Issue 1657
dumb britain The Weakest Link, BBC1
Romesh Ranganathan: What W is a city in Hampshire, on the river Itchen, that once served as the capital of England?
Contestant:
Wolverhampton.


The Chase, ITV
Bradley Walsh: What country accounts for over half of the population of the Commonwealth?
Contestant:
Russia.

Walsh: Which English explorer mapped the coast of New Zealand in the 1770s?
Contestant:
Robinson Crusoe.


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