Stupidly difficult work quiz

[ApocalypseNowt]

Seasons greetings!

The stupidly difficult work quiz is back for those of you that remember (@rosegoldwatcher).

Basically there are a series of very hard puzzles to solve - each puzzle solve gives you a password to move onto the next stage.

I've already managed to solve stage one myself (go me!) but I've ground to a halt as usual on the second stage (which consists of 8 individual puzzles to solve).

Here's a couple of puzzles i'm stuck on - any help much appreciated!

I never get theses, but is one London underground stations? So the last one is Paddington etc, Great Portland St ?

Hurrah!

Yes, the coloured initials are tube lines/stations.

The colour dots are in the Friends logo.

The answer to It's Showtime is indeed Friends! Thank you :)

Are they the Olsen sisters? And the group Dr Hook ?

Bullseye the TV show?

Yes, first photo is Tom Brady, then Olsen sisters. Bottom right is the French manager Didier Deschamps

the band is Iron Maiden

The cricketer is Jofra Archer.

torture? - too long

weapon? Poisons?

Tom Brady
Olsen Twins (Mary Kate and Ashley)
Iron Maiden
Archer
Didier Deschamps
Dart

And Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire I think?

And this is why family never want me on their team for our Christmas quiz 🤣🤦‍♀️

The tube ones is Sherlock Holmes

(initials of missing stations spell defective based at BS = Baker street)

Detective.

not defective 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sherlock Holmes is correct - amazing work!

Dammit, I’d got as far as Detective but was beaten to it!

I'm thinking the pictures one is killing/murderers.

Ian Brady
Simon Olsen
Bullseye murders
Iron Maiden - Killers (album) - this one's a bit of a stretch
Dr Etienne Deschamps
William Pierce

That's all I've got for now, though.

Could the "of the times" ones be anything to do with horoscopes? You have Archer (Sagitarrius), Twins (Gemini) and Bull (Cancer). There are 11 pictures so could the answer be the 12th one? And "of the times" is usually preceded by "sign".....?

I was thinking about this quiz just the other day and wondered when it would be here 😂

And Tom Brady = Goat (Capricorn) ?

Not sure how the others fit in though!

Good call.

Iron Maiden = Virgo?

Ahhh, fair. Horoscopes is a much better solution :)

This makes me feel very dumb 😂

Didier Deschamps is Nicknamed "the water-carrier"