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Issue 1655

Romesh Ranganathan: In maths, what is eight divided by four?
Rapper: Four.

Zoe Lyons: Which card game is named after the Spanish word for the number one?
Contestant: Cribbage.

Ben Shephard: The solar wind is a phenomenon of particles leaving which celestial body?
Contestant: The moon.

Bradley Walsh: In 1967, Georgios Papadopoulos led a military coup in which country?
Contestant: Spain.

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