Puzzle Pages – answers for October 2026!

Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the October 2026 issue of Expat Living magazine. Do you love quiz questions and puzzles? Make sure you get them every month by subscribing to Expat Living!

Puzzle Pages, October 2026 answers – Page 1

Q&A

#1 What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?
#2 Which 2023 movie became the highest-grossing film directed solely by a woman?
#3 Which river flows through the most countries (10 in total)?
#4 What classic Queen song starts with the line “She keeps her Moët et Chandon in her pretty cabinet”?
#5 What is easily the most produced fruit in the world (ignoring the tomato, which is also botanically a fruit), with around 135 million metric tons a year?
#6 What was the tallest manmade structure in the world for approximately 3,800 years?
#7 What is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear anywhere on the Periodic Table of Elements?
#8 What word means to overfill a space and is also a type of shoe?
#9 What is the primary flavour or ingredient of traditional Worcestershire sauce?
#10 Released in 1995, what was the very first Pixar feature film?

Answers:

#1 Zero degrees Celsius
#2 Barbie (directed by Greta Gerwig)
#3 The Danube
#4 “Killer Queen”
#5 Banana
#6 The Great Pyramid of Giza
#7 The letter J
#8 Clog
#9 Anchovies
#10 Toy Story

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: household

others:
does, dole, dose, duel, held, hoed, hoed, hold,
hood, hued, leud,lode, loud, lude, ludo, ohed,
shed, shod, sled, sold, sued, used, dhole, douse,
holed, hosed, looed, oohed, shoed, slued,
soled, housed

KENKEN

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

Puzzle Pages, October 2026 answers – Page 2

WELL FURNISHED

We all love some nice interior design, but how well do you know your pieces of furniture? Match these 10 to their descriptions

Answers:

Credenza – Long, low-height cabinet with doors or drawers
Hassock – Footrest, very similar to a pouffe
Murphy Bed – Furniture on a hinge that folds into a wall recess or cupboard
Chesterfield – Classic sofa with rolled arms
Chabudai – Short-legged table used for dining and drinking tea
Armoire – Large storage cabinet with swinging doors
Fainting Couch – Narrow sofa with a backrest raised high at one end
Fauteuil – Upholstered armchair with open sides and wooden frame
Panton Chair – S-shaped plastic chair made from one piece
Vitrine – Glass display cabinet

GEOGRAPHY – TRUE OR FALSE?

Good news: You’ve got a 50/50 chance of getting these right!

Answers:

Australia is wider than the Moon – TRUE
The capital of Switzerland is Geneva – FALSE (Bern)
The Mississippi flows through Minneapolis – TRUE
Laos is a landlocked country – TRUE
The equator passes through Sri Lanka – FALSE
The Gobi Desert is located in Asia – TRUE
Monaco is the world’s smallest independent country by area – FALSE (Vatican City)
The Indian Ocean is smaller than the Atlantic – TRUE
Only one US State starts with the letter “E” – FALSE (there are none)
Egypt has more ancient pyramids than Sudan – FALSE

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS

We may not hear them used very often, but below is a legitimate list of collective nouns – can you match each one to its correct animal group?

Answers:

Bloom of jellyfish
Dray of squirrels
Kaleidoscope of butterflies
Skulk of foxes
Shiver of sharks
Unkindness of ravens
Army of frogs
Prickle of porcupines
Dazzle of zebras
Crash of rhinoceroses

THE RIDDLER

The 7th Child Puzzle

Answer: Tilly (the seven names start with Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti)

Enjoyed the Puzzle Pages in our October issue? Read on for more challenges and trivia!

20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz