Puzzle Pages, October 2021: All the Answers!

Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the October 2021 issue of Expat Living. 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!

Answers to Puzzle Page 1

Q&A

#1 Which chemical element is also known as quicksilver?
#2 Who won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title?
#3 What is a baby deer called?
#4 Which famous Russian leader died in 1924?
#5 What location-based augmented-reality game was released in 2016 and downloaded 500 million times in the same year?
#6 What are the traditional wooden shoes of The Netherlands called?
#7 What does the “T” stand for in NATO?
#8 Which American TV show featured an episode called “The Soup Nazi”?
#9 What word, starting with “g”, means a dozen dozens?
#10 If you’re facing the bow of a boat, which side is port?

#1 Mercury
#2 Emma Raducanu
#3 Fawn
#4 Lenin
#5 Pokemon Go
#6 Clogs
#7 Treaty
#8 Seinfeld
#9 Gross
#10 Left

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: neglected

Others: cent, dene, dent, eden, gene, gent, glen,
lend, lent, need, teen, tend, genet, tenge, decent,
gentle, legend, needle, genteel, gentled, neglect

KENKEN

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

Answers to Puzzle Page 2

WORDS FOR THE MONTH

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

octave: Well known interval between one musical pitch and another
octagonal: Having eight sides
ocker: An Australian with a strong, unrefined accent
ocelot: Small South American wild cat
ochre: Natural clay earth pigment
ocarina: Small flute-style wind instrument
occasionally: Every now and then
octopus: Sea creature and owner of a garden in a Beatles’ song
ocean: Very large body of water
occult: Mystical, supernatural or magical beliefs or powers

FIND THAT FLAG

Match the country with the description of its flag

Red with yellow star in centre – Vietnam
Three vertical stripes of green, white, green – Nigeria
White dragon on diagonally divided yellow-orange field – Bhutan
Blue disc with starry sky set in yellow rhombus on green field – Brazil
Nine horizontal blue and white stripes and cross in corner – Greece
Blue with yellow off-centre cross – Sweden
Three horizontal stripes of black, red and gold/yellow – Germany
Large red circle against green background – Bangladesh

ALBUMS & ARTISTS

We’ll tell you the famous album, you name the artist

Nevermind – Nirvana
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
Pet Sounds ­– The Beach Boys
A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay
The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
Dark Side of the Moon ­– Pink Floyd
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Appetite for Destruction – Guns N’ Roses
The Joshua Tree ­– U2
Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones

QUICKIE

I borrow $50 from Mum and $50 from Dad – so, $100 total. I buy a shirt that costs $97, so I have $3 in change. Then give $1 to Mum and $1 to Dad and I keep $1. I now owe Mum $49 and Dad $49, which equals $98 in total. Plus I kept $1; that makes $99. Where’s the missing dollar?

Answer: There isn’t a “missing dollar”. You had $100 and spent $97, and then you gave $1 to your Mum and $1 to your Dad, and kept $1. So, you now owe them $49 each, and you have $1 of your own that you can begin repay them with. Then you’ll need to find another $97 to be square with them!

Liked this? Read on for more fun puzzle pages and trivia:

20 quirky facts about Singapore
The great Travel Guide quiz

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.