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1. Monica is choosing some sweets from the pick ’n’ mix counter. She fills her bag up and then puts nine sweets back. She swaps 25 per cent of the remaining sweets for five others. Finally, she adds a seventh more, ending up with 40 sweets in her bag. How many did Monica put in initially? 2. What connects hot, cold and spinal?

3. Which former cricketer is a KEEN EVEN SPIRIT?

4. Which is the odd one out: Paul, The World’s End, Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead?

5. Crack the code to find three types of puzzle: ZRUGVHDUFK, FURVVZRUG, VXGRNX.