The quiz master asked the contestant. ???Can you name a famous event that happened on 31st September 2004???? ???No??? said the contestant. ???That???s correct??? said the quiz master. Why was the answer correct?

[freeze4people]

[emeritus]

September only has 30 days

[Ankou]

well there aren't 31 days in september are there ?

[factor-fiction]

As above. But ????why ??? all the ???? questionmarks???

[boxtops]

..and why is the riddle all typed in the title box, making it extremely difficult to read?

[carrot99]

gosh enigmas within a riddle within a title box!

[factor-fiction]

Actually boxtops, I'm wondering whether we really need a Question Box any more. Maybe it's more fficient to put everything in the title box.

[Prudie]

That would make the latest post box look a right mess.

[boxtops]

I'd rather do it the other way round, factor, and put it all in the details box - I find it really hard to read white lettering on a coloured background.

[factor-fiction]

boxtops and prudie- i agree with you of course. I was being deliberately provocative. This is something I've mentioned on here and to the AB Ed a few times but I've had little response. I suppose it's not a big deal- I just find it irritating that some posters don't take the trouble to ask a proper question.
The AB layout is partly to blame because as soon as the poster presses the SUBMIT button (which is next to the title box not after the Question box) or presses ENTER at any time in the title box the question is submitted before the poster gets chance to fill in the question details.
However this doesn't explain why posters such as this one above write such a long title. Crossword clues/letters in the title box are particularly difficult to read and the Latest Post headline (which takes the first few words of the title) is meaningless.
But I suppose there are more important issues in life!

[weecalf]

The answer was correct because he did not know .31 days in September was only a side show ?