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The Chase fans gobsmacked as contestant gets ‘most obvious Scottish answer’ wrong

Scottish fans of The Chase were left stunned after a contestant got the most obvious answer wrong.

Appearing on Wednesday's episode, Amber, a barbour from Hertfordshire, England and went head to head against The Governess, Anne Hegerty. But she was left stumped by a question regarding the names of specific vehicles used in winter.

Bradley Walsh asked: "In Scotland, what type of council vehicles are 'Sir Salter Scott' and 'Sir Andy Flurry'?"

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Answering incorrectly, Amber replied: "bin lorries" rather than "gritters", claiming she didn't know the answer because she hadn't been to Scotland.

Fans of the show quickly flocked to Twitter to share their shock at her answer, with some adding it was "the most obvious" question to get wrong.

One person said: "That gritter question must have been the most obvious answer I've ever seen a contestant get wrong on The Chase."

Another replied: The clue is in SALTER." While one echoed: "Missed the clues in the question."

But while the gritters are common knowledge in Scotland, Amanda isn't the only one recently learning about our comically named vehicles. Amanda Holden was only told of the names on Monday on her morning show on Heart FM.

Her colleague Jamie Theakston said: "The gritters have been out in Scotland and this has went viral over the weekend because of their names."

"Oh my gosh go on," Amanda replied shocked. Jamie explained: "So you've got a fleet of gritters and they have become world famous because of their quirky names. Sled Zeppelin is one of them.

"So they have 240 gritters, there's also Gritallica, Licence to Chill." After Jamie mentioned 'Basil Salty', Amada burst into laughter. "I like that one," she added.

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