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Puzzle Page Answers for September – Page 1
Q&A
#1 Barbara Millicent Roberts and Kenneth Sean Carson are better known as who?
#2 Which well-known Greek dip is made from yoghurt, cucumber and mint?
#3 What’s the cube root of 216?
#4 What was the title of the first episode of the first season of Game of Thrones?
#5 The three countries that topped the gold medal tally at the recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham were Australia, England and who?
#6 How many ribs do humans have?
#7 Which Italian city sits in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius?
#8 FOMO stands for “fear of missing out”, but what does JOMO stand for?
#9 Match the three planets with their average surface temperature: Mars, Neptune, Venus; -200°C, 464°C, -65°C
#10 How many teaspoons are there in a tablespoon?
Answers
#1 Barbie and Ken
#2 Tzatziki
#3 Four
#4 “Winter is Coming”
#5 Canada
#6 Twenty four
#7 Naples
#8 “Joy of missing out”
#9 Mars, -65°C; Neptune, -200°C; Venus, 464°C
#10 Three
SUDOKU
8 5 3 6 7 1 2 9 4
9 4 1 8 5 2 7 3 6
2 7 6 3 9 4 8 1 5
7 1 9 5 4 6 3 2 8
4 3 2 7 8 9 5 6 1
5 6 8 2 1 3 4 7 9
3 2 4 1 6 8 9 5 7
6 9 7 4 2 5 1 8 3
1 8 5 9 3 7 6 4 2
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: checkmate
Others:
ache, ahem, cham, chat, each, etch, hack, haem,
hake, hate, heat, heck, heme, khat, khet, mach,
math, meth, tach, tech, thae, thee, them, cache,
catch, cheat, check, cheek, ketch, mache, match,
tache, teach, theca, theme, cachet, thecae, machete
KENKEN
3 5 1 4 2
1 2 5 3 4
4 1 3 2 5
2 3 4 5 1
5 4 2 1 3
Answers to Puzzle Page 2
FAMOUS FAMILIES
Pair the celebrity couple with their kids
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin – Apple & Moses
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West – North, Saint & Chicago West
Jamie & Jools Oliver – Poppy, Daisy, Petal, Buddy & River
Grimes & Elon Musk – X Æ A-Xii & Exa Dark Sideræl
Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne – Aimee, Kelly & Jack
Barack & Michelle Obama – Malia & Sasha
Bruce Willis & Demi Moore – Rumer, Scout & Tallulah Belle
Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes – Suri
Ed Sheeran & Cherry Seaborn – Lyra Antarctica & Jupiter Seaborn
Frank & Gail Zappa – Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet & Diva
WORLD CAPITALS
Match the capital city with its country
Answers
Baku – Azerbaijan
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso
Havana – Cuba
Pyongyang – North Korea
Caracas –Venezuela
Oslo – Norway
Naypyidaw – Myanmar
Suva – Fiji
Kingston – Jamaica
Vilnius – Lithuania
LYRICAL QUIZ
We’ll give you a two-word hint; you tell us the song title
Answers
Little silhouetto – “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Queen
Jackson, Mississippi – “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson
Knocked down – “Tubthumping”, Chumbawumba
Woo-hoo – “Song 2”, Blur
Mom’s spaghetti – “Lose Yourself”, Eminem
Wedding day – “Ironic”, Alanis Morissette
Rising up – “Eye of the Tiger”, Survivor
Spinal cracker – “Come Together”, The Beatles
Because maybe – “Wonderwall”, Oasis
Everybody cut – “Footloose”, Kenny Loggins
THE RIDDLER
Follow the steps and see if you can work it out!
#1 Blow up a white-coloured balloon.
#2 Get blue, yellow and orange paint.
#3 Paint the balloon green.
#4 Add orange dots.
#5 Paint on yellow stripes (up and down, not around).
#7 Let out half the air of the balloon.
#8 Blow the balloon up again, then pop it.
What is missing from this sequence?
Answer:
Step 6!
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