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1. In a bag of mixed nuts, four ninths of them are peanuts and one third are almonds. If there are nineteen fewer cashews than peanuts, eleven more almonds than hazelnuts and no other type of nut in the bag, how many nuts are there altogether? 2. What connects Aunt Emma, Dambuster and Pawn Brokers? 3. At which London theatre may DEAL AIM? 4. Which is the odd one out: reading, arithmetic, geometry, writing? 5. Rearrange the letter groups to make three languages: HAL DIC IAN MON ESE SIN ICE GOL LAN.

Geometry; the others form the ‘Three Rs’. 5 Sinhalese, Icelandic, Mongolian.