09/04/2009 Weakest Link

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

Only one 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 money have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,

we lose the player voted the Weakest Link. Let's meet the team.

My name is Simon, I'm 48, from Knutsford in Cheshire and I'm a chartered loss adjuster.

I'm Heather, I'm 23, from Sheffield, and I'm an aftercare co-ordinator.

I'm David, I'm 68, I'm from Stonehouse in South Lanarkshire,

and I'm a freelance geotechnical engineer.

I'm Alexis, I'm 45, from Manchester, and I'm an internet marketing manager.

I'm Joe, I'm 29, I'm from London and I'm a relocation consultant.

I'm Kathy, I'm 54, and I'm a staff nurse.

I'm Mark, I'm 36 from East Sussex and I'm airline cabin crew.

I'm Caz, I'm 64, I'm from Lowestoft

and I'm a retired school teacher.

I'm Martin, I'm 18, from Halesowen, and I'm an optical lab technician.

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

The fastest way is a chain of nine correct answers. Break the chain and you lose all the money in it.

Say "Bank!" first and the money is safe. Round 1 - three minutes.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically - Alexis. Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

In hot beverages, tea is usually made by infusing plant leaves in which liquid?

-Water.

-Correct. In nationalities, the word Chinese refers to a person from which country?

-China.

-After the First World War, which flower was chosen as a symbol of remembrance -

a red poppy or a black orchid?

-A red poppy.

-The short hairs called eyelashes grow from the flaps of skin

commonly known by what name?

Eyelids.

In New York City, 350 5th Avenue is the address of the landmark called the Empire State what?

-Building.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-What I is the single word term for the web of computer networks

that allows global access to databases and email systems?

-Internet.

-Correct.

In farming, the terms cow, sow and ewe all refer to animals of which sex?

-Male.

-Female.

When used to describe a style of popular music, the abbreviation MOR means middle of the what?

-Road.

-Correct. In medicine, a drug administered to a patient to counteract a poison

is an antidote or an antelope?

-Antidote.

-A UK travel scheme that allows motorists to leave their cars on the outskirts of a town

and continue their journey by bus is called what and ride?

-Park.

-The scales that people stand on to weigh themselves are named after which room of the house?

-The...bathroom.

-Correct.

In popular psychology, the description of a personality with good and evil sides

is Jekyll and who?

-Hyde.

-In British national newspapers, The Observer is published on which day of the week?

-Sunday.

-Correct.

In the 2008 animated film Wall-E, the title character is a whale or a robot?

-A robot.

-In sport, the name of which item of tennis equipment is also a term for a loud commotion?

-Racket.

-Correct. Simon...

-Bank!

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. Whose New Year's resolution was to give up thinking?

Who's as good as a gift voucher for Woolworth's? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

As the only player to get an answer wrong, Simon is the Weakest Link.

Martin is, statistically, the Strongest Link, but will the voting reflect reality?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Caz.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

-How old are you, Martin?

-18.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Put your board down.

-Did you come on your own or did your mummy bring you?

-Came on my own. She let me come on my own today.

-Is that why your tie's not done up properly?

-I think it looks trendy.

-Really? Have you got shoelaces?

-No, I haven't.

-Just as well.

-She's not here to do them up.

-No.

-Are your gloves on elastic?

-No, but I have got mittens.

-Have you? And what do you do?

-I'm an optical lab technician.

-Really? What's your particular job?

-I basically make people's glasses for them.

-And does Mummy take you to work?

-No, no, I can drive now.

You can drive? What sort of car?

-I've got a Renault Megane.

-You passed your test?

-Sixth time.

-So your eyes aren't too good?

-No, my eyes are fine.

-And your brain?

-It was my driving skill!

-Put your board up. Why Simon?

-Well, he got the question wrong. The only question we got wrong.

-What do you do, Caz?

-I'm a retired schoolteacher.

-You're at home all day?

-Yes.

-You don't work at all?

No. Well, I go out voluntarily and work at the drama department in a high school.

-Is that a charity scheme to help old people? Put your board up. Is it too heavy for you?

-Sorry!

-Is it to keep you off the streets?

-Possibly.

-Yeah.

-Possibly.

-And what do you actually do?

-I help the students to perform their own plays

-and they sit a Trinity exam.

-What's a Trinity exam?

-It's...

-Make it interesting, Caz! Let it sing.

It's a private sort of drama scheme whereby students are encouraged to go into this business

-that you're in.

-What business?

-Entertainment.

-You train people to do my job?

-Yes.

Is it Method acting you teach?

I teach them how to look after themselves and how to know what to say at the right time.

How should I look after myself?

-You should stay just as you are.

-Good answer!

-You're doing really well.

-Why Simon?

-He got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Mark?

-I work for an airline.

-Doing what?

-I work as cabin crew.

-Really? Who do you work for? A top airline?

-A holiday airline.

So you're chavs' cabin crew.

On occasion.

I see. So put your board down. Where's an average place you go?

-Could be anywhere. Short haul, long haul. Where would you like?

-Tell me.

-OK, today let's go to Malaga.

-All right.

-A flock of geese have come across the airline's nose.

-Mm-hm.

-You've got to prepare these chavs.

As they're chavs, do you put them in the brace position or do you suggest they open their duty free?

Well, my job would be to put them in the brace position.

-Would it?

-Yes.

-Don't be dirty, Mark.

Put your board up. OK.

-So just give me your soothing talk as we're going to hit the sea.

-I'd repeat the captain's commands

-and shout, "Brace! Brace!"

-A chav wouldn't know what that meant!

-Most people... We show a safety video and they can see from that...

-None of us ever watch the safety video!

-You know, I think you're probably right.

-I'm always right. Why Simon?

He got a question wrong, I'm afraid.

Simon, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was a shame to be off first. I'm not proud of my performance. It was a straightforward question.

I just froze on the moment.

My friends and family when they see it will have a good laugh and rightly so.

Round 2 and you have £1,000. We take 10 seconds off.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Martin. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

What C is the American term for the sweet snack item known in the UK as a biscuit?

-Cracker.

-Cookie. According to the proverb, what is the mother of invention?

-Pass.

-Necessity.

The stage surname of the singer Donna who had a UK number one single in 1977 with I Feel Love

is also the name of which season?

-Summer.

-Correct.

A Swiss army knife often includes a corkscrew or a cuckoo clock?

-A corkscrew.

-Which African mammal has a neck that makes up about half of its height?

-Giraffe.

-It's customary for a film director to stop a scene by shouting which three-letter word?

-Cut.

-On the beach, what B follows sun to give the usual term for the reddening of the skin

-caused by overexposure to ultraviolet light?

-Can you repeat that?

What B follows sun to give the usual term for the reddening of the skin caused by ultraviolet light?

-Burn.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The phrase for which period of a person's life describes the spread of an expanding waistline?

-Middle age.

-Correct.

An instrument called a Geiger counter measures levels of rainfall or radiation?

-Radiation.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In blackjack, which rank of playing card is worth either 1 or 11 points depending on the gambler's choice?

-Ace.

-The former boy band member who played a character called Duncan from Blue

in the 2009 sitcom entitled Plus One is Duncan who?

-Pass.

-James. What H is the name of a tool that can be used to break rock, to beat metal and drive in nails?

-Hammer.

-In US schools, what's the name of the annual publication intended as a keepsake

that includes photographs of students and details of their achievements?

-Journal?

-Yearbook.

Memo is an abbreviation of which word?

-Memorandum.

-Which heroine pierces her hand with a spindle, loses consciousness

and is awoken 100 years later by a prince?

-Snow White.

-Even Sleeping Beauty.

What D is a period of time taken by the Earth to complete one full turn on its axis?

-Day.

-The terms thumbs up and thumbs down are believed to derive from crowd signals

in the amphitheatres of which ancient civilisation?

-Rome.

-Bank!

-In the Sondheim musical A Little Night Music...

Time's up. You won £400. Who's the mountaineer with vertigo?

Who's the static caravan in Caernarfon?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, the Strongest Link is Caz.

David is the Weakest Link, but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

David.

Martin.

Martin.

Mark.

Martin.

David.

David.

David.

-Heather.

-Hi.

-Put your board down.

-Where did you get your top? I'd like one like that.

-Primark.

-Where did you get your hair done?

-A friend does it for me.

-I want to steer clear of there. Board up.

-What do you do?

-I'm an aftercare co-ordinator.

-You think I know what that means?

-No.

-Come on, then.

-I work for a company called A4E.

-A4E?

-Yes, that's right.

But A is for A, not A for E.

-It stands for Action For Employment.

-Yeah?

Clients come to us, or customers. When they're out of work, we provide them with training...

-People on benefits?

-That's right.

-You give them support to stay on benefits?

I'm offering them support to get back into work.

-You won't send any of them to your friend for a haircut, will you?

-She'll be very offended.

-Why David?

David, I think he got a question wrong and he was the only one I could remember.

So, Mark, you and I are on the chavs' air coach to Malaga

-and we've come down in the Mediterranean.

-Nice.

-Yeah.

-Can you remember that? That's where you're going.

-Yes.

-Because of the flock of geese.

-Yes.

And we're leaving the aircraft and there's only one lifejacket left.

-There's you and me. Who gets the lifejacket?

-Me.

-I don't think so.

-I'd take you with me, Anne. I don't think you could carry me.

-Why David?

-He got a question wrong.

David, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I was told before I came down here that I was to return with £3,000 or not return at all.

I will now have to sneak back over the Scottish border without anyone knowing I've arrived home!

Round 3. In the bank, £1,400. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Caz. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What K goes before the word Stages to mean the four age-based levels of the National Curriculum?

-I don't know.

-Key.

The cities of Rio de Janeiro, Lima and Caracas are all in which continent?

-South America.

-Bank!

In 1989, as a safety measure, an act was passed to control dangerous dogs or ferocious fish?

-Dangerous dogs.

-What's the official currency of Spain?

-The Euro.

-Correct.

Someone who is calm and composed in highly pressurised situations has nerves of which alloy?

-Steel.

-In the 2001 census, what J is the science fiction belief system

that nearly 400,000 people in England and Wales claimed as their religion?

-Jehovah.

-No, Jedi.

The edible wafer cone that was patented in 1903

was intended to be used as a receptacle for what type of frozen dessert?

-Ice cream.

-In the 1960s American TV series Bewitched,

the character Samantha twitched her nose or her toes?

-Her nose.

-Bank!

According to the opening line of Danny Boy, what are calling?

-The pipes?

-Correct.

-Bank!

-What's 32 divided by 8?

Em...

-Six.

-Four.

What P is an area of grassland used for grazing and a place to which people are put out on retiring?

-Pasture.

-In political history, the authors of the 1848 Communist Manifesto

were Karl Marx and Friedrich who?

-Nietzsche.

-Engels!

Bulgaria has a coastline on which body of water?

-Mediterranean.

-Black Sea.

At a library, if borrowed items have not been returned on time, they are said to be overlong or overdue?

-Overdue.

-Bank!

-The comedian who has been a co-presenter on The Friday Night Project

is Justin Lee who?

-I don't know.

-Collins!

The fandango is accompanied by a guitar and which instrument clicked together with the fingers?

-Maracas.

-Castanets.

What H is a game similar to hockey that is one of the national sports of Ireland?

-Em... Sorry, pass, Anne.

-Hurling.

In Birmingham city centre, a fountain depicting a naked woman has the rhyming nickname...

Time's up. You won £110.

Who couldn't top the paint charts?

Who iTuned out? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With no correct answers, Kathy is the Weakest Link.

Statistically, the Strongest Link is Alexis, but who will the team want off?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Caz.

Kathy.

Heather.

Caz.

Heather.

Heather.

Heather.

-Joe...

-Hello, Anne.

-Put your board down.

-No need to ask you where you got your shirt, is there?

-Er, BHS, I believe it is.

-Oh, I thought you'd been copying the people at Travelodge.

-No! Not recently.

Put your board up.

-What do you do?

-I'm a global relocation consultant.

-In a Travelodge shirt?

-Sometimes. I like Travelodge shirts.

-Do you?

-You're sort of Alan Partridge, are you?

-I'm known to like a blue shirt.

-What does your job involve?

It involves moving people around from major companies.

-Are you very strong, then?

-We don't move them physically.

I don't, personally. But we organise their immigration and their househunting.

-And this is your life's ambition? To be in relocation?

-I like what I'm doing.

-Why Heather?

-I think she got the most questions wrong.

So, Mark...we're in the Mediterranean, off Malaga.

We've only got one lifejacket. Two things happen, Mark.

I'm feeling a bit frisky, so I go in for a snog.

And then a shark comes towards us. Which one will you react to first?

I don't think your bite would be as bad as a shark's. I'd go for you.

-Why Heather?

-Unfortunately, Heather got a couple of questions wrong.

Heather, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The most difficult part of the game was concentrating on my questions.

The fact that I'm rubbish at maths let me down.

Round 4 and you've banked £1,510. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Alexis. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

King Edward II was reputedly murdered with a red-hot poker or an ice-cold bath?

-A red-hot poker.

-In Indian food, curried lamb in a rich sauce of tomatoes and peppers

is called rogan what?

-Josh.

-In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the first names of which pair of Shakespearean characters

represent the letters R and J?

-Pass.

-Romeo and Juliet.

The maxim, "Thou shalt not be found out," is popularly described as the 11th what?

-L?

-Commandment.

Cashmere wool is obtained from the fleece of which animal?

-Llama?

-Goat.

The 2008 film drama set in Germany after WWII starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes

was The Reader or The Writer?

-The Writer.

-The Reader.

In the 1970s, the brightly-coloured inflatable toys with horn-like ears as handles used for bouncing

were known as space what?

-Hoppers.

-In TV, a fictional village called Royston Vasey was the setting for which comedy series?

-The League of Gentlemen.

-Bank!

-What B precedes English to make the term for the reduced vocabulary

of 850 words used to teach it as a foreign language?

-Basic.

-The feast day of St Swithin, said to set the weather for the next 40 days,

is on the 15th of which month?

-March.

-July. A collection of photographs of known criminals kept by the police

to help identify suspects is known as a rogues' what?

-Gallery.

-Bank.

-The 2008 UK hit album by Primal Scream had what title -

Hideous Past or Beautiful Future?

-Hideous Past.

-Beautiful Future.

What A is the usual British name for the purple fruit that is in the dish moussaka?

-Aubergine.

-In film, Jennifer Lopez starred as a professional organiser of marriage ceremonies

in the 2001 comedy The Wedding what?

-Planner.

-Which English architect designed more than 50 London churches, including St Paul's?

-Christopher Wren.

-When it started in 1979, the miming game show Give Us A Clue had,

as team captain, Una Stubbs and Lionel who?

-Blair.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £270. Who's as inappropriate as Madonna's outfits?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Martin is the Weakest Link, as he gave the most wrong answers.

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Joe, but who will lose out in the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Caz.

Martin.

Mark.

Martin.

Martin.

Kathy.

-Caz, why Martin?

-Em, because I think he got more questions wrong than I did!

OK, Mark...

We're in the Mediterranean, and we've ducked the shark,

you've rejected my advances and we have one lifebelt.

OK?

And then George Clooney comes along in a small plane. Who gets in first?

-You or myself?

-Yes.

-That's a very difficult question.

-Oh, get off!

-I'd let you go first. Ladies first.

-Would you push me in the water?

-Yes.

-Why Martin?

-He got more wrong than I did.

-No, he didn't, actually.

-Did he not?

-You got just as many wrong.

-Well, I'm very sorry, Martin.

Martin, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think Anne Robinson had a little bit of a dig at me because of my youth.

Hers was quite a long time ago and I don't think she remembers it.

I've still got mine in front of me.

Round 5 and you've banked £1,780. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Joe. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

When people try to reach an impossible goal they are said to be chasing sunbeams or rainbows?

-Rainbows.

-The author and illustrator of the books When The Wind Blows and Fungus The Bogey Man

is Raymond who?

-Pass.

-Briggs. The condition technically known as icterus has what other name

derived from French for yellow?

-Jaundice.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-What L is the name for any fabric made from the flax plant?

-Linen.

-Because it's aimed at workers travelling home in the rush hour,

the early evening slot is often known by what two-word name?

-Drive time.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The former butler Paul Burrell claimed Princess Diana regarded him as her rock or hard place?

-Rock.

-In geometry, which four-letter word means the amount of a flat surface, within given limits?

Could you repeat that, please?

In geometry, which four-letter word means the amount of a flat surface, within given limits?

-Area.

-In cinema, which nationality precedes Gangster, Psycho and Beauty in the titles of three films?

-American.

-Bank.

-Which Sheffield football club is nicknamed the Blades?

Sheffield United.

In the books by AA Milne, what H is the term used by Winnie the Pooh and his friends

for the creature like an elephant?

-Heffalump.

-The three ocean liners built for the White Star Line and launched 1910-1914

were Olympic, Britannic and which other?

-Titanic.

-Bank.

-In a 1980s and '90s TV drama series, Eric Catchpole and Tinker Dill were colleagues

of which antiques dealer?

-Pass.

-Lovejoy.

According to a song by Oscar Hammerstein, June is busting out all over or squeezing it all in?

-Busting out all over.

-Bank.

-Two-spot and seven-spot are species of which type of beetle?

-Pass.

-Ladybird.

What C is the professional first name shared by two iconic female performers, Miranda and Electra?

-Carmen.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £310.

But who's the Hugh Hefner in the nunnery?

Which boob job should be surgically removed?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the second round in a row, Joe is the Strongest Link.

Kathy is, statistically, the Weakest Link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Kathy.

Kathy.

Alexis.

Kathy.

Kathy.

-Alexis, what do you do?

-I'm an internet marketing manager.

-Selling or buying?

-Selling.

-What are you selling?

-We market UK investment property.

-What sort of property?

-Apartments and houses. Generally new builds, though.

-New builds.

-Yes.

-All been built in the last what?

-Five years.

-The last five years. And now you're trying to sell them.

-We have been selling them over the last five years.

-How about the last few months?

There are buyers out there and sellers, but the banks aren't giving any money, so it's down to people...

Let me explain - if they don't have the money, they're not buying.

-They're buying for cash.

-To live in?

-No.

-They're buying them for investment.

-So you're in the new property buying to let market?

-Yes.

-What fabulous timing(!)

-I know. If we can survive this, we can survive anything.

-Why Kathy?

-She got more wrong than anybody else that round.

-Joe, why Kathy?

-I think she got the most wrong.

She did. Kathy, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I would have loved a bit of banter with Anne, but I think she knew she'd get better than she gave out,

so she left me alone.

Round 6. In the kitty, £2,090. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Joe. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Conference, Onward and Concorde are all cultivated varieties of which edible fruit?

-Grape.

-Pear. In the 1988 film comedy A Fish Called Wanda,

which former Monty Python star played Archie Leach?

-John Cleese.

-The road known as the A4 runs from London to which major port in the west of England?

-Southampton.

-Bristol.

Kate Moss launched her second perfume in 2008, naming it Velvet Hour or Nylon Decade?

Velvet Hour.

Most of the Mojave Desert is in which west coast US state?

-Nevada.

-California.

The Miliband brothers, appointed members of Gordon Brown's first Cabinet in 2007,

have the first names Ed and what?

-Joe.

-David.

What T means to separate grains of any cereal from the husks by beating with a flail?

-Thresh.

-Which Italian word for time is the term used for the pace of a musical composition?

-Tempo.

-Which land mass in the southern hemisphere was nicknamed The Lucky Country

in a 1964 study of its lifestyle by the writer Donald Horne?

-Australia.

-In rugby, deceiving an opponent by pretending to pass the ball is known as

selling a dummy or buying a raffle?

-Selling a dummy.

-Bank!

Which poem by John Milton about how Satan comes to Earth has a title that means Heaven Mislaid?

-Paradise Lost.

-What B is the term for both a flat piece of wood and the directors of a company?

-Board.

-What's the title of the US drama series first shown in 2005

about an FBI agent and his mathematician brother who helps him solve crimes?

-Pass.

-Numbers.

According to its common name, a form of trout which never leaves fresh water is what colour?

Time's up. The answer was brown.

You won £200.

Maybe Alexis hasn't marketed herself?

Does Joe need relocating?

Should Mark brace himself? Or has Caz turned a drama into a crisis?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Joe goes from being the Strongest Link in the last two rounds to the Weakest Link in this.

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Alexis, but will the votes follow the facts?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Joe.

Caz.

Joe.

Joe.

-Mark, why Joe?

-I think he did worse than I did in the last round.

-Alexis, why Joe?

-He had a bad round. He got three questions wrong. That was more than anybody else.

Joe, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think Alexis has been the strongest throughout the game

and if she doesn't get voted off tactically in the next round,

and she doesn't have a bad round, she could win it.

Round 7. In the bank, £2,290. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Alexis. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The Danish group who had a 2008 UK hit single entitled Fascination

also had a 2008 UK hit album entitled This Is who?

-No idea.

-Alphabeat.

What J is the name of a small metal or glass measure used for mixing cocktails?

-Jig?

-No, jigger.

The province of Nova Scotia is in which country?

-Canada.

-One of the catchphrases popularised by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer

was, "You wouldn't let it..." what?

-Rain?

-Lie.

Zen and Tibetan are schools of thought within which system - Buddhism or paganism?

-Buddhism.

-In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip has a secret benefactor

who is a former convict called Abel what?

-I don't know.

-Magwitch. A household battery known as a dry cell

-uses a central rod made from which chemical element?

-Copper.

Carbon. What T goes before corner in the name of the last bend of the Derby course at Epsom?

-Pass.

-Tattenham. The British actress who played the secret agent Vanessa Kensington

-in the first two Austin Powers films is Elizabeth who?

-I don't know.

Hurley. The village of Naseby, 11 miles west of Kettering,

site of a major battle in the English Civil War, is in which shire county?

-Northamptonshire.

-In music, the Belfast-born instrumentalist who was knighted in 2001

and is famed for his golden flute is James who?

-Galway.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-A car tyre with new rubber welded to the old casing

is a rehash or a retread?

Retread.

-Bank!

-In maritime geography, what D is...

Time's up. You won £70. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the Weakest Link.

In a reversal of fortune, Alexis is now the Weakest Link.

Statistically, Caz is the Strongest Link, but who will survive the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Mark.

Alexis.

Alexis.

Caz, why Alexis?

-I think she was the Weakest Link.

-She's been pretty good up to now.

-She certainly has.

Mark, you've chosen to go into the final with an old pensioner.

-A wonderful old pensioner.

-Why Alexis?

-Alexis didn't have a good round.

-Lucky for you.

-Lucky for me.

-Alexis, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The one question I really should have got right and my two sons will rib me mercilessly about

is the dry cell battery one. My background is in chemistry, so I won't live it down easily.

Round 8. In the bank, £2,360. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with Caz. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which blue-coloured characters were performers on two 1978 UK hit singles with Father Abraham?

-Don't know.

-Smurfs.

The bridge on the River Kwai is in which country?

-China.

-Thailand.

Which 1990 thriller starred Kathy Bates as an obsessive fan of an author she holds captive?

-No.

-Misery. The British bird famous for singing loudly and continuously is the mudlark or skylark?

-Skylark.

-Bank!

-In the American Revolution, volunteer militia were known by what name

that indicated their readiness for action at 60 seconds' notice?

-Don't know.

-Minute men. The system of interlocking planks used to make a panel surface

without any gaps is tongue and what?

-Groove.

-Bank!

-What C is the specific name for partly-digested contents

of the first stomach of a ruminant?

Cud. the historical figures Turpin and Whittington are both known by which shortened first name?

-Dick.

-Bank!

-A person who once rebelled against authority but now works on its behalf

is a poacher turned what?

-Don't know.

-Gamekeeper.

In the 1830s, what P was the surname...

Time's up. You won £60. We'll treble that. It gives you prize money of:

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, Sudden Death.

Mark and Caz, for £2,540, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Mark, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please.

In 1990s TV, David Jason played Pop Larkin, head of a happy-go-lucky family, in which drama series?

-The Darling Buds of May.

-Correct.

In the names of the towns of Nantwich, Droitwich and Northwich,

the suffix -witch refers to the extraction and processing of which mineral?

-Tin?

-The correct answer is salt.

The Colour of Magic, published in 1983, was the first novel

in the Discworld sequence by which author?

-JK Rowling.

-The correct answer is Terry Pratchett.

To mark the 250th anniversary of his birth,

a new bust of which admiral was unveiled in 2008

at the naval base in Portsmouth?

-Nelson.

-That is correct.

Zagreb is the capital city of which country, that declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991?

-Czechoslovakia.

-The correct answer is Croatia.

In 1950s pop music, the four men who were the Million Dollar Quartet

were Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and which country singer?

-Hank Williams?

-Johnny Cash.

In the football season that began in 2008, which English Premier League club promoted

a children's hospice on its shirts, rather than a commercial sponsor?

-Manchester United?

-The correct answer is Aston Villa.

Which French fashion designer provided the film costumes for Audrey Hepburn for over 30 years

including her outfits in Breakfast At Tiffany's?

-Amies?

-The correct answer is Givenchy.

The rival to Barbie launched in the UK in 1963

and marketed as "the doll you love to dress" was given what five-letter name?

-Sindy.

-That is correct.

During the reign of Henry VIII,

which word meaning disintegration was used for the destruction of the monasteries?

-Dissolution.

-That is correct.

After five questions each, your scores are tied. Let's play Sudden Death.

The police psychologist Alex Cross has appeared in best-selling novels by which writer?

-I don't know.

-James Patterson.

Which word meaning nearly is spelt with six letters that appear in alphabetical order?

-Almost.

-That is correct.

That means, Caz, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:

Mark, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Anne has a penchant for men in uniform. That's why she came back to me for banter.

It feels absolutely wonderful to win. I am thrilled to bits

and my family and friends will be very proud of me, I'm sure.

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