14/06/2011 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 Grant, I'm 22, from Stoke-on-Trent.

I'm an engineering production controller.

I'm Mandy, I'm 53, I'm from Llanover, South Wales,

and I'm a sales co-ordinator.

I'm Harry, I'm 18, from Portsmouth, and I'm a student.

I'm Kirsty, I'm 38, I'm from East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire,

and I'm a practice development nurse.

I'm Simon, I'm 45, I'm from Tiverton,

and I'm a racecourse journalist.

I'm Lynda, I'm 63, I'm from Whitstable, and I'm a holiday rep.

I'm Mike, I'm 32, from Halifax, West Yorkshire, I'm a compliance manager.

I'm Sarah, I'm 23, I'm from Portslade in East Sussex,

and I'm a musician.

I'm Terry, I'm 58, I'm from Poulton-le-Fylde,

and I'm a semi-retired property developer.

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 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, Grant.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Grant, in the nursery rhyme,

"Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard

to fetch her poor dog a..." what?

-Bone.

-Correct. Mandy.

In human development, what B is the usual four-letter word

for a newborn infant?

-Baby.

-Correct. Harry.

In motoring, parallel markings on the side of roads

that indicate parking restrictions are known as double yellow what?

-Lines.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In food, a chipolata is a variety of which type of pork product?

-Sausage.

-Correct. Simon.

In pop music, the four principle members of The Beatles

were born in which British city?

-Liverpool.

-Correct. Lynda.

In regulations, a sign warning "No bombing, no petting, and no ducking"

is more likely to be displayed where?

A swimming pool or a public library?

-A swimming pool.

-Correct. Mike.

In families, a common term for your closest relative

is your next-of-what?

-Kin.

-Correct. Sarah.

In nature, queen, worker and drone

are casts of which social insect that produce honey?

-Bee.

-Correct. Terry.

In the high street, what H is the general term for the kind of beauty business

that often has a punning name such as Beyond The Fringe or A Cut Above?

Hairdresser.

-Correct. Grant.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target,

and that money'll go through to the next round.

But one of you will not.

Who's worrying you? Who might lose you money in the rounds to come?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round,

Grant is the strongest link, as he banked all the money for the team.

The statistics reveal that Mandy is the weakest link.

But who will be the first to take the walk of shame?

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

Lynda.

Harry.

Mike.

Terry.

Terry.

Harry.

Mandy.

Mandy.

Mandy.

-What do you do, Sarah?

-I'm a violinist.

-Are you?

-I am indeed.

-Where do you play?

-Mainly, I go to care homes, nursing homes and entertain the residents there.

-So you've hit the big time.

-Absolutely, yeah.

And what do you play for them?

I play a bit of classical,

anything from Irish fiddle to pop stuff, ABBA stuff, whatever.

Oh, ABBA. Do you sing at the same time?

-No, I've tried, but it doesn't sound nice.

-Put your board down.

-Lovely, thanks(!)

-Move next to Terry.

-Sing us some ABBA.

-I don't know the words.

-I know the tunes, not the words.

-What do you know the words to?

-I'm doing a musical called Ring Of Roses. I could do a bit of that.

-OK.

# So try

# Please won't you close your eyes and try to see

# The things you want to see #

-Oh, might clash with their hearing aids.

-It might do.

-Pop up again.

-Thank you very much.

Put your board up. Why Mandy?

Unfortunately, it was just a slight hesitation. Sorry, Mandy. That was all.

Where are you from, Mike?

-From Halifax.

-And what do you do in Halifax?

I'm a compliance manager for a cleaning company.

So could you paint a picture?

Yeah, I would visit sites that we clean,...

-Like?

-Um, major high-street stores.

And check that we clean what we say we're going to clean.

Yes. What are you actually checking on?

For example, if I was a cleaner on one of the teams.

I'd be checking that you used the correct chemicals,

then I'd be checking in your nooks and crannies around the store

to check that you keep them clean.

So what do I have? A dustpan and brush or a mop?

-It can be.

-So how would I know which mop to use?

You'd pick the correct colour. For you, Anne, we'd have a red mop. Red is danger.

Is a red mop for the floor?

A red mop would be for toilet areas, Anne.

Eurgh. Why Mandy?

A difficult round. Everybody got their questions right.

I had to pick someone. Unfortunately for Mandy, it was her.

Where are you from, Terry?

Near Blackpool.

-Really? And what do you do?

-I look after property on a part-time basis.

Do you? Are you the Donald Trump of Lancashire?

Er, I doubt it very much. Not at all.

How much property have you got?

Shops, offices, workshops, a pub.

Oh, you're worth a few bob, then?

No, it's all a big overdraft.

Where do you go for entertainment?

-I suppose you go to Blackpool?

-Occasionally. You can have a good blowout in Blackpool.

What is a blowout?

Um, a knees-up. Perhaps a cup of tea and a mince pie or something like that.

-And you do it with Mrs Terry, do you?

-Susan, yeah, I do.

Can you entertain Susan at home?

-Er, occasionally.

-Yeah, how?

I did sing really badly once in a competition.

Good, perfect. Put your board down.

Move towards Sarah. What are you going to sing for us, Terry?

Something from an Elvis period.

Off you go.

# I gave a letter to the postman

# He put it in his sack

# A-bright and early next morning

# He brought my letter back #

And you have to come in and say...

Move back.

Put your board up.

Why Mandy?

Everybody got the questions right, and right in my face.

Mandy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't know if the team has lost a good player because I've gone.

It's hard to say cos we all got our questions right so far,

so we're all as good as each other.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.

We take ten seconds off your time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Grant, at the Olympic games,

what D is the name of one of the throwing events

that is also an element of the decathlon?

-Discus.

-Correct. Harry.

In TV, the symbol introduced in 2011

to inform viewers that a programme contains product placement

is in the shape of which letter of the alphabet?

-C.

-P. Kirsty.

In art, for his famous sculpture of David,

Michelangelo used which material, marble or margarine?

-Marble.

-Correct. Simon.

In pop music, two duets that spent a combined total

of 16 weeks at number one in the UK in 1978

were both sung by Olivia Newton-John and which actor?

-John Travolta.

-Correct. Lynda.

In a common expression, futile activity during a crisis

is likened to rearranging the deckchairs on which ocean liner?

-Ship.

-The Titanic.

Mike, in geography, Lima, Brasilia and Buenos Aires

are all capital cities in which continent?

-South America.

-Correct. Sarah.

In locomotion, what W means to walk through relatively deep water

that makes it difficult to move the feet?

-Wade.

-Correct. Terry.

In customs, St Valentine's Day falls on which date in February?

-14th.

-Correct. Grant.

In an animated Disney film,

which character inherits the title "the great prince of the forest"?

Bambi or Mowgli?

-Mowgli.

-Bambi. Harry.

According to the Bible,

the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh discovered the infant Moses in a basket at the edge of which river?

-Nile.

-Correct. Kirsty.

At the beginning of a snooker game,

the red balls are racked using a frame that is what geometric shape?

-Triangle.

-Correct. Simon.

In nature, what B follows "downy" and "silver" in the names of two common British trees?

-Birch.

-Correct. Lynda.

-Bank.

In maths, what is 29 minus 21?

-Eight.

-Correct. Mike.

In modern literature, the novel Bridget Jones's Diary

popularised which nine-letter term for a person who has no partner?

-Pass.

-Singleton. Sarah.

In language, which word that rhymes with "rude" means "wearing no clothes"?

-Nude.

-Correct. Terry.

In marine mammals, 11 large species of whale

have baleen plates in their mouths instead of which growths?

-Bones.

-Teeth. Grant.

In pop music, at the 2011 Brit Awards, which male band was named Best British Group?

-JLS.

-Take That. Harry.

In gambling, what's the name for lottery tickets that reveal whether the holder has won a prize

when a thin, opaque film is scraped off?

-Scratchcard.

-Correct. Kirsty.

-Bank.

In TV, which comedy double act were often shown sharing...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you only won £120. Whose fault was that?

Who thinks the Green Cross Code is "Stop looking and listening"?

Who thinks Chipping Norton is Graham's brother?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Grant goes from being the strongest link in the last round

to the weakest link in this.

Statistically, Kirsty is the strongest link.

But will the team notice that?

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

Terry.

Grant.

Grant.

Mike.

Grant.

Grant.

Grant.

Grant.

What do you do, Harry?

I'm a student, Anne.

-Studying?

-Primary education.

OK, and what year are you in?

-I'm in my first.

-Have you gone out for work experience yet?

-Yep, I've done a five-week placement already.

-Put your board down.

Just move towards Kirsty.

-Must have been confusing for the children.

-Why's that?

How would they know if you were teaching or one of their classmates?

I normally have a tie on and a badge.

Yeah, but they can wear ties, can't they? And a blazer.

Their uniform wasn't a tie or blazer.

Yes, but you look about nine and three quarters.

-Thank you.

-Yes. Pop up again.

Put your board up.

Why Grant?

Grant is lovely, but he did get two wrong and lost us a bit of money.

-What do you do, Kirsty?

-I'm a practice development nurse.

-Are you? Where?

-In Glasgow. For health visiting services.

Really? So put your board down.

When you're not being a practice nurse, have you got other talents?

Um, I do theatre and I do writing.

Oh, so you take roles, do you?

-I do.

-Cheese rolls?

-Sorry?

-CHEESE ROLLS?

No, not cheese rolls. I take acting roles or directing roles,

or producing roles in the theatre.

Oh. Singing roles?

I've done singing in musicals, but it's not my strong point.

No, well, it never is for contestants. Put your board up.

Why Grant?

Grant went from the strongest link to the weakest link.

-Nothing to do with his hairdo?

-No, nothing to do with his hairdo.

-I think it should be.

Grant, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When Anne came on, it was a bit surreal, more than anything, to be standing so close.

You don't realise, watching on telly, how close you are, and how menacing that stare can be.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,120. Another seconds coming off the time.

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

That's Kirsty.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Kirsty, in school science,

bar and horseshoe are types of which instrument that has the power of attracting iron?

-Metal?

-Magnet. Simon.

In food, the stinking rose is a nickname for which bulbous vegetable

widely used to flavour dishes?

-Garlic.

-Correct. Lynda.

In travel, which French verb meaning "to remember"

is the English term for a memento of a place visited on holiday?

Requedo. Reconnaissance. Can't remember.

Souvenir. Mike.

In nature, of the two animals that race each other in the fable by Aesop,

which has a longer life expectancy? The tortoise or the hare?

-Tortoise.

-Correct. Sarah.

In the media, the businessman who died in 1991,

described in the Dictionary of National Biography

as "a publisher and swindler", was Robert who?

-Louis Stephenson?

-Maxwell. Terry.

In sport, the fights known as the Thriller in Manilla

and the Rumble in the Jungle

both featured which boxer?

-Muhammad Ali.

-Correct. Harry.

-Bank.

In theatre, according to a line from Henry IV by Shakespeare,

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the" what?

-Crown.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In the measurement of time,

there are how many minutes in one and a quarter hours?

-Seventy-five.

-Correct. Simon.

Which film and stage musical based on a story by Ian Fleming

features an eccentric inventor,

his children Jemima and Jeremy, and a flying car?

-Back To The Future.

-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Lynda.

What O is a body part from the rear of a cow

that gives its name to a soup

and whose sale was banned in the UK during the BSE scare?

-Brisket.

-Oxtail. Mike.

In ancient history, which ruler known as The Great

was the son of Philip of Macedon?

-Alexander.

-Correct. Sarah.

In definitions, which term for an unsweetened biscuit

is also the name of a party novelty

that pulls apart with an explosive bang?

-Popper.

-Cracker. Terry.

In TV, the actor who appeared in the drama Middlemarch in the 1990s

and began playing the title role in the detective series Zen in 2011

is Rufus who?

-Pass.

-Sewell. Harry.

In communications, on a standard push-button telephone,

which number is situated directly between the three and the nine?

-Five.

-Six. Kirsty.

In the USA, the cities of Tampa, Miami and Orlando are in which state?

-Florida.

-Correct. Simon.

-Bank.

In pop music the soul singer who...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won just £40.

Who thinks capital punishment means having to go to London?

Who's giving all the right answers,

but not necessarily in the right order?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Mike is the strongest link because he didn't get an answer wrong.

Statistically, Sarah 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.

Lynda.

Sarah.

Terry.

Sarah.

Lynda.

Terry.

Kirsty.

We have a three-way tie. Sarah, Lynda and Terry, two votes each.

What do you do, Simon?

-I work on racecourses, Anne.

-As what?

I watch betting movements and report them to betting shops, etcetera.

So you tell the betting shop what's happening on course?

-Exactly, yeah.

-So you've got some healthy information?

Not really. We're not allowed to bet at work anyway, so it doesn't affect us in that respect.

-So does Mrs Simon put the bets on?

-There's no Mrs Simon.

Can that be to do with the fact

you look as if you've stepped out of the 1950s?

I'd hope that would be a plus.

No. No, no, trust me, Simon, that's not a plus.

Why isn't there a Mrs Simon? What are you looking for?

Somebody else that looks like they came out of the 1950s.

It's not that when you meet a woman,

you look at her teeth and slap her rear quarters, is it?

-No.

-No. Why Terry?

Terry got two wrong. A lot of people did. I had to pick somebody.

-What do you do, Lynda?

-I take people on coach tours or flying holidays to Europe.

Yes, so if you're on the coach tour,...

-Are you married?

-No.

No, so you can look at the list and have a choice. First dibs.

Yes, I suppose I do have the luck of that,

being able to have the first choice

if there's anybody I fancy.

And so you're with a lot of elderly people going to, say, Turkey.

What's the important thing to know about Turkey?

-The history.

-No, it isn't!

-If you've got elderly people, it's where the lavatories are.

-OK, yes.

Why Sarah?

Sarah, again,... We... A lot of us got two wrong and I...

Sorry, Sarah. You're lovely.

So, Mike, why do you want to get rid of Lynda?

Um, I recall Lynda got a couple of questions wrong.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

And the strongest link was Mike, so listen carefully.

You can stick with Lynda,

or you can move to Terry or Sarah.

I'll stick with my original choice, with Lynda.

Lynda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Doing the walk of shame was quite horrific

because I didn't think I'd be able to get my leg down from the pedestal.

I'd got so stiff standing there all that time, I thought I'd fall.

But I managed it, and you grit your teeth and get it over with.

Round Four. In the bank, £1,160.

Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link from the last round, Mike.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In law, the written instructions to council prepared by a solicitor

that set out the facts of a case are called briefs or undies?

-Briefs.

-Correct. Sarah.

In physics, when all the forces acting on a falling object are balanced,

it is said to have reached its terminal what?

-Energy.

-Velocity. Terry.

In internet addresses,

the symbol that looks like a lower case letter "a" inside a circle

stands for which short word?

-At.

-Correct. Harry.

In pastimes, the children's game called Owzthat,

played with two dice, is based on which sport?

-Cricket.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In cinema, what P is another word for a plan

that follows Blair Witch to make the title of a 1999 horror film?

-Project.

-Correct. Simon.

In botany, the shrub with the scientific name Philadelphus

that bears white, fragrant flowers, is commonly called Mock what?

-I don't know.

-Orange. Mike.

In employment, the Trade Union, the First Division Association,

was founded in 1919 to represent whom?

Civil servants or footballers?

-Footballers.

-Civil servants. Sarah.

In engineering, in a gear system,

the relationship between the number of teeth on two engaged wheels

is known as the gear what?

-Stick.

-Ratio. Terry.

In food and drink, the name of which facial feature is used as a term

for the aroma of a wine?

-Nose.

-Correct. Harry.

-Bank.

In celebrities, the singer, author and tabloid newspaper columnist

who became known on TV as a regular panelist on Loose Women

is Coleen who?

-Nolan.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In the animal kingdom,

several species of large spider in South America have what common name?

Bird eating or bird watching?

-Bird eating.

-Correct. Simon.

The nickname Bollywood for the prolific Indian film industry

is partly derived from which former name of an Indian city?

-Mumbai, no.

-Bombay. Mike.

When devolution returned to Northern Ireland in 2007,

the member of Sinn Fein who was sworn in as Deputy First Minister

is Martin who?

-Pass.

-McGuinness. Sarah.

In language, what G is an Arabic word for a demon

that is also used in English to mean a person with an interest in death and disaster?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer is "ghoul". You only won £20.

Who's already doing the sleepwalk of shame?

Whose head needs airing? Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, Harry is the strongest link.

With no correct answers, Sarah is the weakest link.

But will the votes reflect the statistics?

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

Simon.

Simon.

Sarah.

Simon.

Simon.

Simon.

-Terry, why Simon?

-Er, he got everything wrong that time, Anne.

Sarah, do you know anyone else who got everything wrong?

It couldn't possibly be me, could it?

It could very possibly. You were the worst player.

I was terrible.

Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I did approach some bookmakers to take bets on me winning this,

and a couple of them chickened out,

so I bet they're kicking themselves.

Round Five. In the bank, £1,180.

Another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link from the last round. Little Harry.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In history, the gunpowder plot of 1605 was a conspiracy

to blow up Parliament and the reigning monarch who had what first name?

-George.

-James. Kirsty.

In literature, the characters Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin

created by the author Patrick O'Brian

served in which of the armed forces?

-The Navy.

-Correct. Mike.

In science, when talking about liquid's resistance to flow because of internal friction,

it's known by what name, animosity or viscosity?

-Viscosity.

-Correct. Sarah.

In food, the small, young garden peas eaten as a vegetable are known by the French name of petit what?

-Pois.

-Correct. Terry.

In the animal kingdom, what L is the name of a small, burrowing rodent

known for taking part in mass migrations?

-Lemming.

-Correct. Harry.

-Bank.

In TV, episodes of which 1970s children's programme

ended with the words,

"He was just a saggy old cloth cat, but Emily loved him."?

-Bagpuss?

-Correct. Kirsty.

In geography, which present day country has coastlines on both the Black Sea and the White Sea?

-Africa.

-Russia. Mike.

In film, the annual Academy Awards Ceremony is now usually held in Los Angeles

on the evening of which day of the week?

-Thursday?

-Sunday. Sarah.

In maritime history, what P is the island in the South Pacific

that in 1790 was settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty?

-Peru?

-Pitcairn. Terry.

In which team sport involving horses

is it not permitted to play left-handed?

-Polo.

-Correct. Harry.

-Bank.

In cookery, recipe books often recommend that rubber gloves are worn

when preparing which foodstuff, plums or chillies?

-Chillies.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In science, water is composed of hydrogen and which other chemical element?

-Oxygen.

-Correct. Mike.

-Bank.

In European royalty, what G is the name of the ruling family of Monaco?

-Grimaldi.

-Correct. Sarah.

In punk rock, Hersham Boys, Hurry Up Harry and If The Kids Are United,

were all UK hit singles for which group led by Jimmy Pursey?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Was that on the tip of your tongue?

-Maybe.

-The correct answer was Sham 69.

You won £270.

So whose brain left its clothes in a neat pile on the beach?

Who's the broken lead in your pencil? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The statistics show that Terry 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.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Kirsty.

Kirsty.

Sarah.

Harry, why Sarah?

A few people did get theirs wrong, and she's had a few more bad rounds

so I think it's time she went.

Kirsty, why Sarah?

I think it's fair. She got the most wrong.

Sarah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My first impressions of Anne when she walked on set was how small she is.

I couldn't believe that. She's like a tiny stick of dynamite. Frightening.

When she looks at you, you stick to the floor a bit.

Round Six. You have £1,450.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In a common expression that refers to inappropriately low wages,

"If you pay peanuts, you get..." what? Elephants or monkeys?

-Monkeys.

-Correct. Harry.

In maths, what is 600 divided by four?

-150.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In French history, what J is the girl's name almost always used

as the Empress born in Martinique who married Napoleon Bonaparte?

-Jeanne? Jean?

-Josephine. Mike.

In definitions, which word meaning connected links of metal

is also a term for a number of shops or hotels that have the same owner?

-Chain.

-Correct. Terry.

In children's TV cartoons,

the voices for Danger Mouse and Count Duckula

were both provided by which actor?

-I haven't got a clue.

-David Jason. Harry.

In British eccentrics, the gambler and honorary member of the Zulu people

who opened two wild animal parks in Kent was John who?

-Major?

-Aspinall. Kirsty.

In food and drink, the Bavarian purity laws drawn up in the 16th century,

govern the manufacture of what, beer or mustard?

-Beer.

-Correct. Mike.

In the USA, from 1892 to 1954,

which island in New York Harbour

was used as an immigration and detention centre?

-Pass.

-Ellis Island. Terry.

In music, the opera by Mozart that tells the story of a famous seducer

who ends up being dragged into hell is entitled Don what?

-Quixote.

-Giovanni. Harry.

In football, the final match of the 1966 World Cup

and the 1996 World Championship were both held at which stadium?

-Wembley.

-Correct. Kirsty.

In cinema, what Z is the name of the Oscar-winning director of the films

Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Forrest Gump?

-Zotan?

-Zemeckis. Mike.

Mike, in stately homes,

Stratfield Saye House on the Berkshire-Hampshire border has since 1817...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won nothing.

So is Harry bottom of your class?

Should Terry be returned to sender?

Maybe Mike won't clean up.

Or will Kirsty's moment of fame be over?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Harry is the strongest link.

Statistically, Kirsty is the weakest link,

but can she survive the vote?

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

Kirsty.

Terry.

Kirsty.

Kirsty.

Mike, why Kirsty?

I thought the questions were a little unkind for Kirsty in that round,

and she got a couple wrong, so I went for Kirsty.

Terry, why Kirsty?

She was nearly as bad as me, but I had to vote for her.

She was as bad as you. Kirsty, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think the boys were ganging up on me slightly.

I think Terry should have been voted off before me. He was definitely more rubbish than I was in that round.

Round Seven. In the bank, £1,450.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, Harry.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In British wildlife, which word can follow "Marsh", "Hen" and "Montagu's"

to make the names of three birds of prey?

-Mother?

-Harrier. Mike.

In health and safety, according to specific advice in the RoSPA Firework Code,

fireworks should always be kept away from naked what?

-Flame.

-Correct. Terry.

In language, what A is a particular type of abbreviation

made up of a set of initials that are pronounced as a single word?

-Don't know.

-Acronym. Harry.

In children's literature,

many well-known limericks written by which comic poet

are included in his 1846 collection entitled A Book Of Nonsense?

-HG Wells?

-Edward Lear. Mike.

In tourism, Wenceslas Square is a popular destination in which European capital city?

-Berlin?

-Prague. Terry.

In maths, one, eight, 27 and 64 are the first four examples of which sort of number?

-Prime.

-Cube. Harry.

In tennis, the matches in men's singles titles in each of the four Grand Slam events

are played over a maximum of how many sets?

-Six.

-Five. Mike.

In cinema, which 1960 film starring Elvis Presley

tells the tale of a singing US soldier stationed in West Germany?

-GI Blues.

-Correct. Terry.

In history, which present-day Australian state

was established by the British government in 1788 as a convict colony?

-Perth.

-New South Wales. Harry.

In human anatomy, what L is the name for the short bands of tough, flexible tissue

that bind bones together?

-Ligament.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Mike.

In Christianity, which disciple of Jesus was a tax collector

and is the patron saint of bankers and accountants?

-Matthew.

-Correct. Terry.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Bank.

-Ooh, that's great at that stage(!)

Just?

-Your "bank" was spectacularly out of time.

-Excellent.

You won £20. In Round Eight you get the chance to treble what you bank.

You need to raise the bank balance, hang onto the best player.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage in the game,

Mike is the strongest link.

According to the statistics, Terry is the weakest link.

But who will survive the final vote?

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

Terry.

Terry.

Harry.

Mike, why Terry?

Not a great round. I thought Terry might have been the weakest link there, Anne.

Harry, why Terry?

We all did really bad, but I did get one right, Terry didn't get any.

He was the worst player. Terry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Today, I've had a fantastic day.

What an experience. I'd encourage anybody to sign up, come along,

you'll have a great day out with great people.

Round Eight. In the bank, £1,470.

In this round, 90 seconds.

But whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Mike.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In geology, the soft rock resembling clay that is used in industry

to refine fats and oils

is known as Fuller's what?

-Pass.

-Earth. Harry.

In the tourism industry, which English National Park is often referred to as Wordsworth Country?

-New Forest.

-The Lake District. Mike.

In a restaurant, what C is an American term for the list of charges

that is known in the UK as the bill?

-Pass.

-Check. Harry.

In international organisations,

Greece, Spain and Portugal all joined the European Community

in which decade of the 20th century?

-Erm, the nineties?

-1980s. Mike.

In a theatre, the parts of the building used by the audience

are known collectively as "front of" what?

-House.

-Correct. Harry.

-Bank.

In architecture, which cathedral in London has a famous Whispering Gallery?

-St Paul's.

-Correct. Mike.

-Bank.

In alpine skiing, in the event known as Super G,

the letter G stands for what?

-Gravity?

-Giant. Harry.

In TV, since the quiz show Mastermind was first broadcast in 1972,

each series winner has been awarded what, a glass bowl or a gold cup?

-A glass bowl.

-Correct. Mike.

-Bank.

In religion, a kiddush is a ceremonial blessing performed over wine or bread

at a meal to usher in the Sabbath made...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £60, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £1,650.

There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.

So little Harry and chubby Mike,

let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-I'll go first.

In cinema, which superhero played by the same star in four films

from 1978 to 1987,

has also been portrayed

by the actors George Reeves and Brandon Routh?

-Superman.

-That is a correct answer. Mike.

In money, images of an eagle, the Brandenburg Gate,

and an oak twig

have appeared on the Euro coins issued by which country?

-France.

-The correct answer is Germany. Harry.

In history, the name of which African city that was a centre of Islamic learning in the Middle Ages

is now commonly used to refer to any distant or outlandish place?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Timbuktu. Mike.

In theatre, which 1957 Broadway musical

ends with the central character speaking in Spanish, saying,

"Te adoro, Anton."

-West Side Story.

-That is the correct answer. Harry.

When assembled in order,

the chemical symbols for the elements uranium and radon

spell the name of which type of storage vessel?

-Cube?

-The correct answer is urn. Mike.

Mike, in wildlife, what general name given to a number of primates native to Madagascar

is derived from a Latin word meaning "ghost"?

-Ape?

-The correct answer is lemurs. Harry.

In technology, the pantelegraph

developed in the mid 1800s

by an Italian physicist

was an early example of which machine

now commonly used in offices?

-Printer?

-The correct answer is the fax machine. Mike.

In the Yorkshire Dales,

the famous railway viaduct with 24 arches

on the line between Settle and Carlisle

crosses the valley of which river?

-Calder.

-The correct answer is the Ribble. Harry.

The novel Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

that won the 2009 Man Booker Prize

is a fictionalised account of the life of which Tudor statesman

who was executed in 1540?

-Guy Fawkes?

-The correct answer is Thomas Cromwell. Mike.

In pre-history, what was the name of the geological period

that followed the Jurassic,

and whose end about 65 million years ago

was marked by the extinction of the dinosaurs?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Cretaceous.

And after five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Harry and Mike, let's play Sudden Death.

Harry, in climate,

the name of which Asian wind

that in summer is usually accompanied by heavy and continuous rainfall

is thought to derive from an Arabic word meaning "season"?

-Typhoon?

-The correct answer is monsoon.

Mike. In literature, what was the surname of the prolific 19th century English novelist

whose forenames were Charles John Huffam?

-Dickens?

-That is the correct answer.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

That means, Mike, you're today's strongest link,

and you go away with £1,650.

Harry, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'd like to say, "Congratulations, Mike, you're a decent guy."

"Spend it on a decent holiday for yourself and the family."

It's been an incredible experience

from the first question in the studio

to the last question in Sudden Death. I'd recommend it to anyone.

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