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1. Lola has three pet rats called Jason, Amelie and Ratty, in ascending order of age. Jason is five-sevenths as old as Ratty, who is as much older than Amelie as Amelie is older than Jason. If Amelie is eighteen months old, how old is Ratty? 2. What connects atomic, biological and speaking? 3. Which Queen’s Birthday Honours recipient may perform JEWEL’S RITUAL? 4. Which is the odd one out: Moses Pendergrass, Esther Summerson, Butterworth Stavely, Becky Thatcher? 5. Which three-letter word completes the following longer words: ---m, re---, ---per, ap---ve?