14/08/2013 Weakest Link

'Of the nine contestants in today's show,

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

'The rest 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, if they want that money, they must work as a team.

But eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Glyn, 28, from Kent, an order desk controller.

I'm Kate, 51, from Glasow, a born-again housewife.

I'm Graeme, 47, from Aberdeen, a bus operator.

I'm Sarah, 22, from Armagh, a theology student.

I'm Kathryn, 30, from South Wales, a trainer for a pensions company.

I'm Paul, 29, from South Shields, a PE teacher.

I'm Jean, 48, from West Yorkshire, a secretary at the University of Leeds.

I'm Deborah, 36, from Norwich, a solicitor.

I'm Saqib, 30, from Liverpool, I work for an investment bank.

The rules. In each round, aim to answer enough questions correctly

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

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

One wrong breaks the chain and loses the money.

But if you say "bank" before the question, the money is safe,

but you start a new chain from scratch.

At the end of the round, only money that's been banked can be taken forward.

In round one, there are three minutes on the clock.

We start with the first name alphabetically Deborah.

Let's play The Weakest Link!

First question for £20. Start the clock!

How many years' bad luck if you break a mirror?

Seven.

In which continent is Morocco?

Um, Africa.

In maths, what's nine times nine?

Eighty-one.

In 2002, which sporting event took place from 8th to 24th February?

The Winter Olympics.

What F means cleaning between the teeth using thin string?

Flossing.

Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit stole vegetables from whose garden, Mr McGregor or Mrs Tiggywinkle?

-Mrs Tiggywinkle.

-No, Mr McGregor.

UK monarchy: who is third in line to the throne?

Prince Harry.

What M is a large bottle containing twice the standard bottle of champagne?

A magnum.

Harold Macmillan was leader of which political party?

Conservatives.

In 1665, which disease killed more than 70,000 people in London?

Plague.

In the animal kingdom, what is a mandarin duck, a fish or a bird?

A f...a bird.

What geographical term is applied to a country surrounded by land on all sides?

-Pass.

-Landlocked.

What J is a word meaning large, applied to an elephant or a plane?

Jumbo.

For what do the initials CCTV usually stand?

Closed circuit television.

-Bank!

-Is the Chrysler building in New York Art Deco or Renaissance?

Art Deco.

The TV talent show judge who was head of talent at RCA Records is Simon who?

-Pass.

-Cowell.

What R is beads used as an aid to prayer?

Rosary.

Which Italian artist was born in 1452 at Vinci near Florence?

Leonardo.

What actress stars as Tess Ocean in the 2001 remake of the action comedy Ocean's Eleven?

-Kate Winslet.

-No, Julia Roberts.

A hamstring is a tendon at the back of which joint?

-Leg.

-No, the knee.

In which city in NE England are the Hancock and Discovery Museums?

-Manchester.

-No, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

How many microseconds in a second - a thousand or a million?

-A thousand.

-No, a million. "Red sky at night, shepherd's...what?"

-Delight.

-In what English city is the Central School of Speech and Drama?

-London.

-In competitive swimming, how many legs in a medley relay race?

Four.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 82 minus 15?

Time's up.

The correct answer is 67.

You banked a very lowly, depressing, shameful £150

out of a possible £1,000.

If stupidity was a talent, who would be considered very gifted?

Who has reached their end?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Glyn is the weakest link with the most incorrect answers.

Graeme's the strongest, but at this early stage, how will the votes go?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

-Saqib, what d'you do?

-I work for an investment bank.

-You earn a lot?

-Not loads, but enough for a roof over my head.

-Oh.

-Anything interesting about you?

-I was in a boy band.

Must have been a long time ago. Why Glyn?

-He got the most questions wrong.

-Deborah, what do you do?

-Solicitor.

-What sort?

I act for insurance companies, defending claims for personal injury.

I see! When we've paid out to insurance companies, and we have some way of getting it back,

you're there making sure we don't!

-On the contrary. I am the policy holder's, the premium payer's champion.

-Really? Why Glyn?

I got the impression Glyn answered more incorrectly than anybody else.

-Glyn, what an embarrassment!

-I know.

Don't speak to me! You have no speaking part at this point.

With five votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I don't feel guilty about losing the team £300. Sarah lost more than that.

I lost the will to live, and just wanted out.

'I think Graeme will go next.'

He told some bad jokes, and he's wearing a yellow shirt!

Round two, team. So far, you have in the bank £150. Now eight players.

Ten seconds come off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link, Graeme.

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

Is the musical work Don Giovanni by Mozart ballet or opera?

-Ballet.

-No, opera.

Literature: which Agatha Christie detective lives in St Mary Meade?

Miss Marple.

What E is to rub skin with a gritty substance to remove the surface?

Exfoliate.

-Bank!

-What relation is a woman to her child's child?

Grandma.

In the nursery rhyme, on which day was Solomon Grundy buried?

Sunday.

The regular host of TV's Newsnight Review, the weekly BBC cultural review, is Mark who?

-Paxman.

-Lawson.

What M is a tropical tree with reddish timber used for furniture?

Mahogany.

The comedian who has published Flying Under Bridges and Whistling For The Elephants is Sandi who?

Toksvig.

Which country owns the island of Corsica?

-Italy.

-France.

What are the longer odds, 6-4 against, or 10-1 against?

10-1 against.

The personal expenditure of the British monarch is the Privy what?

-Pass.

-Purse. A tiara is worn on which part of the body?

-Head.

-In May 2000, Ken Livingstone was elected to which UK political position?

-Lord Mayor of London.

-No, London mayor.

In sport, the PFA is the official union for players of which game?

-Golf.

-Football.

Which American TV soap first shown in 1978 regularly featured the character JR Ewing?

Dallas.

What is 69 plus 69?

138.

-Bank!

-A person with barely enough money to satisfy immediate needs is said to live from hand to what?

-Pass.

-Mouth.

What type of organism is salmonella, virus or bacterium?

Bacterium.

-Bank!

-Which title did King Edward VIII receive after his abdication?

Duke of Windsor.

The characters Ophelia and Claudius appear in which play by William Shakespeare?

Hamlet.

What mythological monster, H, grew many heads when one was cut off?

Hydra.

-Bank!

-London's Battersea power station has how many chimneys?

-One.

-Four.

Time's up.

Another awful round! You only banked £220.

Who has just asked for trouble?

Who is about, and deservedly about, to come to a sticky end?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistics show that Paul is the strongest link.

Graeme is now the weakest link, but will the other players have picked up on that?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

We have a tie, team. Graeme and Deborah, four votes each.

-Deborah, how d'you think you did in that last round?

-Very poorly.

-What's so funny? You lost the team money.

-No, it's not funny, I'm embarrassed. Sorry.

-Why Graeme?

-Graeme didn't get more questions wrong than anybody else,

but a couple were quite simple.

-What do you do, Graeme?

-I'm a bus operator.

-So you drive buses?

-Not now. I have a sleep disorder, so I've got a revoked licence.

-A...?

-Sleep disorder.

-Sleep disorder?

-Yes.

-Why Deborah?

-I thought she had as many answers wrong as I had.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

The strongest link in the last round was the PE teacher, Paul.

-Why Deborah?

-Two questions wrong, and a sports-related question, which was criminal.

-Choose between Graeme and Deborah.

-I'll plump with my original answer.

< Deborah.

Graeme had a bad round, but he's still a strong team player, and banked some money.

To cheer Deborah up on her way, Graeme in fact was the weakest link.

But Deborah, cheered by those whose insurance claims you have reduced, you are the weakest link.

Goodbye!

It's very disappointing to be here. I'm very sorry to be second off.

I'd prefer the dreaded slot of first off cos that would give everyone at work a laugh.

'I'd like to see Paul off next.'

I wish him every lack of success for the future.

Round three, team. Out of a possible £2,000, you've banked £370.

You're down to seven players.

Another ten seconds off the clock. Start with the strongest link, Paul.

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

"The Force has a strong influence on a weak mind." What 1977 SF film?

Star Wars.

Which US dramatist wrote Plaza Suite and California Suite, Tennessee Williams or Neil Simon?

Neil Simon.

Football: Peter Bonetti, Nigel Martin and Ray Clemence played for England in which position?

Goalkeeper.

-Bank!

-What H is a suggested explanation that may be tested in an experiment of investigation?

-Hieroglyphics.

-No, hypothesis.

In the Lords, the holder of which office sits on the woolsack?

-The Speaker.

-The Lord Chancellor. Saxony's in which European country?

-France.

-No, Germany. How many major planets are in our solar system, nine or 12?

Nine.

In which decade was BBC TV's Match Of The Day first broadcast?

'60s.

Film: Cher and Jack Nicholson starred in which 1987 adaptation of a John Updike novel?

The Witches Of Eastwick.

-Bank!

-What W follows willow, sedge and reed to make the names of British birds?

-Wisp.

-Warbler.

Which word follows customs, excise and stamp for three forms of taxation?

Duty.

What G is the name for tiny, shiny particles glued to another item to create sparkly decoration?

Glitter.

-Bank!

-The 13th century Barons' War was fought in which UK country?

-England.

-Which UK radio station broadcasts Farming Today and In The Psychiatrist's Chair?

Radio 4.

-Bank!

-Rupert Brooke's war sonnets were published in which 20thC war?

-Second World War.

-No, the first. In Elton John's hit, what night's all right for fighting?

Saturday.

What C is the surname of the family who founded a mustard factory near Norwich in 1814?

Colman.

-Bank!

-What kind of pastime is bezique?

A card game.

-Bank!

-In 1978, the first test-tube baby was born in which country?

-South Africa.

-No, the United Kingdom.

What A is the philosophy concerned with the perception of beauty and ugliness?

-Aesthetics.

-In music, the song...

Time's up.

You banked £370. Whose till shows no sale? One of you is about to leave with nothing.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Jean is the strongest link, getting all her questions right.

Graeme is the weakest link for the second round in a row.

Can he survive another vote?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Jean,

-just had a haircut?

-Yes, I have.

-Crew cut?

-Not quite.

-Where are you from?

-Aberford in West Yorkshire.

-What do you do in Aberford?

-I work in Leeds. I'm a secretary.

-Where?

-The University of Leeds.

We have a lot of students on from there, mostly quite thick.

-Why Graeme?

-I'm afraid he might go to sleep.

-I can see the problem.

-Kathryn, what do you do?

-I'm a trainer.

-What sort of trainer?

-I work for a pensions company.

-You don't count press-ups?

-No.

-You're from Wales?

-Yes.

-Can you speak Welsh?

-Not really, no.

-Good.

-Why Graeme?

-Why Graeme?

-He's had a couple of bad rounds, and the shirt is starting to catch my eyes.

-Yes.

Graeme, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

They picked me cos they don't have dress sense. Mustard shirts are "in".

I'd like Paul off. He's better looking, and that impresses Anne.

Round four, team.

£740 banked, out of a possible £3,000.

Another ten seconds off, so you have 2½ minutes.

We'll start with the strongest link, Jean. Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!

The word for propelling a football, the recoil of a gun, or a thrill?

-Fire.

-No, kick.

Chile shares borders with Peru, Bolivia and which other country?

-Mexico.

-No, Argentina.

Ally McCoist became team captain in 1996 on which TV sports quiz show?

-It'll Be All Right On The Night.

-No, A Question Of Sport.

Which female US singer had a 1998 UK hit album with Ray Of Light?

-Anastasia.

-No, Madonna. Gateau is French for which bakery product?

Cake.

Oscar Wilde wrote "The truth is rarely pure and never..." what?

Simple.

Which sport uses the terms slap shot, face-off and wraparound?

Ice hockey.

-Bank!

-Which English princess became a pupil at St George's School, Ascot, in September 2000?

-Zara.

-No, Beatrice.

The birth rate is live births per how many of the population?

-Thousand.

-Which domestic pet accompanied Dick Whittington on his travels?

-A cat. Bank!

-Do elephants eat plants or fish?

Plants.

Robert Maxwell bought which publishing group in 1984?

-The Mirror.

-Which county was formed in 1974, merging Cumberland

with Westmoreland and part of Lancashire?

-Cumbria.

-In entertainment, TV presenter Matthew Robertson married Davina who in June 2000?

McCall.

-Bank!

-The English guinea, current between 1663 and 1817, was made of which metal, gold or silver?

-Gold.

-Which novel by Charles Dickens features Betsy Trotwood?

-Oliver Twist.

-No, David Copperfield. On UK motorways, junction numbers are on what colour background?

-Blue.

-Black.

Which word can mean a reservoir of liquid or a military vehicle on caterpillar tracks?

-Tank.

-The Sunday morning TV programme is the Heaven And What Show?

Earth.

-Bank!

-Which 1960 musical set in the court of King Arthur starred Julie Andrews and Richard Burton?

-King Arthur.

-Camelot.

Time's up. You banked £400.

Who's long on luck but short on wisdom? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Paul is the strongest link for the second time.

Saqib is the weakest, with the most incorrect answers. But will the votes reflect the statistics?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Paul, where do you teach?

-Northfield School in Billingham.

-Where's Billingham?

-Teesside.

-Where they become ballet dancers?

-That's exactly it.

-Was Billy Elliott from Billingham?

-Yes, he was. He goes to my school, Jamie Bell.

-What d'you teach him?

-The theory of GCSE PE.

-Will that be useful in Hollywood?

-Yeah.

-Having a drink with Brad Pitt, he can say,

"Our Paul at school taught me the theory of GCSE PE."

-He wouldn't call me Paul. It's Mr Given to him.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Why Saqib?

-In the last round, he stumbled a bit, so his number's up.

Statistically, the worst player was Saqib who was in a boy band

when he had hair and a flat stomach.

Now he's the weakest link with four votes. Goodbye!

My game went to pieces. I got the first question wrong, then the second, and it was all over.

Kate's on her own, and the others have an alliance going.

Round five, team. So far, you've banked £1,140 of a possible £4,000.

Down to five players.

Another ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link, Paul.

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

Which of the British armed forces has a college in Dartmouth?

-Royal Marines.

-No, Royal Navy. Which northern Premiership football club

is supported by Elvis Costello, Mel C and John Peel?

-Liverpool.

-In 1995, who resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury

to fight a libel action against the Guardian and World In Action?

-Peter Mandelson.

-No, Jonathan Aitken.

In London, Mezzo and The Ivy typify which type of establishment?

-Hotels.

-No, restaurants. Which female singer had a UK hit single in 2000 with Body To Body,

using samples from the David Bowie song Ashes To Ashes?

-Britney Spears.

-No, Samantha Mumba.

The boats of yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester share their name with which moth?

-Pass.

-Gypsy.

Which Essex motor manufacturing town gave its name to a famous band of girl pipers?

-Pass.

-Dagenham.

What kind of animal was the TV puppet Lenny who appeared in 1956 with ventriloquist Terry Hall?

Lion.

-Bank!

-Which Australian male tennis player went out in the first round of the 2002 Australian Open?

Lleyton Hewitt.

One side of a square is 12 metres. What's the area in square metres?

144.

-Pass!

-In public projects... Pass?

What word can mean the join where fabric has been sewn together, and a layer of coal in the earth?

-Pass.

-Seam.

Who wrote the 1994 autobiography Long Walk To Freedom?

Nelson Mandela.

-Bank!

-Which boy's name is also a term for a vortex or small whirlpool

created when water runs down a plughole?

-Pass.

-Eddy.

The Cayman Islands are in which sea?

-In the...Caspian.

-No, Caribbean. Which former member of the Sex Pistols died in 1979, aged 21?

Sid Vicious.

-Bank!

-In fashion, the designers Angela Missoni...

Time's up. I cannot complete the question.

And you banked only £60. Who is the thorn in your side, the splinter in your finger?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, Kate's the strongest link, with the most correct answers.

Paul is now the weakest link. Will his success in previous rounds be enough to save him?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

-So, Jean, you've voted for the student.

-Yes.

-Why have you voted for her?

-I think she was slightly better than I was,

but she's too pretty to be on this show with us. >

-Did you think she was the weakest link?

-No.

-Who did you think was?

-Probably me.

-No, it wasn't.

-Right.

Mr Chips, the talk of Hollywood. How bright are you, to pass before you hear the question?

I was bamboozled by your beauty, Anne, put off momentarily.

-That won't wash. Why Sarah?

-For a few rounds, she's not been so good.

-You've not been starry!

-I've been consistent the last few rounds.

-You were the weakest link in the last round.

But I've been the strongest twice.

Sarah, the divinity student, you didn't pray hard enough. You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

This show is called The Weakest Link.

To be voted off when one isn't the weakest link is very disturbing.

I could've gone at least to the final two.

But Paul "I'm a PE teacher, therefore I know everything"

is probably going to win if the rest of the women let him have his way.

Round six, team. Out of a possible £5,000, you've banked £1,200.

You're down to four players. Ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link, Kate.

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

Which world championship boxer from Northern Ireland was nicknamed the Clones Cyclone?

-Paddy O'Feeny.

-No, Barry McGuigan.

An anticoagulant stops the clotting of which bodily fluid?

Blood.

Which 1994 film about the mental illness of a UK monarch starred Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren?

-The Madness Of King James.

-No, King George.

Who taught his disciples the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path?

-St Peter.

-No, the Buddha.

In government treasuries, what's the British equivalent to the American IRS?

-The...Department of Economics.

-No, the Inland Revenue.

The Angel Falls are situated in which Latin American country?

-Brazil.

-Venezuela.

Beagle 2 is a landing craft made to gather information about possible life on which planet?

Mars.

-Bank!

-Which annual race starts at University Stone in Putney?

The University Boat Race.

The Black Sash Organisation was founded in 1955 by women opposed to apartheid in which African country?

South Africa.

British novelist Walter Greenwood wrote a novel about unemployment in the 1930s called Love On The what?

Dole.

Which political party was once the People Party and Ecology Party?

-Labour.

-The Green Party.

The SNCF is the national railway system of which country?

France.

-Bank!

-In the '60s-'70s TV sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, what relation was Alf Garnett to Else?

-Father-in-law.

-Husband.

-Bank!

-The mythological hero Hercules was said to be the son of which Roman god?

-Mercury.

-Jupiter. What '80s cartoon starred four reptilian heroes named after Italian artists?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Time's up. That was the correct answer, but out of time. You only banked £40.

Who's a couple of eggs short of a dozen? A candidate for deselection?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Jean is the strongest link, with fewest answers wrong.

Kate is now the weakest, but will the voting reflect the reality?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

We have a tie, team. Paul and Kate, two votes each.

-Paul, why Kate?

-I think she was equally as bad as myself.

-Not worse?

-Not worse, just equally as bad.

-Kate, why Paul?

-Cos he's a man, I think, really.

When a vote is tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

The strongest link was Jean. Why did you vote for Paul?

-Um...mainly because he lost us money.

-OK.

-You can choose between Kate and Paul.

-I'll stick with my original choice, please.

Your body may be fit, but your brain isn't, Paul. You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

If I'm honest, I came here today to win it.

I wanted to go away with a cheque, and I'm devastated.

'I'll go back with my head high.'

I got through to round six, and was voted off because I'm a man, not because I lack intelligence.

Round seven. £1,240 you've won. Three of you left.

Another ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link, Jean.

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

The rule of which British royal house was interrupted by the Civil War in the Commonwealth?

-Hanover.

-Stuart.

The author of The Winds Of War and War In Remembrance is Herman who?

-Hesse.

-No, Wouk.

Since 1997, which British national daily newspaper has featured a regular column

written under the pseudonym Ephraim Hardcastle?

-The Independent.

-Daily Mail.

In UK politics, who succeeded Jo Grimond in 1967 as leader of the Liberal Party?

-Alec Douglas-Home.

-Jeremy Thorpe.

Which US actress starred in Sleepless In Seattle and City Of Angels?

Meg Ryan.

Which architect designed the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall?

-Pass.

-Inigo Jones.

In which Bizet opera is the heroine killed at the bullring in Seville?

-The Barber of Seville.

-Carmen.

The African game bird similar in size to a chicken is a guinea what?

-Fowl.

-New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are provinces of which country?

-Canada.

-Which climbing or trailing plant has yellow, orange or red flowers,

pungent leaves and edible seeds?

-Sunflower.

-Nasturtium.

In the 1999 film American Beauty, which actress played the wife of Kevin Spacey?

-Sissy Spacek.

-Annette Bening.

In which Scottish city is the University of Abertay?

-Aberdeen.

-Dundee.

Which word means everybody born about the same date, or the production of electricity?

-Pass.

-Generation.

So, three women left,

and absolutely nothing banked!

In round eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank,

but you must bank something in the first place. £3,000 to be won.

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

Kate is the strongest link, as she got the most correct answers.

Jean is now the weakest, as she got all her answers wrong.

But at this crucial stage, who will take the last walk of shame?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Kate, why Jean?

She's a lovely lady, you know.

But I think we should give the Welsh a better time.

And Kathryn's top matches mine better than Jean's does.

-Kathryn, why Jean?

-I think she did marginally worse than I did.

She did. Not one question correct. Jean, go and let your hair down. You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I think I should have gone to the final. I thought I'd reach the final.

But my last round was so dreadful,

I probably blew it in that round.

Round eight, team.

Out of a possible £7,000, you have £1,240. Two of you left.

90 seconds in this round, but whatever you win

will be trebled and added to your final money. £3,000 is at stake.

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

Nick Carter is in which American boy band?

-Take That.

-Backstreet Boys. When did Arsenal win the FA Cup and League Championship double a second time?

-'97.

-No, '98. Which artist was famous for silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe?

-Andy Warhol.

-The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme was launched in which 20thC decade?

-'70s.

-'50s. The River Boyne rises in the Bog of Allan and empties into which body of water?

-The Irish Sea.

-The Bronx is a borough of which major US city?

New York.

Name the lamb chops cut from the ribs nearest the leg.

-Gigot.

-No, chump chops. In TV, which street is the setting for the soap Neighbours?

-Ramsay.

-In the proverb, if you don't want to miss an opportunity, what shouldn't you look in the mouth?

Gift horse.

-Bank!

-Kathy Staff plays Nora Batty in which TV sitcom?

Last Of The Summer Wine.

-Bank!

-A ghost story by Susan Hill, adapted into a play, is called The Woman In what colour?

-White.

-Black. The 1981 film Chariots Of Fire featured the 1924 Olympics of which city?

-London.

-Paris. In the Bible, Moses was born in which country?

Egypt.

-Bank!

-In the name of the international organisation EFTA, for what does letter T stand?

Time's up. The correct answer is Trade.

And you banked £90, which we'll treble and add to previous winnings.

That means prize money today of £1,510, but only one of you can take that money home.

You play against each other, head-to-head. I ask alternating questions. Best of five.

Whoever answers most correctly wins.

If there's a tie, we go for sudden death till we have a winner.

Kate, Kathryn, for £1,510, let's play The Weakest Link!

Kate, as the strongest link in the last round, choose who goes first.

I'll go first.

Kate, in written English, which two letters are used as an abbreviation

of a Latin phrase literally meaning "for the sake of example"?

-Eg.

-That is the correct answer.

Kathryn, in modern athletics, which is the only throwing event

where competitors do not take their throws from within a circle?

-Javelin.

-That is the correct answer.

Kate, in modern history, the Iran Contra Affair linked the sale of weapons in Iran

to the funding of rebels in which Central American country?

-Cuba.

-No, the correct answer is Nicaragua.

Kathryn, in modern literature, which barrister and author

wrote the autobiographical play A Voyage Round My Father?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is John Mortimer.

Kate, in TV, which Sunday programme regularly presented by John Craven

covers farming and rural affairs?

-Farming Today.

-No, the correct answer is Country File.

Kathryn, in politics, what is the British equivalent

of the American cabinet post of Secretary of State?

-That's the Home Secretary.

-No, the correct answer is Foreign Secretary.

At the moment, you're level pegging.

And neither of you is impressive.

Kate, Drs Banting and Macleod won the 1923 Nobel Prize for Medicine

for their work on insulin treatment for which disorder?

-Diabetes.

-That is the correct answer.

Kathryn, which American musical features the songs

The Farmer And the Cowman and People Will Say We're In Love?

-Oklahoma.

-That is the correct answer.

Kate, when rolling two standard dice,

the probability of throwing two sixes is one in how many?

-25.

-No, the correct answer is 36.

Kathryn, if you answer this correctly, you've won.

Which town on the Firth of Clyde has an international airport

and hosted the first Open Championship on its golf course?

-Aberdeen.

-No, the correct answer is Prestwick.

After five questions each, your scores are tied. So, Kate and Kathryn, let's play Sudden Death!

Kate, which London museum, opened in 1920,

is now in a building which was once part of the Bedlam Hospital?

-The National Gallery.

-No, the right answer is the Imperial War Museum.

Kathryn, which French fashion designer is associated with the "garcon" look?

-Jean-Paul Gaultier.

-No, the correct answer is Chanel.

Kate, name the technique of growing plants in water without soil.

-Hydroponics.

-That is correct.

Kathryn, which Irishman directed the films The Crying Game and Michael Collins?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is Neil Jordan.

That means, Kate, you are today's strongest link, and you go away with £1,510.

Kathryn, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link.

Goodbye!

I feel on top of the world. I can't believe I'm taking home the money.

Going home with nothing. Bit of a gutter. But I've done something no-one I know has, and I'm proud.

I did deserve to get to the final. I was the sassy one.

Maybe I didn't have all the general knowledge, but the best girl won.

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