Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the August 2024 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 2024 answers – Page 1
#1 Which sport has the highest net: volleyball, tennis or badminton?
#2 Do men’s shirts have buttons on the left or right side?
#3 Who was vice president of the United States before Kamala Harris?
#4 In which book series do owls deliver letters?
#5 What is the name of the pink-coloured Greek dip made with fish roe?
#6 Where is your fifth metatarsal?
#7 What is the process of converting data into a code to prevent unauthorised access?
#8 What six words come after the song lyric “Oh Danny Boy”?
#9 Medellín is a city in which South American country?
#10 Is a group of unicorns known as a dazzle, a rainbow or a blessing?
Answers:
#1 Volleyball
#2 Right
#3 Mike Pence
#4 Harry Potter
#5 Taramasalata
#6 In your foot
#7 Encryption
#8 “The pipes, the pipes are calling”
#9 Colombia
#10 Blessing
SUDOKU
2 6 7 4 5 9 3 8 1
3 4 8 1 2 7 6 5 9
9 1 5 6 3 8 2 4 7
6 8 2 7 9 5 4 1 3
4 9 1 2 6 3 5 7 8
5 7 3 8 1 4 9 6 2
1 2 4 3 8 6 7 9 5
7 3 9 5 4 1 8 2 6
8 5 6 9 7 2 1 3 4
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: quicksand
Others:
acid, akin, anis, auks, cask, dais, dank, dika, quad,
sack, said, saki, sand, sank, scad, scan, skua, asdic,
canid, dikas, nicad, quack, snack, squad, unica, unsaid
KENKEN
3 2 4 5 1
5 1 3 2 4
4 5 1 3 2
2 4 5 1 3
1 3 2 4 5
Puzzle Pages, August 2024 answers – Page 2
FIND A WORD
Here’s where the 15 comedic catchphrases came from:
How you doin’? – Friends
D’oh! – The Simpsons
Nudge, nudge! – Monty Python
Just like that – Tommy Cooper
Yeah, baby! – Austin Powers
All-righty then! – Ace Ventura
Oh, wiseguy, eh? – The Three Stooges
They killed Kenny! – South Park
I don’t get no respect – Rodney Dangerfield
Computer says no – Little Britain
I yam what I yam! – Popeye
Nanu nanu – Mork & Mindy
No soup for you! – Seinfeld
Exit, stage left – Snagglepuss
What, me worry? – MAD Magazine
AMERICAN STATES
Name two US States that fit each category (repeats are okay). In brackets is the number of possible answers in each category.
#1 Starts with the letter “C” (3)
#2 Has two syllables or less (7)
#3 Has no other vowels but “a” (4)
#4 Starts with “New” (4)
#5 Has four letters (3)
#6 Ends with the letter “n” (4)
#7 Has a double “s” (4)
#8 Has two words, not including “New” (6)
Answers:
#1 Colorado, Connecticut, California
#2 Maine, Georgia, Kansas, New York, Texas, Utah, Vermont
#3 Arkansas, Kansas, Alabama, Alaska
#4 New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, New Mexico
#5 Ohio, Utah, Iowa
#6 Wisconsin, Washington, Michigan, Oregon
#7 Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Massachusetts
#8 Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia
NAME THE FAMOUS ACTOR
We’ll give the surname; you give us the first name
Answers:
Theron – Charlize
Neeson – Liam
Giamatti – Paul
Mirren – Helen
Longoria – Eva
Redmayne – Eddie
Schwimmer – David
Kunis – Mila
Dinklage – Peter
Ringwald – Molly
MONEY MONEY MONEY
Which currencies are represented by the following official currency codes (e.g., SGD = Singapore dollar)
Answers:
VND – Vietnamese dong
INR – Indian rupee
CAD – Canadian dollar
NOK – Norwegian krone
MYR – Malaysian ringgit
CNY – Chinese yuan / renminbi
THB – Thai baht
CHF – Swiss franc
AUD – Australian dollar
RUB – Russian ruble
THE RIDDLER
Word puzzles
#1 What am I eating if I throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside?
#2 What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
#3 Which word is the odd one out: straw, stun, ton, evil, letter, mood, bad, snap?
Answers:
#1 Corn
#2 A deck of cards
#3 Letter, because it doesn’t spell a valid word when reading it backwards
Liked our August puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:
20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz