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1. A number is multiplied by itself nine times, then divided by 19,683 to return to the original number. What is the number? 2. What connects fire, fool and grease? 3. Which politician with a military background may turn TO BAD WOOLLIES? 4. Which is the odd one out: rectangular, elliptical, lenticular, spiral? 5. Crack the code to find three game birds: MQWEH, CNKQOA, LDAWOWJP.