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Puzzle Page Answers for Spring 2024 Issue – Page 1
#1 Who sculpted the five-metre-high marble statue of David?
#2 What is the only six-letter English word that ends in “mt”?
#3 If you macerate fruit, what do you do to it?
#4 Which rock band features Flea on bass guitar?
#5 What type of “fever” do you get if you stay indoors too long?
#6 If ax2 equals 72 and a equals 8, what does x equal?
#7 In the film Titanic, what was the surname of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Jack?
#8 Which of these three countries does the Amazon River not pass through: Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay?
#9 Which toy company manufactures Hot Wheels cars?
#10 What does the “P” stand for in OPEC?
#1 Michelangelo
#2 Dreamt
#3 Soak it in a liquid (for example, you might macerate strawberries in a liqueur)
#4 Red Hot Chili Peppers
#5 Cabin fever
#6 Three
#7 Dawson
#8 Paraguay
#9 Mattel
#10 Petroleum
SUDOKU
7 2 6 8 9 3 4 1 5
5 3 8 4 1 2 6 7 9
9 4 1 5 6 7 8 2 3
1 5 2 9 8 4 7 3 6
8 6 3 7 2 1 5 9 4
4 7 9 6 3 5 2 8 1
2 8 5 1 4 9 3 6 7
6 1 7 3 5 8 9 4 2
3 9 4 2 7 6 1 5 8
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: threshold
Others:
dosh, doth, held, herd, hero, hers, hoed,
hoer, hold, hole, holt, hose, host, lehr, loth,
ohed, shed, shod, shoe, shot, tosh, dhole,
doeth, ethos, helot, holed, horde, horse,
horst, hosed, hosel, hotel, other, sherd,
shoed, shoer, shore, short, shote, shred,
sloth, thole, those, throe, helots, holder,
horsed, hosted, hostel, reshod, reshot,
shored, thresh, holster, shorted
KENKEN
4 1 5 3 2
5 3 2 4 1
3 2 4 1 5
2 4 1 5 3
1 5 3 2 4
Puzzle Page Answers for Spring 2024 Issue – Page 2
SHOP TILL YOU DROP
In what global cities can the following famous shopping streets or areas be found?
Answers
Fifth Avenue – New York
Ginza – Tokyo
Bond Street – London
Rue de Rivoli – Paris
Myeongdong – Seoul
Orchard Road – Singapore
Via del Corso – Rome
Rodeo Drive – Beverly Hills
Bahnhofstrasse – Zurich
Pitt Street Mall – Sydney
SLOGAN SLEUTH
Which famous brands are associated with the following slogans?
Answers:
The happiest place on earth – Disneyland
Just do it – Nike
Because you’re worth it – L’Oréal
Buy it, sell it, love it – eBay
Gives you wings – Red Bull
Think different – Apple
Have a break – KitKat
Don’t leave home without it – American Express
Impossible is nothing – Adidas
I’m lovin’ it – McDonald’s
M FOR MARCH
Find 10 words starting with M – we’ve given you the number of letters in each one.
Answers:
12th letter of Greek alphabet (2) – mu
Type of Apple computer (3) – Mac
Tibetan steamed dumpling (4) – momo
Thanks in French (5) – merci
Near-sightedness (6) – myopia
Long-tailed monkey (7) – macaque
Star awarded to excellent restaurant (8) – Michelin
Type of Aussie bush nut (9) – macadamia
Evil fairy played by Angelina Jolie (10) – Maleficent
Soft, sweet treat cooked on fire (11) – marshmallow
THE RIDDLER
Rhyming triplets
Find a rhyme for each word in the phrases below so you get a familiar three-word phrase in the form “__, __, and __” (e.g., Ball, Park, Ransom = ‘tall, dark and handsome”)
Answers
#1 Stop, look and listen
#2 First, second and third
#3 Beg, borrow and steal
#4 Hook, line and sinker
#5 Small, medium and large
#6 Snap, crackle and pop
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