Containers great and small

[Gandolf34]

Having tucked into this with my usual relish, there seemto be rather more than usual with slightly 'dodgy' connections, i.e I have several answers which fit only 80-90% of the clue. They are usually very precise. Have I just got the wrong answers, or are other ABers suffering similar reservations?

[JMR27]

I haven't come across that problem so far.

[Quizmonkey]

No. And come back in two months' time.

[another-view]

Post your answers and we'll take a look.

[Gandolf34]

I have to say I was half expecting the Quizmonkey response, though it seems harsh even by AB Gestapo standards, as I haven't either referred to specific questions or asked for any assistance. But good to know the old bigotry is unabated!

[Quizmonkey]

Fantastic - a very original use of the word 'bigotry'.

[Gandolf34]

Bigotry: The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them. Seems pretty appropriate to me.

[grumpygeezer]

I agree with Gandolf in his original comment. In the past I have always been very aware of the significance in Rainbow puzzles of punctuation (or its absence) in the clues. This year I am not so sure.

Q44 and Q100 have no space after the number.
Q25 has an extra space between the brackets
Q30 and Q35 have double left brackets

I am coming round to the belief that these are all typos. Somewhat unusual for this quiz. What do others think?

And a warm hello to all those people who enjoy being here, and a resounding wish for severe rectal pain to the quiz police

gg

[Panic Button]

Boy I didn't realise there was so much anger in Q & P!

I think I'll slink off back to CB

[Gandolf34]

Hi Grumpygeezer, I have actually got 'good' answers for all of the ones you mention, which aren't affected by the typos in punctuation, so I think you can ignore them. My original concern was the number of clues where I have answers which look right, but only fit about 80% of the clues. Usually it is pretty obvious when you have the right answer in Rainbow quizzes....

[reg orr]

Hi,
Clues all seem exact enough! - but of course there are the classics bits of mis-direction (just what I'd expect in the Rainbow Puzzles). I admit that I had to work hard to fit the "answers" to the clues on several occasions, but eventually they all succumbed to (slightly-twisted) logic.

[Badger4]

I agree with Gandalf - I think they are all typos. However, GG is right - every letter and space are usually significant and typos are very unusual.

[gen2]

Yes, I too agree those are typos (the ones grumpygeezer indicated), having solved those particular questions.


I agree with reg orr that all the solutions that I have (88) fit the clues 100% as given, so disagree with Gandolf34's original post.

Thoroughly enjoying it so far, but kind of stuck for the moment so will leave it for a week or two and come back to it with a refreshed mind later.

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[TOMMO33]

What is the CB that you mentioned, Panic Button? Is there another quiz site like this?

[Goofy]

cb - chatter bank?