02/11/2011 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 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 Paul. I'm 55, from Leeds, West Yorkshire

and I'm a crossbow instructor.

I'm Fran, 22, from Whitehaven in Cumbria

and I'm a flexographic printer.

I'm David. I'm 71, from Abbeydale in Gloucester,

and I'm a retired nuclear engineer.

I'm Niki, I'm 32, I'm from Belfast and I'm a clown.

I'm Lucien, I'm 23, from Kettering and I work in PR.

I'm Islay. I'm 60, from Hallow in Worcestershire,

and I'm an equestrian sports coach.

I'm Pete, I'm 47, from Humbie in East Lothian and I'm a gardener.

I'm Patrick. I'm 19, from Axminster and I'm a taxidermist.

I'm Jane, 51, from Melton Mowbray

and I'm a retired senior home care assistant.

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 start with the person whose name is first alphabetically,

that's you, David.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

David, in dining,

a roast joint served with vegetables and all the trimmings

is traditionally eaten for lunch on which day of the week?

-Sunday.

-Correct. Niki, in landmarks,

the building that has been the official London residence

of the British monarch since 1837

is called Buckingham what?

-Palace.

-Correct. Lucien, in measurement, what H is a unit of time

that is equal to 3,600 seconds?

-Hour.

-Correct.

Islay, in astronomy, a solar eclipse is observed on Earth

when the moon passes in front of which celestial object?

-The sun.

-Correct. Pete,

in expressions, people who are very useful or helpful

are said to be worth their weight in which yellow precious metal?

-Gold.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

In housework, which word means to clean with a brush, sweep or swirl?

-Sweep.

-Correct. Jane.

In British traffic signals, which colour is at the top of a conventional set of three lights?

-Red.

-Correct.

Paul, in dogs, the Labradoodle is a cross between a Labrador and which other breed?

-Poodle.

-Correct. Fran.

-Bank.

In domestic architecture, what C is the general name

for the major structural part of a standard room

that is nearest to the roof?

-Chimney.

-Even the ceiling.

David, in pop music, Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad were best-selling albums

-by which singer?

-Michael.

-Michael Jackson.

-Michael Jackson. That's right.

I know it's right!

Niki, in continental Europe,

when handwritten, which number between zero and nine

often has an additional horizontal stroke across the middle?

-Seven.

-Correct.

Lucien, a piece of paper currency that promises payment to the bearer on demand

is known in the UK as a bank what?

-Note.

-Correct. Islay,

the front part of a normal domestic mirror is made from which material?

-Glass.

-Correct. Pete,

which dairy product widely used on desserts

is sold in varieties including whipping, double and clotted?

-Cream.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

-In cultural imagery,

stories about Adam and Eve, Isaac Newton and William Tell all mention which fruit?

-Apple.

-Correct. Jane,

in youth activities in the UK in the year to January 2011,

for the first time the majority of new members joining the Scouts were which sex?

-Female.

-Correct.

Paul, in golf what P is the usual name for the club

that is used by players on the green when attempting to tap the ball into the hole?

-Putter.

-Correct. Fran.

-Bank.

In British politics, when a prime minister is said to go to the country,

the event referred to is properly called a general what?

-Election.

-Correct.

David, on the canals of Venice,

someone whose job is propelling a flat-bottomed boat is known as...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Gondolier.

Time's up. Your answer was out of time.

You won £700.

Who stopped you getting to the thousand?

Who should retire to a cottage called "Dun Thinking"?

Who's just sailed around the Cape of No Hope?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The strongest link is Patrick.

Statistically, the weakest link is David.

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

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Patrick.

David.

Patrick.

Fran.

Patrick.

David.

Fran.

David.

Fran.

We have a three-way tie.

David, Fran and Patrick.

-What do you do, David?

-I'm a retired nuclear engineer.

What do you do now you're retired?

-I play bowls.

-Yes.

Is there a Mrs David?

-No.

-Oh. No girlfriends?

-Yes.

-Really? What's your girlfriend called?

-Jenny.

-Where did you meet Jenny?

-On the bowls green.

Did you? And how did you chat her up?

We got talking about cruising.

Is she going cruising with you?

-Yes.

-Is she? One cabin or two?

One.

Oh, well done!

Why do you want to get rid of Patrick?

Because I remembered that he banked a bit earlier.

-Where are you from, Niki?

-I'm from Belfast.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a clown.

-Have you been to university?

-Yes.

-What did you study?

-Politics.

-So that's been helpful!

-I thought it was quite appropriate.

-Have you got any jokes?

-Yes.

-OK. Put your board down.

We call my granddad Spiderman.

He has no superpowers, he just can't get out of the bath on his own.

Yes.

Put your board up.

-Why Fran?

-She got a question wrong and I remembered that bit.

-What do you do, Patrick?

-I'm a taxidermist.

-So what do you stuff?

-Anything.

-Got any animals at home?

-I have, yes.

-What have you got?

-Three dogs, three cats.

-Do they stay out of the way?

-Yes, I do have an elderly cat who I've got my eye on.

Why did you vote for David?

Because he got his question wrong about Michael Jackson.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

So you've now got a choice. Fran, Patrick or David.

I think I'll stick.

David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I know that my family thought I was an idiot to go on there in the first place.

However, I said to them, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

I've enjoyed the experience.

Round Two. In the bank, £700. We're taking ten seconds off your time.

We start with the strongest link from last round, Patrick.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Patrick,

if a prologue is a speech at the start of a play,

what E is the term for a speech at the end?

-Epilogue.

-Correct.

Jane, in TV, Matt Flint was the winner of the 2011 series

of the talent contest entitled So You Think You Can what?

-Pass.

-Dance.

Paul, in definitions, a fossil record is studied by which sort of person?

A palaeontologist or a Cliff Richard fan?

-Palaeontologist.

-Correct.

In pastimes, the activity in which participants jump out of aircraft

but do not open their parachutes until after a long period of free fall is called sky what?

-Diving.

-Correct. Niki, in public houses, what D is the word for beers served on tap

and is also applied to the horses sometimes used to pull the brewers' drays?

-Draught.

-Correct. Lucien.

-Bank.

In British royal history, the two daughters of King George VI

were given the first names Elizabeth and what?

-Margaret.

-Correct.

Islay, in informal English, the practice of shopping to cheer oneself up

is known as what, massage or therapy?

-Therapy.

-Correct. Pete,

in entertainment, the six-letter name of which farmyard bird

is used by critics to refer to a play or film that's been very unsuccessful?

-Turkey.

-Correct. Patrick, in surgery, what G describes an anaesthetic

that renders a patient totally unconscious?

-Pass.

-General. Jane,

the name of which breakfast dish of oatmeal mixed with water or milk

is also a slang term for a prison sentence?

-Porridge.

-Correct.

Paul, the only UK number one single for the Supremes in the 1960s

was entitled Baby what?

-Love.

-Correct. Fran.

-Bank.

In the kitchen, which of these appliances typically raises the temperature of its contents

to the higher level, a kettle or an oven?

-Kettle.

-An oven. Niki,

in TV animation in the cartoon series Wacky Races,

what was the name of the canine sidekick of Dick Dastardly?

-Muttley.

-Correct. Lucien,

in football in 2011, the midfielder Aaron Ramsey

who was born in 1990

became the youngest player to captain which country of the UK?

-England.

-Wales.

Islay, in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens what A precedes the word Dodger

to make the nickname of one of the young pickpockets?

-Artful.

-Correct. Pete,

in history, which renowned female military commander

was burnt at the stake in 1431 in the French town of Rouen?

-Joan of Arc.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

-In optics,

the plural of which word meaning depth of colour or relative darkness

is an informal term for sunglasses?

-Shades.

-Correct. Jane,

in medicine in the UK, the abbreviation...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You only banked £200. Why?

Who'll get the job if the Government creates an Idiot Tsar?

Who thinks al fresco is an Italian painter?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Pete is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Jane

but will the votes follow the statistics?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Lucien.

Jane.

Patrick.

Patrick.

Jane.

Jane.

Jane.

Patrick.

What do you do, Fran?

I'm a flexographic printer.

And what are you printing?

-Crisp packets.

-Yes.

-Do you sit at a machine?

-Yes.

-Where?

-In Workington.

-It's a big factory, is it?

Massive.

Put your board down. I bet you're not in the factory. I bet you're dreaming.

Yeah.

What are you dreaming about?

Frank Lampard.

Do you want to marry Frank Lampard?

-You do?

-I do.

-Yes.

But you see you'll have to move out of the factory

into a job on Daybreak, won't you?

-I suppose.

-OK.

I want you to imagine you're sitting on the sofa on Daybreak

next to Adrian. Could you introduce me as a guest?

Come on, there's a lot at stake, here!

If you're going to replace Christine.

And on today's show we have the most famous, beautiful woman in the world,

-Anne Robinson!

-Put your board up.

Why Jane?

A bit tit-for-tat. She voted for me last time.

Fair enough.

-What do you do, Islay?

-I'm an equestrian sports coach.

You spend your life riding horses, do you?

Not so much now, but I spend a lot of time teaching people to ride.

Put your board down. Can we see you in movement?

On a horse or...

With your husband, whatever you prefer.

So one has the perfect riding position.

Ear, shoulder, hip, heel.

-Yes.

-And the horse is underneath.

Oh, really? That's not fair, is it? Jump up.

Why Jane?

Jane got one answer wrong and she also failed to bank the last bit of money.

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

I think I'm a very good team player anyway

and so I think the team's lost a very good team member.

Had they allowed me to stay in a lot longer,

I think there'd have been a lot of money to put in the pot.

Round Three. In the bank, £900. Ten seconds off the time.

The strongest link last round was Pete.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Pete,

basic administration work is sometimes referred to as stuffing what,

chickens or envelopes?

-Envelopes.

-Correct. Patrick,

in the Shakespeare play Macbeth, compassion is described as the milk of human what?

-Kindness.

-Correct.

Paul, what P is the name of a variety of pasta

that translates from Italian as quills?

-Pass.

-Penne. Fran,

in TV, Harold's Store, Eden University and Carpenter's Mechanics

are all establishments featured in which Australia soap opera?

-Neighbours.

-Correct. Niki,

in maths, what is 71 minus 22?

-59.

-49. Lucien,

at a film premiere in 1994, Liz Hurley wore a Versace dress

that was held together by what, sticky-back plastic or safety pins?

-Sticky-back plastic.

-Safety pins.

Islay, in literature, which English city was praised by the poet Matthew Arnold

for "her dreaming spires"?

-Oxford.

-Correct. Pete,

in personal appearance, which word originally meaning a trench made by a plough

is also used for a wrinkle on the human forehead?

-Furrow.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

In politics, in January 1974 during the miners' strike,

the Heath government reduced the industrial working week to how many days?

-Five.

-Three. Paul,

what A is a type of religious building such as those in northern England

called Fountains, Whitby and Rievaulx?

-Abbey.

-Correct. Fran.

-Bank.

-The American duo who had UK hit singles in the 1980s

with Maneater and I Can't Go For That

were Daryl Hall and John who?

-Pass.

-Oates. Niki,

in the animal kingdom, which word for a mature male deer

sounds like one of the major organs in the human body?

-Stag.

-Hart. Lucien,

the 13th-century Scottish patriot who fought the English

with William Wallace had what name, Andrew Murray or Timothy Henman?

-Timothy Henman.

-Andrew Murray. Islay,

on a dining table, cardinal's hat, pyramid and bird of paradise

are all methods of folding which articles?

-Napkins.

-Correct. Pete, Daniel Day-Lewis

won Best Actor Oscars for his roles as Christy Brown in My Left Foot

and Daniel Plainview in the film There Will Be what?

-Thunder.

-Blood. Patrick,

the national flag of which Asian country

consists of orange, white and green horizontal stripes

with a blue wheel in the centre?

-Pass.

-India. Paul,

in fashion, a popular women's haircut of the 1990s

was named after which character from the US TV series Friends?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

The correct answer is Rachel.

You won £70.

Whose silence would be golden?

Who's so unreliable they could run a rail network?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers right,

Islay is the strongest link.

Statistically, Niki is the weakest link.

But who will lose out in the vote?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Niki.

Niki.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Patrick.

Lucien.

Lucien, where are you from?

-I'm from Kettering.

-What do you do in Kettering?

I work in PR. Bridals PR, Anne.

Is bridal gear your life?

Luckily, it's not my life. If it was, I'd be pretty sad.

What do you do for a hobby?

-I do many things, Anne.

-For example.

-I sing.

-Oh, you sing?

-Yes.

-I'm a music producer as well, in my spare time.

-Put your board down.

OK. So what's this song called?

It's called Be With You.

-Who wrote that?

-I wrote it and it'll be on my new album. I hope you enjoy it.

-Off you go.

# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

# I'm gonna be with you tonight

# Night

# We'll drink three bottles of wine

# And I'll see if you change your mind

# Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh. #

-That's for you, Anne.

-Why Paul?

-Paul, I went for you because of the last question.

-Niki,

why Paul?

We all had a diabolical round. But I just thought Paul's questions weren't very difficult.

Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Doing the walk of shame, I did feel slightly embarrassed.

I think I could have done a bit better on the show

but when you've got to go, you've got to go. Unfortunately, I went!

Round Four. In the bank, £970. Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from last round, trot-trot Islay.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Islay,

the metropolitan county that includes Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport and Bolton is Greater what?

-Manchester.

-Correct. Pete,

in reptiles, what V is the general name for a venomous snake

with long folding fangs?

-Viper.

-Correct. Patrick,

a semi-circle is equivalent to a rotation of how many degrees?

-180.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Fran, in the theatre, something said or done that serves as a signal

to an actor to deliver his next line

is called what, a P or a cue?

-A cue.

-Correct. Niki,

in politics, the renowned diarist and Conservative MP

whose father was the art expert Sir Kenneth Clark

had what first name?

-Ken.

-Alan. Lucien,

in nature, an area of land where much of the topsoil has been blown away

due to drought and mismanagement is known as a dust what?

-Pass.

-Bowl.

Islay, in children's books, which 1969 story by Eric Carle

is the tale of an insect larva and its diet as it grows from an egg into a butterfly?

-Caterpillar.

-No, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Pete,

in the Middle East, what D is the capital city of Syria?

-Damascus.

-Correct.

Patrick, the title of a UK hit album for Kate Bush in 2011

is also a term for a specially edited version of a film as Director's what?

-Cut.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Fran, in food and drink, the Chinese word Oolong that literally means black dragon

is the name of a variety of which hot beverage?

-Tea.

-Correct. Niki,

in sport, the annual Umpire of the Year trophy

that was renamed after David Shepherd in 2010 is awarded by the governing body of which game?

-Cricket.

-Correct. Lucien.

-Bank.

-In TV, the setting for the sitcoms Red Dwarf and Hyperdrive

was where, outer space or Outer Mongolia?

-Outer space.

-Correct. Islay, the plant called monkshood

used in ancient times to poison wild members of the dog family

is also known as wolf's what?

-Pass.

-Bane. Pete, in cinema

in 1956, the screening of which film starring Bill Hayley and his Comets

provoked riots in parts of the UK?

-Rock Around The Clock.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

-In science,

what P is the word used to describe the motion produced by a hypothetical machine

that works indefinitely without input of energy?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was perpetual.

You won £220. Who thinks Muffin the Mule is breakfast in France?

Who's obviously at a nudist camp

run by Saga?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Islay goes from being the strongest link in the last round

to the weakest link in this.

Statistically, Pete is the strongest link,

but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Islay.

Islay.

Fran.

Niki.

Lucien.

Niki.

We have a tie, team. Niki the clown

and Mrs Trot-trot.

Niki, why Islay?

I think she got two questions wrong.

Islay, why Niki?

Well, I was definitely the weakest link,

but I think Niki was the only other person to get a question wrong.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote, and that was Pete.

You have a choice between Niki and Islay. Who would you like to get rid of?

I think overall, Niki has been the weakest player so far

so I'll go for Niki.

Niki, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family will laugh at the questions I got wrong

and the fact I got a sports question right!

That's quite bizarre for me!

Round Five. In the kitty, £1,190. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock. Pete,

the War Office, the Admiralty and the Air Ministry

were joined together to form which modern day department?

-The Ministry of Defence.

-Correct. Patrick, in English literature,

what surname is shared by the authors of Tom Jones and Bridget Jones's Diary?

-Pass.

-Fielding.

Fran, in religion, the first women priests

were ordained in the Church of England in which decade of the 20th century?

-The '40s.

-1990s. Lucien,

in a gallery, an exhibition that presents the life's work of a particular artist

is described as a what, a defective or retrospective?

-Retrospective.

-Correct.

Islay, in superstition, in the alliterative phrase for the female personification of good fortune,

which word goes before "luck"?

-Good.

-Lady. Pete,

which stringed instrument with a seven-letter Hawaiian name

is known colloquially as a uke?

-Ukulele.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

-In heraldry,

a cross with four broad limbs indented at the end to give eight points

is named after which Mediterranean island?

-Pass.

-Malta.

In politics, what O is defined as a form of government

in which the exercise of power is restricted to a small group of people?

-Pass.

-Oligarchy.

Lucien, in TV the satirist who appeared as the news anchor

in The Day Today and created the series Brass Eye and Jam is Chris who?

-Parkes.

-Morris. Islay,

in science, in the equation E=mc squared formulated by Einstein,

the letter m stands for what, mass or motion?

-Mass.

-Correct. Pete,

in film, which 1990 comedy starred Macaulay Culkin

as a boy who is accidentally left behind when his family goes on holiday?

-Home Alone.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

-In vocabulary,

which two-word hyphenated term describing an egg cooked in water for a long time

is also used to mean toughened by experience.

-Boiled.

-Hard-boiled. Fran,

in an 1839 painting by Turner

what T is the name of the warship being towed up by steam tug to be broken up?

-Titanic.

-No, the Temeraire.

Lucien, in fictional...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won just £70.

Who's firing on all cylinders and who's shot themselves in the foot?

Who'd have to gatecrash their own birthday party?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly,

Pete is the strongest link.

Statistics show that Fran is the weakest link.

But how will the votes go?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Patrick.

Fran.

Patrick.

Fran.

Fran.

Lucien, why do you want to get rid of Fran?

-It's a really bad excuse used so many times, but she's over there and I feel sorry for her.

-Patrick,

-why do you want to get rid of Fran?

-Because I think she got the most questions wrong.

Apart from me!

Fran, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I had three very stinker questions.

Politics, religion and art!

I'm not that type of person!

It should have been soaps and music and films!

Round Six. In the bank, £1,260. Another ten seconds off the time.

The strongest link last round was Pete. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Pete, in music,

what was the title of the second album by Susan Boyle

that topped the UK and US charts when it was released in 2010?

-I Dreamed a Dream.

-The Gift. Patrick,

what's the name of the home ground of Liverpool Football Club?

-Merseyside.

-Anfield. Lucien,

in geography, Pedro Miguel is the name of a set of locks on which canal

that was opened in 1914 in Central America?

-Panama.

-Correct.

Islay, in company meetings at the end of an agenda

the phrase Any Other Business is shortened to which three-letter abbreviation?

-AOB.

-Correct. Pete,

in surgical procedures, a vasectomy is known informally as what, the smash or the snip?

-The snip.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

In literature, in the 1930s the poet W.H.Auden served as a stretcher bearer

in the Civil War of which country?

-Pass.

-Spain. Lucien,

in computing, the basic software that deals with vital tasks

and manages other programs that are being used

is called an operating what?

-System.

-Correct.

In Ancient Rome, during a fight between gladiators,

members of the crowd would use which of their digits to indicate the fate of the loser?

-Thumb.

-Correct. Pete,

which actor who was knighted in 1947 starred in many films such as Wuthering Heights, Rebecca

and The Boys From Brazil?

-Don't know.

-Sir Laurence Olivier.

Patrick, what is 74 divided by two?

-37.

-Correct. Lucien.

-Bank.

-In theatre, what V is a word meaning a collection of differing things

that was applied to entertainment consisting of a series of unrelated acts?

-Variety.

-Correct.

Islay, in American history, the city of New Amsterdam, later renamed New York

was founded in the 17th century on what island?

-Manhattan.

-Correct. Pete, in celebrities,

which pianist born in 1919 became a TV star in the 1950s

and was famous for his candelabra and flamboyant outfits?

-Liberace.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

In publishing, a footnote is a comment on the text...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £220.

But has Lucien been a PR disaster?

Does Pete need weeding out?

Is Islay hot to trot?

Or should Patrick get stuffed?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the first time in the game, Lucien is the strongest link.

Statistically, Patrick is the weakest link.

But will the voting reflect reality?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Pete.

Patrick.

Patrick.

Pete.

Another tie. Patrick and Pete.

-Pete, why Patrick?

-I don't think any of us had a good round,

but he seemed to do quite badly, with a lot of passes.

Patrick, why Pete?

Well, uh,

apart from me, I think he got the most questions wrong.

Well, the strongest link was Lucien. You have a choice. But why did you vote for Pete?

I went for Pete because he made me so nervous. He never banked.

At one time, he lost us around £100 and I thought, "No." Sorry, Pete.

You can change your vote if you want.

No. I'm going to be true to the word. Sorry, Pete.

Pete, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

If I was going to be Anne's gardener, I think she'd be a nightmare to work for.

But you can have a bit of banter with her

and I think if you dig deep enough with a very big spade,

you'll find traces of a smile there. She's not too bad. She's not all bad at all.

Round Seven. You have £1,480. Another ten seconds off the time.

The strongest link from last round was Lucien. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Lucien, in horse-racing,

the two English classics normally run at Epsom are the Derby and which other?

Um... The...Grand National.

Even The Oaks.

Islay, which perennial plant with clusters of small pink, white or yellow flowers

and aromatic feathery leaves

has a name that rhymes with marrow?

-Yarrow.

-Correct. Patrick, in customs, what T is the word borrowed from French

for the clothes, linen and other belongings

collected by a bride for her marriage?

-Pass.

-Trousseau. Lucien.

In art, the British cartoonist born 1875 who was renowned for his saucy seaside postcards

-was Donald who?

-Pass.

McGill.

Islay, in Greek mythology, Priam was the king of which besieged city?

-Carthage.

-Troy. Patrick,

in cinema, the 2011 comedy re-make Arthur starred Russell Brand in the title role

that had been played in the original 1981 film by which actor?

-Pass.

-Dudley Moore. Lucien,

which word is both the name of a type of whisky

and the term for barley steeped in water, allowed to sprout and then dried in a kiln?

-Squash.

-Malt.

Islay, in the measurement of time, when the UK changes from GMT to BST

the clocks officially go forward at what hour, 1:00am or 1:00pm?

-1:00am.

-Correct.

-Patrick.

-Bank.

-In quotations, the phrase attributed to the Duke of Wellington

about a forthcoming book by a former mistress is publish and be what?

-Pass.

-Damned. Lucien.

what H is the name of the castle in Kent that was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn?

-Highgate.

-Hever.

Islay, in an aircraft, a number that represents the ratio of flight speed to the speed of sound

is named after which Austrian scientist who devised it?

Pass.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

The correct answer was Ernst Mach.

You won £20. In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

It's an opportunity to raise the bank balance.

Have the courage to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show the strongest link is Islay.

With no correct answers, Lucien is now the weakest link.

But will his previous performance save him from the final vote?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Islay.

Lucien.

Lucien.

Islay, why Lucien?

I didn't have a great round, but I think Lucien got some wrong as well.

Patrick, why Lucien?

I just felt he got the most questions wrong.

Lucien, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Regarding the walk of shame, I was really fortunate because I really wanted to do it.

I did it in the best place possible, being the last person to walk it.

Therefore mission accomplished.

Round Eight. In the bank, £1,500. In this round, 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.

The strongest link from last round was Islay. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Islay,

in English customs, what seven-letter name is given to the structure with ribbons attached

traditionally danced around in spring?

-Maypole.

-Correct. Patrick, in women's underwear,

the visible T-shape of a thong at the back of a pair of jeans

is known colloquially as a what, whale tail or turtle neck?

-Whale tail.

-Correct. Islay.

-Bank.

In poetry, the Birmingham-born Rastafarian

whose collections include The Little Book of Vegan Poems

and The Dread Affair is Benjamin who?

-Pass.

-Zephaniah. Patrick, in US politics,

in the early 1950s Senator Joseph McCarthy

led a notorious senate investigation to expose sympathisers of which party?

-Pass.

-The Communist Party. Islay,

in ornithology, which term for a cereal plant precedes bunting and crake

in the names of two British birds?

-Corn.

-Correct. Patrick.

-Bank.

The Australian actress who starred in the films Muriel's Wedding, The Sixth Sense and About A Boy

-is Toni who?

-Pass.

Collette. Islay, in intelligence,

from 1992 to 1996, Stella Rimington

was Director-General of the UK organisation known by what alpha-numeric name?

-MI6.

-MI5.

Patrick, in astrology, among the 12 signs of the zodiac,

which is the only one that is represented by a big cat?

-Leo.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Islay, in the media,

which US financial newspaper is known...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £90 which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £1,770. There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Islay and Patrick, for £1,770,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Islay, as the strongest link last round, you can choose who goes first.

I'll go first, please.

In politics, in a famous speech made in Berlin,

in 1987,

Ronald Reagan told which leader to "tear down this wall".

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Gorbachev.

Patrick,

in nature, according to an annual survey by the RSPB,

in 2011, for the eighth year running,

which bird was the most frequently sighted in British gardens?

-Blackbird.

-The correct answer is the house sparrow.

Islay, between 1964 and 1967,

the only album to top the UK chart

that was not by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan or The Monkees

was the sound track to which film musical?

South Pacific.

The correct answer is The Sound of Music.

Patrick, in art in 1991,

the Portuguese-born painter Paula Rego

painted murals in the restaurant of the Sainsbury wing

of which UK gallery?

The Tate Modern.

The correct answer is the National Gallery.

In crime and punishment in 1952,

which infamous twins were among the last prisoners

to be held at The Tower of London

after going AWOL from their National Service?

The Kray twins.

That is the correct answer. Patrick,

in cinema, which 1997 film

starring Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy

was promoted with the tag line,

"The year's most revealing comedy."

-The Full Monty.

-That is the correct answer.

Islay, in royal weddings in 1464,

which king of England, the first from the Yorkist dynasty,

secretly married a commoner called Elizabeth Woodville?

Richard I.

The correct answer is Edward IV.

Patrick, in tropical medicine,

which often fatal virus

is named after a tributary

of the River Congo in Central Africa

where it was first identified in 1976?

Malaria.

No, the correct answer is Ebola.

In geography, although located around 600 miles from the mainland,

the Galapagos Islands

are a province of which South American country?

-Chile.

-The correct answer is Ecuador.

Patrick, in symbols, the national emblem of Israel

features an inscription,

two olive branches and an object known by what name

that is the Hebrew word for a type of candlestick?

I don't know. Pass.

The correct answer is menorah.

After five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Islay and Patrick, let's play Sudden Death.

Islay, in drinks in 1861,

Charles Krug established the first commercial winery

in which valley in California

that is now famous for its viticulture?

-The Napa Valley.

-That is the correct answer. Patrick,

in the military, in the name of the scientific establishment known as the AWE,

that provides and maintains the warheads for the UK's nuclear arsenal,

the letters AW stand for what?

Armed weapons.

The correct answer is atomic weapons.

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

and you go away with £1,770.

Patrick, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I don't think I knew the answers to any of Islay's questions either,

so no matter which way it had swung, I'd still have come out the loser!

To win the Weakest Link is extremely exciting

and I'm sure my family will enjoy the benefits of the cheque when I take it home!

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