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Issue 1635

Bradley Walsh: Which French president abolished the guillotine in 1981?
Contestant: Louis the first.

Walsh: Which actor and comedy writer was born Lawrence Gene David?
Contestant: Lawrence of Arabia.

Walsh: Which famous potter has a statue erected in his honour in Stoke-on-Trent?
Contestant: Beatrix.

Rick Edwards: Which politician succeeded Nicolas Sarkozy as president of France in 2012?
Contestant: Vladimir Putin.

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