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1. Mel and Clive set off simultaneously on the same journey, but from opposite ends. Clive, travelling at 30 mph, completed three-tenths of the journey before he met Mel. How fast is Mel travelling?

2. What connects board, fruit and line?

3. Which person depicted on a British banknote may BATTLE OWN MOUTH?

4. Which is the odd one out: pilot, steward, pusher, brakeman?

5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three U.S. authors: WAY STE HSM ECK HIG ING INB HEM ITH.

1 70mph. 2 They all form new words with the prefix bread(breadboard, breadfruit, breadline). 3 Matthew Boulton. 4 Steward; the others are bobsleigh crew members. 5 Hemingway, Highsmith, Steinbeck.