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1. Dennis decides to spend the evening at the bingo and pays £3 to enter. After trebling his money, he leaves, paying £4 for parking his car. He enters a second bingo hall, paying £10 admission, and this time doubles his money, but when he pays a final £5 for parking, he has no money left. How much money did he begin the evening with?

2. What connects firing, flying and fraud?

3. Which mushroom may nourish IRON COP?

4. Which of these is the odd one out: Blinky, Pinky, Slinky, Inky?

5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three stones: QUO MAR INE AND TUR ITE CAS ISE ALM.