Puzzle Pages – answers for December!

Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the December 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, December 2024 answers – Page 1

Q&A

1. Starting with “c”, what is the term for a period of play in a game of polo?
2. In which decade was the slogan “flower power” first used?
3. The Pelican Brief, Runaway Jury and The Firm are all films based on books by which author?
4. Red is the most common colour used in national flags; what are the second and third most common colours?
5. The number eight lying on its side is the symbol for what?
6. Where in a theatre would you find the wings?
7. Which city hosted the Russian F1 Grand Prix from 2014 to 2021?
8. Sonoma, Ventura, Monterey and Big Sur are all locations in California and also the names of what?
9. Which English artist became famous for his artworks depicting preserved dead animals?
10. To spell the word “BIBLE” on a calculator, what number would you type before turning the screen upside down?

Answers:

1. Chukka
2. 1960s
3. John Grisham
4. Blue and white
5. Infinity
6. On the sides of the stage
7. Sochi
8. Apple operating systems (macOS)
9. Damien Hurst
10. 37818

SUDOKU

1 3 5  2 4 6  9 8 7
2 6 9  7 8 3  4 1 5
4 7 8  5 9 1  6 2 3

8 4 1  9 5 2  7 3 6
3 2 6  4 1 7  8 5 9
9 5 7  3 6 8  2 4 1

5 8 2  1 7 9  3 6 4
6 9 4  8 3 5  1 7 2
7 1 3  6 2 4  5 9 8

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: equipment

others:

emit, item, mine, mint, mite, pein, pine, pint,
ptui, quip, quit, time, tine, unit, equip, inept,
input, pique, quiet, quint, quite, tempi, unite,
untie, uptie, equine, impute, minuet, minute,
piemen, piment, piquet, pitmen, quinte,
uptime, quieten

KENKEN

2 4 1 3 5
3 1 5 4 2
4 5 2 1 3
5 3 4 2 1
1 2 3 5 4

Puzzle Pages, December 2024 answers – Page 2

FIND A WORD

Answers:

Here are definitions of the 15 archaic Christmas-related terms that were hiding in our word search!

1. Bummock: Strong ale brewed especially for a festive occasion (also a party thrown at Christmas time by tenants for their landlords)
2. Hogamadog: Huge ball of snow made by rolling a smaller ball through a snowfield
3. Yulehole: The last hole of a belt that is necessary to utilise during or after a Christmas feast
4. Doniferous: Bearing gifts
5. Bellycheer: The feeling of satisfaction that comes from a huge feast
6. Qualtagh: The first person that someone encounters upon leaving their home in the new year
7. Bubbly-jock: A male turkey
8. Crawmassing: Picking through festive leftovers
9. Wassail: A toast to someone’s health, proposed especially at Christmas
10. Kirsmas-glass: A drink made to toast a house on Christmas Day
11. Krampus: A half-demon that terrorises children who have been bad at Christmas
12. Waits: Bands of musicians who formed to play carols at Christmas
13. Julebukking: Trying to guess who is the disguised neighbour visiting your home at Christmas (an old Scandinavian tradition)
14. Kedge-gutted: To make oneself ill from overeating
15. Gawby Market: Markets held on the first day of trading after Christmas

SOMETHING THE SOMEONE – PART 2

Last month was historical characters; this time, match the fictional character with their epithet

Answers:

Popeye the Sailor
Felix the Cat
Bob the Builder
Sonic the Hedgehog
Dennis the Menace
Buddy the Elf
Conan the Barbarian
Oscar the Grounch
Cedric the Entertainer
Hagar the Horrible

DYNAMIC DUETS

Add the second name responsible for the hit songs listed below

Answers:

• “Up Where We Belong” – Jennifer Warnes & Joe Cocker
• “Shallow” – Lady Gage & Bradley Cooper
• “You’re the One that I Want” – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
• “California Girls” – Snoop Dogg & Katy Perry
• “Kids” – Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue
• “Islands in the Stream” – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
• “Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
• “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” – Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
• “Ebony & Ivory” – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
• “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

WHERE AM I

Match the first part of the country name with the second part

Answers:

Dominican Republic
São Tomé and Príncipe
Marshall lslands
The Gambia
Cabo Verde
Burkina Faso
Timor-Leste
San Marino
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Guinea-Bissau

THE RIDDLER

Rebuses revisited: what phrases are represented below?

1. OHOLENE
2. NEPAINCK
3. BUSINES
4. ELOR
5. JANOB

Answers:

1. Hole in one
2. Pain in the neck
3. Unfinished business
4. Role reversal
5. An inside job

Liked our December puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:

20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz