15/03/2012 Weakest Link

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

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

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

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

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

They've only just met, 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 Andy, 39, from Essex and I'm a hypnotherapist.

I'm Jen, I'm 22, I'm from Sunderland and I'm a medical student.

I'm Nik, I'm 59, I'm from Rugby

and I'm a ground maintenance operative.

My name is Bren, I'm 63, I'm from Oldham

and I'm a retired finance administrator.

I'm Fraser, 28, from Portsmouth

and I'm an assistant car park manager.

I'm Denise, 35, from Welling, Kent, and I'm an advertising professional.

I'm Paul, I'm 39, I'm from Heanor in Derbyshire

and I'm a primary school teacher.

I'm Judith, I'm 54 from Cirencester, and I'm an admin manager.

I'm Mike, I'm 67, I'm from Birmingham in the West Midlands

and I'm retired.

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.

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, Andy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

During the festive season, greeting cards wish people a Merry Christmas and a Happy New what?

-Year.

-Correct.

In relationships, the terms Dad, Daddy and Father are normally used to address a parent of which sex?

-Male.

-Correct. In maths, what is 1 plus 1?

-2.

-Correct.

In the Gregorian calendar, the months of the year that have names beginning with the letter J

are July, January and which other?

-June.

-Correct.

On weather maps, a simple six-pointed star, similar to an asterisk,

is the international symbol for rain or snow?

-Snow.

-Correct.

In children's literature,

the characters known as Paddington and Winnie the Pooh are representations of which animal?

-A bear.

-Correct.

In personal appearance,

to enhance their beauty, women often pluck which pair of hairy, arched features on the face?

-Eyebrows.

-Correct.

In everyday etiquette, which two-letter word is a colloquial way of saying "thank you"?

-Ta.

-Correct.

In a standard deck of playing cards, the suits are hearts, diamonds, spades and which other?

-Clubs.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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

That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.

Whose podium is occupied,

but the sign perhaps says "vacant"?

Who's the mime act on X Factor?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, Andy is the strongest link as he banked all the money for the team.

Jen is statistically the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Judith.

Paul.

Denise.

Fraser.

Denise.

Paul.

Denise.

Denise.

Denise.

-What do you do, Paul?

-I'm a primary school teacher, Anne.

-Are you? Where?

-In Ilkeston in Derbyshire.

-Is that the only job you could get?

-No, I've done a variety of jobs.

-I've worked in a holiday camp, I've been a children's entertainer, fire-eater.

-Really?

-What are you qualified as?

-A primary school teacher.

-Where did you take your degree?

-At the University of North Wales in Bangor.

Is that one down from Cambridge?

It was the only place that was offering the course with drama that I wanted to do.

-You like drama, do you?

-I do, yes.

-Yes. And how old are the children?

-The children that I currently teach are four and five.

Put your board down. So if you want silence in the class...?

I would just get some stickers and they'd all sit on the carpet.

-What do they need the stickers for?

-They're for positive reinforcement.

-Would you put them on their lips?

-No, stick them on to their jumpers.

-What's the normal term for positive reinforcement?

-Um...

I haven't got a clue.

Really? What does it mean?

-It means you're rewarding their good behaviour.

-Why don't you say that?

Because the term was positive reinforcement.

-Did they teach you that in North Wales?

-They did, yes.

Put your board up.

-Why Denise?

-I think she hesitated.

-What do you do, Fraser?

-I'm an assistant car park manager.

-So where's the car park?

-In Portsmouth.

-What's your particular job?

-I'm the assistant manager.

What does the assistant manager do?

Look after the staff and the car park, make sure everything is running smoothly.

What's your ambition? To be a car park manager?

-That would be a nice bit of career progression, yeah.

-Then what after that?

I don't know. I think that's the top of the field.

-So you're nearly there?

-Yeah.

-And you're only how old?

-28.

-Fantastic.

-Why Denise?

-She hesitated.

-Where are you from, Mike?

-I'm from Birmingham, Anne.

-Oh!

-What do you do?

-I'm retired.

-What do you do every day?

-I like philately and also I'm enthusiastic about railways.

Yeah. So you collect stamps?

-Yes.

-And you train-spot?

-In a word, yes.

-Do you take Mrs Mike train-spotting?

-No, I'm not married.

-No.

-I suppose you're not if your hobbies are stamp-collecting and train-spotting.

-I have been married.

-Were you stamp-collecting and train-spotting then?

-Yes.

-How long did that marriage last?

-15 years.

-Oh.

-Where did she go?

-We parted amicably after the end of 15 years,

realising that we'd reached the end of our interest in each other.

-Oh, right. Why Denise?

-The hesitation, I'm afraid.

Denise, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The team voted me off, which I think, in fairness, is correct

because I did hesitate a millisecond. It's no excuse.

Somebody had to go and it had to be me.

All of us got the questions correct, but I just hesitated a millisecond and that got me the boot.

I think it was justified, really.

Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.

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

In athletics, a bronze medal is awarded to the competitor who finishes in which position?

-Third.

-Correct.

To make their webs, spiders spin threads of which fibre? Silk or rayon?

-Silk.

-Correct.

The spoof news programme The Day Today, that began in 1994,

saw the TV debut of a sports reporter played by Steve Coogan called Alan what?

-Partridge.

-Correct.

The type of dark red mark that appears on the skin of a new-born baby, but often disappears later,

is named after which fruit?

-Strawberry.

-Correct. In communications,

when the phrase "PO Box" is featured as part of an address in the UK, the letters "PO" stand for what?

-Postal order.

-Post office.

In pop music, according to the title of the 1966 UK No.1 single by The Beatles,

what colour is the submarine?

-Yellow.

-Correct. In geography,

in terms of population, Sao Paulo is acknowledged to be the largest city in which South American country?

-Brazil.

-Correct.

The alliterative term for the ability to speak effortlessly or persuasively

is "the gift of the" what?

-Gab.

-Correct. In marriage traditions, what D is the term for property or money

given by the family of the bride to the family of the groom?

-Deed.

-Dowry.

In cinema, a 2011 horror film in which teenagers try to cheat death, but meet grisly ends,

is the fifth in a series of releases entitled Final what?

-Destination.

-Correct.

In vocabulary, the word "peelers" is an old-fashioned nickname in the UK

for members of which of the emergency services?

-The police force.

-Correct.

A substantial, satisfying and well-balanced meal

is often described as being which geometric shape?

-Square.

-Correct.

In classifications, the word "porcine" means characteristic of which farm animals?

-Pig.

-Correct.

In literature, what is the full name of the fictional diarist

who wrote, "It's time I fell in love. After all, I am 13 and three-quarter years old"?

-Adrian Mole.

-Correct. In TV,

Stephen Fry, John Simpson and Miriam Margolyes

have each represented a Cambridge college on which quiz show?

-University Challenge.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Which five-letter word is the usual term

for the injection of poison by a jellyfish that causes pain in the victim?

-Sting.

-Correct. In UK geography,

Plymouth Sound, located off the coast of Devon and Cornwall, is a deep inlet of which channel?

-The Atlantic.

-The English Channel.

In Formula One motor-racing, the team that in 2011 won the world...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £450,

but who deserves a sweetie and who deserves a gobstopper?

Who's knowledge-repellent?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Mike 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.

Fraser.

Fraser.

Andy.

Andy.

Andy.

Andy.

Andy.

Andy.

-What do you do, Bren?

-I'm retired, Anne, so I spend my day doing what I please.

Put your board down, Bren.

Did you mug a lollipop lady to get that top?

-I didn't, Anne, but I did think we ought to look very different, so we wouldn't be mistaken.

-Yes.

So you had your hair permed to within an inch of its life?

-Well, this is naturally curly.

-Is it?

-I wouldn't have it this way by choice.

-Well, no-one would, would they, Bren?

-My poodle would.

OK, put your board up again.

-Where are you living?

-In Oldham.

Give me an idea of what you and your poodle get up to.

-We walk, we meet people.

-Are you trying to pick someone up?

It would be quite nice, but there's not been anybody suitable yet.

-What are you looking for, roughly?

-Intelligent. Funny.

-Yeah.

-Attractive.

-Yeah.

-Available.

-So why are you looking in Oldham?

-Because, unfortunately, that's where I live.

So as it's not proved very successful on the dog walks, any other lines of enquiry?

-I do do amateur dramatics.

-What's the am-dram outfit called?

Players Dramatic Society, based in Cheadle Hulme.

What's your job, Bren?

I act and direct and I help in various other aspects of putting on a show.

-Won any awards?

-Oh, yes, I have. Thank you for asking.

I didn't think it was going to be affirmative.

Yes, I did. I got Best Actress twice in the GMDF, which is the Greater Manchester Drama Federation.

Who was up against you? Vanessa Redgrave? Judi Dench?

I think Judi was in one of them, but...

Let's have an example of your superb acting skills.

Last year, I was in a play where I had to get a Geordie accent, which I struggled with,

until I got one line which was...

"Never be ashamed of your dreams, pet, or your beliefs.

"Sometimes it's the only thing you can depend on."

-Yes.

-Yes.

-Why Andy?

-Andy got two questions wrong.

-What do you do, Judith?

-An admin manager.

-What sort of admin?

I have a team of seven and we support events and meetings and conferences.

Yes. What area of commerce is it?

-It's in the IT industry.

-Do you think you put the glamour back in IT?

-I don't think there is any glamour in IT.

-If there was, would you put it back in?

-I don't think so, no.

-Why's that?

-I think there's more glamorous people about.

-You don't(?)

-Such as you.

-Why Andy?

-Andy, sadly, got two wrong.

-Andy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The way I'd assess my experience and what I've achieved today would be I do know more general knowledge.

It was just two questions I didn't know. That's the way it is.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,450. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In alcoholic drinks, what G is the English name of the spirit flavoured with juniper

that originated in the Netherlands where it was sold as a medicine?

-Gin.

-Correct.

In the Book of Genesis, the two cities that were destroyed due to the wickedness of their inhabitants

were Gomorrah and which other?

-Jerusalem.

-Sodom.

In a colloquial term, people who express their emotions through physical contact are "touchy" what?

-Feely.

-Correct.

In 1995, in the so-called Battle of the Bands between Blur and Oasis,

which song became a UK No.1 single? Country House or Roll With It?

-Country House.

-Correct. The name of which class of warriors is derived

from the Japanese for "those who serve"?

-Samurai.

-Correct.

In medicine, what "I" is the term for the chronic inability to sleep adequately?

-Insomnia.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In film,

which famous American actor born in 1899 was nicknamed Bogie?

-Pass.

-Humphrey Bogart.

In handicrafts, a traditional pomander is made by studding an orange with which fragrant spice?

-Pass.

-Cloves.

In tennis, the sportsman who in 1975 became the first black player

to win the Wimbledon men's singles title was Arthur who?

-Pass.

-Ashe.

In TV, the Four Yorkshiremen, the Spanish Inquisition and the Lumberjack Song

are well-known sketches by which comedy team?

-Monty Python.

-Correct.

In cookery, the metal receptacle known as a preserving pan

is primarily used to make which foodstuff? Jam or peanut butter?

-Jam.

-Correct.

In pop music, the Abba tribute band formed in Australia in 1988 is called Bjorn what?

-Again.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The board in a classroom that is written on by teachers using marker pens

is named after which colour?

-White.

-Correct. In footballers' memoirs,

what is the surname of the Arsenal and England striker

whose 2011 autobiography was entitled Theo: Growing Up Fast?

-Vinnie Jones.

-Walcott.

In Roman history, what E was the senior office

of which Augustus and Tiberius were the first two holders?

-Emperor.

-Correct.

In the animal kingdom,

the anatomical feature of primates allowing them to grasp objects with their hands is the opposable what?

-Thumb.

-Correct.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £300.

Who thinks pole-dancing is an Eskimos' disco?

Whose car probably has "go thicker" stripes?

Choose between the nervous and the stupid.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The statistics show that Paul is the strongest link, but will the votes follow the facts?

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

Judith.

Jen.

Jen.

Jen.

Judy.

Paul.

Jen.

-What do you do, Nik?

-I'm a ground maintenance operative, Anne.

-Are you?

-Are you a gardener?

-It's one of my jobs, yes.

-Yes.

-Where do you do that?

-In the borough of Rugby.

-Who are you working for?

-The council.

-Yeah.

Is your job to make Rugby beautiful?

We have won the Britain in Bloom this year. We got the gold star.

And do you do the roundabouts in Rugby?

-We do, Anne, yes.

-So what's in the roundabouts, what sort of plants?

All sorts. Herbaceous plants, summer plants, winter planting.

Why don't you put plants in there that like petrol fumes?

They do. They survive very well. There's a lot of traffic that runs through Rugby.

That's why I'm puzzled how you make it beautiful.

We are professional and we know what we're doing.

But if you put plastic plants in the roundabouts, you could just hose them down.

That's a no-no. That's cheating.

Yeah, but it would be cheaper.

-No, I believe plastic plants are more expensive.

-Are they?

-Why Jen?

-I do believe she was the weakest link.

She got two questions wrong.

So, Bren, this search for a witty, good-looking...

-Intelligent.

-Rich...

-No, he doesn't need to be rich.

-You've got a few bob yourself?

-I've got enough.

You're looking in Oldham and Cheadle Hulme, are you?

-Yes. I do an occasional internet search as well.

-Do you?

-What site do you go on?

-I'm on Dating Direct.

Then there's another one that's really good called Senior Friend Finder.

-It's not that good cos you haven't found anyone.

-I found a couple, but we didn't get on.

-What happened?

They just weren't as they described themselves.

-One of them had a wooden leg and he never mentioned it.

-No.

And how do you describe yourself?

"Not quite desperate."

-Why Jen?

-Unfortunately, she got two questions wrong.

Jen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I voted for Judith who turned out to be the weakest link and I'm annoyed that everyone else didn't spot that

and I got voted off, even though I wasn't the weakest link.

Round 4. In the bank, £1,750. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

At a children's party, which word can precede chairs, bumps and statues for three well-known games?

-Musical.

-Correct. In electrical shops, which is more likely to be classed as white goods -

a radio or a refrigerator?

-Refrigerator.

-Correct. In sport, in the name of London-based rugby union and rugby league teams,

-the abbreviation Quins is short for which word?

-Pass.

Harlequins. In food, the pub dish originally served in a wickerwork container is chicken in a...?

-Basket.

-Correct. In geography, the two African countries with names in English that rhyme

and differ only in their respective initial letters are Gambia and which other?

-Zambia.

-Correct.

In literature, the female author born Howard Allen O'Brien in New Orleans in 1941

and best know for creating the vampire Lestat is Anne who?

-Hathaway.

-Rice. In former times, a woman in domestic service known as a scullery maid

was mainly employed as a kitchen cleaner or swimming coach?

-Kitchen cleaner.

-Correct. What's the full name of the cartoon character who wears a sombrero

-and claims to be the fastest mouse in all Mexico?

-Mickey Mouse?

Speedy Gonzales. In business, if there is a sudden reduction in the demand for a commodity,

the bottom has fallen out of the...?

-Market.

-Correct. In medicine, what P is the name for the liquid part of human blood stored by hospitals

for use in transfusions?

-Plasma.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In US politics, the Republican who served

as Vice President under George W Bush between 2001 and 2009 is Dick who?

-Tracy.

-Cheney.

In counting downwards, which whole number immediately follows 24?

-23.

-Correct. In musical instruments, a harmonica is also known as a mouth what?

-Organ.

-Correct. In cinema, the title of which 1994 film

directed by Quentin Tarantino is a term for novels printed on cheap paper?

-Pass.

-Pulp Fiction.

In jewellery, delicate ornamental work made from an intricate arrangement of wires is known

as filigree or filibuster?

-Filigree.

-Correct. In geography, the region in Central America known as the...

Time's up. You only won £50. Whose fault was that?

Who's the double dip dipstick?

Who's a no-hoper? Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Judith remains the weakest link, but whose game is over?

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

Judith.

Judith.

Judith.

Mike.

Bren.

Judith.

So, Fraser, when you were a little boy, did you always want to be a car park attendant?

-I wanted to be a dustbin man.

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-And what brought you to the career change?

-It's just one of those things I stumbled upon.

-Is your car park multi-storey?

-Yeah, two storeys.

-Only two?

-Two storeys. Underground.

-Underground?

-Yeah.

-And what are the most annoying kind of people who park in there?

-Em, customers who don't like to pay.

-Yes. And after them?

Have you always been quick thinking?

No, I'm... I like to take my time, Anne.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-Over everything?

-Absolutely.

-Have you got a girlfriend?

-Yes.

-What's she called?

-Charlotte.

-And what does she do?

-She's an area retail manager.

-Yeah. Don't rush at it.

-You're making me nervous, Anne.

-Why?

-You're very imposing.

-Do you think?

-Yeah.

-What else do you think?

-You're quite good looking.

-Only quite?

-I don't want to overstep the mark. We've not known each other long.

-Why Judith?

I think she got three questions wrong.

-Mike, are you looking for love?

-No.

-What a shame. You could tie up with canary Bren.

-Are you witty and amusing?

-I certainly am.

-But your hobbies are trainspotting and stamp collecting.

-But to know me is to love me.

-Why Judith?

-Unfortunately, I think Judith was the weakest link.

Judith, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Being voted off the Weakest Link in Round Four is great.

It's further than I had hoped for so I'm quite happy and have gone away with a fantastic day

and experience to think back on.

Round 5 and you've reached £1,800. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Paul.

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

According to words sung by Christine in the Lloyd Webber musical,

the Phantom of the Opera "is there inside my..." what?

-Mind.

-Correct. In cricket, which county plays home matches at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street?

-Durham.

-Correct. In TV, what B is the eight-letter term for a brief programme that summarises the news?

-Broadcast.

-Bulletin.

In the animal kingdom, the name of which bird is also a verb that means to make the sound of a cock?

-A crow.

-Correct. The actress daughter of the frontman of the US rock group Aerosmith

who starred in the Lord of the Rings series of films is Liv who?

-Tyler.

-Correct.

-Bank!

A cake that consists of two shallow layers of sponge with a filling a jam is named after which monarch?

-Victoria.

-I'll accept. In art, the British painter born in Dublin in 1909 with the surname Bacon,

-known for his distorted images of the crucifixion, had what first name?

-Pass.

Francis. In computing, a common type of portable data storage device is a flash car or a flash drive?

-Flash drive.

-Correct. In political quotations, which British Prime Minister said in 1960

that a wind of change was blowing through Africa?

-Margaret Thatcher?

-Harold Macmillan.

In optical instruments, because they're designed for use outdoors,

-binoculars are often known as what glasses?

-Spy.

Field. In pop music, in the stage name of Jermaine Scott, who had a UK number one single in 2011

with Don't Go, which word goes before the numbers 32?

-One.

-Wretch.

In sporting history, between 1900 and 1920 which pulling contest for two teams was an Olympic event?

-Tug of war.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What H was the maiden name of Anne, the wife of Shakespeare?

-Hathaway.

-Correct. In crime, at Heathrow Airport in 1983,

£25 million-worth of which precious metal was stolen from the Brinks Mat warehouse?

-Gold.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In fungi, the soft blades on the underside of a mushroom cap

from where its spores...

Time's up. You won £120.

Who's the looter in the charity shop? Who's losing you money?

Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Paul is still the strongest link.

The weakest link is Fraser, but will the other players realise that?

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

Fraser.

Mike.

Nik.

Nik.

Fraser.

We have a tie, team. Fraser and Nik, two votes each.

-Nik, why Fraser?

-We both got a question wrong, but I banked.

-Fraser, why Nik?

-Er, Nik got a question wrong.

-The strongest link was Paul. He gets to decide. Why Nik?

-Nik stuck in my mind

-for getting one wrong.

-Not his moustache?

-No.

-Do you want to stick with Nik or move to Fraser?

-I'm going to stick with my original Nik.

Nik, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The highlight today was meeting Anne and having one-to-one banter with her

and then taking the Walk of Shame, turning my head, smiling and winking.

Round Six. In the bank, £1,920.

Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In TV, in the US legal drama series entitled Damages, first shown in the UK in 2008,

-the lawyer Patty Hewes is played by which actress?

-Pass.

Glenn Close. In a standard set of dominoes, the highest-value tile has a total of how many pips?

-12.

-Correct. In celebrities, the former glamour model who, in 2011, made headlines with her new physique

after training as a bodybuilder is Jodie who?

-Marsh?

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, if nocturnal refers to a creature that's active at night,

-what D is the term for one active during the day?

-Dayturnal?

No, diurnal.

In a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the points of the compass of which it's said never the twain shall meet

are east and which other?

-West.

-Correct. In film, David Bradley played a boy from a council estate who rears a bird of prey

in which 1969 drama?

-Kes.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the Spanish Civil War, General Franco led the Republicans or the Nationalists?

-The Nationalists.

-Correct. In faiths, the religious text first published in English in 1830

that is officially subtitled Another Testament of Jesus Christ is the Book of what?

-Testament.

-Mormon. In singing, what B is a male voice range higher than bass and lower than tenor?

-Baritone.

-Correct. In TV, in 1974 Jon Pertwee was succeeded as the lead character in Doctor Who

by which actor?

-Pass.

-Tom Baker.

In literature, the US author Ambrose Bierce wrote a volume of satirical definitions known by what title -

The Angel's Atlas or The Devil's Dictionary?

-The Angel's Atlas.

-The Devil's Dictionary. In vocabulary,

which four-letter word for pass the tongue over in order to taste is used in jazz for a short motif?

-Flip?

-Lick.

In European geography, Majorca is the largest island in which group?

-The Balearics.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In household...

Time's up. You won £70.

So... is Bren now looking desperate?

Should Fraser be parked?

Will it be the wheels on the bus home for Paul? Or is it the end of your interest in Mike?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Fraser is still the weakest link.

Statistically, Paul is still the strongest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Fraser.

Mike.

Fraser.

Fraser.

-Paul, why Fraser?

-He's had a couple of bad rounds and it's costing us money.

-Is it?

-Bren, he's your best option.

-I know, but he does live a long way away.

-And he is only half my age.

-At least.

-Hm.

-Why are you getting rid of him?

-I did think he had the worst round.

Fraser, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The main reasons for me coming on the Weakest Link were my friends challenging me

and telling me I'd be no good at it, so I thought I'd prove I am.

There you go. I made it to Round Six and really showed them.

Round Seven. In the bank, £1,990. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In nature, wines and cordials can be made from the flowers and which other parts of the elder tree?

-Pass.

-Berries.

In pop music, Lana Del Rey had a UK hit single in 2011 with what title - Board Games or Video Games?

-Board Games.

-Video Games.

In science, the initials of the body called the IPCC that monitors greenhouse gas emissions

stand for the Inter-governmental Panel on what?

-Pass.

-Climate Change.

In money, the zloty is the national currency of which European country?

-Poland.

-Correct. In leisure, Mick the Miller and Ballyregan Bob were famous names in which sport?

-Greyhound racing.

-Correct. In geography, what T is the general term for the rocky outcrops

on many high points across Dartmoor?

-Sorry, pass.

-Tors.

In TV, the Brookside character Beth Jordache, who rose to prominence

after being involved in a pre-watershed lesbian kiss, was played by Anna who?

-Friel.

-Correct. Which word for a person who believes that it is impossible to know if God exists

was coined in 1869 by the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley?

-Atheist.

-Agnostic.

In British customs, the 29th May, known as Oak Apple Day, marks the anniversary

-of the restoration to the throne of which king?

-Charles II.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In art, there are believed to be in existence more than 40 self-portraits

by which 17th-century Dutch painter - Rembrandt or Vermeer?

-Rembrandt.

-Correct. In cinema, the US actress who made her screen debut aged 9 in 1990's Mermaids

and starred in The Addams Family a year later is Christina who?

-Pass.

-Ricci.

In UK geography, what H is the name of...

Time's up. You only won £20.

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

Think carefully. You need to hang on to the best player to raise the bank balance.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the fifth time in the game, Paul is the strongest link.

Mike is, statistically, the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?

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

Mike.

Mike.

Paul.

-Paul, why Mike?

-He got a couple wrong, but I think we were as bad as each other.

Bren, he train spots and collects stamps. Not your cup of tea?

-He's not looking for love, Anne.

-No. He's not a great looker, anyway.

Pass.

-Why Mike?

-I think he was the worst player.

Just. Mike, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Of my fellow contestants, if the intelligence part of their brain was made of dynamite,

they couldn't blow their hats off!

Round Eight and you're up to £2,010. In this round, 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.

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

In pop music, Antidotes in 2008 and Total Life Forever in 2010 were UK hit albums for which British group

whose name is a word for new-born horses?

-Pony.

-Foals.

In calculating the area of land, which unit of measurement is smaller - an acre or a hectare?

-An acre.

-Correct. In newspapers, who is the Basset hound regularly featured in a Daily Mail cartoon?

-Bertie.

-Fred.

The US-born propagandist nicknamed Lord Haw Haw, whose wartime radio broadcasts were deemed treasonous,

was William who?

-Pass.

-Joyce. In literature, what I is the title of the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott

in which a crusader courts the Lady Rowena?

-Iolanthe.

-Ivanhoe.

In Last of the Summer Wine, the character played by Kathy Staff was called Nora what?

-Batty.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Which of these words means pertaining to the USA - Wayside or Stateside?

-Stateside.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-On a 24-hour digital clock,

10pm is represented by what number?

-18.

-22. In mythology, spelling the name of the Egyptian canal port of Suez backwards

gives that of which Greek god?

-Zeus.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In zoology, what P is a term for the trunk of an elephant

-and also the coiled feeding organ of butterflies and moths?

-Pass.

Proboscis.

Time's up. You won £60.

We will treble that.

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.

Bren and Paul, for £2,190, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Bren, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please.

In which 1953 play by Arthur Miller does John Proctor admit to an affair with Abigail Williams

in an attempt to discredit her accusation that his wife is a witch?

-Death of a Salesman?

-The Crucible.

In marine life, which three-letter word meaning to touch lightly and quickly

is also the name of a type of flat fish?

-Skate.

-The correct answer is dab.

At the World Athletics Championships in South Korea in 2011,

the men's relay team from which Caribbean country

broke its own world record in winning the 4x100 metres event?

-Jamaica.

-That is correct.

In chemistry, the elements in the Periodic Table known as transuranic

are so-called because they have a higher atomic number than which other?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is uranium.

In TV, which British series first broadcast in the 1960s

was shown in France under a title that translates literally

as Bowler Hat and Leather Boots?

-Oh, The Avengers!

-That is the correct answer.

In music, the line, "I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm," from a 1970s song by Joni Mitchell,

refers to which festival that had taken place the previous year in New York State?

-Woodstock.

-That is correct.

Which Baptist preacher had the inspiration for a travel business in 1841

after arranging a railway excursion to Loughborough to deter people from drinking and gambling?

-Thomas Cook.

-That is correct.

In film, the journalist Bob Woodward and fictional characters Jay Gatsby and Henry Brubaker

are among the roles to have been played by which American actor?

-Robert Redford.

-That is the correct answer.

In Middle Eastern geography, which major city in modern-day Israel

was founded in 1909, next to the ancient port of Jaffa?

-Tel Aviv?

-That is correct.

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

Thank you!

Paul, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I've had a fantastic day and that does make up for not winning the money.

It's been a thoroughly excellent experience and one I don't think I'll ever get the chance to repeat.

The emotions that run through you when you win were just amazement,

just a fantastic feeling of achievement,

but basically just...wow!

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