07/06/2010 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.

I'm Andy, I'm 41, I'm from Bodmin in Cornwall, I'm a financial advisor.

I'm Linda, I'm 60, I'm from Epsom in Surrey, and I'm a mental health nurse.

I'm Martin, I'm 21, I'm from Birmingham, I'm a student officer at Sheffield Students' Union.

I'm Bronwen, I'm 48, I'm from Braintree in Essex, and I'm a supply teacher.

My name's Glen, I'm 62, I'm from Hampton in Middlesex and I'm s sports event manager.

I'm Heather, I'm 56, I'm from Matlock in Derbyshire and I'm a management accountant.

I'm Ryan, I'm 35, I'm from Clayton-le-Moors in Lancashire and I'm a debt collector.

I'm Ashleigh, I'm 25, I'm from Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, I'm an RAF nurse.

I'm Michael, I'm 54, I'm from Howarth in West Yorkshire and I'm a part-time van driver.

OK, just 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 - Andy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Andy, on a standard set of British traffic lights, the colours are

red, amber and which other?

Green.

Linda, when it's sliced, which bulbous vegetable releases a sulphurous compound

that irritates the eyes and makes them water?

Onion.

Martin, which word is supposedly shouted by the audience

to express disapproval at a bad performance, "boo" or "bravo"?

Boo.

Bronwen, the abbreviation MP stands for member of what?

Parliament.

Glen, in TV, the presenter with the surname Edmonds,

who has hosted series such as Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

and Telly Addicts, has what first name?

Noel.

Heather, what K is a three-letter word used to refer to both

a young goat and a human child?

Kid.

Ryan, a service that can be provided quickly, as the customer remains in the shop,

is often advertised with the words "while you" what?

Wait.

Ashleigh, in the payment method called Chip and PIN,

which term refers to the security number?

PIN.

Michael, when operating normally, which household appliance

has the colder interior temperature, a refrigerator or a freezer?

Freezer.

-Andy.

-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 possibly thinks the credit crunch is a breakfast cereal?

Who thinks the Edinburgh Fringe is a hairdressers?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Andy is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Linda, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Heather.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

Michael.

Martin.

Bronwen.

Bronwen.

-What do you do, Martin?

-I'm a student officer at Sheffield University Students' Union.

-What are you doing at the university?

-I study law.

-What year are you in?

-Between second and third. I've taken a year out to work at the union.

What's so interesting about the job you've got?

It's the finance officer, so I oversee the £11 million the union turns over.

-And you're studying...

-Law.

-Are you good at speaking in public?

-I think I am.

-I'm getting better.

-Are you? How are you practising?

I do meetings and go to conferences and talk there.

-What's your favourite subject?

-Probably...tuition fees this year, I guess.

OK, put your board down. Let's hear you on tuition fees.

-This is Martin...

-Er...

-..he's the representative... I haven't started you yet.

-OK.

He's the representative from Sheffield University. He's going to talk to us for 20 seconds

on tuition fees.

OK. Er, so, tuition fees this year are £3,000 per year for students.

They can go up to £5,000 or £7,000 a year.

so make sure you all vote for students and make sure

MPs aren't going to vote to raise tuition fees for students

cos it isn't great that you should leave university with about £20,000 already in debt.

-If tuition fees go up more, they could leave.

-Put your board up.

What's that message? Which party do you vote for at the end of that?

-I haven't decided yet.

-Why Michael?

Literally, we all got a question right and Michael's opposite me, so...luck of the draw.

-What do you do, Linda?

-I'm a mental health nurse.

Are you? Where?

I'm working at West Middlesex hospital at the moment.

Who are you looking after?

-I look after old people in the hospital.

-You call them old people?

-Yes.

To their face?

-No.

-What do you say to them?

-I address them by their name.

-So if I was in your ward... Are they in bed?

-Some are, some are sitting beside their bed.

-OK, I'm sitting beside my bed.

What are you going to call me?

Would you prefer me to call you Anne or Miss Robinson

-or do you have another favourite name...

-No, I'm royalty.

-So what would you like me to call thee, then? Queen Anne?

-No, Her Majesty.

-Her Majesty.

-Is that all right?

-If that's what you want to be called, Anne.

-No, you've just called me Anne!

I've told you not to.

-I would call you YOUR Majesty, not HER Majesty.

-Are you going to keep on with that voice? It's very annoying.

What's wrong with it, Anne?

-I try to speak clearly so they can understand what I'm saying.

-I'm not deaf, though.

-I don't know that, because I haven't asked you the questions yet.

-Why Michael?

I did find it difficult because we all got a question wrong.

-Bronwen, what do you do?

-I'm a supply teacher, Anne.

-And where do you come from?

-I live in Essex at the moment, but I was born in Surrey.

-So you're not an Essex girl.

-Not really, no. Wrong accent.

-So you're part-time in one school, are you?

No, I've got three schools I work in.

I don't suppose it matters in Essex, because they're probably all part-time pupils, aren't they?

-Yes, very good. Yes.

-What do you like teaching?

I like teaching creative writing and poetry best, but I enjoy teaching most of the subjects.

-Are you good at performing?

-Not bad.

-How do you know you're good at performing?

-I teach a lesson at church and the people enjoy my lessons because I'm a bit eccentric.

-What do you teach?

-Scriptures.

-Could you be on TV, then? On Songs Of Praise.

-I could, if the camera came round.

-You've got a face for television, have you?

I don't know about that, Anne. Not as good as yours.

Good. Why Michael?

My husband's called Michael, so I could remember the name to write down.

Let me get this straight, Bronwen.

You want to get rid of someone because they've got the same name as your husband.

-Only cos it's easy to remember, Anne.

-Michael, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family will probably laugh at the fact

that I was the first person voted off.

Happens to me all the time, so to speak. Just my luck.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.

We're now taking ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Andy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Andy, a common two-word greeting, used only between midday and evening,

that reflects the time it is said, is good what?

Good afternoon.

Linda, what's the name of the most abundant dissolved solid in sea water?

Salt.

Martin, in the 1969 western, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid,

the role of Butch Cassidy was played by Paul who?

-Paul Daniels?

-Newman.

Bronwen, the name of the illness flu is an abbreviation of which word?

Influenza.

Glen, a thin sponge cake with a jam, cream or other filling

formed into a rough cylinder is called a Swiss what?

Roll.

Heather, the 2009 UK Number 1 single for the X Factor winner Joe McElderry

had what title? The Climb or The Comedown?

The Climb.

Ryan, the horticultural event held every May since 1913

in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Southwest London

is known in full as the Chelsea what?

Flower Show.

-Ashleigh.

-Bank.

Changing one letter in the word "leotard" gives the name of which big cat?

Leopard.

Andy, what B goes before "ram" to make the name of the heavy beam

used for knocking down walls, gates and other fortifications?

Battering.

Linda, in a 1993 film, scientists played by Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum

travel to a proposed dinosaur visitor attraction with what name?

Jurassic Park.

-Martin.

-Bank.

Someone who is wealthy from birth is said to have been born

with a spoon of which precious metal in their mouth?

Silver.

Bronwen, in tennis, the playing area of the court

is wider in which version of the game, singles or doubles?

-Singles.

-Doubles.

Glen, Dingle Bay and Donegal Bay are on the coast of which European country?

Republic Of Ireland.

Heather, the chorus of the 1978 UK hit single by Boney M

has the lyrics "Ra Ra Rasputin, lover of the Russian" what?

Queen.

Ryan, in the book The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, the land of Narnia,

has been cursed so that it is always winter but never which festive season?

-Summer.

-Christmas.

Ashleigh, the air force base in Nevada known as Area 51

is most commonly associated with sightings of what, UFOs or yetis?

UFOs.

-Andy.

-Bank.

The glove puppet called Soo, who appeared regularly on The Sooty Show

was a representation of which animal?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-A bear.

-Bank.

-Time's up. The correct answer was panda.

-Oh.

You won £320 but who now looks like a loser?

Who's the J-Lo and who's the J Cloth?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that the weakest link is Ryan.

Ashleigh is the strongest link, but will the other players realise that?

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

Bronwen.

Martin.

Bronwen.

Martin.

Martin.

Bronwen.

Bronwen.

Bronwen.

-What do you do, Ashleigh?

-I'm a nurse in the RAF.

-Are you?

-I'm doing a degree to make me become a specialist nurse.

So when you qualify, will you be up in a plane with lots of men?

That's be nice, yeah.

-Yes, have you got a man?

-Not at the moment, I haven't.

-No.

Is that why you're going to train as an emergency nurse for the RAF?

-That's not the reason, no.

-But it'll be handy, won't it?

Cos they'll be up in the plane and they can't run away, can they?

That's a good point, actually, Anne. I hadn't thought of that.

If I'm very frightened in the plane, how can you get my morale going?

I'd just be jolly and probably tell you a joke, make you laugh.

-OK, tell us a joke.

-OK...

I can't think of one now, after all that.

Well what can you do to make me laugh?

-I could take the mickey out of an accent for you.

-Which accent?

-Do you like the Welsh accent?

-OK, do a Welsh accent.

WELSH ACCENT: I came round the corner and there was my bike, gone.

If you can guess how many sweets I've got in my pocket you can have both of them.

Can you do my accent?

MIMICS: Can you do my accent?

LAUGHTER

Why Bronwen?

Cos of the tennis question, I'm afraid. Doubles is much wider than singles.

-What do you do, Ryan?

-I'm a debt collector.

-And where are you operating?

-In Lancashire.

-Ooh, you've got your work cut out, haven't you?

How does it work, your job?

-I turn up at someone's house, explain...

-Put your board down.

-Which town are we in?

-Blackburn.

-We're in Blackburn.

OK. What happens next?

I knock on the door, explain where I'm from...

Hold on a second. You knock on the door, there's no answer.

Then I leave a card or a letter.

Don't you look through the letterbox to see if a flat cap is just going behind the sofa?

I do do that, and I knock on the neighbours' doors, as well.

Put your board up.

-Why Bronwen?

-Just the tennis question. I thought it was an easy question to get wrong.

Bronwen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was quite frustrating to be voted off, but at least three...two other people got questions wrong besides me

so it doesn't feel quite as bad as it might.

I also knew sports was a weakness of mine

and, although I like to play tennis, I've never taken much notice of the rules.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,320. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Ashleigh.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Ashleigh, according to the familiar rhyme

relating to Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot,

you should remember, remember the 5th of what?

November.

Andy, the satellite Sputnik 1, that was launched in October 1957

orbited which planet?

-Mars?

-The Earth.

Linda, on a video or DVD player, what P is the usual name

for the button that's pressed to make the moving image freeze on the screen?

Pause.

Martin, which four-letter name of a slender, flexible sword used in fencing

is also the term for metal in the form of very thin sheets?

Foil.

Glen, what is 17, doubled?

34.

Heather, the teeth of the hippo and the tusks of the walrus and elephant

are composed of which hard, white substance?

Ivory.

Ryan, what C is a general term for the burning of liquids, such as oil,

and solids, such as wood, and gases, such as hydrogen?

-Pass.

-Combustion.

Ashleigh, in a standard game of darts, each player throws how many darts in a turn?

Three.

Andy, the 1995 UK hit single entitled I'll Be There For You by The Rembrandts

was originally the theme tune to which US TV sitcom?

Friends.

Linda, what surname is shared by an 18th-century author named Tom

and a 20th-century diarist called Bridget?

Jones.

Martin, at the end of a sheepdog trial,

one of the animals and its handler are singled out by the judge

and given what, a prize or a punishment?

A prize.

Glen, what four-letter word is the name given to a plate

mainly of fibrous cartilage, lying between adjacent vertebrae?

Disc.

-Heather.

-Bank.

If you are absolutely opposed to doing something

you would not do it for all the what in China?

Tea.

Ryan, what G is the name of a town in Surrey

that has a cathedral but, somewhat unusually,

does not have city status?

-Godalming?

-Guilford.

Ashleigh, the former Carry On and EastEnders actress, born Barbara Ann Deeks in 1937,

uses the professional name Barbara what?

Windsor.

Andy, the first six letters of the word "slovenly",

meaning careless or negligent, are the same as those of which European country?

Slovenia.

-Linda.

-Bank.

Which word that refers to its distinctive call

is included in an alternative name for the spotted hyena?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

The correct answer was "laughing". You won £350.

Who thinks John Simpson is Homer's brother?

Who's the Dizzee Rascal and who's the dizzy blonde?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time in a row, statistically, Ryan is the weakest link.

With the most correct answers, Ashleigh is the strongest link.

But how will the votes go?

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

Ryan.

Ryan.

Ryan.

Ryan.

Ryan.

Martin.

Ryan.

-What do you do, Heather?

-I'm a management accountant.

Where do you do that?

I work for a social housing company near Matlock in Derbyshire.

Are you a sort of racy accountant?

-I don't know about racy.

-Yeah.

-I'm not a boring, boring accountant.

What makes you not a boring, boring accountant?

I don't know. Are you referring to the fact that I happen to like rock music?

-You like rock music?

-Yes.

-Do you? Put your board down.

Move towards Ryan.

What's with those boots?

-Nice, aren't they, Anne? Kinky boots.

-I think they're horrendous.

-Never mind.

I don't like your shoes, either.

So can you do some air guitar for me?

-No, I don't do air guitar.

-What can you do?

-I can't do anything.

-Come on, you're trying to prove you're not a boring accountant.

-Well, no, I don't have a stage show to put on to prove it.

-Have you got a boyfriend?

-Not at the moment.

-Hop up again.

Put your board up.

-Why Ryan?

-Unfortunately, he had a bad round,

got a couple of questions wrong.

-What do you do, Glen?

-I'm a sports event manager.

Are you? What do you organise, then?

All sorts of aspects of sports events throughout the world. Cricket, motor racing, football.

So you organise those boxes for corporate clients, do you?

-No.

-What do you organise?

We provide the boring things like the facilities for the journalists

and the accreditation programmes and security.

So if I wanted to go to an event, you couldn't fix it that I sat next to George Clooney?

I might be able to get you an accreditation that would get you in somewhere

and then you could find him for yourself, couldn't you?

Yeah. And could you assure me I wouldn't have to sit next to Posh Spice?

Er, no, that's beyond my powers, I'm afraid.

-Why Ryan?

-Ryan got two questions wrong, I'm afraid.

Ryan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Anne would make a great debt collector, yeah.

She's really mean and really hard. I think she'd do well.

Round Four. In the bank, £1,670.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Ashleigh.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Ashleigh, the popular Australian song, written by Banjo Patterson

and often sung as the unofficial national anthem, is called Waltzing who?

-Pass.

-Matilda.

Andy, what Q is the job title of the person responsible

for the accommodation, food and clothing of soldiers?

-Pass.

-Quartermaster.

Linda, the DJ who succeeded Chris Evans in 2010

as the presenter of the Radio 2 Drivetime show, is Simon who?

Mayo.

Martin, by definition, a work of art or literature described as a quadrilogy

has how many parts?

Four.

Glen, the two-word phrase meaning "whenever required"

that appears on the front of every Bank Of England note is on what?

Demand.

-Heather.

-Bank.

The character played by Dirk Benedict in Battlestar Galactica

was called what, Captain Nero or Lieutenant Starbuck?

Lieutenant Starbuck.

Ashleigh, hair that has been coiled into a round shape at the back of the head

is known by the three-letter name of which baked item?

Bun.

Andy, in Norse mythology, what T is the name of the god of thunder?

Thor.

Linda, what's the name of the highest mountain in Wales?

-S... Snowdonia. Snowdon.

-No. Snowdon. I have to accept your first answer.

Martin, Pope Pius IX declared in 1854

that which female figure from the New Testament was born without sin?

Mary.

Glen, the first railways in Britain were built to transport what, passengers or coal?

Coal.

Heather, the 1987 UK hit album Strangeways, Here We Come

was the final studio release by which group from Manchester?

-Pass.

-The Smiths.

Ashleigh, which term follows "blue sky" and "joined up"

to give two phrases widely used in modern business jargon?

-Pass.

-Thinking.

Andy, in the pampas regions of South America, what G is the name for a cowboy?

-Pass.

-Gaucho.

Linda, the 1956 novel by Ian Fleming, whose titles inspired by an...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £100.

So, who's the cough in your coffee, the sneeze in your smoothie?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Ashleigh has gone from the strongest link in the last two rounds

to the weakest link in this.

The strongest link, statistically, is Glen.

But who will the team want off?

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

Ashleigh.

Ashleigh.

Andy.

Andy.

Andy.

Andy.

So Martin, who's at Sheffield University. Where did you go to school?

-King Edward's, Aston, in Birmingham.

-Did you? Did you get some GCSEs?

Yes, 13 of them.

-13 GCSEs?

-Yep.

-How many A levels?

-Four.

-Four A levels?

-Mm-hm.

And you don't know the difference between Paul Newman and Paul Daniels.

20 years before I was born, unfortunately.

Oh, I see. You can only answer questions after you were born.

-Uh, no only, I got the last one right, before I was born.

-Why Andy?

Um, he got a couple of questions wrong in the last round.

So. Ashleigh, the RAF nurse.

Can you do Martin?

Can I do what to Martin?

I just want you to take off his accent.

I can do his Birmingham accent.

But he hasn't got a Birmingham accent.

He has, kind of.

He's went to posh school.

There is no posh schools in Birmingham.

Oooh!

Can you do me again?

-IMPERSONATES ANNE

-Ashleigh, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Why have you voted for Andy?

Because we both got two questions wrong in that round.

Andy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When you see Anne for the first time, come on to that stage,

it does get the butterflies going, definitely.

Um...I thought she was great.

And she was a lot of fun, I enjoyed being in the same room as her.

Round Five, in the bank, £1,770.

Another 10 seconds off the clock, we'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Glen.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Glen, in language,

which boy's name sounds identical

to the 10th letter of the modern English alphabet?

-Jay.

-Correct.

Heather, in 1938, while his father was the US ambassador to the UK,

the future senator who opened a pet's corner in London zoo

was Robert who?

-Kennedy.

-Correct.

Ashleigh, in science, in heat and electricity, what name is given

to a material that is the opposite of an insulator?

-Pass.

-Conductor.

Linda, in popular versions of the stories of Jonah and Pinocchio,

both are swallowed by which creature, a squid or a whale?

-A whale.

-Correct.

Martin, in European cinema, the 2004 film with the English title Downfall

is primarily about the final days of which wartime leader?

-Pass.

-Adolf Hitler.

Glen, in maths, what is 90 + 23?

-113.

-Correct.

-Heather.

-Bank.

In entertainment, the awards ceremony launched in 1996

that celebrates music of black origin

is commonly known by what acronym?

-Pass.

-MOBO.

Ashleigh, in gambling, a big bet comprising a number of selections,

all of which must win for it to pay out is called a what,

a terminator or an accumulator?

-An accumulator.

-Correct.

Linda, in travel, the first first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean

in a hot air balloon was made in 1987 by Per Lindstrand

and which British entrepreneur?

-Pass.

-Richard Branson.

Martin, in sport, the England hooker, nicknamed "Pitbull",

who's 2010 memoir is entitled Beware of the Dog -

Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All, is Brian who?

-Johnson?

-Moore.

Glen, in gardening, what L is the name of a poisonous tree with long,

pendulous chains of yellow flowers that mature into pea-like pods?

-Lilac.

-The Laburnum.

Heather. In literature, which novel by Daniel Defoe is inspired by

the true story of a sailor called Alexander Selkirk?

-Gulliver's Travels.

-Robinson Crusoe.

Ashleigh, in health, a renowned clinic in California

for the treatment of addictions was founded by which famous American,

Henry Ford or Betty Ford?

-Betty Ford.

-Correct.

-Linda.

-Bank.

In archaeology, the temples of Karnak link...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, and you won just £40.

So, which muscle head should be muscled out?

Who can taste victory and who's bitten the dust?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Martin is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Glen.

But will the other players consider that when casting their vote?

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

Heather.

Linda.

Ashleigh.

Ashleigh.

Heather.

You have a tie, team. Ashleigh and Heather have two votes each.

Ashleigh, why Heather?

She got two questions wrong, as opposed to my one.

Heather, why Ashleigh?

I had a bad round, she got a question wrong.

Glen was the strongest, he decides. Why have you voted for Ashleigh?

Well, we all had a lousy round, I thought Ashleigh got a couple wrong

but I hear she only got one wrong.

You've got a choice now, you can stick with Ashleigh or move to Heather.

I'm going to stay with Ashleigh.

Ashleigh, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I couldn't really do Anne as well as an impression as well as I can do other accents.

But, appropriately, I did say, "Ashleigh, you are the weakest link. Goodbye. And here I am.

Round Six, in the bank £1,810.

10 seconds off the time, we'll start with the strongest link from last round, that's Glen.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Glen, in cinema, the British director of the films Top Gun,

True Romance and Enemy Of The State, is Tony who?

-Parks.

-Scott.

Heather, in heraldry, on a coat of arms, what D is the term used

to describe an animal that is sleeping?

-Dormant.

-Correct.

Linda, in geometry, which simple plain figure has the same name

as a musical percussion instrument?

-Triangle.

-Correct.

Martin, in food, an alternative British term for a peanut

that includes the name of a long-tailed primate, is a what nut?

-Gorilla nut.

-Monkey.

Glen, in the outer atmosphere,

the two radiation belts of electrically charged particles

are known by which name, Van Allen or Van Morrison?

-Van Allen.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank.

..in football, in a World Cup play-off in 2009

which French player admitted to using his hand

in the build up to a decisive goal against the Republic of Ireland?

-Thierry Henry.

-Correct.

-Linda...

-Bank!

-..in human anatomy,

what P is the eight-letter name of the internal gland

found only in males, that commonly enlarges in middle age and beyond?

-Prostate.

-Correct.

Martin, in modern history, in a speech in 1954

Winston Churchill stated "to what is always better than to war war?

To win the war?

Jaw-jaw!

Glen, in DIY, the manufactured wood product

called medium-density fibreboard

is usually referred to by what three-letter abbreviation?

-MDF.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank!

-..in fungi,

what tiny reproductive bodies that roughly correspond to the seeds of plants

are called what, sponges or spores?

-Spores.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Linda, which controversial female artist

created a work entitled "Everyone I Have Ever Slept With, 1963 to 1995"

that was also known as "The Tent"?

Elizabeth Taylor.

Tracey Emin.

Martin, in New York City, if most east-west roads in Manhattan are called streets

what A is the name given...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £80.

But is it your turn to shout at Linda?

Has Glen been a non-event?

Should Martin drop out?

Or does Heather bore you?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time in the game, Martin is the weakest link.

The strongest link, statistically, is Heather.

But will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Martin.

Heather.

Martin.

Martin.

Heather, why Martin?

He got a question wrong and I don't think he banked any money.

Glen, why Martin?

I didn't get any money to bank at all during the round.

Well you wouldn't have done. He didn't answer a single question correctly

in that round or the one before.

Martin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Before I came, I thought, I hoped that I would get to the top five, which I did.

I hoped that I'd win, but I didn't.

But top five was my aim, so I'm glad I made that.

Round Seven - in the bank £1,890.

Ten seconds off your time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Heather.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Heather, in 2009, which stand-up comic and former panellist

on the TV show Mock The Week, began writing a regular column

in The Sun newspaper?

-Dara O Briain?

-Frankie Boyle.

Linda, in classical music, an 1847 opera by Verdi

largely set in Scotland was adapted from which Shakespeare tragedy?

-Midsummer's Night Dream.

-Macbeth.

Glen, in astronomy, which word follows "vernal" and "autumnal"

to refer to the two occasions in the year when day and night are of equal length?

-Equinox.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank.

..in seafood, the regarded as being a high grade of tuna used for sushi

and sashimi, is called what, blue fin or pink tail?

-Blue fin.

-Correct.

Linda, in literature, the 1929 feminist essay A Room Of One's Own

was written by which British author?

-Pass.

-Virginia Woolf.

Glen, in sport, the former golfer who played in eight Ryder Cups

and began commentating for the BBC in 1961, is Peter who?

-Aliss.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank.

-Which gas is the main waste product

of respiration in air-breathing animals?

-Carbon dioxide.

-Correct.

-Linda, what...?

-Bank.

..is the name of the English royal dynasty

whose first monarch was Henry IV?

-Windsor.

-Lancaster.

Glen, in cartoons,

what's the name of the wealthy but miserly uncle of Donald Duck?

-Pass.

-Scrooge McDuck.

Heather, in maths, what's 24 + 39?

-63.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Linda, in the 1970s, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards coined what nickname

for themselves, the Glimmer Twins or the Cheeky Girls?

-Glimmer Twins.

-Correct.

Glen, in correspondence, what word meaning "round in shape"

is the term for a letter or leaflet that is intended for wide distribution to many people?

-Circular.

-Correct.

-Heather...

-Bank.

-In personal appearance,

what B is the word for two different devices used to keep...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you £110. In Round Eight you get to the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most wrong answers, Linda is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Heather.

But who will survive the final vote?

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

Heather.

Linda.

Linda.

Heather, why Linda?

She got a question wrong. I had to choose someone.

Glen, why Linda?

Midsummer Night's Dream as a Scottish tragedy stuck in my mind, I'm afraid.

She was the worst player.

Linda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I took part because I like watching this on television,

I'm usually answering the questions as it's going out on television,

and I just felt it would be interesting to see how I would cope

meeting this Queen of Mean on the telly myself.

Round 8. So far, you've won £2,000. In this round,

90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Heather.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Heather, in the United States,

the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, dedicated in 1943,

is in which city?

-New York.

-Washington, DC. Glen. In equipment,

a sharp tool called an awl

is used to make holes when performing which job -

oil-drilling or shoe-making?

-Oil-drilling.

-Shoe-making. Heather, in history,

the terms "Jacobean" and "Jacobite" each derive from which first name

that was given to two Stuart kings of Britain?

-James.

-Correct. Glen.

In cinema, the 1980 drama Raging Bull starred Robert de Niro

as the real-life boxing champion Jake who?

-LaMotta.

-Correct. Heather.

-Bank.

-In buildings,

what A is the name for the architectural feature

that has varieties called Tudor, Gothic, Horseshoe and Triumphal?

-Arch.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Glen. In motoring,

which word precedes "out"

to make a term for the sudden bursting of a car tyre?

-Blow.

-Correct. Heather.

-Bank.

-In science,

the German physicist who was a pioneer of quantum mechanics

was called what - Max Timber or Max Planck?

-Max Planck.

-Correct. Glen.

-Bank.

-In the nursery rhyme,

what is the full name of the man who was born on Monday,

christened on Tuesday and married on Wednesday?

-Solomon Grundy.

-Correct. Heather.

-Bank.

In literature, John Steinbeck won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize

for his novel entitled The Grapes Of what?

-Wrath.

-Correct. Glen. In the human body,

the hormones called insulin and glucagon

control the sugar level in which fluid?

-The blood.

-Correct. Heather.

-Bank.

In TV, Robert Powell..

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £180, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £2,540.

There can only be one winner.

Now, up to five questions each.

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

So, Glen and Heather, for £2,540,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Heather, as the strongest link in the last round,

-you choose who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please.

Heather, in the decade following the year 2000,

which rapper was the best-selling pop artist in the USA

with album sales of over 32 million?

Dizzee Rascal?

The correct answer is Eminem.

Glen, in history, which major battle of the First Wold War

was fought in France from July to November in 1916?

-The Somme.

-That is the correct answer.

Heather. In food, which name for a popular type of confectionary

is derived from Aztec words meaning "bitter water"?

-I don't know, Anne.

-The correct answer is chocolate.

Glen, in 2010, for her performance in the film Julie And Julia,

who received a record 16th Oscar nomination for acting?

-Meryl Streep.

-That is the correct answer.

Heather. In administrative work, which job title

has now largely been replaced by the term "personal assistant"?

It was originally a word for someone

who was entrusted with confidential records.

-Secretary.

-That is the correct answer.

Glen. In birthplaces, the cricketers Sir Garfield Sobers

and Malcolm Marshall, and the R&B singer Rihanna,

were all born on which Caribbean island?

-Barbados.

-That is the correct answer.

Heather. In organisations, Live Strong wristbands

are worn to support the medical charitable foundation

established in 1997 by which record-breaking American cyclist?

-Lance Armstrong.

-That is the correct answer. Glen.

In religion, in the Bible, the majority of the Old Testament

was originally written in which language?

-Sanskrit.

-The correct answer is Hebrew.

Heather, in maths, what's the cube root of 512?

-150.

-The correct answer is 8.

That means, Glen, you're today's strongest link

and you go away with £2,540.

Heather the accountant, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think nerves got the better of me in the head to head.

I never envisaged being in the final,

so at the point, my brain actually froze when I found I was there.

I'd like to say congratulations, I think she was the strongest player all the way through.

But I don't feel guilty about walking away with the money

because I did actually save her two rounds from the end.

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