I can't get the quiz to work write. I got all the answers but when I put the final one in it takes me back to the crossword page?!? Jasper what's up ? Is this a Goliath ploy to keep me from winning or just a fluke?

did you write it in CAPS?

and on most of them, you have to type it as all one word...in CAPS

Tried both to no avail.

Spelling?



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Spelling, CAPS, no spaces and then check for gremlins...



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Sarah B wrote:

> Spelling, CAPS, no spaces and then check for gremlins...
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And if that doesn't work, maybe start looking for a handy goat...



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I finally got it to work. But just how far did the do do walk into the forest?

Which quiz, btw? I've been back through to see if I can spot what gives a problem - here's my progress and reminders how to enter the answers

The crossword is easy, and isn't even one of the terribly hard cryptic ones that have clues like 'Pretty girl in crimson rose (8)'*. And you don't need all the answers. When entering it, it's one word, IN CAPS.

The answer to the final question of the Literary Challenge should be entered as two words, IN CAPS.

The answer to the next one is a single 11 letter word, entered as CAPS once again. All answers to questions are Googlable.

As for the photo - hmm, that's almost as hard as the old spoof spot-the-ball competition with somebody taking a throw-in. It's not a trick question, either.

(note for Americans - you might recognise this game as 'soccer' - in our quaint fashion we naively cling to the mistaken belief that 'football' implies a connection to both round objects and feet, although it's nice to see that you kept the element of violence. Just a shame that over here it's in the crowd. Incidentally, the DVD for Ice-Age allegedly has a dodo/football/dodgeball game on it. Sounds fun.)

As for the dodo, I really think that we've dropped enough hints. Again, enter it as one word, in CAPS. (Incidentally there are no less than four places in the UK of the same name. Strange, but true).

As for the old 'decidedly odd one out' - there is actually a logic. If you're stuck then re-read TEA.

Tom Swifties are hard but Googlable. Again, enter IN CAPS. First one is spelt as in the dictionary, there's no need to make the pun hideously obvious. The second isn't an adverb, pedantically speaking. It's one word, in CAPS, in the past tense. Third is bloody awful, as puns go. Only one word though. The next is a verb, again... The final (insert ironic cheer) answer is enough to make you consider the wisdom of allowing international currency markets to come into close contact with twisted literary minds. It's another verb, in the past tense. Enter it in CAPS and it'll be accepted.

Erm, they all appeared to have worked. I suspect you're stuck on the picture quiz, which had me flummoxed for a while and does take you backwards if you get it wrong. Answers 1,2 and 4 are (fairly) obvious, 1 & 2 don't even need the books, 4 requires passing knowledge of the world of Ms Next. Question 3 is in The Eyre Affair, I promise.


Good luck to all who enter!

Anybody still stuck then either use MSN or yahoo messenger to get in touch, or mail me and I'll drop a few big hints for you...


* REBELLED. Honest - for an explanation check out [www.amazon.com] Well, maybe.



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Thanks for the help. At first when I went to put in the answer for #5 on the first screen the 2nd time it wasn't working for me . I was putting it in right & in CAPS. It just wouldn't take it. It does now. And thanks for the help with the Do do question. I've never been one to enjoy logic puzzles but between this contest & the one connected to another book, The Da Vinci Code, I developing a taste for them.
Thanks

We aim to please...

By the way, Ben, what's the goat got to do with anything?



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Sacrifice it for luck ;)



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lol

Fair enough



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Best variant on this joke comes from 'Genome' by Matt Ridely, when he was talking about mad cow disease and the way the government handled it.

"The government was no longer shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted, it was sacrificing a goat outside the stable."



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what's that thing about the cat (in your signature??)

Re Ben's sig;

'tis an Irish curse, meaning may your cat eat you, and the devil eat your cat. An unlikely situation, if you ask me.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

Anybody else want to add unlikely curses lying about their personage? They're quite easy to get the hang of, although few turn up in Gaelic... Here's a couple to give you the idea -

May the fleas of a thousand camels climb up your rear passage and bite.

May all your holidays be on wet tuesdays in Bognor.

May all your legal representatives be costly.



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LEWIS CARROLL's real name.

Woe betide anyone who happens to know Lewis Carroll's real name in full---the quiz wll only accept first and last name-----so don't waste time with 'Lutwidge'--however, I feel faintly disappointed to fnd I had to 'dumb down' to get past the first post! On the other hand, I've been stumped by odd one out, so who I am to complain?

O.K ---so now I've got past the 'odd one out'---more by accident than design. So where's all the help with the next stage we've been promised i.e 'said Tom' etc.

There's more hints in a thread in the old Thursday Next Fforum (all our old stuff). It's titled something like 'Let me be the first to ask about the dodo'.

Basically, I think we all admitted we had to google some of the Tom Swifties. Some of the puns are painful.

Good luck !