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1. Francesca joined a slimming club last year intending to shed a third of her body weight. Today, she has another 2lb to go until she has lost 25 per cent of her initial weight. If Francesca’s final target is 10st 4lb, what does she weigh now? 2. What connects actors Buster Crabbe, Esther Williams and Johnny Weissmuller? 3. Which famous Geordie might find A MYTH LIE? 4. Which is the odd one out: stone, book, cloak, wand? 5. Using the chemical symbols, how may rhenium, lanthanum, phosphorus and selenium deteriorate?