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Cryptic clues for old money i.e (� s d)
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If a regal headdress = crown
If a bicycle = penny farthing
If a leather worker = tanner
Then what could a burglar equate to (cryptically in old money)?
If a bicycle = penny farthing
If a leather worker = tanner
Then what could a burglar equate to (cryptically in old money)?
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I have to agree with sprinter53. The quizsetter of GBQ and GFQ is well within his rights to set his own rules - and expect those who choose to enter his quizzes to abide by them.
vegasmad - nothing for you to apologise for, you were not to know.
"detective" is a serial abuser. It is a wonder that he/she ever answers any questions from their own resources!
squarebear - keep the same record churning - if and when you enter a quiz, then perhaps you'll realise why some quizsetters are stopping setting any more quizzes. Until then, please realise that others are entitled to their opinions even if they disagree with yours (especially when they are voiced in a polite manner).
vegasmad - nothing for you to apologise for, you were not to know.
"detective" is a serial abuser. It is a wonder that he/she ever answers any questions from their own resources!
squarebear - keep the same record churning - if and when you enter a quiz, then perhaps you'll realise why some quizsetters are stopping setting any more quizzes. Until then, please realise that others are entitled to their opinions even if they disagree with yours (especially when they are voiced in a polite manner).
This causes more ill-feeling than anything else on AB.
Obviously we need to find an answer - but there is no way in which a site like this can be effectively 'policed'.
So the answer must lie with the quiz setters. Could they not require entrants to sign an undertaking that their entry is entirely their own work? Some entrants would doubtless cheat, but at least they would know that they are cheating.
Obviously we need to find an answer - but there is no way in which a site like this can be effectively 'policed'.
So the answer must lie with the quiz setters. Could they not require entrants to sign an undertaking that their entry is entirely their own work? Some entrants would doubtless cheat, but at least they would know that they are cheating.
Who's rules do we adhere to then, squarebear? If we do the quiz without cheating we're entitled to object to people that don't stick to our rules.
By your own admission you don't do any of these hard quizzes but I thought you'd have your two pennyworth like a parrot. You could be consigned to Bea's cage at this rate.
It wouldn't be so bad if detective put the correct title. He's already asked GFQ questions this month, as usual without a title.
I didn't know you could enter both quizzes and he certainly doesn't get full marks. Nobody did last time.
Like boysinblue I'm on here to hope for fair play.
By the way I do help with those easy GK crossword questions that people ask. Any one could google for those.
By your own admission you don't do any of these hard quizzes but I thought you'd have your two pennyworth like a parrot. You could be consigned to Bea's cage at this rate.
It wouldn't be so bad if detective put the correct title. He's already asked GFQ questions this month, as usual without a title.
I didn't know you could enter both quizzes and he certainly doesn't get full marks. Nobody did last time.
Like boysinblue I'm on here to hope for fair play.
By the way I do help with those easy GK crossword questions that people ask. Any one could google for those.
If you post on this site, you adhere to the Site Rules which say that any question may be asked.
squarebear - or you can look at it another way - if you enter certain quizzes such as GBQ, GFQ and "oddboddy's", you adhere to the rules they have set for their quizzes (unlike "detective" and a number of others).
There is also respecting polite wishes from people who ask that questions are not asked.
There is also respecting polite wishes from people who ask that questions are not asked.
Aquagility - I agree it's a difficult one to solve and I agree "policing" is not possible (my username is not connected to policing, it's football related and reasonably easy to work out if you include the number).
However, I disagree that the onus is with the quiz setters. Yes, they could ask entrants to sign an undertaking, but surely the problem is with the quiz entrants (some of them anyway). They are so desperate to get the answers, they'll go to almost any lengths - ie. posting so many questions on here and, more often than not, soon after the quiz has been published. I may have old fashioned principles, but I was always taught about hard work and pride. If I can't find an answer myself, I'll happily have a guess or leave a blank space - I just can't see the point of cheating.
What amazes me is that most of the charity quizzes are for very small sums of prize money, yet people are so desperate to submit a complete entry, they go to any lengths. The important thing is to help the charity (and people don't need to cheat to do that). I can understand it a bit more with GBQ and GFQ, but it's still wrong - and it's the posting of questions/answers that is killing GBQ and the like.
People have asked on here for the name of the quiz to be stated (that is often ignored), not to ask too early (again ignored). Possibly, an answer is to make them feel guilty about asking, but how? I also doubt these people have any ethics, so it would be a pointless task.
However, I disagree that the onus is with the quiz setters. Yes, they could ask entrants to sign an undertaking, but surely the problem is with the quiz entrants (some of them anyway). They are so desperate to get the answers, they'll go to almost any lengths - ie. posting so many questions on here and, more often than not, soon after the quiz has been published. I may have old fashioned principles, but I was always taught about hard work and pride. If I can't find an answer myself, I'll happily have a guess or leave a blank space - I just can't see the point of cheating.
What amazes me is that most of the charity quizzes are for very small sums of prize money, yet people are so desperate to submit a complete entry, they go to any lengths. The important thing is to help the charity (and people don't need to cheat to do that). I can understand it a bit more with GBQ and GFQ, but it's still wrong - and it's the posting of questions/answers that is killing GBQ and the like.
People have asked on here for the name of the quiz to be stated (that is often ignored), not to ask too early (again ignored). Possibly, an answer is to make them feel guilty about asking, but how? I also doubt these people have any ethics, so it would be a pointless task.
Being realistic.
There is no way that people are going to be stopped from asking for answers to such questions, and there is no way that people are going to be stopped from answering such questions - unless the questions are not set in the first place - so there is no point in complaing about it happening.
There is no way that people are going to be stopped from asking for answers to such questions, and there is no way that people are going to be stopped from answering such questions - unless the questions are not set in the first place - so there is no point in complaing about it happening.
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