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YABA5 - clue 1 - solution
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| Div |
# Teams
Who Solved
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% Teams
Who Solved
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Rank
(1=easiest)
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| B |
6
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29
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15
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| R |
8
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33
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16
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| M |
2
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22
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17
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| All |
16
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30
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17
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The Clue® Clue
Inspector Clue-seau needs your help to
solve
“The Mystery of the Dead Boddy”
  
For this clue, players
were given a
map
of Ghirardelli Square's
historic walking tour showing the locations of the
30
numbered plaques
that comprise the
tour; each plaque provides a narrative about a historical
feature of the square, the Chocolate Company, or San Francisco
itself. Read them - they're full of fascinating information.
This was a variation
on the board game Clue, in which the goal is to identify
the suspect, weapon and room by whom, with which, and in
which Mr. Boddy was murdered. As it happens, among the 10,592
words on the plaques, there is only ONE possible combination
of words that will yield a valid solution from the game
Clue, and that only by taking a syllable from one of the
words. It was this unique solution that teams were supposed
to write on their answer sheets - but of course we didn't
tell them that, so even after they had solved the game of
Clue, they still had some work to do - then they found out
they had the answer already :-)
With permission from
Ghirardelli Square's management, early on game day we taped
large laminated cards, representing the 9 rooms, 6 suspects
and 6 weapons, onto selected plaques. Teams then solved
the trivia below, to find out which plaque number corresponded
to which letter of the alphabet; using the map they then
visited the plaques in question (following the branching
T/F answers). Based on the information on the plaques, they
were able to narrow down the Suspect, Weapon and Room.
Then, by revisiting
the plaques corresponding to the answers, teams could construct
a madlib of the final answer (see below).
This was the first
clue for the teams who went counter-clockwise, and the last
clue for the teams who went clockwise. Unfortunately that
fact tended to skew the results of the game. It was a very
time-consuming clue (and probably should have been worth
double points!), and those teams who got to it first tended
to burn time on it, whereas many of those who were scheduled
to do it last just skipped it because they didn't have time
for it. Also, teams who got this clue first tended to arrive
later at the halfway point where they got their candy bars;
as a result, the three golden tickets that were solutions
to the pre-game hints had already been spoken for. Bad
game design - sorry about that!
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| Ltr |
#
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Definition |
| A |
23
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B: a baker's dozen plus half a score (13
+ 1/2*20)
R: same
M: same
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B
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16
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B: a "sweet" number
R: number found in a Molly Ringwald film title
M: a "sweet" number
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C
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28
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B: days in February, most of the time
R: seasons + corners + horsemen + H's + card suits + quarts/gallon
+ downs (4
+ 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4)
M: same
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D
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13
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B: the number you’re afraid of if you
have triskaidekaphobia
R: same
M: chalk lines running all the way across a football field
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E
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3
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B: Kings from title of a Clooney/Wahlberg/Cube
film
R: coins in a fountain
M: number in the name of a candy bar
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F
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27
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B: dots on a die (21)
+ eyes on the four Jacks (2*2
+ 2*1)
R: C^C, where the sum of the two
digits in F = C*C
M: same as Beginner
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G
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1
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B: # that flew over the cuckoo's nest
R: same
M: an inedible number of potato chips
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H
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10
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B: lowest number that spells an English
word backwards (ten/net)
R: Agatha Christie Native American
victims
M: traffic lanes on the Bay Bridge (total in both directions)
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I
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25
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B: cat's lives + love potion + seas
(9 + 9 + 7)
R: same
M: same
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J
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20
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B: fingers plus toes
R: paradoxically if you see this double, you see perfectly
M: same
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K
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9
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B: Star Trek: Deep Space ____
R: same
M: a no. which sounds (in German) like a no
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L
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14
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B: times per week a stopped clock is
correct
R: same
M: same
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M
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7
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B: magnificent or samurai
R: same
M: lowest number that isn't the word spelled by its last
four digits
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N
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26
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B: counting from A to Z
R: fortnights in a fiscal year
M: everything from A to Z
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O
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12
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B: number of months in a leap year
R: half a dozen of one, six of another
M: months in a leap year
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P
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19
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B: K-___ the Widowmaker
R: same
M: when spelled out, uses two letters three times each
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Q
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2
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B: # of a's in alphabet
R: # from middle volume of Tolkien trilogy
M: a's in the alphabet
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R
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22
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B: Joseph Heller's "Catch ___"
R: same
M: average of the avenue numbers connected by Crossover
Drive in Golden Gate Park
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S
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4
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B: the YABA Treasure Hunt, vintage 2002
R: same
M: same
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T
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17
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B: Teen girl's magazine
R: the largest # which is less than twice the # of letters
in its name
M: same
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U
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5
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B: Lincoln's on this bill
R: same
M: sticks in the 25-cent pack of Juicy Fruit
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V
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11
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B: on the sundial, this number would
be three hours later in the day
R: same
M: same
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W
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29
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B: near Joshua Tree: ____ Palms, California
R: same
M: the sum of the numbers hidden
in eight last words of this sentence (hidden
in eight, eight,
last
words, sentence)
- though you could argue "eight" isn't hidden
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X
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15
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B: # of minutes of fame you get
R: same
M: men on a dead man's chest
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Y
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30
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B: Vin Diesel film to a Latin speaker?
(XXX)
R: April, June, September & November
(30 days hath...)
M: highest street in San Francisco (highest
number, not elevation)
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Z
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8
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B: enough, already (Eight
is Enough)
R: same
M: same
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AA
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6
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B: Happiness Inn ordinal (Inn
of the Sixth Happiness)
R: same
M: same
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BB
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24
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B: Willie Mays' jersey number
R: same
M: same
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CC
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18
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B: holes in a golf course
R: same
M: same
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DD
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21
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B: legal to drink in CA?
R: same
M: same
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In the following
T/F pathway, the only differences were in the starting plaque,
and the starting question. Wickedly, if you got the first question
wrong, you would still get a solution to the game of Clue - just
not the right one.
Beginner/Regular
1. (start with plaque G)
in a four day period in 1851, both of Domingo Ghirardelli's stores
burned to the ground
Masters
1. start with plaque H)
Of the business locations owned by Domingo Ghirardelli that are
mentioned on this plaque, exactly two can be determined (soley
by the information given on the plaque and on your maps) to have
been in today's treasure hunt sector
Note: Team Drunken
Spider threw me for a tizzy when I observed them deciding this
was "false" - they carefully inspected one of the PHOTOGRAPHS
etched onto the plaque and determined that the location in the
photograph was not in the treasure hunt sector - I had not intended
for them to do that, as I had based the question solely on the
text of the plaque - so I placed a note at this location to the
effect that the answer was TRUE - Alexandra
Team Drunken Spider
All:
if true, eliminate Mrs. Peacock and the knife, then go to
plaque W.
if false, eliminate Mrs. White and the rope, then go to plaque
Q
2. this plaque mentions Lawrence Halprin
if true, eliminate the revolver and kitchen, then go to
plaque I
f false, eliminate the candlestick and the hall, then go to
plaque F
3. this plaque is about the most-photographed feature of Ghirardelli
Square
if true, eliminate Colonel Mustard and the lounge, then
go to plaque U
if false, eliminate Mr. Green and the dining room, then go
to plaque E
4. this plaque mentions 50,000 pounds of chocolate
if true, eliminate the wrench and the billard room, then go
to plaque P
if false, eliminate the candlestick and the ballroom, then
go to plaque R
5. this plaque mentions the number 40,000
if true, eliminate Professor Plum and the library, then
go to plaque B
if false, eliminate Miss Scarlet and the conservatory, and
go to plaque T
6. this plaque mentions World War II
if true, eliminate the revolver and the library, then go to
plaque J
if false, eliminate the wrench and the conservatory, then
go to plaque BB
7. this plaque mentions the Pioneer Woolen Mill
f true, eliminate Professor Plum and the ballroom, then go
to plaque K
if false, eliminate Miss Scarlet and the billiard room,
then go to plaque X
8. the sum of all the numbers mentioned in the text of this plaque
(including spelled numbers, but not ordinals) is greater than
138,000
if true, eliminate Colonel Mustard and the lounge, then go
to plaque N
if false (137,585.5), eliminate Mr. Green and the dining
room, then go to plaque C
9. This plaque mentions an avian pronunciation guide
if true, eliminate the lead pipe and the study
if false, eliminate the knife and the kitchen
Now,
complete the MadLib on the bottom of the attached page, and enter
it onto your team answer sheet.
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Plaque
Code*
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Paragraph
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Sentence
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Word
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Syllable@
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MadLib
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S
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6
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2
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4
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Mrs.
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R
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4
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2
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7
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white
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W
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6
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1
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28
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in
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S
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2
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1
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1
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the
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W
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2
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1
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2
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first
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hall (idie)
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S
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3
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2
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15
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with
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R
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2
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1
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5
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the
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W
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2
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1
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7
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rope
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* S = Suspect, R = Room, W = Weapon @ whole
word if blank
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