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1. Romina was trying out some new recipes. For the first, she used half the eggs she had bought, plus half an egg; the second recipe required half the remaining eggs plus half an egg; the third used up half the remaining eggs plus half an egg. If one egg was left over at the end, how many eggs did Romina have to begin with? 2. What connects crown, dock and head? 3. Which Children’s Laureate might confuse MACHINE’S ROLE? 4. Which is the odd one out: Javanese Jungle, Chilean Chocolate, Russian Blue, Tanzanian Red Claw? 5. Crack the code to find three English dialects: PNXAMRN, LXLTWNH, KADVVRN.