01/06/2010 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one of them will win up to £10,000. The others will leave with nothing when voted off

as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the money have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,

we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.

My name is John, I'm 44, I'm from Croydon in Surrey and I'm a surveyor.

My name is Annmaria, I'm 52, I'm from the Isle of Man and I'm a retired police officer.

I'm David, I'm 29, I'm from Cardiff and I'm a service delivery manager.

I'm Linda, I'm 43, I'm from Dorset and I'm a welfare secretary.

I'm Jordan, 19, from Great Yarmouth, a games, art and design student.

My name's Pam, I'm 72, I come from Derbyshire and I'm a retired radiographer.

I'm Ian, 57, from Lincoln and a chef.

I'm Becca, I'm 24, from Birmingham, and I'm a volunteer co-ordinator.

I'm Simon, 36, from North Yorkshire, and I'm a supermarket worker.

OK, in each round there's £1000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers. Break the chain, you lose the money.

Say "Bank!" first and the money is safe.

Round 1 - three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Annmaria. Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

In family relationships, the terms "mum", "mummy" and "mother" are normally used

to address a parent of which sex?

-Female.

-Correct. In ornithology,

hawks, eagles and other birds that kill small creatures for food are birds of what?

-Prey.

-Correct. In the UK, the traditional sign for a pawnbroker shop consists of three gold what -

bats or balls?

-Balls.

-Correct. In circus equipment, a unicycle has how many wheels?

-One.

-Correct. In a popular children's board game,

players move down the board if they land on a snake, but up if they land on what?

-A ladder.

-Correct. Ian...

-Bank!

What B is a four-letter word meaning naked that goes before foot, headed and legged

to describe parts of the body when unclothed?

-Bare.

-Correct. In behaviour,

which involuntary action where the mouth is opened wide while taking a deep breath

tends to occur when a person is bored or drowsy?

-Yawning.

-Correct. In cities, Dublin is the capital of which European country?

-Republic of Ireland.

-Correct. John,

the expression "days of yore" refers to the future or a long time ago?

-A long time ago.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In British food,

a type of sausage made from the blood of pigs is called black what?

-Pudding.

-Correct. In home furnishing, what C is the usual term

for the thick fabric fitted to cover floors and stairs and normally extends from wall to wall?

-Cover?

-Carpet!

In maths and science, if the word maximum indicates the largest value,

which word derived from Latin is its direct opposite?

-Minimum.

-Correct. The sound heard at the end of a football match indicating that the game is over

is known as the final what?

-Whistle.

-Correct. Pam, in superstitions,

opening an umbrella indoors is said to bring bad luck or bad behaviour?

-Bad luck.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In pop music,

the former lead singer of the glam rock group Slade,

is known as Noddy who?

-Holder.

-Correct. In cutlery,

what E is the name given to the cutting side of a knife blade?

-Pass.

-The edge.

According to the nursery rhyme, "All the king's horses and all the king's men,"

couldn't put whom together again?

-Humpty.

-I'll accept.

-John...

-Bank!

-In medical remedies...

Time's up. You won £620. You had a chain of ten correct answers, so you could have got the target.

But whose brain needs rebooting? Whose memory has sprung a leak?

Who is very stupid?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Ian is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Becca, but who will lose out in the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

David.

Becca.

Becca.

David.

David.

Becca.

David.

David.

Ian.

-What do you do, John?

-I'm a surveyor, Anne.

-Where?

-In Croydon, in Surrey.

-Oh.

-Do you specialise?

-I specialise with community and church work.

-Are you a churchy person?

-Quite.

-Do you contribute?

-Yes.

-To the community?

-Yes.

-What do you do?

I do a number of things. I run the local school choir.

-Do you sing in a choir?

-Many choirs.

Oh. Put your board down. What'll you sing for us?

-Er...what would you like? Easy listening?

-Something in tune is always pleasing.

-What about...?

-How many times a week do you put your t-shirt on and then a short jumper?

This is really clever. It's attached.

-So you only...

-Have you got one of those bow ties that does that?

-I've got several bow ties.

-Get on with the song.

# Quando coeli movendi sunt Quando coeli movendi sunt... #

Yes...

-It's the t-shirt. You can't take him seriously.

-I usually wear a bow tie.

-Put your board up. Why David?

-It was a close thing between David and Becca,

but David was closer to me.

-What do you do, Ian?

-Chef.

-Are you? And where do you cook?

-A gastro pub just outside Lincoln.

-What passes for a gastro pub there?

-Good, honest, home-produced food.

-Yes.

-Nothing out of a packet and nothing out of a microwave.

-So nothing goes ping in your kitchen?

-Nothing goes ping, except my trouser buttons.

-Oh!

Do you do anything else?

-Amateur dramatics.

-What sort of parts have you played?

In The Full Monty I played a stripper.

-Yes...

-I got down to a thong every night.

-Did you?

-And then in The Producers...

-Did they have smelling salts for the audience?

-Women loved it.

-Have you thought of turning professional?

-If somebody spots me, I'm quite happy to go along.

-You'd do anything, would you?

-Anything.

-Why David?

-Cos he got one wrong.

So, Jordan, with a name like that, you're a bit of a disappointment.

-Oh. Yeah. I guess so, yeah.

-And what do you do?

What do I do? I'm a digital painter. I work with Photoshop and I do a lot of painting

-of environments, stuff like that.

-Where are you doing this?

-Norwich University College of the Arts.

-Oh, it's a university degree?

-It is.

-Have you got a girlfriend?

-Not at the moment.

-How old are you?

-19.

-Do you have any experience with women?

-I've had some.

-What's some?

Some I'm not going to divulge on national TV, to be honest.

-Well, you know, paint a picture.

-Paint a picture?

-Yeah. With Photo-whatever.

-Photo-whatever!

-I've had girlfriends and stuff.

-And what's happened?

-Stuff's happened. You know. Good stuff.

-A virtual girlfriend?

-No, real. I could touch her.

-And how long ago was that?

-How long ago? Well, I was with someone a few...months ago.

-"A few...mmm..."

-Months ago, yeah.

-So you haven't had a girlfriend for a while.

-No.

-Do you think it's your name?

-Maybe.

-Yeah.

-Why David?

-Oh, cos he got a question wrong.

David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I tried to keep today under wraps until the past week.

I'm sure I will not be able to live this down for a very long time. I'll be a laughing stock!

Round 2. In the bank, £620. We now take 10 seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Ian. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In England and Wales, the Master of the Rolls is a senior toilet attendant or a judge?

-Judge.

-Correct. In Christianity, in the Book of Common Prayer,

the vows listed for use during a marriage service include, "for better, for..." what?

-For worse.

-Correct. In emblems, the national flag of Greece is white and which primary colour?

-Blue.

-Correct. In motoring in the UK, what B is the usual name

for the part of a car known in North America as the trunk?

-Boot.

-Correct. Annmaria...

-Bank!

The 1996 Oscar-winning drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas

was entitled The English what?

-Patient.

-Correct. In maths, what is 20 divided by 5?

-Five.

-Even four.

In clay pigeon shooting, to indicate that he or she is ready

the gunman shouts push or pull?

-Pull.

-Correct. In history, between the ages of 5 and 18,

Mary Queen of Scots was brought up in which country?

-Scotland.

-France.

In the title of a TV sitcom featuring the characters Boycie and Marlene from Only Fools And Horses,

what G follows The Green, Green?

-Grass.

-Correct.

In expressions, the phrase for an evening out that suggests someone spent time up on a roof

is a night on the what?

-Tiles.

-Correct. In pop music, the Jamaican singer born Orville Richard Burrell in 1968

is known as Scoobie or Shaggy?

-Shaggy.

-Correct. In tennis, what's the first name of the Williams sister

whose victory at the 2010 Australian Open was her 12th Grand Slam singles title?

-Serena.

-Correct. During an industrial dispute,

what P is the official term for a group of strikers standing outside a workplace?

-Picket.

-Correct. In film, the American actor who played leading roles in The Great Escape,

The Cincinnati Kid and Papillon was Steve who?

-McQueen.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In church architecture,

what is the usual two-word name for the coloured translucent material to create pictures in windows?

-Stained glass.

-Correct. In cookery, the term filet mignon most commonly describes

a tender boneless cut of which red meat?

-Beef.

-Correct. In US history, the Declaration of Independence of 1776

-lists three natural rights of man as life, liberty and the pursuit of what?

-Freedom.

Happiness. In the famous poem by Robert Burns, what did he compare to a red, red rose -

-his love or his indifference?

-Love!

Bank!

Time's up. It was the correct answer. Your bank was out of time and you won £650.

Who's more faulty than Basil?

Who's the Lewis Hamilton and who's the Neil Hamilton? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Becca has gone from the weakest link in the last round to the strongest.

Statistically, Pam is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Linda.

Pam.

Pam.

Pam.

Linda.

Pam.

Ian.

Linda.

-What do you do, Annmaria?

-I'm a retired police officer, Anne.

-Oh.

-Where do you live?

-I live on the glorious Isle of Man.

-And what do you do there?

-My husband owns a B&B now and I do front of house for him.

-You cater for the TT races?

-Yes, we do. Very much so.

-Do you like men who ride motorbikes?

-I like their leathers, Anne. You know what they say, don't you?

-Sticks and stones may break my bones, but rubber and leather excites me.

-Yes...

-Why Pam?

-I'm sorry, Pam. I remember her getting one wrong, the Mary Queen of Scots question.

-What do you do, Linda?

-I'm a welfare secretary.

-Whose welfare?

-The Veteran Community of the Royal Signals Association.

-Oh.

-Did you have a job before?

-I did. I was secretary for the Royal Signals White Helmets...

-Oh, you like men in uniform.

-I do!

-And they've all got white helmets?

-Yes. They have to train to get it.

-Are you married?

-I am.

-Yes.

-Who are you married to?

-Bob.

-What does Bob do?

-He's an instructor.

-Does he have a white helmet? What colour?

-He does have a white helmet. He was in their team.

-Any other coloured helmets he's got?

-No, no, not that I know of.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Why Pam?

-Unfortunately, like me she got one question wrong.

Pam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I've come for the fun of it and it's been great fun. They've been a really nice bunch of people.

It's a shame that I've come off on the second round, but it wasn't the first round, was it?

Round 3. In the bank, £1,270. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Becca. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In the TV series Dallas, what was the surname of the family

that comprised father Jock, Miss Ellie and JR, Gary and Bobby?

-Ewing.

-Correct. In astronomy, the term pulsar is short for pulsating what?

-Star.

-Correct. The black keys on a piano are traditionally made of which dark wood?

-Ebony.

-Correct. In anatomy, what T is the name for a cord of white fibrous connective tissue

that joins a muscle to a bone?

-Tendon.

-Correct. In modern literature, the author of Tender Is The Night and The Last Tycoon

was F Scott who?

-Fitzgerald.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the 2006 animated film Happy Feet,

the central character is a penguin or a polar bear?

-Penguin.

-Correct. In science,

which chemical compound is known as ice when it is a solid and steam when it is a gas?

-Water.

-Correct. In wildlife, what P is the name of the carnivorous fish with razor-sharp teeth

found in the River Amazon?

-Piranha.

-Correct. The Scottish architect and furniture designer born in Glasgow in 1868

whose work was in the Art Nouveau style was Charles Rennie who?

-Mackintosh.

-Correct. John...

-Bank.

-In country crafts, what name is given to the block of iron used by a blacksmith to shape horse shoes?

-Anvil.

-Correct. In music, which word literally meaning disconnected from the mains

is used to describe a performance with acoustic instruments?

-Unplugged.

-Correct. In dangerous feats, what E was the first name

used by the American motorcycle stunt performer born Robert Craig Knievel Junior?

-Evel.

-Correct. In the TV cartoon series, the best friends of Fred and Wilma Flintstone

are Barney and Betty who?

-Rubble.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Which term for a vivid shade of red goes before pimpernel and runner for a wild flower and a bean plant?

-Scarlet.

-Correct. In film, which actress was named after the city of her birth in Minnesota -

Reese Witherspoon or Winona Ryder?

-Winona Ryder.

-Correct. In jobs, perks received from an employer in addition to wages or salary

are known as fringe what?

-Benefits.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Pharmacy, where medicines are dispensed, begins with which letter?

-P.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In US politics, a law graduate...

Time's up. You won £820, but you actually had a chain of 17 correct answers.

You could have reached the target. Who thinks ASBO is a supermarket?

Who thinks a spreadsheet goes under a duvet?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, John is the strongest link.

Linda is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Linda.

Ian.

Ian.

John.

Jordan.

Jordan.

Sorry, Linda.

We have a tie, team. Linda, Ian and Jordan have got two votes each.

-Simon...

-Yes, Anne?

-What do you do for a living?

-Work in a supermarket.

-What's your job?

-Produce assistant.

-What does that mean?

-I stick cabbages on the shelves!

What do you do first? Put the rotten fruit to the back or the rotten vegetables to the back?

-No, I take them off so the customers get lovely...

-And what do you do with them?

We end up reducing them.

-And when do you get to take home the reduced fruit?

-We can buy it at the end of the day as staff.

-And how reduced is it for you?

-I don't have any.

-Why Linda?

It was a tough one on this round. I couldn't really pick, but it goes back to the maths question.

-Sorry, Linda.

-What do you do, Becca?

-I'm a volunteer co-ordinator.

-You decided you wanted to be a volunteer co-ordinator?

-I didn't.

-I decided I wanted to pursue music.

-What can you sing for us?

-I can't beat John, I'm afraid.

-Try. Put your board down, please.

-What are you going to sing?

-What would you like?

-Anything.

-Anything?

Yes.

SINGS ARIA FROM "Carmen"

There you go. That's all I can do.

I like the next bit!

SHE CONTINUES

-I won't do any more.

-And the next bit!

-No!

-Put your board up. Why Jordan?

Just for banking maybe a little bit early. That was the only reason.

-Linda, why Ian?

-That was a very tough decision, but Ian and I have had some bad rounds.

-So I just remembered Ian for that.

-The strongest link was John.

-Why have you voted for Linda?

-I'm not sure any of us got one wrong, so I went to the round before.

-You're endlessly chirpy.

-Well, I...yes. Unfortunately.

-OK.

You've got a choice now. You can stick with Linda or move to Ian or Jordan.

-The fairest thing seems to stick with Linda.

-She was the worst player.

Linda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was a shame to be voted off when I didn't get a question wrong and it was a three-way tie,

but I had been fairly bad in the round beforehand, so that's why they voted me off.

Perhaps it was tactical, I'd like to think!

Round 4. In the bank, £2,090. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with John. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What V is the name derived from the French meaning "hooked velvet" for a synthetic fastening material?

-Velcro.

-Correct.

In 1980s pop music, the musician who with George Michael formed the duo Wham is Andrew who?

-Ridley.

-No, Ridgeley.

In biology, on average, which mammals have the heaviest brains in the animal kingdom?

African elephants or sperm whales?

-Sperm whales.

-Correct.

In advertisements for suitcases and backpacks,

their carrying capacity is usually expressed in terms of which units of volume?

-Litres.

-Correct.

In TV, a programme that is recorded or transmitted live on location, rather than in a studio,

is commonly known as an outside what?

-Filming.

-Broadcast.

What "O" is the word used to describe a genuine painting, as opposed to a reproduction?

-Original.

-Correct.

Which series of films features the characters Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann

and a ship called The Black Pearl?

-Pirates Of Penzance.

-The Pirates Of The Caribbean.

In boxing, when the judges all agree on the winner of a fight on points,

the official result abbreviated to UD is called a Unanimous what?

-Decision.

-Correct.

During the Wars of the Roses, the Earl of Warwick had what nickname? The Heartbreaker or the Kingmaker?

-The Kingmaker.

-Correct.

Which chemical that is produced by the tobacco plant is used as an insecticide and acts as a stimulant?

-Nicotine.

-Correct. In US slang, a lawyer who obtains business

by encouraging accident victims to sue is called a chaser of which type of vehicle?

-Ambulance.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The town of Paphos, said to be the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, is on which Mediterranean island?

-Cyprus.

-Correct. What E is the term for an approximate judgment of the magnitude of a quantity?

-Estimate.

-Correct.

The 1970s novel Tales Of The City was the first in a series of books

about bohemian life in San Francisco, written by Armistead who?

-Pass.

-Maupin.

In music, the Scottish festival that since 1997 has been held at a site near Kinross has what name?

Coffee In The Field or T In The Park?

T In The Park.

Time's up. That was the correct answer. Ian couldn't be bothered to bank.

Chin up, Ian.

You won £200 in that round.

But who eats their soup with a fork? Who's not as bright as a total eclipse?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Jordan is the strongest link.

The weakest link statistically is Annmaria, but will the team notice that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Annmaria.

Becca.

Annmaria.

Annmaria.

Annmaria.

Annmaria.

-Jordan, why Annmaria?

-Because she was the weakest link in that round, I think.

-Ian, why Annmaria?

-I'm afraid she got more wrong than anybody else.

She did. Annmaria, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't really mind being voted off now in the fourth round because I did get two questions wrong.

It's as simple as that. And there's nothing underhand, nothing tactical.

Everybody is being very fair. That's the way it goes. You know it or you don't.

Round 5. In the bank, £2,290. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's little Jordan.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In 1815, Napoleon signed his final abdication after being defeated in which decisive land battle?

-The Battle of Trafalgar?

-Waterloo.

The annual procession that accompanies the Lord Mayor through the city of London

takes place on the second Saturday of which month?

-April.

-November.

In entertainment, the actor who starred in the film The Piano

and went on to play Gene Hunt in the US version of the TV series Life On Mars is Harvey who?

-Keitel.

-Correct.

In food, what W means to cook a vegetable such as spinach just until it becomes limp?

-Wilt.

-Correct.

In animal husbandry, someone who maintains an apiary

and who uses a smoker and a veil in their day-to-day work is tending which insects?

-Bees.

-Correct. In newspapers,

the title character of the cartoon strip Alex in The Daily Telegraph has what occupation?

Merchant banker or window cleaner?

-Window cleaner.

-Merchant banker.

In geography, which country in south-east Asia is named after King Philip II of Spain?

Could you repeat that, please, Anne?

In geography, which country in south-east Asia is named after King Philip II of Spain?

-Philippines.

-Correct.

In medicine, what "A" is the name for the period of life

in which the skin complaint acne usually appears for the first time?

-Adolescence.

-Correct.

The author born in 1771 who shared a house with her more famous brother William

in the Lake District was Dorothy who?

-Shakespeare.

-Wordsworth.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 31 plus 12?

-43.

-Correct.

In nature, in the desert, a small whirlwind that lifts up sand and debris to a great height

is known alliteratively as a dust what?

-Cloud.

-Devil.

Which word for a building used as a home precedes "sparrow" and "martin"

in the names of two British birds?

-House.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-"People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden" is a famous line

from which film - Fight Club or The Breakfast Club?

-Fight Club.

-Bank!

Time's up. That was the correct answer and your "bank" was in time.

And as a result, you won £40.

But who's the greyhound and who's the stuffed rabbit?

Who's first class and who's now economy?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time in the game, Becca is the strongest link.

Statistically, Jordan is the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Jordan.

Ian.

Jordan.

Jordan.

Jordan.

-Becca, why Jordan?

-He got the most number of questions wrong, despite the fact I didn't know them either.

Supermarket Simon, why Jordan?

-I thought he got the most wrong, to be honest.

-Jordan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Keeping my nerve was the hardest thing about playing the game today

cos in the first round, my leg was shaking really badly and I was really nervous,

but then I got into it and I was OK.

Round 6. In the bank, £2,330. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Becca.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In science, the formula "multiply by 9, divide by 5, then add 32"

converts degrees Celsius into which temperature scale?

-Fahrenheit.

-Correct.

In classical music, the composer who wrote The Hebrides Overture

and was a favourite of Queen Victoria was Felix who?

-Pass.

-Mendelssohn.

In horse-racing, what T is the term for someone who studies the form

and recommends likely winners to gamblers?

-Tote.

-Tipster.

In geography, the term Maghreb is used to refer to an area in the north of which continent?

-Africa.

-Correct.

In the original British version of the board game Cluedo,

the character with the title Reverend has what surname?

-Green.

-Correct.

In a controversial incident in 1992, a picture of the Pope was torn up live on American TV

by Des O'Connor or Sinead O'Connor?

-Sinead O'Connor.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The 19th century Nottinghamshire butcher who had a cooking apple named after him was Matthew who?

-Cox.

-Bramley.

In nature, what G is the term for the light, silky thread that is left by spiders

and is often seen on hedges or floating in the air?

-Grisaille.

-Gossamer.

In the paranormal, the word "poltergeist", meaning a noisy and disruptive ghost,

originated in which European language?

-German?

-Correct.

In menswear, in the UK, which single items of apparel are sold in sizes

from about six and a half to eight, going up in eighths of an inch at a time?

-Socks.

-Hats.

-Bank!

-In celebrity offspring, the name of David and Victoria Beckham's third child Cruz

translates from Spanish as what? "Tackle" or "cross"?

-Cross.

-Correct.

The painter born in the USA in 1834 whose surname is also...

Time's up, I can't complete the question and you won £100.

But should you volunteer Becca?

Maybe John isn't hot property?

Is Ian off your menu? Or has Simon passed his sell-by date?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers right, Becca is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Simon, but will the votes follow the statistics?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Ian.

Simon.

Ian.

Ian.

John, why Ian?

I think Ian's bad answer lost us the most money.

Simple Simon, did you think Ian was the worst player?

No, I'd have thought I was, to be fair, but I can't vote for myself,

so I had to vote for the next weakest. It was Ian.

Ian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think I was robbed. I think I could have gone on to the end.

I think because I got nearly all my answers right all the way through,

they saw me as a threat, so they thought they'd have me out the way.

Round 7. In the bank, £2,430. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Becca.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In maths, what is 90 multiplied by 2?

-180.

-Correct.

In pop music, the 2009 UK hit album by David Gray, which includes a duet with Annie Lennox,

is entitled Draw The what?

-Curtains.

-Line.

What T meaning "charge" goes before "road" to give a term

for a route such as the M6 relief motorway which drivers must pay to use?

-Toll.

-Correct.

In film, the 1995 prison drama starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn is entitled Dead Man what?

-Walking.

-Correct.

In UK geography, the name of which town in Kent combines an old word meaning "girl"

with one for a weight of 14 pounds?

-Pass.

-Maidstone.

In science, the chemical symbols for the elements nickel and sodium

both begin with which letter of the alphabet?

-N.

-Correct. In TV advertising, the phrase, "It does exactly what it says on the tin,"

was first used in a commercial for a treatment for wood or hair?

-Wood.

-Correct.

Which building in Washington DC contains the Chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives?

-White House.

-The Capitol Building.

In the animal kingdom, a scorpion has two pincers and how many legs?

-Six.

-Eight.

In protective clothing, an all-over garment,

sometimes with a jet-propelled backpack worn by an astronaut outside the craft,

is called a space what?

-Suit.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the 1962 James Bond film Dr No,

which actress emerges from the sea in a white bikini, singing the song Underneath The Mango Tree?

-Ursula Andress.

-Correct.

In criminal profiling, the term MO, meaning the behaviour pattern of an offender, is short for Modus what?

-Operandi.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In...

Time's up. Your "bank" was in time and you won £70.

In Round 8, you get to treble what you bank. You need to hang on to the best player.

Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

With the most wrong answers, Simon is the weakest link.

Statistically, Becca is the strongest link, but will the other players consider that

when they cast their final votes?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Simon.

Simon.

Becca.

Becca, why Simon?

I found it hard to keep track, but I think he might have got one more wrong than me and John.

-John, why Simon?

-Because I think it was either him or me and it certainly wasn't Becca.

Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think generally everyone back at home, my work colleagues, my family, they should be fairly proud.

I've gone on national TV, I wasn't out first.

Although I didn't win it, I've done well, I think.

Round 8. In the bank, £2,500. 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Becca. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In TV, the character played by Sean Bean in numerous dramas,

based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell, is Richard who?

-Pass.

-Sharpe. Which herb used to flavour bearnaise sauce has a name that rhymes with "paragon"?

-Tarragon.

-Correct. In English history,

the royal dynasty that preceded that of the Tudors was called the House of York or Windsor?

-York.

-Correct. The name of which animal that is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse

is used to refer to a stubborn person?

-Mule.

-Correct.

In education, the Bodleian is the name of the principal library of which English university?

-Oxford.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, the fraction that is equal to 0.6 is three what?

-Fifths.

-Correct.

In geography, what "I" is the name of the large, but sparsely populated island country in the North Atlantic

directly between Greenland and Norway?

-Iceland.

-Correct.

In energy, which word meaning "coarse" is used to describe the type of oil

that is widely known as petroleum?

-Crude.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of what? The sun or the sea?

-The sea.

-Correct. In film and theatre, which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is based

on the experiences of an English widow called Anna Leonowens?

Time's up and no noise came out of your mouth.

-It's a first!

-The correct answer is The King And I. But you did impressively well between you.

You won £300, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £3,400.

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.

So, John and Becca, for £3,400, let's play the Weakest Link.

-John, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I think I'll go first, please, Anne.

John, in TV, which series first shown in 2003

has starred Amanda Redman as the head of a unit called UCOS

which stands for the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad?

-Is it New Tricks?

-That is the correct answer.

Becca, in astronomy, Olympus Mons,

which is the largest known volcano in the solar system,

is on which planet?

-Mars.

-That is the correct answer.

John, in British politics, two Home Secretaries,

who held office between 1987 and 2006, shared what surname?

-Clarke.

-That is the correct answer.

Becca, in the film entitled Precious,

released in the UK in 2010 about a dysfunctional American family,

which US singer played a social worker called Mrs Weiss?

-Mo'Nique.

-No, the correct answer is Mariah Carey.

John, in theatre, "Two households, both alike in dignity,

"in fair Verona, where we lay our scene,"

are the opening lines of which Shakespeare tragedy?

-Romeo And Juliet.

-Correct.

Becca, in money, what is the name of the national currency of Brazil

that is represented by an upper case letter R

and a standard dollar sign?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is the real.

John, in American football, the team called The Saints

who beat the Indianapolis Colts in 2010 to win their first Super Bowl

are from which US city?

-Minneapolis.

-The correct answer is New Orleans.

Becca, which deputy leader of the Nazi Party flew to Britain in 1941

in a supposed attempt to negotiate a peace agreement,

but was captured in Scotland after bailing out of his plane?

-Goebbels.

-The correct answer is Rudolf Hess.

That means, John, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £3,400.

Becca, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

John is a fantastic winner.

He's just such a nice guy and it couldn't have gone to a nicer person.

I help with the homeless project once a month and I promised all the guys there that if I won,

I would take them down to Brighton for the day.

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