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1: Theresa May. She decided to call a General Election 2: Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission 3: Jeremy Corbyn 4: It was meant to be a high five 5: The seventh series of Game Of Thrones 6: It was the first body identified as coming from another solar system. Some said it might be an alien spaceship 7: Experts concluded it was a lump of ice protected by a carbon-rich crust. One scientist put it: ‘More like a galactic choc ice than an alien invader’ 8: Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor 9: The Rt Rev Sarah Mullally, the new Bishop of London 10: She was born with her heart outside her body. 11: George Michael, whose funeral was in March 12: Darcey Bussell, who had been the only female judge on Strictly Come Dancing until Shirley Ballas arrived 13: The Bobbitt worm, on Blue Planet 2, shot out of the ocean bed and devoured a fish with its razor-sharp teeth 14: It’s a tribute (if you can call it that) to Lorena Bobbitt, who cut off her husband’s manhood in the United States 15: Channel 4 had poached the Great British Bake Off 16: Liam Gallagher said Noel’s performance had been ‘fake’ and nothing more than a PR stunt when he teared up on stage. 17: Sailing around the world singlehanded. He broke the world record by six days 18: Her portrait appeared on the new £10 note 19: As a result Ben Stokes was barred from the England team 20: Meghan Markle’s mother 21: If you don’t know . . . deduct ten points from your score! MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS: 1C; 2C; 3D; 4D; 5B; 6D; 7A; 8D; 9C; 10D; 11 All of them

1. A half of a sixth of a ninth of a number is one less than a third of a quarter of an eighth of the same number. What is that number? 2. What connects rill, ream and ass? 3. Which Christmas-born celebrity possibly PICKS ESSAYS? 4. Which is the odd one out: Christmas, Lent, Easter, Ascension? 5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three percussion instruments: XAT ETS FLE DCH TAN ONE IME CAS HAN.