Chocolate Quiz - Donkey Sanctuary 31/8/23

[tollview]

Been stuck on last one for months now -

Up one first to be unacceptable (10)

This is a no asking on internet quiz but I’m done in trying!!

Many thanks in anticipation

[pulse876]

JJ109 - I disagree with most of your post.

Quiz setters make their quizzes no asking on the internet to stop lots of the answers being given away for all to see and hence their aim is to try to stop the quiz being turned into a lottery.

You say that tollview has been honest but that's obviously not the case. She bought a quiz which clearly states to not ask for help with it on the internet. She then decided to completely ignore that and ask for help anyway. That's not being honest that's effectively cheating. If she did not like the rules of the quiz then she should not have bought it.

Quizzes that state no asking for help on the internet are largely self policing because most of the people who buy them abide by the rules. And if someone decides to ignore that rule and asks for help anyway then in some cases, probably more than you might think, the quiz setter can work out the real name of that person. Presumably in such circumstances they disqualify their entry. Yes, some people will get away with it when they decide to ask for help with such a quiz. But a quiz setter is perfectly entitled to take the view that seeing a few questions answered, while annoying, is still better than seeing dozens answered.

You suggest that to make quizzes fair then there should be no restrictions and hence anyone can ask anything. But that makes no sense. Taken to its logical conclusion that means that you would be advocating that every answer to every question should be given away so that everyone can score full marks and it would then be fair. So you've just turned every quiz into a lottery because effectively, I assume, you believe it's unfair that some people are better at doing quizzes than others.

You've said in the past that you don't actually enter any of these quizzes. Is that still the case? If so then your interest in these quizzes is when people ask for help with them on this site. So it's no surprise that you're not a fan of quizzes that say no asking for help on the internet because that reduces the number of potential questions that might get asked. Without such a rule you would likely have more potential questions to answer.

[johnny.5]

can a third party ask on your behalf?
and therefore you are not actually cheating?

[douglas9401]

Good grief, what a kerfuffle.

[vonjon]

can any one help with hustler (7), remove 19818 from this county (6) & cold area of water (5) all chocolate bars

[barry1010]

6 Yorkie?

[barry1010]

Could hustler be Drifter?

[barry1010]

Cold area of water - Flake

[vonjon]

thanks barry1010

[barry1010]

I'm not sure about Yorkie, I really don't see the significance of the numbers, nor Drifter.
Flake is definitely correct

[cashier]

Yorkie looks good. It's Yorkshire with s, h and r removed.

[barry1010]

I get it now, thanks cashier

[Norfolk-Lass]

Tollview Obviously one or two questions are harder when I set a quiz but to have someone actually go against my wishes and ask on the internet is not acceptable. Cheaters will not win my quizzes.

[Fairlight]

Good for you Norfolk-Lass...Even though I`ve seen an answer on here that I couldn`t get, I will be sending my entry in with a blank.

[barry1010]

Norfolk-lass, you will have no idea whether somebody has cheated or not.

[elliemay1]

//The only way to make a quiz "fair" is to have no restrictions. One of the quizzes that made most money for charity, "The Rainbow Quiz" followed that policy. At the end of the day, that is the point.....making money for charity!//
Yes, The Rainbow Quizzes raised a phenomenal amount of money for charities, such a pity we don't have them any more