Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the October 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, October 2024 answers – Page 1
Q&A
#1 What is the most common surname in Ireland?
#2 The Mona Lisa has been vandalised many times, but how many times has it been stolen: zero, one or four?
#3 Who was assassinated in New York in 1980?
#4 Which famous soft drink was originally called “Brad’s Drink”?
#5 What is the capital of Spain?
#6 Which countries won the most overall medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics respectively?
#7 Hg is the chemical symbol for which metal?
#8 What movie did Cher win an Oscar for?
#9 What is the largest state of India by area?
#10 The name Lego derives from the Danish phrase for “play well” – true or false?
#1 Murphy
#2 One
#3 John Lennon
#4 Pepsi
#5 Madrid
#6 USA (Olympics) and China (Paralympics)
#7 Mercury
#8 Moonstruck
#9 Rajasthan
#10 True
SUDOKU
9 1 2 3 4 7 5 6 8
5 6 4 9 1 8 3 2 7
3 7 8 2 6 5 4 1 9
6 9 1 8 5 2 7 3 4
4 8 7 1 9 3 6 5 2
2 3 5 6 7 4 8 9 1
7 2 6 4 3 9 1 8 5
8 4 3 5 2 1 9 7 6
1 5 9 7 8 6 2 4 3
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: hamburger
others:
ahem, argh, augh, buhr, haem, hare, harm, hear, herb,
herm, huer, huge, rhea, burgh, harem, huger, rehab, rheum,
rhumb, umrah, harmer, bearhug, burgher, murragh
KENKEN
1 4 5 2 3
5 1 2 3 4
4 3 1 5 2
2 5 3 4 1
3 2 4 1 5
Puzzle Pages, October 2024 answers – Page 2
MAPS & SHAPES
Match the country with the description of its shape
Answers:
Italy – a boot and a ball
Chile – a long, thin chilli
China – a chicken
France – a hexagon
Sri Lanka – a tear drop
Japan – a seahorse
Somalia – the number seven
Ireland – teddy bear
THREE FILMS, ONE ACTOR
Name the actor who appeared in all three films
Answers:
Troy, World War Z, Fight Club – Brad Pitt
Shrek, The Mask, Being John Malkovich – Cameron Diaz
The Departed, As Good As It Gets, Wolf – Jack Nicholson
The Blind Side, Bird Box, Gravity – Sandra Bullock
Snakes on a Plane, Jackie Brown, The Phantom Menace – Samuel L Jackson
La La Land, Easy A, Poor Things – Emma Stone
The Kissing Booth, Priscilla, Saltburn – Jacob Elordi
Spy, The Little Mermaid, Bridesmaids – Melissa McCarthy
Hitch, I Am Legend, King Richard – Will Smith
Anna Karenina, Bend It Like Beckham, Colette – Keira Knightley
FOODIE SAYINGS
Finish these common expressions by adding something edible
Answers:
“bring home the bacon”
“cream of the crop”
“bigger fish to fry”
“when life gives you lemons”
“spill the beans”
“cool as a cucumber”
“two peas in a pod”
“flat as a pancake”
“the way the cookie crumbles”
“couch potato”
THE RIDDLER
What uncommon characteristic do these six words have in common?
insult
protest
suspect
convert
conflict
present
Answers:
The meaning of each word changes depending on where you put the stress on the syllable
Liked our October puzzle pages? Read on for more fun puzzles and trivia:
20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz
