Great Fun Quiz

[grumpy01]

Where might I find out in which British city a 2,000 strong Muslim protest march took place following a remark about mahomet being a dirty old humbug in a 1974 T.V. series.

[vakayu]

Have you tried googling it?

[grumpy01]

Yes.Assume remark made in the Father Brown series of that year but no mention of a protest rally.

[grumpy01]

Not asking for an answer just a hint.

[vakayu]

boysinblue,why don't you abide by AB rules since that is the site you are on,it is a quizzes & puzzles site after all and any member can ask anything.

[boysinblue68]

Vakayu - I fully appreciate the AB rules. However there are more rules in this world than the AB rules. Grumpy01 has decided to enter GFQ, so should abide by the rules of that quiz. I assume he will abide by other GFQ rules such as the entry fee and the closing date, so it should be no problem to abide by the no asking rule as well. For info, the old GBQ also had these rules and eventually folded because too many people ignored these rules.

[grumpy01]

Where is a copy of these "rules"?

[grumpy01]

Also,hope the no asking for help rule didn't exist for the QFC quiz of 2007

[boysinblue68]

You enter GFQ, so you get the news sheet after each quiz where it repeatedly says no asking. And no, QFC doesn't have that rule.

[sir.prize]

boysinblue68 - I think that methyl's link to the Great Fun Quiz should end your repeated moans that AB users are breaking some fictitious GFQ rule.

[boysinblue68]

Unfortunately, methyl's links are not the newsletters that accompany the answers to each quiz. Perhaps if you entered these quizzes you would realise that. As I said earlier, I know AB has it's rules, but there are other rules in the world as well.

[sir.prize]

You really are persistent in your moaning and groaning about the way we use AnswerBank. Irrespective of what you say about an accompanying newsletter if we download and enter online we are not aware of any such newsletter. Therefore notes/rules/suggestions/requests carried by the newsletter do not apply.

Bill Maclagan does not make any mention of not asking on Q&A sites either on the info sheet, the question sheet or the answer sheet.

It therefore seems that you are just blowing hot air again; nothing unusual in that.

[boysinblue68]

If you entered GFQ or the old GBQ you would know how the quizzes work. You do not enter online, they are/were postal quizzes but the questions have been available to download for several years now. You will no doubt notice that you can't download the answers as they are only posted to those who enter each month together with the elusive newsletter. GBQ folded principally because too many people asked for answers on the net and that affected sales, so fewer people entered and eventually it folded.

[sir.prize]

But Bill Maclagan says I CAN enter online and I don't get bothered with what you now refer to as an elusive (sic) newsletter.

For six years you have now been banging the same drum. Try changing the tune and give us all a rest.

Quote: boysinblue68
Yes, I know I don't have to look at the answers on AB - and I don't - but that's not the point. The point is to stop giving answers away to people . . .
14:31 Thu 01st Nov 2007

Incidentally, the Editor suggests if one cannot contribute to the topic in a positive way, then refrain from answering the OP

Your move.

[boysinblue68]

You have your point of view. I have mine. We disagree. It's life which we have to live with. Not sure when or where Bill told you you can enter online? His website states, it's a monthly postal quiz; you don't have to enter online; all I require is a cheque in the post to accompany your answers. In return, you get your marked answers back together with the answer sheet and the newsletter, but you'd know that if you entered. I'm not sure that your replies to my comments are entirely positive, so I presume the AB editor would have the same advice for you.