Issue 1655
dumb britain The Weakest Link, BBC1
Romesh Ranganathan: In maths, what is eight divided by four?
Rapper:
Four.


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


Lightning, BBC2
Zoe Lyons: Which card game is named after the Spanish word for the number one?
Contestant:
Cribbage.


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


gnitty
Please email your entries to dumb@private-eye.co.uk

To read more Mediaballs, get the latest edition of Private Eye - you can subscribe here and have the magazine delivered to your home every fortnight.

Next issue on sale: 20th August 2025
gnitty
MORE TOP STORIES ONLINE
Grok of shit(ler)
Grok of shit(ler)
AI teething troubles for Musk
Media News, Issue 1654
Evil Eye?
Evil Eye?
How an Eye joke led to an arrest
News, Issue 1654
Spitting Hoyle
Spitting Hoyle
Who riled the speaker?
HP Sauce, Issue 1649
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
ONLY IN THE MAGAZINE
Private Eye Issue 1655
In This Issue
Hamas shocks world by reminding everyone what Hamas is like... 'End of world' will distract from Epstein list... Car dealers not honest shock... Clarkson's farm suffers outbreak of bovine TV... Trump refuses to rule out Ghislaine Maxwell pardon or suicide... Film being produced that isn't sequel... BBC investigation – why can't the BBC stop writing about the BBC?... Did Queen Victoria have a secret baby with Gordon Brown?... Adam Curtis: Down the Plughole, as told to Craig Brown

Rate of return
What the latest Libor-rigging judgment means

In or out?
MD on the doctors' strikes

Engine failure
Google AI Mode's teething troubles

Read these stories and much more - only in the magazine. Subscribe here to get delivery direct to your home and never miss an issue!
ONLY £2.99
SUBSCRIBE HERE
NEXT ISSUE ON SALE
20th August 2025
WHY SUBSCRIBE?
Private Eye Issue 1654
ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE