Issue 1671
dumb britain The Chase, ITV
Bradley Walsh: Which country accounts for almost a third of the total land area of the Commonwealth?
Ryan Sidebottom: Germany.


The Weakest Link, BBC1
Romesh Ranganathan: The abbreviation RoSPA stands for the Royal Society for the Prevention of... what?
Contestant: Sailors.


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