03/06/2013 Weakest Link

Of the nine contestants today,

only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.

The rest will leave with nothing,

as one by one they're 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 don't know each other

but if they want that prize money, they'll have to work as a team.

Eight will leave with nothing

as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Mike, I'm 44, I'm from Leeds and I'm a bingo club manager.

I'm Sian, I'm 23, I'm from Mumbles near Swansea and I'm a recruitment consultant.

I'm Robert, I'm 30, I come from Ayrshire and I'm a sound recordist.

My name is Alison, I'm 35, I'm from Surrey and I'm a bilingual secretary.

My name is Elaine, I'm 53,

I come from Plymouth in Devon and I'm a supply teacher.

I'm Howard, I'm 33, I'm from Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire and I'm a pawnbroker.

I'm Lucy, I'm 40, I'm from Daventry and I'm a housewife.

My name is Rachel, I'm 29, I'm from Leicester and I'm a team assistant.

I'm Zeeshan, I'm 20 years old,

I'm from Aberdare in South Wales and I'm a student.

The aim of each round is to answer enough questions correctly

to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.

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

Get a question wrong and you lose the money in that chain.

If you say bank before the question is asked, the money is safe,

however, you start a new chain.

Only money that has been banked can be taken on to the next round.

Three minutes on the clock, we start with the person whose name is first alphabetically, Alison.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

First question is for £20, start the clock.

In 1986, which member of the royal family married Sarah Ferguson?

-The Duke of York.

-I'll accept.

Which male singer had a 2001 UK number one album with Swing When You're Winning?

-Robin Williams.

-No, Robbie Williams.

What colour are the flowers of the blackthorn bush, blue or white?

White.

In the Tintin books, what sort of domestic animal is Snowy?

A dog.

Mittens are worn on which part of the body?

The hands.

Edam cheese originates from which country?

-Holland.

-I'll accept.

In maths, what is 10 x 8?

80.

-Bank.

-Scientist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton was born in which century?

-Nineteenth.

-Seventeenth.

What H is the region on either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh?

Hips.

Where did reggae music originate?

Jamaica.

What N is the term for a terrifying or distressing dream?

Nightmare.

-Bank.

-The French term fruits de mer refers to offal or seafood?

-Offal.

-No, seafood.

In 2001, in which sport did Britain and Australia contest the Ashes in Huddersfield, Bolton and Wigan?

-Cricket.

-Rugby league.

Dividing people into superior and inferior groups is known as separating the sheep from the what?

-The lambs.

-The goats.

What is a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle used to sprinkle plants?

Watering can.

In the 1990s TV sitcom Dinner Ladies,

who played the character Bren?

Victoria Wood.

In history, the reign of which British monarch

followed that of Queen Victoria?

-George.

-Edward VII.

-Bank.

-From which animated 1994 film is the Oscar-winning song Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

-The Little Mermaid.

-The Lion King.

Was the writer Jonathan Swift born in Scotland or Ireland?

-Scotland.

-Ireland.

A statue of President Eisenhower

stands near the American Embassy in which London square?

-Westminster.

-No, Grosvenor.

A bodkin is a type of what, needle or garment?

Needle.

In British currency, how much is three fifths of ten pounds?

Six pounds.

What C is the main ingredient of hummus?

-Cheese.

-No, chickpea.

In 1990, Sinead O'Connor had a UK number one single with which song?

-Pass.

-Nothing Compares 2 U.

What T is the sport where you can use an eastern grip or continental grip?

I don't know.

Time's up. The correct answer is tennis.

And in that round, you didn't even get halfway.

You banked just £400.

Who, sadly, is a fish out of water?

Who has severely tested your patience?

One of you is about to leave.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Howard.

Sian is the weakest link, though she did bank the most money.

Will that save her from the first vote?

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

Zeeshan, you're a student.

-Yes.

-Where?

-Engineering at Robinson College, Cambridge.

-Have you had to mend a washing machine yet?

-No.

-What can you do after one year?

-I can't actually do much at all.

It's all very theoretical.

-There's no mending?

-No.

-Any mending in the second year?

-No mending at all, I don't think.

-You won't be much use to your mother at home.

-Probably not.

-Why Elaine?

-She got as many wrong as anyone but should have got some.

-Like what?

-The Robbie Williams one.

Rachael, describe your job to me.

I work for a firm of chartered accountants, I'm a team assistant.

-We still don't know very much.

-It involves research into companies.

What qualifications have you got to be a team assistant?

I've got a degree, A levels and GCSEs.

-You're keeping it hidden?

-Of course!

-Why Elaine?

-Her wrong answers stood out more than anybody else's.

Sian, does anyone consult you on general knowledge?

-I don't think so.

-They'd need a refund.

-I think so.

-You didn't answer one correctly.

-I don't think I did but I think Elaine is in the same boat.

But I did bank some money.

-Where are you from?

-Wales.

-Are you Welsh?

-Absolutely, through and through.

Statistically, Sian was the worst player but it's votes that count.

Elaine, the supply teacher who's got to go back to the classroom,

you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The Robbie Williams one, I'm kicking myself over I've got the album.

I think Rachael will go next because she got most of her questions wrong

and her answers were guesses.

Round two.

You've got £400 in the kitty.

We take ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link, Howard.

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

The cartoon Fred Basset appears in which newspaper, the Times or the Daily Mail?

Daily Mail.

In which Russian city is the Bolshoi Theatre?

Moscow.

What V is the Italian city which hosts the Biennale International Arts Festival?

-Vienna.

-No, Venice.

What P is a collapsible carriage known as a stroller or buggy?

-Pram.

-I'll accept pushchair or pram.

In 1932, which controversial figure

founded the British Union of Fascists?

-Mosley.

-Correct.

Which spice gives goulash its distinctive flavour?

-Jasmine.

-Paprika.

In the shipping forecast, does Dogger or Lundy cover the Bristol Channel?

-Dogger.

-Lundy.

A large portable stereo system is known as a ghetto what?

Blaster.

In TV, what's the surname of the title character

in the American sitcom Frasier?

-Frasier.

-Crane.

In children's literature, who wrote the 1960 book Green Eggs And Ham?

Dr Seuss.

In the armed forces, for what does the letter W stand in WRAC?

-WREN.

-Women's!

The pop songs We're Going To Ibiza and Boom Boom Boom Boom!!!

were UK number ones in 1999 for which group?

The Vengaboys.

Salmon breed in which type of water, fresh or salt?

Fresh.

Which food substance when heated to a high temperature becomes caramel?

Sugar. Bank. >

Which football club is "the Os", Leyton Orient or Oxford United?

-Oxford United.

-Leyton Orient.

Which ocean covers approximately 30 per cent of the earth's surface?

The Pacific.

What T means to attach a secret listening device to a telephone?

Tap.

What D is a french word describing the decoration of a room?

Decor.

-Bank.

-Which river flows past Balmoral Castle on its way to the North Sea?

-Thames.

-The Dee!

In maths, how many months are there in a period of four years?

-48.

-Correct!

Which number does David Beckham wear in Manchester United?

7.

If A is Alpha and Z is Zulu, what's D?

Delta.

-Bank.

-The American author of Tender Is The Night is F Scott who?

Fitzgerald.

-Bank.

-In which TV soap did Mark Little play Joe Mangle?

Neighbours.

-Bank.

-Biology: what P is the main process that occurs...

Time's up.

You banked £340.

But whose phone has no dialling tone?

Who is not the brightest penny in the purse?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Answering no questions correctly makes Rachael the weakest link.

Statistically, Alison is the strongest link,

but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Mike, what do you do?

-I'm a manager in a bingo club.

-What sort of people play bingo?

-All sorts, from 18 to 80.

-Intellectuals, Oxford dons?

-All sorts a wide range.

-Would you employ Rachael?

-Um...

I would. She's got a marvellous personality, but she got a few wrong.

-Where's your bingo hall?

-In Leeds.

-I'm not sure she'd know how to get there her geography's very dicey.

So, Howard, you take advantage of poor people for a living?

I'm in the pawn business, yes.

-Oh.

-I could tell you how much your ring's worth.

-Really?

-How much is it worth?

-Let's have a look.

-You must have had a look.

-No, I haven't.

-Not even a tiny look?

-No, no.

-Disappointing, because I haven't got a ring on, Howard.

CONTESTANTS LAUGH

-Why Rachael?

-Well, she had a few bad questions, but...

The previous round she got some wrong.

So, Robert, where are you from?

-Scotland.

-Is your knowledge confined to Scotland?

No. I've been living in England for a year.

You didn't know questions about Bristol and English football.

-I don't follow English football.

-What do you follow?

-Usually winter sports.

-Like what?

-Snowboarding and skiing.

-Is football not a winter sport?

-Well, not as such, no.

-What's your job?

-Sound recordist.

-You have to keep quiet?

-I do, yes.

Good. Why Rachael?

I don't know much, but I know the Thames doesn't flow past Balmoral.

Even better, Vienna is not in Italy.

So, Rachael, the team assistant who, incredibly, has got a degree,

you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel disappointed about getting voted off so early in the game.

I deserved to get voted off, so justice was done.

I think Sian will get voted off next, because she was the weakest link in the first round,

and I think the others didn't get as many wrong as Sian did.

Round three, team.

You've won £740 out of a possible 2,000.

Seven left, another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, Alison.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock!

The concepts of the id, the ego and the superego

were proposed by which eminent psychiatrist born in 1856?

Freud.

In nature, by what name are the woody, scaled seed pods common to most conifer trees known?

-Pass.

-Cones.

The US presidential election is always on which day of the week?

Tuesday.

Which confection made from sugar and egg whites

is the basis of the dessert named after ballerina Anna Pavlova?

-Pavlova.

-Meringue.

The upper part of a plimsoll is usually made from which cloth?

Canvas.

In geology, what M is the layer that extends from the bottom of the crust of the earth?

-Mucus.

-Mantle.

Which country cricket team plays home matches at Lord's?

-Pass.

-Middlesex.

What R is the town on the Thames that hosts an annual rock festival in August?

-Pass.

-Reading.

The admission of a member of the Roman Catholic Church to the calendar of saints is known as what?

-Don't know.

-Canonisation.

When did Rudolph Valentino and Harry Houdini die, 1926 or 1946?

1926.

In the expression, a hard but outwardly gentle person conceals an iron hand in a velvet what?

Glove.

For what does the letter B stand in the university-degree abbreviation BA?

Bachelor.

Of which rock band was Kurt Cobain the lead singer?

Nirvana.

The constituency represented by David Blunkett since 1987

is in which city in the north of England?

-Manchester.

-Sheffield!

In tennis in 1980 which Australian became the first mother to win the Wimbledon singles title since 1914?

-Pass.

-Evonne Cawley.

In the five ranks of the British peerage, what B is the lowest?

B? Baron.

Which author created Peter Pan?

JM Barrie. Bank. >

Handel's Water Music was written for which British king?

-Pass.

-George I.

In law, a verdict of not proven may be returned in which UK country?

Scotland.

In which 1994 film did John Travolta play Vincent Vega?

Reservoir Dogs.

Time's up. the correct answer is Pulp Fiction.

You banked only £100. Whose wisdom teeth have fallen out?

Whose clock has stopped? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Mike is statistically the strongest link.

Robert, the only one to answer no questions correctly, is the weakest link.

Will the team be aware of that?

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

-Lucy, you're a housewife?

-That's correct, Anne.

You just sit at home all day?

No, I have four children, and they come in and want feeding and stuff.

-Can't they feed themselves?

-They make more mess it's easier to go and do it.

Did you ever have a job?

Lots. I've made pushchairs, dispensed prescriptions.

-But your husband keeps you now.

-I don't have one. I had two, and I didn't like them.

-Why Alison?

-We all had an awful round, but when it came to me via Howard there was nothing to bank.

Zeeshan, have you taken any exams at Cambridge yet?

-I haven't.

-Are you hoping the answer'll be in the question

so you can repeat something in the question as the answer?

-Um...that'd be handy, yeah.

-Right. why Alison?

She got a lot wrong. I mean, I didn't do too well myself,

-but... I do remember her...

-You had a terrible round, actually.

-I banked some money,

-Engineeringly speaking,

-you completely screwed it up.

-CONTESTANTS LAUGH

So, Robert, would it better if there was a Scottish Weakest Link?

Possibly.

Every time you get a question that's not about Scotland you look a bit dazed.

-Cricket and English football aren't for me.

-Why Alison?

There was a...a long gap, there was some time wasted.

-Did you think she was the weakest link?

-Er... No.

-Who do you think was?

-Er, possibly myself.

Robert was the worst player, but votewise, Alison is out.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think the team voted me off because I was a threat.

Of the six people left, I think the most irritating was Zeeshan.

He's a bit too young for a general knowledge game because he hasn't acquired much yet.

Round four.

You've banked so far £840.

There are six of you left, another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round Mike.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In UK geography, Robin Hood's Bay is off the east or west coast?

East.

From which metal are electric light-bulb filaments usually made?

-Zinc.

-Tungsten.

In 1964, what England and Yorkshire cricketer became the first to take more than 300 Test wickets?

-Grace.

-Fred Trueman.

The composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn or Vienna?

-Vienna.

-No, Bonn.

Publisher Robert Maxwell was an MP from 1964 to 1970 for which political party?

-Conservative.

-Labour.

Which country consists of two territories and six states?

-Australia.

-Correct!

-Bank.

-Food and drink, what K is a clear brandy made from cherries?

Kirsch.

The Only Way Is Up was a 1988 UK number one for which singer?

Yazz.

In professional football, which club plays home games at Pride Park stadium?

-Liverpool.

-Derby County.

The game Cluedo originated in which country?

-America.

-UK.

Who painted a version of The Potato Eaters that was stolen from a Dutch gallery in 1998?

Van Gogh.

In astronomy, asteroid 2602 is named after which TV presenter?

-Anne Robinson.

-Patrick Moore.

The jazz pianist born in 1920 whose signature tune is Take Five is Dave who?

Brubeck.

In geography, in which continent is Bolivia?

-Asia.

-South America.

In TV, which actor starred as the Man From Atlantis?

Patrick Duffy.

The PGA tour is a series of competitions in which sport?

Golf.

In music, during which war did Ivor Novello write Keep The Home Fires Burning?

The First World War.

-Bank.

-Which British novelist wrote Where Angels Fear To Tread and Howards End?

-Pass.

-EM Forster.

In history, legionnaires were soldiers in which ancient civilisation?

Roman.

In which 1995 Disney film did Mel Gibson provide the voice of Captain John Smith?

-Hook.

-Pocahontas.

Time's up.

You won £120 out of a possible 1,000.

I urge you now, ditch the dead wood.

Drop the dunce. Eject the idiot.

You need to be ruthless to be rich. Time to vote off the weakest link.

Getting all his questions right, Mike is the strongest link.

With the most wrong, Sian is the weakest link,

but will the votes reflect these statistics?

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

We have a three-way tie.

Sian, Robert and Zeeshan, two votes each.

Zeeshan, why Sian?

-She got a lot wrong, and I think...

-You'd know about that.

-She should know Bolivia isn't in Asia.

-That from someone who thinks an asteroid was named after me.

Howard the pawnbroker, you wouldn't take Robert in part-exchange?

I'd like his hair. Cos I haven't got any.

-Sian, why Zeeshan?

-He's not the brightest tool in the box.

I actually wrote sorry cos being a fellow countryman I was sorry,

but when he turned the card, I don't think I am sorry.

Interesting of the three that are tied to be voted off, two are from Wales!

The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

-That's Mike. Why did you vote for Zeeshan?

-I didn't have much to bank.

You now have a choice between Zeeshan, Sian or Robert.

-I'll stick with my original, er, vote.

-Why?

I just felt he was the weakest link.

OK. Statistically the other person from Wales was the worst player.

Let's hope they teach you something at Cambridge. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was quite disappointing to be voted off when Sian was the weakest link.

I did actually bank some money as well.

Sian should really go quite soon.

She doesn't know much, and she called me not the sharpest tool in the box.

Round five. Your total so far is £960.

Five of you left, another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link, Mike. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which type of religious building have towers called minarets?

Mosques.

In 19thC history, in which Asian country was the Taiping rebellion?

-Taiping?

-China!

Politics: in 1988, which prominent MP married Gaynor Regan?

-Portillo.

-Robin Cook.

In pop music, in 1966 the Walker Brothers had a UK number one

with The what Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore?

The Sun.

The largest whale skeleton in the UK is in which London museum?

The Natural History Museum.

-Bank.

-In computing, the acronym DOS stands for what?

Disk-operating system.

In which English county are Cirencester and Stroud?

-Gloucester.

-No, Gloucestershire.

In which decade was the first nuclear power station opened in Britain?

-'40s.

-'50s.

Which word means to block a radio broadcast by transmitting on a similar wavelength

or to improvise jazz freely?

Jam.

The New York Yankees played the Arizona Diamondbacks for the World Series in 2001 in which sport?

Baseball.

-Bank.

-In which 1990s TV series did Neil Pearson play Detective Superintendent Tony Clark?

-The Bill?

-Between The Lines.

A universal product code commonly found on food packaging is better known as a what?

-Can you repeat the question, please?

-A universal product code commonly found on food packaging

is better known as a what?

-British safety ma...

-Bar code!

The wife of which postwar UK prime minister was named Gladys Mary?

-Macmillan.

-Harold Wilson.

-Agh!

On which mountain were the Ten Commandments handed to Moses?

Sinai.

In the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, who played the spurned lover?

Glenn close. Bank. >

Which rugby league Super League club added Rhinos to their name at the start of the 1997-8 season?

Leeds.

Sian, in the American TV...

Time's up, and you banked £150.

Someone here has now become more dense than a donkey,

as bright as a coal shed at night,

as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Sian is the weakest link.

Lucy 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.

Mike, why Sian?

I think in the last two rounds she had quite a lot wrong.

-Robert, why Sian?

-I had no money to bank.

-D'you think Howard had any money to bank?

-I have been really unlucky.

-Tell us!

-I told you no cricket or football, and my next two questions were cricket and football.

What questions would you like?

-Um, easier ones.

-Statistically,

Sian was the worst player,

although it's worth pointing out that Robert didn't get any right either.

But it's votes that count. Sian, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I came, I saw, didn't quite conquer, I'm happy to go back to Wales.

Robert'll go next. He's not getting enough right, he's not valuable enough.

Round six, team.

You've won £1,110, there are four of you left,

ten seconds off the time.

The previous strongest link is Lucy. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. What's the first name of the opera singer Pavarotti?

Luciano.

-Bank.

-The name of which gas means "water producer" in Greek?

-Er, don't know.

-Hydrogen.

What French phrase is a common term for a second home in town,

literally meaning "foot on the ground"?

-Pass.

-Pied a terre(!)

-Pied a terre!

For the 2001 test-match series in India, who was appointed as captain of England?

Nasser Hussein?

St George's Day falls on what date?

23 April.

-Bank.

-Singer Roberta Anderson, famous for her folk music in the 1970s, is known as Joni who?

Mitchell.

Courgettes are the immature version of which vegetables?

-Cucumber.

-Marrows(!)

In 1951, which Joan made her film debut in Lady Godiva Rides Again?

-Joan Crawford?

-No, Joan Collins.

Which is the lightest coin in UK circulation?

Five pence.

-Bank.

-In which decade did Lord Lucan disappear?

-The '60s.

-'70s.

Who was the little boy who was friends with Winnie the Pooh?

-Peter.

-Christopher Robin(!)

-So it was.

In 1981, who received the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children?

Pass.

Salman Rushdie.

Lyme Regis, Weymouth and Shell Bay are beaches in what county?

Dorset.

-Bank.

-In science, which vitamin is also known as retinol?

-C?

-Vitamin A.

La Rioja is a noted wine-producing region in which European country?

-France.

-Spain.

What colour is the background to the Olympic flag?

-Blue.

-White.

What is 5% of 120?

-22.

-6.

Time's up, and you banked £110.

But, who no longer has a full house? Whose tape is blank?

Who's not worth a loan? Who should be at home? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Robert gave no correct answers and is the weakest link.

With most right answers, Lucy remains the strongest link

but how will the votes go?

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

Lucy, why Robert?

-Well, he was unlucky, as a Scotsman, with the questions.

-He doesn't know who Robin Cook is married to.

-Or who Winnie the Pooh's friend was.

-Winnie the Pooh's not from Scotland.

No, but everybody should know that.

-Howard, why Robert?

-He's had a couple of bad rounds in the past.

I think we all did that round.

I think he should be congratulated

cos he's lasted six rounds and only answered three questions correctly.

Robert, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel it was justified that I was voted off in that round.

I would like Howard off next

because he did vote for me three times during the game.

Round seven. You've won £1,220.

There are three of you left, ten seconds off your time.

The previous strongest link is Lucy. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which 16th-century king instigated the Dissolution of the Monasteries?

Henry VIII.

-Bank.

-What sort of notes does a notaphilist collect?

-Letters?

-Banknotes.

Who was the immediate successor to Neil Kinnock

as leader of the Labour Party?

John Smith.

On which river in Eastern Europe is there a long gorge, the Iron Gate,

on the border of Yugoslavia and Romania?

-Volga?

-No, the Danube.

What's the first name of the English poet Keats, born in 1795?

-Robert.

-No, John.

The Wallace Collection of art is in which city?

London.

-Bank.

-Which American singer duetted with Rod Stewart on It Takes Two?

-Pass.

-Tina Turner.

In football, which South American country

gained the last place in the 2002 World Cup by beating Australia?

-Paraguay.

-Uruguay.

In China, what form of transport is a sampan?

Is it a boat?

-Bank.

-In which 1949 thriller did Orson Welles play Harry Lime?

The Third Man.

-Bank.

-Which three-letter word can mean an excavation or a taunt?

A dig.

-Bank.

-Three books of Spenser's 16th-century work The Faerie Queene

were dedicated to which queen?

Elizabeth I?

-Bank.

-What two-word name was given to the WWII battle zone between Russia and Germany?

-Pass.

-The Eastern Front.

What decade saw the premieres of Hair and Hello Dolly?

The '60s.

-Bank.

-Who was England's goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup final?

Gordon Banks.

-Lucy...

-Bank.

Time's up, you won £160.

In round eight you treble what you bank so £3,000 is at stake.

The question is, who's got to go?

Have the courage, have the nerve, to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage Howard is the strongest link for the second time.

Mike is the weakest 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.

Howard, why Mike?

I feel really sorry for Mike as he's been one of the strongest players

and, er... and that round he had a bad one.

There wasn't much to choose between him and Lucy.

-You got lucky, didn't you?

-Yes.

-Why did you vote for Mike?

He's been weaker than Howard and he's also more hesitant.

Well, you've played the game because Mike was the weakest link and it's votes that count.

Mike, with two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's very disappointing to get voted off. I feel it's very tactical.

Usually the strongest ones get voted off at that stage anyway.

I'm not going to win so either of them can win, I'm not bothered.

Round eight, and out of a possible £7,000 you have 1,380.

There are two of you left and this time you have 90 seconds

but whatever you win will be trebled so £3,000 is at stake.

The previous strongest link is Howard. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which singer wrote the Byrds' UK hit single Mr Tambourine Man?

Bob Dylan.

-Bank.

-In which American TV drama does Katie Holmes play Joey Potter?

Dawson's Creek.

-Bank.

-The impala is an antelope native to which continent?

-South America.

-Africa.

James Earl Jones voiced Darth Vader in which 1977 science-fiction film?

Star Wars.

-Bank.

-Which US novelist wrote Breakfast At Tiffany's?

Um...

-Tennessee Williams.

-Truman Capote.

Which plants produce six-petalled, cup-shaped flowers that are typically yellow, purple or white?

Crocus?

-Bank.

-In what country's cuisine do you eat antipasto?

Italy.

-Bank.

-Which motor vehicles race for the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy?

Motorcycles.

-Bank.

-Which branch of medicine

is concerned specifically with the health of women?

-Pass.

-Gynaecology.

In Hansel And Gretel, of what was the witch's house made?

Gingerbread.

-Bank.

-In the rhyme, a swarm of bees in May is worth a load of what?

-Pass.

-Hay.

Viniculture is the cultivation of which fruit?

Grapes.

-Bank.

-Of what sport is Shaun Pollock the South African team captain?

Time's up. The correct answer is cricket.

You won £160, which we'll treble and add to your winnings.

That means prize money today of £1,860

but now you play against each other head to head.

I'll ask alternating questions. Whoever answers the most correctly wins.

If there's a tie after five we'll go for sudden death

so, Howard and Lucy, for £1,860,

let's play The Weakest Link.

-Lucy, as previous strongest link you choose who goes first.

-I will.

Lucy, the Vulgate Bible, sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church,

was written in which ancient language?

-Italian?

-The correct answer is Latin.

Howard, which revolutionary leader of Libya

has published his theories in the Green Book?

-Gaddafi.

-That is the correct answer.

Lucy, in TV in the 1970s,

which television playwright wrote the drama Blue Remembered Hills?

-Dennis Potter.

-That is correct.

Howard, what would someone with the condition agraphia

have lost the ability to do?

-Speak.

-No, the correct answer is write.

Lucy, which road off Trafalgar Square has ministerial offices and is synonymous with government?

-Downing Street.

-No, the correct answer is Whitehall.

Howard, in which abbey is Charles Dickens buried?

-Westminster.

-That is the correct answer.

Lucy, the experiences of which madame

inspired the 1987 film Personal Services, starring Julie Walters?

-Cynthia Payne.

-That is the correct answer.

Howard, in tennis,

in 1957, Althea Gibson was the first black woman

to win which singles tournament?

-Wimbledon?

-That is the correct answer.

Lucy, you need to answer this correctly or Howard wins the money.

British author Roald Dahl was what relation to model Sophie Dahl?

-Her grandfather.

-That is correct.

Howard, if you answer this correctly you've won, so for £1,860,

which New York City bridge, originally the Hudson River Bridge,

opened in 1932 and is named after a famous American president?

-The Lincoln Bridge.

-No, the George Washington Bridge.

Your scores are tied

so, Howard and Lucy, let's play sudden death.

Lucy, in Greek mythology,

the head of which Gorgon was featured on the shield of Zeus?

-Medusa?

-That is correct.

Howard, in geography, what's the capital city of Bangladesh?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is Dhaka.

That means, Lucy,

you are today's strongest link and you go away with £1,860.

Howard, you leave with nothing!

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I thought I had the knowledge to win

but it's whether you get the right questions.

In the final I thought "I've got a very good chance here"

but it's just luck of the draw

but I had a good feeling about it.

I'm thrilled. I think I deserved to win.

They'll say I'm the weakest link but I got to the final.

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