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Puzzle Page November answers – Page 1
Q&A
#1 What name was given to the first cloned mammal?
#2 Which native Australia tree has an oil used medicinally for clearing congestion?
#3 What is the value of pi (p) as a fraction?
#4 What Swedish word describes a meal with various hot and cold dishes that you serve yourself?
#5 In ballet, what is a plié (“plee-ay”)?
#6 Which Italian island is famous for glass making?
#7 Who played figure skater Tonya Harding in the 2017 film I, Tonya?
#8 What do you call a tube inserted into the body to remove or deliver fluid?
#9 KLM is the national airline of which country?
#10 The video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 includes music composed by which popstar: Michael Jackson, Madonna or Justin Timberlake?
Answers
#1 Dolly (a sheep)
#2 Eucalyptus
#3 22/7
#4 Smorgasbord
#5 Bending the knees
#6 Murano
#7 Margot Robbie
#8 Cannula
#9 The Netherlands
#10 Michael Jackson
SUDOKU
4 9 5 2 1 6 3 7 8
6 2 7 8 5 3 4 9 1
3 1 8 9 7 4 5 6 2
7 4 2 6 8 1 9 5 3
5 8 9 3 2 7 1 4 6
1 3 6 4 9 5 8 2 7
8 5 3 7 6 9 2 1 4
2 7 1 5 4 8 6 3 9
9 6 4 1 3 2 7 8 5
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: driftwood
Others: dido, dirt, doit, fido, frit, rift, riot, roti, tori, trio, writ, drift, droid, droit, fiord, fordid, toroid
KENKEN
1 5 2 4 3
2 1 4 3 5
5 3 1 2 4
3 4 5 1 2
4 2 3 5 1
Puzzle Page November answers – Page 2
FIND A WORD
Answers:
Iced VoVo – Australia
Lebkuchen – Germany
Tennis Biscuit – South Africa
Macaron – France
MallowPuffs – New Zealand
Vaniljekranse – Denmark
Parle-G – India
Kourabiethes – Greece
Shortbread – Scotland
Amaretti – Italy
Jammy Dodger – UK
Sequilhos – Brazil
Hello Panda – Japan
Fortune Cookie – USA
Stroopwafel – Netherlands
ANAGRAMS
Unscramble these words to form the names of countries
Hat Bun – Bhutan
Rent Again – Argentina
Ape Groins – Singapore
Meg Ryan – Germany
None Said I – Indonesia
Moon Race – Cameroon
Ultra Asia – Australia
Mr Naked – Denmark
Lit The Incense – Lichtenstein
Handle Bags – Bangladesh
TWO-WORD QUIZ
Last month we did films; this time, name the TV shows from the two-word clues
Answers
Central Perk – Friends
Albuquerque meth – Breaking Bad
White Walkers – Game of Thrones
Kenny dies – South Park
Upside Down – Stranger Things
You’re fired! – The Apprentice
Paulie Walnuts – The Sopranos
Soup Nazi – Seinfeld
Ay, caramba! – The Simpsons
Manolo Blahniks – Sex and the City
KNOW YOUR GENRE
Match the 10 musical styles to their country of origin
Bossa nova: Brazil
New Romantic: UK
Reggae: Jamaica
K-pop: South Korea
Rumba: Cuba
Baila: Sri Lanka
Jazz: USA
Calypso: Trinidad and Tobago
Flamenco: Spain
Mariachi: Mexico
THE RIDDLER
#1 What number will give you 4 as a final answer after you add 8 to it, subtract 8 from it, multiply what is left by 8 and then divide that result by 4 doubled?
#2 What three words can be represented by the numbers 4915, 379919 and 0.0791?
#3 Think of a number. Now double it; add 5; add 12; subtract 3; divide by 2; subtract the number you first thought of; and what do you get?
Answers:
#1 Four
#2 The numbers are upside-down calculator letters (where “8” = “B”, “3” = “E” and so on); so the answers are SIGH, GIGGLE and IGLOO
#3 Seven. (The answer is always seven – it doesn’t matter what number you start with.)
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