Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the March 2025 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, March 2025 answers – Page 1
Q&A
- What musical instrument does the Muppet character Animal play?
- Who was appointed the first woman Speaker of the House in the US?
- Crabs and lobsters have how many legs?
- Who is the love interest of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice?
- What year was Kodak founded: 1892, 1912 or 1932?
- The zloty is the currency of which European country?
- Ben-Hur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King share the record for most Academy Awards for one film; how many did they win?
- What is the national anthem of the United Kingdom?
- Ted Kaczynski was better known as what?
- How long, in minutes, is a standard episode of Bluey?
Answers:
- Drums
- Nancy Pelosi
- Ten
- Mr Darcy
- 1892
- Poland
- Eleven
- ‘God Save The King’
- The Unabomber
- Seven
SUDOKU
6 4 2 3 9 5 7 8 1
5 9 7 1 4 8 6 2 3
1 8 3 6 7 2 9 5 4
4 7 8 5 6 3 1 9 2
3 1 9 4 2 7 5 6 8
2 5 6 8 1 9 3 4 7
9 3 1 2 5 4 8 7 6
7 6 4 9 8 1 2 3 5
8 2 5 7 3 6 4 1 9
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: paperback
Others:
acre, back, beck, cake, cape, care, carp, crab,
crap, pace, peck, race, rack, reck, aback, acerb,
apace, brace, brack, caper, carap, crape, creak,
pacer, recap, backer, capper, packer, reback,
repack, prepack
KENKEN
5 4 3 1 2
2 3 1 5 4
1 2 4 3 5
4 1 5 2 3
3 5 2 4 1
Puzzle Pages, March 2025 answers – Page 2
BITS OF THE BODY
Match each part of the body to its technical term
Answers:
clavicle – thin bone between sternum and shoulder blade
glabella – area of skin between the eyebrows
lingual frenulum – band of tissue connecting tongue to the floor of the mouth
philtrum – groove in the upper lip that runs from lip to nose
lunula – crescent-shaped whiteish area of a nail
columella nasi – central fleshy section between the two nostrils
thoracic cavity – large hollow space enclosed by the ribs
rasceta – creases on the inside of the wrist
adductor longus – skeletal muscle located in the thigh
acnestis – area between shoulder blades that can’t be reached to scratch
WHICH WORDS?
For the month of March, find words starting with the letters “MAR” (we’ve given the letter count for each)
Answers:
Musical shaker used in Latin music (6) – maraca
Famous 19th-century Karl (4) – Marx
Wombats, possums, wallabies etc. (10) – marsupials
Long-distance running event (8) – marathon
Quarried in Carrara near Rome (6) – marble
“Hand of God” goal-scorer (8) – Maradona
Tequila, triple sec, lime juice and salt rim (9) – Margarita
Depressed robot in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (6) – Marvin
Well-known brand of amplifier (8) – Marshall
Citrussy preserve for toast (9) – marmalade
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Which continents (including Oceania) are the following countries located in?
Answers:
Tunisia – Africa
Suriname – South America
Cuba – North America
Bahrain – Asia
Seychelles – Africa
San Marino – Europe
Wallis and Fortuna – Oceania
Panama – North America
Jordan – Asia
Guyana – South America
THE RIDDLER
Feeling mathematically minded? Have a crack at these puzzles.
- Seven people meet at a party, and each person shakes hands only once with each of the others. How many handshakes are there in total?
- I am a number. If you take 15 away from me and then divide the result by 3, the answer is 5. What number am I?
- You are standing eight feet away from a door. With each move, you cover half the distance to the door. How many moves does it take to reach the door?
Answers:
#1 21 (6+5+4+3+2+1). The first person shakes hands with all six other people; the second person has already shaken hands with the first person, but then shakes hands with the other five; the third person has had two handshakes already, but then also shakes hands with the other four; and so on.
#2 The answer is 30 because (30 – 15) / 3 = 5
#3 You’ll never reach the door, because each time you move, you will still only cover half the distance to the door, no matter how small the distance.
Liked our March puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:
20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz
