Cryptic Clues - Help Please!
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:08 pm
You probably clicked on this thinking I was stuck with a clue where I couldn't work out the answer. Sorry to disappoint if that is the case.
I am actually after some help compiling some cryptic clues please and I'm hoping that the collective brainpower of this forum will be able to come up with some cunning clues!
It is my Mum's 80th birthday in a couple of weeks and we're having a family weekend away. The original plan was to have a murder mystery evening on the Saturday night but we now have 20 people attending so we think that is going to be a little unwieldy! So, instead we have opted for a Cluedo-style cryptic quiz to run between courses.
What we want to do is give 3 rounds of clues - with one clue in each round referring to the murders, the location and the means of killing. The idea is that these get progressively easier. People will submit answers after every round. So, if you guess the murderer correctly after round 1, you get 3 points, after round 2 you get 2 points and after round 3 you get 1 points. So you can guess and answer for all three categories after each round (much like a Cluedo declaration) and the maximum number of points you can achieve is 9 (if you get all three right first time). Does that make sense? We don't want it to interfere too much with people being able to chat and catch up with each other. But my Mum DOES like an activity!
So, the answers we have come up with are:
Murderer: Claire Balding
Means of killing: Poisoned with cyanide
Location: A premiership football ground (we've left that open to give you clever people more flexibility)
So, if you fancy a go, I am looking for 3 clues to each one; an easy one, a medium one and a hard one. But feel free just to submit the odd clue if you think of something clever.
All help with be much appreciated!!! Many thanks.
I am actually after some help compiling some cryptic clues please and I'm hoping that the collective brainpower of this forum will be able to come up with some cunning clues!
It is my Mum's 80th birthday in a couple of weeks and we're having a family weekend away. The original plan was to have a murder mystery evening on the Saturday night but we now have 20 people attending so we think that is going to be a little unwieldy! So, instead we have opted for a Cluedo-style cryptic quiz to run between courses.
What we want to do is give 3 rounds of clues - with one clue in each round referring to the murders, the location and the means of killing. The idea is that these get progressively easier. People will submit answers after every round. So, if you guess the murderer correctly after round 1, you get 3 points, after round 2 you get 2 points and after round 3 you get 1 points. So you can guess and answer for all three categories after each round (much like a Cluedo declaration) and the maximum number of points you can achieve is 9 (if you get all three right first time). Does that make sense? We don't want it to interfere too much with people being able to chat and catch up with each other. But my Mum DOES like an activity!
So, the answers we have come up with are:
Murderer: Claire Balding
Means of killing: Poisoned with cyanide
Location: A premiership football ground (we've left that open to give you clever people more flexibility)
So, if you fancy a go, I am looking for 3 clues to each one; an easy one, a medium one and a hard one. But feel free just to submit the odd clue if you think of something clever.
All help with be much appreciated!!! Many thanks.
