MINDBENDER

1. Stan sells two types of firework and this summer he’s offering sets of them at a 10 per cent discount. If Rainbow Rockets usually cost £5 each and Fizzbangers are usually three for £10, how many Fizzbangers are in a set that contains 31 fireworks and sells for £108?

2. What connects diadem, river and hunt?

3. Which summer bedding plant may RUIN GAME?

4. Which is the odd one out: eating, sledging, dating, skating?

5. Which three-letter word completes the following longer words: ---e, s---k, ---g, ---da?