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Puzzle Pages, Autumn 2025 answers – Page 1
Q&A
- Which continent has the most countries?
- What’s the name of Winnie-the-Pooh’s depressed donkey companion?
- What do you call a word that is spelt the same way forwards and backwards?
- “Cell Block Tango” is a song from which musical?
- The hippocampus is a part of the brain named after the Greek word for what sea creature?
- What is “The Griddy”?
- Rank these transit systems from oldest to newest: Paris Métro, Hong Kong MTR, New York City Subway, London Underground, Singapore MRT
- How many holes are played in each of the four golf majors?
- What are the first names of the four main characters in Seinfeld?
- What does a farrier do?
Answers:
- Africa (54, compared to 48 in Asia and 44 in Europe)
- Eeyore
- Palindrome
- Chicago
- Seahorse
- A type of dance (featured in the game Fortnite and many other places)
- London Underground (1863), Paris Métro (1900), New York City Subway (1904), Hong Kong MTR (1979), Singapore MRT (1987)
- 72
- Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer
- Cares for horses’ hooves
SUDOKU
4 5 8 2 7 9 1 6 3
9 3 6 4 1 8 7 2 5
1 7 2 5 3 6 8 4 9
2 9 1 6 4 7 3 5 8
3 6 7 8 9 5 4 1 2
8 4 5 3 2 1 6 9 7
5 8 9 7 6 4 2 3 1
7 2 4 1 5 3 9 8 6
6 1 3 9 8 2 5 7 4
WORDWHEEL
9-letter word: whispered
others:
drew, ewer, phew, spew, weed, weep, weir,
were, whee, whip, whir, wide, wipe, wire, wise,
wish, wisp, hewed, resew, rewed, sewed,
sewer, shrew, swede, sweep, swipe, weird,
where, wider, wiped, wiper, wired, wised,
dewier, shrewd, spewed, spewer, swiped,
swiper, wished, wisher, wisped, spewier, whisper
KENKEN
2 1 3 4 5
5 4 2 3 1
3 5 4 1 2
1 3 5 2 4
4 2 1 5 3
Puzzle Pages, Autumn 2025 answers – Page 2
YOU’VE GOT THE LOOK
We’ll give you their physical characteristics, you tell us the movie character
Answers:
- Yoda
- Shrek
- Pennywise (not “It” – that’s the name of the film)
- Marry Poppins
- Indiana Jones
- Minion
- Wonder Woman
- Neo
- Harry Potter
- Woody
IT’S A DATE!
Match the year with the historic event
Answers:
Battle of Hastings – 1066
Nelson Mandela elected president – 1994
Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee – 2002
Start of the Korean War – 1950
First modern Olympics held – 1896
Discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb – 1922
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln – 1865
Pluto removed from official list of planets – 2006
Birth of Florence Nightingale – 1820
First Gutenberg Bible printed – 1455
FOOD FAVES IN FICTION
Name the famous historical figures from the clues provided
Answers:
Garfield – Lasagna
Dr Who – Jelly babies
Carrie Bradshaw – Cosmopolitans
ET – Reese’s Pieces
Hannibal Lecter – Chianti
Eric Cartman – Pot pie
Homer Simpson – Donuts
Popeye – Spinach
Augustus Gloop – Chocolate
Remy – Ratatouille
THE RIDDLER
Answers:
- 9567 + 1085 = 10652
- Six metres (diameter of table is 5 metres, then add half a metre on each side for overhang)
- 141
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