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Issue 1653

Bradley Walsh: Charles de Gaulle led the Free French forces during what war?
Contestant: The French Revolution.

Ben Shephard: In Scotland the River Moriston flows into which loch, famous for its legendary monster??
Contestant: Loch Lomond?

Bradley Walsh: The 2019 book It's Not About The Burka is about female followers of which religion??
Contestant: Christianity.

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