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1. Six friends attending a party brought an average of twenty-one savoury items each. Mel brought three times as many as Rick, who brought three-quarters as many as Evie. Evie’s nibbles plus Rick’s titbits equalled the number that Hannah brought, which was twice as many as Warren. If Joe brought twenty vol-au-vents, how many Swedish meatballs did Mel bring? 2. What connects bottle, turtle and rubber? 3. Which Senator can BLACKEN SCARF? 4. Which is the odd one out: two dozen, half score, two little ducks, two fat ladies? 5. Crack the code to find three parts of a horse: BIWE, WLIOJ, QCNBYLM.