Highest amount (trickey one)

[cruzloco]

If you only have 5p stamps and 13p stamps what is the highest amount?

[jessiedog]

This is true brachiopod, however, the question does not say that you HAVE to use (or are ABLE to use) multiples of 13p or 5p. Therefore the highest amount you are unable to pay just using stamps is 12p. All other answers assume that you have to use stamps.

It's a theory anyway.

(I have just realised that using my argument the answer could also be 4p)

[brachiopod]

Understandable, jessie, the question was badly worded from the start - although it did say 'stamps' plural.

[Bactrian]

Interesting conversation - makes good reading,at least.

This is a question from an annual Quiz, kindly compiled by one generous person for a national organisation with many outlets, staffed by thousands of trained volunteers. This organisation exists to ensure that no-one in this country suffers from lack of knowledge of his or her rights and responsibilities, very often in a legal context, so these trained volunteers and their paid associates do have to develop some good research skills.

Each year there are 100 questions for this Quiz, set by the generous individual who (presumably) puts a lot of thought into making this a challenging-but-fun event, and who (indubitably) is aware that the contestants are trained to research answers to tricky questions.

In recent years most contestants� research skills have developed to include the IT User's Friend, viz. the Boolean search on keywords over the Internet. Use of Mr Boole�s legacy is to be encouraged. But in certain circumstances, posting a direct question on a Quiz Answer Site - such as this one � gets as good a result as that which would be obtained by the boolean approach. And often much faster.

But the thing is, the Quiz Setter did make one request, which was as follows:

�Naturally surfing the internet for answers is permitted but can I please ask you not to just post the questions on the net � that really is not in the spirit of the quiz.�

Let me run this past you again. He asked: CAN I PLEASE ASK YOU NOT TO JUST POST THE QUESTIONS ON THE NET � is this really so very difficult to understand?

Of course, there is no question of enforcing this polite request. Or indeed of policing any Quiz websites. If people really feel they have to post the questions on the net, then that is their affair. But in future years, would it not be considerate, at the very least, to ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK that went into