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1. What is the next number in the series: 169,659; 14,139; 1,179; 99? 2. What connects Christopher Collins, James Moir and Michael Pennington? 3. Which female jockey may be a BALANCED GIRL? 4. Which is the odd one out: squat, snatch, bench press, deadlift? 5. Using the chemical symbols, which city may contain vanadium, astatine, iodine, calcium and nitrogen?