Issue 1625
dumb britain The Chase, ITV
Bradley Walsh: Which civil rights leader was imprisoned in Alabama in April 1963?
Contestant: Al Capone.


Winning Combination, ITVX
Omid Djalili: What country was joined to England in the 1707 Act of Union? Contestant: The USA.


Pointless, BBC1
Alexander Armstrong: Name any individual who has been awarded the Fields Medal for mathematics since its introduction in 1936.
Contestant: Pythagoras.


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