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Stupidly hard work quiz (help!)

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ApocalypseNowt · 07/12/2021 14:34

If anyone remembers previous years my work sets a stupidly hard quiz for us to have a go at every Christmas. This year's is no different....

I've managed to complete the first 8 puzzles myself but now I'm stuck Xmas Sad Very frustrating as I've got the gist of the puzzles but can't figure out what the answer is!

Here's the first one and here's my answers. If anyone can figure out the final answer (two words 5,7) I'd be ever so grateful 😊

Stupidly hard work quiz (help!)
Stupidly hard work quiz (help!)
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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:22

Good call riotlady! I think that's it!

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FoxgloveSummers · 08/12/2021 18:22

@riotlady

I can’t see very well on my phone but the lady in GAN looks like Leslie Mann- if the rugby dude is a wasp then Antman and the Wasp
Love this!! Hope it’s right
minou123 · 08/12/2021 18:25

@rosegoldwatcher

Split Apple Rock is located at Moonraker Way.

Could REB be Moonraker (1979?)

Or could it be the the film Circle In The Rock (2015)

But that is a short obscure film.

LivingInABuildingSite · 08/12/2021 18:26

Is the DCA one The Chase? 1994 film

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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:26

Might AME be 'American Graffiti'? 1973 film directed by George lucas

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SoupDragon · 08/12/2021 18:27

American graffiti is a good fit.

FoxgloveSummers · 08/12/2021 18:28

Can’t believe I didn’t get that, love that film

SoupDragon · 08/12/2021 18:29

I'm not convinced the year is relevant as it still looks like gibberish 😂

minou123 · 08/12/2021 18:30

@SoupDragon

I'm not convinced the year is relevant as it still looks like gibberish 😂
Does alphabetical order help?
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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:32

Not really lol

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SoupDragon · 08/12/2021 18:33

Where does the clue "forget Orpheus" fit in?

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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:33

Wonder what the Orpheus bit is about? Can't see it relating to anything much at the moment...

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PussyCatEatingPigsInBlankets · 08/12/2021 18:33

Soup it's that special type of gibberish that scrambles your head. 😂

I'll admit I' beaten with this.

HaaaaaveyoumetTed · 08/12/2021 18:34

ELS bee movie?

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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:34

Ha! xpost!

Just looked up Orpheus myth and the main one is about him going to the underworld to try and get his wifey back but he looked around when specifically told not to so he didn't.

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PussyCatEatingPigsInBlankets · 08/12/2021 18:35

when I google Orpheus it adds on eurydice

maybe that's the clue?

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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:35

I'm going to concentrate on getting the answers first then (hopefully) once I've slept on it all will be revealed....

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HaaaaaveyoumetTed · 08/12/2021 18:36

Is Orpheus a character in any of the film's?

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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:38

Not that I can think of. But to be fair I just keep thinking about Morpheus in the Matrix. Don't think that's especially helpful!

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minou123 · 08/12/2021 18:40

@HaaaaaveyoumetTed

Is Orpheus a character in any of the film's?
I got all excited earlier because I'd thought I'd cracked it.

I thought The Matrix

But then I realised the character is Morpheaus.

HaaaaaveyoumetTed · 08/12/2021 18:40

@ApocalypseNowt

Not that I can think of. But to be fair I just keep thinking about Morpheus in the Matrix. Don't think that's especially helpful!
Me too 🤣
FoxgloveSummers · 08/12/2021 18:41

Orpheus was a singer, a poet. He was married to Eurydice who died and he went down and persuaded Hades to give her back. She was following him back up to the living world when he turned around (was told not to) and she went back down.

minou123 · 08/12/2021 18:41

Ha ha x post

ldontWanna · 08/12/2021 18:43

@ApocalypseNowt

Not that I can think of. But to be fair I just keep thinking about Morpheus in the Matrix. Don't think that's especially helpful!
That's where my head keeps going too. I was planning to do some googling once we had all the clues and knew what we were looking for.
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ApocalypseNowt · 08/12/2021 18:46

Bit of a stretch but could REE be 'Long Shot' (2019 film with Seth Rogan)?

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