05/09/2011 Weakest Link

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

'Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

'The others will leave with nothing, when voted off as the weakest link.'

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met but, to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

My name is Alastair. I'm 43, from Cambridgeshire. I'm an estate agent.

My name's Helena. I'm 19, from York, and I'm a student.

My name is Michael.

I'm 73, from Market Rasen, and I'm a horse trainer.

I'm Lindy. I'm 49. I'm from Rodmell near Lewes, and I'm a librarian.

My name is Scott. I'm 21, from Birmingham. I'm a sales assistant.

I'm Anni. I'm 57.

I'm from Galloway, and I'm a retired behavioural psychotherapist.

My name's Rory. I'm 19, from Norwich, and I'm a student.

My name's Sam. I'm 29.

I'm 29. I'm from Wilmslow and I'm a vintage clothing company owner.

I'm Stephen, 57, from London, and I'm a delivery van driver.

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

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

Break the chain, and you lose all the money in that chain.

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

Round one, three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Alastair. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In dogs, "Lab" is an abbreviation of which breed?

Labrador.

In maths, what is 20 divided by two?

Ten.

When using a shower in a bath, the waterproof curtain

should be placed where in relation to the tub, inside or outside?

Inside.

Ghana is a country in the northwest of which continent?

Africa.

What T is a term for a sealed tube in which a thin column of liquid,

such as mercury, is used to measure body temperature?

Thermometer.

In the old saying, cleanliness is next to... what?

Godliness.

Toast is made by grilling slices of which basic foodstuff?

Bread.

According to the Fireworks Code, someone holding a sparkler

should always wear a pair of what, gloves or socks?

Gloves.

There are how many seconds in one minute?

60.

Bank.

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

That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.

Who probably won't last much longer, and already it seems like for ever?

Who will lose you money in the rounds to come?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'In an impressive first round, Alastair is the first strongest link

'as he banked all the money.

'The statistics reveal that Helena is the weakest link.

'Who will be first to take the walk of shame?'

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

Scott.

Michael.

Scott.

Michael.

Michael.

Scott.

Scott.

Michael.

Lindy.

We have a tie, team. Michael and Scott, four votes each.

-Remind me what you do, Michael.

-Train horses, Anne.

-What sort of horses?

-Race horses.

-Have you had any big wins?

-I've had a lot of wins.

-For example?

-At Ascot...

-Which meeting was it?

-It was a jump meeting.

-Was it?

-Yes.

-Was the Queen there?

-The Queen was there. Yes.

-Did she meet you?

-She met me eventually. Not at that meeting.

-What? She was desperate to meet you and you didn't have time?

She put up a prize of 25,000 for the trainer with the most runners and winners that National Hunt season.

So what did the Queen say to you?

She said, "How long did it take to get from Market Rasen to Ascot?"

Fabulous(!) And what did you tell her?

It took me three and a quarter hours because I was held up on the M25.

-She said, "That happens to me!"

-She told me that happened to her.

She was held up by a chicken lorry overturning in Blackpool...

-She says that to everybody, Michael!

-Oh! I didn't know that.

-Why did you choose Scott?

-He looks nervous.

So, Scott, which front door is missing its mat?

-Oh! You mean the hair! Sorry.

-Yeah.

-It is real, don't worry.

-Where do you live?

-Birmingham.

-What do you do in Birmingham?

-I'm a sales assistant.

What sort? Are you in a boutique?

-I work at a pound store.

-Do you? What's that?

We sell quality items at £1 apiece.

Yes. Like what?

All kinds of shampoos.

Recently, there was one from one of the bigger stores

-priced around £7.99, which we were selling for £1.

-Fabulous.

-Why Michael?

-I just thought out of all the questions, his was probably the easiest.

The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. The strongest link was Alastair.

-Where are you from?

-Cambridgeshire.

-What do you do?

-I'm an estate agent.

-Are you in charge at the estate agency?

-I am. Yes.

-Yeah.

-What sort of houses?

-They can start as low as 50,000.

-We go up to 500,000, 600,000.

-What do I get for 50,000?

-A little one-bedroom flat.

-Do YOU live in a one-bedroom flat?

-No.

-Is there a Mrs Alastair?

-There is a Mrs Alastair.

-What does she do?

-She's a home-maker.

-Too lazy to have a job?

-She looks after our two lovely children.

-How long have you been married?

-We're not married.

-So there isn't a Mrs Alastair!

-Well, yeah.

-Are you getting anywhere near it?

-We've been engaged.

-In the past?

-We still are. Yes.

So you've exchanged contracts but not completed?

-Exchanged a ring, yeah.

-Why did you vote for Scott?

-Just thought he hesitated ever so slightly.

-You've got a choice.

-You can stick with Scott or move to Michael.

-I'll stick with Scott.

Scott, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't think my friends will be too surprised about me being voted off first.

They joked to me about it.

I think they thought I'd have got a lot of questions wrong.

I'm glad that I, at least, have a 100% record.

Round two. In the bank, £1,000. We take ten seconds off the time.

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

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

The actress who won an Oscar in 2007 for the film The Queen

is known professionally as Helen... who?

-Bonham Carter.

-Mirren.

Which bridge over the River Thames

was dismantled in 1971 and rebuilt in Arizona?

London Bridge?

In stereotypes, at a disco, women place which accessories on the floor

and dance around them, their earrings or their handbags?

Handbags.

-Bank.

-Which part of a hen's egg

is the main source of fat for the embryo?

-Can you repeat that?

-Which part of a hen's egg

is the main source of fat for the embryo?

The yolk.

In the TV comedy series Blackadder, when the character Baldrick

devised a plan, what C is the word he chose to describe it?

-Cunning.

-Carbohydrates are compounds

made up of oxygen, hydrogen and which other element?

-Nitrogen.

-Carbon.

The 2010 UK Number One album entitled Progress

was by which group, now referred to in the press as a "man band"?

Take That.

The tail of a fox is called what, a brush or a broom?

A brush.

Which city is the capital of Austria?

-Berne.

-Vienna.

What D is the name of a dark underground prison cell,

often found in a castle?

Dungeon.

In a leap year, there are how many days in the month of February?

29.

The Welshman who, in 1992, was succeeded by John Smith

as leader of the Labour Party is Neil... who?

Kinnock.

The right cheek of the original Action Man doll

bore which distinguishing feature, a scar or a tattoo?

A scar.

-Bank.

-In football, Dave Sexton, Tommy Docherty and Sir Alex Ferguson

have all managed which English club?

Manchester United.

In the 1975 film Jaws, the police chief named Brody,

played by Roy Scheider,

issues the warning, "You're gonna need a bigger..." what?

-Boat?

-Bank.

Which common leafy vegetable has a deep red variety,

that's braised with apples and vinegar as an accompaniment to pork?

-Onions.

-Cabbage.

In road building, what C is the name for the rounded stones or pebbles

traditionally used to pave street surfaces?

-Cobbles.

-The scores for the ballets Swan Lake,

the Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty were written by which composer?

Tchaikovsky.

That was a correct answer. Couldn't be bothered to bank?

Were you back on a race course?

Rehearsing for the next time you meet the Queen?

You won £200.

Who's going according to plan and who's going?

Who thinks first aid is a fizzy drink?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'Helena goes from being the weakest link in the last round

'to the strongest link in this.

'Alastair is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?'

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

Rory.

Alastair.

Stephen.

Michael.

Alastair.

Alastair.

Michael.

Lindy.

-Where are you from, Helena?

-Originally from Doncaster, but I go to university in York.

-What are you doing a degree in?

-Psychology.

-Are you?

-I am.

-That's a big word!

-It is!

-How many years have you been doing that?

-I'm in my second year. I've got one more to go.

-Then would you do anything rash, like look for a job?

-I hope to do a masters in clinical psychology.

-You don't want a job?

-Not just yet.

-Have you any other talents?

-I play drums.

-Put your board down.

Move over towards Michael.

-What can you play for us?

-Maybe a bit of a waltz or something.

-You can't do The King And I or The Sound Of Music?

-I'll have a go.

-Will you be humming?

-Whatever you want me to do.

I always like customers like that! You hum and we'll listen.

# Boom-boom cha ba-da boom-boom chi-ka

-# Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba... #

-I'm missing something.

-Yeah?

-Which musical was that?

-Just one I made up on the spot!

Terrific. Hop back.

-Put your board up. Why Alastair.

-I just never had any money to bank.

-How old are you, Anni?

-57.

-Are you? What do you do?

-I'm semi-retired.

-Why?

-Because I wanted a lifestyle change.

-What's changed?

-I write poetry and short stories.

-Do you?

-Have you written a poem for me?

-I have.

-Does "wink" rhyme with "link"?

-Doesn't quite rhyme with link.

-There's a first! Put your board down. Crack on.

A form in black, they call her queen Of everything that's dark and mean

But now we've seen her show on books We shouldn't judge her just on looks

It's shown her in a different light Her bark's much worse than her bite.

Ooh, that was very nice. Put your board up.

-Why Alastair?

-Unfortunately, he got two wrong.

Alastair, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My target was not to get voted off in the first round.

Felt I could have done a bit better,

but if you don't know the answers to the questions, you get voted off.

Round three. In the bank, £1,200. Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, the lovely Helena.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What is five multiplied by 19?

-Pass.

-95.

The former Friends actor who starred as a dramatised version of himself

in the 2011 sitcom Episodes is Matt... who?

-Pass.

-LeBlanc.

What W precedes "symptom" for a term for an unpleasant bodily response

as a result of giving up an addictive substance?

-Pass.

-Withdrawal. Going very well(!)

The attack by Francis Drake on Spanish ships

in 1587, became known as "singeing the King of Spain's..." what?

Beard.

In a law that was introduced in England and Wales in 2007,

the minimum age for buying tobacco was raised to how many years?

-18.

-Easter Island, famous for its large sculpted heads,

is in which ocean?

Pacific.

In the Second World War, the masks issued to every man, woman and child

were a protection against what, gas or wind?

Gas.

-Bank.

-In science fiction, the novel by Douglas Adams,

the third in the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series,

was Life, The Universe And... what?

-Pass.

-Everything.

Which common five-letter surname is also a term for a metal worker?

-Smith.

-The religious artefact, believed by some to have covered

the body of Christ, is the Turin... what?

-Shroud.

-In pop music during the 1960s and '70s,

what was the name of the backing group for Gladys Knight?

-The Pips.

-The diet of which of these animals is primarily vegetarian?

The giant panda or the polar bear?

The giant panda.

-Bank.

-In the 1995 animated film Toy Story and its sequels

in 1999 and 2010,

the actor Tim Allen provided the voice for which character?

-Pass.

-Buzz Lightyear.

Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy and Robert Catesby

were members of the 1605 conspiracy usually known as the what "..plot"?

Gunpowder.

-Bank.

-What's the name for a deep cylindrical flat-bottomed

glass vessel with a lip, that is often found in laboratories?

-Pass.

-Beaker. What's the hyphenated term for a picture

which has been painted by its own subject?

Self-portrait.

-Bank.

-That was the correct answer.

You wanted to bank for this round or the next round?

You won £420.

Who makes a shambles look like a strategy?

Who thinks CCTV is a qualification?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'According to the statistics, Rory is the strongest link.

'With no correct answers, Helena is the weakest link.

'Will the others realise that?'

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

Michael.

Lindy.

Michael.

Helena.

Helena.

Anni.

Helena.

-Where are you from, Stephen?

-From London.

-Any particular part?

-I live in Welling in Kent.

-Gosh. And what do you do?

-I'm a delivery van driver.

-What are you delivering, Stephen?

-I deliver hair and beauty products.

-Do you?

-Yes.

-And have you made absolutely sure

-that the hair and beauty products have had no impact on you?

-No.

-I've come to use them since I started working with them.

-You haven't? Put your board down.

Take us through the look, then, and what products.

Well, normally, having washed my hair, I'll put some mousse in it.

-Yeah.

-And then blow-dry it.

-Really?

-For maybe a minute.

Till I get bored, and then a bit of wax to give it some shape.

Put your board up.

-And why Helena?

-Bless her, she got one wrong that time, I'm afraid.

-Rory, what do you do?

-I'm a student, Anne.

-What are you studying?

-Media Studies and Law.

-Do you want to work in television?

-Behind the scenes...

-You don't think you've got a face for television?

-Probably not.

-What show would you like to work on?

-This, if I had the opportunity.

-Good. Put your board down.

-Supposing you were producing this show, Rory.

-Yeah.

-Possibly not in that shirt.

-Probably not.

-Was that a tablecloth once?

-It could have been.

-How would you improve the show?

-Probably have more scenes with your banter, Anne.

More scenes with me. Very good answer. I think you'll do well. Put your board up.

-Why Helena?

-She's a lovely girl but she got all of her questions wrong.

-She IS a lovely girl.

Helena, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I got a maths question wrong.

I consider maths to be one of my strongest subjects, so I was very upset when I got that wrong.

In university, I use maths in my degree.

Round four. You've banked £1,620. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, little Rory.

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

In chess, of the 16 pieces possessed by a player at the start of a game,

which is the only one that cannot be removed from the board?

-The king.

-Bank.

The children's TV programme consisting of short topical items,

first broadcast in 1972, was "John Craven's..." what?

Newsround?

In the classic symbol known as the skull and crossbones,

the bones resemble what, sternums or femurs?

Femurs.

In the late 1920s,

the Chicago crime-fighting unit nicknamed the untouchables,

were lead by Eliot... who?

-Pass.

-Ness.

Which type of small house, usually found in the country,

gives its name to a style of garden with informal borders of flowers?

-Cottage.

-What E is the name of a Dutch cheese,

traditionally sold in a ball shape coated with red wax?

-Edam.

-Bank.

The pub name The Salutation is a reference to the Angel Gabriel

greeting which female character from the New Testament?

-Mary?

-I'll accept.

-Bank.

-The song by The Clash, a UK hit single in 1982

and 1991, was entitled Should I Stay Or Should I... what?

-Go.

-In formal male evening dress, a white tie should be worn

with a type of coat known as what, wings or tails?

-Tails.

-Pass.

-Which word for a violent storm with strong...?

Pass?

Stiffness in the joint at the top of the arm is a "frozen..." what?

Shoulder.

What C is the term for a money-off voucher

cut out of a magazine or newspaper?

-Coupon.

-Bank.

In gymnastics, which piece of women's apparatus

is five metres long and ten centimetres wide?

-Pass.

-The beam.

The US actor born in 1965, whose roles include Charlie Chaplin

and Sherlock Holmes, is Robert... what?

-Downey Junior.

-In art, "abstract expressionism" is correctly used

to refer to the style of who, Salvador Dali or Jackson Pollock?

-Salvador Dali.

-Jackson Pollock.

According to the title of the 1860 novel by George Eliot,

what is the four-letter name

for the industrial building on the River Floss?

-Pass.

-The Mill.

Time's up.

You won £140, but who's worth their weight in Tupperware?

Who needs Botox for the brain?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'With the most correct answers, Sam is the strongest link.

'The statistics show that Michael is the weakest link. Can he survive the vote?'

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

Lindy.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

-Where are you from, Sam?

-I'm from Cheshire.

-Where in Cheshire?

-Wilmslow.

-Yes.

So, mink coat and no knickers?

-That sounds like an excellent description!

-Yes.

-What do you do in Wilmslow?

-I have my own vintage clothing company.

Put your board down. Move towards Stephen.

Is that a vintage shower curtain?

-It is vintage, yes.

-Is it? Yes.

-What was it, originally?

-I think it's always been this.

What is "this"?

-Like a lounge coat.

-A lounge coat?

-From the '70s, when everyone was really fabulous.

-OK. Hop back on.

Put your board up.

-Why Michael?

-He got a few questions wrong, unfortunately.

-What do you do, Lindy?

-I'm a school librarian.

-And how old are you?

-I'm 49.

-Oh!

-Would you call yourself vintage?

-No. But some would.

-What's in your library?

-Books for everybody.

Heavy tomes and lightweight reading. You just...

-Dirty books?

-There's some with some dust on, yes!

Y-yes. And can you say "Sh!"?

-I say it, yes.

-Go on, then.

-Sh!

-Why Michael?

-He passed on a question which I think he was going to bank.

Michael, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I fully expected my name to go on every board. Quite rightly so!

It's nice to see your name up in lights, but not on this occasion.

Round five. In the bank, £1,760. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

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

In alcoholic drinks,

what P is a variety of grape

that precedes "grigio" and "noir" in the names of two wines?

-Pinot.

-In Greek mythology, which God, who was part-man, part-goat,

shares his name with a wide metal vessel used for cooking?

-Pass.

-Pan.

In the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, who was the small man

who helped a miller's daughter weave gold from straw?

Rumpelstiltskin.

What is 43 minus eight?

35.

Radiohead had a UK hit album in 2001 with what title,

Insomnia or Amnesia?

-Amnesia?

-Bank.

Which seaside resort in southeast England

claims to have the longest pleasure pier in the world?

-Brighton?

-Southend-on-Sea.

Which US President who took office in 1969

had the middle name Milhous?

Nixon.

-Bank.

-What D is what the pupil of the human eye does

when it widens in the dark?

-Dilates.

-The journalist and restaurant critic

who has presented food programmes with Sue Perkins, is Giles... who?

-Brandreth.

-Coren.

On the international red list of threatened species,

"Vu" stands for which word, "vulgar" or "vulnerable"?

-Vulnerable.

-Bank.

The 1973 action film set in Hong Kong

in which Bruce Lee takes part in a martial arts competition is Enter The... what?

-Dragon.

-Bank.

In maps, of the lines known as latitude and longitude,

used to locate position, which of the two run parallel to the equator?

Latitude.

-Bank.

-The Spanish golfer who, in 2011,

was named as European captain for the 2012 Ryder Cup

is Jose Maria... who?

-Martinez?

-Olazabal.

A phrase dating from last century for a wedding arranged hastily

because the bride is pregnant, includes the name of which firearm?

-Shotgun.

-Bank.

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £200.

But who should now be declared a national emergency?

Who thinks knowledge is an urban myth?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'The only player to get all their answers right, Rory is the strongest link.

'Anni is the weakest link, but will the others consider that when casting their votes?'

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

Stephen.

Sam.

Stephen.

Anni.

Lindy.

-Rory, why Stephen?

-He got a question wrong in that round

and lost us a bit of money.

-Lindy, why Stephen?

-He got one wrong, like me.

Stephen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My expectations, coming on the Weakest Link,

were to find out how it all works and to contribute a bit

to the entertainment for the country and television.

I've never been on screen before and I feel I got far enough

to settle in and acquit myself as well as I could.

Round six. In the bank, £1,960. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, little Rory.

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

While a ship is in port,

time off allowing sailors to visit the area is known as what "..leave"?

-Sail leave?

-Shore.

In human anatomy, what T is another term for the windpipe?

-Pass.

-Trachea.

The magician born in 1956,

who apparently made the Statue of Liberty disappear, is David... who?

-Blaine.

-Copperfield.

Mrs Danvers is the housekeeper at Manderley in which 1938 novel

by Daphne du Maurier?

Rebecca.

Pancakes with orange sauce is a popular dessert

known by the French name "crepes..." what?

-Pass.

-Suzette.

What V can mean to alter the direction of a ship

or to allow a vehicle to deviate suddenly from a straight course?

-Verge?

-Veer.

The garment worn by Scottish Highlanders, a filibeg,

is more commonly known by what name?

Kilt.

The 1979 single by Squeeze that begins,

"I never thought it would happen with me and the girl from Clapham" is Up The... what?

Junction.

The language of Iran called Farci is written using which script,

Roman or Arabic?

-Arabic.

-Bank.

-The actress famous for roles in films such as Scandal,

Single White Female and Jackie Brown is Bridget who?

-Fonda.

-In England and Wales, most lawyers are either barristers

or which other type of legal professionals?

-Can you repeat that, please?

-In England and Wales,

most lawyers are either barristers

or which other type of legal professionals?

-Queens Counsellors?

-Solicitors.

In geology, what E is the term for wearing away of rocks or soil

by the action of rain, ice, wind or the sea over a period of time?

-Erosion.

-Bank.

TV characters named Annie Walker, Frank Barlow

and Albert Tatlock appeared in the first episode...

Don't think that was on the tip of his tongue. The correct answer is Coronation Street. You won £120.

Should Lindy shush?

Has Anni been badly behaved?

Will you send Rory behind the scenes?

Or maybe Sam hasn't given a vintage performance?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'Anni is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.

'Lindy is the weakest link, but will the votes follow the statistics?'

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

Rory.

Sam.

Sam.

Lindy.

Anni, why young pretty Sam?

She's voted for me twice, so it's time for her to go.

-Nothing to do with who's the worst player?

-Hm... Well.

I don't know who was the worst player.

-Rory, why Sam?

-She got two questions wrong, like me, Anne.

It's votes that count. Sam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Chatting with Anne was definitely amusing.

I never think it's a good idea to bite back at Anne.

The best way to get through it

is to laugh along and agree with everything she says.

Round seven. You have £2,080. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

Electrical superconductivity

is a property of certain pure metals and alloys at what temperatures,

very high or very low?

Very low.

In tennis, which player noted for her grunting

became the youngest winner of the French Open in 1990 when she was 16?

-Serena Williams.

-Monica Seles.

The original Peeping Tom was a resident of which English city?

-Pass.

-Coventry.

What P is a term meaning "investigation",

frequently used in headlines because it has only five letters?

-Pass.

-Probe.

A 1938 short story by Ernest Hemingway

was entitled The Snows Of... which African mountain?

-Himalayas.

-Kilimanjaro.

The social and political reform movement of the 1830s and '40s,

begun by William Lovett, had what name, Chartism or Graphism?

-Chartism.

-Bank.

The Singapore Strait is a body of water

that separates Singapore from which country?

-Indonesia.

-Bank.

Gone Till November, It Doesn't Matter and Perfect Gentleman

were UK hit singles for the performer called Wyclef... who?

-Richard.

-Jean.

If Friday is named after Frigg, the Norse goddess of married love,

which day is named after her husband the god of wisdom, culture and war?

-Thursday.

-Wednesday.

What is the positive square root of 49?

-Nine.

-No. Seven.

Which word meaning "to pierce with a stick" forms the basis

of the famous English nickname of the medieval European prince Vlad?

-Pass.

-Impale.

In sport...

Time's up.

You won £40. In round eight, you get to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

'With no correct answers, Rory is the weakest link.

'Anni is the strongest link,

'but who will survive the final vote?'

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

Rory.

Lindy.

Lindy.

Anni, did you think Lindy was the worst player?

-Yes, I did.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Rory, did you think Lindy was the worst player?

-Not at all, Anne.

-Why's that, Rory?

-I got a couple of questions wrong.

-Only a couple?

-Maybe all of them.

It's votes that count.

Lindy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think, today, the winner of the Weakest Link is going to be Anni.

She strikes me as a very strong contender.

I think Rory knows he's on shaky ground

and so he got rid of me first.

Round eight. In the bank, £2,120. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What is the name of the mobile medical service

established in Australia in 1928 by John Flynn?

-Flying doctors?

-I'll accept.

-Bank.

-The twin resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth

are on the north coast of which county?

-Shropshire?

-Devon.

In jazz, Django Reinhardt was best known for playing which instrument,

the guitar or the bassoon?

-The guitar.

-Bank.

Ryan O'Neal starred as a fraudulent Bible salesman

alongside his real-life daughter Tatum

in a 1973 film entitled Paper... what?

-Mache?

-Moon.

The woodland brown butterfly feeds on honeydew

produced by which soft-bodied insects

regarded as garden pests?

-Greenfly?

-Aphids. I'll accept, though.

-Bank.

-What J is the first name of a TV presenter with the surname Kyle,

a comedian called Hardy and a politician named Hunt?

Jeremy.

The egg cases of skates or sharks that are often washed up on beaches

are commonly called "mermaids'..." what?

-Purses.

-Bank.

Sir Anthony Caro is a famous name in which field,

sculpture or water colour?

-Sculpture.

-Bank.

The driver who was World Champion three times in the '50s and '60s...

Time's up. You won £130, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £2,510.

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

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

So, Anni and Rory, for £2,510, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Anni, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first.

In football, in December 2010,

which Middle Eastern country was chosen to host the 2022 World Cup?

-Kuwait?

-The correct answer is Qatar.

The Bank of England £50 note in circulation between 1981 and 1996

featured an image of which British architect born in 1632?

-No idea.

-The correct answer is Sir Christopher Wren.

The 1998 play by Terry Johnson

entitled Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick

concerned the lives of three actors in which series of comedy films?

-Carry On films.

-That is the correct answer.

In comics, in 2010, which female superhero who debuted in 1941,

was portrayed as wearing a new outfit

to replace her bustier and star-spangled hotpants?

-Wonder Woman.

-That is the correct answer.

In biology, sternutation is the medical term

for which common involuntary physical action?

-Sneezing?

-That is the correct answer.

In literature, in a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell,

characters Suellen and Carreen O'Hara

have an older sister called Katie,

who is better known by what other name?

-Katrina.

-The correct answer is Scarlett.

In religion,

which name for the devil is derived from the Hebrew for "an adversary"?

-Satan?

-That is the correct answer.

In the opening sequence to a reality TV series,

which person has been referred to as a "serial entrepreneur",

"a multi-millionaire" and "Britain's most belligerent boss"?

-Lord Alan Sugar.

-That is the correct answer.

What was the title of the 1971 UK Number One album

by the Rolling Stones that had a cover incorporating a metal zip

that could be opened and closed?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Sticky Fingers.

In which decade of the 20th century did Winston Churchill

first win a General Election as leader of the Conservative Party?

-1930s?

-The correct answer is 1950s.

That means, Anni, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:

Rory, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I don't think if the questions were the other way round that I would have won anyway.

Anni was clearly the winner.

Winning the Weakest Link is marvellous.

I've never won anything and winning this was just great.

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