02/03/2012 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 £10,000.

They've only just met.

But to get the prize money, they'll 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.

I'm Bernard, aged 44,

from Catford, south-east London,

and I'm an elevator technician.

I'm Helen, I'm 52,

I'm from Goole, in East Yorkshire,

and I'm a work clerk.

I'm Ray, I'm 63, I'm from Coalville,

in Leicestershire, and I'm a sales manager.

I'm Sharron, 41, from Southampton,

and I'm a student.

I'm Tom, I'm 19, from Kingston,

and I'm a sales assistant.

I'm Kerri, I'm 23, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

I'm a games and amusements manager.

I'm Mark, I'm 54,

I'm from Walsall Wood in the West Midlands,

and I'm a retired secondary school teacher.

I'm Catherine, 33, from Newcastle,

and I'm a housing support coordinator.

I'm Peter, I'm 26, I'm from the Wirral,

in Merseyside, and I'm a bid manager.

OK, just to remind you. In each round, there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.

Say "Bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Bernard.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

Bernard, in the childish rhyming phrase that means very simple,

which two words precede "lemon squeezy"?

-Easy.

-Easy peasy.

Helen, in security, what L is the general term for a mechanism

normally operated by a key that secures or fastens a door?

-A lock.

-Correct.

Ray, in maths, what is 99 minus two?

-97.

-Correct.

Sharron, in the English alphabet, what is the name for letters

representing sounds that are voiced without friction,

such as A, E, I, O and U?

-Vowels.

-Correct.

Tom, in the late 1960s,

major discoveries were made below the North Sea of natural gas,

and which other commodity, coffee or crude oil?

-Crude oil.

-Correct.

Kerri, in cinema, the characters Luke Skywalker, Han Solo

and Princess Leia were introduced in which 1977 film?

-Star Wars.

-Correct.

Mark, in Asian geography,

what T is the name of the city in Japan with the largest population?

-Tokyo.

-Correct.

Catherine, in nature, a spider has how many legs?

-Eight.

-Correct.

Peter, in education, what's the usual four-letter

abbreviation for the word examination?

-Exam.

-Correct.

Bernard, in the early days of TV,

if there was a breakdown in transmission a message

appeared on the screen saying, "Do not adjust your" what?

-TV sets.

-I'll accept.

-Helen.

-Bank!

-In theatre, which...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.

That money will go through to the next round.

But one of you will not.

Who's obviously got a head like a haggis?

Who rings more alarm bells than a 999 call?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Helen is the strongest link.

Bernard is the weakest.

But who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

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

Ray.

Bernard.

Bernard.

Bernard.

Bernard.

Bernard.

Bernard.

Bernard.

Bernard.

-What do you do, Peter?

-I'm a bid manager.

-A bin manager?

-Bid manager?

-A bid manager.

-Yes.

And what sort of bids are you managing?

We have all kinds of different bids.

We have construction, we have catering, we have...

You're bidding to do it, are you?

No, we work with companies who want to get into that kind of arena.

What arena is that?

The...providing goods and services to the public sector.

Are you very entertaining since you come from Liverpool?

I was once a magician and a comedian, yeah.

Oh, really? Well, everyone in Liverpool is a comedian.

-Well, that's why it's the funniest city in the UK.

-Yeah.

Put your board down.

OK, Peter is going to do some stand-up for us. Where are we?

We are in the Phoenix Pub, in Edinburgh.

It's the middle of the Fringe Festival, 2008.

And I've just come on stage.

And is the auditorium now empty?

-No, the auditorium is packed to the rafters.

-Yeah.

Cos you're on stage.

-Absolutely.

-Yes, OK. Off you go.

I went on shopping in Edinburgh today and bought a book on self-motivation.

You know, I just can't be bothered to read it.

Yeah. Can you do better than that?

That's my...my best material.

Put your board up. Why Bernard?

Bernard was the only contestant who got a question wrong.

What do you do, Helen?

-I'm a work clerk.

-Are you? Where?

-At a local hospital.

-Where is that?

In Goole.

And what does your job entail?

Er... Mainly paperwork,

keeping patients' notes in order, photocopying...

-Do you deal with the patients?

-Sometimes.

If I want the details, I have to go by their bedsides

and get the details of them.

-Do you? Do you deal with the relatives?

-Yes.

-How?

They sometimes come to where I sit

and ask how their relative or friend is,

and I'm the first port of call usually.

I see. I suppose it's peculiar to Yorkshire.

But wouldn't you usually ask the relative how they were,

rather than come and see Helen?

It's your hairdo, isn't it? They just want to have a look at it.

-Oh, yeah. Absolutely, yeah.

-Yeah. Why Bernard?

He was the only one to get one wrong.

It was such an easy-peasy question, wasn't it?

It was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

Where are you from, Tom?

I'm from Kingston, Anne.

-Kingston in where?

-In south-west London.

Oh! From Surrey.

You're from Surrey.

Yeah, borderline south-west London, Surrey.

OK. And what do you do in Surrey, Tom?

-I'm a sales assistant in a toy shop.

-Are you? That's a big job.

-How old are you?

-19.

-Yes.

-You've not bothered with university.

-No.

It's too expensive for me.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

Really? You can't afford to go?

Unless I win this, but...

-No, so you're in a toy shop.

-Yeah.

-In Kingston.

-A-ha.

That's quite sad, isn't it?

-Er... A little bit, yeah.

-Yeah.

And do you get mistaken for a toy in the toy shop?

No. I'm on my feet all day, actually. I'm such a hard worker, you know.

And do you have a girlfriend in Kingston?

-I don't have a girlfriend, no. I'm single.

-Really?

-Are you playing the field?

-Trying to.

-Yes.

And what's the drawback, apart from your looks?

Oh, where to start, really. Er...

I didn't go out first on the Weakest Link, so that's one thing, I guess.

Yes. And why Bernard?

He got the first question wrong,

and no-one else got a question wrong in that round.

Bernard! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Well, today, my competition was quite high.

I always believed that I'd get probably into Round Five, Six.

I knew I could start off first alphabetically.

Er... So my aim was, you know, just get through the first question

and then I can bank at the end.

But it didn't quite work out that way.

Round Two and you have £1,000.

We are now taking ten seconds

off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Helen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Helen, in history, the Soviet Army, formed by Trotsky

during the Russian Civil War was known in English

by the name of which primary colour?

-Black.

-Red.

Ray, in literature, the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey,

narrated by a patient at a psychiatric hospital

in entitled One Flew Over The Cuckoo's what?

-Nest.

-Correct.

Sharron, in celebrities, in 2005,

David and Victoria Beckham gave their third son

what first name, Safari or Cruz?

-Cruz.

-Correct.

Tom, in marketing, an unnamed product

that is being compared to a similar one

called brand X is usually known as brand what?

-I don't know. Pass.

-Y.

Kerri, in geometry, there are how many degrees in a circle?

-360.

-Correct.

Mark, in TV, the popular sitcom of the 1990s

about a pair of flatmates called Gary and Tony

was entitled Men Behaving what?

-Badly.

-Correct.

Catherine, in royalty, what K goes

before the word "Palace" in the name of the residence

that in 2011 became the London home

of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?

-Kensington.

-Correct.

-Peter.

-Bank!

In Leisure, the ancient Chinese exercise in which

controlled movements are intended to relax the body and mind

is called Tai what?

-Chi.

-Correct.

Helen, in pop music,

which group formed in 2007 with five members

called Mollie, Frankie, Vanessa, Rochelle and Una

are named after a day of the week?

-Saturdays.

-Correct.

Ray, in biology, the term for an involuntary kick

of the lower leg that is used to refer

to any reflex response is a knee what?

-Jerk.

-Correct.

Sharron, in DIY,

which three-letter word follows "fret", "hack" and "jig"

to give the names of three cutting tools?

-Saw.

-Correct.

-Tom.

-Bank!

In history, because of political instability in ancient Rome,

the year 69 AD became known as the Year Of what,

three tenants or four emperors?

-Four Emperors.

-Correct.

Kerri, in the United States, which island in California

was once the site of a maximum security prison

and is nicknamed The Rock?

-Pass.

-Alcatraz.

Mark, in live entertainment,

which term for a circus tent consists

of two words that are direct opposites of small and bottom?

-Big top.

-Correct.

Catherine, at which tourist spot

on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall

does a signpost read, "3,147 miles to New York?"

-Pass.

-Land's End.

Peter, in addictions,

the process of giving something up by an immediate

and complete withdrawal

is called what, roast chicken or cold turkey?

-Cold turkey.

-Correct.

Helen, which word meaning "deluge" precedes "lighting"

to give the name of a type of illumination

used in sport stadiums and public buildings?

-Spot.

-Flood.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £300.

Whose head could win rear of the year?

Who's only here

because the binman made a delivery?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Peter is the strongest link.

But who will the team want off?

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

Tom.

Kerri.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

What do you do, Mark?

Well, I'm semi-retired, Anne.

Are you?

-How old are you?

-54.

-Yes.

And what did you do?

-I was a secondary school teacher.

-Where?

-In Birmingham.

-Yes.

And what were you doing there?

Er... Teaching English.

Did you just teach English?

I taught other things. Er...

-A bit of drama, music.

-Yes.

You can play an instrument, can't you?

-Indeed, I can.

-Yeah. What instrument can you play?

I play the euphonium in a brass band.

Is that the only instrument you can play?

No, I do have another instrument,

which I enjoy playing equally as well as the euphonium.

Yeah. But you've only got one brass instrument.

-Only one brass instrument, yes.

-Yes.

And does Mrs Mark, when you get home,

does she polish your instrument?

She's polished it on many an occasion, Anne.

-And have you brought an instrument with you?

-I have, yes.

-Is it a big instrument or a little instrument?

-Um...

It depends on the weather, but today, quite small.

OK, put your board down.

Are you going to take it out?

I've got it out, Anne, I'll just put this in the end.

-Would you like me to play it?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-What's that called?

-This is called the garden hose pipe.

-Yeah.

The more meek among us actually do this action

and water the garden with it in the summer.

HE PLAYS A MILITARY FANFARE

-Well, that's not going to water the garden.

-It gets the kids in.

-Yeah.

Get behind your podium.

Put your board up.

You are not multitasking then?

I've attempted it and failed, just like every other man.

Why Helen?

I believe Helen got the most questions wrong, Anne.

Sharron, you look incredibly annoying. What do you do?

I'm a student.

How old are you?

41.

What on Earth are you doing being a student at 41?

Fancied a change.

So we are paying for you, are we?

I'd like to think the amount of money I've made in taxes over the years,

I'm actually paying for myself, just getting a little bit back.

-OK. And where do you live?

-Southampton.

-And what are you studying?

-Psychology.

-Is that on a cat...

What's the local paper?

The Echo, I think.

Yes, and in The Echo, if you look down the jobs that are going,

are there lots for psychologists?

Mm... I hope not in the local rag, cos I actually want to be a teacher.

-What are you going to teach?

-Psychology, he-he.

-Yes, to whom?

Hopefully, to secondary school pupils.

What sort of thing are they going to learn from you?

Just try and be interesting instead of just annoying.

Ha-ha-ha! I hadn't thought I was being annoying.

But hopefully, I'll just engage them and make the subject interesting.

Give me an example of something you'd teach them.

Pavlov and his dogs...

Yes.

Pavlov was a researcher that conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.

A-ha. What makes you salivate?

Cream cakes, chocolates.

-Yes, obviously.

-Obviously.

-Why Helen?

I just think she was actually the weakest link.

She was the worst player.

Helen! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think friends and family are going to be very proud of me.

I obviously wanted to get a bit further

than being the second voted off, but hey-ho.

It's all good fun.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,300.

Another ten seconds coming off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Peter.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Peter, in literature, the 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

that has the alternative title Life Among the Lowly

is called Uncle Tom's what?

-Cabin.

-Correct.

Ray, in maths, what is 51 plus 23?

74.

Correct.

Sharron, in tennis, the German player who appeared in seven

Wimbledon men's singles finals

between 1985 and 1995 is Boris who?

-Becker.

-Correct.

-Tom.

-Bank!

In vegetables, which word derived from anatomy is

the name given to the very centre of a lettuce?

-Core.

-Heart.

Kerri, in the home, a barrier around

the perimeter of a garden consisting of wooden stakes

driven into the ground at regular intervals

is called a picket what?

-Fence.

-Correct.

Mark, in TV, in 2011,

Cheryl Cole was reportedly sacked as a judge

on the US version of The X Factor

because of her what,

hair extensions or Geordie accent?

-Geordie accent.

-Correct.

Catherine, in advertising, a rhyming slogan

formerly used by British Rail was,

"Let the train take the..." what?

-Pass.

-Strain.

Peter, in women's fashion,

the full-flared skirt introduced by Christian Dior in 1955

was named after its resemblance to which

letter of the alphabet?

-V.

-A.

Ray, in film, which 1997 Oscar-winning romantic drama

is set aboard a famous ship

and features characters called Jack and Rose?

-Pass.

-Titanic.

Sharron, in quotations, the name of which Texan city

precedes "We've had a problem,"

in a well-known phrase said in 1970

on the Apollo 13 space mission?

-Houston.

-Correct.

-Tom.

-Bank!

In music, what P is the name for the section of an orchestra

whose instruments may include the tam-tam, the triangle

and the marimba?

-Percussion.

-Correct.

Kerri, in law, the controversial reform group

formed by Matt O'Connor in 2001 whose protest actions

are often done in costume is called Fathers 4 what?

-Justice.

-Correct.

Mark, in Australian history, the 19th-century bushranger

Edward Kelly was named by what three-letter abbreviated name?

-Ned.

-Correct.

Catherine, in sport,

the British boxer who beat Zab Judah

in a world title fight in Las Vegas

in 2011 is Amir who?

-Khan.

-Correct.

Peter, in botany, in the British Isles,

the deciduous tree sheds most of its leaves

during which season, spring or autumn?

-Autumn.

-Correct.

Bank!

Ray, in chess, the upper section of which...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £420.

But who is the midget in the pole jump?

Who's the grit on the ski jump?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Catherine is the weakest link.

Mark is the strongest link.

But will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Catherine.

Ray.

Catherine.

Ray.

Peter.

Peter.

Catherine.

So, Grandad, what do you do?

I'm a sales manager, Anne.

What do you sell?

I sell brake linings and brake pads.

Do you run an emergency service?

No.

So you never get a call if someone's going over a cliff and needs you?

-It's a little bit too late then, Anne.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

If they'd bought a quality product to start with,

they wouldn't have that problem.

-Yes, it's that your sales pitch.

-Some of it.

-OK.

Well, let's hear a bit more of your sales pitch.

A little bit more of my sales pitch. Well, it's based technically...

Oh, you're the George Clooney of brake pads.

-I could well be, Anne.

-Yes.

And do you have an open-top sports car?

No, I have a coupe.

A coupe what?

-It's a Volvo.

-A Volvo.

-A-ha.

You see, you just get more attractive by the minute.

-And where do you live?

-Where do I live?

-Yeah.

In a place called Coalville, in Leicestershire.

Yeah, fantastic.

-We're happy there.

-Why Catherine?

Catherine answered a question wrong.

Peter, from Liverpool, as your last joke was such a success,

can you give us another one?

-Yeah, certainly.

-Go on, then.

The Mona Lisa walked into a bar, and the barman looked at her

and said, "Well, you're off the wall!"

Why Catherine?

There was one, just one question,

where she lost the...some money, and when it came round to me to bank.

Catherine! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I did want to speak to Anne, but I was a bit worried

that she was going to ask us to do my monkey impression.

So, just for you, Anne, here it is.

Ooh-ooh! Aah-aah-ah-ah!

Round Four.

In the bank, £1,720.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Mark.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Mark, in maths, what is 21 multiplied by three?

-63.

-Correct.

Peter, in commerce,

what I is the single-word term for a document

sent by a seller to a buyer detailing

goods or services supplied and the price charged?

-Invoice.

-Correct.

Ray, in geography,

the landlocked country called Burkina Faso

is in the western part of which continent?

-America.

-Africa.

Which word is both a medical job title

and a term for feeding a baby with milk?

Nurse.

-Bank.

-Record-breaking journeys across the Atlantic

by boat and hot-air balloon have been made by which celebrity,

Alan Sugar or Richard Branson?

Richard Branson.

"I thought love was only true in fairytales"

is the opening line of which 1967 UK number-one single by The Monkees?

-I'm A Believer.

-Correct.

In the Army and Police, the badge of rank worn by a sergeant

consists of how many stripes or chevrons?

Three.

-Bank.

-What D is a horse that is grey with round spots

or patches of a darker colour?

-Pass.

-Dappled.

Which word meaning "to distribute cards at the start of a game"

is also a town in Kent?

Deal.

In maths, the prefix "semi" represents which simple fraction?

Half.

In the 1999 film comedy Notting Hill,

Hugh Grant plays the owner of a shop selling what, chocolate or books?

Books.

In military history, Hindenburg and Ludendorff

were leading German generals in which world war?

-Second.

-First.

At the Olympics, which is the only event in women's artistic gymnastics

in which competitors perform to the accompaniment of music?

-The floor.

-Correct.

In Norse mythology, what V was the name of the maidens

who rode over battlefields to take slain heroes to Valhalla?

-Valkyries.

-Correct!

In music, Rhapsody In Blue and the opera Porgy And Bess

were both written by which American composer?

-Pass.

-George Gershwin.

In children's toys, the blond male doll figure with elastic limbs

that was introduced in 1976...?

END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE

Time's up, you won £120,

but who's the Darth Vader?

Who probably thinks Star Trek is a reality show?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly,

Mark is still the strongest link.

The weakest link statistically is Ray,

but whose game is over?

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

Peter.

Ray.

Ray.

Ray.

Ray.

Ray.

-What do you do, Kerri?

-I'm a games and amusement manager.

-Are you? Where?

-At a safari park.

-Where?

-In the West Midlands.

-Whereabouts?

-Er, Kidderminster.

-And it's got wild animals, has it?

-It has -

-not Kidderminster, the safari park.

-Has it got chimpanzees?

-No.

-Has it got monkeys?

-No.

Are there any animals that take the windscreen wipers off?

-No, we don't have any of those - it's a very safe park.

-So, it's only

the people in a coach from Dudley who take the wipers off, is it?

I'm not from Dudley, so I wouldn't know.

-You're in charge of what?

-Games and amusements.

-Like what?

Basketball - you pay a couple of quid and try

to get one in the hoop, and if you get it in, you get a big cuddly toy.

-Do you do duck the duck?

-No, we've got fishy fish.

I worked at a safari park in Merseyside, and we had hook a duck.

-Were they real ducks?

-No, they were really cute little rubber ducks.

-MIDLANDS ACCENT:

-Rubber ducks?

-Rubber ducks, yeah.

Kerri, what would you feel like if you were put in a cage

and taken to another continent, and let out in a park?

I'd love it - think about it... You don't think

-the lions are a bit upset, living near Dood-ley?

-No,

they've got loads of space to ru... They're nowhere near Dudley!

Get that out of your head - nowhere near!

-But it is in the West Midlands.

-I believe it is.

-Can you imagine

being a lion, in Africa, and suddenly someone says,

"We're going to put you in the West Midlands?"

I mean, that's just awful, that is so cruel!

What are you laughing at?

-Poor lion, I feel so sorry for it!

-Yes. And why Ray?

Because he got two questions wrong, unfortunately.

-Tom, why Ray?

-I remember him getting a question wrong, unfortunately.

Two questions wrong. Ray, you are the weakest link -

goodbye.

I think it was fair that I was voted off in Round Four,

because I had a memory block and...lost the plot, basically.

Round Five - in the bank now, £1,840.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the last round's strongest link, Mark.

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

In physics, the rate of motion of an object is described by what,

velocity or monstrosity?

-Velocity.

-In classical Greek literature,

the epic poem The Iliad, ascribed to Homer,

is set during the siege of which city?

-Sparta.

-Troy.

In fashion, what D is the four-syllable first name

of the Versace sibling who in 1997

became creative director of the family design house?

Donatella.

-Bank.

-In pop music, I Need A Dollar was a UK hit single in 2011

for the US soul singer and rapper with the stage name Aloe what?

Blacc.

In Middle Eastern geography,

Syria has a coastline on which body of water?

-The Red Sea.

-Mediterranean Sea.

In comics, in the Superman stories,

Clark Kent works for which newspaper,

the Daily Planet or the Sunday Comet?

The Daily Planet.

In Oxford and Cambridge, what is the name for the activity

performed by students using a pole to propel a flat-bottomed boat?

Punting.

In film, which 1993 drama starred Holly Hunter

as a mute Scottish woman who communicates with others

by playing a musical instrument?

-Piano.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the animal kingdom, the insect that typically sits still

with its large front legs folded like hands in prayer

is known as the praying what?

Mantis.

In naval traditions, on a ship,

the two-hours period of duty between 4pm and 8pm is known as what,

cat's eyes or dog watches?

-Dog watches.

-Correct.

In 1953, a foundation for sick and disabled people,

later to have many high street shops,

was set up by and named after Sue who?

-Pass.

-Ryder.

Which musical opened in the West End in 1986

with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the leading roles?

-Cats.

-Phantom Of The Opera.

In chemistry, a simple compound such as methane or ethylene

is known as hydro what?

-Chloride.

-Carbon.

In TV, Barbara Bel Geddes and Donna Reed

played Eleanor Southworth, nicknamed Miss Ellie, in which soap...?

END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE

Time's up - you won £120.

Who couldn't now raise their game, even with a stair lift?

Who'd be a disappointment to their dog?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers right,

Tom is the strongest link. Statistically, Peter is the weakest,

but can he survive the vote?

The voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Peter.

Peter.

Peter.

Peter.

Mark.

-Mark, why Peter?

-I felt he answered most questions wrong.

-Sharron, why Peter?

-He did answer the most questions wrong.

Peter, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

Anne was absolutely terrifying. She's very piercing,

and she absolutely grilled me on the spot.

I think I did fairly well in the face of such a difficult task,

but no, it was great to meet Anne - she was fantastic.

Round Six - you've won £1,960.

We're losing another 10 seconds.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, little Tom.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In knitting, what C

is a design which looks similar to a twisted rope?

-Pass.

-Cable.

In geography, a triangular tract of land at the mouths of rivers

such as the Rhone, Danube and Ganges is known by what name?

-Pass.

-Delta.

In cartoons, Huey, Dewey and Louie

are the nephews of which male Disney character?

Donald Duck.

In rugby union, a player who is shown a yellow card

is also sent to the sin bin for how many minutes?

-Five minutes.

-Ten.

In law, what P is the name for the offence

of deliberately making a false statement under oath?

Could you repeat that, please?

In law, what P is the name for the offence

of deliberately making a false statement under oath?

-Pretence?

-Perjury.

In British customs, Mothering Sunday falls on the fourth Sunday

in which Christian period leading up to Easter?

Lent.

In pop music, the 1998 UK number one single

entitled Brimful Of Asha was by Cornershop or Butcher's Shop?

Cornershop.

In film, the 1985 brat-pack drama

about college friends coping with life after graduation

is St Elmo's what?

Fire.

What D is the nationality that goes before pastry

to give a baked item,

often garnished with sugar, icing or nuts?

Danish.

In finance, the expected profit from a particular course of action

is known as ROI, which stands for Return On what?

-Interest.

-Investment.

The logo of the British Medical Association features

a stick with what wrapped around it, a slug or a snake?

A snake.

In children's TV, when it was first broadcast in the 1970s,

Newsround was hosted by which presenter?

John Craven.

What A is the name of the Italian mountain range

in which the highest peak, at nearly 10,000ft, is Monte Corno?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, the answer was the Apennines.

You won £100. So, is Sharron too annoying?

Will it be game over for Tom?

Could Mark be about to go down the tubes?

Or will Kerri be out for a duck?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Tom goes from being the strongest link to the weakest.

The strongest link statistically is Mark,

but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Tom.

Kerri.

Tom.

Tom.

-Mark, why Tom?

-I believe his last wrong answer cost us money, Anne.

-Kerri, why Tom?

-Erm, I was ready to bank £100, and unfortunately,

-he got the question wrong.

-Tom, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I think it will be Mark who will win the money today, purely because

I think he's the most intelligent out of us all,

but I would like Kerri to win, because she's a really nice girl.

Round Seven - in the kitty, £2,060.

Another ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link,

that's Mark - let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In a phrase alluding to a precious metal,

a time when the arts and empire of a country were flourishing

is called a what age?

Golden.

In politics, the 20th-century British Prime Minister

Stanley Baldwin was the leader of which party?

-Labour.

-Conservative.

In literature, the 2011 book by George RR Martin

that is the fifth in his Song Of Ice And Fire series is called

A Dance With what?

-Angels?

-Dragons.

In horse racing, the Melling Road crosses which course in Liverpool?

Aintree.

In music, The College Dropout, Late Registration

and Graduation were UK hit albums for which rapper?

-P Diddy.

-Kanye West.

In leisure activities, the 1970s computer game

featuring two bats, a net and a ball was called Pong or Hum?

Pong.

In porcelain, the traditional pattern of a Chinese landscape

including a river and bridge in blue on a white background

is named after which tree?

Willow.

What C is a town in Cheshire that is noted as a railway junction

and has a football team with the suffix Alexandra?

-Pass.

-Crewe.

In cinema, the actor who has played the role

of the villain Lucius Malfoy in several of the Harry Potter films

is Jason who?

-Donoghue?

-Isaacs.

In the Gregorian calendar, in terms of the number of letters,

which month has the longest name?

-January.

-September.

In food, the vinegar substitute made from acetic acid

and often available in fish and chip shops is called non-brewed what?

-Acid.

-Condiment.

In politics, in a crisis caused by the British weather in 1976,

the MP Denis Howell was appointed Minister for Drought or Snow?

-Snow.

-Drought.

What is 92 divided by four?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

It's a good job you didn't teach maths. Correct.

The answer was 23. You won nothing.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Hang on to the best player. Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Sharron is the weakest link.

Statistics show that Mark is still the strongest link,

but who will be taking the final walk of shame?

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

Mark.

Sharron.

Sharron.

-Mark, why Sharron?

-Although I didn't answer the last question,

which would have put me on the same number of wrong answers, I think,

-Sharron answered the most wrong.

-Kerri, why Sharron?

She got the most questions wrong.

She's been really strong throughout the game.

-Yeah, she was only slightly worse than you.

-Yeah, she was.

She's very annoying.

-She's lovely.

-I'm sorry. You don't have opinions here.

-I do, and she's lovely!

-She is lovely.

-Be quiet!

Sharron, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was a bit peeved to be voted off the Weakest Link at that stage,

but I did get four questions wrong, so my time was definitely up.

Round Eight,

and you're up to £2,060. In this round, 90 seconds,

but whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link, that's Mark.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Mark, in education and religion,

what L means both a single period of instruction

and a portion of scripture read during a service?

-Lesson.

-Correct.

Kerri, which queen is credited with saying,

"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman,

"but I have the heart and stomach of a king?"

-Victoria?

-Queen Elizabeth I.

Mark, in 1980s TV, the private investigator

with the last name Magnum,

and the actor called Selleck who played him

shared what first name?

-Thomas.

-I'll accept.

-Kerri.

-Bank.

-In exploration in 1910,

Captain Scott set sail for the South Pole

in a ship called the what? Terra Nova or Bossa Nova?

-Terra Nova.

-Correct. Mark, in entertainment,

the company Aardman Animations

that created Morph and Creature Comforts,

was founded in 1976 in which English city?

-Bath.

-Bristol.

Kerri, in the English language,

a pangram sentence is defined as one that includes

how many different letters of the alphabet?

-All of them.

-I'll accept. 26 or all of them.

Mark, in South America, what P is the Spanish name

for the equivalent of the prairie

steppe, and veld of other continents?

-Pass.

-Pampas.

Kerri, on Radio 4, the writer and broadcaster

who has been a regular contributor

to Thought For The Day is Rabbi Lionel who?

-Richie?

-Blue.

Mark, in history, which 20th-century dictator

gave himself the titles

Conqueror of the British Empire...

END OF ROUND JINGLE Idi Amin.

The correct answer is Idi Amin, but you were half an hour out of time.

And in that round, you banked just £20, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today

of £2,120. There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Kerri and Mark, for £2,120, let's play the Weakest Link.

Kerri, as the strongest link in the last round,

-you have the choice of who goes first?

-I'd like to go first.

Kerri, in statistics in 2011,

following the results of a national census, it was claimed

that 17% of the world's total population

lives in which Commonwealth country?

-Switzerland?

-The correct answer is India.

Mark, in ornithology, which species of falcon native to Britain

has a name that means "pilgrim?"

-Peregrine.

-That is the correct answer.

Kerri, in US government, before she married Bill Clinton,

the politician Hillary, who became Secretary of State in 2009,

had what maiden name that is now part

of her double-barrelled surname?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Rodham.

Mark, which actor and star of the US sitcom Happy Days

has written books based on his childhood dyslexia,

and in 2011 was awarded an honorary OBE

for his work on the condition in the UK?

-Henry Winkler.

-That is the correct answer.

Kerri, in science, the unit represented by the letter T

that measures the strength of a magnetic field

was named in honour of which inventor and electrical engineer?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Nikola Tesla.

Mark, in musical notation, which Italian word, meaning "at ease",

is used to indicate a slow tempo

and appears in the title of a famous work for strings by Samuel Barber?

-Andante.

-No, the correct answer is Adagio.

Kerri, in sports equipment,

a Plastron is an item of protective clothing

worn by competitors during which event of the modern pentathlon?

-Swimming?

-The correct answer is fencing.

END OF GAME JINGLE

That means, Mark, you're today's strongest link,

and you go away with £2,120.

Kerri, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

What I'd like to say to Mark is well done.

He was fantastic the whole way through. He deserved it.

He was a great player and deserved the money.

Winning the Weakest Link feels great.

When I drive home, I shall be waving that cheque

out of the window at everybody I overtake, which inevitably, I will.

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