# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/241 "2005-03-29T17:23:27Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > **Suburban Plankton**. You are absolutely correct! Chuck, tell him what he’s won… ---
**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 29, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/242 "2005-03-29T17:23:33Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > **Clue:** We’ve searched the place backwards and forwards, and it’s always the same. We got zero, nothing. > > HINT: The first syllable of the perpetrator’s name sounds like a word that can mean two totally opposite things. Neither of them is one. HINT: Not 1010011010. The numeric representation of the perpetrator’s name would be the same in binary, octal or decimal. If the syllables of the perp’s name were divided slightly differently, the second syllable would become a different kind of digit. The perp’s name has appeared in the title of an MPSIMS thread within the past two days. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/243 "2005-03-29T18:56:20Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > You are absolutely correct! Chuck, tell him what he’s won… You and I are eerily in sync in this thread. We must think alike. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/244 "2005-03-29T18:56:32Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > HINT: Not 1010011010. The numeric representation of the perpetrator’s name would be the same in binary, octal or decimal. > If the syllables of the perp’s name were divided slightly differently, the second syllable would become a different kind of digit. > > The perp’s name has appeared in the title of an MPSIMS thread within the past two days. Ah, **Otto** (0++0) , the police are closing in… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/245 "2005-03-30T18:52:17Z")
“Another bad one chief. He’s taunting us. It looks like the perpetrator used the same type of murder weapon in both the Amontillado AND Ignatz crime scenes.” ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/246 "2005-03-30T19:11:28Z")
[One Brick Short of a Wall](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) If that is right, then: “We got a person here who narrowly escaped the killer. She keeps asking to speak to her “Uncle Tom”, and telling us to contact the Martian Embassy. Thing is, I think she really believes she has an uncle by the name of Tom.” ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/247 "2005-03-30T19:31:15Z")
Nobody has guessed this one yet: > [@](#): > > **Clue** : Police informants mentioned that the suspect was decidedly non-melodious, and so was subsequently replaced with an expensive piece of jewelry. Here’s a follow-up clue: Heartbreak ensued when the piece of jewelry failed to perform as expected. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/248 "2005-03-30T21:35:40Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > [One Brick Short of a Wall](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) > > If that is right, then: > > “We got a person here who narrowly escaped the killer. She keeps asking to speak to her “Uncle Tom”, and telling us to contact the Martian Embassy. Thing is, I think she really believes she has an uncle by the name of Tom.” I suppose that would work, but I’ve never heard of this person. The one I’m thinking of is a much higher profile poster. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/249 "2005-03-30T22:15:02Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > [One Brick Short of a Wall](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) > > If that is right, then: > > “We got a person here who narrowly escaped the killer. She keeps asking to speak to her “Uncle Tom”, and telling us to contact the Martian Embassy. Thing is, I think she really believes she has an uncle by the name of Tom.” Is there an arrest warramt for \*\* Podkayne\*\*? I’m going to work on a clue now, I need to think of something good. Well, better than the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/250 "2005-03-30T22:19:48Z")
Correct, Cub Mistress. I am eagerly awaiting your comma– I mean, clue. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/251 "2005-03-30T22:20:22Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Nobody has guessed this one yet: > > Clue: Police informants mentioned that the suspect was decidedly non-melodious, and so was subsequently replaced with an expensive piece of jewelry. > > Here’s a follow-up clue: Heartbreak ensued when the piece of jewelry failed to perform as expected. Ah, **Mockingbird** took flight after the crime… ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/252 "2005-03-30T22:26:05Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > “Another bad one chief. He’s taunting us. It looks like the perpetrator used the same type of murder weapon in both the Amontillado AND Ignatz crime scenes.” And the authorities have put out an ABP for **Bricker** … ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/253 "2005-03-30T22:38:05Z")
The victim lay gasping his last in the street out side the pub. The only clue was the brown bottle in his hand that had a label no one recognized. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/254 "2005-03-30T23:17:08Z")
> [@FaerieBeth](#): > > And the authorities have put out an ABP for **Bricker** … For the love of God, Montressor! We have a winner! ---
**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 31, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/255 "2005-03-31T17:11:13Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Ah, **Otto** (0++0) , the police are closing in… Correct. It was “Aught-oh” aka “ah-toe”. Some of the clues have been just brilliant. **JThunder** , the **mockingbird** clue was great! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/256 "2005-03-31T17:14:18Z")
Man, y’all are too smartified for lil’ ole me. I couldn’t even begin to get some of these. (sleeping, it was Regallag\_The\_Axe) We suspect that the perpetrator committed his crime while on the ceiling–hanging from a rope, possibly, or suspended from the rafters. It’s the only way to explain how the victim was found upside down. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/257 "2005-03-31T17:57:50Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Some of the clues have been just brilliant. **JThunder** , the **mockingbird** clue was great! Thank you. And **Sternvogel** deserves generous kudos for guessing it. Brilliant work! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/258 "2005-04-03T04:50:55Z")
Here’s the clue to yet another crime: “Ralph and Reed were clearly the prime suspects, but this crime proved to be beyond even their reach.” ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/259 "2005-04-03T08:49:32Z")
> [@Cub Mistress](#): > > The victim lay gasping his last in the street out side the pub. The only clue was the brown bottle in his hand that had a label no one recognized. Homebrew? ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/260 "2005-04-03T12:16:43Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > Homebrew? That’s the very one. Splendid work! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=14)