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1. Ellie and Keegan were playing table tennis, with the loser of each game owing 20p to the winner. After the final game, Keegan totted up the scores to find that he owed Ellie 60p, even though he won six games. How many games of table tennis did they play altogether? 2. What connects back, fish and side? 3. Which famous Swede may be a FABLED LONER? 4. Which of the following is the odd one out: Vic Reeves, Simon Amstell, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Lamarr? 5. Crack the code to find three Verdi operas: YGBY, MRCJJM, PGEMJCRRM.

1 Fifteen games. 2 They all form new words with the prefix silver- (silverback, silverfish, silverside). 3 Alfred Nobel. 4 Vic Reeves; the others have presented Never Mind The Buzzcocks. 5 Aida, Otello, Rigoletto (A becomes C, B becomes D, etc).