Stupidly hard work quiz (help!)

[ApocalypseNowt]

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 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 😊

I think Idontwann worked it out

ApocalypseNowt
IDontwanna how did you get to James Cameron....!shock It's right!!!

ldontWanna
Omg this is the first time i hot one of your puzzles right and I've been trying every year. I went if you hear hooves... horses. So looked at film number 5 and 7 both directed by James Cameron which fit. I thought it was too easy to be right gringringrin

Congrats everyone on your super sleuthing! 👏👏👏

I suppose we're all going to have to get on with our work now? Damn! 😂

Aww... gutted it's over. I hope you get an honourable mention in the company newsletter!

@SoupDragon

I know, right?!

I'm not sure what made me look to see if it was an anagram.

I thought of it last night but couldn't get anything that made sense. In my defence it was late. Can't believe it's all over. Stupid work... missed most of the solving.

Thanks for posting @ApocalypseNowt! I remember this quiz from last year, although I was no help at all then either 😅
I'm glad I came upon it when all you super sleuths have solved the puzzle, it was fun to read the workings out all the way through.
I now think of this as the annual MN impossible quiz, looking forward to next year!

Ahh well done guys!

That’s really satisfying but also slightly gutted it’s over xD

did we ever find out what the bloody sodding number were for?

Nope!

Here is another round in case anyone wants a go:

Title is 'Sequences' and the instruction is 'find the missing entry in each sequence'

Enjoy!

5 is Thursday
6 is Jupiter
12 is April

One of them is the rainbow but can't work out which...

Oh, 1 is violet

9 is Prisoner of Azkaban

2 is Die Another Day

I think 10 is The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobes - the initials all match the books from the Chronicles of Narnia though they're not in the right order for the books - maybe there are films which have been published out of sequence (or the events depicted take place not in the order published?)

14 Return of the Jedi

11 Bill Clinton

15 Boris Johnson

@StrawberryFever

I think 10 is The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobes - the initials all match the books from the Chronicles of Narnia though they're not in the right order for the books - maybe there are films which have been published out of sequence (or the events depicted take place not in the order published?)

Yes I think it’s (internal) chronological order as The Magicians Nephew is a prequel to The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

16. Is Arsenal I think. It’s the different winners of the premier league in order… Man Utd, Blackburn, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Leicester, Liverpool

This one looks like something I might be able to have a vague attempt at.

But what the fudge do the numbers in brackets represent.

13 is Matt Smith

This is what we have so far

1 Violet (5)
2 Die Another Day(5)
3
4
5 Thursday (4)
6 Jupiter (5)
7
8
9 Prisoner of Azkaban (3)
10 The Lion The Witch and The Wadrobe (7)
11 Bill Clinton (3)
12 April (4)
13 Matt Smith (5)
14 Return of the Jedi (3)
15 Boris Johnson (2)
16 Arsenal (5)
17

So, if you select the letter in the answer using the number in brackets, you get:

EN RT _ Y INLISTON

Enter Toy in list one? Maybe? But list one is the colours of the rainbow, so I think I may have got this wrong.

ooh 4 is BROWN I think - order of colours in snooker???

I think OP explained the answer earlier - not sure where the Y has come from but I think it was "entry [number] in list [number]"