
Issue 1490

Alexander Armstrong: Name a planet or constellation containing the letter “A”.
Contestant: Orion’s Belt.
Tipping Point, ITV
Ben Shephard: Which TV station, launched in 1997, became the fifth terrestrial channel in the UK?
Contestant: Channel 4.
The Time It Takes, BBC1
Joe Lycett: What is the first letter of the word “dictionary”?
Contestant: A.
Lycett: Real Madrid play their home football in which Spanish city?
Contestant: Barcelona.
Lycett: In Life on Mars, David Bowie wonders if there was life on which planet?
Contestant. Hmm, Life on Mars. Was it Jupiter?
Please email your entries to dumb@private-eye.co.uk