WhodunlieCase file No. 054Today's case
The Finalist's Earpiece
The quiz show studio, after broadcast. The finalist answered all seven questions of the hard round in under four seconds each, including two the show's own writer called "impossible without having seen them before". Clearing the dressing room turned up a spare earpiece in the dressing table drawer, tuned to the programme's internal frequency. It is not his. Somebody left it there.
Exactly 3 of the 7 are lying
A liar lies about everything they say.
Hard evidenceAlways true. They are your anchors.
1The log for the dressing rooms records exactly one person during the incident.
2The log for make-up records exactly one person during the incident.
3The log for the newsroom records nobody during the incident.
Plan and suspectsPlace the suspects where they were during the incident. Each room’s eye shows what can be seen from it. You can also drag a token onto a room.
Tap a token to select it, then tap a room on the plan. Tap a placed token to send it back.
♀Amelia
Executive producer
I would rather not say where I was. I saw Mildred in the scenery store.
♀Jacinth
Studio hostess
I was in make-up. I saw a man in the dressing room corridor.
♂Balthazar
Director
I was hanging around make-up. Mildred was around the dressing room corridor. There was a woman over in the dressing rooms.
♂Anastasius
Floor manager
Me? I was in the dressing room corridor. I spotted Balthazar on the studio floor.
♀Mildred
Programme head
I never left the dressing room corridor. What Anastasius is telling you is a lie.
♂Romuald
Finalist contestant
I was over in the scenery store. From my spot I saw a man in the dressing room corridor. I saw a woman in the dressing room corridor.
♂Gervase
Lighting designer
I spent that entire stretch in make-up. Anastasius is lying, and I stand by that.
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Place all 7 on the plan