Childrens’ Puzzle Compiled by Ross Hunter
In Training
Like all great cities, Moscow grew with the railway. The fi rst line, to the then capital, St Petersburg, arrived in 1851, and the main termini form a circle roughly around the Garden Ring and the Brown Metro. Six of the nine main ‘Voksal’ are pictured here. Can you match them to their names? Can you name the other three?
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Kievskaya |
Leningradsky |
Kazan |
Kurskaya |
Belorussky |
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Great Rivers
Most of the world’s great rivers flow through several countries. Which is the MAIN place to find each of these dozen? As usual, I have muddied the waters by shuffling them.
Countries: Australia Brazil China Venezuela France India Pakistan Germany England Russia Egypt Mozambique
Rivers: Nile Amazon Thames Yenisei Huang Ho Murray-Darling Orinoco Limpopo Rhone Rhine Indus Ganges
The wild side of Moscow
Last month, zebra were seen on Moscow’s streets, as part of a road safety event. There are lots of exotic creatures free range in Moscow. Can you spot their camouflage? I have mixed them up. Be more careful, some are dangerous!
Mini Sudoku – October
Usual rules: 1-6 in each row, column and box.
September solutions
Paw prints
From the left: bear, fox, dog, cat & lion.
Clue: the bear is big and heavy, all cats can retract their claws, but dogs can’t.
Photo quiz, Capital Holidays & Mini Sudoku: see www.englishedmoscow.com
Mini Sudoku:
September’s edition had a mistake in it – apologies. Here is the puzzle as it should be.
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