12/08/2013 Weakest Link

'Of the nine contestants on today's show,

'only one will take home up to £10,000.

'The others 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, to win the prize money, they'll have to work as a team,

but eight of them will get nothing as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Bob.

I'm 56 from East Yorkshire. I'm a stud farmer.

I'm Lynsay. I'm 22. I'm from Edinburgh

and I'm a communications advisor.

I'm Margaret, I'm 43 from Ruislip in Middlesex and I'm a bank manager.

I'm Simon, I'm 19, I'm from Bristol and I'm a geography student.

I'm Helen, I'm 43, I'm from Brighton and I'm a medical secretary.

I'm James, I'm 28, I'm from Hamilton and I'm a customer service manager.

I'm Colin, I'm 41 from Preston and I'm the manager of a telephone and computer cleaning business.

I'm Rene, I'm 27, from Wakefield

and I'm a case builder for the police.

I'm Peter, I'm 35, I'm from Dorset and I'm a resting publisher.

In each round, the aim is to answer enough questions correctly

to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.

The fastest way is to create a chain of 9 correct answers. Get a question wrong, you break the chain

and lose the money, but if you say "Bank!" before the question's asked,

the money is safe, however, you start a new chain from scratch.

Remember, team, only money that has been banked can be taken forward.

In round one there are three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the first name alphabetically.

That's you, Bob.

Let's play The Weakest Link!

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

In TV, which comedy duo ended their shows with "Bring Me Sunshine"?

-Morecambe and Wise.

-What B is a male servant in charge of the wine cellar

and the head of the domestic staff of a house?

-Butler.

-In maths, what is 100 divided by four?

40.

25. Which John Grisham novel about a legal practice

was turned into a 1993 film starring Tom Cruise?

-The Firm.

-In the British police force, what C is the title of an officer of the most junior rank?

-Constable.

-In US politics, the holder of which office is technically the commander in chief

of the US armed forces?

-The President.

-The presidency. I'll accept President.

In 1966, where did the political upheaval known as the Cultural Revolution begin?

China.

-Bank.

-Which joint in the human body followed by the word "grease"

gives an expression meaning hard work?

-Elbow.

-In food, what S is the strong blue-veined cheese traditionally produced in Leicestershire?

-Stilton.

-The electrical appliance used to remove steam, fumes and stale air from a room

is known as an extractor what?

-Fan.

-In informal English, "To do porridge"

is to spend time in what sort of institution?

-A prison.

-Royal Birkdale and Wentworth are both venues for which sport?

-Golf.

-Simon.

-Bank.

-Which Greek writer is credited with the fable

-about the frogs, King Log and King Stork?

-Can you repeat the question?

Which Greek writer is credited with the fable about the frogs, King Log and King Stork?

-..Pocules?

-No, Aesop.

In cosmetics, what C is a cream or liquid applied to wet hair

to make it more manageable?

Conditioner.

The 1985 film Witness starring Harrison Ford featured which religious community?

-Amish.

-In architecture, a perpendicular style which flourished in England

is Gothic or Georgian?

Gothic.

-Bank.

-How many noughts are there in the numeric form of one million?

-Five.

-Six. In which English county is the limestone peninsula known as Portland Bill?

Dorset.

In common parlance, what N is the term for somebody who abuses his power and influence

in order to employ or promote his relatives?

Nepotist.

In cartoons, Dogbert is the canine companion of which office worker?

-Pass.

-Dilbert!

Which three-letter word meaning a tie-on label is also the name of a chasing game?

-Tag.

-In slang, "plonk"...

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Time's up and you banked £600 out of a possible 1,000.

Who is clearly going to be the thorn in your side? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

The first strongest link is Bob as he answered the most questions correctly.

The weakest link is Rene, but at this early stage of the game, who will the team want off?

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

Bob, what do you do?

I'm a stud farmer.

What sort of horses?

-Fast horses.

-Race horses?

-Oh, yes.

-Do your horses win big races?

-Not big races, but a lot of races.

-Why Simon?

-I wasn't concentrating on the others,

I was concentrating on my own efforts. I think he got one wrong.

-Margaret, you're a bank manager.

-I am.

-You can't do simple arithmetic.

In my line of work, it's more about making relationships with customers.

-For calculations, I grab a calculator.

-Why Simon?

-I saw that he got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Rene?

-I'm a case builder for West Yorkshire police.

-Are you?

-I prepare the files anything from shoplifting to murder.

-Why can't the police build up their own cases?

-They do and then leave me to do all the paperwork afterwards

-because we'd rather have bobbies out on the beat than doing paperwork.

-Why Simon?

-He got a question wrong,

-and I hate geography.

-Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Margaret should have gone in that round. She's a bank manager and got a very easy maths question wrong

and she can't go on for long. She isn't a strong enough contestant.

Round two and you've banked £600. There are eight of you left.

We are taking 10 seconds off your time. We start with the strongest link that's Bob.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. According to legend, St Patrick drove which creatures out of Ireland?

Leprechauns?

No, snakes. Which aircraft went into service first the Spitfire or the Hurricane?

-The Hurricane.

-In pop music, which 1960s and '70s rock band had UK hit singles

with Riders on the Storm and Light My Fire?

-The Doors.

-In broadcasting, Bill McLaren announced his retirement in 2002

after more than 50 years of commentating on which sport?

-Rugby.

-I'll accept. In maths, what A is the process of combining one quantity with another?

-Addition. Bank.

-Which British prime minister coined the phrase "The pound in your pocket"?

Harold Wilson.

The city of Christchurch is on which island of New Zealand north or south?

-South.

-In Hinduism, Karma is the god of what?

Love.

In food and drink, the juice of which fruit is mixed with vodka to make a screwdriver cocktail?

-Lemon?

-No, orange.

Three-day eventing consists of three sections show jumping, cross country and what D ?

-Pass.

-Dressage! In English grammar, which word is the accusative case of the personal pronoun "she"?

Her.

In TV, the title of the January 2002 documentary that examined acts of courage is "Have a Go" what?

Heroes.

-Bank.

-Are the birds the Kea and the Kaka, parrots or pelicans?

-Pelicans.

-Parrots. The Goodwin Sands are shifting sand banks lying off the coast of which county?

-Kent.

-The 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia was set during which world war?

-The Boer War.

-No, World War One. What S is a slang term for "potato"?

-Spud.

-In January 2002, George Weah retired from international football

as the only player from which continent to have been named

FIFA World Player of the Year?

-Scotland?

-Africa! In building, what are commonly laid in patterns known as English Bond,

Flemish Bond and Running Bond?

-Pass.

-No, bricks!

What name is given to the traditional armed escorts of the Pope?

-Pass.

-Swiss guards.

-Bank.

-The 19th-century protesters, the Luddites

demonstrated against the Industrial Revolution by attacking machinery or livestock?

-Machinery.

-In literature, "Now is the winter of our..."

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Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear! What a useless bunch

you've turned out to be!

You only banked £270 !

Which fool looks as if they never went to school?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Bob has gone from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest link in this.

He failed to answer a single question correctly.

Helen is the strongest link as she got the most answers right.

Who will take the walk of shame?

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

Colin, what do you do?

I'm the manager of a computer and telephone cleaning business.

-How do you clean a telephone?

-Very carefully, very specifically,

-and we leave it hygienically valeted so it's free from germs and bugs.

-So did you sit on your mummy's knee

-and say, "When I grow up, I want to clean telephones"?

-No, I wanted to be a doctor.

-Why didn't you become a doctor?

-My A-levels weren't as good as they should have been.

-I partied too much.

-You got A-levels? How many?

-Three.

-In what?

Chemistry, physics and biology.

Then a degree in microbiology and chemistry

-and a teaching certificate.

-And now you clean telephones.

That's right. Plenty of money to be made.

-Do you own the company?

-Sadly, no.

-So you're a bit of a disappointment really.

-I've done quite well.

-Why?

-Well, I have a nice house, a wife, three children.

-How big's your house?

-Four bedrooms. En suites. Bathrooms upstairs and downstairs,

-a large garden with a pond...

-How much is it worth?

-Well, it's up north...

-Don't make excuses!

-How much is your house worth?

-£80,000.

-Oh.

-Did you put the en suites in?

-No, they were there and a garage.

-You've got a lot of land, have you?

-There's a fair bit of land.

-What do you call a fair bit of land?

-Enough to keep me mowing for an afternoon, Anne.

-How much is that?

-It's not an acre, put it that way.

-Why Bob?

-He got three wrong and he got George Weah wrong

who's the African football player that everybody should know.

He's also a stud farmer so I bet he's got a lot more than an acre and an £80,000 house.

Lynsay, what made you think you should come on a quiz show?

-I don't know, Anne.

-You don't know the answer to half the questions.

What do you do?

-I'm a communications advisor.

-Oh. What's that, advising people how to speak?

-I sell mobile phones.

-Is that what you call a communications advisor?

That's what the title is.

So you flog phones for a living?

-Why Bob?

-He's next to me and I'm paying more attention to the questions that he gets asked

and to the ones he got wrong.

-Did you pay any attention to the ones you got wrong?

-I did but I can't vote for myself.

Bob, the stud farmer, unfortunately, your breeding is not good enough to remain in the quiz.

You are the weakest link. You can canter off. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed that I fell at the second fence. I'll be teased at home but they'll be surprised

that I got through one round!

Round three, team.

So far, you've banked £870 out of a possible 2,000.

Seven players, we're taking ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link Helen.

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

How many islands make up the Bahamas, 70 or 700?

-70.

-No, 700. According to the words of the music hall song,

you should "Come, come and make eyes at me down at the old" where?

-Grand Ole Opry?

-No, Bull and Bush.

What A is the flat-topped structure where offerings are made to God?

Altar.

In politics, Geoff Hoon represents which party?

-Pass.

-Labour.

What two-word name is given to the type of fairground ride such as the Big One and the Grand National

at Blackpool Pleasure Beach?

-The Wheel.

-No, roller coaster.

In kitchen utensils, is a snifter a glass or a curved knife?

-A curved knife.

-A glass! With which of the British armed forces

did Prince Charles serve from 1971 to 1976?

-The Navy.

-Which word meaning "very quick" is also a geographical term for a swift-flowing part of a river

with white water but no falls?

-Rapid.

-On its launch in 1998, the Saturday night show "Whatever You Want"

was presented by which former Breakfast TV presenter?

-Denise Van Outen?

-No, Gaby Roslin. What B is the type of vision that humans and other primates all have?

-Binocular. Bank.

-In the plant kingdom, what is a tamarind, a fruit or a vegetable?

-Vegetable.

-No, it's a fruit.

In language, which garden tool is stated twice in a common six-word expression meaning to speak bluntly?

-Fork.

-Spade!

In radio, which long-running drama serial features the characters Brian Aldridge, Caroline Pemberton

and Clarrie Grundy?

Was that radio?

Yes. In radio, which long-running drama serial

features the characters Brian Aldridge, Caroline Pemberton and Clarrie Grundy?

-Pass.

-The Archers. What D is the surname of the 17th-century French mathematician and scientist

who is often described as the father of modern philosophy?

-Pass.

-Descartes. Which of these musical instruments was invented first,

the pianoforte or the harpsichord?

The harpsichord.

-Bank.

-Which is the largest national park in Wales?

-Pass.

-Snowdonia.

-Since the ascension of Elizabeth...

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It gets worse and worse, team. You banked just £40.

Who is all blouse and no brain? Who has painted themselves into a corner?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only one to answer all his questions correctly, Colin is the strongest link.

James is the weakest link

as he gave the most wrong answers statistically,

but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Colin, have you got a conservatory?

-No. We're hoping for some more money.

-Oh! There's no conservatory in your £80,000 house!

-Not yet.

-Have you got a kitchen extension?

-No, just a normal kitchen.

-What's a normal kitchen where you come from?

A normal kitchen... Fridge freezer, cooker, sink...cupboards,

-that sort of thing.

-Have you got a dishwasher?

-You're looking at the dishwasher. It's me.

-Why Lynsay?

She made you repeat the question which wasted time for us.

-Do you give dinner parties?

-Yes.

Do you? Have you got a dining room?

No, it's a through lounge.

Oh! Where are you from?

-Preston.

-Don't you have dining rooms in Preston?

-Only in the more salubrious parts.

-You've just got a through lounge,

-but you have a clean telephone.

-We have a lovely telephone!

-Helen, do you have a through lounge?

-No, I don't.

-You have a dining room, have you?

-I do have a dining room.

-Have you got a kitchen extension?

-I have an extension off my kitchen, yes.

-What's in that?

-It's a sitting room.

-A sitting room?

As well as another lounge somewhere else?

-Yes.

-Good heavens! What's your house worth, Helen?

-I couldn't possibly tell you that on national television.

-Colin told us!

-It's worth a little more than Colin's.

-You've got a posher house!

-Why Lynsay?

-I think she had a bad round like the rest of us, but I think in the previous round

-she also had trouble.

-Lynsay, a "communications advisor". They haven't listened to your message.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

To be honest, I didn't think I would last till round three.

I'm glad I didn't get voted off in the first round,

or I would never have been able to go back to Edinburgh.

I'd vote Rene off next. She's lived on her nerve a wee bit, like I have.

Round four, team. £910 banked, six of you left.

Another ten seconds off the time. You have two and a half minutes.

We start with the strongest link, that's Colin. Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In TV, the late night BBC show featuring topical events in the media is called Liquid what?

-Gold.

-News.

A dish described as carbonnade

is beef cooked in which alcoholic beverage?

-Wine.

-No, beer.

Which word meaning to contract or shrivel up

is also slang for a psychiatrist?

Shrink.

-Bank.

-In music, what N is the name for a formal composition

that suggests the serenity associated with the night?

Nachtmusik.

No, nocturne.

What is 138 divided by two?

-76.

-No, 69. Which Apollo mission that ran into severe difficulties

was the subject of a 1995 film, Apollo Two or Apollo 13?

-13.

-In politics, who was the first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons?

Betty Boothroyd.

-Bank.

-What T is the name for an ugly doll and the name for a Scandinavian folklore creature?

-Troll.

-What's the principal colour of the home strip of Leeds Utd?

White.

The Seychelles are in which ocean?

-The Indian. Bank.

-In text messages on mobile phones,

which four-letter expression used in American retail establishments is shortened to the acronym HAND?

-Pass.

-Have A Nice Day. A system in which financial activities

are left up to individual choice is called a free market what?

-Share.

-Economy!

In which American city is the headquarters of the United Nations?

-Washington.

-New York.

What was the title of the 2000 album by Radiohead, Kid A or Kid B?

-Kid B.

-No, Kid A. Which three-letter word is a book of blank paper,

a surface for rocket launching and a slang term for living space?

-Pad.

-In TV, the 2002 programme Best Inventions is presented by Katy Hill

and the acclaimed inventor Trevor who?

-Bayliss. Bank.

-What S goes before chair to give a form of transport carried on poles by two bearers?

-Sedan. Bank.

-A well-known American breed of chicken is called a Rhode Island...

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Time's up and the correct answer is Red. You banked £240,

but who has lost their nerve?

Who's too slow to stay? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

In a reversal of fortune, Colin is now the weakest link statistically.

Answering all his questions correctly makes Peter the strongest link, but whose game is over?

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

Margaret, are you married?

-I am.

-Does your husband work?

He's a househusband.

A househusband? Is he any good at it?

-He's very good.

-Do you have an en suite bathroom?

-No.

-I have a shower room upstairs and a bathroom downstairs.

-Have you got a bidet?

No, they haven't got as far as Ruislip yet!

Haven't they? How embarrassing.

Have you got a through lounge

or a dining room?

I have a kitchen-cum-diner.

-Oh, a through kitchen.

-Yes, it's very nice.

-Is it? Is it modern?

-It's lovely. It's got wooden floors.

-Has it? Why Rene?

-I remember her getting her questions in that round wrong.

-Are there wooden floors in your kitchen?

-No.

-Have you got a bidet?

-No, I haven't.

-Oh, dear!

-Why Rene?

-There wasn't a lot of money when I came to bank and it was going wrong about Rene's area.

Interestingly, it was Colin who was the worst player,

but it's votes that count. Rene, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm devastated to get voted off. I wasn't the weakest player and I don't think it's fair.

Colin should go next. He was the weakest player, not me, and he should be standing here.

Round five, team,

and you've banked £1,150 out of a possible 4,000.

You're down to five players, ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link that's Peter.

Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock. In which country

were the ancient Olympic Games first held?

-Greece.

-What F is an expression of annoyance and also an informal term for violin bows?

Fiddle.

No, fiddlesticks. Which umbrella organisation of groups representing workers' rights

was founded in 1868?

-Trades Union Congress?

-A Muslim is required to pray how many times a day?

-Three.

-Five! In American money, "a quarter" refers to how many cents?

-25.

-What V was a member of the Germanic people who sacked Rome in the fifth century

and is now the term for a person who deliberately damages property?

-Violator.

-Vandal. In which table sport are the two sets of balls often called spots and stripes?

-Billiards.

-Pool.

What T is a sheet of canvas coated with tar to make it waterproof,

and is used to keep things dry?

-Tent.

-No, tarpaulin.

Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with which song?

-Waterloo.

-In one lunar day there are usually how many high tides?

Two.

-Bank.

-Which King of France reigned for 72 years, Louis IV or Louis XIV?

-14th.

-How many two pence coins are there in one pound?

-200.

-50!

The qualification MD means doctor of what?

-Medicine. Bank.

-Which golf tournament is held annually at the Augusta National Golf Club, Georgia?

-The Masters.

-In TV, which 1960s and '70s cartoon series

featured Penelope Pitstop, the Anthill Mob and Dick Dastardly as drivers in a race?

-Wacky Races. Bank.

-The volcano Mount Etna is on which Mediterranean island?

-Corsica.

-Sicily. Prince Charles, Andrew and Edward all went to which Scottish school?

-Gordstern. Gordonstoun.

-I have to accept your first answer. What popular name

is given to high speed Japanese trains?

-TVR?

-Bullet trains. In American law, an attorney who seeks to represent accident...

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Well, you're going down a bit, team. You put in the kitty just £120. Who looks as if

they fell out of the stupid tree? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having survived the previous vote, Colin is now the strongest link.

Getting all her answers wrong makes Margaret the weakest link. Will the team notice that?

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

-James, what's your speciality?

-Zips and buttons.

-Zips and buttons.

-And embroidery.

-Do you find zips fascinating?

-I've actually got a button fly today.

-Why Margaret?

Because she's a bank manager and they're forever taking money off me so I'm glad to take some off her.

-Peter, you've been very quiet.

-You haven't asked me anything, Anne.

-Where do you live?

-In Poole, in Dorset.

-Have you got a view of the sea?

-Unfortunately not, no.

-I'm not that rich.

-Why Margaret?

-It was the money question that did it.

As a bank manager, she made a mistake in the previous rounds

and not to know there are fifty 2ps in a pound is a bit concerning.

Margaret the bank manager, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

When I heard questions to do with maths or money, I went doubly blank.

I think James will be the next off because he's had rounds where he hasn't answered correctly.

He's been lucky to get through.

Round six, team, and out of a possible £5,000 you've banked £1,270. There are four of you left.

We're cutting ten seconds from your time. We start with the strongest link that's Colin.

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

What was the first name of Dr Watson, partner of Sherlock Holmes?

-John.

-In the UK Forces, which word follows "sub" in the Navy, "second" in the Army, and "flight" in the RAF

to give the names of three officer ranks?

-Major.

-Lieutenant.

-Which 17th-century disaster began in Pudding Lane in London?

-The Great Fire of London.

-James Bond author, Ian Fleming,

had an estate called Goldeneye on which Caribbean island?

-Pass.

-Jamaica. To investigate something thoroughly is to go through it with a fine-toothed what?

-Comb.

-In theatre, the 18th-century tale The Beggar's Opera was written by John who?

-Pass.

-Gay. Which first name links a Spice Girl, the lead character of a Jane Austen novel

and the model wife of James Major?

-Emma.

-David Lloyd George was the last British prime minister to be a leader of which party?

-Liberal Democrat.

-No, Liberal Party. Which word follows air-raid, church and traffic

to give three types of official?

-Warden.

-In satellite technology, for what does the letter P stand in the initials GPS?

Um... Pass.

Positioning. Name the mountain range which extends along the border between France and Spain.

-The Pyrenees.

-In Australian slang, what colour is another name for a fight?

-Blue.

-In pop music, the 1999 UK hit album by David Gray is called White what?

-Water Rafting.

-Ladder. In history, which Canadian province was a French colony until 1763?

-Toronto.

-No, Quebec. When stamped on top secret documents, for what do the letters FYEO stand?

-For Your Eyes Only. Bank.

-Which island off the north-west coast of Wales

is also known by its Latin name Mona?

-Isle of Man?

-No, Anglesey. Colin, in history...

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Time's up, I cannot complete the question, and just £20 you managed in that round. Who will you dump?

Who are you dying to get rid of? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Answering all her questions correctly makes Helen the strongest link statistically.

Peter got his answers wrong, making him the weakest link, but will the votes follow the facts?

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

We have a tie, team Peter and James, two votes each.

James,

why Peter?

I felt he was the weakest link.

-It was fatal talking to you you went right down the drain!

-I did.

-Why have you voted for James?

I felt that, except for myself,

-he was the weakest link.

-In a tie, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

-Helen, why have you voted for Peter?

-Because I never had anything to bank when it came to my turn.

OK, well, you have a choice between our zip expert who has his flies buttoned up today,

and Peter.

-I'll stick with my original decision.

-Well, statistically, Peter was the worst player,

so, sadly, you are the weakest link goodbye!

It's frustrating not to get to the final two at least, but I did have a donkey of a round.

Helen will win because she's got the broadest base of knowledge

as long as the blokes don't vote her off.

Round seven, team,

and out of £6,000 you've banked just £1,290. Three of you left,

ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link Helen. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. What form of entertainment is known by the slang term, "the flicks"?

-The cinema.

-In sport, from 1952 to 1980, which country won the team gold medal for women's gymnastics

in every Olympic Games?

-Russia.

-In the New Testament, Calvary the site of the Crucifixion

lies just outside the walls of which city?

-Bethlehem.

-Jerusalem. Cape Wrath is a headland at the north-west tip of which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-In snooker, the pink ball is worth how many points?

-Six.

-In pop music, the title of the 1979 UK Number One single for The Pretenders was "Brass in" what?

-Pocket. Bank.

-In which country did the Sharpeville massacre take place in 1960?

-America.

-South Africa. Which word means to fire a gun, operate a film camera or kick a ball at the goal?

-Shoot.

-In which sport have Michael Vaughan, Craig White and Matthew Hoggard represented England?

-Rowing.

-Cricket. The Connemara breed of pony is native to which country?

-Ireland.

-In which year did the British currency go decimal?

In 1977.

No, 1971.

In modern history, in the Burgess and Maclean spy case,

name the so-called third man who defected to Moscow in 1963.

-Smith.

-No, Kim Philby. If you travel by train from Ipswich to London,

at which London terminus would you arrive?

-King's Cross.

-Liverpool Street. The UK Armistice Day is in which month?

-November.

-Which word means the anguish caused by pain or worry and to age antiques artificially?

-Rough.

-Distress. In yachting, Robin Knox-Who

became the first man to sail solo non-stop around the world when he returned to Falmouth in 1969?

Johnston.

-Bank.

-In food...

-TIME UP MUSIC PLAYS

-Time's up,

and you won £120.

In round eight, you treble what you bank, which means potentially, there's £3,000 to be won.

The question is, who's going to help you raise the bank balance? Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage in the game, James is the strongest link as he gave the fewest wrong answers.

Colin is statistically the weakest link, but who can survive the final vote?

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

-So, James, why Colin?

-I felt he was the weakest link that time.

-Very convenient.

-Yes, I'm peaking at the right time, I feel.

-Helen...

-Why Colin?

-I had nothing to bank a lot of the time.

-He's been very good up to now, hasn't he?

-He's got very good general knowledge, yes.

In fact, between the two of them,

-he was always a more serious rival than James.

-You could say that, yes.

-I am saying it.

-I would agree with you.

OK, but in the last round statistically and conveniently,

he was the worst player, so Colin, you'd better get back to stopping us all making dirty phone calls.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Getting voted off in the last round makes me feel mortified. Helen just had it in for me.

She knew I was a clever clogs, she just wants to win the money.

Round eight, team and out of a possible £7,000, there's £1,410 in the kitty. Two of you left.

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

so £3,000 is at stake.

We start with the strongest link, that's James. Let's play The Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In the New Testament, who baptised Jesus Christ?

-John the Baptist.

-In Irish legend, what domestic animal from Kilkenny

is famous for its fighting qualities?

-The rat.

-The cat. MEN is the abbreviation

for which evening newspaper in the north-west of England?

-Manchester...Evening News.

-The name of Tiffany is associated with Art Nouveau lampshades and fire screens

using which material?

-Glass. Bank.

-The strait of Otranto in the Mediterranean Sea separates Albania from which European country?

-Romania?

-No, Italy. King William II of England was killed while hunting in which forest in southern England?

-Forest of Dean.

-No, New Forest. In which 1936 film musical did Paul Robeson sing Old Man River?

-Pass.

-Showboat. In athletics, in which field event did Jan Zelezny

set a world record of 98 metres 48 in 1996?

-The long jump.

-No, the javelin. In which Scottish city is Buchanan Street bus station?

-Glasgow.

-The author of Shogun, King Rat and Noble House was James who?

-Herbert.

-Clavell. Mercury and aneroid are the main types of which instrument that records pressure?

-Barometer.

-The name of which classic boardgame means "I play" in Latin?

TIME UP MUSIC PLAYS

Time's up. The correct answer is Ludo. You won £50

which will treble and add to the winnings from the other rounds.

That means a prize money of £1,560. But only one of you

can take that money home so now you'll play head to head. It's the best of five

whoever answers the most correctly wins. So, Helen and James,

for £1,560 let's play The Weakest Link.

-James, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first.

The supersonic airliner Concord was developed by Britain and which other country?

France.

In the British media, the Daily Herald changed its name in 1964

to become which daily national newspaper?

-The Daily Mail?

-No, the correct answer is The Sun.

High sticking, hip checking and pulling the goalie

all take place during which winter contact sport?

Ice hockey.

Which 18th-century club said to be devoted to hedonism and debauchery

was established by Sir Francis Dashwood?

-The Groucho Club.

-No, the correct answer is Hellfire Club.

The quick thorn or may tree is commonly known by what other name?

-Shrub?

-No, the correct answer is hawthorn.

In antiques, which metal alloy resembling silver

has the same name as the Latin word for Britain?

Pewter?

No, the correct answer is Britannia metal.

James, if you answer this question correctly, you have won.

So for £1,560,

which post-war British prime minister was raised to the peerage as the Earl of Stockton?

-Harold Macmillan?

-Correct.

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

and you go away with £1,560.

Helen, you leave with nothing!

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Being able to answer the other person's questions and not yours I can't tell you what it feels like!

I'd like to thank my team mates for putting the money in, and I'll spend it well, thank you!

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