Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the February 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, February 2024 answers – Page 1
#1 In what year did the Great Fire of London occur?
#2 Which R&B group was Beyoncé a part of before going solo?
#3 What is the first sign of the zodiac?
#4 Was the first human-to-human heart transplant carried out in the UK, Italy or South Africa?
#5 What scientific unit of measure is also the name of an animal?
#6 What is the name of Batman’s butler?
#7 Which two dances are included in the radio communication alphabet that begins “Alpha, Bravo, Charlie”?
#8 What country is home to chocolate brands Lindt and Toblerone?
#9 What abrasive rock is made from gases frothing in lava?
#10 The minimum number of people required to be present for a meeting or assembly to be valid is called a what?
Answers:
#1 1666
#2 Destiny’s Child
#3 Aries
#4 South Africa
#5 Mole
#6 Alfred
#7 Foxtrot and Tango
#8 Switzerland
#9 Pumice
#10 Quorum
SUDOKU
6 5 1 7 9 2 8 3 4
3 7 2 8 4 1 9 5 6
4 8 9 3 5 6 7 1 2
5 6 3 4 7 8 1 2 9
2 9 7 6 1 5 3 4 8
8 1 4 9 2 3 5 6 7
9 2 5 1 6 7 4 8 3
7 3 6 5 8 4 2 9 1
1 4 8 2 3 9 6 7 5
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: cathedral
Others:
aced, cade, card, chad, clad, cred, dace, dahl, dale,
dare, dart, data, date, deal, dear, delt, dhal, drat, hade,
hard, head, held, herd, lade, lard, lead, read, trad,
aahed, ached, acred, acted, ahead, alder, arced, cadet,
cadre, cared, cedar, chard, clade, dacha, dater, dealt,
death, decal, delta, derat, hadal, haled, hared, hated,
heard, laced, raced, rated, tared, trade, tread, arcade,
arched, carted, chadar, cradle, crated, credal, daleth,
dartle, dearth, detach, halted, hatred, herald, lathed,
reclad, redact, thread, traced, caldera, cathead,
charade, charted, latched, laterad, cathedra, trachled
KENKEN
2 1 5 3 4
4 3 1 2 5
1 4 2 5 3
5 2 3 4 1
3 5 4 1 2
Puzzle Pages, February 2024 answers – Page 2
ALL IN FEBRUARY
Match the event that occurred in February with the year it happened.
Answers
The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show – 1964
Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded – 1587
Richard Nixon becomes first US President to visit China – 1972
Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death – 399 BC
Nelson Mandela released after 27 years in prison – 1990
Marilyn Monroe appears in final film The Misfits – 1961
The first Bible is printed by Johannes Gutenberg – 1455
Tom Brady retires as NFL quarterback – 2023
Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces – 1942
Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in flight – 2003
A MONTH OF LOVE
A gynotikolobomassophile is someone who loves nibbling on women’s earlobes. For Valentine’s Day, match these others “philes” with the things they love.
Answers:
Heliophile – Loves the sun
Pluviophile – Loves a rainy day
Genuphile – Loves knees
Oenophile – Loves drinking wine
Sesquipedalophile – Loves long words
Ergophile – Loves working and being productive
Thalassophile – Loves the sea
Sinistrophile – Loves left-handedness
Ablutophile – Loves washing and bathing
Javaphile – Loves drinking coffee
FLYING HIGH
We’ll give you the airline name, you tell us which country it’s from
Answers:
Cebu Pacific – Philippines
Asiana Airlines – South Korea
Etihad – UAE
Jet Airways – India
Aeroflot – Russia
Delta Air Lines – USA
Aer Lingus – Ireland
Lufthansa – Germany
Garuda – Indonesia
KLM – Netherlands
THE RIDDLER
Maths puzzles, with a trick or two (of course!)
#1 I add five to nine and get two. The answer is right, but how?
#2 When Valerie was six years old, her little brother Ryan was half her age. If Valerie is 40 years old today, how old is Ryan?
#3 Divide 20 by half and add 30, what do you get?
#4 How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
#5 Six children at a party are wearing socks, and four are wearing shoes. Three children are wearing both. How many have bare feet?
Answers:
#1 It’s 9pm; I add 5 hours to it, and it’s 2am
#2 37
#3 70 (20/0.5 = 40, plus 30 equals 70)
#4 One (only the last brick is required to complete the building)
#5 Five
Liked our February puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:
20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz
