Puzzle Pages – answers for May 2026!

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

Q&A

#1 Starting with “t”, what is the name of the layer of Earth’s atmosphere closest to the ground?
#2 What is the name of the cartoonist who created The Simpsons?
#3 What country is home to the Bagan temples?
#4 What is the singular form of the plural noun “criteria”?
#5 In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun?
#6 What is the name given to a ring-shaped coral reef?
#7 Arendelle is the fictional kingdom of which Disney franchise?
#8 What is the main sport played at the All England Club?
#9 What is the Roman numeral for 97?
#10 What is the name for a casual canvas shoe with a sole made from rope or jute?

Answers:

#1 Troposphere
#2 Matt Groening
#3 Myanmar
#4 Criterion
#5 Icarus
#6 Atoll
#7 Frozen
#8 Tennis
#9 XCVII
#10 Espadrille

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: limbering

others:

berm, bier, brig, brim, brin, emir, germ, girl,
grim, grin, merl, mire, riel, rile, rime, ring,
brine, bring, giber, grime, liger, liner, miler,
miner, reign, binger, gerbil, girlie, inlier, limber,
limier, limner, linger, linier, mering, minier,
miring, riling, riming, birling, blinger, briming,
gremlin, mingier, mingler, nimbler, blingier

KENKEN

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

Puzzle Pages, May 2026 answers – Page 2

ACE THE ACRONYM

What does each of these letters stand for?

Answers:

The S in SONAR – sound
The K in DINK – kids
The A in GOAT – all
The P in ASAP – possible
The S in WYSIWYG – see
The E in PETA – ethical
The L in YOLO – live
The B in SCUBA – breathing
The L in AWOL – leave
The B in USB – bus

MUSIC MAESTROS

We’ll give you the name of a musician; you tell us the instrument they’re most associated with.

Answers:

Ravi Shankar – sitar
Karen Carpenter – drums
John Coltrane – saxophone
Yo-Yo Ma – cello
Tori Amos – piano
Béla Fleck – banjo
Sir James Galway – flute
Bonnie Raitt – guitar
Yehudi Menuhin – violin
Miles Davis – trumpet

ASIAN EATS

Match these popular dishes with their countries of origin

Answers:

Bun cha – Vietnam
Udon – Japan
Mapo dofu – China
Pelmeni – Russia
Hoppers – Sri Lanka
Gulab jamun – India
Som tam – Thailand
Adobo – Philippines
Kabsa – Saudi Arabia
Bibimbap – Korea

THE RIDDLER

A group of people collects $529, with each person contributing an amount in dollars equal to the total number of people in the group. How many people in the group?

Answer: 23 (23 people x $23 = $529)

Liked our May puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:

20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz