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Issue 1639

Richard Osman: What country, where Carry On up the Khyber was filmed, gained its independence from Britain in the 1940s?
Contestant: Barbados.

Alex Scott: In the films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, which Boris played Frankenstein's monster?
Contestant: Boris Johnson.

Gino D'Acampo: Name a famous "Sir".
Contestant: Lionel Richie.

Clive Myrie: The word "low", meaning the opposite of high, is an anagram of the name of what bird of prey?
Contestant (after a long pause): Eagle.

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