Yes, if you have high persuasion and high skullduggery then it should be almost trivial to get both blue ribbons.
Exotic Animal:
Summary
You will need either the peafowl or the Gila monsters to compete in this competition.
For the peafowl:
You must not let them go to India, so either have a high relationship with them or force them to stay when you find them with the children.
Your relationship with them will be your score for the competition, so treat them nicely.
For the Gila monster:
You must visit Regina’s room when the house is empty, because of the fox hunt. Then you must either dance to him (requires at least 101 culture + soothing if you aren’t a tamer or 71 culture + soothing if you are) or to talk to him sternly (requires soothing lower than 50 and persuade higher than 50 if you aren’t a tamer or soothing lower than 35 and persuade higher than 35 if you are one).
Later you will need to do the Dr. X mission and accept his help.
When the peafowl find the children, let them go to India and the Gila monster will take their place in the competition.
His score will be equal to your relationship with Regina, so do well in her missions and it will be easy to win the Exotic Animal competition.
In the competition:
Rattling Col. Firesnuff requires at least 76 abrasive.
Giving Aunt Primrose a pep talk requires at least 70 persuade for the highest bonus or 60 for the lowest bonus.
Primping requires at least 70 culture (or the gallery background and 60 culture) for the highest bonus or 60 for the lowest bonus.
Adjusting the score requires at least 75 skullduggery (or the thief background and 65 skullduggery) for the highest bonus or 65 skullduggery for the lowest bonus.
General:
Advising Aunt Primrose to do nothing against Mopsie, will make her ask you money to buy a stimulant for the boat race. If you give it to your animal, it will raise their score. More money you spend on the stimulant, the higher the score will be.
Talking with Col. Firesnuff at the fox hunt about the Exotic Animal competition, can lower his yak score if you pass one of the checks.
The first option requires soothing lower than 40 and the second need intellect higher than 40 and persuade higher than 30. DO NOT PICK THE THIRD OPTION, it will raise his yak score.
If Tawdry Lace is published or is being revisioned, helping Aunt Primrose deal with it will lower the yak score a lot.
The first option needs persuade + bold higher than 115 (highest bonus) or higher than 110 (lowest bonus), the second needs persuade + intellect + soothing higher than 185 (highest bonus) or higher than 170 (lowest bonus), if you the real identity of Fifi you will need culture higher than 56.
Boat Race:
Summary
First you need to choose a boat corresponding to your stats. Pirate is Skullduggery, Barbarian is Bold, Abstract is a intellect and Pastel is Culture.
There are 3 stats for the boat: toughness, speed and prettiness, you will use one of them + one of your stats to pass the checks in the race.
Pirate : Speed ++, Tough + and Pretty -
Barbarian: Tough ++, Pretty + and Speed -
Abstract: Speed ++, Pretty + and Tough -
Pastel: Pretty ++, Speed + and Tough -
Winning the Exotic Animal competition will give you a bonus in your boat stats, while losing will decrease your boat stats.
Before the race start:
Posing in your boat requires the corresponding boat stats + Prettiness higher than 120 (highest bonus) or 110 (lowest bonus).
Shaming someone needs Skullduggery + Observer higher than 120.
First leg:
Focusing on raw speed requires boatspeed + bold higher than 120 (higher bonus) or 110 (medium bonus) or 100 (lowest bonus).
Ramming into someone requires bold + boattough higher than 120 (higher bonus) our 100 (lowest bonus).
Second leg:
If you tell speed is important, it requires bold + boattough higher than 120 (highest bonus) or 110 (medium bonus) or 100 (lowest bonus).
If you tell safety is important, it requires observe + boattough higher than 110 (highest bonus) or 90 (lowest bonus).
Ramming into someone requires intellect + observe + boattough higher than 150 (if you rammed the same person before) or 140 (if it is the first time you are ramming this person).
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Third leg:
Best possible speed requires (boatspeed * 2) + boattough + boatpretty higher than 200 (highest bonus) or 190 (medium bonus) or 170 (lowest bonus).
Soaking in the adulation requires (boatspretty * 2) + boattough + boatspeed higher than 200 (highest bonus) or 190 (medium bonus) or 170 (lowest bonus).
General:
Giving Mopsie’s stimulant to your crew will help you win the race.