05/05/2009 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 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 James, I'm 39, I'm from Devon and I'm an estate agent.

I'm Anne, I'm 71, I live in a Lancashire village and I'm a charity worker.

I'm Dave, I'm 51, from Newark and I'm an administrator and sports broadcaster.

I'm Jane, I'm 42, I live in North Hants and I'm a police community support officer.

I'm Simon, I'm 38, from London and I'm a chef.

I'm Krish, I'm 22, I live in Birmingham and I'm a student.

I'm Franky, I'm 44, I'm from Essex and I'm a DJ.

I'm Claire, I'm 32, from Hastings and I'm a domestic goddess.

I'm Dafydd, I'm 26, I live in Surrey and I'm an events co-ordinator.

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

The fastest way is with a chain of nine correct answers. Break it and you lose the money in it.

Say bank before the question is asked and the money is safe.

Round 1 - three minutes. We'll start with the person who is first alphabetically. That's you, Anne.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

What is 9 minus 6?

-Three.

-A siesta is defined as a short nap taken in the middle of what -

the day or the road?

-The day.

-In the words of the proverb, charity begins where?

-At home.

-The Land of the Rising Sun is a popular nickname for which Far Eastern country?

-Japan.

-Correct. In mythology, what G is the term for the dwarves

supposed to guard underground treasure, who are often reproduced as garden ornaments?

-Pass.

-Gnomes.

In public notices, a sign showing a diagonal line through a lit cigarette

is accompanied by the phrase, "No..." what?

-Smoking.

-In the UK, the word blower is slang for which piece of communications equipment?

-Telephone.

-In units of measurement, which is greater, a millimetre or a centimetre?

-A centimetre.

-In food and drink, which word meaning ghosts

is also a collective term for strong alcoholic beverages such as whisky, rum and gin?

-Spirits.

-In science fiction films, the second part of the original Star Wars trilogy

is The Empire Strikes what?

-Back.

-The world-famous tennis player born in Switzerland in 1981 with the surname Federer

has what first name?

-Roger.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Which word follows glam and punk

for two different styles of music that were prevalent in the 1970s?

-Rock.

-In architecture, what C is the term for the vertical structure

that conducts smoke from a fire through the roof of a building?

-Chimney.

-The two-word rhyming term for the price of a flight ticket to a given destination

-is an air what?

-Can you repeat the question, please?

The two-word rhyming term for the price of a flight ticket to a given destination is an air what?

-Pass.

-Fare.

In 2008, after 26 years, Carol Vorderman stepped down as the co-host of which TV game show?

-Countdown.

-In shops and garden centres, Christmas trees are often advertised with the promise

that they won't drop their needles or baubles?

-Needles.

-In education in England and Wales, the list of set subjects to be taught in state schools

is called the National what?

-Curriculum.

-Correct. James...

-Bank!

What P is the product formed when a foreign body gets into an oyster shell and is enveloped in nacre?

-Pearl.

-While films aimed at young women are known as chick flicks,

the term for books intended for them is chick what?

-Pass.

-Lit.

In the pantomime Cinderella, there are how many ugly sisters?

-Two.

-Correct. Jane...

-..Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £570.

Who's the latest exhibit at the Imperial Bore Museum?

Who thinks we're filming Harry Potter and the Chamber of Dimwits?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The only player with all her answers wrong, Krish is the Weakest Link.

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Dave, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Krish.

Krish.

-Krish.

-Krish.

Krish.

Jane.

Krish.

Krish.

Krish.

-Dafydd...

-Hello, Anne.

-How do you pronounce it?

-"Davith".

-Davith? It's got two Ds on the end.

-Yes.

-But you pronounce it as if it's a TH.

-It's basically, um, Welsh for David.

-Yeah, but why don't you pronounce it with two Ds?

-I don't know. Must be the Welsh - sorry.

-And where are you from?

-North west Wales, Anne.

-Whereabouts?

-Snowdonia.

-Snowdonia. Is that a town?

-No, the town's called Porthmadog. It's got a TH in it.

When you lived near Porthmadog, were you the only gay there?

-Only gay in the village?

-Yeah.

-No.

-There were lots of gays?

-Might be.

Were there not enough gays for you?

Well, the thing is, short supply, you know. A small warehouse with not enough stock there

-and you get through that quite quickly and move on.

-Where to?

-I live in Surrey now, Anne.

-Have you got through Surrey yet?

-Not yet, no.

-Why Krish?

-Being Welsh, we normally have gnomes in our gardens.

I thought that question was quite easy, so I voted on that.

-What do you do, Jane?

-I'm a police community support officer.

-Are you? Put your board down.

Are you sure you're not advertising sweetcorn?

-No, Anne. No, I'm not.

-It's quite an interesting outfit.

-It's very green, Anne.

-Just move over to Simon. Which order did you buy...?

-Skirt was first.

-And did you not take the skirt with you when you were...?

-All the same colour would be boring.

-Nip back up.

-Have you got a walkie-talkie?

-Yes.

-Suppose there's an incident. Let's hear you on it.

-OK, first thing I would say is, "Delta Bravo..."

-Don't be dirty!

That's how they recognise that it's me.

Jane, they'd know it was you.

-More than likely with this accent.

-Put your board up.

-Why Krish?

-Cos she didn't get any questions right at all.

-What do you do, Franky?

-I'm a DJ, Anne.

-Are you?

-At clubs?

-Yes. All over the place.

-Where do you live?

-Essex.

-So you're a DJ... at clubs in Essex.

And all over London, yeah.

-Sort of Peter Stringfellow without the looks.

-Em...yeah.

-And what's your talent, as you have no looks?

-My particular talent is chatting up the older woman.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-Can you do jokes?

-Em, no.

-No Essex girls jokes?

-No. I was born in Hertfordshire.

Well, do some Hertfordshire jokes.

Er, I can't do any jokes, no. They won't be as funny as yours.

-So you're not funny and you're ugly. What have you got going for you?

-I'm a member of your fan club.

Well, that makes a difference. Why Krish?

-She got two answers wrong.

-Krish, guess what.

You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I wasn't surprised when I saw my name because I was the only one who got both questions wrong.

Round 2. In the bank, £570. We're now taking 10 seconds off your time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Dave.

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

Since 2000, the computer artist Dennis Wang has created a variety of logos to mark events and holidays

for which search engine?

-Google.

-In British wildlife, the creature called the dunlin,

sometimes found in large numbers on the sea shore, is a bird or a fish?

-Bird.

-Correct. In fast food, what two-word name for a snack item available from burger vans

means a canine with a high temperature?

-Hot dog.

-Which town precedes Beacons to make the name of a national park in Wales?

-Brecon.

-Correct.

-Bank.

What W is a person who has romantic affairs with many females and was a 2008 hit for Britney Spears?

-Womaniser.

-Someone who gets a tanned face while wearing sunglasses is often said to have eyes

-resembling those of which rare Asian mammal?

-Can you say that again?

Someone who gets a tanned face while wearing sunglasses is often said to have eyes

-resembling those of which rare Asian mammal?

-Penguin?

-Panda!

-Oh.

In the UK, the abbreviation NUT stands for National Union of what?

-Teachers.

-Which word for the sounds made by chewing brittle items

is also the term for stomach exercises that tighten the abdominal muscles?

-Pass.

-Crunches. In the 1942 film Casablanca,

the pianist who plays in Rick's Cafe is Sam or Dave?

-Sam.

-The character in several comic novels by PG Wodehouse

with a manservant named Jeeves is Bertie who?

-Wooster.

-In the countryside, dairy, factory and organic are the names of three examples

of which agricultural establishment?

-Farm.

-Correct.

-Bank.

When reciting the alphabet backwards, which letter comes between J and H?

-I.

-A person employed to portray a favourable interpretation of public events

is a spin doctor or twist consultant?

-Spin doctor.

-Which of the countries of the UK is sometimes referred to as the Six Counties?

-Surrey?

-Northern Ireland.

Which journalist, food writer and TV cook who is daughter of a former Chancellor of the Exchequer?

-Nigella Lawson.

-Which day of the week is the only one that's named after a star?

-Saturday.

-Sunday!

What V is the usual alternative term for a person in a band who is a singer?

-Vocalist.

-The downhill skiing event in which competitors ski between gates over two runs

-is the giant what?

-Slalom!

-Bank!

-Correct.

The bank was in time and you put into the kitty £350,

but who's flying like a penguin? Who thinks a crayfish is an underwater gangster?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, the Strongest Link is Jane.

Dafydd is the Weakest Link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

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

Anne.

Dafydd.

Dafydd.

Dafydd.

Dafydd.

Dafydd.

Dafydd.

Anne.

-Where are you from, Claire?

-Hastings in East Sussex.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a domestic goddess, Anne.

-How many goddesses live in Hastings and don't work?

-Possibly only me.

Well, actually, there are lots of people in Hastings who don't work, but I'm the best one.

-Why do you stay at home?

-Because I have a baby.

-Called?

-India.

-You didn't think of calling her Pakistan?

-It doesn't have the same ring to it.

I've done quite a lot of these programmes and I've never met an interesting stay-at-home mother.

-Will you change that for me?

-I do lots of interesting things. I love playing with my baby and...

-I love my Yorkshire terrier, walking...

-You're just proving me right, aren't you?

-I could just say I'm a housewife.

-Well, you are.

-Why Dafydd?

-Unfortunately, he got all his questions wrong, or most of his questions wrong.

-What do you do, Dave?

-I spend half the week as an administrator for a mobile phone company.

-Great(!)

-And the other half as a sports broadcaster.

-Where do you come from?

-Newark, Nottinghamshire.

-What team are you following?

-All East Midlands teams.

-Like who?

-Nottingham Forest, Derby County...

-You interview players?

-Yes.

-Are there any English-speaking ones?

-Less and less!

-What nationality are they?

-All nationalities.

-Such as?

-French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish.

-And you speak all these languages?

-No.

-How do they say they've scored a goal?

-They're enthusiastic, Anne.

Like what? Go on, then.

-"Wowee! It was the best goal I've ever scored!"

-Would that be the Spanish one or the German one?

-Probably the penguin from Asia.

-I see.

-Why Dafydd?

-I think there's one too many Daves on the podium,

and the penguin from Asia...

Dafydd, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family will think I did a crazy thing coming on this programme,

especially because the penguins were embarrassing. I'm sure my family will hide for many years to come,

hiding from my penguin disaster.

Round 3. In the bank, £920. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Jane, the Jolly Green Giant.

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

The word Hood in the title of 1991's Boyz In The Hood is short for which word?

-Pass.

-Neighbourhood.

In many gas boilers, the small flame that's permanently lit and ignites the main burner is the what light?

-Pilot light.

-Correct. What W goes before "shopping" in the pastime

that involves looking at desirable goods, but not buying them?

-Window.

-Bank!

-Which detective is often aided in his investigations

by street urchins known as the Baker Street Irregulars?

-Sherlock Holmes.

-Correct.

The creams and moisturisers used to enhance and soften the skin

are referred to as lotions and...?

-Potions.

-Which adjective meaning double sounds exactly the same as the term for pistols at dawn?

-Dual.

-Correct. Dave...

-Bank!

According to a speech by Michael Portillo in 1995, which three letters send a chill down the spine

of the enemy - SAS or BBC?

-SAS.

-In maths, what is 54 divided by 2?

Twenty...three.

Twenty-seven.

In a 2004 stage musical, what's the full name of the title character from a pit village

who achieves his ambition to become a ballet dancer?

-Pass.

-Billy Elliot.

The 19th-century businessman Henry Tate made his fortune from the refining of which foodstuff?

-Oil.

-Sugar.

What B is a small case named after the type of legal document it was designed to carry?

-Brief.

-The name usually given to a motor-driven or hand-operated machine

used to cut turfed areas of grass is a what mower?

-Lawn mower.

-Which film director followed his 2006 films Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima

with a 2008 thriller entitled Changeling?

-Pass.

-Clint Eastwood.

Which naturally-occurring state of unconsciousness is interrupted by insomnia?

-Sleep.

-The bad luck brought by spilling which condiment

is counteracted by throwing a pinch of it over the left shoulder?

-Salt.

-Bank!

A married woman conventionally wears which ring closer to the finger tip - wedding or engagement?

-Er, engagement.

-Correct.

The bulk of the population who are assumed to have moderate views without expressing them...

Time's up. You won £200.

Who's a sterling silver simpleton? Who's a 24-carat clown?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Jane is the Weakest Link because she gave the most wrong answers.

Statistically, the Strongest Link is Dave, but who will the team want off?

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

Jane.

Jane.

Franky.

Simon.

Anne.

Anne.

Anne.

-What do you do, Simon?

-I'm a chef.

-Are you a trained chef?

I am getting qualified as I go.

-I started off as a ski guide...

-Perfectly qualified, then(!)

I then moved into hotels after our chef had an accident.

-What sort of accident?

-He set off from our group to put the dinner on for his hotel guests

-and he never made it back.

-Is he dead?

-No, no. He was only off for a week.

-So you took over.

-I was...persuaded because he was in my group

-that it was up to me...

-You know what, Simon, we could chat all day!

God help me!

Do you think God only needs to help you? Not me?

-You seem to be doing quite all right.

-Why Anne?

To be honest, a lot of us had a few cock-ups in that round.

So, Claire, our not very interesting stay-at-home mother, how old is India?

-She's 17 months.

-Can she talk?

-A bit. And she does baby signing.

What, books and photographs? Or what?

No, not books and photographs. I taught her how to speak using her hands

so she could communicate with me before she can speak.

-Give us an example. Put your board down.

-OK.

When she was... The first sign she learnt to do was milk, which is this.

She does this when she wants milk.

-Yes...?

-If she wants a biscuit, she does this and I would give her a biscuit.

-Or... She has lots of signs.

-And if she wants...

If she wants you to clear off...

I don't know. She might wave at me.

In sign language, what's, "Leave me alone and go and get a job"?

I don't know that, Anne.

-I only do Makaton signing, so...

-Just do milk again.

-Do milk again.

-Here. It's milk, Anne, like you're milking a cow.

-Oh, I see.

Put your board up. Why Anne?

-Because Anne got two questions wrong.

-Anne, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'd like to see Claire come off next.

She was a bit boring about teaching her daughter hand signals for things that she wanted

and being a domestic goddess. We've all been there.

Round 4. In the bank, £1,120. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In Highland Games, in which event do competitors try to flip an 18-foot timber pole weighing 150 pounds?

-Toss the caber.

-I'll accept.

What J is a six-letter word that describes a sale of donated second-hand articles

with the proceeds going to charity?

-Jumble.

-In theatre, the 1949 musical based on a novel by Anita Loos

is entitled Gentlemen Prefer what?

-Blondes.

-Bank!

-In geography, the Falkland Islands lie closest to which South American country?

-Argentina.

-In famous quotations in the 18th century, Samuel Johnson wrote

that when a man is tired of London, he is tired of what?

-Home.

-Life. In the Chinese calendar,

the 26th of January, 2009, marked the beginning of the Year of the Ox or the Ass?

-Ass.

-Ox. In the UK, a part-time, unpaid police officer

who assists the regular force on a voluntary basis is a special what?

-Constable.

-Which term, originally the name of an Irish castle and a stone found there,

refers to particularly charming or flattering talk?

-Blarney.

-In clothing, what D is the name of the garment sometimes described as bib and braces,

often made from denim and worn by workmen?

-Dungarees.

-In TV comedy, the catchphrase used by Lauren the schoolgirl,

played by Catherine Tate, was, "Does my face look" what?

-"Bovvered."

-Bank!

-In the human skeleton,

the structure of bones in the chest called the ribcage protects the heart and which pair of organs?

-Lungs.

-In business, the abbreviation AGM stands for Annual General what?

-Meeting.

-Bank!

-Which liquid precedes the words "chestnut", "melon" and "biscuit"

to make the names of three foods?

-Water.

-In pop music in 2008,

the US singer Katy Perry followed up her UK No.1 "I Kissed A Girl" with a song called "Hot N" what?

-Ready.

-Cold.

In wildlife, animals that normally live together in groups are referred to as matey or social?

-Social.

-In the UK, which three-letter term for a small, round mark

is also the usual name of the shortest sound used in Morse Code?

-Dash-dot-dash.

-No, dot.

In folk tales, what "O" is a term for a hideous-looking, flesh-eating giant?

-Ogre.

-Correct...

Oh, couldn't be bothered to bank?

Whoops.

"Bank" would have been so much better and more profitable than "whoops".

You won £350. Who is a monument to mediocrity? Who is a tribute to trash?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The statistics reveal that Dave is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link is James, but can he survive the vote?

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

Claire.

Franky.

Franky.

Jane.

Jane.

Jane.

-Simon, why Jane?

-I could remember two questions being asked...answered wrong -

Jane and Claire.

Jane voted for me in the last round.

-Franky, why Jane?

-She got two questions wrong.

-She did.

Jane, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I really enjoyed meeting Anne today.

She referred to me as the Jolly Green Giant.

I hope that name's not gonna stick now when I meet everybody.

Maybe Anne could do with a bit more colour in her wardrobe,

but dressed like this, I expected to get some stick today from Anne.

Round 5. In the bank, £1,470. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In sport, which former middle-distance runner was appointed in 2005

as Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympics?

-Sebastian Coe.

-In cliches, a woman is said to discover that her husband has been unfaithful

by finding lipstick on which part of his shirt?

-Collar.

-In maths, to distinguish it from a positive number,

a negative number is always written with which mathematical sign before it?

-Minus.

-Bank!

-In geography, what "A" is the English name for the European country

whose name in German means Eastern Kingdom?

-Austria.

-In transport, the symbol that is displayed on vehicles carrying toxic substances

is called the what and crossbones?

-Skull and crossbones.

-The patriotic song that includes the words,

"Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set," is Land Of Hope And Glory or Land Of My Fathers?

-Hope And Glory.

-In mountaineering, the condition known as altitude sickness

is caused by a decrease in the concentration of which gas in air?

-Oxygen.

-Bank!

-Which single word can describe both a black-and-white photograph

and a painting that uses shades of only one colour?

-Two-tone.

-Monochrome.

In 2008, which actress and former singer gave birth to her first child

whom she named Winston James Fox?

-Myleene Klass.

-Billie Piper.

In the kitchen, an egg timer is used as an aid to which method of cooking - boiling or frying?

-Boiling.

-In surveying, what is the usual name for the sinking of a building

due to the slippage of the underlying ground?

-Subsidence.

-In TV, what D is the title of the 2009 supernatural series

starring Philip Glenister and Christian Cooke as fighters against dark forces?

-Pass.

-Demons.

In women's fashion, ankle, calf and thigh-length are classifications of which items of outdoor footwear?

-Boots.

-Bank!

-In pop music, what is the name of the electronic dance group formed in the early 1990s

by Liam Howlett and Keith Flint?

-Prodigy.

-In expressions, an alliterative phrase for people who have no romantic attachments

and can do as they wish is...

Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £320.

But who is the windsurfer in a whirlwind? Who is the cat in the washing machine?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Dave is the Strongest Link.

Simon 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.

Simon.

Franky.

Claire.

Simon.

Franky.

We have a tie, team. Simon and Franky, two votes each.

-James, what's your job?

-Hello. I'm an estate agent and an auctioneer.

-Where?

-In Devon.

-So how do you deal with all the free time you've got?

There's been really no better time to buy property, now especially...

-You're just a natural oily estate agent.

-Thank you.

-Do you sell yourself?

-Pardon?

-In a manner of speaking, yes.

-Can you be amusing?

-I try my best.

-You do jokes?

-Sometimes.

-Really?

-Occasionally.

-Go on then.

I'm a fan of observational humour, so I'm puzzled by the great questions of life

like if there's a knock at the door, why do dogs think it's for them,

why a wrong number is always in, does a frog have ears, why don't moths fly to the moon? That puzzles me.

-Why Simon?

-It could have been Franky, it could have been Simon.

Simon passed, Franky stumbled.

Claire, why Franky?

Because I thought he was the Weakest Link.

The Strongest Link was Dave, so he decides. Dave, why did you vote for Franky?

I thought he was the Weakest Link in that round.

-Do you want to stick with Franky or move to Simon?

-I'll stick with what I've written.

Franky, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Anne was trying to get me to do a few jokes and there's nothing like a good audience for comedy.

And Anne is absolutely nothing like a good audience for comedy.

Round 6. In the bank, £1,790. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The playwright George Bernard Shaw left money in his will

to encourage reform in American modesty or English spelling?

-English spelling.

-In film, the British actor who starred opposite Cher in Mermaids

and Judi Dench in Mrs Henderson Presents is Bob who?

-Hoskins.

-Bank!

-In law, what E is the general term for the exhibits and testimonies presented in a court

to help to establish a case?

-Evidence.

-In nature, the collective singing of songbirds early in the morning is known as the dawn what?

-Chorus.

-In horse-racing, which word for fabrics made from a luxury fibre

is the name given to the colourful garments worn by jockeys?

-Silks.

-In US cities, the state capital of California is called Sacrilege or Sacramento?

-Sacramento.

-Bank!

-In the hammer and sickle emblem

that signifies the alliance of industrial workers and peasants, which tool represents the workers?

-Sickle.

-Hammer. In definitions, someone described as a Gallophobe

fears or hates which present-day European country?

-France.

-Bank!

-In physics, what G is the usual name

of the force that causes the swinging of a pendulum?

-Gravity.

-In pop music, "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

was a 2005 UK No.1 single for which British group?

-Oasis.

-Arctic Monkeys.

In business, a verbal contract between two people who trust each other is called a gentleman's what?

-Agreement.

-Bank!

-The TV series Cash In The Attic is concerned with antiques or loft extensions?

-Antiques.

-Bank!

-After the abdication of Edward VIII, the popular playground chant was,

"Hark, the herald angels sing, Mrs Simpson's pinched our" what?

-King.

-In clothes alteration, what T is the four-letter name

for a flattened fold sewn into the back of a pair of trousers in order to reduce the waistline?

-Taper.

-Tuck. In literature, which 1954 novel by William Golding tells the story

of a group of schoolboys marooned...

Time's up. You won £310 in that round.

So has Simon made a meal of things? Will James be off the market?

Is it the red card for Dave or will Claire's next sign say "exit"? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the fourth round in a row, Dave is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, the Weakest Link is Simon, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Simon.

Simon.

Claire.

Simon.

-Dave, why Simon?

-I think Simon and Claire both got a couple of questions wrong.

But with Simon, that's two rounds running.

-James, why Simon?

-A couple of questions wrong.

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

In that round, I was without doubt the Weakest Link.

I was hoping that somebody was gonna start playing tactically to keep me in as the weaker link,

so they could get the money at the end, but they played fair.

Round 7. In the bank, £2,100. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In drinks, a lassi would more commonly be consumed in which type of restaurant? Korean or Indian?

-Korean.

-Indian. In the New Testament, it says it's easier for which animal to go through the eye of a needle

than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God?

-Mouse.

-Camel. In former times, the term "quarantine",

referring to a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease, lasted for how many days?

-30.

-40. When a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel opened in the West End in 2008,

which soprano played the role of Nettie?

-Lesley Garrett.

-Bank!

-In competitions, what B goes before "prize"

to make a term for a humorous or silly consolation gift awarded to the loser?

-Booby.

-In UK media, which national broadsheet Sunday newspaper was relaunched in 2006

in the smaller Berliner format?

-The Times.

-The Observer.

In witty quotations, Oscar Wilde once said, "A true friend stabs you in the" what?

-Back.

-Front.

In hobbies, a deltiologist is a collector of which souvenirs? Matchboxes or postcards?

-Postcards.

-In art, a sculpture known as The Source that moves up and down to reflect the financial markets

is installed in which building in the City of London?

-The Stock Exchange.

-The professional name of the actress who married William H Macy in 1997

and went on to play Lynette in Desperate Housewives is Felicity who?

-Pass.

-Huffman.

The name "Mexican hairless" is applied to breeds of cat, pig and which other domesticated mammal?

-Dog.

-Bank!

-In laundry, what D is the generic term for a cleaning agent

that resembles soap, but does not combine with the salts in water?

-Detergent.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 41 plus 29?

-70.

-Correct.

Time's up. You won £60. In Round 8, you get to treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the WEAKEST Link.

The Strongest Link statistically is Claire.

Dave goes from being the Strongest Link in the last four rounds to the Weakest Link in this.

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

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

Dave.

James.

James.

Claire, why James?

Because I got a question wrong, but James got more questions wrong than Dave.

-Dave, why James?

-Claire got one wrong and James got two wrong.

James, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

One question that was particularly challenging was the Chinese calendar year.

It could have been ox, it could have been ass. I said "ass" and I should have said "ox".

Round 8. In the bank, £2,160.

90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with the Strongest Link - Claire.

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

In travel accessories, a metal frame that has a piece of material stretched over it

and is designed for sleeping on in a tent is called a camp what?

-Bed.

-Bank!

-In 1929, who became Britain's first woman Cabinet Minister?

Margaret Beckett or Margaret Bondfield?

-Margaret Bondfield.

-Bank!

-In classical music, The Flight Of The Bumblebee was written

by the Russian composer with the surname Rimsky what?

-Tchaikovsky.

-Korsakov. In which children's guessing game does one player choose a visible object

that the others have to identify with its initial letter as a clue?

-I Spy.

-Bank!

-In film, the 2000 maritime drama which starred George Clooney

as the captain of an ill-fated fishing boat was The Perfect what?

-Storm.

-Bank!

-In definitions, what B is a word for a trinket

that is now more widely used to describe a house that is elegant, but a little on the small side?

-Pass.

-Bijou. The Spanish name literally meaning "the gilded place"

that was given to a mythical golden city in South America is El what?

-Dorado.

-Bank!

-In the TV comedy series Blackadder,

the character called Baldrick had a particular fondness for which root vegetable?

-Turnips.

-In poetry, in The Soldier written by Rupert Brooke in 1914,

he speculates that he might be buried in "some corner of a foreign" what?

-Field.

-Bank!

-In geography, Alexandria, Benghazi and Beirut are all ports on the east...

Time's up. You put in the kitty £150.

We will treble that and it gives you prize money today of £2,610.

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

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

So, Dave and Claire, for £2,610, let's play the Weakest Link.

Claire, as the Strongest Link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

I would like Dave to go first.

Dave, in memorials, a nine-feet-tall bronze statue

of which football manager

was unveiled in the centre of Nottingham in 2008

to honour his achievements in charge of one of the local clubs?

-Brian Clough.

-That is the correct answer.

Claire, at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939,

who held the office of Prime Minister of the UK?

-Winston Churchill.

-Neville Chamberlain.

Dave, in theatre, which play by Shakespeare has a three-word title

in which the first and third words are the same?

-No...

-The correct answer is Measure For Measure.

Claire, according to a list published by Forbes Magazine,

Hollywood's top-earning couple for the year from June 2007

were Beyonce Knowles and which rapper?

-Jay-D.

-No, the correct answer is Jay-Z.

Dave, in a knitting pattern, the letters BH stand for what?

-Back high.

-The correct answer is "button hole".

Claire, in the novel Tess Of The D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy,

the title character is arrested for murder

at which ancient monument in Wiltshire?

-Stonehenge.

-That is the correct answer.

Dave, which actress became the then youngest recipient

of a competitive Oscar at the age of ten

for her role in the 1973 film Paper Moon?

-Tatum O'Neal.

-That is correct.

Claire, according to the words of an African-American spiritual song,

which Hebrew leader fought the Battle of Jericho?

-Jacob.

-The correct answer is Joshua.

Dave, the name of which southern European peninsula

comes from the Turkish word for "wooded mountain"?

-Pass, Anne.

-The correct answer is the Balkan Peninsula.

Claire, in art, Laurence Stephen were the first names

of which British painter born in 1887

and famous for his depictions of the industrial northwest?

-Constable.

-The correct answer is LS Lowry.

That means, Dave, you are today's Strongest Link

and you go away with £2,610.

Claire, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The highlight of my day was meeting Anne and having the experience of being here.

I'm absolutely stunned to win the Weakest Link. I was very lucky the way the questions fell.

I've got reasonable sports knowledge, but I didn't think my general knowledge would be up to it.

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