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Answers to Puzzle Page 1
Q&A
#1 How high is an official basketball hoop, in feet?
#2 Place these three countries in order of population, from biggest to smallest: Spain, France, Italy
#3 What is the lowest form of wit?
#4 In video games, what is the name of Mario’s younger brother?
#5 A pine nut isn’t a nut; what is it?
#6 What title was given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt?
#7 Who did Forbes’ name as the most powerful woman in the world a record 14 times between 2006 and 2020?
#8 What is the total number of different scoring areas on a dart board?
#9 Which product derives its name from the French words for “velvet hook”
#10 What is the name of all five of boxer George Foreman’s sons?
Answers
#1 Ten feet
#2 France, Italy, Spain
#3 Sarcasm
#4 Luigi
#5 A seed
#6 Pharaohs
#7 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (she occupied the top spot in every year from 2006 and 2002, except in 2010 when Michelle Obama received the accolade instead)
#8 82
#9 Velcro
#10 George
SUDOKU
4 2 3 8 6 1 9 7 5
5 6 7 4 9 2 1 8 3
9 8 1 3 5 7 6 4 2
3 5 9 2 4 8 7 6 1
1 7 8 5 3 6 4 2 9
2 4 6 7 1 9 5 3 8
6 3 4 1 2 5 8 9 7
8 1 2 9 7 4 3 5 6
7 9 5 6 8 3 2 1 4
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: pacemaker
Others:
acme, acre, cake, came, camp, cape, care, cark,
carp, cere, cram, crap, mace, marc, merc, pace,
pack, peck, race, rack, reck, apace, areca, caper,
crake, cramp, crape, creak, cream, creek, creep,
crème, crepe, macer, pacer, peace, recap, amerce,
camera, camper, packer, pecker, raceme, repack,
capmaker
KENKEN
4 3 2 1 5
1 4 3 5 2
2 5 1 3 4
5 1 4 2 3
3 2 5 4 1
Answers to Puzzle Page 2
OPENING LINES
Match the film with the first words that are spoken in it
- “It all began on New Year’s Day in my 32nd year of being single.” – Bridget Jones’s Diary
- “Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We’ll be destroyed for sure.” – Star Wars
- “Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.” – Trainspotting
- “I believe in America. America has made my fortune.” – The Godfather
- “Once upon a time, there was a lovely princess.” – Shrek
- “A way out west, there was this fella that I wanna tell ya about.” – The Big Lebowski
- “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport.” – Love Actually
- “My name is Jordan Belfort.” – The Wolf of Wall Street
- “I’m going back to Australia. I might never see you again.” – Grease
- “Saigon. Sh*t! I’m still only in Saigon.” – Apocalypse Now
FAMOUS STORIES
Complete the titles of these well-known children’s books
- The Very Hungry … Caterpillar
- Charlie and the … Chocolate Factory (or Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator)
- Green Eggs … and Ham
- How to Train Your … Dragon
- The Hundred and One … Dalmatians
- A Bear Called … Paddington
- Pippi …
- Charlotte’s …
- The Tiger Who …
- Don’t Let the Pigeon …
COUNTRIES & LETTERS
Combine your geographical and alphabetical knowledge in this quiz
- Name four countries that have only four letters (there are 11)
- Which is the only country that begins with the letter Q?
- Add three letters to the start of each sequence to form a country: MARK, ANON, GARY, RAIN, MANY
- Which country comes alphabetically between Fiji and France?
- Which countries are anagrams of “Salad Lover”, “Lizard Newts” and “A Comedian”?
Answers
- Peru, Iraq, Cuba, Iran, Chad, Fiji, Laos, Mali, Niue, Oman, Togo
- Qatar
- Denmark, Lebanon, Hungary, Bahrain, Germany
- Finland
- El Salvador, Switzerland, Macedonia
THE RIDDLER
What comes next in each of these sequences?
- 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4, ?
- Sun, Mon, Tues, Wednes, Thurs, Fri, ?
- I, V, X, L, C, ?
- Partridge, turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, gold rings, ?
- Z, X, C, V, B, N, ?
Answers
- 3 (the number of letters in the words from “one” to “ten”)
- Satur
- D (Roman numerals I = 1, V = 5, X = 10, L = 50, C = 100, D = 500)
- Geese (“six geese a-laying” in “Twelve Days of Christmas”)
- M (a tricky sequence, but one you look at more than you probably know – these are the letters along the bottom row of a keyboard)
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