Are there unwritten rules stating when it's an acceptable time to ask for help - a week before the closing date, two weeks? The heading clearly states the name of the quiz so those people, like yourself, with a masochistic nature, who wish to continue the torture needn't click on to the post and accidentally get any answers. Others who have spent long enough, in their opinion, trying for answers are entitled to ask for help. If you don't wish to give it, that's fine, that's up to you but don't presume to tell other people what to do.