Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the July 2026 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, July 2026 answers – Page 1
Q&A
#1 Which pop star is the godmother of Elton John’s two sons?
#2 The four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and what?
#3 Is the population of the Maldives under or over one million?
#4 What is ikebana?
#5 Which car company manufactures the Wrangler?
#6 Is Singapore closer to Hong Kong or Darwin?
#7 In the film Moana, what kind of animal is Moana’s companion Heihei?
#8 Rn is the chemical symbol for which gas?
#9 Bucket of Blood was the original name for a Bloody Mary cocktail: true or false?
#10 Which country has the internet domain .la?
Answers:
#1 Lady Gaga
#2 Gryffindor
#3 Under (around 600,000)
#4 The Japanese art of flower arranging
#5 Jeep
#6 Hong Kong
#7 Rooster
#8 Radon
#9 True
#10 Laos
SUDOKU
7 8 1 5 9 2 6 3 4
4 2 3 8 7 6 9 1 5
9 5 6 1 3 4 7 8 2
8 9 7 4 2 3 1 5 6
1 4 2 6 5 8 3 7 9
3 6 5 7 1 9 2 4 8
2 7 4 9 8 1 5 6 3
5 3 8 2 6 7 4 9 1
6 1 9 3 4 5 8 2 7
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: rearrange
others:
ager, gear, gene, gran, rage, rang, agene,
agree, anger, eager, genre, green, rager, range,
enrage, garner, ranger, regear, arrange, arranger
KENKEN
2 3 1 4 5
3 4 2 5 1
5 1 4 2 3
1 2 5 3 4
4 5 3 1 5
Puzzle Pages, July 2026 answers – Page 2
GLASS HALF FULL
List the following liquid volume measurements from smallest to largest
Answers:
Soupçon – 0.6ml approx.
Teaspoon – 5ml
Tablespoon – 14 to 20ml, depending on region
Fluid ounce – 30ml
Cup – 200-284ml, depending on region
Half litre – 500ml
Quart – 946ml
Magnum – 1,500ml
Gallon – 3,785ml to 4,546ml, depending on region
Megalitre – 1,000000000ml
MYSTERY MOUNTAINS
Match the mountain to its brief description
Answers:
Olympus – Home of the gods
K2 – Notoriously difficult to climb
Jungfrau – Pyramid-shaped
Rushmore – Four famous faces
El Capitan – Climbed once without ropes
Vesuvius – Destroyed Pompeii
Table Mountain – View of the Cape
Fuji – Top of Europe
Kosciuszko – Australia’s highest point
Ararat – Resting place of the Ark
RHYME TIME
Name the nursery rhyme from the words or phrases found in it
Answers:
tumbling after – Jack and Jill
great fall – Humpty Dumpty
see such fun – Hey Diddle Diddle
carving knife – Three Blind Mice
one for the dame – Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
sat down beside her – Little Miss Muffet
merrily, merrily – Row, Row, Row Your Boat
white as snow – Mary Had a Little Lamb
pickled peppers – Peter Piper
world so high – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
THE RIDDLER
Answer:
North Town. The towns in correct order from left to right are Bukit Orange, Somersville, North Town, Prata Square, Lionshead, Drylands.
If you enjoyed the Puzzle Pages in our July issue, read on for more challenges and trivia:
20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz
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