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Puzzle Pages – answers for June 2026!

2nd June 2026 by Shamus Sillar 4 Min Read

Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the June 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, June 2026 answers – Page 1

Q&A

#1 The men’s FIFA World Cup starts this month. Who won the last tournament?
#2 What is trail mix?
#3 What is the name of Hailey Bieber’s skincare brand?
#4 How many astronauts were on board Artemis II for its successful space mission this year?
#5 What city is traditionally known for its gondolas?
#6 What is the third most populous country in the world?
#7 Which one of these animals is not venomous: recluse spider, slow loris, manta ray?
#8 A new Toy Story film is being released this month. What number is the series up to?
#9 What is the name of the seaweed that’s commonly used to wrap sushi?
#10 How much is three score and ten?

Answers:

#1 Argentina
#2 A mix of nuts, dried fruit, seeds and/or chocolate used by hikers and campers
#3 Rhode
#4 Four
#5 Venice, Italy
#6 USA
#7 Manta ray (the slow loris is the world’s only venomous primate)
#8 Five
#9 Nori
#10 Seventy

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: dachshund

others:
anus, cash, chad, dash, duad, hand, hash, hush, sand,
scad, scan, scud, shad, shah, shun, such, hunch, sadhu,
sauch, haunch, chuddah

KENKEN

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

puzzle pages june 2026

Puzzle Pages, June 2026 answers – Page 2

FIND-A-WORD

Here are the definitions of our 15 rare words from the June issue.

  1. xertz – To drink or gulp something quickly and greedily
  2. unperson – someone whose existence is officially denied, ignored or erased, particularly for political reasons.
  3. erf – a plot of land in South Africa and some other parts of the continent
  4. waesucks – sadness or regret at the end of an enjoyable event
  5. griffonage – careless, untidy or illegible handwriting.
  6. macaronic – a mix of languages or words from different tongues
  7. agelast – someone who never laughs
  8. dottle – remnants of unburnt tobacco in a pipe after smoking
  9. syzygy – when three celestial bodies align
  10. brannigan – a loud argument or brawl
  11. potvalor – the boldness brought on by drinking alcohol
  12. shalloon – common wool fabric used for lining jackets in the 18th century
  13. ear trumpet – cone-shaped gadget used by people with hearing loss to amplify sound
  14. friendlily – in a friendly way
  15. pronk – to jump in the air with all four feet off the ground (as a gazelle might do)

ACRONYMS… AGAIN!

What does each of these letters stand for?

Answers:

The I in PIN – identification|
The L in TTYL – later
The E in EQ – emotional
The P in VPN – private|
The W in BTW – way
The K in KPI – key
The D in TBD – determined
The A in N/A – applicable
The M in ICYMI – missed
The R in LOTR – Rings

A WHO’S WHO OF CINEMA

We’ll give you the character name, you tell us the film

Answers:

Andy Dufresne – The Shawshank Redemption
Mirabel Madrigal – Encanto
Maximus Decimus Meridius – Gladiator
Lisbeth Salander – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Agent Smith – The Matrix
Miss Trunchbull – Matilda
Vincent Vega – Pulp Fiction
Kat Stratford – 10 Things I Hate About You
Olaf – Frozen
Rose DeWitt Bukater – Titanic

WORDS FOR THE MONTH

To mark June, find 10 words starting with “ju” from the following definitions; we’ve given you the number of letters in each word

Answers:

Drizzle this French gravy over a chicken (3) – jus
A sport with throws, grapples and submissions (4) – judo
Van Halen song (4) – Jump
Popular seafood restaurant chain in Singapore (5) – Jumbo
To keep multiple items moving in the air (6) – juggle
Timberlake, Trudeau, Bieber (6) – Justin
Changi is to the east; what is to the west? (6) – Jurong
Film franchise about a magic board game (7) – Jumanji
Used in horror films to make terrify the viewer (9) – jumpscare
An unstoppable force (10) – juggernaut

THE RIDDLER

#1 How much is 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1000?
#2 A juice and a curry puff cost $5.10. The curry puff costs one dollar more than the juice. How much does the juice cost?
#3 What’s the next number in this sequence? 7, 5, 8, 4, 9, 3, x

Answers:

#1 100
#2 $2.05 (curry puff is $3.05, juice is $2.05, for a total of $5.10
#3 10 (minus 2, add 3, minus 4, add 5, minus 6, add 7)


Here are the Puzzle Pages answers for June. Find more quiz questions and great Singapore stories in the next issue of Expat Living! puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:

20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz

Shamus Sillar

While he has worked as a magazine editor since 2003, Shamus also has a PhD in Roman History (useful!) and is a published author. He writes on travel, food, history, sport, trivia and more across Expat Living’s publications and websites in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and Malaysia.

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