04/02/2009 Weakest Link

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

Only one 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 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 Steve, I'm 37, I come from Guernsey and I'm a commercial insurance broker.

I'm Clare, I'm 28, from Maidenhead and I'm a software developer.

I'm Jack, 55, from Devizes in Wiltshire. I'm a magician.

My name's Jan, I'm 62, I live in Surrey and I'm a part-time civil servant.

I'm Terry, I'm 40, from Sidcup in Kent, and I'm a fire fighter.

I'm Gill, I'm 50, from Cardiff, and I'm an English teacher.

I'm Michael, I'm 34, from Larne in Northern Ireland, and I'm a quality manager.

I'm Mags, 42, from Mid Calder, and I'm a project manager currently on maternity leave.

I'm Noel, I'm 22, from St Albans, and I'm a recent graduate.

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

The fastest way is a chain of nine correct answers.

Get a question wrong, you break the chain and lose the money.

Say, "Bank!" before the question and the money is safe.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link. The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

The word "knife", meaning an item of cutlery, begins with which letter?

-K.

-A sign saying "Quiet, Please" is more likely to be displayed

in a public library or a boxing ring?

-Public library.

-In motoring, the usual term for a passenger who gives unwanted advice

to the person behind the wheel is a backseat...?

-Driver.

-What P is the name of the curly hairstyle

popularised in the 1970s by celebrities such as Kevin Keegan?

-Perm.

-The boys' names Christopher and Christian

are commonly shortened to which five-letter form?

-Chris.

-In art, a broad decorated horizontal band on a wall is a frieze or a defrost?

-A frieze.

-In the country, large rocks in a stream that can be used for crossing to the other side

are known by the alliterative name stepping what?

-Stones.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which red gem stone is the birth stone of July and marks a 40th wedding anniversary?

-Ruby.

-In maths, what is 63 plus 7?

-70.

-At the time of their first UK number one single,

the members of Take That were called Jason, Gary, Mark, Howard and what?

-Pass.

-Robbie.

What's the three-letter name for a type of liquid soap typically used in the shower?

-Gel.

-In a 2008 survey by a British wildlife magazine,

which animal was voted favourite mammal - rat or otter?

-Otter.

-In childhood torments, twisting the skin of someone's arm in opposite directions

to inflict pain is a Chinese what?

-Burn.

-What G precedes Year in the name for a break from formal education

taken between school and college?

-Gap.

-In TV, the title of which music programme that ran from 1964 to 2006

was commonly abbreviated to TOTP?

-Top of the Pops.

-Which type of oven is named after the type of electromagnetic radiation

that it uses to cook food?

-Microwave.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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

That money will go through, but one of you will not.

Who thinks Lucozade is a concert for charity?

Who couldn't get a job in a workhouse? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

In an impressive first round, Mags is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link statistically is Clare, but who will the players vote off at this early stage?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Clare.

-Noel.

-Clare.

-Clare.

-Clare.

Clare.

-Clare.

-Clare.

Clare.

-So, Gill, what do you do?

-An English teacher.

-Where?

-In Cardiff.

-Oh. To Welsh people.

-No, to foreigners. People from all over the world.

-They go to Cardiff?

-They do.

-Are you qualified?

-I am.

-How?

-I've got a degree.

-Which university?

-I went to Oxford.

-And how well did you do?

-All right.

-What?

-I got a Third, Anne.

-A Third?

-Yes.

-Do you lead a wild life in Cardiff?

-Not really, no.

-I'm guessing you're single.

-I am.

-And not dating?

-No, not interested.

-Really?

-Really.

-So what do you do? Do you live alone?

-No, I live with my mother.

-Yes.

-So you live with your mother in Cardiff...

-Yes.

-..and you don't date.

No. I had my own language school for 13 years and didn't have time.

-Doesn't your mother try to make you date?

-Em, she does. And my sister and my friends.

-What sort of man would your mother like you to marry?

-Em...

-Or has she given up?

-I think so.

-Why Clare?

-Unfortunately, Clare got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Noel?

-Me?

-Well, who else? Hang on a second.

-Just have a look round quickly. It won't take you long.

-OK.

-Is there anyone else called Noel?

-Em, no.

-No.

-So why do you have to say, "Me?"?

-Why not?

-What do you do, Noel?

-Em, I graduated from university recently.

-How long have you been unemployed?

-Unemployed?

-Two months.

-Have you started looking for a job?

-I have, yeah.

I'm planning on maybe doing a bit of travelling in January, or something, so finding a job for a few months...

-Have you got a bit of ink on your chin?

-I hope not.

-What is it?

-Dunno. Something that grew there.

-Oh, it's a little something! Does that go with the hairdo?

-I hope so.

-Have you any skills?

-Well, I've got a degree.

-No, have you any skills?

-Oh, skills!

I've done a bit of acting, I used to sing...

-You can sing?

-Yeah. I hope so.

-You hope you can sing?

-Yeah.

-Are you in a band?

-No.

-Have you been in a band?

-Sort of.

-Sort of. A band called what?

-We called ourselves Fortune.

-What did you sing?

-Songs.

-OK. Put your board down.

-Let's hear a Fortune song.

-# Now we've come to the end of the road

# Still I can't let you go

# It's unnatural You belong to me And I belong to you. #

-Did you write the lyrics?

-A very well-known band wrote that. Boyz II Men.

-Go back behind your podium.

-Thank you.

-Board up.

-OK.

-Why Clare?

-She got a question wrong, which was about a boy band as well.

-Where are you from, Jack?

-I live in Devizes in Wiltshire. Originally from South Africa.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a magician.

-You were a magician in South Africa?

-Yes.

-Fabulous.

-What sort of tricks can you do?

-I entertain children with magic, balloons and puppets.

I also do adult table magic during a meal and entertain with close-up magic.

-Yeah.

-I do a lot of high-profile dinner parties.

-What sad people have dinner parties with a magician?

-Plenty.

-What's your best trick?

-The best trick is where I turn paper into money.

-What sort of paper?

-I can take an old Lottery ticket and turn it into cash.

-How much cash?

-I don't like to be too greedy, so usually about £20.

-What's the use of £20? You want £3 million. Not much of a magician!

-I can do it a lot of times.

-Why Clare?

-Sadly, Clare was the only one to get a question wrong.

Clare, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The question I got wrong was about Take That. I really should have known the answer, being a girl,

but I couldn't pluck it out of the air with Anne glaring at me.

Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We take 10 seconds off.

We'll start with the Strongest Link, Mags. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

According to the lyrics of a song from Mary Poppins, a spoonful of what helps the medicine go down?

-Sugar.

-In astronomy, which body experiences the greater extremes of surface temperature -

the Earth or the Moon?

-Earth.

-The Moon.

The supermodel born in the German town of Rheinberg in 1970 is known as Claudia who?

-Schiffer.

-What T is the name for many species of large hairy spider

that despite being mildly venomous have become popular as pets?

-Tarantula.

-Which five-letter word meaning short is the document used by a solicitor

to instruct a barrister?

-Brief.

-In entertainment, Andrew Castle, who began presenting GMTV in 2000,

represented Britain in which sport?

-Tennis.

-Which of these is a variety of potato - maris piper or maris drummer?

-Maris piper.

-Which term, originally from French,

is commonly used in English to refer to a person who is engaged to be married?

-Fiance.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The 1999 film in which Brad Pitt and Edward Norton set up

a secret combat society is entitled Fight what?

-Club.

-What G is the informal three-letter American name for petrol?

-Gas.

-In royal customs, which ceremony is scheduled to take place at Buckingham Palace

every day during the summer at 11.30?

-Trooping the colour.

-Changing of the guard. Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Juliette Lewis

have all publicly embraced the Church of what?

-Scientology.

-According to the title of a best-selling 1982 book,

which sort of people don't eat quiche - real men or vegetarians?

-Real men.

-Which term is used for the two imaginary circles on the Earth's surface

known as Cancer and Capricorn?

-Tropics.

-In Indian restaurants, what B is a style of dish

once described as "born in Birmingham, unheard of in India"?

-Balti.

-The veteran American singer-songwriter

who had a UK number one album in 2008 entitled Home Before Dark is Neil who?

-Diamond.

-In hospital terminology, in the abbreviations A&E and ER, the letter E stands for which word?

-Emergency.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the past it was said

that unmarried couples checked in to hotels as Mr and Mrs who?

-Smith.

-In Ancient Greece and Rome, what O was the name given to a holy place such as Delphi

where a god was believed...

Time's up. You won £900. Who stopped you getting to £1,000?

Who's the star of Strictly Come Off It? Who thinks Dragons' Den is a Welsh wildlife programme?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Mags is the Strongest Link as she answered the most correctly.

Statistically, Steve is the Weakest Link, but will the team notice that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Noel.

-Steve.

-Steve.

-Steve.

-Noel.

Noel.

Noel.

Steve.

We have a tie, team. Steve and Noel have four votes each.

-Steve, what do you do?

-I'm an insurance broker.

-Where?

-In Guernsey.

-What do you insure?

-Anything commercial.

-Are you tax dodging?

-No, I pay my income tax.

-What percentage of your income goes on income tax?

-20p in the pound.

-Is that why you live there?

-It's one benefit, but I was born there.

-Are you a typical insurance broker?

-What do you mean by typical?

-Think you're quite flash with a flash car?

-I've not got a Ferrari, but I'm working on it!

What sad imitation of a Ferrari have you got?

-A Hyundai.

-Has it got the spoiler on the back?

-It has.

-Of course. What does the spoiler do?

-Makes it look flash.

-Why Noel?

-Because he banked too early.

-Did he?

-In my view, anyway.

-So, Noel...

-Hi, Anne.

-You know I'm talking to you now.

-I do.

-What's all this posing with the board?

-We're all doing it.

-No, nobody else is posing...

-in an idiot way like you.

-Thanks(!) I just thought I was holding my board so you could see it well.

-You're not modelling?

-Not trying to.

-Can you model?

-I don't know. What are you getting at?

-Nothing.

-Just put your board down.

-Oh, here we go...

-I'm sorry?

-Come on, then.

-What did you say to me?

-Come on.

-What does that mean?

-Bring it on.

-Turn round.

-That is wonderful.

-Is it better?

-Like a vanilla whip! How do you get your hair looking like that?

-Did your mummy do it for you?

-Of course not.

-Put your board up. Why Steve?

-Because he got a question wrong.

-The Strongest Link was Mags. She decides. What do you do, Mags?

-I work in a bank.

-But you're on maternity leave.

-I am.

-Which bank is it?

-Royal Bank of Scotland.

-Will there be a job when you get back?

-I'm hoping so!

-You've been off how long?

-Four months, Anne.

-When will you be going back?

-Next year.

-So how much maternity leave?

-A year.

-A year. No wonder they're in bad straits.

-Why Noel?

-He got a question wrong.

-OK, you've got a choice now. Stick with Noel or move on to Steve.

-I think I'll stick with Noel.

Noel, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Anne had a dig at my hair, calling it a vanilla whip,

but I think she should look at her dead squirrel before she looks at mine.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,900. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Mags. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

Crimes such as fraud that require intellectual effort, but no violence are described as white what?

-Pass.

-Collar. A Celtic dance in which participants stand face to face is a bobbin or a reel?

-A reel.

-The US TV sitcom about four aliens who arrive on Earth and assume the surname Solomon

was Third Rock From the what?

-Sun.

-In chess, which piece can move only diagonally?

-The bishop.

-In a 2004 film based on a comic book and its 2008 sequel,

what H is the name of the red demon character played by Ron Perlman?

-Pass.

-Hellboy. The chef Gordon Ramsay was once briefly a professional footballer for which Scottish club?

-Rangers.

-The story of which type of catastrophic weather event appears in the Bible,

the Koran and Ancient Sumerian legend?

-Sorry. Can you repeat that?

-Which catastrophic weather event appears in the Bible, the Koran

and Ancient Sumerian legend?

-Plague?

-Flood.

Scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of which vitamin?

-C.

-Before they anglicised their original surname,

the Mountbatten family were called Battenberg or Pavlova?

-Battenberg.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which term for an item of correspondence also means a basic element making up a word?

-Brief.

-Letter.

In the novel by Bram Stoker, Dracula is capable of changing himself into which flying creature?

-Bat.

-What D is the term used for the result when one number is subtracted from another?

-Divide.

-Difference.

For several years the comedian Julian Clary was accompanied onstage by his pet, Fanny the what?

-Wonderdog.

-According to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung,

the two main personality types are the introvert and which other?

-Extrovert.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The 2008 UK number one single entitled Dance With Me

is by which British rapper?

-Pass.

-Dizzee Rascal.

What A is a stone fruit with soft, juicy, orange yellow flesh which can be made into jam?

-Apricot.

-Correct. In horse racing, colts called...

Time's up. You won £100. Whose thinking is shrinking?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With no correct answers, Terry is the Weakest Link.

Steve is, statistically, the Strongest Link, but will the votes follow the facts?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Terry.

Mags.

-Mags.

-Michael.

Terry.

Mags.

Terry.

Another tie, team. Terry and Mags, three votes each.

-Michael...

-Hello, Anne.

-The wrong person has the hat on. It would have covered Noel's vanilla whip.

-Maybe.

-Have you got a vanilla whip?

-I don't.

-OK. Put your board down.

Let's see you without your hat.

-Oh, now we know why you've got a hat on!

-Yes, you do.

-Put your hat back on.

-Thank you.

-Do you always wear a hat?

-A lot.

-What do you do?

-Quality manager in a construction laboratory.

-What do you have to do for that?

-We go around building sites

and test all the materials used to build the buildings.

-What building are you testing now?

-Possibly the biggest contract is the Obel Building.

-The what?

-Obel Building.

-The Obel Building?

-Yes.

-Belfast's tallest building.

-Will you be able to see the whole of Belfast from it?

-That's the theory.

-Would anyone want to?

-Belfast's a very up and coming city.

-Why Mags?

We all had a bad round, but she got a couple wrong there.

-Gill, can your mother and you not go out double dating?

-I'm really not interested, Anne.

Although one of her friends has invited me on a cruise.

-You're going cruising?

-I am.

-Why Terry?

-I had nothing to bank when it came to my turn.

The Strongest Link was Steve so he gets to decide. Why have you voted for Terry?

He struggled, got a couple wrong and Mags was equally bad, but she saved me the last time.

-So you'll stick with Terry?

-I am.

-Terry, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I was expecting to win today and win about £5,000.

I've unfortunately already spent the money, and need to talk to the wife.

Round 4. You've won £2,000. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Steve. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The name of which pair of facial features is also a slang term for the buttocks?

-Cheeks.

-The vocal style usually involving four men singing in close harmony

without musical accompaniment is sweatshop or barbershop?

-Barbershop.

-In politics, which job title for a childcare expert

is often applied to a state that interferes in citizens' lives?

-Nanny.

-The 1998 action adventure film that starred Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins

was called The Mask of whom?

-Zorro.

-When the name of a writer is unknown, it is usually represented by which four-letter abbreviation?

-Anon.

-What V is the term for a plantation where grapes are grown for wine making?

-Vineyard.

-In the British Army in wartime, the rank immediately above General is Field what?

-Marshal.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Inhabitants of which Egyptian city are known as Cairines?

-Cairo.

-In 1961, the Soviet spacecraft called Vostok 1 carried the first what to go into orbit -

man or monkey?

-Monkey.

-Man.

The pasta name vermicelli translates into English as little what?

-Worms.

-In the TV sitcom Father Ted, the housekeeper with the catchphrase,

"Have a cup of tea. Go on, go on, go on," was Mrs what?

-Doyle.

-The part of a drum kit called a high hat consists of a pair of which percussion instruments?

-Cymbals.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What name is given to followers of a Jamaican-based religious movement based on the ideas of Marcus Garvey?

-Don't know.

-Rastafarian. On the speaking clock, what P is the word meaning exactly

that is used to describe what the time will be at each new minute?

-Could you repeat the question?

-On the speaking clock, what P is the word meaning exactly that is used?

-Precisely.

-What's the four-letter name of the mammal similar to the rabbit,

but with long ears with black tips?

-Hare.

-According to Guinness World Records, the oldest brand in Britain is tinned syrup or instant coffee?

-Tinned syrup.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The abbreviation OHP...

Time's up. You won £800. Who thinks NATO is a discount supermarket? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, Jack is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link is Jan, but can she survive the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Jan.

-Jan.

-Steve.

Steve.

Steve.

Jan.

Another tie, team. Steve and Jan - three votes each.

-What do you do, Jan?

-I'm a civil servant.

-How old are you?

-62.

-Are you full-time?

-Part-time now.

-You could be a part-time Camilla Parker Bowles lookalike.

-I was here first. She looks like me.

-Where do you work?

-In a prison.

So do you put the sensitive material onto the discs or do you take the discs on the train to lose them?

-I don't do any of that.

-What do you do?

-I work for Learning and Skills,

-education and training for prisoners.

-Where is this prison?

-In Surrey.

-And they're retraining for life outside?

-We hope so.

-Tunnel digging? Pole vaulting?

-No, no...

-Hang gliding?

-That would help them get outside.

-They don't want to escape, do they?

-No, it's much too comfortable.

-Probably the only time they're going to have a Surrey postcode.

-For most, yes.

-Why Steve?

-I thought he might have been the Weakest Link.

-Steve, why Jan?

-She got a question wrong.

-I can't vote for myself.

-The Strongest Link was the David Copperfield of Devizes,

-so he gets to decide. Why Jan?

-Her and Steve were the only two who got one wrong.

-And I just had to quickly make a decision.

-Do you want to stick with Jan or move to Steve?

I promised to play this game fairly if I ever came on, so I think I have to stick with my choice.

-Jan's a lovely lady...

-Oh, stop. Just say Jan.

-I do feel bad.

-Know what? I don't care. Just say Jan.

-Jan.

So much quicker when people don't try to be nice. Jan, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Anne said that I was quite old, but I think she's older than me

and she said I look like Camilla Parker Bowles. That's not a bad way to look.

Round 5. Your total is £2,800. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Jack. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The Irish singer and charity campaigner whose names are Robert Frederick Zenon has what surname?

-Bob Geldof. Geldof.

-I'll accept.

What B is a heavy fabric with a raised, often floral design introduced in the weaving process?

-Brocade.

-In the opening of every episode of a 1970s TV series,

a character played by James Garner introduced himself on an answer phone as Jim who?

-Maverick.

-Rockford.

In the 16th century, William Tyndale translated the New Testament from Greek into which language?

-English.

-I'll accept.

A disposable battery produces approximately what percentage of the power used

in its manufacture - 2 or 92?

-92.

-2. In the War of the Roses, the red rose was the symbol of the royal house

that shares its name with which English city?

-York.

-Lancaster. Published in 1995, the first book in the Philip Pullman trilogy His Dark Materials

was called Northern what?

-Lights.

-What G is the term used by butchers for the internal organs of poultry,

including the heart, liver and kidneys, that are sometimes sold?

-Gizzard?

-Giblets. The 1970s films American Graffiti and Star Wars

were both directed by George who?

-Pass.

-Lucas.

The pick used to pluck the strings of a guitar is known as a spectrum or plectrum?

-Plectrum.

-In maths, if one side of a right-angle triangle measures three centimetres

and another is four centimetres, how many centimetres is its longest side?

-12.

-5. In Greek mythology, the god of forests, depicted as part-man, part-goat, had what name?

-Pan.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the UK, which digit is turned up to indicate approval and down for disapproval?

-Thumb.

-Bank!

-The US pioneer who encouraged settlers to grow orchards in the 1800s

had what nickname - Jimmy Peachstone or Johnny Appleseed?

-Johnny Appleseed.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Time's up.

Your bank was in time. You got £60.

Who deserves early release for bad behaviour? Who's grasping at the short straw?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With all her answers right, Gill is the Strongest Link.

Jack is, statistically, the Weakest Link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Michael.

Michael.

-Michael.

-Jack.

Jack.

-Gill, why Michael?

-I just remember the questions he had wrong, so I voted for him.

-Steve, why Michael?

-He had a shocker.

-He wasn't the worst, actually, as he banked £20.

Our magician friend didn't bank anything, but it's votes that count.

Michael, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I wanted to get to the end, win the money, help with wedding plans and stuff.

But as long as I didn't go out in the first round, I can feel reasonably proud of myself.

Round 6. In the bank, £2,860. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Gill. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

Which term meaning socially awkward is also the French for left?

-Gauche.

-In a 1901 novel by Rudyard Kipling set in British India,

the title character is known by what three-letter name?

-Pass.

-Kim.

What C is the technical name for the formation of water droplets in a steamy bathroom?

-Crystals?

-Condensation.

In a famous incident in 1980s politics, Edwina Currie resigned as a Minister

over comments she had made about which foodstuff?

-Eggs.

-A person admitted to Casualty with injuries referred to as fractures of the tib and fib

has broken bones in which limb?

-Leg.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The golf course in Lancashire that hosted the 2008 Open is Royal what?

-Birkdale?

-Correct. In Dad's Army, the put down regularly used by Captain Mainwaring

was, "You stupid..." what?

-Boy.

-What T is the name of the African country that is closest, as the crow flies,

to the island of Sicily?

-Tangier.

-Tunisia.

Which song made famous by The Doors begins with the line, "You know that it would be untrue"?

-Set my light on fire...

-Light My Fire.

According to the Gospel of St Matthew, Judas received 30 pieces of what?

-Gold.

-Silver. Which word that means upside down is used to describe

an upturned comma above the letter line which introduces a quotation?

-Speech marks.

-Inverted.

When a space rocket is launched, what I is the word for the firing of the motor at lift off?

-Ignition.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In drinks, the annual...

Time's up. You won £70. But have you had your fill of Gill?

Do you have a claim against Steve? Is Jack "sleight" of talent? Should Mags take her leave?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Gill is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link is Steve, but whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Gill.

Steve.

Mags.

Steve.

-Jack, why Steve?

-Trying to be fair, he was the only one who got two questions wrong.

-Is that right, Mags?

-No.

-Did someone else get two questions wrong?

-I think I did as well, Anne.

-You did. Why Steve?

I couldn't vote for me. I had to vote for someone else.

You actually banked £50. Steve, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The Walk of Shame is not as bad as it's perceived on the TV screen.

If you are the Weakest Link, you have to do it. Live with it.

Round 7. You've won £2,930. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Gill. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The early Hollywood star Lon Chaney Senior was The Man of how many Faces?

-100.

-1,000.

In the human body, bronchioles are small tubes located within which pair of organs?

-Lungs.

-In 1950s books, A King's Story and The Heart Has Its Reasons

were the autobiographies of the Duke and Duchess of where?

-York.

-Windsor.

In football, simulating a foul by falling to the ground in an exaggerated way

is usually known by the name of which aquatic activity?

-Dive?

-I'll accept.

-Bank.

-An old saying relating rainfall to tree leaves goes, "Oak before ash, in for a splash,

"ash before oak, in for a..."?

-Soak.

-Correct. The gas methane is a compound of hydrogen and which other element?

-Oxygen.

-Carbon.

The TV presenter who rose to fame as a Page Three model in the 1990s is Melinda who?

-Messenger.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In Beijing, what is the large public square that became renowned in 1989 as a site of mass demonstrations?

-Ho Chi Minh...

-Tiananmen. In rhymes, Solomon Grundy and a child that is described as fair of face

were both born on which day of the week?

-Tuesday.

-Monday.

The epidemic known as the Black Death occurred in which century?

-14th?

-Correct.

-Bank.

In the US, what suspension bridge crosses the strait linking San Francisco Bay to the Pacific?

-Golden Gate Bridge?

-Correct. Plays such as Out of Order and Run For Your Wife

are known as bedroom what?

-Farce.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Used as a garnish for soup, croutons are made from what?

-Bread.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. You won £130. In Round 8, you get to treble what you bank.

Think very carefully. You can raise that amount considerably. Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the third round in a row, Gill is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, the Weakest Link is Jack, but who will be taking the final Walk of Shame?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Mags.

Jack.

Jack.

-Gill, why Jack?

-I think he was the Weakest Link that time. I didn't have any money to bank.

-You scraped through again, Mags. Why Jack?

-We didn't have a good round.

He was the worst player. Jack, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

As I'm a magician, if Anne was my assistant, it would be expected for me to saw her in half.

I'd go one better than that and make her disappear completely!

Round 8. In the bank, £3,060. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win is trebled.

We'll start with Gill. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The kind of artificial Christmas tree with flickering coloured lights uses technology called fibre what?

-Optic.

-I'll accept. Which slang term for a person who runs errands sounds like a small rodent?

-Gopher.

-In TV, which detective, played by John Nettles in Midsomer Murders,

has been assisted by partners named Troy, Scott and Jones?

-Pass.

-Tom Barnaby.

What is 71 multiplied by 2?

-142.

-Which term means the shedding of feathers by birds as part of the process of renewing them?

-Moulting.

-Bank!

-In the name of the body set up in 1940 to support resistance in Occupied Europe,

the letters SOE stood for Special Operations what?

-Pass.

-Executive.

-Matador and Muggins are names of variations of which game played with tiles?

-Ludo.

Dominoes. A tall plant with sweet, scented white flowers

that grows in damp fields is known as Queen of the what?

-Meadow?

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In Thailand, what is the main religion?

Er, Buddhism.

-Bank!

-Cheddar cheese is named after a village in which English county?

-Gloucestershire.

-Somerset. A word meaning "at no time used twice"...

Time's up. You won £90. We will treble that. It means prize money today of...

There can only be one winner. Now, up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, Sudden Death. Gill and Mags, for £3,330 let's play the Weakest Link.

-Mags, you have the choice of who goes first.

-Me, please.

Mags, in 2008, which cricketer, who won the 2006 series of Strictly Come Dancing,

became only the 25th player to score 100 first class centuries?

-Ramprakash?

-I'll accept. Mark Ramprakash.

Gill, the three Bs was a phrase coined by conductor Hans von Bulow

to refer to the composers Bach, Brahms and which other?

-Beethoven?

-Correct.

What is the lowest prime number with two digits?

-Eleven.

-That is correct.

The motto, "Which ever way you throw me, I will stand," is depicted

on the three-legged coat of arms of which island in the Irish Sea?

-Isle of Man.

-Correct. The fashion designer born Donna Fask in New York State in 1948

who launched the DKNY label in the 1980s

is better known by what married name?

-Karan.

-I'll accept. Donna Karan.

In the names of the 12 signs of the Zodiac, Virgo's last alphabetically.

Which one comes first?

-Aries?

-No, the answer is Aquarius.

Mags, which aquatic mammal has fresh water species

named after the Amazon, Ganges, and Yangtze Rivers?

-Otter?

-No, it is the dolphin.

In 2008, impresario Bill Kenwright claimed that Elvis Presley made a secret visit to England

in the 1950s and was shown around London by which entertainer?

-Pass.

-The answer is Tommy Steele.

Which word derived from the Latin for tree bark is the name

for the outer layer of an organ, especially that of the brain?

-Membrane?

-The correct answer is the cortex.

In Scotland, the name of which town south-east of Glasgow

sounds like a bulletin on the health of a female relative?

-Pass.

-The answer is Motherwell.

Mags, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:

Gill, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I don't mind losing to Mags. She's got a new baby and can do with the money!

It feels absolutely fantastic to win. I didn't think I'd get this far.

I didn't want to be voted off in the first round. It's fantastic to win.

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