Puzzle Pages, January 2021: All the Answers!

Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the January 2021 issue of Expat Living. If you missed the puzzles or you’d like to make sure you get them in each issue from now, don’t forget to subscribe!

Answers to Puzzle Page 1

Q&A

#1 Who wrote The Cat In The Hat?
#2 What’s the common name for dried plums?
#3 What colour is found on approximately 75 percent of the world’s flags?
#4 Chrome, Explorer and Safari are all types of what?
#5 To the nearest mile, how many miles are in 10km?
#6 Starting with “L” is which British brand associated with boxing fashion and gear?
#7 Which three words appear at the end of each Looney Tunes cartoon?
#8 What is an interrobang: a weather event, a guerrilla combat tactic or a punctuation mark?
#9 What fashion item was made popular by the 1983 film Flashdance?
#10 What’s the name of the whale with a long protruding tusk?

#1 Dr Seuss
#2 Prunes
#3 Red
#4 Internet browsers
#5 Six
#6 Lonsdale
#7 “That’s All, Folks!”
#8 Punctuation mark (it combines a question mark with an exclamation point)
#9 Leg warmers
#10 Narwhal

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

Main word: filmmaker

Other possible words:
alef, alif, fail, fair, fake, fame, fare, farl, farm,
feal, fear, fiar, fike, fila, file, film, fire, firm, flak,
flam, flea, flir, frae, kaif, kerf, kief, leaf, lief, life,
reif, rife, afire, faker, fakir, farle, feral, feria, fermi,
filar, filer, flair, flake, flame, flare, fleam, flier,
frail, frame, freak, kafir, kalif, kefir, lifer, rifle,
ferial, filmer, flaker, flamer, refilm, flakier, flamier

KENKEN

5 3 2 4 1 6
6 1 4 2 3 5
3 2 5 6 4 1
4 6 1 3 5 2
2 5 3 1 6 4
1 4 6 5 2 3

Puzzle Page 2

WORLD EVENTS

Match the major world event with the year it happened

1977: First Star Wars film is released
2011: Death of Osama Bin Laden
2004: Facebook is launched
1961: First man in space
1994: Nelson Mandela elected president
2019: Start of COVID-19 pandemic
1997: Death of Princess Diana
1962: First Beatles song charts in the UK
1989: Berlin Wall comes down

MISSING LETTERS

Add the correct letter to finish the following five-letter words

AN_EL
B_UND
JOU_T
_ RONT
SA_VY
RAD_I
_UART
EA_LE

ANGEL, BOUND, JOUST, FRONT, SAVVY, RADII, QUART, EAGLE

QUICKIE

Devilish Ditloids

366 days in a leap year
Snow White and the 7 Dwarves
10 Things I Hate About You
12 signs of the zodiac
1001 Arabian Nights
A picture is worth 1000 words
30 days has September, April, June and November
2001 A Space Odyssey

MOVIE QUOTES

• “I’ll have what she’s having.” (1989) When Harry Met Sally
• “It’s official, old buddy: I’m a has-been.” (2019) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” (1987) The Princess Bride
• “I’m the king of the world!” (1997) Titanic
• “Even though some of you are pretty thin, you all have fat hearts, and that’s what matters.” (2012) Pitch Perfect
• “I’m having an old friend for dinner.” (1991) Silence of the Lambs
• “Why so serious?” (2008) The Dark Knight
• “I mean, funny like I’m a clown? I amuse you?” (1990) Goodfellas
• “Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?” (1967) The Graduate
• “You got the wrong guy. I’m the Dude, man.” (1998) The Big Lebowski

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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 mostly on travel but also covers food, history, sport, trivia and more, across Expat Living’s publications and websites in Singapore and Hong Kong.