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1. The fastest ever time run on the Hartree four-mile horse race is eight minutes and 40 seconds. If Rhum Rouge has covered the first three miles in six minutes, how fast will he have to run in the last mile to equal the record?

2. What connects barn, grass and bay?

3. Which famous guitarist might CONCEAL TRIP?

4. Which is the odd one out: orange, lemon, rose, tulip?

5. Using the chemical symbols, which form of game might be played with tellurium, neptunium and indium?

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