Point the Finger Trivia Quiz

Answer: Robert

We learn early on that only a man is in the kitchen, leaving us with only three possibilities. As the information at the end of question two points out, we know the poison was the kitchen. Clue 8 tells us the firearm is with George, leaving us with only John and Robert.

After each clue is read, there are quite a few gaps, and after some clever deducing we find John in the living room. This leaves only Robert as an option for the kitchen.

Answer: Poison

In clue 1 from question 2, we learn the kitchen does not contain the rope, knife, or bag. The second question asked which weapon was in the kitchen, and we learned here that the firearm was not one of them. In question 10, we learned that the gas was found in the pantry. That leaves only the poison to be left in the kitchen.

Answer: Study

We learned early that Barbara was either in the study or the bathroom. In clue 7, we read that Yolanda was not with the weapon in the study or the pantry, which meant she could not be in the study, either. This leaves only Barbara.

Answer: John

To find who was in the room with the bag, we first had to determine where the bag was. Near the very end of our deductions, we were left with only the option of the bag being in the living room (this was after all clues were read several times and a fair number of gaps were left, being able to be filled only be using the process of elimination). Clue 5 told us that the weapon in the living room was with John or George, but the firearm we learned was with George.

It must be John, then, who was found with the bag.

Answer: Barbara

We learned near the beginning that either Barbara or Yolanda was in the study (clue 2). In this clue, we read the rope was in the study. It stands to reason, then, that the rope was either with Barbara or Yolanda. However, clue 7 told us Yolanda was not in the study or pantry, which leaves Barbara in the study. Since we know the rope was in the study, it must be Barbara with the rope.

Answer: Bag

It was not discovered where the bag was until the very end. By then, we had discovered the rope was in the study, the poison was in the kitchen, and the gas was in the pantry. With what was left, the only place the firearm could be was in the dining room (with George) and the knife had to be in the bathroom, leaving the bag in the living room.

Answer: Bathroom

This was again something deduced near the end. Once all clues were read a couple times and all information was filled in, the bathroom was the only place left for the knife to possibly be in, and as such, it can then be determined the knife was here.

Answer: Knife

Yolanda was known to be in the bathroom early, after the clue stating she was either there or in the study, and a later clue telling us she was not in the study. Near the end, though (as discussed in question 7), we finally determined what room the knife was in. Since the knife was in the bathroom, and that is where Yolanda was, the knife was therefore with Yolanda.

Answer: Dining Room

We knew George had the firearm after reading the clue from this question, but we did not know what room the firearm was in. After reading all the clues, we eventually discover George to be in the dining room. Of course, since George was with the firearm, it stands to reason the firearm was also in the dining room.

Answer: Christine

After all the clues are read, it could eventually be discovered that Christine was with the gas (which also meant, of course, that she was in the pantry). Since we know this is where Boddy was killed, she was most definitely the culprit.

See below for a full list of suspects, where they were, and what weapon was in the same room as them.

John was in the living room with the bag.
Christine was in the pantry with the gas.
Barbara was in the study with the rope.
Robert was in the kitchen with the poison.
Yolanda was in the bathroom with the knife.
George was in the dining room with the firearm.