Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the August 2023 issue of Expat Living magazine. If you love quiz questions and puzzles and you’d like to make sure you get them every month, don’t forget to subscribe to Expat Living!
Puzzle Pages, August 2023 answers – Page 1
Q&A
#1 What is the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world? (Hint: It’s not in Spain.)
#2 Is one stone closer to four, six or eight kilograms?
#3 Which actor’s name is often misheard in the lyrics of an Elton John song?
#4 What is the word for a single strand of spaghetti?
#5 What is Howard Carter famous for discovering?
#6 Which country has the most islands within its territory (almost 270,000 of them!): Indonesia, Canada or Sweden?
#7 How many teams compete in the NFL in America?
#8 Which Disney film features a character called Scuttle?
#9 What country is Chernobyl in?
#10 What is a nine-sided shape called?
Answers:
#1 Mexico City
#2 Six (one stone is 6.35039kg)
#3 Tony Danza (misheard in “Tiny Dancer”)
#4 Spaghetto
#5 Tutankhamun’s tomb
#6 Sweden
#7 32
#8 The Little Mermaid
#9 Ukraine
#10 Nonagon
SUDOKU
7 6 2 1 5 8 3 4 9
8 4 9 7 6 3 5 2 1
3 1 5 2 4 9 8 7 6
2 7 3 8 1 6 9 5 4
9 5 6 4 7 2 1 8 3
1 8 4 9 3 5 7 6 2
4 3 7 6 8 1 2 9 5
5 2 8 3 9 4 6 1 7
6 9 1 5 2 7 4 3 8
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: microbial
Others:
ambo, amir, balm, barm, blam, brim, calm,
camo, clam, coma, comb, corm, cram, iamb,
lamb, lima, limb, limo, loam, mail, marc, marl,
mica, milo, miri, moil, mola, mora, rami, roam,
amici, carom, claim, climb, iambi, limbo, macro,
malic, mbira, micra, micro, milia, moira, molar,
moral, bromal, bromic, clamor, crambo,
iambic, limbic, moirai
KENKEN
4 1 3 2 5
5 4 1 3 2
2 5 4 1 3
3 2 5 4 1
1 3 2 5 4
Puzzle Pages, August 2023 answers – Page 2
FIND A WORD
Toad choker – a particularly heavy fall of rain
Derecho – a straight-line wind storm (as opposed to a tornado)
Sea smoke – a fog that forms above water in icy areas
Snownado – a tornado that sucks snow into its vortex
Williwaw – sudden wind blast descending from mountains to the coast
Crepuscular rays – visible sun rays passing through haze or other particles
Haboob – intense dust storm
Seiche – a wave in an enlcosed or semi-enclosed body of water
Katabatic wind – a wind carried by gravity down a slope
Megacryometeor – a very large chunk of ice that falls to earth (different to hail)
Dust devil – a strong but short-lived whirwind
Haar – a cold sea fog on the English or Scottish coast
Bombogenesis – the process in which a cyclone develops hurricane-force winds
Petrichor – the earthy smell of rain falling on dry soil
Blood rain – the phenomenon of red rain (usually from dust particles)
LATIN LINGO
To mark August, named after the Roman emperor Augustus, match the Latin phrase with its meaning
Answers:
Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I conquered
Persona non grata – An unwelcome person
Bona fide – In good faith
Carpe diem – Seize the day
Alea iacta est – The die has been cast
Quid pro quo – Something for something
Cogito, ergo sum – I think, therefore I am
In vino veritas – In wine there is truth
Status quo – The existing state of affairs
Et cetera – And other similar things
FINISH THE FILM
Fill in the final word of these famous movie titles
Answers:
Last Tango in Paris
A Star is Born
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
The Towering Inferno
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ralph Wrecks the Internet
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
From Russia with Love
SUPER SOUPS
Tell us the country of origin of these tasty bowls of broth
Answers:
Gazpacho – Spain
Tom Yum – Thailand
Gumbo – USA
Mohinga – Myanmar
Bouillabaisse – France
Pho – Vietnam
Minestrone – Italy
Borscht – Russia
Miso – Japan
Goulash – Hungary
THE RIDDLER
Find a word that can be added after all three words in each group to form new words – e.g., blood, ear, snap = “shot” (bloodshot, earshot, snapshot)
Answers:
class, soul, check – mate
door, cow, dumb – bell
mile, lime, corner – stone
shoe, bow, ham – string
flower, jack, crack – pot
car, white, hand – wash
play, wait, check – list
sand, wall, fly – paper
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