06/03/2009 Weakest Link

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

Only 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.

I'm Pete. I'm 26, I live in Thornaby-on-Tees

and I'm a subeditor.

My name is Barbara. I'm 53, from Kedington in Suffolk

and I'm a production administrator.

I'm Paul. I'm 48, from Somerset, and I'm a master thatcher.

I'm Sarah, I'm 19, I'm from Evesham and I'm a student.

I'm Graham. I'm 39, from Norwich and I'm a production manager.

I'm Coral. I'm 71, from Coventry and I'm a part-time customer assistant.

I'm Lee. I'm 22, I'm from Leighton Buzzard and I'm a travel agent.

I'm Jenny. I'm 31, I'm from Thatcham in Berkshire and I'm a paramedic.

I'm Steve. I'm 54, I'm from Peterborough

and I'm a telecoms engineer.

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

The fastest way is with a chain of nine correct answers.

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

Say "Bank" before the question 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, Barbara.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

The nursery rhyme about a conversation

between the bells of various churches

begins "Oranges and..." what?

-Lemons.

-Which bodily fluid is said to boil

when a person is angry and run cold when they are afraid?

-Blood.

-In an office, if a document is completed in triplicate,

there are how many versions including the original?

-Three.

-A sheep is covered in what, cotton or wool?

-Wool.

-In the Gregorian calendar,

what is the name of the month

the first day of which is called New Year's Day?

-January.

-Which object is oval in shape

and can be kicked or thrown around the pitch?

-Rugby ball.

-What D is another term for a continental quilt?

-A duvet.

-Dick is a shortened form of which popular boy's name?

-Richard.

-If trains leaving a station are known as departures,

what is the corresponding term for incoming trains?

-Arrivals.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK. 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 thinks pomegranate is an Australian rock?

Who'd start a fight with the idiot in the mirror?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, Barbara is the strongest link.

Paul is statistically the weakest link,

but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

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

Graham.

Coral.

Jenny.

Coral.

Paul.

Pete.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Graham, what do you do?

-I'm a production manager.

-Where?

-Bernard Matthews.

-Oh. Which bits are the turkey twizzler, then?

-The quality part, Anne.

-Where are these turkeys that Bernard Matthews has?

-They're on our farms.

-So if I was just out of shell,

and I was a baby turkey...

-What's a baby turkey called?

-A poult.

Just come to life. Am I in Suffolk or Norfolk?

I think you'd be in the reject basket.

Well, pretending I'm not.

You'd be in one of our farms in Norfolk, Suffolk or Lincolnshire.

Could I see green fields all round me?

-You would see green fields, yes.

-I'm not cooped up in a shed?

We're the largest free-range turkey farmer in Britain, Anne.

What have I got to look forward to?

-A lovely Christmas.

-How long will I be cooped up before you get rid of me?

You won't be cooped up in the shed. Cos you're not a turkey.

No. And if you work for your company,

do you bother with Christmas or would that be bad taste?

-We do bother with Christmas.

-Do you ask turkeys to your party?

-I have one every year.

-And what do you actually do?

-I run a cooked meats factory.

-Oh, you run one.

-I do.

And do you look after the staff?

-I look after the staff, yes.

-Are they cooped up in a factory?

They'd probably say yes, but no.

Yeah, well, teach them right, wouldn't it?

-It would.

-Why Paul?

No reason. We all got a question right, apart from he's got a stripey jumper.

-Jenny?

-Yes, Anne.

-What do you do?

-I'm a paramedic, Anne.

-Do you drive an ambulance?

-Yes, I do, sometimes.

I drive a response car, normally.

-Really? With one eye?

-Not at the moment. Not with one eye.

No, because I'd probably hit a lot of stuff.

-Who are you going to respond to?

-I respond in Newbury. In Berkshire.

-A typical example in Newbury.

-We have a lot of elderly people in Newbury.

-What, they fall over?

-They fall over all the time.

Yeah. Here's what I'm thinking.

Why don't you just say, "Get up yourself"?

I'd probably lose my job if I did that. It is tempting, but I'd probably lose my job.

-Why Paul?

-Again, no reason. Everyone got a question right.

Just maybe seemed a little bit more flustered than other people.

-What do you do, Steve?

-I'm a telecoms engineer, Anne.

-Which sort are you?

-I put the bits of kit in the telephone exchange

that let you get broadband.

I see. So are you in the van outside those little boxes with all the wires exposed?

Fortunately I don't sit by the side of the road. I go to buildings where the equipment sits.

-So you don't have a striped tent?

-No, I don't. They don't give me poles.

-Is that cos you're too old now?

-It could be, yes.

They keep me warm rather than let me out in the open.

You produce broadband?

The equipment I put in the telephone exchanges does, yes.

-Why do we all have trouble with our broadband?

-Cos they all try and kid you

that you've got more service than you actually get.

You probably pay for five megabytes and you only get one.

-Why Paul?

-It was the stripey jumper, I'm afraid.

I'm stood opposite him and it's a bit distracting.

-When you're as dashing as you, that's quite offensive.

-He's got more hair too.

Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The reason behind the jumper, basically,

was if I did make it through a few rounds,

Anne was definitely gonna comment on it.

And I had the matching socks to wear,

and possibly if pushed, I did have the matching underpants as well.

Round Two. In the bank...

Ten seconds off. We'll start with the strongest link, Barbara. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. The national newspaper called The People

was first published in 1881 on which day of the week?

-Sunday.

-What's 23 multiplied by two?

-46.

-Which word means both the process of shaping iron

and that of making counterfeit money?

-Forge.

-I'll accept. The Boston Symphony, English Chamber

and Oslo Philharmonic are three examples of which musical grouping?

-Orchestra.

-I'll accept. In the UK,

which sex has the greater life expectancy?

-Female.

-Coats and jackets that have a centre fastening

with only one row of buttons are said to be what-breasted?

-Single.

-Bank.

What D is a lidded container usually kept outdoors

that holds domestic waste and is emptied every one or two weeks?

-Dustbin.

-The former Brookside actress

who won the 2008 award for Rear of the Year is Jennifer who?

-Ellison.

-Widely available for only a few months of the year,

the Jersey Royal is a prized variety of which vegetable?

-Potato.

-An employee who frequently checks the time

in anticipation of the end of the working day

is called a clock what?

-Watcher.

-In a seven-part rainbow,

which colour is in the middle?

-Green.

-The author of the 1977 novel The Thorn Birds

is Colleen who?

-McCullough.

-Bank.

Double glazing and loft and cavity wall insulation

are normally installed in an effort to reduce what,

family visits or energy bills?

-Energy bills.

-The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

is in which country of the UK?

-England.

-Wales. The singer known as Johnny Rotten

when a member of the Sex Pistols has the real name John what?

-Pass.

-Lydon. What P precedes the word tools

to make a general term for equipment such as drills and circular saws?

-Power.

-In TV presenters,

what surname is shared by Robert, Anne and Kenneth

all of whom have hosted Points Of View?

-Robinson.

-The rhyming term used

for a person who deliberately adopts a sexually-ambiguous appearance

is a gender what?

-Bender.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You've reached and banked your £1,000. That money goes to the next round.

Who's groomed to be doomed? Who's trained to be trounced?

One of you's about to leave with nothing.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Sarah is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Jenny, but can she survive the vote?

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

Jenny.

Jenny.

Jenny.

Steve.

Barbara.

Steve.

Steve.

Jenny.

What d'you do, Pete?

I'm a subeditor for my local newspaper.

-A subeditor?

-Yes. Very glamorous title, I know.

-Is it?

-Not really.

-No. Is it like being the editor?

Sort of, but, like, sub...

So it's a bit more than the editor.

So is it much lower than being the editor?

Quite a bit pay-wise, I would think. That's to be expected.

Basically, what I do is I design the pages for the paper.

Check the copy's legally all right, do the headlines and...

So it's really a job on a newspaper for people who aren't talented enough to be writers.

-Well...

-Did you say yes?

That's how I've gone into it, definitely.

Cos you weren't talented enough to be a writer.

-Certainly. I did journalism at uni.

-There was your big mistake.

-Yeah.

-And presumably when you do a journalism degree at university,

you're being taught by lots of people who've worked on newspapers.

A few. Well, most of the lecturers have worked on newspapers.

Yeah. And failed. If they were any good, they'd still be on newspapers.

-I wouldn't like to say that. Some of them might be...

-You just have. OK?

-Where's your newspaper?

-Middlesbrough, Teesside.

-What's it called?

-Evening Gazette.

-What's in the Gazette?

They do all sorts of different general newspaper things -

news, features, sport, business...

-Page 3?

-No, but we have a page 3, obviously.

-Do you?

-It comes between 2 and 4. But it doesn't have any naked women on it.

-Why Jenny?

-I just remember her getting her first question wrong.

What do you do, Barbara?

-I'm a production administrator.

-What are you administrating?

It's a firm that designs and builds

industrial-sized digital printing machines.

Is this so big letters can be printed on huge areas?

-Yes.

-OK. So put your board down.

Just move to your left.

So, for example, if we were printing across your chest,

your name, what would it say?

It would say "Barbara" but the sheets of paper are a lot bigger.

-Really?

-I could even hide behind one.

Oh. And what would it say? Barbara who?

-Bug.

-Oh, Barbara Bug?

-Yes.

-All across there.

-It depends how big the letters are.

-Yes. Hop back.

Put your board up. Why Jenny?

She's a lovely girl but she did get a question wrong.

She did. She was the worst player.

Jenny, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When the question came up about Pembrokeshire,

if I'd have had a couple of seconds to think about it, I would have come up with Wales

but unfortunately I just panicked and said England.

It was a silly answer but I was just so nervous. Unfortunately that's what came out of my mouth first.

Round Three. In the bank...

Ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link, Sarah. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which word for a hazard or pitfall

is also a two-wheel carriage traditionally pulled by a pony?

-Cart.

-Trap. A restaurant customer

who mimes writing a signature at the end of a meal

is usually asking the waiter for which document?

-Bill.

-What K was defined by Samuel Johnson in his dictionary

as a salute given by joining lips?

-Kiss.

-The winner of the Actor In A Leading Role Oscar in 2001

for his performance in Training Day was Denzel who?

-Washington.

-Scott Joplin was known as the king of what,

lunchtime or ragtime?

-Ragtime.

-Bank.

Before decimalisation, the coin called a half crown

had a face value of two shillings and how many pence?

-Five?

-Six. In the 1970s police drama Starsky And Hutch,

Detective Ken Hutchinson was played by David who?

-Glaser.

-Soul. What H is the name of the command

that is usually represented by a depiction of a house?

-Home.

-What is 61 minus 23?

-38.

-A packaging label that reads "may contain nuts"

is aimed at any person with what, a toothache or an allergy?

-An allergy.

-The pop singer born in Hexham in 1979,

labelled Potty Pete by the tabloids because of his wild lifestyle,

has what surname?

-Townshend?

-Doherty. The popular garden plant with colourful flowers

thought to resemble the head of a mythical beast

is called a snap what?

-Dragon.

-What D describes the last complete rehearsal of a play

when the actors wear the costumes they will use on the first night?

-Dress rehearsal.

-The writer who won the 1986 Booker Prize

for his novel The Old Devils was Sir Kingsley who?

-Amis.

-The cat who lived at Number 10 Downing Street

until 1997 was called what, Humphrey or Bogart?

-Humphrey.

-Bank.

Lake Tiberias is also known in English as the Sea of where?

-Pass.

-Galilee. A stereotypical conjurer

is often pictured pulling a rabbit from which type of headgear?

-From a hat.

-I'll accept. A person who directs spectators

to give organised vocal support is known as a what leader?

-Cheerleader.

-Bank.

What C is a word that literally means to sail round something,

particularly the globe?

-Cruise.

-Circumnavigate.

In TV, the 2008 series entitled I Own Britain's Best Home And...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you banked £450.

But who's as popular as a comeback tour of the Black Death?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers right, Coral is the strongest link.

Statistically, the weakest link is Barbara, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Steve.

Steve.

Lee.

Lee.

Steve.

Sarah.

Pete.

What do you do, Coral?

I'm a part-time customer assistant, Anne.

-How old are you?

-71.

Oh, so everything's part-time by now, isn't it?

-I suppose it is.

-And who do you work for?

Marks and Spencer.

-Which department?

-Menswear.

You're in menswear? What's your job in menswear?

Well, it varies from the till to putting out stock

to the fitting room.

-You go in the fitting room, do you?

-Well, yes.

Really? What business of yours is it in the fitting room?

I don't go in. I see the customers into the fitting room. If they...

-Do you have a little peep?

-No. No.

-You don't take their inside leg measurements?

I have done but I don't do it very often.

You fumble with the tape measure?

They don't tend to ask us very often. It's usually necks and waist.

Do you have a sort of ticket system?

Yes, to show how many articles they're taking in.

No, I meant between the elderly staff to see who does the leg measurements.

-No.

-No. Why Steve?

Well, he did get some wrong, I'm afraid.

So Pete who works on the evening paper in Middlesbrough.

-Yes.

-Are you going to be a boring subeditor all your life?

It's a sort of pit pony's job, isn't it?

-Well, I don't know. I don't...

-Just say yes.

-Yes.

-Yeah. What are your dreams?

Er... Dreams. I don't know, really.

I'd quite like to climb the newspaper ladder

and get myself a chief sub or editor's job somewhere along the line.

-What did you start off as?

-Subeditor doing TV listings

for the Press Association, as glamorous as that sounds.

-Now you're on a local evening paper.

-Yes.

So you're sort of moving sideways at the moment.

That's a step up, really, because...

-I don't think so. Why Steve?

-I remember him getting at least one wrong.

Steve, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

In the banter between me and Anne, I'd like to think we came off equal but we probably didn't.

She's very quick off the mark and whatever you say, she comes back with a rapid response.

It's very hard to pin her down and get one over on her.

One or two of us have tried during the course of that but nobody succeeded.

Round Four. In the bank...

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, old Coral. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. What is the single-word term

for a person who plays the flute?

-Flautist.

-The archerfish of Southeast Asia

catches insects by spitting what at them, jets of fire or water?

-Jets of water.

-Which alternative term for a moving picture

also refers to a thin layer or covering of a substance such as oil?

-Film.

-The abbreviation VHF

stands for Very High what?

-Frequency.

-Bank.

The main ingredients of a Waldorf salad

are mayonnaise, celery, walnuts and which fruit?

-Apple.

-What T is the name of a Cornish city?

-Truro.

-Which knot used for a tie was named after King Edward VIII?

-Reef?

-Windsor. If an area of undeveloped land

is called greenfield, what colour describes urban land

that has previously been built on?

-Brown.

-In the 19th century,

Elizabeth Fry was a leading campaigner

for the reform of which institutions, nurseries or prisons?

-Nurseries.

-Prisons. Which sitcom first shown in 2003

is shot from the point of view of characters Jeremy and Mark

who share a flat in a tower block?

-I don't know.

-Peep Show.

In bingo, which word for a visitor

is also the person who announces the numbers?

-Pass.

-Caller. What W is the common single-word name

of the type of tree with both male and female catkins

that has the scientific name salix?

-Willow.

-Nellie Dean is the main narrator

of which novel by Emily Bronte?

-Oh, Wuthering Heights.

-Which racquet sport

is played on a court divided into two halves

by a net 3ft high at its centre?

-Tennis.

-Bank.

In the Army, sentries traditionally shout which command meaning "stop"

-followed by the words "Who goes there"?

-Halt.

In geography, a native of the city of Paris is known as what - a Parasite or a Parisian?

Parisian.

In film, the 2008 animation about an animal named Po,

featuring the voices of Jack Black and Jackie Chan,

is entitled Kung Fu what?

-Panda.

-Bank.

In modern life, which term can describe student fees

and is also applied to cards that replenish the talk time on mobile phones?

-Voucher.

-Top-up.

Typically served on rye bread,

what P is the name of a seasoned preserved meat made from...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £400.

Whose control is remote, whose brain just went through a tunnel?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Coral goes from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest link in this.

Lee is statistically the strongest link.

But who will the team want off?

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

Sarah.

Coral.

Lee.

Barbara.

Sarah.

Coral.

We have a tie, team. Sarah and Coral, two votes each.

Barbara, why Coral?

Erm, I would have thought working in menswear that she would have known what a Windsor tie knot is.

Coral, why Sarah?

Cos she got some wrong.

-Well, you weren't terrific.

-No. But I couldn't vote for myself.

Well, the strongest link was Lee. So he gets to decide.

-HE TRIES TO SPEAK

-I haven't even asked you yet.

Sorry, Anne. I do apologise.

So, Lee. You've come with all your jewellery on. Put your board down.

-I have, Anne.

-Yes.

-You've got a little ring on here...

-I do.

-Hold it up, let's have a look.

-There we go.

-Yes. And then you've got your necklace.

-Yep.

And is that a hospital security tag?

Not a hospital security tag, no. It's the Oxfam band.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a travel agent.

-A camp travel agent.

-I'm not a camp travel agent, no.

I'm afraid you are.

-No...

-If you weren't a camp travel agent, you'd look all He-Man,

and you wouldn't have a necklace and a bracelet.

I think He-Man's quite camp, I have to say.

Really? You know about that sort of thing?

Put your board up.

-Who bought you the necklace?

-It was my nan.

-What's your nan called?

-My nan's called Kay.

-And who bought you the ring?

-That was my mum.

-What's she called?

-She's called Karen.

So Karen and Kay, they've really contributed to your look.

-Yeah...

-And who gave you the hospital security bracelet?

-That was all me.

-You chose that on your own, did you?

-I did, I picked it out myself.

So, where are you a travel agent?

In a fantastic town called Leighton Buzzard.

And where do you live, then? With your nan?

No, not with my nan. I live with my dad.

You live with your dad. And have you got a significant other?

I do, although she doesn't live in Leighton Buzzard.

-Doesn't she?

-No.

-Where does she live?

-She lives in Houghton Regis.

Does she like all the jewellery? You don't think it gives her a confused message?

No, I wouldn't say so. I think she's, erm...

-She's a bit camp herself, is she?

-Not at all.

Why Coral?

Erm, I just thought she got a couple wrong.

You've got a choice now. You can stick with Coral, or move to Sarah.

I'll stick with Coral.

She was the worst player. Coral, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The Walk of Shame was no problem, it's quite short -

and especially as I was walking by, I got a little look from Anne

which made me think she's wondering, "Will the old dear make it all right?"

Round Five. Your total is...

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, Lee. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The main nerve tract of vertebrates

running down the back is the what cord?

Spinal.

According to The Highway Code, except in an emergency

it's illegal to walk on which type of road?

Motorway.

In pop music, Rihanna had a UK number one single in 2008

with a song entitled Take A what?

-Walk?

-Bow.

In travel, the slow movement of an aircraft on the ground

under its own power is called what - cabbing or taxiing?

Taxiing.

In popular fiction, the Flashman series of novels

that includes Flash for Freedom! and Flashman's Lady

were written by George MacDonald who?

-Harris.

-Fraser.

Which prefix meaning "small" precedes the word "mini"

to make a term for an extremely short skirt?

-Skirt.

-Micro.

In animals, "silverback" is a name

-given to the older males of which of the great apes?

-Gorilla.

In the USA, which location famous for its gambling

was used for the original edition of the game Monopoly - Las Vegas or Atlantic City?

-Las Vegas.

-Atlantic City.

In the human body, the everyday term for the small, thin membrane

at the end of the external auditory canal is the ear what?

Drum.

In TV, what T is the title of the series first shown in 2006

illustrating the hardships faced by the crew of a fishing boat?

-Pass.

-Trawlermen.

In recruitment, applicants for a job from within the company or department

are known as what candidates?

-Potential?

-Internal.

In the British tabloid press, which American performer born in 1958

is often referred to by the nickname Madge?

-Madonna.

-Bank.

In geography, the Malaysian state of Sarawak

is on which island - Borneo or Bali?

-Bali.

-No, Borneo.

In maths, what's the total when one dozen is added to a baker's dozen?

-22.

-25.

In cinema, the 1998 disaster film

about an attempt to destroy a comet heading towards Earth

was entitled Deep what?

-Blast.

-Impact.

In the origins of words, what G is a contraction of the phrase "God be with you"

and is used as an expression when people bid farewell?

-Goodbye.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, your bank was in time and you won £40.

Who looks nifty and who looks shifty?

Who's slick and who's slack?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Pete is the strongest link, because he didn't get an answer wrong.

The weakest link statistically is Graham.

But whose game is over?

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

Graham.

Graham.

Barbara.

Barbara.

Barbara.

What do you do, Sarah?

I'm a student, Anne.

-Are you? Studying what?

-Mathematics.

-Where?

-At Bath University.

-What sort of mathematics?

-Erm, all sorts. Lots of algebra, lots of geometry...

Lots of pies?

No!

Well, of a certain type.

You like pies, do you?

No! No, not really.

Oh. So if you're studying maths, and you like pies...

Yes, Anne?

..wouldn't you know what a baker's dozen was?

Well, Anne, I obviously got my numbers wrong. Maybe the baker's been short-changing me all this time.

What will happen at the end of your degree?

Hopefully I'll get some decent job.

-Like what?

-Erm...hopefully something in the financial district - maybe an accountant...

-You want to be an accountant?

-Possibly. Someone needs to do it, it's a good job.

-Are you good at figures normally?

-Pretty good.

I would have got that if I'd known how many was in a baker's dozen.

Why have you voted for Barbara?

I think she didn't get a question right in this round. So it had to be her, I'm afraid.

So, Graham, why Barbara?

Like me, she didn't get a question right in that round, Anne.

She wasn't quite as bad as you, though. Cos she banked.

We were equally as bad.

No, no. Just listen. She banked £20, you didn't bank anything.

So technically... you were the worst player.

That's one way to look at it.

Barbara, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I half expected Anne to, erm... pick up on my figure...

..but that didn't worry me at all.

Perhaps she's just jealous.

Round Six, and you have...

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, Pete. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which of these is the name for a type of prehistoric burial mound -

-a bucket or a barrow?

-Barrow.

In typography, which word for a round of ammunition

is also the usual term for a large dot that introduces each item in a list?

Bullet.

In British birds, the plumage of which member of the crow family

is black and white with a greenish-blue sheen on the wings and tail?

Magpie.

In toys, what C is a Latin word meaning "saving" or "short cut"

that is used to refer to a collection of games housed in a single container?

-Pass.

-Compendium.

In entertainment, the English dance music duo formed in 1989

by Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands is called the what Brothers?

-Everly Brothers.

-Chemical.

In human speech, a voice that is deep, loud and penetrating

is often compared to which device that warns of low visibility at sea?

Foghorn.

In education, the university in Uxbridge, West London

is named after a pair of father and son engineers with what surname?

-Hardy.

-Brunel.

The 1967 Criminal Law Act

included which of these as an offence - wasting food or wasting police time?

Wasting police time.

In One Foot In The Grave,

the long-suffering wife of Victor Meldrew

played by Annette Crosbie had what first name?

-Pass.

-Margaret.

In geography, the Victoria Falls are situated on the border of Zimbabwe

and which other country whose name also begins with a Z?

-Zana.

-Zambia.

In the 1980s, the former US Marine officer

who was prosecuted over the Iran-Contra affair

is Oliver who?

-Pass.

-North.

In motor racing, which British driver who became world champion in 1976

was nicknamed The Shunt?

-James Hunt.

-Bank.

In medicine, "renal calculi"

is the technical term for what are commonly known as kidney what?

-Stones.

-Bank.

In spelling, the five-letter word "paler", meaning of a lighter colour,

is an anagram of the name of which naturally occurring substance?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was pearl.

I don't think that was on the tip of your tongue!

You won £40.

So, perhaps it's the end of term for Sarah?

Is Pete yesterday's news?

Will Graham be stuffed?

Or do you need a holiday from Lee? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically Sarah is the strongest link.

But will the team notice that?

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

Graham.

Graham.

Pete.

Graham.

Pete, why Graham?

Erm, he stuck in my head as getting the most wrong out of everybody.

How many do you think he got wrong?

Erm...probably the same as me, but I banked £20.

-20 whole pounds.

-20 whole pounds?

-Yeah. Which is...

-What's £20 in Middlesbrough?

About...eight pints.

Lee, why Graham?

He's a nice guy but unfortunately he got a few too many questions wrong in that last round.

Graham, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm devastated that I've been voted off in Round Six.

I think if I would have got to the final, I think I would have won.

Out of the three people who are left, I'd like to see Lee win. He's quite a chirpy young lad.

Round Seven. In the bank...

Ten seconds off the time. Start with the strongest link, Sarah. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

When used to refer to the party representation on a local council,

the abbreviation NOC is short for No Overall what?

-Candidate.

-Control.

In food, which two-word phrase expressing congratulations

is also the usual way of describing a steak that is thoroughly cooked?

Well done.

In music, what P is the Italian direction to players of violins and similar instruments

instructing them to pluck at the strings with the fingers?

-Piccolo?

-No, pizzicato.

In history, during the Second World War,

which British colony, now part of China,

surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941?

-Pass.

-Hong Kong.

On board ship, to an observer facing the stern,

starboard is on which side?

-Right.

-Left.

What's the surname of the famous footballer who was the subject of a 2007 book

by his sister entitled Our George: A Family Memoir?

George Best.

In which religion are strict followers urged to have uncut hair

kept tidy with a comb,

and to wear a steel wristband and a sword?

Sikhism.

In motoring, the method of bypassing the ignition often illegally

to start a car is called hot-what?

-Hot rod?

-Wiring.

In geography, the name of which Scottish city is derived

from Celtic words that mean "green place"?

-Edinburgh?

-Glasgow.

In broadcasting, in 2000 a concession was introduced in mainland UK

entitling a person to receive a free TV licence

after reaching what age?

-65.

-75.

In food and drink, what C is the name of a French blackcurrant liqueur?

-Pass.

-Cassis.

In modern history, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

held between the United States and the Soviet Union

were known by what acronym?

-STARS?

-SALT.

In maths, which number comes next in the sequence 18, 27, 36, 45?

54.

In education,

which public school for girls was founded in Brighton in 1885 by the sisters...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won nothing.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank. Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage in the game, Sarah remains the strongest link.

Lee is statistically the weakest link.

But who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Lee.

Lee.

Sarah.

Sarah, why Lee?

Erm, at the end of the game there was actually some money on the board and he didn't bank it.

Pete, why Lee?

-The banking thing at the end as well...

-You're just copying her.

No, I've got another one. The "hot rod" instead of "hot-wiring".

And how brilliant do you think you were?

I was abysmal as well, but we were all equally bad and I couldn't pick myself.

Lee, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm really glad that I got to mention so much of my family, it was nice to get them all in.

My nan'll be over the moon when she sits at home and watches it on the TV.

Likewise with my dad, my mum, my girlfriend - I kind of got the full package in there.

Round Eight, and you have...

Now 90 seconds, but your bank will be trebled. The strongest link was Sarah. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The title of which 1975 film that was remade in 2004

is often used as a derogatory term

for married women who appear to be both perfect and docile?

-Pass.

-Stepford Wives.

In science, the word "datum", meaning a single item of information,

has what plural?

Data.

In a theatre, the device nicknamed "the iron", introduced in 1794

to protect the audience from the risk of fire, is called the safety what?

-Fence.

-Curtain.

In his TV shows, which comedian made frequent references

to characters called Everard, Slack Alice and Pop-It-In-Pete?

-Er, Tommy Cooper.

-Larry Grayson.

In visitor attractions, the Royal Pump Rooms,

that opened in 1814 to offer spring water treatments for ailments,

are in which town adjoining Warwick?

-Stratford-upon-Avon.

-Leamington Spa.

In pop music, the group called Cornershop

had a UK number one single in 1998 entitled Brimful of what?

-Asha.

-Bank.

In horse racing, the two English Classics normally run at Newmarket

are the 1,000 Guineas and which other?

-Derby.

-2,000 Guineas.

In central London, statues of George IV, Henry Havelock and Charles Napier

stand at three of the four corners of which square?

-Trafalgar.

-Bank.

In dining etiquette, a small receptacle by the side of the plate

that is used to rinse the hands before and after a meal is called a what bowl?

-Dip.

-Finger bowl.

In football, what name for red wines from the Bordeaux region...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £40.

We will treble that £40.

It gives you prize money today of...

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

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death. So, Pete and Sarah, for £3,050...

let's play the Weakest Link.

Pete, as the strongest link you have the choice of who goes first.

I'd like to go first, please.

Pete, in TV in 2008, the fifth series of which British drama series

opened with the line "Tickets this way for the Chatsworth Express"?

-I haven't got a clue. Pass.

-The correct answer is Shameless.

Sarah, in maths, what is the highest prime number with only two digits?

-97.

-That is the correct answer.

Pete, in science, which radioactive metallic element

that was isolated in 1841

was named after the planet that had been discovered 60 years earlier?

-Mercury.

-The correct answer is uranium.

Sarah, which American swimmer

broke the 36-year-old record set by Mark Spitz

when he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

-Phelps.

-I'll accept. Michael Phelps, that is the correct answer.

Pete, in popular music, in the titles of UK hits by Neil Diamond,

if Caroline was sweet, what was the name of the girl who was cracklin'?

-Susan?

-The correct answer was Rosie.

Sarah, in film,

when Brad Pitt landed the role of the hitchhiker in Thelma and Louise,

he beat which future co-star of Ocean's Eleven to the part?

-Matthew O'Conaughey?

-The correct answer is George Clooney.

Pete, in North America,

the five bodies of water collectively called the Great Lakes

are named Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and which other?

-Alberta?

-The correct answer is Superior.

That means, Sarah, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with...

Pete, you leave...with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

If I'd got Sarah's questions, I think I would have probably won,

because I knew some of the answers whereas mine I didn't know any.

I'm really thrilled I won the Weakest Link today.

Slightly surprised, but really happy to have won the money.

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