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1. A piece of A4 paper is cut into a number of pieces. One of those pieces was cut into the same number again, and another was cut into half as many as the original number. If there are now 68 pieces, into how many pieces was the paper first cut? 2. What connects load, master and roll? 3. Which honorary knight may create GLIB TALES? 4. Which is the odd one out: Macclesfield Bank, Bendigo Bank, Reed Bank, Great Chagos Bank? 5. Using the chemical symbols, how may barium, carbon, potassium, lanthanum, sulphur and hydrogen retaliate?