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1. In Josie’s marble collection, half are blue and six-seventeenths are red. If there are 43 fewer green ones than blue ones, and 29 more red than purple, how many marbles does Josie have all together, given that she has no other colours? 2. What connects change, cover and end? 3. Which septuagenarian, on tour in 2018, may DITCH A SHIRKER? 4. Which is the odd one out: The Liver Birds, The Likely Lads, Butterflies, Bread? 5. Which three-letter word completes the following longer words: s---k, ---don, com---e, im---t?