Charlotte Amalie: Solution

In this puzzle there were five partial scripts, each labeled with a color: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple.

Each color had a (possibly overlapping) set of questions and cues which indicated when to say those questions. The goal for the writing team was to get teams talking with one another. The goal for a solving team was to figure out which one question (on any color's sheet) was unanswerable in the play. Thus each team had to meet with 4 other teams (each of the other colors) to be able to cross off all of their questions as answerable and determine if there were any unanswerable questions that they had left.

When the 10 possible scenes are reconstructed, each scene ends with an unanswered question. Even though there are 10 scenes, there were only 7 ending questions:

Y: *What was Jackie Kennedy's maiden name?
R: *Whats that movie called that stars Emma Thompson and her real life mother?
B: *What is like pool without pockets?
R: *Who is the current president of the United States?
G: *What bank has an ATM on the corner of Vassar and mass ave?
P: *What is the capital of spain?
Y: *Who died with that on his lips?

Of these questions, six are answered in some other scene (that is, the questions occur before the end of the scene, and thefore technically have a response). The only truly unanswered one was: What is like pool without pockets? The answer is, therefore, BILLIARDS.


Ten Reconstructed Dialog Segments

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red and yellow
[R: Knock knock anybody home?
Y: Yes?]
[Y: Anybody there?]
R: How is your hunt going?
Y: Do you think I would tell you that?
R: How many puzzles have you solved?
Y: Are you counting this one?
R: Have you solved Charlotte Amalie yet?
Y: What kind of name is Charlotte Amalie?
R: What is your name?
Y: Does that matter?
R: What's your sign?
Y: Don't you think you are being a little rude?
R: Do you know where you are?
Y: Are you taking me somewhere?
R: Do you know what year it is?
Y: What, are you running for the dummy of the year contest?
R: *Who is the current president of the United States?
Y: You're not going to start with the president jokes, are you?
R: Whose talking about presidents?
Y: Don't you think their wives are much more interesting?
R: How do you mean?
Y: *What was Jackie Kennedy's maiden name?

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red and green
[R: Knock knock anybody home?
G: Who's asking?]
[G: Anybody want to do the dialog puzzle?]
R: How do you mean?
G: Isn't there a puzzle that uses questions?
R: How many puzzles have you solved?
G: What was your cue on that last question?
R: Do you think I am going to just show my answers to you?
G: Where are all of your hard won answers hidden?
R: Do you know where you are?
G: Where in Hell are we?
R: Did you have geography when you were in elementary school?
G: *What is the capitol of spain?
R: Is that where Carmen Sandiago is?
G: Where in hell is Carmen Sandiago?
R: Do you know who I think is attractive?
G: Who is taller, Emma Thompson or Carmen Sandiago?
R: *Whats that movie called that stars Emma Thompson and her real life mother?

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red and blue
[R: Knock knock anybody home?
B: Can we help you?]
[B: Are you ready to play the questions game?]
R: *What was Jackie Kennedy's maiden name?
B: What is the maiden name of Richie, Dolores, and June's mother?
R: Why are you ducking my questions?
B: Whats the difference between a duck?
R: Whats the difference between a duck and a what?
B: Don't you get it?
R: Get what?
B: Could you get the door please?
R: What does Emma Thompson look like?
B: Doesn't she look just like her mother?
R: *Whats that movie called that stars Emma Thompson and her real life mother?
B: Would your mother have allowed that?
R: Would your have allowed you to apear naked at a public function?
B: Have you ever been to a nude beach?
R: Have you ever dove in the water at a swimming meet and had your pockets fill up with water and drag your shorts down?
B: *What is like pool without pockets?

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red and purple
[R: Knock knock anybody home?
P: Do you think we would leave our headquarters ungaurded?]
[P: Anyone up this late?]
R: Do you think?
P: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
R: I think so, Brain, but don't you need a swimming pool to play Marco Polo?
P: *What is the capitol of spain?
R: Is that where Carmen Sandiago is?
P: Do you think Carmen Sandiago is attractive?
R: Do you know who I think is attractive?
P: Why are you staring at me?
R: What is your sign?
P: Can you name all 12 zodiac signs?
R: Have you ever taken a purity test?
P: Have you ever held hands on a date?
R: Will you go out with me?
P: What exactly does "go out" mean?
R: Don't you think it is romantic when two people share a ice cream soda?
P: Don't you think it is a little cold out for that?
R: How can we be lovers if we can't be friends?
P: What does frostbite have to do with friendship?
R: Will you marry me?
P: Why would I marry someone I only just met?
R: When shall I meet thee again?
P: When is Easter this year?
R: * Who is the current president of the United States?

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yellow and green
[Y: Anybody there?
G: Are you here for the dialog game?]
[G: Anybody want to do the dialog puzzle?]
Y: Is that the real question?
G: Don't other questions come to mind?
Y: Do pig's fly?
G: How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Y: Why do fools fall in love?
G: Are you a fool?
Y: Are you?
G: Do you think this is getting a little patronizing?
Y: (In patronizing tone) Who's a good dog?
G: Are you done insulting me yet?
Y: What were we talking about?
G: What's the answer to life?
Y: The universe?
G: and everything?
Y: Is that the 6x9 question?
G: Are number questions out of bounds?
Y: Aren't we supposed to stick to facual questions?
G: Do you mean like in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead?
Y: How do you spell relief?
G: Have you ever heard the phrase 'bituminous coal'?
Y: *Who died with that on his lips?
G: Wasn't it Romeo that took his last sip of bitterness and cold?
Y: Do you want to grab a bite to eat together?
G: How much money do you think I have in my pockets?
Y: Can't you withdraw some?
G: *What bank has an ATM on the corner of Vassar and mass ave?

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yellow and blue
[Y: Anybody there?
B: Can we help you?]
[B: Are you ready to play the questions game?]
Y: Will it help us solve this hunt?
B: And how do you want to pay for that sensitive information?
Y: *What bank has an ATM on the corner of Vassar and mass ave?
B: Do you really want sludge through drifts of sleet and snow?
Y: Well, I think so, Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn, and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?
B: Can't you ask something not from a tv show?
Y: *What was Jackie Kennedy's maiden name?
B: What is the maiden name of Richie, Dolores, and June's mother?
Y: So if your sister's boyfriend's mothers father is a family tree researcher, and he finds out that your cousin's daugther's father is the decendant of Dolores, what does that mean?
B: Do your friends usually answer your questions?
Y: If all your friends jump off a bridge would you too?
B: Do I get a bungy cord?
Y: How high do you want to bounce?
B: What is the name of Kim's pet dingo?
Y: Was it Chester?
B: What breakfast item does Steve always put Worcestershire sauce on?
Y: What item?
B: Orange you glad I didn't say banana?
Y: Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
B: *What is like pool without pockets?

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yellow and purple
[Y: Anybody there?
P: Do you think we would leave our headquarters ungaurded?]
[P: Anyone up this late?]
Y: Well, I think so, Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn, and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?
P: Why does anyone keep doing anything?
Y: When Willy was 5, which President did he meet at the Easter Egg Roll?
P: *Who is the current president of the United States?
Y: You're not going to start with the president jokes, are you?
P: I think so, Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking -- I mean, what would the children look like?
Y: Do you know what a monkey's uncle looks like?
P: Does it look anything like a mule's uncle?
Y: Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy, a kid will eat ivy to, wouldn't you?
P: Are you speaking english?
Y: What else would I speak, the language of love?
P: Does love taste more like honey or bittersweet chocholate?
Y: *Who died with that on his lips?

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green and blue
[G: Anybody want to do the dialog puzzle?
B: Are you all set to go?]
[B: Are you ready to play the questions game?]
G: Umm, I think so, Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons?
B: What is your obsession with chickens?
G: What are your obsessions and darkest fears?
B: Can you imagine your mother bringing a clean pair of underwear to you in the middle of 7ths grade?
G: *Whats that movie called that stars Emma Thompson and her real life mother?
B: Would your mother have allowed that?
G: What was your childhood like?
B: What were you raised in a barn?
G: Are you done insulting me yet?
B: Shall we change the topic of discussion?
G: What's the magic word?
B: And how do you want to pay for that sensitive information?
G: *What bank has an ATM on the corner of Vassar and mass ave?
B: Do you really want sludge through drifts of sleet and snow?
G: How much money do you think I have in my pockets?
B: *What is like pool without pockets?

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green and purple
[G: Anybody want to do the dialog puzzle?
P: Do you think we are waiting around here for nothing?]
[P: Anyone up this late?]
G: Did someone say a round latte?
P: Did someone say McDonalds?
G: Is that not the poison of true love?
P: *Who died with that on his lips?
G: Wasn't it Romeo that took his last sip of bitterness and cold?
P: Did you see the movie or the play?
G: How did they get all those vibrent colors into it?
P: So am I to assume you had a crush on Leonardo DiCaprio?
G: How did they get the blue in his eyes and shirts match so well?
P: Isn't a really bad color to put in the laundry?
G: What are the two things that Mary uses in her laundry?
P: Can you imagine your mother bringing a clean pair of underwear to you in the middle of 7ths grade?
G: Can't you afford a maid?
P: What do you think of those short little maid's outfits?
G: What kind of girl do you think I am?
P: What was I thinking?
G: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
P: I think so, Brain, but Pete Rose? I mean, can we trust him?
G: Was baseball an Olympic sport in Barcelona?
P: *What is the capital of spain?

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blue and purple
[B: Are you ready to play the questions game?
P: Do you think we are waiting around here for nothing?]
[P: Anyone up this late?]
B: Are you confused yet?
P: Is it soup yet?
B:Do you know how to make spicy chicken soup?
P: Why did the chicken cross the road?
B: You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?
P: (walk the walk) What are you sniggering at?
B: You okay?
P: How come in english you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?
B: Why all these questions?
P: What do you think you are better than me?
B: Why are you asking me this?
P: When does this game end?
B: Was there something you wanted to tell me?
P: What time is it?
B: Why don't you hit the road?
P: Can't you tell I'm solving here?
B: Can you give me a specific example?
P: Don't you think you've gone far enough?
B: Do you think I have gone far enough to be on sprokets?
P: What's a spool with sprokets?
B: *What is like pool without pockets?