15/02/2012 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.

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

Let's meet the team.

I'm David, I'm 42, from Worcester and I'm a key account manager.

I'm Audrey, I'm 82,

I'm from Bristol and I'm a retired midwife.

I'm Stephen, I'm 21, I'm from York and I'm a psychology student.

I'm Jane, I'm 40 years old, I'm from Norwich and I'm a legal secretary.

I'm Denis, I'm 72, I'm from Stamford and I'm a driver.

I'm Claire, I'm 24, I'm from Godalming

and I'm an IT support analyst.

I'm Malcolm, I'm 52, from Portsmouth and I'm a charity manager.

I'm Hannah, I'm 18, I'm from Leeds and I'm a biology student.

I'm Bob, I'm 30, I'm from Birmingham and I'm a civil servant.

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

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

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

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

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

The modern English alphabet runs from "A" to which other letter?

-Z.

-Correct.

In colloquial expressions,

something that is exactly to a person's taste is said to be just their cup of what?

-Tea.

-Correct.

In transport, the vast majority of modern cars have the boot at which end of the vehicle?

-The back.

-I'll accept.

In horticulture, a successful gardener is often said to have what? Green fingers or blue toes?

-Green fingers.

-Correct.

In the media, a newspaper story in which someone reveals details about a relationship with a celebrity

is usually called a "kiss and" what?

-Tell.

-Correct.

In fashion, the style of cap with a long visor, that is sometimes worn back to front,

is named after which sport that is popular in North America?

-Baseball.

-Correct.

In film, what G is the first name of the Oscar-winning actress

born in Los Angeles in 1972 with the surname Paltrow?

-Gwyneth.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 17 plus 4?

-21.

-Correct.

Which dairy product goes before "puff", "cheese" and "cracker" to give the names of three foodstuffs?

-Cream.

-Correct.

In comic books, when Superman is pretending to be his alter ego, Clark Kent,

he typically disguises himself with a pair of what? Glasses or gloves?

-Gloves.

-No, glasses.

In TV, the programmes The Generation Game and Play Your Cards Right

have both been hosted by which presenter?

-Noel Edmonds.

-Even Bruce Forsyth.

In European cities, what "A" is the name of the constitutional capital of the Netherlands?

-Amsterdam.

-Correct.

In entertainment, the singer who beat Gareth Gates to win Pop Idol in 2002

and who had a UK No.1 single with Light My Fire is Will who?

-Young.

-Correct.

In human dentition, the canines are also known as what? The eye teeth or the ear teeth?

-Eye teeth.

-Correct. According to the nursery rhyme,

when Little Jack Horner put his thumb in a pie, he pulled out which fruit?

-A plum.

-Correct.

In folklore, the saying "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"

is represented in pictures or ornaments by how many wise monkeys?

-Three.

-Correct.

What C is the word specifically used to describe a war fought within a single country

by groups struggling for political control?

-Civil.

-Correct.

In science, the animal born in 1996 and named Dolly

that was the first mammal to be cloned successfully from an adult cell was a member of which species?

-Sheep.

-Correct. In eating, which five-letter word that rhymes with "pack"...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear, oh, dear.

You won absolutely nothing in that first very, very easy round.

So...

..who is your cricket ball heading for your greenhouse?

Who has been a disaster?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is David.

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

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

Audrey.

Stephen.

Audrey.

Audrey.

Audrey.

Audrey.

Audrey.

Audrey.

Audrey.

-What do you do, Malcolm?

-I'm a charity manager, Anne.

-Where?

-In Portsmouth.

-What are you raising money for?

-At the moment, for a vital piece of equipment to treat cancer patients.

Yes. So, tomorrow, what might you be raising money for?

-I shall still be raising money for that.

-How do you raise the money?

-Everything from putting on shows to shaking tins in the street.

-Do you put on the shows?

-I do.

-Like what?

-Musical theatre mainly.

-Can you sing?

-Would you like me to?

-It depends what you're going to sing.

-Frank Sinatra.

-Put your board down.

# Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry

# How can I get by without you...? #

So are you the head of the charity?

-I am.

-So no-one can say, "Rubbish"?

-Nobody can say, "Rubbish!"

-Put your board up.

-Why Audrey?

-Because...

-You don't like old people?

-I love old people, but bless her, Audrey, we had £1,000 and she forgot to bank.

-What do you do, Jane?

-I'm a legal secretary.

-Where?

-In Norwich.

-So you work for a solicitor?

-Two solicitors.

-Do they time themselves on the phone?

-Yes.

-How do they do that?

They have a clock on the computer and every six minutes they have to account for.

-What if one of them gets a coughing fit?

-They knock that off their time.

-Why Audrey?

-I'm afraid she forgot to bank twice. I think she forgot why she was here.

-What do you do, Stephen?

-I'm a psychology student.

-What year?

-Second year.

-Where is the university?

-Nottingham Trent.

-Have you got a girlfriend?

-No, Anne.

-Why not?

-I don't like girls in that way.

-You like boys in that way?

-Yeah.

-When did you come out?

-Last October.

-Did you tell your mum?

-No, I got my sister to do it.

-Oh, you coward!

-I know.

-What did your mum say?

-She hung up the phone at first,

then afterwards, she called me and was like, "How are you doing?"

-Can you sing?

-Oh, no, Anne.

-But I'm a cheerleader.

-Put your board down.

Off you go.

Are you sure your mother didn't know?

Shockingly, the amount of people I've had that come up to me and like, "Really?" But this is what they say.

-OK, you have to stand here...

-She must have known just a little bit.

-You'd think so, but she swears blind that she didn't.

-No, OK.

-Why didn't you tell her?

-LAUGHTER

Put your board up.

-Why Audrey?

-Because she forgot to bank £1,000,

then we had a lot at the end which she could have banked.

Audrey, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was a shame to go out in the first round.

I feel that they maybe ought to not make you go out after the first wrong question.

Round Two and you have nothing in the bank. Ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's David. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In art, a well-known painting by John Constable

depicting a horse-drawn cart in the stream by Flatford Mill is known as The Hay what?

-Market.

-Wain.

In nature, the juice of a plant with fleshy leaves that is commonly used in cosmetics

is called aloe vera or "cheerio, Gladys"?

-Aloe vera.

-Correct.

In psychology, the letters IQ stand for what Quotient?

-Intellect.

-No, Intelligence.

In landmarks, Nelson's Column is a monument in which London square?

-Trafalgar Square.

-Correct.

In TV, according to the title of a drama series that began in 1997,

which crime is perpetrated in the fictional county of Midsomer?

-Murders.

-Correct.

In music, what X is the name of a percussion instrument played

by striking a row of wooden bars with small hammers?

-Xylophone.

-Correct.

In children's literature, in the books by Katharine Holabird,

the mouse character called Angelina practises which classical dance?

-Ballet.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The national flag of Japan consists of a red disc on a background of which colour?

-White.

-Correct.

In medicine, caisson disease, often referred to as the bends,

affects which group of people - gymnasts or divers?

-Divers.

-Correct.

In festive customs, the characteristic laugh of Father Christmas is usually written

as which word uttered three times?

-Ho.

-Correct. In film and theatre, the singing family

whose story is told in The Sound Of Music had what surname?

-Von Trapp.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In definitions, what C is a word that means both a motor-racing track

and the course taken by a flow of electric current?

-Circuit.

-Correct.

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place in 2011 on the 29th of which month?

-April.

-Correct.

In aviation, if helicopters are described as rotary-wing aircraft,

what term is used to refer to the wings on a conventional aeroplane?

-Fixed-wing.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In sport, the type of hockey played at the Winter Olympics takes place on grass or ice?

-Ice.

-Correct.

In geography, the Strait of Gibraltar separates Europe from which other continent?

-Pass.

-Africa.

In maths, what is 100 minus 7?

-93.

-Correct.

In music, what V is the title of a 1990 UK hit single for Madonna

that includes the lyric, "Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio"?

-Vogue.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The dog breed called the Alsatian is now more widely...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £550. You had a chain of 12 correct answers,

so you could have got to the target.

Who thinks karaoke is a martial art?

Who will go on losing you money?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Stephen is the strongest link as he answered the most questions correctly.

The weakest link statistically is Jane, but can she survive the vote?

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

Bob.

Bob.

Bob.

David.

Bob.

Bob.

Bob.

David.

-What do you do, Hannah?

-I'm a student.

-Where?

-At Leeds.

-Yeah. Studying what?

-Biology.

-What have you learnt so far?

-I had a lab class the other week about dissecting insects.

-What's the point of that?

-To learn about its feeding behaviour and how it's related to how it evolved.

-So that you can what?

-So that you can further the knowledge of biology.

-Do you know what you'll do when you leave university?

-I'll do my master's degree.

-To save getting a job?

-No, there isn't as much I can do with just a biology degree.

-Why didn't you do a degree in plumbing or car maintenance?

-You can't do a degree in them.

-Those.

-Obviously, English isn't my best subject.

-No.

-Why Bob?

-Because he flustered a question.

-What do you do, Claire?

-I'm an IT support analyst.

Great(!)

It's just as interesting as it sounds.

-What do you do in the job?

-Database stuff to do with looking in the servers at information coming back.

I'll just die of excitement(!) Why have you come in shorts? Put your board down. Let's have a look.

Go the other way. You won't excite him at all. Try Denis.

Is that a typical outfit for an IT support worker?

-No, I don't wear these to work.

-No. Good. Pop back.

-What do you really want to do?

-I'd quite like to get into music promotion.

-Can you sing?

-Yeah, sometimes I sing.

-What can you sing?

-I can do some Johnny Cash.

-Good. Off you go.

# I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' round the bend

# I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when

# Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison

# Time keeps draggin' on... #

-That was terrific. Put your board up.

-Thank you.

-Why Bob?

Yeah, he did fluster a question and took a bit of time over it.

-He did. Bob...

-Hello, Anne.

-You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Having managed to bank nothing in the first round as a team,

I was very keen to make sure that didn't happen twice in a row.

I didn't think that would be very clever at all, but that's one of the things that cost me.

Round Three. In the bank, £550. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In geology, what is the general name for the distinctive type of mountain

such as those in Italy called Etna and Vesuvius?

-Volcanoes.

-Correct.

In human reproduction, when a woman successfully bears quintuplets, she gives birth to how many babies?

-Five.

-Correct.

In law, the word originally meaning an opening in a wall that refers to an ambiguity in a statute,

allowing it to be evaded, is a loop what?

-Hole.

-Correct.

In tennis, in 2011, which Serbian player claimed his third Grand Slam title

when he won the men's singles final at Wimbledon for the first time?

-Is it Rafael Nadal?

-Novak Djokovic.

In TV soap operas, Bet Lynch, Raquel Watts and Liz McDonald have all worked as bar staff in which pub?

-The Rovers Return.

-Correct.

In the New Testament, the fisherman who was the father of the apostles James and John was called what?

Dylan or Zebedee?

-Zebedee.

-Correct.

In entertainment, the 1989 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, adapted from a novel by David Garnett,

was entitled Aspects Of what?

-Love.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In classical mythology, Mount Helicon, said to be the home of the Muses,

is in which present-day country in southern Europe?

-Athens.

-Greece.

In the animal kingdom, what W is an African wild pig named after a thick growth of skin on its face

that resembles a human blemish?

-Warthog.

-Correct.

In mixed drinks, the cocktail that consists of rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk is a pina what?

-Colada.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 28 divided by 2?

-14.

-Correct.

In the 1800s, Charles Macintosh developed a fabric to protect the wearer from the sun or the rain?

-The rain.

-Correct.

The singer Shirley Bassey, the actress Judi Dench and the athlete Kelly Holmes

have all been awarded which title?

-Dame.

-Correct.

In cinema, the spaceman character in the Toy Story films is called Buzz what?

-Lightyear.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In pastimes,

Round The Clock, Killer and Shanghai are alternative games

for the one that is normally played by professionals in which sport?

-Poker.

-Darts.

In the United States, what T is the only state other than New Mexico to include the letter X in its name?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You weren't about to tell me, were you?

-I thought we'd run out of time.

-You were going to say it?

No.

LAUGHTER

The correct answer is Texas.

In the kitty that time, £350.

Who is not even a good joke?

Whose mouth is heckling their brain?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most wrong answers, Stephen is now the weakest link.

Statistically, David is the strongest link, but whose game is over?

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

Stephen.

Claire.

Claire.

Stephen.

Stephen.

Stephen.

Stephen.

-What do you do, Denis?

-I'm a van driver.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-What's in your van?

-Parts for garages.

-Really?

-Exhausts, clutches, brakes, that sort of thing.

Are you a white van driver?

-No, I'm a red van driver.

-But you've got the tattoos?

-No.

-No. Do you whistle at the girls?

-Yes. I've been whistling at them all day.

-Have you?

-So are you dating?

-I wouldn't say I'm dating. I see quite a few lady friends.

-Why isn't that dating?

-If it's dating, you're dating one. I would never date more than one.

-No.

-So there's no "how's your grandfather"?

-That's for me to know and you to wonder.

-Oh.

-Why Stephen?

-Stephen got a question wrong earlier and he got one wrong in this round as well.

Yeah.

-What do you do, David?

-I'm a key account manager.

-What are you selling?

-Silicones.

-Do you get commission on the sales?

-No, a straight salary.

-If Jordan rings up for silicone, you can't take the rest of the week off?

-No, I can't.

-Could I do with some silicone?

-We sell to companies who make products. We don't sell to individuals.

What does your silicone go into?

Into things like conditioner, mascara, lipstick, skin cream, those sort of products.

-Do you wear mascara?

-Not very often, no.

-No.

-Only on the weekends(!)

-Only at the weekends?

-No, not at all, Anne.

Are you embarrassed about admitting you wear mascara?

I'm on national TV and a joke might not come across as a joke later on.

-But you're funny all the time, David.

-No, I'm not.

-I'm the straight guy.

-Why Stephen?

-He got a couple of questions wrong that cost us some money.

-He did.

Coming out for the second time...

Stephen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm really upset I didn't get to do my cheerleading chant for Anne.

# Knock 'em down, run around Come on, defence, work, work! #

Round 4 and you've crawled up to £900. Another 10 seconds off.

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

Start the clock.

The business culture of the north of England is often stereotyped with, "Where there's muck, there's..."?

-Brass.

-Correct. In cookery, in the French term nouvelle cuisine,

the word nouvelle translates into English as which three-letter word?

-New.

-Correct. In TV, the teenage characters who appeared in Harry Enfield and Chums

and later starred in their own feature film are Kevin and who?

-Pass.

-Perry. In puppetry, what D is another term for the doll used on stage by a ventriloquist?

-Dummy.

-Correct. In sport, the footballer and future manager

who was the youngest member of England's World Cup-winning team was Alan who?

-Ball.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-On the internet, the practice of registering a domain name

in the hope of selling it for a profit is known as web-perching or cyber-squatting?

-Web-perching.

-Cyber-squatting.

In stamp collecting, the Penny Black features the head of which monarch?

-Elizabeth I?

-Queen Victoria.

In her diaries published in 2002, which former MP revealed details of an affair with John Major?

-Ann Widdecombe?

-Even Edwina Currie.

In the high street, the red stripes on a pole outside a barber's shop symbolise which bodily fluid?

-Blood.

-Correct. In visitor attractions, what G is the estate

located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis?

-Graceland.

-Correct. In expressions, which boy's name follows the word "even" in a rhyming phrase

for a situation that is exactly equal or where nothing is owed?

-Steven.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In culture, the town of Blaenavon, designated a World Heritage Site in 2000

for its industrial history in iron and coal, is in which country of the UK?

-Northern Ireland.

-Wales.

In armaments, the phrase lock, stock and barrel refers to the parts of a gun or a catapult?

-A gun.

-Correct. In cinema, the actor born in Essex in 1988 who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series

is Rupert who?

-Grint.

-Correct. In the United States, Turkey Day is an informal name for which public holiday?

-Thanksgiving.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the drinks industry,

what B is the process by which an alcoholic beverage...

Time's up. You won £250.

But...whose head should only be used to crack walnuts?

Who thinks a podcast is fishing for peas?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Hannah is the weakest link.

The statistics show that Claire is the strongest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Hannah.

Denis.

Hannah.

Hannah.

Hannah.

David.

-Claire, why Hannah?

-She was unlucky with the questions and got them wrong.

Very unlucky with her answers!

Malcolm, why Hannah?

-I think Hannah got a couple wrong.

-She did. She was the worst player.

Hannah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's depressing to see your name coming up, but I deserved it and was grateful Jane didn't vote for me!

Round 5. In the bank, £1,150. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In literature, the 1897 horror novel Dracula that became the basis for many films was written by Bram who?

-Stoke.

-No, Stoker.

In vocabulary, the four-letter name of which type of music is also slang for a diamond or engagement ring?

-Band?

-Rock.

In Australia, the Fremantle Doctor is a sea breeze or mobile clinic?

-Sea breeze.

-Correct. In TV, the former PR executive who in 2005 began appearing as an adviser

to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice is Nick who?

-Pass.

-Hewer.

In rugby union team names, Leicester is to Tigers as Sale is to which predatory fish?

-Sharks.

-Correct. In biology, a bacterium consists of how many cells?

-Just one.

-Correct. In art, high quality paintbrushes, with bristles from the Siberian mink,

are known as sable or mohair?

-Sable.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In politics, which word for a method to curtail a debate in Parliament

is also an execution device named after a French physician?

-Guillotine.

-Correct. According to the lyrics of the song from the 1972 film musical Cabaret,

what makes the world go round?

-Money.

-Correct. In history, what I was the unusual first name of the engineer born in 1806 in Portsmouth

with the surname Brunel?

-Isambard.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV, the former newsreader

-who went on to present The Clothes Show and Animal Rescue is Selina who?

-Pass.

Scott. In an upright human body, the bones called the femur and the tibia are situated where

in relation to the pelvis - above or below?

-Below it.

-Correct. In a standard pack,

a playing card that is sometimes called a deuce has what number?

-Two.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In agriculture,

what P is a single-word term that refers generally to herbicides, fungicides and insecticides?

-Pesticides.

-Correct. In modern literature...

Time's up. You won £250.

But who'd even fail playtime at school?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Claire goes from being the strongest link to the weakest.

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

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

Malcolm.

Claire.

Claire.

Malcolm.

David.

We have a tie, team. Claire and Malcolm, two votes each.

-Claire, why Malcolm?

-He got answers wrong

and he took a bit of time to say the wrong answer.

Denis, why Claire?

I thought Claire got two wrong.

The strongest link was David. He gets to decide. You voted for Malcolm. Why?

I thought he got the most wrong and cost us money.

You've got a choice now. Stick with Malcolm or move to Claire.

-He voted for me, so I'll definitely stick with Malcolm.

-It really pays to vote tactically(!)

Malcolm, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think David saw me as a threat.

He wanted to vote me out because he can now see his way to the end.

Round 6. In the kitty, £1,400. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In royal relationships, Henry VIII described his fifth wife as his blushing rose without a what?

-Brain.

-Thorn.

In golf, which player, born in Glasgow in 1963, has the nickname Monty?

-Pass.

-Colin Montgomerie. In pop music, the reggae duo who had UK hit singles in the 1990s

where known as Chaka Demus and who - Scissors or Pliers?

-Pliers.

-Correct. In marine biology, the chemical compound out of which corals make their skeletons

has the name calcium what?

-Carbonate.

-Correct. In film, which star of the TV sitcom Happy Days

directed the 2008 drama Frost/Nixon and the 2011 comedy The Dilemma?

-Henry Winkler?

-Ron Howard.

In food, what C is the name of the green, white or red vegetable

that is a main constituent of coleslaw, kimchee and sauerkraut?

-Cabbage.

-Correct. In politics, the Act of Parliament requiring computer users to ensure

that personal information is accurate and stays confidential is the what Protection Act?

-Data.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In science, water is an element or a compound?

-A compound.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In visitor attractions,

the military museum at the former RAF base of Duxford is in which English shire county?

-Oxfordshire?

-Cambridgeshire. In expressions, the American phrase

referring to the poor suburbs of a town in relation to railway lines is the wrong side of the what?

-Ghetto?

-Tracks. In warfare, which term derived from the Italian term for youth

is applied to soldiers who fight on foot using light weapons?

-Infantry.

-Correct. In the 5th century, as an act of religious devotion.

Saint Simeon spent around 30 years standing on a pillar or sitting on a spike?

-Standing on a pillar.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV, which US drama series first shown in the UK in 2005

has regular characters with the first names Bree, Lynette...

Time's up. You banked £120.

But is Jane now out of tune? Or will there be no cash for Claire?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player with all their answers wrong, David is the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Claire is 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.

Jane.

David.

Jane.

David.

Another tie, team. Jane and David, two votes each.

-David, why Jane?

-I was dreadful, but I think Jane was marginally close to me.

-She was the next weakest link.

-Jane, why David?

-I don't think David got any questions right.

-Claire gets to decide. Why did you vote for David?

-He got the most answers wrong.

-Do you want to stick with David or move to Jane?

I'm going to stay consistent.

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

I've always told my children that I know everything. They will now use this as evidence against me!

Round 7. In the bank, £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In the stories by Agatha Christie, the wife of the amateur detective Tommy Beresford

-has what nickname - Shilling or Tuppence?

-Pass.

Tuppence. In geography, the two countries in South America which begin with C are Chile and...?

-Pass.

-Colombia. In pop music, the title of which 1981 UK number one single by The Specials

is a two-word term for somewhere that is deserted?

-Open.

-Ghost Town.

In science, what G is the satellite Earth station situated on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall?

-Pass.

-Goonhilly.

In Irish history, the King of Munster who defeated the Vikings in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf

was Brian who?

-Pass.

-Boru.

In animal anatomy, the body of an insect is divided into three main sections - the thorax, the abdomen

and which other?

-Head.

-Correct. In books, TS Eliot was a director of a publishing company that bore the name

of an academic and poet called Geoffrey what?

-Faber.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In transport, Swindon and Milton Keynes are both noted for a large number of motorways or roundabouts?

-Roundabouts.

-Correct.

-Bank

-Which four-letter word is the opposite of both soft and simple?

-Easy.

-Hard.

In medals, the highest civilian decoration in the Soviet Union, established in 1930,

was called the Order of whom?

-Pass.

-Lenin.

In timepieces, what J is the usual name for a small, natural or artificial gem

used as a bearing in a watch?

-Jewel.

-Correct. In money, the 1776 book by the economist Adam Smith was entitled

An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes of The Wealth of what?

Time's up. The correct answer was Nations. You won £70.

In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the first time in the game, Jane is the strongest link.

Statistically, Claire is the weakest link, but who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Denis.

Claire.

Denis.

Jane, why Denis? Did you think he was the worst player?

-I think we all did pretty badly. I seem to remember Denis getting more wrong than Claire.

-Really?

-It's not that you'd prefer to play with Claire in the final?

-Not particularly, no.

-Claire, Denis wasn't the worst player, was he?

-He was not.

-No.

Denis, it's an unfair vote, but you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think I was stitched up by Jane. Jane stitched me up,

but I don't mind. I don't mind at all.

Round 8. You've banked £1,590. In this round 90 seconds,

but whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with Jane. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In marine life, which term for an item of shaving equipment precedes bill and shell

to give a sea bird and a mollusc?

-Pass.

-Razor.

In the cosmetics industry, the Canadian businesswoman born Florence Nightingale Graham in 1878

became better known as Elizabeth who?

-Arden.

-Correct. In building materials, in Latin America what A is the term for a sun-dried brick

and the clay from which it's made?

-Pass.

-Adobe.

In the 1980s TV series The Equalizer, the actor who starred as former agent Robert McCall

-was Edward who?

-Pass.

Woodward. In Norse mythology, Loki is the god of mischief or marriage?

-Mischief.

-Correct.

In food, since it was first sold in tins in 1885, a popular UK brand of syrup has carried

the biblical inscription, "Out of the strong came forth..." what?

-The sweet.

-I'll accept the sweet or sweetness.

-Bank!

-In music, K numbers are used in the cataloguing of the works of which composer, born in Salzburg?

-Liszt.

-Mozart.

In stationary, the name of which paper size literally means the headgear of a jester?

A4.

Time's up. The correct answer is foolscap.

You won £50, which we'll treble.

It gives you prize money today of:

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.

So, Jane and Claire, for £1,740, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-I'd like Jane to go first.

Jane, in the Chinese calendar,

among the 12 animals that represent the various years,

which is the only one that is a mythical creature?

-Dragon.

-That is correct.

In cinema, the real-life experiences of an Australian therapist called Lionel Logue

are central to the plot of which 2010 film that won four Oscars?

-79 Hours?

-The correct answer is The King's Speech.

In European geography, the German cities of Hamburg and Dresden

stand on the banks of which river that empties into the North Sea?

-The Rhine?

-The correct answer is the Elbe.

In nature, which four-letter word can mean an open expanse of elevated land

and the first feathering of young birds?

-Down.

-That is the correct answer.

In the Solar System, in July 2011 which distant planet completed its first orbit of the Sun

since its discovery in 1846?

-Jupiter.

-The correct answer is Neptune.

In history, in the 1860s, the blockade of the southern states during the American Civil War

led to a so-called famine in the supply of which major crop to industrial Lancashire?

-Wheat?

-The correct answer is cotton.

In pop music, the name of which British punk group formed in the 1970s

features in the title of a long-running comedy quiz programme?

-Pass.

-The Buzzcocks.

In cricket, what's the modern name of the country that was the beaten finalist in successive World Cups

in 2007 and 2011?

-India?

-The correct answer is Sri Lanka.

In the UK, the university that from 1976 until 1990

was known as the Dorset Institute of Higher Education

now bears the name of which resort town?

-Bournemouth?

-That is correct.

In books, the spy novels At Risk and Secret Asset were written by which woman

who was the first female Director General of MI5?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Stella Rimington.

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

Claire, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was really fun to be in the final. I didn't win the money, but it was a great experience.

I think I'd like to buy my daughter Ellie a present. She's very excited about me being here

and will be so over the moon that I've won.

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