April Puzzle Pages Answers! How did you do?

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Answers to Puzzle Page 1

Q&A

#1 Squab is the name given to the young of which bird?
#2 Who played American actress and comedian Lucille Ball in the 2021 film Being the Ricardos?
#3 Where would you find your phalanges?
#4 What’s the capital of Ukraine?
#5 Who won the men’s and women’s titles at this year’s Australian Open tennis grand slam?
#6 What gas gives soft drink or soda its bubbles?
#7 The Da Vinci Code begins with a murder in which famous museum?
#8 What’s the name of the largest island in Africa?
#9 How many strings are there on a standard guitar?
#10 Which country is hosting the FIFA World Cup later in the year?

#1 Pigeon
#2 Nicole Kidman
#3 In your hand
#4 Kyiv (Kiev)
#5 Rafal Nadal and Ash Barty
#6 Carbon dioxide
#7 The Louvre
#8 Madagascar
#9 Six
#10 Qatar

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: benchmark

Others:

bach, back, bake, banc, bane, bank, bare, bark,
barm, barn, beak, beam, bean, bear, beck, bema,
berk, berm, brae, bran, bren, carb, crab, herb, kerb,
nabe, acerb, amber, bacne, baker, beach, bench,
brace, brach, brake, brank, break, bream, caber,
kebar, rehab, backer, banker, barmen, branch,
breach, cabmen, camber, embank, embark, becharm,
bracken, brecham, brechan, chamber

KENKEN

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

Answers to Puzzle Page 2

WORDS FOR THE MONTH

To mark April, find 10 words starting with “ap” from the following definitions; we’ve given you the number of letters in each word

• A simian (and an anagram of a pulse) (3) = ape
• Semi-circular recess in a church (4) = apse
• Steve Jobs (5) = Apple
• A lack of motivation, interest or concern (6) = apathy
• Son of Zeus and the god of music, art, archery and more (6) = Apollo
• Surname of Judd, Hollywood comedian and director (6) = Apatow
• The national fruit of Armenia (7) = apricot
• Small pouch projecting from colon, apparently useless (8) = appendix
• After the amuse-bouche, before the mains (9) = appetiser
• First word of famous Francis Ford Coppola film (10) = Apocalypse           

FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Match the tagline to the movie from the list

“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” – The Social Network
“The weight is over” – Kung Fu Panda 3
“When you live forever, what do you live for?” – Twilight
“They have a plan but not a clue” – O’ Brother Where Art Thou
“Don’t get mad. Get everything.” – The First Wives Club
“Are you in or out?” – Ocean’s Eleven
“An unforgettable journey she probably won’t remember” – Finding Dory
“This time it’s personal” – Jaws The Revenge
“On every street in every city, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody” – Taxi Driver
“Here comes the bride” – Kill Bill: Vol. 1

GETTING AROUND

In which 10 places would you find these methods of transport?

MTR – Hong Kong
MRT – Singapore
Gondola – Venice/Italiy
Tuk-Tuk – Thailand
Cyclo – Vietnam
Pinisi/Phinisi – Indonesia
Jeepney – Philippines
Tube – London
Shinkansen – Japan
The “L” – Chicago/USA

THE RIDDLER

Can you solve these brain teasers?

#1 Saturday, Peter and Simon go to a restaurant. They order lunch and pay the bill. But Peter and Simon forgot their wallets. How did they pay the bill?

#2 Pronounced as one letter, and written with three. Two letters there are, and two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black, blue, and gray; I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?

#3 You walk into your kitchen and on the table are two children, three dogs, four cats, a bird and two spiders. How many legs are on the floor?

Answers

#1 They didn’t pay the bill, their friend Saturday paid it for them.
#2 An eye
#3 Six: the four legs of the table, and your two legs.

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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.