08/02/2013 Weakest Link

Of the nine contestants on today's show,

only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.

The rest will leave with nothing

as one by one, they're 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 don't know each other.

However, if they want the prize money,

they'll have to work as a team.

But, eight of them will leave with nothing

as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Tom, I'm 33, from Camberwell in London and I'm a painter.

I'm Polly, I'm 42, from Hove and I'm a leatherwear manufacturer and retailer.

I'm Sandip, I'm 18,

I'm from Wolverhampton and I'm a medical student.

I'm Claire, I'm 23, from York and I'm a marketing assistant.

My name's Jane, I'm 33, from Southampton and a mother of three.

I'm Roger, I'm 57, from Scunthorpe, a self-employed light haulier.

I'm Jeni. I'm 27, from Colchester in Essex and I'm a secretary for the family business.

I'm Sam, I'm 31, from Leamington Spa and I'm a care worker.

I'm Jonathan, I'm 46, from Uckfield in Sussex, and I'm a writer.

Now the rules. The aim is to answer

enough questions correctly to reach

your £1,000 target. The fastest way is to make a chain of correct answers.

Get your question wrong and you break the chain

and lose all the money.

But if you say, "Bank" before your question,

the money is safe. However,

you start a new chain from scratch.

Remember, at the end of the round,

only money banked can be taken forward. Round One

lasts three minutes. We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

Claire. Let's play The Weakest Link.

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

A fruit machine is known as a one-armed what?

Bandit.

On which date is Christmas celebrated by the western church?

25th of December.

What N is the official language of Norway?

Norwegian.

In what sport can a player score a hole in one?

Golf.

During a meal, when is an appetiser served

in relation to the main course? Before or after?

Before.

In the Tennessee Williams play,

which animal was on a hot tin roof?

A cat.

What B is the name of a seaside resort in Southern England

where the West Pier was closed in 1975?

-Brighton.

-Polly.

-Bank.

Which male singer had a UK number one single in 1991,

with Everything I Do, I Do It For You?

Bryan Adams.

In meteorology, hurricanes typically form

over which earth surface? Mountains or oceans?

Oceans.

In legend, which cat lost its tail

when the door of Noah's Ark was shut on it?

Manx.

What is the first name of the wife

of former opposition leader Neil Kinnock?

-Mary.

-Glenys.

Showing courage in the face of adversity

is keeping a stiff upper what?

Lip.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, in which 2001 film did Jude Law play Gigolo Joe?

AI. Artificial Intelligence.

Which renaissance artist painted The Last Judgment

in the Sistine Chapel in Rome?

-Pass.

-Michelangelo.

Jenny Jerome, an American beauty, was the mother of which British prime minister?

-Harold Macmillan.

-Winston Churchill.

What W is the name of the item introduced to the Boy Scout uniform in the 1920s

as a means of fastening the scarf?

Woggle.

Which decisive naval battle was fought

near the Spanish port of Cadiz in October 1805?

-Battle of Britain?

-Trafalgar.

Harold and Dennis are the first names of which former cricket umpire?

Dickie Bird.

Members of the Watchtower Bible And Tract Society are known as Jehovah's what?

Witnesses.

-Jane.

-Bank.

-In 1996, Ralph Lauren designed an outfit

for which doll, Barbie or Action Man?

Barbie.

The BBC current affairs programme broadcast on Sunday morning

is Breakfast With who?

Frost. David Frost.

-Jeni.

-Bank.

What D is a word for a short simple song?

Ditty.

Which international beauty contest was first staged in 1951...

Time is up. I cannot complete the question.

You banked £700 out of a possible £1,000.

But who is an egg short of an omelette? Who's let you down?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show Jeni to be the strongest link.

Sam is the first weakest link.

But will the team notice this so early?

Voting over.

Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Sam.

Sam.

Sam.

Sam.

Polly.

Sam.

Jane.

Sam.

In that first round, you managed to answer

10 questions correctly in a row.

So if you'd banked more cunningly,

you would have reached your target without any trouble.

It's not ALWAYS a good idea to bank. Sandip,

-what do you do?

-I'm a medical student in my first year.

-You look a bit young to be a medical student.

-I'm 18.

-Did you have your hair cut specially to be a medical student?

-No.

Why Sam?

A lot of people got one question wrong,

but she spent a lot of time on the one she did get wrong.

Jane,

-what do you do?

-I'm a stay-at-home mother.

-Ever been a political correspondent?

-No.

-Never heard of Glenys Kinnock?

Not until you said her name.

-You thought she was called Mary?

-It was a guess, I'm afraid.

-Why Sam?

-She hesitated for quite a long time

and I thought she was the weakest link.

So, Jonathan,

-you're a writer?

-That's right.

-Is that how you earn your living?

-No, I do other things.

You're a writer like a cricketer who plays on a Sunday afternoon?

-You could say that. I don't make any money out of it.

-Why Sam?

She hesitated for a long time. She got one question wrong

but she did waste time getting that question wrong.

Very little hesitation from the team.

Sam, statistically you were the worst player.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm ashamed, I'm angry. Just really upset because I was voted off first.

I'd like Tom to be voted off next

because out of all of them, he's the oddest.

Round Two.

You've won £700 out of a possible £1,000. Eight of you left.

We are now taking 10 seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link,

that's Jeni. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The mechanisms responsible for balance are in which part of the ear?

Inner ear.

Canada, France and the USA all have national days in which month?

July.

What E is derived from the Greek word meaning to exit

and refers to the Israelites leaving Egypt?

Exodus.

The title of the 1952 novel

by John Steinbeck is East Of what?

Eden.

Designer Philip Treacy specialises in shoes or hats?

Hats.

In the early 1900s, John Harvey Kellogg

developed the breakfast cereal, corn what?

Flakes.

-Jane.

-Bank.

-Dublin lies on the coast of which sea?

Irish.

What is worse, a first-degree or third-degree burn?

Third-degree burn.

Which three-letter word means a circuit of a computer and a type of public transport?

Bus.

In what children's TV series, was Joanna Lumley the voice of Zaza the cat?

-Bagpuss.

-Hector's House.

What F is the large open-weave knit associated with stockings and tights?

Fishnet.

The Aztec Empire was based in which country?

Mexico.

If you spend 23 hours doing housework each week,

how many hours do you spend in three weeks?

69.

What C derived from French is a disguise

to enable someone to blend in with their surroundings?

-Camouflage.

-Jane.

-Bank.

Which rapper and film actor had UK hit singles in the '90s

with the songs Men In Black and Wild Wild West?

-I can't remember.

-Will Smith.

The Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency is based in which city?

Swansea.

What V is a decorative strip

of fabric hung over a curtain rail or round the frame of a bed?

-Velcro.

-Valance.

In 1881, the circus billed as the greatest show on earth was organised by Barnum and who?

-Pass.

-Bailey.

For whom does the PDSA and Blue Cross charities

provide medical support, animals or children?

Animals.

Sir John Betjeman and Cecil Day-Lewis

both held which official royal post?

Poet Laureate.

-Sandip.

-Bank.

Which D were ancient priests of pre-Christian Britain?

-Don't know.

-Druids.

What are the woody scale seed pods common to most conifers...

Time's up. Yet again you banked £700.

But someone round here is skating on thin ice.

Push off the most pathetic.

It's time to vote for the weakest link.

Jonathan is the weakest link with most answers wrong.

Polly is the strongest link. But how will the votes go?

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

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Jane.

Right, team, in that round

AGAIN enough questions in a row answered correctly

to hit the target. Nine this time.

Who's banking too early?

Polly.

-What do you do?

-I'm a manufacturer of leather garments.

Nothing kinky.

Why do you mention kinky?

Well, we are in Brighton. We probably should, but we don't.

Why Jonathan?

He didn't know the circus, Bailey.

-I thought that was well known.

-He doesn't know much, actually. Roger,

-how old are you?

-57.

-You're getting on a bit.

-What do you do?

-Light haulage.

-What's light?

I make sure you get your daily papers into the shops in time for you get them.

You deliver papers?

Yes. Oldest paperboy in town.

Certainly old. Why Jonathan?

Unfortunately, he got the circus question wrong

and one wrong in the round before,

-so I can't see him being an asset to us.

-Claire.

-What do you do?

-I'm a marketing assistant.

-What do you market?

Insurance.

-So what's your particular job?

-I help to embed the brand.

You help to embed?

It's jargon. Sorry, Anne.

I work in communications. I make sure...

How can you work in communications

when you talk rubbish like, "I help to embed the brand"?

-If I were your granny, how would you describe it?

-I teach people.

-To do what?

-To understand the brand

and make sure that when they communicate externally...

She's at it again!

Do you mean when they talk to each other?

-What do you mean "communicate externally"?

-When they advertise.

-Got a boyfriend?

-I do.

Do you say, "We'll go outside and communicate externally"(?)

I don't do that sort of thing.

-LAUGHTER Sorry.

-Why Jonathan?

He had an unlucky round.

He had a couple of questions he didn't get.

Do you think there aren't enough questions embedded in his brain?

Jeni.

-What do you do?

-I work for my dad selling 4-wheel drives.

Sell me one.

-Would you like to buy a 4-wheel drive?

-That's it?

-I don't need to do more. They sell themselves.

-Why Jonathan?

Unfortunately, he's letting the team down, he has to go.

Jonathan, with six votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed to be voted off. I feel as thick as a whale omelette.

Jane might be next, because she has hesitated

on one occasion and got a question wrong, but it's a close call.

Round Three, team. You've won...

..out of a possible £2,000.

You're down to seven players. 10 seconds off.

We start with the strongest link - Polly.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

When A Child Is Born was a 1976 Christmas-time UK number one single for which singer?

-David Bowie.

-Johnny Mathis.

In which 1967 film did Paul Newman play convict Lucas Jackson?

-Pass.

-Cool Hand Luke.

Which British swimmer won gold in the men's 200 metres breaststroke

at the 1976 Olympics?

-Goodhew. Duncan Goodhew.

-David Wilkie.

Which of these rodents has a partly prehensile tail

that is used to assist in climbing -

wood mouse or harvest mouse?

Harvest mouse.

In which English city was Sting born in 1951?

-Winchester.

-Newcastle upon Tyne.

What relation is a woman to the wife of her son?

Er, mother-in-law.

According to the rhyme Sing A Song Of Sixpence

what was the maid hanging out in the garden?

-The laundry.

-The correct answer is clothes.

In literature, which author wrote the late 1930s detective novel The Big Sleep?

-Agatha Christie.

-Raymond Chandler.

From which country do The Cardigans come?

Sweden.

Hippocampus is the scientific name for which sea creature -

sea horse or starfish?

Sea horse.

-Bank.

-Who became Russian prime minister in August 1999?

-Don't know, sorry.

-Vladimir Putin.

Islamabad replaced which city as the capital city of Pakistan in 1959?

-Istanbul.

-Karachi.

What M is to leave somebody stranded and is also a crimson colour?

Maroon.

In snooker, how many points is the black ball worth?

Seven.

Which US female vocalist released the album Glitter in September 2001?

-Madonna.

-Mariah Carey.

A scan of the body by computerised axial tomography is better known by which acronym?

-MRI.

-CAT scan.

Which of these is not natural - hemp, polyester or flax?

Polyester.

-Bank.

-Which American author wrote the famous...

Time's up. You've got rid of two allegedly weaker links,

and you've gone from banking £700 in each round

to putting in your kitty just £70.

Whose brain has gone into neutral?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Polly has gone from being the strongest to the weakest.

Whilst Jeni is the strongest for the second time.

Will the rest of the team realise?

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

Sandip.

Jane.

Polly.

Polly.

Sandip.

Polly.

Polly.

Tom, what do you do?

-I'm a painter.

-Do you do wallpapering, as well?

-A bit, yes.

-Did you go to university?

-Yes, I did.

Did they not teach you nursery rhymes?

No, it wasn't on the course.

Claire, why Polly?

She had a few questions that she got wrong.

-She had a lot of hard questions.

-Sandip.

You've never heard of a CAT scan?

-I'm in the first three weeks of my course, so...

-That's no excuse!

Half the patients know what one is.

It's worrying that you don't.

What have you learnt?

Basic anatomy and biomedical sciences.

Why Polly?

She got three questions wrong in that round,

-but they were difficult.

-Your kettle's gone off the boil.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I've only mentioned to a few people that I'm actually here today.

Due to my relatively poor performance,

I may not tell anyone else.

Sandip will probably get voted off soon,

because he seems to be having a bit of difficulty with the questions.

Round Four.

..in the kitty,

out of a possible £3,000.

There are six of you left. 10 seconds off the clock.

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

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

On a standard qwerty keyboard, which letter is furthest left on the top row of letters?

Q.

The year 1558 saw the attempted invasion of England by forces from which country?

Spain.

What P is the opposite of optimism?

Pessimism.

How many degrees are there in a full rotation?

360.

-Bank.

-In music, Cerys Matthews achieved fame as the lead singer of which Welsh band?

-The Cranberries.

-No, Catatonia.

In which part of the body are the lungs and heart - the abdomen or the thorax?

The thorax.

What type of book does a lexicographer compile?

A dictionary.

In ballet, which bird was dying in the dance created for the ballerina Anna Pavlova?

A swan.

A statue of which character from a Lennon and McCartney song

was sculpted by Tommy Steele and now stands in Stanley Street, Liverpool?

-I don't know.

-Eleanor Rigby.

What is a hake - a fish or a vegetable?

A fish.

What J is the small triangular sail in front of the foremast?

Jib.

-Bank.

-Who wrote and illustrated the Tintin stories?

-I don't know.

-Herge.

In 1988, Anna Wintour took over as editor of the US edition of which magazine?

Vogue.

The title of the 1983 comedy film starring Tom Cruise is Risky... what?

Business.

-Bank.

-In football, which London club has been located at

the Manor Ground, the Invicta Ground and Plumstead Common?

-Chelsea.

-Arsenal.

What T is the art of cutting hedges into shapes?

Topiary.

The Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy against which British monarch?

-I don't know.

-James I.

A polonaise is a stately dance from which country?

-Vienna.

-Poland.

Of which major religion was the ixos an early symbol?

-Indian.

-No, Christianity.

In geography, what is the name of the largest of the Florida keys?

Key Largo.

-Bank.

-Which motorway runs closest to Dartmoor National Park?

-M4.

-No, M5.

A popular song of football...

Time's up. You won £320.

Who's weighing you down? Who do you want to lose?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The strongest link is Tom,

but will the votes reflect this?

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

Sandip.

Jane.

Jane.

Sandip.

Sandip.

Sandip.

Tom, how long have you been a painter?

I guess full-time, about seven or eight years.

What do you paint?

Little puppy dogs, ponies - that sort of thing.

-Chocolate box painting?

-Yes.

-Why do you keep voting for Sandip?

-He had a bad round.

-What about last round?

-That was a bad round too.

So, 57-year-old Roger,

why did you vote for our medical expert?

I had a bad round, but unfortunately,

he had a slightly worse round, and I think he was the weakest link.

He was, indeed. Sandip,

we'll release you, so you can get back to saving lives.

With four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think the team started well. They banked £1,400.

But they're getting worse, and voting me off won't help.

I think Jane will be next, because she's been weak all the way through

and her knowledge isn't extensive.

Round Five. Your total is...

..out of a possible £4,000.

There are five of you left.

We take another 10 seconds off.

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

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novel Shirley?

-Anne.

-Charlotte.

Ards and Carrickfergus are borough councils in which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-Northern Ireland.

In horse racing, what does a horse lose if it spreads a plate?

Its shoe.

Which famous British writer had the first names Pelham and Grenville?

-Er, pass.

-PG Wodehouse.

In which decade did Fidel Castro come into power in Cuba?

The '50s.

Before her marriage to Imran Khan in 1995, what was the surname of Jemima Khan?

Goldsmith.

The Spanish Guggenheim Museum is in which northern port?

-Cadiz.

-No, Bilbao.

In Scottish Premiership football, which Glasgow club plays in green and white hoop shirts?

-Um, Rangers.

-Celtic.

The dancers Hot Gossip first came to prominence on the show of which comedian?

Kenny Everett.

For how many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep in the Catskill Mountains?

-100.

-No, 20.

Which city is the capital of Sri Lanka?

Er, La Paz.

Colombo.

In the 1996 film Brassed Off, which English actress played the character Gloria?

Um... I don't know.

Tara Fitzgerald.

Which instrument did Phil Collins play in Genesis?

Drums.

Little Tommy Tucker sings for his...?

Supper.

In which palace in Surrey

does the Royal Horticultural Society hold a flower show each July?

-Sandringham?

-No, Hampton Court Palace.

Which sport is played professionally

by the Toronto Blue Jays and the San Francisco Giants?

Baseball.

What is the Duke of Edinburgh's name?

-Philip.

-Jane.

-Bank.

In the TV series Thunderbirds, what was the name of the butler?

-Jeeves.

-Parker.

Dear, oh, dear.

You banked only £50. Who forgot to wind up their brains in that round?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Roger is the strongest link in this round.

With the most incorrect answers, Claire is the weakest link. Can she survive the vote?

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

Roger.

Jane.

Jeni.

Tom.

Jane.

Jeni, why Jane?

She didn't have a very good round, none of us did,

but she did hesitate. She was banking too early in previous rounds.

She did better than you.

Claire?

-Keep this simple, but why Jane?

-She had a bad round too, as did I.

Statistically, the president of the English-speaking union,

Claire, was the worst player.

But Jane, the mother,

who doesn't know Thunderbirds, has been voted the weakest link.

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

I realised before the cards turned over that I would be next off.

I did have a bad round.

I think Roger will go next.

I think he's stumbled through a few of the questions and I think

as it gets a bit harder, he'll find the going tough.

Round Six. You've won £1,840. There are four of you left.

We're taking another ten seconds off your time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Roger.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Roger,

in the acronym RADA, for what does the letter D stand?

Dramatic.

Dixieland refers to which sort of music?

-Country.

-Jazz.

Spartak Moscow is a team in the domestic league of which European country?

Russia.

Which English comedian starred in the 1940s comedies Turned Out Nice Again and Let George Do It?

George Formby.

The masked adventurer of the American West

John Reid was known as whom?

The Lone Ranger.

Which author wrote the novel Patriot Games?

Tom Clancy.

Which London monument has a name meaning empty tomb?

The Cenotaph.

-Bank.

-In maths, what is the square root of 36?

Six.

The women's version of which Olympic sport

features the events the asymmetric bars and the balance beam?

Gymnastics.

Of which bodily fluid is AB a classification?

Blood.

Who was the father of singer Natalie Cole?

-Nat King Cole.

-Claire?

-Bank.

In travel, there is a ferry service between the Hook Of Holland and which Essex port?

-Folkestone.

-Harwich.

Which falcon

shares its name with a character from the court of King Arthur?

-Eagle.

-Merlin.

Japan is the Land Of The Rising...?

Sun.

Which actor made his directorial debut

starring with Billy Crystal in the 1987 film Throw Momma From The Train?

-Sylvester Stallone.

-Danny DeVito.

The Shakespeare play is the Merry Wives Of...?

Windsor.

In TV, the 1970s comedy trio The Goodies comprised Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and who?

Tim... Pass.

Tim Brooke-Taylor.

Which city is the state capital of Tennessee?

-Mississippi.

-Nashville.

Tom...

Time's up. You banked £500.

But,

whose brush has run dry? Who's all talk and no sense?

Whose off-road vehicle has lost a wheel?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

In a complete change of fortune,

Roger has gone from being the strongest to the weakest link.

Whereas Claire is statistically the strongest link. What will the team decide?

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

Claire.

Roger.

Jeni.

Roger.

Claire, why Roger?

He got a couple... one more question wrong than I did.

We're not talking about you, we're talking about Roger.

Sorry. He got them wrong.

-Were you christened J-E-N-I?

-No.

-Jennifer Ann.

-That's more information than I need.

-Why Roger?

-He hesitated

quite a lot in that round.

He got one or two questions wrong.

Statistically,

Roger was the worst player.

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

I would have liked to have reached the final.

Before I came, I thought I could win it, but I've been proved wrong.

I think Tom'll win the game. Throughout it, he's only got a few wrong.

He seems very confident, knowledgeable and at ease.

Round Seven. You've won £2,340 out of a possible £6,000.

There are three of you left.

Tom, the artist, Claire, the linguist,

who speaks English and marketing,

and Jeni the car salesman.

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link -

Claire. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In the 1960 film The Apartment,

which actor played the character CC "Bud" Baxter opposite Shirley MacLaine?

I don't know.

Jack Lemmon.

In 1992, which cabinet minister had to resign over his affair with Antonia de Sancha?

Mellor. David Mellor.

Pb is the symbol for which element?

Lead.

In pop, which group had a 2001 UK number one single with Let's Dance?

Five.

Which 1990 film starred

John Goodman as a pest controller dealing with spiders which escape into an American town?

Arachnophobia.

In maths,

if a pack of paper with 500 sheets costs £5,

how much does it cost per sheet?

A penny.

-Bank.

-In literature, Mole is a character in which 1908 book by Kenneth Grahame?

The Wind In The Willows.

Lister, Kryten and Rimmer are characters in which British sci-fi sitcom?

Red Dwarf.

The teal and gadwall are types of which water bird?

Duck.

In which century was Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children founded?

19th.

To which English club did the Irish player Robbie Keane move from Inter Milan in 2001?

Leeds.

In reference to the children's charity, for what does the P stand in the initials NSPCC?

Prevention.

-Bank.

-What is the name given to the waxy, watery repellent coating of a leaf?

-I don't know.

-Cuticle.

What colour is the star on the Israeli flag?

-Red.

-Blue.

In 1984, which businessman bought the Mirror Group of newspapers?

Robert Maxwell.

The black Norfolk is a breed of...?

Time is up.

And you managed to bank £750.

Now,

in Round Eight you treble what you bank, so in the next round

there's £3,000 to be won.

Consider carefully who will help you most

to raise that bank balance.

There is a great opportunity.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Tom is the strongest link for the second time.

Claire is the weakest link for the second time in the game.

Can her performance in the previous round save her from the final vote?

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

Claire.

Jeni.

Claire.

Tom, why Claire?

She was the weakest,

-I feel.

-Jeni,

-why Claire?

-I feel she was the weakest link.

She got more questions wrong

than Tom and I, and she hesitated.

Tom and I will make quite a good team

in the last two.

-Claire?

-Yes.

Statistically, you were the worst player. As you might think,

your knowledge and your strategy

was underpowered. In other words, You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne picked on me because of my job.

If I had the chance to do it again, I'd keep quiet and not say as much as I did.

It'll be Tom who wins. Both players are strong.

I think Tom's got that edge.

Round Eight.

You've put in your kitty £3,090

out of a possible £7,000.

Tom...

and Jeni.

Two of you left.

You have 90 seconds, but whatever you win in this round will be trebled.

So, £3,000 is at stake.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Tom. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Tom,

which post-war US president had a wife known as Betty?

Gerald Ford.

On which instrument was Paganini a virtuoso?

-The piano.

-The violin.

By what name was Shirley Crabtree better known?

Big Daddy.

In maths, what is 11 multiplied by one half?

-55.

-No, 5.5.

George Pullman was involved with which mode of transport?

Trains.

-Bank.

-Which term refers to the period of European history

between the 5th and 15th centuries?

-The Renaissance.

-No, the Middle Ages.

From the Spanish for courtyard, what is a paved area adjoining the house?

Patio.

In medicine, the drug opium is extracted from which plant?

Poppy.

In film, how many times has Sean Connery played James Bond?

-Five.

-Seven.

From which country does Darjeeling tea originate?

India.

For what does the abbreviation UFO stand?

Unidentified Flying Object.

-Bank.

-What nationality is the soprano Charlotte Church?

Welsh.

In sport, Crystal Palace FC are nicknamed after which bird of prey?

Eagle.

-Bank.

-In imperial weights, 28lb is equivalent to...?

Time's up. You banked £120. We'll treble that, and add it to your total from the previous round.

That means prize money today of £3,450.

Only one of you can take that.

Now you'll play against each other. I'll ask alternate questions. Best of five.

Whoever answers most wins. It's as simple as that.

So, Tom and Jeni,

for £3,450,

let's play The Weakest Link.

Tom, you choose who goes first.

I'll go first.

Tom,

which palace is the official Scottish residence of the sovereign?

Holyroodhouse.

That is the correct answer.

The book

An Evil Cradling

is the autobiography of which man

kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut during the 1980s?

Terry Waite.

No, the answer is Brian Keenan.

Tom, what name is given to the legal permit required by any shop

that sells alcoholic drink for consumption away from the premises?

-Off licence.

-That is correct.

Jeni,

in the long-running TV series Sykes,

which late British actress starred as the twin sister of Eric Sykes?

Um...

Doris Dors. Diana Dors.

The correct answer is Hattie Jacques.

Tom, in politics,

who was the official Labour candidate

for the year 2000's Mayor of London election?

-Frank Dobson.

-That is correct.

Jeni, you need to answer this question correctly

to stay in the game.

What word meaning to curtail the growth of something

also refers to a trick or daring feat?

-Stunt.

-That is the correct answer.

Tom, if you answer this question you have won. So, for £3,450...

In Russian architecture,

a common type of church dome is both shaped like,

and named after, which vegetable?

-Onion.

-That is the correct answer.

That means, Tom,

you are today's strongest link,

and you go away with £3,450.

Jeni, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I feel good, and proud to have come this far.

No-one had faith in me at home. I proved you all wrong.

I hope I deserved to get to the final. I didn't get too many wrong.

Those that I got wrong, well, I guess I didn't know.

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