Issue 1509
dumb britain The Chase Celebrity Special, ITV
Bradley Walsh: What is the only consonant used in the names of the four major blood groups?
Piers Morgan: O. 


Tenable, ITV
Warwick Davis: The top ten highest scoring Scrabble letters. Do you play Scrabble?
Contestant: Not really. I’ll go E.


Head Hunters, BBC1
Rob Beckett: What European country uses the top level internet domain “.ch”?
Contestant: I guess I’ll just go for a guess and say Portugal. Wait! Is that even in Europe?


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