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Issue 1659

Bradley Walsh: Which biblical king is featured in Oscar Wilde's play Salome?
Contestant: King Arthur.

Walsh: The town that stands at the foot of Ben Nevis is Fort... what?
Contestant: Knox.

Walsh: Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister is a book about which female prime minister?
Contestant: Margaret Thatcher.

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

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