05/06/2012 Weakest Link

Here are today's team of nine,

preparing for the show.

Only one will win the prize

of up to £10,000.

The others leave with nothing,

as their team-mates vote them 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 the money, they must work as a team.

But eight of them will leave with nothing,

as in each round we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Alyson. I'm 48. I'm a secretary from Keswick in Cumbria.

I'm Terry. I'm 66. I'm a retired goods driver from Halstead in Essex.

I'm Maria. I'm 27 and a proposals manager from Swindon.

I'm Nigel. I'm 39. I'm an operations manager from Wembley.

I'm Michele. I'm 33, from Dunfermline, a customer services representative.

I'm Edward. I'm 22 and I'm a student from Preston in Lancashire.

I'm Meg. I'm 52. I'm a nurse from Peterborough.

I'm Jeff. I'm 46 and I'm a Methodist minister from Stoke-on-Trent.

I'm Robyn, a 28-year-old farmer from Welshpool in mid Wales.

Now, the rules.

The aim is to answer enough questions correctly to reach £1,000 within the time limit.

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

Get one wrong and you break the chain,

and you lose all the money in that chain.

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

but you start a new chain from scratch.

At the end of the round,

only money that has been banked can be taken forward.

In Round One, there are three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person

who is first alphabetically Alyson.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

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

What T is the fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands in the eyes?

Tears.

What British weather forecasting office was established in 1854?

The Meteorological Office.

In science, from where does solar energy originate?

The sun.

What O is a nocturnal bird, often associated with wisdom in mythology and folklore?

-Pass.

-Owl.

If you were angling, what would you be trying to catch?

Fish.

At a pelican crossing, what colour light would you expect after flashing amber?

Green.

Which fruit is called "pomme" in French?

The apple.

-Bank.

-Which animal is "the ship of the desert"?

Camel.

In the Bible, was Jonah swallowed by a crocodile or a great fish?

A fish.

What S is the name given to the plastic breathing tube

used by underwater swimmers?

-Pass.

-Snorkel.

What is the style of dancing in which men wearing ribbons and bells

swing hankies or clash wooden sticks?

Morris dancing.

In the US TV series, what type of animal was Gentle Ben?

A bear.

What A is a star-like punctuation mark?

Asterisk.

-Bank.

-The name of what hair cream was made in 1929

from the words "brilliantine" and "cream"?

Brylcreem.

Which actress of the film Titanic named her daughter Mia Threapleton?

Kate Winslet.

In nature, what S is a young plant grown from a seed?

-A shoot.

-A seedling.

To which family are hyenas most closely related dogs or cats?

-Dogs.

-Cats.

What is the name given to the abstinence from food and drink for religious motives?

A fast.

What E is the recovery of artefacts through the exposure of buried sites?

Um, excavation.

What P is a type of woman's undergarment

that consists of an underskirt without a bodice?

-Pass.

-Petticoat.

Traditionally, which nut is the main ingredient of marzipan?

Almonds.

In science, what H is the lightest noble or inert gas?

-Hydrogen.

-Helium.

Which actress starred in the films Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

and The Seven Year Itch?

Marilyn Monroe.

What L is a machine used to weave fabric from yarn?

-I don't know.

-Loom.

Which Monty Python actor went round the world in 80 days for a TV series?

-Pass.

-Michael Palin.

What was the name of the wooden toy lamb

that first appeared in 1925 in books by S G Hulme Beaman?

Larry The Lamb.

In transport, how many funnels does the QE2 have?

-Four.

-One.

In history...

Time is up.

And in that first round, you've won

a very unimpressive £220,

out of the £1,000 you could have won.

Who is out of their depth? Who are you better off without?

One of you will leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistics show that in this first round Michele is the strongest link.

Having lost the team the most money, Nigel is the weakest.

But will the others have picked up on this?

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

Alyson,

-why Nigel?

-He got questions wrong.

He did, indeed.

Meg,

how was that first round for you?

-Not very good, Anne.

-No. Several people noticed you weren't.

Why Nigel?

Just because I was bad he was slightly worse.

Right, Nigel, never heard of owls and wisdom?

Obviously not today, Anne.

-Not today? You had another day, did you?

-I did.

Maybe you should have come on yesterday.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel sorry for my son because he's told all his friends at school.

I think he's going to be very, very embarrassed.

Meg will be voted off next,

because she had two questions wrong like me,

and the pressure will begin to tell.

Round Two.

You've won £220 out of the first £1,000. There are eight of you left.

We are now taking 10 seconds off.

We'll start with the strongest link that's Michele.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In the animal kingdom,

are all snakes poisonous?

No.

Has there been a female British poet laureate?

-Yes.

-No.

In geography, what H is a more common term for a tropical cyclone?

Hurricane.

In medicine, an electrocardiogram

records the electrical activity of which organ?

The heart.

Which of the following is not the name of a tree Sausage Tree or Bacon Tree?

-Sausage Tree.

-Bacon Tree.

The Olympic swimmer Adrian Moorhouse won a gold medal in 1988 in which stroke?

Breaststroke.

What D is the street where the PM has his official residence?

Downing Street.

What name is given to the process

where a woman bears a child on behalf of another?

Surrogacy.

In Ancient Roman religion, Sol was the god of what?

-Heaven.

-Sun.

Which late female author, renowned for her love of pink,

was Raine Spencer's mother?

Barbara Cartland.

In the rhyme, the owl and the pussycat dined on slices of which fruit?

Quince.

In the TV series Dempsey and Makepeace, which was the female partner?

-Dempsey.

-Makepeace.

What stringed instrument is Carlos Santana famous for playing?

The guitar.

Complete the title of this play by JB Priestley An Inspector what?

Calls.

-Bank.

-Can weasels swim?

Yes.

In human biology, what M is a soft, fatty tissue that is found inside bones?

-Pass.

-Marrow.

Which Elton John song starts with the line, "It's a little bit funny":

Your Song or Candle In The Wind?

-Candle In The Wind.

-Your Song.

For which country was George Best an international player?

-England.

-Northern Ireland.

Which celebrity game show is hosted by Bob Holness

with team captains Alan Coren and Sandi Toksvig?

-Pass.

-Call My Bluff.

In science, which metallic element has the symbol Mg?

Magnesium.

According to UK census results, did Scotland have

a greater population in '71, '81 or '91?

'71.

-Bank.

-If a car is travelling at 50mph, how many miles will it have covered

in three and a half hours?

-275.

-175.

Which T is a duty placed on goods when they are imported into a country?

Tariff.

Which film about unemployed steel workers

opened as a Broadway musical in October 2000?

The Full Monty.

-Bank.

-In medicine, what S is a characteristic sign or indication of disease?

Symptom.

Time is up.

Symptom is the correct answer, but you were out of time.

£150 banked in that round,

which is very, very, very, poor indeed.

Who isn't performing?

Who can't cope with the pace or the questions?

One of you is about to leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

The only one to answer all his questions correctly is Terry.

So he is the strongest link.

Edward has become the weakest link,

but will the votes follow the facts?

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

Well, team, we have a three-way tie.

Meg, Michele and Edward what a nice little trio!

Robyn, why Meg?

Um, there were a few... It was a toss-up between Edward and Meg.

I was going on past performance as well.

She wasn't the weakest link, of course.

Michele,

who did you think was the weakest link, then?

-I think

-I

-was, but I can't vote for myself.

-No, you weren't. Edward was.

-So I was right.

Edward, what do you do?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

Tourism and leisure management.

Oh, really? Tourism? Leisure? Things like football? Sport?

No, that's sport management.

-You don't know anything about sport?

-No.

That's why you think George Best played for England.

Terry, why Michele?

She got a question wrong at a crucial time.

But she wasn't the weakest link.

-No.

-OK.

When the vote is tied, the strongest link has the deciding vote.

Terry, you were the strongest link.

You voted for Michele, but you can change your mind.

You can vote for Michele, Meg, or Edward.

Who are you going to send off?

I'm going to send Edward off,

because something's been pointed out

-which I didn't know.

-I'm glad you take instruction.

Having learnt you're the weakest link, Terry wants rid of you. Goodbye.

I feel embarrassed about being voted off,

because I was answering in my mind other people's questions,

and then when it came to me,

I was answering too fast, and getting simple ones wrong.

Maria or Michele will be voted off next.

I like them both, but I think they're struggling, like I was in Round Two.

Round Three. And of the £2,000 you could have won by now,

you have in the kitty...

We're taking another 10 seconds off the clock.

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

Start the clock. What P is a socket

that enables a computer to communicate with an external device?

-Pass.

-Port.

What name is given to the slope of the stage floor

from the lights to the back wall the riser or the rake?

-The riser.

-The rake.

What A is a portable musical instrument

comprising a small pair of bellows and a range of keys?

Accordion.

Which one of the following is fictitious

long, real, or short tennis?

Long tennis.

Which TV presenter's accent was described as irritable vowel syndrome?

Lloyd Grossman.

Which southwest county has its own language - Cornwall or Devon?

Cornwall.

-Alyson.

-Bank.

-Who had three USA No.1s in 1964

with Where Did Our Love Go, Baby Love and Come See About Me?

The Supremes.

From which country does the dish chimichanga originate: Mexico or Thailand?

-Thailand.

-Mexico.

Are antlers made of bone or hard skin tissue?

Hard skin tissue.

Bone. Which R is an art movement of the late 18th and early 19th century?

Renaissance.

Romanticism. Which country did not join NATO in 1949: France, Germany or Italy?

-Italy.

-Germany.

Which Australian city was capital between 1901 and 1927?

-Brisbane.

-Melbourne.

Born in Montreal, Mary Pierce plays tennis for which country?

-South Africa.

-France.

Is the army rank of sergeant commissioned or non-commissioned?

Non-commissioned.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-If outside temperature increases,

does our breathing rate increase or decrease?

Increases.

Name the French dance and music hall which opened in Paris in 1889?

-Les Folies.

-Moulin Rouge.

Cathy's Clown was a hit in the 1960s for brothers Don and Phil who?

-Pass.

-Everly.

How often are the Olympic Games held?

Every four years.

Yokahama is the main port of which country?

Japan.

-Robyn.

-Bank.

-If an object moves at a speed greater than Mach 1,

is it moving faster than the speed of sound or light?

Sound.

Who was elected leader of the Labour party in 1983?

-Michael Foot.

-Neil Kinnock.

What part of the body would be examined with an otoscope?

The ear.

That is correct but you're out of time. You banked a pathetic £270.

Let me remind you, you cannot afford to carry passengers. Lighten the load

and heighten the bank balance.

Turf off the tiresome, ditch the dim. Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having banked £200 for the team, Alyson is the strongest player.

The weakest is Maria, who failed to answer a question correctly.

But who will lose when it comes to the vote?

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

Jeff, what do you do?

I'm a Methodist minister.

-Not so Christian to vote off Maria.

-She's over there. I'm loving my neighbours

What did she do to upset you?

There were one or two she was getting wrong - I think one of several.

She got one or two wrong

-that we might have expected her to get right.

-Right.

-Meg, why Maria?

-She got a couple wrong.

-She got three wrong, actually.

-Maria, what is it you do?

-I'm a proposals manager.

You're interested in entertainment.

-Not any more.

-Not any more?

-No.

You propose never again to say that entertainment

-is your specialist subject.

-Never again.

-OK.

And the team propose that you remove yourself from here. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne comes across as scary and rude. You want to get the questions right so she doesn't have a go a you.

I almost thought at first that I'd got away with it,

but when I saw Robyn turn over my name

I was gutted and I wanted to stay in the game and prove myself.

Round Four and out of £3,000 you've banked £640.

Six of you left. Ten seconds off the clock. You have two-and-a-half minutes.

Alyson was the strongest last time. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which P is the capital of Sicily?

Palermo.

The crime writer, Baroness James of Holland Park, uses what initials?

PD James.

In music, for what do the initials R & B stand?

Rhythm and blues.

-Meg.

-Bank.

-What colour is the compound copper sulphate?

-Red.

-Blue.

In which century was the National Trust established in England?

Nineteenth.

Was the River Styx said to surround the heavens or the underworld?

Underworld.

-Alyson.

-Bank.

-In music, which Minogue sister had a hit in '93 with This Is It?

-Kylie.

-Dannii.

Were road safety measures, such as white lines in the middle of the road,

first introduced in Britain in 1925 or 1935?

1925.

-Michele.

-Bank.

-Who won a best actor Oscar for the 1988 film Rain Man?

-No, pass.

-Dustin Hoffman.

Which Scottish explorer missionary

searched for the source of the Nile in the 19th century?

-Pass.

-Livingstone.

What P is the name for a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water

but still attached to a land mass?

-Pass.

-Peninsula.

Which member of the Labour government

is honorary vice-president of Blackburn Rovers football club: Jack Straw or Gordon Brown?

Jack Straw.

From which continent do the Masai people originate?

Africa.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-In which decade was synchronized swimming made an Olympic event?

1980s.

In science, what D is a mass per unit volume of a substance?

-Dimension.

-Density.

Which US president served first - Lincoln or Washington?

Washington.

Which Hollywood star, who was in Good Will Hunting,

is the daughter of millionaire Ronnie Driver?

Minnie Driver.

-Robyn.

-Bank.

-If you wish to travel directly from Iran to Iraq

would you head east or west?

East.

West. In food, which B is a Middle-Eastern sweet

made from filo pastry, nuts, honey and syrup?

Baklava.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-On what river in the US state of Arizona is the Grand Canyon?

Colorado River.

In money, according to the auction house which sold it in 1993...

Time is up. I cannot complete the question. And, after all that work,

you only won £290.

Who's not helping the bank balance?

Who has lost the plot?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Terry answered all of his questions correctly,

so he has become the strongest link for the second time.

Michele is the weakest link for the second time, but can she survive the vote?

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

Robyn, why Michele?

-She had a poor round the last round.

-Right.

-Meg, what do you do?

-I'm a nurse.

-Do you know any chemistry?

-Not a lot.

-You don't need to for being a nurse?

-Not when

-I

-trained.

Right. Michele, you like watching TV, do you?

-I do.

-But not films on television?

-No, I'm kicking myself at that one.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When the boards where turned round, I didn't look. I was scared to because I knew I'd had a bad round.

I'm kicking myself about Rain Man.

I know the film, I knew his name, I just couldn't get it when it was needed.

I think it'll be Meg that's voted off next because she's had a couple of bad rounds too.

Round Five.

The total is £930. If you'd hit the target it'd be £4,000. Five players left.

Ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link last time - Terry. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Name the US TV show about a boy called Kevin Arnold growing up in the late '60s and early '70s.

-Pass.

-The Wonder Years.

Which is larger when fully grown, the African or Asian elephant?

African.

In 1997 which Labour cabinet member

took control of environment, transport and the regions?

Prescott.

What I is a US state, nicknamed The Land Of Lincoln?

-Idaho.

-Illinois.

Which actress starred opposite Hugh Grant in the film Notting Hill?

Julia Roberts.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-What P is water which falls from a cloud as rain, snow or hail?

Precipitation.

What nationality is feminist writer Germaine Greer?

-British.

-Australian.

The Isle of Wight was part of which English county?

Hampshire.

What year did Elizabeth I of England come to the throne - 1558 or 1610?

-1610.

-1558.

In sport, the Atlanta Braves and the Florida Marlins are teams in which game?

American football.

Baseball. In what century was author Beatrix Potter born?

Nineteenth.

In music, which instrument does singer/songwriter Tori Amos play?

Piano.

-Jeff.

-Bank.

-Did Sir Joshua Reynolds paint landscapes or portraits?

-Landscapes.

-Portraits. In a lift,

if the maximum capacity is 540kg,

how many people, each weighing 60kg, could be carried?

Nine.

Which German composer wrote a piano concerto nicknamed The Emperor Concerto?

Beethoven.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-In 1923, Mustafa Ataturk

became president of which country?

Turkey.

What type of creature is a mudskipper?

A fish.

-Jeff.

-Bank.

-What BBC 2 news and current affairs programme

was first broadcast in 1980?

Newsnight.

-Robyn.

-Bank.

-Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

tells the story of an ageing silent movie star?

-Pass.

-Sunset Boulevard.

Which percussion instrument has tuned metal bars - glockenspiel...

Glockenspiel.

Time is up.

You scraped together only £190.

Who has lost their bottle?

Who is now an embarrassment to the rest of the team?

Get rid of them.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

This time Jeff is the strongest link, having banked the most money.

The worst player is Robyn, who gave three incorrect answers.

But will the rest of team have noticed?

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

Well, not much doubt the way the voting's gone there.

-Alyson, why Robyn?

-He got one or two questions wrong.

Terry, why Robyn?

I didn't think he did very well that round.

-Meg, why Robyn?

-It wasn't his best round.

No. Robyn, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

If I hadn't been voted off, I'd have been disappointed in the team.

I had a diabolical round. It was terrible.

I think Meg will be voted off next. She's had good and bad rounds.

It depends on how the questions come.

Round Six.

You've won £1,120 out of a possible £5,000. Four of you left.

We are cutting another ten seconds from your time.

Jeff was the strongest player last time. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. What J is the surname of Betty,

the fashion designer born in Lancashire in 1940?

-Pass.

-Jackson.

Who directed the 1955 Cary Grant film To Catch A Thief?

Alfred Hitchcock.

Catherine the Great promoted liberal ideas in which country?

Russia.

-Meg.

-Bank.

-Which former royal had a meeting with the Dalai Lama in June 2000?

-Prince Charles.

-Duchess of York.

In which decade was American magazine the New Yorker founded?

20s.

There are 12 sweets in a pack

and a child eats a quarter of them, how many are left?

Nine.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-In the 1980 film Private Benjamin, which actress starred in the title role?

Goldie Hawn.

What L is a city in the UK and the capital of Nebraska in the USA?

Lincoln.

-Jeff.

-Bank.

-Who was the lead goal-scorer in the 1986 football world cup?

Gary Lineker.

What do members of the House of Commons mean by "the other place"?

House of Lords.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-In which language was the Koran written down?

Arabic.

In which organ of the human body is the Bowman's capsule?

Liver.

Kidneys. In which decade of the 20th century

was the first round-the-world solo flight?

'20s.

'30s. Black-Headed and Great Black-Backed

belong to which family of seabirds?

Gulls.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-Which jockey beat cancer and then won the 1982 Grand National on Aldaniti?

John Champion.

Bob Champion. Meg.

What town is on Portsea Island, between inlets in the English Channel?

Portsmouth.

Melvin Kaminsky is the real name of which US director and actor?

Pass.

Mel Brooks.

Is Freya the goddess of love in Scandinavian or Indian myth?

Scandinavian.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-Which Emmerdale actress replaced Jeremy Beadle in You've Been Framed?

The correct answer is Lisa Riley.

In that round,

you won £240.

But who needs to be ditched?

Who are you going to make an example of?

One of you is about to leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

With an impressive five correct answers, Alyson is the strongest link again.

In a reversal of fortune, Jeff is this round's weakest link.

Will his success up to now save him from the vote?

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

Terry. Why Meg?

I thought she'd get a medical question right.

Jeff. Why Meg?

The medical question she got wrong, I'd have expected her to get right.

Meg, you're a nurse, and you don't know any chemistry,

and you don't know any biology.

Statistically you weren't the worst player,

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

I think the question I'll regret all my life

is the nursing one, about the kidney.

I knew it, but the wrong word came out!

You can't change your answer. I should have paused.

I think Alyson and Terry will go on to the final.

They have good general knowledge, and Alyson is very confident.

Round Seven.

Of the £6000 you could have won, you have £1360. Three of you left.

Ten seconds off the clock.

Starting with the strongest, Alyson,

let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Did Gutenberg invent a printing press or a shorthand system?

Printing press.

Terry. Kim Campbell became first woman premier of which country in 1993?

New Zealand.

Canada. What series of books set in the 1800s

by Laura Ingalls Wilder and later became a US TV series?

House on the Prairie?

In the 1927 film The Jazz Singer which actor's line, "You ain't heard nothing yet,"

was the first synchronised speech in a film?

Al Jolson.

Terry, what is the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross?

The Green Crescent.

Red Crescent. In which country was opera singer Maria Callas born?

-France.

-The United States.

In which country does the Jungfrau line run to Europe's highest station?

Switzerland.

Yes. Terry. In computing, what F prepares a magnetic disk for storing information?

Pass.

Formatting. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,"

is the opening line of which famous novel for girls?

A Christmas Carol...

Little Women. Alyson.

In which century did Daniel Defoe write Moll Flanders?

18th.

Terry. Which Scandinavian city has the largest population?

Stockholm.

Copenhagen. Which ex-Beatle made the Stop And Smell The Roses album in 1981?

George Harrison.

Ringo Starr. What mountains in Scotland share a name with peaks in Victoria, Australia?

Grampian.

Terry. If there are 40gms of fat in a packet of biscuits,

how much would you consume in 3/4 of a packet?

30gms.

-Jeff.

-Bank.

-Russia and Lebanon took part in which sports world cup in November 2000?

Women's football.

Rugby League. What composer wrote Nimrod, one of the Enigma Variations?

Elgar.

Time is up.

That was pretty pathetic.

£50 in the bank,

having got rid of so many apparently weaker links.

Now, in Round Eight, should you bank any money,

you have the chance to treble that. So in the next round,

there's £3000 to be won. The question is,

who is least likely

to encourage that bank balance

upwards?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Answering five questions correctly, Alyson remains the strongest link.

Terry has become this round's weakest link.

But at this late stage in the game, how will the voting go?

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

Alyson. Why Jeff?

I felt there was no money to bank when it came to me. Sorry, Jeff.

He wasn't the weakest link, Alyson.

Wasn't he?

No, he was not. Was he, Terry?

No, not at all. I admit I had a really bad round.

You were the one player to lose them money. Why did you vote for Jeff?

I can't vote for myself, and Alyson's been brilliant.

Right. So, Jeff. What do you do?

I'm a Methodist minister.

Why is there a fish on your board?

It's a Christian sign.

It's swimming off it foresaw the inevitable.

Just like you. With two votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Whoever takes the money home, there's one winner Anne.

You live in dread

of getting a question wrong, "What is your specialist subject?" and she'll turn on you...

But today, I'm pleased...

I got some wrong I might have got right, but not on religion.

That would have been the end!

Round Eight.

You've won £1410.

You could, of course, have won £7000.

Alyson and Terry, just two of you left.

You have 90 seconds.

Whatever you win is trebled and added to the total for your prize money.

£3000 is at stake.

We start with the strongest link, Alyson.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What metal coats galvanised steel to prevent corrosion?

Chromium.

Zinc. What are baby rabbits called?

Pass.

Kittens. In the US TV series, what mode of transport was Airwolf?

A helicopter.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-In politics, in what year did John Major fight his first general election?

1997.

1992. Alyson. Which space exploration organisation founded in 1975

launched their first rocket in 1979?

Eurospace.

European Space Agency. Terry.

What do HG stand for in the name of HG Wells, Herbert George or Henry Graham?

Herbert George.

-Alyson.

-Bank.

-Who succeeded James I as King of Britain in 1625?

Charles I.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-Which TV actress starred in Men Behaving Badly

and is married to ex-footballer Lee Chapman?

Pass.

Lesley Ash. What American state contains Death Valley and Lasson Peak volcano?

Arizona.

California. What English writer wrote the poem The Rape Of Lucrece, published in 1594?

Marlowe.

Shakespeare. In what European country did Impressionism develop in the 1860s?

France.

-Terry.

-Bank.

-In horseracing...

Time up.

You've won £80 in that round.

Trebled and added to the winnings from previous rounds,

that means prize money today of £1650.

But of course, only one of you can take the money.

So now you play head to head.

I'll ask alternate questions. Best of five. Whoever answers most correctly wins.

It's as simple as that.

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

Alyson and Terry, for £1650,

let's play The Weakest Link.

Alyson, as the strongest, you choose who goes first.

I'll go first, Anne, please.

Alyson.

Which British actor played Humbert Humbert in a 1997 remake of Lolita?

-Jeremy Irons.

-Correct.

Terry.

In the New Testament,

which of Jesus' apostles

doubted the resurrection until he saw Jesus for himself?

Thomas.

That is the correct answer.

Alyson.

What country's first soccer victory over England

prompted an ecstatic commentator

to shout, "Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me?

"Your boys took a hell of a beating."

That was in 1981.

Denmark.

The correct answer is Norway.

Terry.

In literature,

of which F Scott Fitzgerald novel

is Nick Carraway the narrator?

The Great Gatsby.

That is correct.

Alyson.

In English history,

who was the last Plantagenet monarch?

Richard III.

That is correct.

Terry. In music,

what is the real name

of British singer, songwriter and pianist Elton John?

Reginald Dowd.

No, the correct answer is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

Alyson.

In a standard modern pack of cards,

how many cards are there in each of the four suits?

Thirteen.

Correct.

Terry.

When Julian Clary

made his TV breakthrough as The Joan Collins Fan Club,

what was the full name

of the dog he performed with?

I don't know.

It's Fanny the Wonder Dog.

Alyson,

if you answer this question correctly, you have won.

In space exploration,

Voyager 2 flew by which planet

in 1986,

and discovered ten moons?

Uranus.

Uranus is the correct answer.

That means, Alyson, you are today's strongest link.

You go away with £1650.

Terry, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think, when we got to about four of us,

I thought, "I'm starting to answer better.

"Yeah, I could, if I keep my head... perhaps I could do it."

I got a lot further than I thought I might.

I survived some vicious voting, and I'm pleased at that.

I'm absolutely delighted that I've won The Weakest Link.

It's wonderful brilliant amazing!

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