12/03/2012 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 Simon, I'm 39, from York, and I'm an IT contractor.

I'm Rachel, I'm 25, from Durham and I'm a sports development officer.

I'm Alan, 46, from Portsmouth and I'm a theatre box office manager.

I'm Amy, I'm 30, I'm from Norwich and I'm an art teacher.

I'm Zechariah, I'm 27, from Southwark and I'm a PPI claims investigator.

I'm Marie, I'm 49, I'm from Leicester

and I'm a police support staff.

I'm Christopher, aged 64, from Barry, South Wales,

and I'm an international human rights lawyer.

I'm Vivian, I'm 54, from Wolverhampton,

and I'm a turnstile operator.

I'm John, 24, from Galashiels and I'm a support assistant.

OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.

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

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

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

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Alan.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In reproduction, a woman who successfully bears triplets

gives birth to how many babies at the end of one pregnancy?

-Three.

-Correct.

In cities, Edinburgh is the capital of which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-Correct.

In spoken English, which word for a large body of salt water

sounds exactly like the third letter of the alphabet?

-Sea.

-Correct.

In common expressions,

confidence or bravery gained by drinking alcohol is known as French spirit or Dutch courage?

-Dutch courage.

-Correct.

In pop music, Sacha Distel had a UK hit single in 1970

with Raindrops Keep Falling On My what?

-Patch.

-Head.

In customs, what P is the name of the large fruit traditionally used

to make a jack-o'-lantern at Halloween?

-Pumpkin.

-Correct.

In fiction, the term for a story that is conventionally or trivially romantic is "boy meets" whom?

-Girl.

-Correct.

In vocabulary, a particularly foolish or stupid person is referred to as a half-moon or half-wit?

-Half-wit.

-Correct.

In cinema, the 1939 fantasy film featuring Dorothy Gale,

a dog called Toto and a witch named Glinda is entitled The Wizard Of where?

-Oz.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In weights and measures, what's the name of the unit of mass that is often abbreviated to "kg"?

-Kilogram.

-Correct.

In celebrities, the world-famous actress who uses the professional surname Jolie has what first name?

-Angelina.

-Correct.

In Formula One, the chequered flag is shown to drivers at which stage of a race? The start or the finish?

-The finish.

-Correct.

In children's pastimes, what is the usual name in the UK for the game played by two people

who take turns to mark an X or an O on a grid with nine sectors?

-Hopscotch.

-Even noughts and crosses.

Which word meaning "in the middle" is applied to the heating

in which hot water is pumped from a boiler to every room?

-Central heating.

-Correct. In communication,

Spanglish is the name for a blend of English and which other language?

-Spanish.

-Correct.

In early 20th century fashions, the shingle, pompadour and pageboy are types of handbag or hairstyle?

-Handbag.

-Hairstyle.

In an informal term for an insect or similar creature, which word precedes "crawly"?

-Creepy.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In tourist attractions, an arch under St Thomas's Tower called Traitors' Gate

is a feature of the Tower of where?

-London.

-Correct.

In the military in 1918, the Royal Flying Corps merged with the Royal Naval Air Service...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you only won £220. Whose fault was that?

Whose brain is on a one-day walk-out?

Who's your broadband cable

and who's your Vince Cable?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Alan is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Christopher, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

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

Christopher.

Christopher.

Christopher.

Christopher.

Marie.

Christopher.

Marie.

Christopher.

Marie.

-Where are you from, Alan?

-Portsmouth.

-What do you do?

-I'm a box office manager for a local theatre.

-Do you stand on a box?

-When I'm serving people, I do.

-Are you the box office manager because they won't let you perform?

-That's right.

-Can you sing?

Not really. I'm more of an actor than a singer.

I see. Are you doing am-dram, are you?

-Yeah.

-What's your next production?

-Oliver. I'm playing Fagin.

-So you have to sing in that.

-Yeah.

-OK, put your board down.

-What are you going to sing?

-A little bit of Pick A Pocket.

-Yes. Off you go.

# In this life, one thing counts

# In the bank, large amounts

# I'm afraid these don't grow on trees

# You've got to pick a pocket or two... #

-When does Fagin sing that?

-It's the first time he meets Oliver.

-Is that the first time you've sung it?

-Yes.

-Put your board up. Why Christopher?

-There was money in the bank and I was hoping he was going to bank.

-Simon, what do you do?

-I work in IT.

-Do you?

-Mm-hm.

-Fabulous(!)

Put your board down.

-Do you go on a beach in that body?

-I went on naturist holidays when I was a lot thinner.

-You don't go any more?

-No, I used to go with my ex-partner, but we've split up.

Put your board up. Now you're not going on a beach and frightening people with no clothes on,

-what are you doing in your spare time?

-I talk to people on the internet. I talk to my girlfriend.

-Why do you talk to your girlfriend on the internet?

-Because she's 6,500 miles away in Malaysia.

Is she? Is she an internet bride?

Not quite. I mean, it didn't start that way.

-Which way did it start?

-Just silly games like Scrabble on Facebook.

-You play Scrabble?

-Mm-hm.

-I see. What's she called?

-Jen-Jen.

-That's got to be about 50 points, hasn't it?

-LAUGHTER

I don't think it's in the dictionary, funnily enough.

OK. Why Christopher?

He was the first person to get a question wrong.

-What do you do, Rachel?

-I'm a sports development officer.

-What are you developing?

-I'm trying to develop badminton in the north-east.

-Are you?

-Yes.

They're going to stop drinking beer and play badminton?

Not everyone drinks that much in the north-east. It's a bit of a stereotype.

-And not everybody eats that much in the north-east?

-We eat as much as anyone else.

-Why Christopher?

-He was the first one to get a question wrong and he should have banked.

-He's quite old.

-He's older than me.

-Yes. Christopher, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My youngest son is at university. I said, "If I get a pop question, I'm sunk."

I got a pop question, the first question, and I was sunk,

so now I have to leave the country with plastic surgery, never to go back to Wales.

Round 2 and in the bank, £220. We now take ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's little Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In astronomy, the movement of a planet around its orbit is called a revolution or a rebellion?

-Revolution.

-Correct.

In retail, a shop run by a co-operative society is known by what four-letter abbreviated name?

-Co-op.

-Correct. In zoology,

of which large mammal is it true that when fully grown,

the African savanna species has bigger ears than the Asian one?

-Elephant.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In pop music, the line, "This means nothing to me,"

comes from which 1981 UK hit single by Ultravox?

-Pass.

-Vienna.

In fashion, Fred Perry and Rene Lacoste both became well-known in sportswear

after successful careers playing which sport?

-Tennis.

-Correct.

The TV series set at a tough state school that won Most Popular Drama at the 2011 National TV Awards

is entitled Waterloo what?

-Road.

-Correct.

When two family members share the same name,

the elder is often designated by "senior" and the younger is known by what term?

-Junior.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Kenneth Clarke, Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe were Chancellors in governments formed by which party?

-Conservative.

-Correct. In beauty treatments,

people who excessively use fake tan lotions are often said to have skin that is which colour of the rainbow?

-Red.

-Orange.

In literature, the medieval murder mystery written by Umberto Eco

had the English title, The Name Of The what?

-Rose.

-Correct.

In definitions, what U means "mentally unbalanced"

and describes a door that has been taken off the joints that allow it to open and close?

-Unhinged.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which slang term for a prison follows Tequila in the name

of a mixed drink that is banged on the table before being consumed?

-Sunrise.

-Slammer.

The boxer Muhammad Ali was originally called Cassius what?

-Clay.

-Correct. According to legend, to persuade her husband to lower local taxes,

Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets of which English city?

-Nottingham.

-Even Coventry.

What "A" is the name of the country that shares its longest national border with Chile?

-Argentina.

-Correct.

In pop music, after a reunion in 2011, which group with members called Lee, Lisa, Faye, Claire and H

had a UK No.1 album with a hits collection?

-Steps.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The curved bones in the chest called costae are more commonly known by what name?

-Ribs.

-Correct.

Brownsea Island, owned by the National Trust, is in which harbour in Dorset?

-Pass.

-Poole.

Time's up.

You won £300.

Who keeps asserting their right to be wrong?

Who's now looking in worse shape than a rugby player's ears?

Who needs to go? Who will go on losing you money?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Marie is the weakest link.

Statistically, Rachel is the strongest link, but who will the team want off?

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

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Marie.

Alan.

John.

Marie.

Marie.

-What do you do, Amy?

-I'm an art teacher, Anne.

-Are you? Where?

-In Swaffham in Norfolk.

-And the idea is what?

-To encourage them to be creative and think outside the box.

-Which box would that be?

-The logical, mainstream box.

-Where do you put that?

I put that in your regular, academic subjects.

So if you're in the classroom, the box is where in the classroom?

-Well outside my corridor.

-The box isn't in the classroom?

-No way.

-How can you think outside the box if you can't see it?

-We're that forward-thinking.

-When you go home, what box are you in?

-There's no box there either.

-Really?

-No.

-So what's the other exciting thing you do in your life?

-I play netball.

-Yes. Put your board down.

Just move over to Zechariah.

Try scoring a goal.

-Ooh!

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Did you like that?

-Zechariah probably got quite excited by it.

-Did you just want to see me jump?

-Yes, I did.

-Are you good at jumping?

-I'm OK. I feel like you're flirting with me. I'm a bit taken aback.

-Is there a Mr Amy at home?

-Yeah.

-What's he called?

-George.

-Put your board up. Why Marie?

-Because she got two questions wrong in that round.

-OK.

-What do you do, John?

-A support assistant.

-Who are you supporting?

-I can't discuss.

-You can't discuss.

-People or animals?

-I have a confidentiality agreement I can't break.

The tigers and the bears might be cross(!) If it was animals, would they get upset?

-No, no, they'd love working with me.

-Yes. Why Marie?

-Because she got two questions wrong.

Marie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When all the names came up with my name, it was like, "Wow!"

All those names. "That's my name, that's my name!"

Round 3. You've won £520. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

What G is the name of the piece of equipment with a blade next to a straight edge

that cuts paper, card and sheet metal?

-Guillotine.

-Correct. In the British royal family,

the two daughters of the Duke of York are called Beatrice and what?

-Pass.

-Eugenie. When voting in the House of Commons,

MPs have how long to get to the division lobby before the doors are closed? Eight minutes or eight days?

-Eight minutes.

-Correct. In field athletics,

the four Olympic jumping events are the long jump, high jump, triple jump and which other?

-Pole vault.

-Correct. In UK money after decimalisation in 1971,

the two-shilling coin known as a florin was worth how many new pence?

-Ten pence.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In cinema, a 2011 animated film featured which group of blue characters,

originally created in 1958 by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo?

-The Smurfs.

-Correct. In modern languages,

which French word of greeting translates as "good day"?

-Bonjour.

-Correct.

In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1,

the character Henry Percy has what nickname? Tottenham or Hotspur?

-Hotspur.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV,

the newsreader who also presented the BBC Breakfast show and the quiz Eggheads is Dermot who?

-O'Callaghan.

-Murnaghan.

In chemistry, the letter P is the symbol for which element

that is often used in the striking surfaces on boxes of safety matches?

-Potassium.

-Phosphorus.

In sport, the annual equestrian event that has taken place at the NEC in Birmingham since 2002

is called The what Of The Year Show?

-The Horse Of The Year.

-Correct.

In space, Polaris is a bright star that is close to which celestial pole? The South or the North?

-The North.

-Correct.

Which species of bivalve mollusc is named for the fact

that its long, hinged shells resemble an old-fashioned shaving implement?

-A tortoise.

-Even the razor-shell.

In pop music, the 1960s protest songs Blowin' In The Wind and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

were written by which US singer?

-Bob Dylan.

-Correct. In the Second World War, in 1942,

the British colony of Singapore was captured by forces from which country?

-Italy.

-Japan. In theatre, if an actor is said to have dried on stage, he has forgotten his wig or lines?

-Lines.

-Correct.

-Bank!

On a standard pool table, there are how many pockets?

-Six.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the media,

what B is the title of the magazine that in the 1930s began...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £240.

But who probably thinks Chekhov is where you pay at a Russian supermarket?

Who's your picture and who's your still life? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The statistics show that Zechariah is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Alan.

John.

John.

Alan.

Alan.

Alan.

Alan.

-Zechariah...

-Hey.

What's Zechariah short for?

It's long enough as it is.

-Where are you from?

-Southwark in London.

-Have you got brothers and sisters?

-I've got two older sisters.

-What are they called?

-Florence and Sheila.

-They're not from the Bible?

-No, they're not.

-Do you do anything Biblical yourself?

-Yeah, yeah.

I go to church and I'm in a choir.

-What sort of church?

-It's like a Pentecostal church, born-again.

-So you can't have any "how's our father"?

-"How's our father?" What's "how's our father"?

-You can't have any if you're in a born-again church.

-OK, no. No "how's our father".

-Really?

-The penny just dropped. No.

-So how do you get practising before you get married?

Um... You live by faith, I suppose.

-Is that what you tell your mother?

-That's what I tell my girlfriend.

-Have you got a girlfriend?

-Yeah.

-Are you going to get married?

-I believe so, yeah. Hopefully.

-Good.

-What's she called?

-Rebecca.

Oh. Have you asked her yet?

-To do what?

-To marry you.

No! No, no. We're less than a year old.

OK. And why Alan?

Alan, I think, got two questions wrong.

-Where are you from, Vivian?

-Wolverhampton.

-What do you do?

-I'm a turnstile operator at Walsall Football Club.

-That's to keep them in or let them go?

-It's to keep them in.

-So is there a Mr Vivian?

-Yes, there is.

-What does he do?

-He works at the football club as well.

-Did you get him a job?

-No, he got me one.

And how long have you been married?

-I'm not married.

-Oh, you're living over the brush?

-That's right.

-In Wolverhampton?

-Yes.

-Where did you meet?

-He was working at the school my mum was teaching at.

-Did she kidnap him?

-No, she put my phone number in his pocket.

-Why did she think he'd be suitable?

-Because he had a four by four.

So he gave you a call, did he?

-Yes, he did.

-And then what happened?

-We went out and had a drink.

-Yes.

And?

-And then several months down the line, he moved in with me.

-He needed a house as well?

-No, he had his own house.

-Why do you want to get rid of Alan?

-He got two questions wrong.

Little Alan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think of all the game shows, the Weakest Link is the one that has that iconic status,

so just to have been on it and have spent the day sparring with Anne has been absolutely fantastic.

Round 4. In the bank, £760. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's gorgeous Zechariah.

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

In art, which 18th-century painter and writer illustrated his own books of poems called Songs of Innocence

and Songs of Experience?

-Pass.

-William Blake. In cookery, the kitchen utensil called a ricer

is normally used to produce Chinese noodles or mashed potato?

-Mashed potato.

-Correct. In customs, the oldest UK order of chivalry,

taking its name from an item of underwear, is the Order of the what?

-Pass.

-Garter. In personal adornment, what P is the usual term

for the technique of making a hole in the lobe of an ear so an earring can be inserted?

-Piercing.

-Correct. In maths, what is 14 multiplied by 4?

-56.

-Correct. In soft furnishings, which word ending in the letter Z

is a printed, multi-coloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish?

-Pass.

-Chintz.

On Radio 4 in 1983, Libby Purves began presenting which chat show,

named for the fact that it is broadcast on Wednesday?

-The Wednesday Show.

-Midweek. In Asian geography, what L is the city

near the Indian border that is the second largest in Pakistan?

-Los.

-Lahore.

In theatre, which title character in a Lloyd Webber musical

has 11 brothers, including Benjamin, Gad, Asher and Simeon?

-Oliver.

-Joseph.

In insect biology, the unfertilised eggs of bees and wasps give rise to individuals of which sex?

-Males.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the animated children's TV show about a racing car with voices by Sterling Moss and Peter Kay

who is the title character?

-Pass.

-Roary. In relation to cricket matches in which one country plays another,

the abbreviation ODI stands for one day what?

-International.

-Correct.

-Pass...bank!

-Pass? Oh. Vivian,

in pop music, which iconic singer was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi?

-Elvis Presley.

-Correct. In finance, what B describes a pay rise that, although only just negotiated,

is treated as thought it came into effect some time earlier?

-Bonus.

-Backdated.

In modern literature, the 2000 novel by Zadie Smith about different generations of multi-ethnic...

Time's up. And you won £20.

Whose fault was that? Who's as welcome as wind on a first date?

Who keeps making mistakes?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Simon is the strongest link as he didn't get an answer wrong.

Statistically, John is the weakest link, but whose game is over?

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

Vivian.

John.

John.

John.

Zechariah.

Amy.

-Rachel, why John?

-I think he got all his questions wrong.

-Amy, why John?

-Because he had no correct answers out of three.

John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I never thought that I would get too far, but I thought I'd get to where I did - before the hard questions,

but after the easier questions.

Round 5. In the bank, £780. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

On a film set, the Best Boy is the assistant to the wardrobe mistress or the chief electrician?

-Chief electrician.

-Correct. In US politics, the Vice Presidential candidate who stands for election

alongside a presidential candidate is usually called a running what?

-Pass.

-Mate. In history, what's the name of the city

that was sacked in the year 410AD by the Visigoths

and in 455AD by the Vandals?

-Pass.

-Rome. In theatre, Dame Trott is the mother of the title character

in which traditional pantomime?

-Pass.

-Jack and the Beanstalk.

In beverages, what I follows herbal to make the name for a hot drink

made by steeping the leaves of certain plants in boiling water?

-Infusion.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In alternative medicine,

if acupuncture involves needles, what is a comparable treatment using fingers and thumbs?

-Acupressure.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The official anthem of the European Union, adopted in 1985,

is adapted from the section of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony known as the Ode to what?

-Joy.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The tendency to associate with others and follow group behaviour is crowd surfing or herd instinct?

-Herd instinct.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In horse racing, the jockey who, in 2007, at his 15th attempt,

rode the winner of the Epsom Derby for the first time is Frankie who?

-Dettori.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In Cockney rhyming slang,

the name of which meat refers to someone who is hard of hearing?

-Mutt and Jeff.

-I'll accept.

In TV, the Scottish comedian who in 2011 became the host of the show Stand Up For The Week is Kevin who?

-O'Connor.

-Bridges.

In stationery, which paper products are available in sizes known by codes such as C4, C6 and DL?

-Envelopes.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Measured at more than 180 decibels, the call of which animal is the loudest of any living creature -

a red kangaroo or blue whale?

-Blue whale.

-Bank!

-Correct. Zechariah, in food and...

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £140.

But who's now on the road to rejection? Who's on the highway to hopeless?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The only player with all her answers right, Vivian is the strongest link.

Zechariah is, statistically, the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?

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

Amy.

Simon.

Rachel.

Rachel.

Rachel.

-Vivian, why Rachel?

-She passed on a couple.

-Did she?

-Zechariah, did you think Rachel was the worst player?

-I'm not sure...

-If it wasn't Rachel, who do you think it might have been?

-Amy?

-No. And if it wasn't Amy...

-I knew where you was going there! No, it might have been me.

-So why did you vote for her?

-Because she got the first one wrong and she got a couple wrong.

Rachel, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm not really upset about being voted off because we did struggle in the first couple of rounds.

I'm really happy to have taken part.

Round 6. You've won £920. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In film, in which 1997 musical comedy did Richard E Grant play the manager

of a real-life female pop group?

-ABBA.

-Spiceworld.

In transport, a helicopter that conveys sick and injured people to hospital as quickly as possible

is known as an air what?

-Ambulance.

-Correct. In geography, which term for a piece of land that projects into a body of water

precedes Horn, Cod and Wrath to give three place names?

-Cape.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In science, in the standard table of chemical elements,

if the horizontal rows are called periods, what G is the term used for the vertical columns?

-Pass.

-Groups. In First World War history,

what was the relationship between the German emperor and George V?

-Brother.

-First cousins. In politics, the Food and Agriculture Organisation is an agency

-of which international body?

-Pass.

United Nations. In art, the American painter born in 1930,

whose works include Flag, White Flag and Three Flags has the alliterative name Jasper what?

-Johns.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In law, what Q means to reject as invalid

a conviction made by a lower court?

-Pass.

-Quash.

In magazines, the publication entitled The Watchtower is circulated by which religious group?

-Jehovah's Witnesses.

-Correct. In entertainment, on the cover of an album of music taken from a film,

OST stands for Original what?

-Original Soundtrack.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-On the road network, on the British mainland the service stations

called Membury, Cardiff Gate and Reading are all on which motorway?

-M5.

-M4.

In TV, a romantic comedy drama series originally shown between 1997 and 2003 had what title -

Hot Lips or Cold Feet?

-Cold Feet.

-Correct. In biology, which word refers to both a type of blood vessel in the human body

and a thin bundle of vascular tissue in the leaf of a plant?

Vein.

Time's up. Your answer was in time. Couldn't be bothered to bank? Didn't feel like it?

Who cares? You won £120 in that round.

Should it be the final whistle for Vivian? Will Simon get a dressing down? Is Amy in the frame?

Or maybe you don't have faith in Zechariah. Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The statistics show that Amy is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Zech.

Vivian.

Vivian.

Zechariah.

We have a tie, team? Vivian and Zechariah - two votes each.

-Vivian, why Zechariah?

-I'd nothing to bank.

-Zechariah, why Vivian?

-I gave her money to bank, but she didn't.

And I banked, I think, all the money in that round.

The strongest link was Amy so she gets to decide. Why have you voted for Vivian?

Em, because I remember Vivian's questions that I knew answers to.

-Do you want to stick or move to Zechariah?

-I'll stick.

Vivian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm gutted at being voted out in Round 6. I think it was tactical voting that did it.

I had a chance, but there you go. It's just a game.

Round 7. You have £1,040.

Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In cinema, in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven and its sequel Ocean's Twelve,

the role of Tess Ocean was played by which actress?

-Julia Roberts.

-Bank!

-Correct. In reptiles, what C is the name of various species of snake

that can expand the skin of the neck to create a hood?

-Pass.

-Cobra. Which citrus fruit goes before Street for the name of the main railway station in Liverpool?

-Lime.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In poetry, "What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare"

was written by WH Davies or WH Auden?

-WH Auden.

-WH Davies. In maths, what is 1,000 squared?

-One.

-A million.

Close(!) In a series of paintings by Pieter Brueghel depicting the seasons of the year,

one of the best known is a winter scene called Hunters In The what?

-Wild?

-Snow. In UK geography,

at nearly 400 feet above sea level, Chard is the highest and most southerly town

in which county in south-west England?

-Pass.

-Somerset.

In entertainment, what E is the name of the prestigious award first presented in 1949

that has been called television's equivalent of the Oscar?

-Emmy.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The wreath laid at the Cenotaph by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is made by staff at what gardens?

-Kew.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In advertising, in the 1980s a brand of lager was promoted with the claim

-that it stayed sharp to the bottom of the what?

-Can.

Glass. In UK politics, following a change in the law in 1963,

who was the first person to renounce his peerage so that he could resume his seat in the Commons?

-Pass.

-Tony Benn.

In literature, the 1869 non-fiction book by Mark Twain about a trip to Europe...

Time's up. You won £80. Now, in Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions, Simon is the strongest link.

Statistically, Zechariah is again the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?

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

Zechariah.

Simon.

Simon.

-Amy...

-Yeah.

-Did you think Simon was the worst player?

-No, but I couldn't remember how to spell Zechariah and he was stood next to me...

-Standing.

-Sorry.

-And you're a teacher.

-I know!

-Zechariah, you couldn't spell Amy?

No, not necessarily.

-So why did you vote for Simon?

-The one he passed on stuck in my head.

-You thought Amy would be easier in the final.

-It's all in the roll of the dice...

-We're not rolling any dice.

-The questions.

-Metaphorically speaking?

-Of course, Anne.

Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm absolutely thrilled about making it to Round 7. To be honest,

I came here thinking after the first round everything else is a bonus.

I never expected to get so far, so I'm quite happy.

Round 8. In the bank, £1,120. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled. You voted off the strongest link,

so we'll start with the second strongest. That's Amy. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In history, what G is the name of the calendar that was adopted by Sweden in 1753,

by Japan in 1873, Russia in 1918 and Greece in 1923?

-Gregorian.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In sport, which word can mean 18 holes of golf, three minutes of a boxing match and a series...

-Round.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In science, the speed of sound is greater in which medium - air or water?

-Water.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In children's TV,

the Sesame Street character who lives in a bin is Oscar the what?

-Grouch.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-When referring to the movement of passengers on and off a vehicle,

what A is the opposite of "to board"?

-Ascend?

-Alight. In maths, what is the only prime number between 18 and 22?

-20.

-19.

In definitions, with reference to a ship, the word scuttle means to paint it or sink it?

-Sink it.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In days of the week, Saturday is named after which Roman god?

-Saturn.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In media, in the name of the independent regulator,

ASA stands for what Standards Authority?

-Association?

-Advertising.

In religion, what is the English name of the book of the Bible that includes the story of Adam and Eve?

-King James?

-Genesis.

In US transport...

Time's up. You won £120, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of:

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

If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death. So Amy and Zechariah,

for £1,480, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-I'd like to go first, please.

In celebrities, which actor has written autobiographies

entitled I Am Spock and I Am Not Spock,

and released albums including Mr Spock's Music From Outer Space?

-Leonard Nimoy?

-That is correct.

In US history, Bedloe's Island in Upper New York Bay, south-west of Manhattan,

was officially renamed in 1956

after which famous monument that stands on it?

-Statue of Liberty.

-That is correct.

In religion, in 2010 a nun called Mary MacKillop

was the first person from which Commonwealth country declared a saint by the Roman Catholic church?

-Ireland.

-The correct answer is Australia.

In pop music, Change The Way You Kiss Me was a UK number one single in 2011

for the British rapper born Elliot Gleave, who uses what single-word stage name,

based on his initials?

-Dappy.

-The correct answer is Example.

When Sandy Irvine disappeared while attempting to conquer Mount Everest in 1924,

he was paired with which other British climber

who also failed to return from the expedition?

-I can't remember, Anne. Sorry.

-The correct answer is George Mallory.

Which vehicle manufacturer with a feline-sounding name

was founded in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company

and was bought in 2008 for more than £1 billion

by Tata Motors?

-Jaguar.

-That is the correct answer.

A set of stamps on the theme of eminent Britons, issued by the Royal Mail in 2009,

featured which former manager of Manchester United?

-I don't know, Anne.

-The answer is Sir Matt Busby.

In a theatre, the slope of the stage floor from the rear wall to the footlights

is known by what four-letter name, that can also refer to a gardening implement?

-The shovel?

-The correct answer is the rake.

In gambling, which casino card game, that is a form of baccarat,

takes its three-word name from the French term for railway?

-Gin.

-The correct answer is chemin de fer.

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

Amy, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was absolutely brilliant not to do the Walk of Shame.

In fact, it's worth not winning the money just not to have to do the Walk of Shame!

Wow! Yeah. Winning the Weakest Link is amazing. It's a really amazing feeling.

I'm just very, very thankful.

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