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Puzzle page<br />
Compiled by Ross Hunter<br />
Moscow indoors and Underground<br />
Winter is a great time for indoor exploration. Moscow has a fantastic range of museums, galleries and well-heated special<br />
places. Four are show here. Which are they? Choose among the eight great names.<br />
Tolstoy’s House - Tretyakov Gallery - Pushkin Museum - Mayakovsky Museum - State Historical Museum -<br />
Museum of the 20th century - Gorky House - Museum of Archaeology<br />
And here is a photo taken inside each of the above. Can you match them up?<br />
Metro Spaghetti. The average Metro line has 21 stations. In each list, which is the odd one out, and why?<br />
A Kalininskaya, Kropotkinskaya, Kurskaya, Kievskaya, Kutozovskaya<br />
B Mayakovskaya, Pushkinskaya, Tretyakovskaya, Mendeleevskaya, Smolenskaya, Turgenevskaya<br />
C Komsomolskaya, Taganskaya, Prospekt Mira, Belorusskaya, Oktyabrskaya<br />
D Polyanka, Krasne Vorota, Sukharevskaya, Arbatskaya (Pale Blue), Kitai Gorod<br />
E Novogireevo, Mitino, Rechnoy Voksal, Yugo-Zapadnaya, Ryananzky Prospekt<br />
F Yellow, Dark Blue, Purple, Light Green, Red.<br />
Mini Sudoku<br />
Usual rules: 1-6 in each row,<br />
column and box.<br />
2 1<br />
3 2<br />
4 6<br />
4 3<br />
4 6<br />
5 2<br />
January 2011<br />
Answers to December puzzles<br />
Saints & Symbols: St Mark’s lion, St Matthew’s angel, St John’s eagle, St Luke’sox.<br />
Churches: St Paul’s London, St Peter’s Rome, St Isaac’s St Petersburg, St Mark’s<br />
Venice.<br />
Odd one out:<br />
A Buddhism – the other three desert religions share the same heritage<br />
B St Peter – the other four wrote the Gospels<br />
C Rome – Jesus visited all the others<br />
D Oranges – do not feature in Jesus’ teaching<br />
E Pontius Pilate – is in new testament, all the others are Old Testament people.<br />
Symbols: Hindu ‘Om’, Islamism crescent moon and star, Buddhist wheel of life,<br />
Christian fish (Jesus was ‘a fisher of men’s souls’), Jewish Star of David.<br />
Mini Sudoku: see www.englishedmoscow.com