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Issue 1631

Ben Shephard: Which Berkshire market town appears in the title of a William Shakespeare play?
Contestant: Canterbury.

Shephard: The ancient Roman Empire was founded in which modern European country?
Contestant: Egypt.

Shephard: A farmer moved a marker on his land that effectively altered the international boundary between Belgium, where he was, and which other country?
Contestant 1: Er, I think it's Austria.
Contestant 2: Not sure, but I think it's Spain.

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