Puzzle Pages, May 2021: All the Answers!

Here you’ll find the answers to our Puzzle Pages from the May 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 What is the common shortcut for cutting text on a computer?
#2 What gets measured on the Beaufort scale?
#3 Which company owns Porsche, Lamborghini, Audi and Ducati?
#4 Amok is a popular seafood curry dish in which Southeast Asian country?
#5 Is yellow a primary or secondary colour?
#6 What was Twitter called when it first launched?
#7 What is the name of Batman’s butler?
#8 What is the largest artery in the human body?
#9 Was William Shakespeare born in 1564, 1664 or 1764?
#10 Which Indian city is home to the Taj Mahal?

#1 Ctrl + X
#2 Wind speed
#3 Volkswagen
#4 Cambodia
#5 Primary
#6 Twitter
#7 Alfred
#8 Aorta
#9 1564
#10 Agra

SUDOKU

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

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

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

WORDWHEEL

9-letter word: longitude

Others:
duel, duet, dune, dung, etui, genu, glue, glut, gout,
iglu, leud, lieu, litu, loud, lout, lude, ludo, luge, lune,
lung, lunt, lute, nude, tolu, tule, tune, tung, udon, undo,
unio, unit, unto, donut, glued, gluon, glute, guide, guild,
guile, guilt, indue, lunge, lungi, luted, nudge, nudie,
outed, togue, tuned, ungot, unite, unled, unlet, unlit, untie,
until, utile, dilute, englut, gluten, guidon, guiled, gulden,
indult, louden, lounge, louted, lunged, lutein, luting, nodule,
outing, outlie, tongue, united, untied, untile, untold,
dueling, dueting, eluding, eluting, elution, indulge, lounged,
louting, outline, toluide, tongued, unoiled, untiled, outlined

KENKEN

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

Puzzle Page 2

MONEY MATTERS

Match the country with its currency

Fiji – Dollar
Guatemala – Quetzal
Indonesia – Rupiah
Israel – Shekel
Myanmar – Kyat
Japan – Yen
Denmark – Krone
Vietnam – Dong
Vatican City – Euro
Tonga – Pa’anga

WHICH WORD?

Words of the month

An ancient civilisation in the area covering today’s Mexico (4) – Maya
In charge of a town (5) – Mayor
Perhaps; possibly (5) – Maybe
A feeling of concern or distress (6) – Dismay
A situation where there is a distinct lack of order or control (6) – Mayhem
Something people might dance around at a festival (7) – Maypole
A ship that transported Pilgrims (9) – Mayflower
A popular sandwich spread (10) – Mayonnaise

QUICKIE

A picnic outing

A couple who have five sons went for a picnic; each of the sons has seven sisters, and each sister has three babies. In total, how many people went for the picnic?

The couple make up 2 people. Add 5 sons and you have 7 people. If each of the sons has 7 sisters, that’s still only 7 more people (not 5 x 7), so that’s 14 so far. And there are 21 babies, which makes a total of 35. However, nowhere in the question did it state directly that any of the sons, daughters or grandchildren went along to the picnic too, so a more technically correct answer is 2 – only the couple went for the picnic.

MOVIE QUOTES

• “You had me at hello” (1996) Jerry Maguire
• “I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realise, it’s a comedy” (2019) Joker
• “Houston, we have a problem” (1995) Apollo 13
• “You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you’re going to go through life thinking that girls don’t like you because you’re a nerd.” (2010) The Social Network
• “Oh, behave!” (1997) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• “Stella! Hey, Stella!” (1951) A Streetcar Named Desire
• “They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!” (1995) Braveheart
• “You talkin’ to me?” (1976) Taxi Driver
• “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” (2011) The Help
• “They bought it. Incredible. One of the worst performances of my career and they never doubted it for a second.” (1986) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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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.