Historical Characters Murder Mystery Party

October 14, 2000

Secondary Tasks (contributed by the guests)

  • Make each character say the word "passport" at least once without directly asking them to say it.

  • Make two characters believe contradictory things about you.

  • Make two characters believe contradictory things about the murder.

  • Make two characters believe contradictory things.

  • Wink conspiratorially at least once at all characters during the evening (the person you're winking at has to notice this for it to count).

  • Pretend to choke during dinner until someone performs the Heimlich maneuver.

  • Perform the Heimlich maneuver on another character.

  • Insult every diplomatic guest.

  • Engage another character to the point of loud, heated words.

  • Begin at least ten sentences during the evening with "You don't have to be a nuclear physicist to realize that . . ."

  • Convince a scientific guest that the development of atomic weapons will eventually spell the end of human civilization.

  • Incorporate the phrase "Damit don't patronize me" or other paranoid phrases into each conversation.

  • Rub hands together convulsively at least 20 times during the evening.

  • Sing "Happy Birthday" to another character.

  • Excuse yourself from every conversation to go to the bathroom.