Double D

[justmeme]

there's one in sussex and one in cambridgeshire

[Captain2]

Well there's a 'Denton' in both counties - don't know about the Double D though

[aelmpvw]

diddington

[furrypusscat]

Quiz setter has specified 'No asking' on question/answer sites.

[Captain2]

:-((

[Baldric]

This from 'The Management'

In Quizzes and Puzzles we occasionally have users decrying the posting of questions from a Quiz which has not been out very long or where the setter has asked those entering not to use site such as this . . . however, we will not remove the question. This is a Q&A site after all. It is suggested that those wishing not to know the answer simply do not read the question.

Thanks for your time. Spare Ed
12:46 Thu 04th Feb 2010

[chorley9]

Spare ed I know I get my postings removed for complaining about asking. Is it not unfair that people buy no asking quizzes then flaunt the setters rules?

[factor-fiction]

When someone submits a question I can't see the Ed wanting to bother searching to see which quiz it's from, locating and studying the rules and seeking legal advice where necessary before deciding whether to allow a quiz question to be posted. However I have no problem with someone like you pointing out your understanding of the quiz rules so the poster can respond if he/she wishes and we can decide whether we want to help

[chorley9]

Thank you factor fiction. At last a voice of reason.

[pulse876]

factor-fiction - exactly correct. Which is why it's wholly unreasonable that posts pointing out such rules often get removed. Some people have said on this site that they won't help posters who have chosen to buy a quiz which says "no asking for help on internet sites" and who then ignore such rules and ask for help anyway. Pointing out the rules is only providing information.

[Janbuck]

I think when there's only a couple of weeks left before the entry date, you're not going to do any harm to the quiz. No one is going to buy/start the quiz at this late date, so won't affect sales.
To the person who asked the question, yes Denton is part of the answer and I just guessed the other word. Think about the type of landscape in the areas.

[smouse]

It could affect the sale of future quizzes though

[grasscarp]

I am of the opinion that to advertise a quiz that people feel they would like to join in with is never a bad thing. Why would you ever want to restrict it and what overall difference does it make if you ask for an answer? All I have ever noticed is people asking where can they get the questions.

[quizmouse]

I tire of answering these posts, but since they keep cropping up I feel it necessary to occasionally. My last quiz, sold copies up to 8 days before the cut off date, and this quiz is still selling, not as fast as in the early days but still selling, so it does matter, it also matters because it part of the rules, no asking. In my mind a rule is a rule, so I would prefer they were observed, but I realise I cant enforce it. However I can, and may well, disqualify those who persist in spoiling the quiz for all the others who beaver away to find answers.
The other point is of course that those who persistantly delight in giving answers when they have not been asked for (clues), which is still against the rules, are clearly those who are not supporting the charity but seem to delight in 'rubbing people up the wrong way', ah well, we will never understand.

[grasscarp]

quizmouse - do you know how many of the people taking part in quiz were only doing so because they read about it on line?
Also how is asking on here much different from using google or asking friends etc Why set rules that are impossible to enforce? At the end of the day quizzes are mostly to raise money and be a bit of fun. Publicity is the life blood of charity fund raising.

[quizmouse]

Well I could, if I could be bothered, give you an exact number, but since I cant be bothered I would estimate about 60%, purchase because they see it advertised online, but almost always at the end of each quiz there are some who declare they will not participate again because of those who ask, which is why I request no asking. So although i get your point about it bei ng about raising money, you obviously dont get mine about losing participants and how it is definitely different asking on here and googling, I dont know why? Asking family and friends or using a search engine gives one person possibly an answer, putting it on here or other sites like this gives the answer and often the wrong answers to possibly hundreds od people, how can you compare this??? it beats me and I still say if there are rules stipulated it is respectful to abide by them. think I might add a clause 'Setter has the right to disqualify those who do not stick to the rules' see how this goes down?

[grasscarp]

How would you know who was asking online though as nobody posts under real name. Anyway just wanted to say what I thought.

[quizmouse]

You dont need to be a rocket scientist to work it out, usually

[1ozzy]

If everyone gets online and compares/shares answers then it is not a quiz, ie: first correct answer drawn wins, but rather a lottery because all entries may be correct.
Might as well by a raffle ticket to support the charity.
What is the point of a quiz then?

[julia-mag]

What (if any) are the rules of 'pub-night quizzies?. Do they all ask one another for the answers, or use their mobiles to find out the answer? I have never attended one , I am just curious.

[Mamyalynne]

In a Pub Quiz there are usually teams,so they can discuss between themselves - if they are silly enough to talk too loudly another team might hear them.

Using Mobiles is either forbidden or frowned on but goes on regardless, hard to police.