Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the December 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, December 2023 answers – Page 1
Q&A
#1 Which ocean is home to the Bermuda Triangle?
#2 In what sport might you pull off a Barani or a Rudolph?
#3 At the 2010 MTV Video Awards, Lady Gaga arrived in a dress made out of what?
#4 Female honeybees are known as “workers”, but what are male honeybees called, starting with “d”?
#5 What is the only US state with a one-syllable name?
#6 What word comes next in this sequence: million, billion, trillion, …?
#7 Who was the first Disney princess?
#8 Does a fresh egg sink or float in water?
#9 Louis XIV of France was nicknamed the what king?
#10 What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl?
Answers:
#1 Atlantic
#2 Trampolining
#3 Raw meat / steak
#4 Drones
#5 Maine
#6 Quadrillion
#7 Snow White
#8 Sink
#9 The Sun King
#10 Hedwig
SUDOKU
5 2 1 6 4 8 3 7 9
3 6 9 5 1 7 4 8 2
4 7 8 2 9 3 5 1 6
1 4 6 7 8 9 2 5 3
2 5 7 1 3 6 9 4 8
9 8 3 4 2 5 7 6 1
6 9 4 3 5 1 8 2 7
7 3 2 8 6 4 1 9 5
8 1 5 9 7 2 6 3 4
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: knowledge
Others:
dele, dole, enol, geld, glee, glen, glow, gold,
keel, leek, lend, leno, lode, loge, lone, long,
noel, weld, dowel, glede, klong, kneel, ledge,
loden, lodge, longe, lowed, newel, ogled, olden,
wedel, dongle, glowed, golden, legend, longed,
weeklong
KENKEN
2 3 1 4 5
5 2 3 1 4
4 5 2 3 1
1 4 5 2 3
3 1 4 5 2
Puzzle Pages, December 2023 answers – Page 2
SPORTY SPECTACLES
Which sport is each of these stadiums or locations most commonly associated with?
Answers:
Camp Nou – Football
Wrigley Field – Baseball
Suzuka – Motorsports
The Gabba – Cricket
Roland-Garros – Tennis
Teahupoʻo – Surfing
Lambeau Field – American Football
Carnoustie – Golf
Ellis Park – Rugby Union
MGM Grand – Boxing
X MARKS THE SPOT
Just in time for Xmas, match the X word with its meaning!
Answers:
Xanthippe – the wife of Socrates
Xi’an – a city in China
Xenops – a tropical rainforest bird
Xanadu – a 1980 musical fantasy film
X Æ A-12 – the son of Grimes and Elon Musk
Xyloid – something resembling wood
XOXO – hugs and kisses
Xacuti – a popular curry in Goa, India
Xena – character played by Lucy Lawless
Xenophobe – a person who fears foreigners
WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I? (PART 2)
Following on from last issue, what country are you in if you are …
Answers:
Running with the bulls – SPAIN
Climbing Kilimanjaro – TANZANIA
Staying in a ryokan – JAPAN
Cruising on Milford Sound – NEW ZEALAND
Getting a glimpse of Petra – JORDAN
Drinking a shot of Limoncello – ITALY
Hiking on Eyjafjallajökull – ICELAND
Watching wrestlers at the Naadam Festival – MONGOLIA
Visiting The Big Pineapple – AUSTRALIA
Looking out at Tanah Lot – INDONESIA
THE RIDDLER
There is a very narrow road in a city that’s almost impossible even for a single vehicle to pass through. On this road, two bus drivers had to pass each other; one coming from one end and the other from another. They managed this feat easily without any kind of trouble. How?
Answer:
The two bus drivers were walking.
Liked our December puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:
20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz
