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Ben Shephard: On what part of the body is a Stetson worn?
Contestant: On your feet?

Shephard: Clarissa Dickson-Wright and Jennifer Paterson were better known as which television cookery double act?
Contestant: The Hairy Bikers.

The Weakest Link, BBC1
Romesh Ranganathan: In a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a princess is unable to sleep because she feels which legume under her pile of mattresses?
Contestant: The Blue Legume.

Ranganathan: Holyrood Palace is located in which country?
Contestant: Pakistan.

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