# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/121 "2005-03-24T23:33:31Z")
> [@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. Although **UkuleleIke** was offered as a response, I thought that the confusion among witnesses suggested the more general response of **picker**. Which is correct? Also: > [@silenus](#): > > From the mutilated pictures of Steven Spielberg and torn one-sheets scattered about the crime scene, police could only conclude that the perpetrator deeply regretted having seen “Saving Private Ryan.” You may have a more specific answer in mind, but I suspect **filmgeek** of the crime. My clue: The only piece of evidence (besides the corpse, of course) was a Belgian flag covered with French-language phrases. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/122 "2005-03-24T23:35:31Z")
Clue: “The only evidence was a drawing that looked like :eek: and a copy of **Office Space** on DVD.” ---
**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 24, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/123 "2005-03-24T23:37:57Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > . > > My clue: The only piece of evidence (besides the corpse, of course) was a Belgian flag covered with French-language phrases. I thought I saw **Walloon** leaving the scene. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/124 "2005-03-24T23:42:46Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Clue: It was either a chocoholic or an alien. Forensics will confirm. Either way, it was certainly female. > > Additional Clue: She was a kind of Forrest, but certainly no Gump. Ok, I thought it was **Girl From Mars** til that additional clue… Scene 1: The police didn’t know who did it, but they were certain the motive was a last ditch attempt to get money, since the perpetrator’s public assistance had been cut back severely. Scene 2: The cops were having a hard time tracking down this former member of a defunct East Coast rock band, who had joined the military in order to elude capture. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/125 "2005-03-24T23:49:27Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Ok, I thought it was Girl From Mars til that additional clue… Oh, wait… it is **Girl From Mars**. Forrest Mars founded the company. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/126 "2005-03-25T00:04:59Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Clue (monstre): The detective, inspecting the crime scene, suddenly realized that it was staged – no crime had actually occurred at all. F U Shakespear? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/127 "2005-03-25T00:06:06Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Scene 2: The cops were having a hard time tracking down this former member of a defunct East Coast rock band, who had joined the military in order to elude capture. Roland Orvabal. (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/128 "2005-03-25T00:10:49Z")
> [@Cub Mistress](#): > > I thought I saw **Walloon** leaving the scene. And the police are grateful to you for being so vigilant and helping to solve the crime so quickly. Now we’ve received reports of a cheap-looking bottle blonde who’s been flirting with every guy who walks by. When jealous wives reprimand her for being so forward, she slaps them and avers: “In Manaus, I am worshipped!” ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/129 "2005-03-25T00:21:24Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Scene 2: The cops were having a hard time tracking down this former member of a defunct East Coast rock band, who had joined the military in order to elude capture. > > Roland Orvabal. (sp?) Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/130 "2005-03-25T00:29:32Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > And the police are grateful to you for being so vigilant and helping to solve the crime so quickly. > > Now we’ve received reports of a cheap-looking bottle blonde who’s been flirting with every guy who walks by. When jealous wives reprimand her for being so forward, she slaps them and avers: “In Manaus, I am worshipped!” Should we put out an APB on **Amazon Floozy Goddess**? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/131 "2005-03-25T01:07:40Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Should we put out an APB on **Amazon Floozy Goddess**? Indeed we should. If only all cases were as quickly solved as my contributions to this thread have so far been! As the killer was leaving the scene, she was heard muttering something about being “fed up with that boy and his stupid stuffed animal”. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/132 "2005-03-25T01:22:29Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Clue (silenus): From the mutilated pictures of Steven Spielberg and torn one-sheets scattered about the crime scene, police could only conclude that the perpetrator deeply regretted having seen “Saving Private Ryan.” **Rue deDay** (Rue D-Day) Scene 222: The victim appeared to have been poisoned by his wife. When the police questioned the suspect’s son (a known arsonist), all he would say was, “I hope the bitch drowns,” and kept playing his violin. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/133 "2005-03-25T01:23:34Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Indeed we should. If only all cases were as quickly solved as my contributions to this thread have so far been! > > As the killer was leaving the scene, she was heard muttering something about being “fed up with that boy and his stupid stuffed animal”. **Calvin’s Mom** ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/134 "2005-03-25T01:24:37Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Indeed we should. If only all cases were as quickly solved as my contributions to this thread have so far been! > > As the killer was leaving the scene, she was heard muttering something about being “fed up with that boy and his stupid stuffed animal”. _Adds **Susie Derkins** to the APB_ I like Sternvogel’s clues! Sorry, I can’t think of any clues to add, and I need to go to bed now. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/135 "2005-03-25T01:38:30Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Scene 2: The cops were having a hard time tracking down this former member of a defunct East Coast rock band, who had joined the military in order to elude capture. **Airman Doors USAF**? ---
**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 25, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/136 "2005-03-25T01:47:06Z")
What? I can’t hear you! Some starship captain has been screaming out the perp’s name. > [@picker](#): > > I’ve never heard that connection between the legend and the username - I was racking my brain trying to think if I’d ever heard of a user named **Baba Yaga** > P.S. Baba Yaga, the witch from the vivaldi tune is in fact, the grand mother of the devil. P.S.S. Mine are easy, I know, but it’s good practice for me. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/137 "2005-03-25T01:47:14Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Scene 2: The cops were having a hard time tracking down this former member of a defunct East Coast rock band, who had joined the military in order to elude capture. **a-ha**? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/138 "2005-03-25T01:54:08Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > **Airman Doors USAF**? Bingo! ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/139 "2005-03-25T01:58:34Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > What? I can’t hear you! Some starship captain has been screaming out the perp’s name. **Khan** According to police, the killer is a large man with an extensive criminal record. However, it is not know whether he committed the crime himself, or commanded one of his zombie henchmen to do it for him. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757/140 "2005-03-25T02:10:39Z")
Oops… I don’t know my east from west! :eek: :o Should have been West Coast rock band. But **roger** sussed it anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-did-it-the-game/295757.md?page=8)