Comments on: Hunt #3 – Answers

By: jaymen

jaymen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:37:09 +0000

Hello Yeoh and Jo.
Quite a few answered C28 with “perfect shield”.
So i looked at it for quite some time to see whether it is an acceptable alternative.

Yeoh’s explanation differs from others who also chose “perfect shield”.
His explanation incorporates “bearing” while the others ignore the word totally.

So, shield is something that bears a coat of arms.However, that is not universal.Even taken as a valid approach, “coat of arms” is not the same thing as “arms of a kind”.

My main reason for not accepting “perfect shield” as an alternative is that “bearing” has been ignored.
Hope that satisfies your argument, Yeoh.

Regards, Jaymen.

By: Yeoh

Yeoh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:46:24 +0000

Well, questions need not always need to have a cryptic clueword as it could be a direct GK question. In this case though, i felt that the second part of the question – bearing arms of a kind – does look like a crytic phrase. Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts, Jo.

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:02:12 +0000

Totally agree with you, Yeoh… but I guess in cryptic sense, what would be the keyword? In this case, it’ll be wrong and that’s how it fits.

By: Yeoh

Yeoh — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:36:39 +0000

How about Perfect Shield as an answer for C28?
C28 Nothing wrong bearing arms of a kind!

Nothing Wrong = Perfect
Shield (as those held by knights) bears a coat of arms – ‘arms of a kind’