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dumb britain The Chase, ITV
Bradley Walsh: Yuri Zhivago is the title character in which Boris Pasternak novel?
Contestant:
War and Peace.

Walsh:
What classic novel has a chapter called "Ahab and the Carpenter"? Contestant: The Bible.


The Chase (Australia)
Host: A children's book by Henry Williamson is Tarka the... what?
Contestant:
Hun.


Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, ITV
Question: The character Big Brother was introduced in which George Orwell novel?
Contestant:
The BFG.


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