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dumb britain Impossible, BBC2
Rick Edwards: Which politician succeeded Nicolas Sarkozy as president of France in 2012?
Contestant:
Vladimir Putin.


The Chase, ITV
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.


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