Monday, May 17, 2010

The Puzzler: Top 22 Opera Deaths

It's like a game of CLUE, an entire season of CSI, or a good 20 minutes of a John Woo movie. Who got killed in what opera by what? Try to match the who, in what opera and how below.

"'cause the fat lady has sung..(NYEEEAAAAHHHHH)"



VICTIMS:
1. Scarpia
2. Mimi
3. CioCio San
4. Siegfried
5. Violetta
6. Desdemona
7. Turiddu
8. Liu
9. Jokanaan
10. Luigi
11. Gilda
12. Cavaradossi
13. Manon
14. Leonora
15. Lensky
16. Countess Geschwitz
17. Andre Chenier
18. Blanche
19. Valentin
20. Peter Grimes
21. Edgardo
22. Romeo

LOCATION (OPERA):
A. (The) Paletine
B. Outskirts of Paris
C. Wedding reception
D. Desert outside of New Orleans
C. Nagasaki
E. Garden of victim's sister
F. Run-down left bank apartment
G. Paris
H. Victim's office
J. Outside of small Sicilian town
K. Victim's bedroom/bed
L. Off east coast of England
M. London apartment
N. Tomb of alleged girlfriend
P. A barge on the Seine
Q. Rural area outside Hornachuelos
R. Forbidden City
S. Estranged husband's bedroom
T. On the banks of a wooded stream
U. Castel Sant Angleo
V. Mantua
W. In the woods by the banks of the Rhine

BY WHAT MEANS OF DEATH:
Small bladed weapon - dagger
Beheaded (large, heavy blade)
Murdered - Jack the Ripper style
Killed, stuffed in sack, tossed in river
Beheaded (large, heavy blade - sword or axe)
Possible stabbing or gunshot from a fight (witness statements conflict)
Drowning
Small caliber weapon (by man who debauched his sister)
Large caliber weapon (by best friend)
Shanked by girlfriend of prisoner
Upper respiratory infection, possible auto-immune disorder
Ceremonial knife - ritualistic death
Poisoning
Firing squad (that was suppoed to be fake)
Exposure, exhaustion, bad planning
Stab wound to the heart (by brother)
Strangled
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Shot or stabbed in an apparent duel (no witnesses)
Small blade, serrated edge - dagger?
Beheaded (large, heavy blade, no signs of struggle)
Large pointed weapon, wound in the back - hunting accident?

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