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!

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz excellent sleuthing! Answer is RSOSBS :)

@kernowpicklepie you can ignore the highlighted bits. That was just me trying to group them into flags....

@GetOffTheRoof our day jobs bear absolutely no resemblance to the quiz! There's just a couple of chaps who are into this kind of stuff and produce one every year. Fwiw i'm not even in their department anymore so I can't even wine but they send it to me anyway cos they know I like it

win not wine lol

They need to send it to us!!

@ApocalypseNowt they need a website to host it or make it downloadable via a link or similar! It's very good.

Do they email you the answers too at any point?

Just thinking you could share

I am pretty sure you are on the right track - I found 9 flags and added it up to 666

These are all flags, might have missed some and might not mean anything!

Oooh I missed 21, 22, 23 so the total must be 732?

45, 46 and 47 is one also - Ivory Coast I think - I am way too invested in this!

The all add up 720 I think with that Ivory Coast one

I wasn't sure if that was meant to be Ivory Coast or not. 720 not the answer though :(

@FruitTwistandShake 732 is the answer! YAY!

Hurray!

YES!! I have about 20 things on my work 'to do' list today but this by far is the most rewarding and productive thing I will do ha ha

Same - happens every year....I should really clear my diary

Here's the last one on this round - the names and dates are just my scribbles so feel free to ignore. This one's annoying me as I THINK it should be simple but i'm drawing a blank...

Have you tried Jimmy Carter as the obvious 5,6?

Time magazine's person of the year for 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020

So it's Willy Brandt for 1970

It's the Time magazine person of the year in 1980, 1990, 2000 etc

Missing one is Willy Brandt in 1970

Genius!!

I wonder if it's significant that the last picture is Biden and Harris (don't suppose Biden Harris is the answer) rather than just one person.

X post - I was literally just googling Time people of the year as well.

• high-fives ronbo

Rich Powerful White Men.

That's my final answer 😁