13/03/2012 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.

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 Lee, I'm 33, from Nottingham and I'm a retail adviser.

I'm Meryl, I'm 59, from Pontypridd and I'm a retired civil servant.

I'm Phil, I'm 22, from Brighton, and I'm a credit consultant.

I'm Ashleigh, 45, from Newcastle, and I'm a charity fundraiser.

I'm Ian, I'm 57, from Dumfries and I'm a first line manager.

I'm Beth, I'm 22, from Winchester, and I'm a performing arts student.

I'm Gary, 47, from Eton in Berkshire and I'm a colour scientist.

I'm Louise, 36, from Kirby in North Yorkshire, and I'm an IT director.

I'm Kevin, I'm 65 years of age, from Sale in Manchester and I'm a part-time tax adviser.

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

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

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

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, Ashleigh.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In the nursery rhyme, Little Bo Peep is responsible for looking after which animals?

-Sheep.

-Correct. In British food, the crisp, dry, unsweetened biscuit that is square in shape

and often eaten with cheese is a cream what?

-Cracker.

-Correct. In geography, the two most southerly bridges across the River Severn

join England with which other country of the UK?

-Wales.

-Correct. In the human body, the thyroid cartilage in the front of the neck that is prominent in men

is known as the Adam's apple or Brian's banana?

-Adam's apple.

-Correct. A person who is in a state of total confusion is said to be at sixes and what?

-Sevens.

-Correct. In footwear, what L is the usual name for the lengths of cord that are tied into a bow

to fasten shoes and boots?

-Lace.

-Correct.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the month of April is in which season of the year?

-Spring.

-Correct. In TV, the title of a popular sitcom is Only Fools And what?

-Horses.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In folklore, when threatened,

the ostrich was said to bury its head in the snow or the sand?

-The sand.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-What is the name of the supersonic passenger aircraft

developed by Britain and France that made its last flight in 2003?

-Concorde.

-Correct. In a job advertisement, the abbreviation PW next to a sum of money

is short for "per..." what?

-Year.

-Week.

-Week(!)

-In maths, what is 10 multiplied by 9?

-90.

-Correct. A low-powered lamp designed to provide a comforting glow in the dark

in the bedroom of a child has the rhyming name night what?

-Light.

-Correct. In film, what K is

the first name of the British actress, born 1985, surname Knightley?

-Keira.

-Correct. In English grammar, the present tense of the verb "to be" begins I am, you are, he what?

-Pass.

-Is.

In history, the so-called First Fleet that arrived in Australia in 1788 was carrying what -

convicts or koalas?

-Convicts.

-Correct. In badminton, the stringed item of equipment

used to hit the shuttlecock is commonly known by what name?

-Bat.

-Racquet.

In broadcasting, the Radio Four programme on which guests choose eight favourite records,

one book and a luxury item is Desert Island what?

-Discs.

-Correct. In leisure, what A is a six-letter word that follows shopping and amusement

to make two popular types of urban attraction?

Arcade.

Time's up. Your answer was out of time. You won £820.

What stopped you getting to £1,000?

Who's a heavyweight and who's a dumbbell?

Who probably thinks algebra is a country in North Africa?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Phil is the strongest link.

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

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

Ian.

Kevin.

Ian.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Phil.

-What do you do, Beth?

-I'm a performing arts student.

-Are you doing a degree?

-I am, yes.

-A degree in being the centre of attention?

-Yes!

-When you grow up, what do you want to be?

-A children's TV presenter.

-Put your board down.

I'd like you to explain to us how to make a toy with some sticky back plastic.

I'm Beth! Welcome to CBBC. I'm going to show you how to make an exciting mask from a paper plate.

Take your paper plate and cut some eye holes out of it. Be careful with scissors and have an adult present.

Put your board up.

-Why Kevin?

-He did get an answer wrong and he hesitated quite a lot and cost us quite a lot of time.

-Where are you from, Gary?

-I Live in Eton, Anne.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a colour scientist.

-What does your job involve?

-I create colours in decorative coatings.

-Have you always been really interesting?

-I do watch paint dry for a living, Anne.

And when you get home, does Mrs Gary have your tea on the table?

-Mrs Gary doesn't exist, Anne.

-Really? Is there a Mr Gary?

-No, I'm afraid not.

-What are you looking for?

-Someone much like you.

-But you won't get anyone like me on account of what you do.

-That's why I'm still single. Indeed.

Why Kevin?

It wasn't so much getting the question wrong. He wasted time.

-Where are you from, Ashleigh?

-Newcastle.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a charity fundraiser.

-Who for?

-I work for RSVP North East.

-What's that?

-It's a Retired Senior Volunteer Programme.

Volunteering projects for over 50s.

-What activities?

-We do Zumba Gold.

-Zumba Gold?

-For older people.

-It's not as lively. Sitting down.

-And what do you call old?

-Over 50!

-Yeah. And how old are you?

-45. I haven't got long!

-Why Kevin?

-Because he hesitated.

-Kevin, you are the weakest link.

-Thank you.

-Goodbye.

I wouldn't go on the Weakest Link again if they let me have a free go!

I don't... I think it's just too much for me!

Round Two. In the bank, £820. We now take 10 seconds off your time.

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

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

In the New Testament, according to St John, Jesus performed a miracle at a wedding

by turning what into wine?

-Water.

-Correct. In motoring, which word that means without hair is used to describe a tyre with worn tread?

-Bald.

-Correct. In chemistry, nickel, copper and iron are all classified as metals or non-metals?

-Metals.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In geography, the city of Shanghai is in which Asian country?

-Japan?

-China.

In pop music, It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat? and Delilah

were UK hit singles in the 1960s for which singer?

-Tom Jones.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, what C is the mammal known as the ship of the desert?

-The camel.

-Correct. In food, customers buying fish and chips are commonly asked by staff

if they would like vinegar and which other condiment?

-Salt.

-Correct. A substance applied to the face to give it artificial colour is pinker or blusher?

-Blusher.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In books, the 1882 story by Mark Twain about two identical boys

called Tom Canty and Edward Tudor is entitled The Prince and The what?

-Pauper.

-Correct. In politics, what name derived from the Latin for "carried back"

is given to a vote by the whole population of a country on an issue of national importance?

-Election.

-Referendum.

In Olympic sports, what H is the game involving sticks and a ball

that is contested by opposing teams of 11 players on plastic turf?

-Hockey.

-Correct. In TV, the stand-up show hosted by various comedians since 2007

that is filmed at a theatre in Hammersmith is Live At The what?

-Apollo.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In maths, what is 50 divided by 2?

-25.

-Correct. In the popular press, an older man who has remained unmarried for many years

is often called a confirmed what?

-Bachelor.

-Correct. In desserts, a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing currants or sultanas

is known as Spotted Dick or Speckled Harry?

-Spotted Dick.

-Correct.

In 20th century history, the Battle of the Bulge was fought on which continent?

-America.

-Europe.

In pop music, according to the lyrics of the 1984 UK number one Careless Whisper by George Michael,

guilty feet have got no what?

-Rhythm.

-Correct. In art, ruddy, crimson and cherry are all shades of which primary colour?

-Red.

-Correct. In theatre, what U is an actor

-who learns a lead role with a view to replacing the regular performer...

-Understudy!

Bank!

Answer in time. Bank...out of time.

You won £350, but who's the leak in your lilo?

Who's the hairball in your hoover? Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Phil is the strongest link.

Statistically, Meryl 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.

Beth.

Beth.

Meryl.

Beth.

Beth.

Ashleigh.

Meryl.

Beth.

-What do you do, Lee?

-I'm a retail adviser, Anne.

-Why are you shouting out the answers?

-To let you know they are correct when I say them.

-You haven't been in the army?

-Initially, I was a tank driver,

then after a few years' service I became an intelligence analyst.

-Scary! Where were you doing that?

-In a couple of war zones, such as Bosnia and Iraq.

-Really?

-So did you drill the troops?

-I briefed the troops.

-OK, put your board down.

-Go on, give us some orders.

-You, pick up the maps. You, pick up the...sleeping bags.

-Is that called intelligence?

-I don't want to divulge any information. Along those lines.

Put your board up. Why Beth?

I remember Beth getting a question wrong and it was the first one which stuck in my memory.

-You'd remember. You were in army intelligence.

-Oh, yes.

-Where are you from, Meryl?

-South Wales.

-And what do you do?

-Not a lot now. I'm retired.

-Retired from what?

-Dealing with benefits...

-Oh, you had your work cut out!

-Certainly did!

-So do you stay in bed all day watching Jeremy Kyle?

-I don't watch Jeremy Kyle.

I'm up until Bargain Hunt, then I make a move.

-On whom?

-It all depends who's there! No, I live on my own.

-Why Beth?

-I just remembered that first question wrong.

-Yes, but you got one wrong.

-I did, yes.

-Is your knowledge not so good?

-I thought it was better!

Beth, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

When Anne walks onto the set, it's really scary. It's like when the headmaster walks into a class.

Everybody just goes silent.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,170. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

The American architect who designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City was Frank Lloyd what?

-Don't know.

-Wright. In the spelling of the name of a branch of science,

what is the third letter of the word physics?

-Y.

-Correct. In film, which 2005 science fiction drama directed by Steven Spielberg

and starring Tom Cruise was based on a novel by HG Wells?

-Pass.

-War of the Worlds.

In fashion, a garment labelled with the French word "cuir" is made from leather or Lurex?

-Leather.

-Correct. In Scottish geography, the two major island groups in the Northern Isles

are Orkney and which other?

-Skye.

-Shetland.

In TV, the former Neighbours actor Jesse Spencer went on to play a doctor called Robert Chase

in which American drama series?

-ER.

-House.

In football, the controversial manager who led Nottingham Forest to successive European Cup titles

in 1979 and 1980 was Brian who?

-Clough.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-What B is the game in which players hang as many objects as possible on a plastic horse?

-Buckaroo.

-Correct. In literature, the Irish-born author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

and Under The Duvet is Marian who?

-Keyes.

-Correct. In mixed drinks, which Russian city precedes Mule

in the name of a cocktail made from vodka, ginger beer and lime?

-Moscow.

-Correct. In pop music, the English singer/songwriter who used a plus symbol

for the title of his 2011 UK number one album is Ed who?

-Brown.

-Sheeran.

In the animal kingdom, which parts of a squirrel grow continuously throughout life - ears or teeth?

-Teeth.

-Correct.

In political history, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and Paul Martin are former Prime Ministers

of which Commonwealth country?

-Northern Ireland.

-Canada.

In a job application, the usual method is to send a CV accompanied by an explanatory note

referred to as a covering what?

-Letter.

-Correct. In computing, which alternative word for a biscuit

is the term for a small text file stored by a website to retain certain information?

-Cookie.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the British military, the three main armed forces are the Army,

the Royal Air Force and what?

-Navy.

-Correct. In vocabulary, what C is an old-fashioned three-letter meaning much the same as...

Time's up and you won just £70.

So who ticks the box marked turkey?

Who's the weed at your flower show?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Lee is the weakest link.

Ashleigh is, statistically, the strongest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Gary.

Lee.

Gary.

Gary.

Lee.

Ian.

Ian.

-What do you do, Phil?

-I'm a credit consultant.

-Are you the boss?

-Yes.

-Oh, the boss!

-I'm the manager.

-Really? How old are you?

-I'm 22.

-Do you know how clever you are?

-I'm a member of MENSA.

-What does that do?

-Basically, it's a high IQ society.

-Is it for people who know not to say "basically" to begin a sentence?

-It probably is for them as well.

-So what's your IQ?

-It's 147.

-Is it?

-Why Gary?

-He got a question wrong...

-So did you!

-But he lost money.

-He didn't bank.

-And you noticed. Cos you've got a high IQ.

-Oh, yeah.

So Lee, who used to be in army intelligence, take us through those Prime Ministers from Ireland.

-I took the name Mulhaney and thought Irish.

-It's Mulroney.

-Oh, yes.

-So when you were in Bosnia...

-Yes?

-..were you in charge of geography?

-Yeah, more or less.

-Yes.

-Were there some doomed missions?

-I gave lots of briefings with topography of the landscape.

-Why Gary?

-I remember Gary getting...

-Is all your geography as bad as the Northern Ireland

-versus Canada geography?

-No, that's normally my main subject.

-What IS your main subject?

-Geography.

Yes.

Gary, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I'm glad I got a chat with Anne. I am a colour scientist and she needs some colour in her life.

All those black clothes - drab!

Round Four and you're up to £1,240. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In the 1900s, the German hairdresser Karl Nessler pioneered the use of an electric machine

that produced the permanent what?

-Wave.

-Correct. In law and order, a suspect who acts as an informant to police is said to mime or sing?

-Sting.

-Sing.

In cinema, the 1995 film starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt

about a prisoner who is sent back in time to stop a virus is 12 what?

-Monkeys.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In reptiles, what B is the name

for snakes such as the anaconda that constrict their prey and give birth to live young?

-Boa constrictor.

-I'll accept.

West End musical Wicked is based on a novel subtitled The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the what?

-West.

-Correct. In tennis, which Serbian player won his third Major tournament of 2011

by beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the US Open?

-Don't know.

-Novak Djokovic.

In geography, which South American country shares land borders with Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

and has a long Pacific coastline?

-Chile.

-Correct. In school classroom equipment, the abbreviation OHP,

for a machine for presentations, stands for overhead what?

-Projector.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In folklore, creatures of darkness such as vampires and trolls must disappear at dusk or dawn?

-Dusk.

-Dawn.

In 1990s pop music, the rapper famous for his enormous trousers,

whose real name is Stanley Kirk Burrell, is better known as MC what?

-Hammer.

-Correct.

Which salad ingredient was once known as the "love apple"?

-Tomato.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In maths, what is 92 minus 11?

-83.

-Even 81.

In the UK, what H is the name given to the official stamp

used by assay offices to guarantee the standard of articles made from gold, silver and platinum?

-Hallmark.

-Correct. In quotations, the 18th century American who wrote,

"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," was Benjamin who?

-Franklin.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In vocabulary, which word can mean a concern or business of any kind,

but particularly an extra-marital relationship?

-Affair.

-Correct.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £170.

Who's the spike on your space hopper?

Who's the sandpaper on your slide? Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Phil is the weakest link.

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

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

Phil.

Phil.

Louise.

Louise.

Phil.

Phil.

-What do you do, Ian?

-I'm a maintenance first-line manager in a company in Dumfries.

-Oh. What are you producing?

-Everything from Crunchie bars to solar panels.

-Solar panels and Crunchie bars?

-Yeah, they go together(!)

-Not much call for solar panels in Dumfries!

-No, it rains a wee bit, right enough.

-But plenty of people eating Crunchies.

-Oh, a lot of people, including myself.

-Is it hard work?

-What, eating Crunchies?

-No.

-LAUGHTER

-Don't laugh at your own jokes, Ian.

-Why Phil?

-It was the arithmetic question that got me a wee bit.

-Yeah, he can't add up.

-Where are you from, Louise?

-North Yorkshire.

-What do you do?

-I'm an IT director.

-Are you? In a big company?

-No, in a company of two at the moment.

-Yes.

-Where's the company?

-It's based at home.

-In the spare bedroom?

-At the top of the stairs.

-At the top of the stairs?

-Yes.

-Who shares the bedroom with you?

-The bedroom or the office?

-Both.

-My husband.

-Does he do IT?

-Yes.

-Is he a director?

-He is.

-Any babies at home?

-I've got two daughters.

-What are they called?

-Imogen and Ophelia.

-You're not middle-class, are you(?) Why Phil?

-He got two questions wrong.

Phil, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The question that's going to annoy me most is 92 minus 11.

I don't know how I got that wrong.

I set myself up for a fall, talking about my job and Mensa,

so yeah, I'm probably going to have the fun taken out of me when I get back to work.

Round 5. In the bank, £1,410. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

The TV personality who has presented Fame Academy, Stars In Their Eyes

and So You Think You Can Dance is Cat who?

-Deeley.

-Correct.

The pub game in which the aim is to guess the number of coins being held

in the clenched fists of the other players is called Spindle or Spoof?

-Spoons.

-Spoof.

In politics, the environmentalist and former American Vice-President born in 1948

with the first names Albert Arnold is known as Al who?

-Gore.

-Correct. In cinema, Ben Stille and Chris Rock provided the voices of Alex the Lion and Marty the Zebra

in which 2005 animated film and its 2008 sequel?

-Ice Age.

-Madagascar.

In botany, what P is the term for the transfer of male sex cells of a plant on to the female ones,

resulting in fertilisation?

-Photosynthesis.

-Pollination.

In literature, in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville,

the character who loses his leg to the whale is called Captain what?

-Ahab.

-Correct. In UK geography, the towns of Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds are in which English county?

-Surrey.

-Suffolk.

The new style of note issued by the Bank of England in 2011,

featuring portraits of Matthew Boulton and James Watt, is of which denomination?

-£20 note.

-50.

In sculpture, in the famous statue Venus de Milo, which part of the goddess is naked?

The top half or the bottom half?

-The top half.

-Correct.

In British newspapers, what nickname for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph

reflects their traditional support for the Conservative Party?

-Pass.

-Torygraph.

In TV, the radio host and former England cricketer,

who was a captain on the first series of the UK version of Hole In The Wall, is Darren who?

-Gough.

-Correct.

Which game that originated in Scotland is played on ice with brushes and granite stones?

-Curling.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In biology, what "A" goes before "acids" to make the name for the organic compounds

that are the constituent parts of proteins?

-Amino.

-Correct.

In the animal kingdom, an insect has how many legs?

Four.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

The correct answer was six.

You won £50.

So who gets the prize for being hopeless?

Whose IQ would go down if they shaved?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Ashleigh remains the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.

According to the statistics, Meryl is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Ian.

Lee.

Ian.

Louise.

Lee.

We have a tie, team - Ian and Lee, two votes each.

-Lee, why Ian?

-I just remember him getting the questions wrong.

He got them wrong twice. He got two questions wrong.

Meryl, did you think Lee was the worst player?

I wasn't sure, but at the end, when there was a chance to bank some money, it wasn't banked.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote. That's Ashleigh. Why did you vote for Ian?

-I think he got two questions wrong.

-You've got a choice. You can stick with Ian or move to Lee.

-I'll stick with Ian.

-Ian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

They asked me an English question about counties. How would a Scotsman ken about counties?

Surrey, Sussex, where are they? No idea!

Round 6. In the bank, £1,460. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In protests, a petition with the signatures arranged in a circle to disguise the order of signing

is known as a what? Loop Louise or round robin?

-Round robin.

-Correct.

In 1980s pop music, the female group whose hits included Manic Monday and Eternal Flame

had what name suggesting jewellery worn on the wrist?

-The Bangles.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the solar system,

the four inner planets that have orbits within the asteroid belt

are Mercury, Venus, Earth and which other?

-Mars.

-Correct.

In film, which colour goes before the word Mile

in the title of a 1999 prison drama, starring Tom Hanks?

-Green.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, 8 can be represented as 2 to the power of which number?

-3.

-Correct.

What H is an exclamation of praise to God and in Catholic worship is often followed

by the phrase, "In the highest"?

-Hallelujah.

-Even hosanna.

In health and fitness, workouts that are described as "cardio"

are designed to exercise which internal organ?

-The vascular.

-The heart.

In childcare, which American term for a nappy is the word "repaid" spelt backwards?

-Diaper.

-Correct. Which part of New Zealand has the greater population? North Island or South?

-North Island.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The actress who in 2007 began playing the mother named Sue in the comedy series Outnumbered

is known professionally as Claire who?

-Pass.

-Skinner.

In transport, what C is the name for the linking mechanism on the end of a railway carriage

that is used to connect it to another?

-Chain.

-Coupling.

In drinks labelling, which word meaning "motionless" is used for mineral water that is not sparkling?

-Still.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The product known as fish, blood and bone is more likely to be used

when participating in knitting or gardening?

-Gardening.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In pop music in 2011, All About Tonight became the third UK No.1 single for which British singer?

That's not on the tip of your tongue. The answer was Pixie Lott.

You won £190.

So should Lee get his marching orders?

Maybe Ashleigh is a charity case?

Perhaps Louise isn't good company?

Or does Meryl need to go back to bed?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Ashleigh is still the strongest link because she answered the most questions correctly.

Lee is statistically the weakest link, but whose game is over?

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

Louise.

Louise.

Lee.

Lee.

Another tie, team.

This time, Lee and Louise.

-Louise, why Lee?

-He got a couple of questions wrong.

Lee, why Louise?

I remember getting a couple of questions wrong, so I decided to...

Did you? Did that take long?

A couple of seconds.

-Ashleigh was the strongest link, so she gets to decide. Why Lee?

-I think he got two questions wrong.

OK, you've got a choice now. You can stick with Lee or go to Louise.

-I'll stick with my original decision.

-He was the worst player.

Lee, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Being in the army, I've been in some stressful situations and locations,

but nothing compares to being in front of Anne.

Round 7. You're up to £1,650.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

The national flag of which European country comprises vertical green, white and orange stripes?

-Ireland.

-Correct. In psychology, what H is the name for the sensory experience

in which a person hears, sees or feels things that are not present?

-Hallucinations.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,

the youngest son of Bob Cratchit has what alliterative nickname?

-Tiny Tim.

-Correct.

In American football, getting the ball across the opponents' goal line

to score six points is known as a touch-up or touch-down?

-Touch-down.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In cinema,

the three-word title of which 1987 film set in Saigon

was also the catchphrase of the irreverent DJ played by Robin Williams?

-Pass.

-Good Morning, Vietnam.

In the phrase, "SKI generation," referring to a growing reluctance among older people to be prudent,

the acronym stands for "Spending the Kids'" what?

-Income.

-Inheritance.

In the animal kingdom, what G is the name of a type of small rodent,

sometimes called a sand rat, which is often kept as a pet?

-Gerbil.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In royal ceremonies, the Archbishop of Canterbury who crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953

was Dr Geoffrey who?

-Hume.

-Fisher.

In vocabulary, the word "macho" meaning "masculine" originated in which European language?

-Italian.

-Spanish.

In TV, the singer and media personality

who has starred in reality series Going It Alone, The Next Chapter and Here 2 Help is Peter who?

-Andre.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In history, the site of the ancient city of Carthage is in which modern-day country in North Africa?

-Morocco.

-Tunisia.

The method of preserving food by rapidly cooling it to below zero

and removing the water under a high vacuum is called "freeze" what?

-Dried.

-Bank!

Time's up. That was the correct answer, your "bank" was in time

and you raised £160.

In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank. Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

Louise is the weakest link as she gave the most wrong answers.

Statistically, Ashleigh is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Louise.

Louise.

Meryl.

-Ashleigh, why Louise?

-She got the most questions wrong in that round.

-Meryl, why Louise?

-I know I had a couple wrong, but Louise had some wrong as well.

-Just one more than you.

-Hmm.

She was the worst player. Louise, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I applied to come on the Weakest Link because I love a challenge.

I've never done anything like this before, but I absolutely loved it.

Round 8. You've won £1,810.

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

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

Start the clock.

In celebrity memoirs, the comedian and actor

whose 2011 autobiography was entitled The Life Of Lee has what surname?

-Evans.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 33 plus 21?

-53.

-54.

In cinema, the 1955 film starring James Dean, that was adapted from a novel by John Steinbeck,

was entitled East Of where?

-Eden.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In wildlife, a crash is a collective noun for which mammals? Rhinos or leopards?

-Rhinos.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In science,

the British pioneer born in 1791, who first demonstrated electro-magnetic induction

and invented the dynamo, was Michael who?

-Pass.

-Faraday.

In snooker, between 1992 and 1996,

which Scottish player won the world title on five successive occasions?

-Bank...

-Stephen Hendry.

-Pass.

In Europe, what W is the term for the French-speaking people who live in the southern parts of Belgium?

-Pass.

-Walloons.

In music, the clarinettist Acker Bilk had an instrumental UK hit single in 1961

with the tune entitled Stranger...

-On The Shore.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In heraldry,

a saltire cross most closely resembles which letter of the alphabet? X or O?

-X.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In the First World War, the deserter Percy Toplis who pretended to be an officer was known as the Monocled...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE Mutineer.

-Time's up.

-That's a bit late.

-It just came to me.

You won £100. We'll treble it.

That means prize money today of £2,110.

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

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

So, Meryl and Ashleigh, for £2,110, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-Meryl.

Meryl, in pop music, in its first week of release in May 2011,

which album by Lady Gaga outsold the rest of the UK Top Ten combined?

-Sorry, pass.

-The correct answer is Born This Way.

Ashleigh, in geography, a ship sailing due east across the Atlantic

from Manhattan Island in New York City

would arrive on the mainland of which country?

-Ireland.

-The correct answer is Portugal.

Meryl, in nature, which bird that visits Britain in the summer months

is described by the RSPB website

as a well-known brood parasite

whose young have no contact with their biological parents?

-Cuckoo?

-That is the correct answer.

Ashleigh, in TV, the US supernatural series, first shown in 1997,

that regularly featured supporting characters

called Willow, Angel, Cordelia, Xander and Giles had...

-Buffy.

-..what four-word title?

-The Vampire Slayer.

-That is the correct answer.

Meryl, in clothing, the naturalist and hygienist,

who advocated the wearing of animal fibres

and who has a type of knitwear named after him,

had what surname that is the German word for "hunter"?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Jaeger.

Ashleigh, at the World Athletics Championships

in South Korea in 2011,

which British runner won a gold medal in the men's 5,000 metres?

-No.

-The correct answer is Mo Farah.

Meryl, in books, the line, "How can you expect to be rescued

"if you don't put first things first and act proper,"

spoken by a character called Piggy,

is from which 1954 novel by William Golding?

-It.

-The correct answer is Lord Of The Flies.

Ashleigh, in history, ignoring variations in spelling,

which of the six wives of Henry VIII did not share a first name

with any of the other five?

-Jane...Seymour.

-I'll accept. Jane or Jane Seymour.

Meryl, in Gothic architecture,

which term for a projecting water spout,

carved in the shape of a grotesque creature,

is derived from an old French term meaning "throat"?

-Gargoyle.

-That is the correct answer

Ashleigh, the 3rd Piano Concerto by which Russian composer,

who spent much of his life in Europe and the USA,

featured in the 1996 film Shine

and is notoriously difficult to play?

-Shostakovich.

-The correct answer is Rachmaninoff.

And after five questions each, your scores are tied,

so, Meryl and Ashleigh, let's play Sudden Death.

Meryl, using the NATO phonetic alphabet, if the word "cat" is spelt Charlie Alpha Tango,

what's the correct spelling of "dog"?

-No, sorry.

-The correct answer is Delta Oscar Golf.

Ashleigh, in definitions, when it's followed by the suffix "less",

which four-letter Hebrew girl's name gives a word meaning "devoid of compassion"?

-Ruthless.

-I'll accept "ruthless".

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

and you go away with £2,110.

Meryl, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It's just like a roller-coaster. It was wonderful, great.

I'd recommend it to anybody. I just want to do it again.

It's absolutely dynamite, winning the Weakest Link. I've had a great time, really amazing.

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