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Clue

The Mystery:

It is a dark and stormy night. A shot rings out. A maid screams. And President Hank Payne is discovered murdered on Williams College Campus.

Whodunnit? Where? With what? (Optional essay: WHY? 2 points)

The Puzzle:

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to eliminate suspects, possible murder weapons, and possible locations by finding definitive evidence proving their innocence. The evidence is scattered all over campus, in the various possible locations. Of course, youll have to figure out the lists of places, suspects, and weapons as well...

Only one person, one place, and one thing will not have any evidence for their innocence. These things make up the crime. So hurry! The game's afoot! Your Solution: _________________ killed President Payne at/ in ______________________, with the _____________________.

POSSIBLE MURDER SCENES

Scene #1: (2-part clue) "As You Like It," Act II, scene vii, line 139.
Epithet for land of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Scene #2:

- - - - - - - - - - -	Vonnegut term, a kind of fallacy
8                 2

- - - - - - - - - - -	Grab your vorpal sword and head for the tulgey wood.
                1	

- - - - - -	No, it doesn't give you the chainsaw, but it does tell your position.
3   4	


- - - - - -	  - - - - - - First two powerful magic words from "Army of Darkness"
	              5	

- - - - - - - - - - - -		Bambi term for endearment.
  7

- - -	- - - - - - -	According to "Magic Words and Phrases," will turn a bat back into a 
6 (and	9)	             vampire. For variations, try "Walla Walla Washington."
			
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1  2 3 4 5    6  7 8 9
Scene # 3:

Look on the "Genus Fagus, family Pagaceae" oft used as a meeting place.

Scene #4:

30 x (even prime + (horsemen of the Apocalypse x zodiac signs) ) + 1; senses * (16875/45)

Scene #5: (4 words equalling one clue)

Job 38:4, first word:
"I get no kick from champagne...." What do I get a kick from?:
The more you _____, the more you stay the same:
Plural of a place to come and go, discussing sculptors:

Scene #6: (2-part clue)

Female lead's occupation in "The Music Man":
"Give me _________
And how you feel to make it real
Real as anything you've seen
Get a life with this dreamer's dream"

Scene #7:

Book clan damning ford.

Scene #8: (2-part clue)

Andromeda Galaxy type.
The oldest of its kind in the USA.