005-03-22T21:00:41Z")
1. Witnesses reported that they heard the faint strumming sounds of a musical instrument being played just before the gunshot, but nobody interviewed could agree on what it sounded like–one guessed a lyre, another guessed a harp, and a third wondered if it was a banjo. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/13 "2005-03-22T21:02:01Z")
(7) Clue: A witness said that at about the time of the murder he saw a ghostly figure leaving the crime scene. He described the suspect as having a low and depressed skull with strong supraciliary ridges, and two large teeth. “It was like he wasn’t quite human,” the witness stated. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/14 "2005-03-22T21:12:30Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Clue: The ony clue at the murder scene was a single glove, with the thumb on the right, covered with images of star trek, star wars and dungeons & dragons characters. **Left Hand Of Dorkness** ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/15 "2005-03-22T21:20:03Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Many astonished witnesses said they saw the perpetrator, a woman, running rapidly from the crime scene. **look@hergo** ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/16 "2005-03-22T21:30:26Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > (7) Clue: A witness said that at about the time of the murder he saw a ghostly figure leaving the crime scene. He described the suspect as having a low and depressed skull with strong supraciliary ridges, and two large teeth. “It was like he wasn’t quite human,” the witness stated. Our own **SpecterOfPithecanthropus**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/17 "2005-03-22T21:33:57Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > T’was **pseudotriton ruber ruber** what did the evil deed! You are correct, sir! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/18 "2005-03-22T21:39:56Z")
**Hillbilly Queen** and **Earthworm Jim** are both correct (for look@hergo and Spectre of Pithecanthropus, respectively). (8) Clue: Several people reported hearing two shouts at about the time of the murder. “It sounded like somebody really needed to let it all out,” one witness said. (9) Clue: Police described the crime as the perfect murder and stated that it was unlikely to ever be solved. “The perpetrator was an absolete genius,” said Lieutenant Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/19 "2005-03-22T21:40:41Z")
9 is easy, but why would the **Perfect Master** ever stoop to crime? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/20 "2005-03-22T22:03:46Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > 1. Witnesses reported that they heard the faint strumming sounds of a musical instrument being played just before the gunshot, but nobody interviewed could agree on what it sounded like–one guessed a lyre, another guessed a harp, and a third wondered if it was a banjo. **Ukelele Ike** > [@laina\_f](#): > > (8) Clue: Several people reported hearing two shouts at about the time of the murder. “It sounded like somebody really needed to let it all out,” one witness said. **Roland Orzabal**! (hope I spelled that right!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=2)