15/04/2010 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 Jonathan, I'm 43, I'm from Cardiff

and I'm a freelance operator.

I'm Chloe, I'm 28, I'm from south-west London

and I'm a media payables executive.

My name is Roger, I'm 63, I'm from Bishopsteignton in Devon

and I'm retired and I'm now a cathedral entry desk clerk.

I'm Julie, I'm 30 years old, from Cramlington in Northumberland

and I'm an operation supervisor for a pharmaceutical company.

I'm Ken, I'm 24, I live in Birmingham

and I'm a student in Politics.

I'm Jasmine, I'm 57, I'm from Pontrhydfendigaid

and I'm a cleaning services manager with a local authority.

I'm Sam, I'm 34, I live in Nottingham and I'm a radio presenter.

I'm Mandy, I'm 41, I live in Milton Keynes and I'm a catering manager.

I'm Peter, I'm 53, I come from Stockport in Manchester

and I'm a heating manager.

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 and the money is safe.

Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Chloe. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In maths, what is 4 minus 3?

-1.

-Correct. In the home, a dining table is usually surrounded by a set of which other items of furniture?

-Chairs.

-Correct.

The zebra is more closely related to which other animal? The horse or the hippopotamus?

-The horse.

-Correct. Which continent has a land boundary with Asia that is over 2,000 miles long?

-Europe.

-Correct.

What T is the common term for any poisonous fungus with a stem and a cap-like top?

-Toadstool.

-Correct. In expressions, a person who has an ulterior motive is said to have an axe to what?

-Grind.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The word "arm", which refers to a limb of the human body,

is an anagram of what name for a male sheep?

-Ram.

-Correct.

In California, the structure that links Fort Point with Marin County

across the mouth of San Francisco Bay is called the Golden Gate what?

-Bridge.

-Correct.

In folklore, when the milk teeth of children are taken by the tooth fairy,

they are replaced by money or marzipan?

-Money.

-Correct.

The TV personality and former chat show host nicknamed "Parky" has what full name?

-Michael Parkinson.

-Correct.

In measurements, 1,000 millimetres are equal to one what?

-Metre.

-Correct.

In tableware, an egg cup is intended to hold an egg that has been cooked by which method?

-Boiling.

-Correct. In DIY, when the head of a nail projects

from the surface into which it has been banged, it is described as being humble or proud?

-Humble.

-Proud.

-Bank!

In photography, what name is given to the reversed image obtained

when an exposed film is developed and fixed?

-Negative.

-Correct.

The common term for the Germanic people who settled in Britain from the 5th century is the Anglo what?

-Saxons.

-Correct. In the story about three pigs and their houses built from straw, sticks and bricks,

which material best withstood the huffing and puffing of the wolf?

-Bricks.

-Correct.

What D is both a term for the upper level of a ship and an alternative name for a pack of cards?

-Deck.

-Correct.

In religion, according to the Bible, who was the father of Cain and Abel?

-Joseph.

-Adam.

In the modern English alphabet, what's the fifth vowel letter?

-U.

-Correct.

In tennis, at the 2010 Australian Open, which player beat Andy Murray in the men's singles final

to win his 16th Grand Slam title?

-Roger Federer.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the TV series The Simpsons, the baby Maggie...

Time's up and you won £500.

You actually had a chain of 12 correct answers,

so who started banking far too early?

Who perhaps should donate their brain to medical science?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, Roger is the Strongest Link.

Ken is the Weakest Link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Ken.

Ken.

Jonathan.

Mandy.

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Jonathan.

Ken.

Jonathan.

-What do you do, Ken?

-I'm a Politics student at Birmingham University.

-What stage are you at?

-Second year.

-There's three years, then a writing-up year.

-Are you doing a PhD?

-Yes.

-What's your thesis on?

-My thesis is on trends of masculinity in gay men over the last 25 years in Britain.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-So, for example?

For example, in nightclubs, like how gay men might approach nightclubs over the last 25 years.

-How would they approach nightclubs? Through a door?

-That's the best way.

But is there more effeminate discourse about nightclubs

or would it be maybe more built around masculine, more ribbed bodies?

-Are you gay or straight?

-I think that with the idea of gay or straight or bisexual or anything,

-if you say you are gay or straight...

-Are we paying for you to learn all this?

-You're probably paying more because of the tax bracket than I am, Anne.

-Have you got a job?

-No, no.

Why aren't you spending some spare time earning money?

-I'm doing lots of other important things.

-Like what?

-I'm volunteering in a refugee centre in Coventry.

Now, are you, um, gender-sensitive with the refugees?

-Ah, a good question.

-Do you know what? I've suddenly decided I don't want the answer. Why Jonathan?

-I had a pretty awful round, but Jonathan...

-You know what, Ken? It's not all about you.

That's a misconception.

Jonathan got a question wrong and he paused quite a lot on the question.

-What do you do, Jasmine?

-I'm a cleaning services manager with a local authority.

-Are you good at cleaning?

-I'm actually noted for winning a lot of entries in "Loo of the Year".

-MIMICS WELSH ACCENT:

-"Loo of the Year"?

-Yes.

-Do you wear a bathing costume when you collect...?

-Fortunately, no.

-You won first prize in "Loo of the Year"?

-Yes, many years running.

-If you're their top winner, then you actually get a golden loo seat.

-Do you?

-Why Jonathan?

-Jonathan was the first to get a question wrong.

-What do you do, Roger?

-I work part-time at Exeter Cathedral, Anne.

-What do you do for the cathedral?

-I welcome people when they come into the cathedral,

give them a warm welcome, and if they are looking around as a tourist,

then I accept their entry money.

Can you suggest a prayer one should have to go to Exeter Cathedral?

Do you think I could pray to be a nicer person?

There's not a lot of ground there, Anne, because you're extremely nice.

-You're not a believer in miracles?

-No, you're extremely nice anyway.

There's other things you could pray for that are much more meaningful.

-Why Jonathan?

-Unfortunately, he got one question wrong which was about Adam.

Jonathan, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'm very philosophical about being voted off first,

but someone's got to be

and really I was just disappointed that I got such an easy question wrong

and I just do not Adam and Eve it!

Round 2. In the bank, £500. We now take ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's racy Roger. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which term for daybreak precedes the word "chorus" to make a phrase meaning "early morning birdsong"?

-Dawn.

-Correct.

What L is the gender-specific term for a woman who owns a property and rents out rooms to tenants?

-Pass.

-Landlady.

In cinema, the actor who starred in the films Edward Scissorhands,

Donnie Brasco and The Pirates Of The Caribbean series is Johnny who?

-Depp.

-Correct.

If the term "first" is the ordinal number corresponding to "one",

which ordinal number corresponds to "two"?

-Second.

-Correct.

In politically correct language, someone who is vertically challenged is short or bald?

-Short.

-Correct.

In pop music, Spirit in 2007 and Echo in 2009 were consecutive UK No.1 albums for which singer?

-I don't know.

-Leona Lewis.

In employment, a risk that is an unavoidable feature of a particular job is called an occupational what?

-Hazard.

-Correct. In literature, in the novel by Alexandre Dumas,

what was the rank of the nobleman who was associated with the island of Monte Cristo?

-Colonel.

-Count.

What J describes both fruit that is succulent and gossip that is interesting or scandalous?

-Juicy.

-Correct.

In history, Emma Hamilton was the mistress of which English admiral?

-Napoleon.

-Nelson.

In TV, since the 1960s,

the Cybermen and the Daleks have appeared regularly as the enemies of the title character of which series?

-Doctor Who.

-Correct.

Which marine invertebrate has five arms, two stomachs and no brain?

An octopus or a starfish?

-A starfish.

-Correct.

A traditional, cylindrical firework that throws out a succession of coloured sparks is a Roman what?

-Candle.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What's the first part of the name of the Suffolk town that is the location of the grave of St Edmund?

-Bury.

-Correct.

In families, what "O" goes before "child" to give a term for someone who has no brothers or sisters?

-Orphan.

-Only.

In classical music, the US composer Aaron Copland wrote a popular piece

entitled Fanfare For The Common what?

-Man.

-Correct.

What name is given to a device used to inflate the tyres of a bicycle?

-Pump.

-Correct. Which game is played by two teams of four people,

each on horseback, carrying mallets with long handles?

-Polo.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-An establishment referred to as an arthouse...

Time's up. In that round, you banked £200.

But who thinks Plato was a friend of Mickey Mouse?

Whose favourite film is Dumbo?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the second round in a row, Roger is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link statistically is Julie, but will the votes follow reality?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Jasmine.

Julie.

Mandy.

Julie.

Mandy.

Mandy.

Julie.

Julie.

-What do you do, Mandy?

-I'm a catering manager.

-A "ca-ering" manager?

-Ca-ter-ing manager.

-Where?

-At a school in Milton Keynes.

-Oh, you're a dinner lady?

-No, no, no, not a dinner lady at all.

-Did you always want to be a dinner lady?

-No, I wanted to be an air hostess.

-You wanted to be cabin crew?

-Yeah.

-You fancied a pilot?

No, I just thought jetting all over the world would be brilliant.

-Did you get a pilot for yourself at home?

-No, I'm afraid not.

-What did you get?

-A builder.

-A builder?

-Yeah.

-Not quite so glamorous.

-No.

-Why Julie?

-Because she got two wrong.

-What do you do, Peter?

-I'm full of gas, Anne. I'm a heating manager for a gas company.

-Try and keep the gas to yourself. You're a heating manager?

-I am.

-Can you install yourself or do you tell other people?

-No, I can install myself.

-Do you whistle while you work?

-HE LAUGHS

Do you think I was being dirty?

-LAUGHTER

-No, Anne.

-Why was that so funny then?

-I am kind of a happy person. I just thought it was funny.

Can you tell jokes, sing, dance?

I did make a single once.

-Did it get into the charts?

-Not quite, no.

-Put your board down.

-I should warn you that I can't sing.

-Do you know what? It's no surprise.

Off you go.

# I got sunshine on a cloudy day... #

When are you starting? Put your board up.

Why Julie?

I really like Julie, but it was... I'm sorry, Julie. I was torn between Ken and Julie.

Julie, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It's a shame I didn't get to speak to Anne.

She was having a lot of good banter with other people, but these things happen.

Had I not been the Weakest Link, I probably would have spoken to her.

Round 3. In the bank, £700. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's racy Roger. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In a formal meeting, at the end of the agenda, the abbreviation AOB stands for "any other" what?

-Business.

-Correct. What's the name of the day of the week considered by most Christians to be the Sabbath?

-Sunday.

-Correct.

What D is the name for a type of reference book, derived from Latin meaning "collection of words"?

-Dictionary.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The female TV presenters of How Clean Is Your House

and Too Posh To Wash were almost always known as Kim and who?

-Aggie.

-Correct. In a Crown Court trial, what is the job title of the person

who sums up immediately before the jury retires to consider its verdict?

-Pass. I don't know.

-The judge.

In industry, the apparatus used for smelting iron ore

that gets its name from the gusts of hot air blown in at the bottom is a what furnace?

-Blast furnace.

-Correct.

In pop music, the David Bowie song that begins with the line, "Ground Control to Major Tom,"

is Space Oddity or Rocket Man?

-Rocket Man.

-Space Oddity.

In pastimes, the terms "checkmate" and "stalemate" originated in which board game?

-Chess.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 34 plus 23?

-67.

-57.

In food, "Demerara" and "muscovado" are varieties of which sweet substance?

-Sugar.

-Correct.

What T is the name of a modern construction material

that is partly derived from that of the road builder John McAdam?

-Tarmac.

-Correct.

Which colloquial word for "excellent" precedes "model"

to make a term for a successful and internationally famous star of the catwalk?

-Catwalk.

-Super.

In 1907, the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was the novelist and poet Rudyard who?

-Kipling.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In modern rhyming slang, if something has gone badly wrong, it has gone Ken Hom or Pete Tong?

-Pete Tong.

-Correct.

Which American fantasy TV drama that ran for eight series

featured the magical Halliwell sisters named Paige, Piper and Phoebe?

-Pass.

-Charmed.

What B is the name of the Russian ballet company founded in 1776

and based at a theatre of the same name in Moscow?

-Balikov?

-Bolshoi.

-Bank!

-Prince William has frequently stated that he is a supporter of which Midlands football club?

-Aston Villa.

-Correct. In music, which word meaning "pointed" is the opposite of flat?

-Sharp.

-Correct.

Your answer was just in time

and collectively you put in the kitty £120.

But who has a devotion to demotion?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The statistics show that the Weakest Link is Mandy.

The Strongest Link is Sam, but who will lose out in the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Mandy.

Mandy.

Mandy.

Mandy.

Mandy.

Jasmine.

Mandy.

-What do you do, Sam?

-I'm a radio presenter, Anne.

-You're a professional broadcaster?

-I am, very professional.

-Where?

-In the East Midlands.

-Is it your show?

-It is, yeah.

-What's it called?

-Heart Breakfast With Sam And Amy.

-It's not your show. It's Amy's too.

-I'm the funny one. She just does the traffic and travel.

-How many hours is it on?

-Four hours, from 6 till 10.

Yes. And how many of those hours do you spend patronising her?

-Probably quite a lot of those hours.

-Yes.

-Yeah.

Give us a flavour of your show.

-Supposing it's live and you play music?

-Yes.

-Can you call in to the show?

-You can.

-Supposing my driver had called in...

-Your driver?

-Yes.

-Brilliant.

I'm stuck in a traffic jam and I need a song played for me.

-Yes.

-Could you do that?

-Yes.

-And could you guess the sort of music I'd like?

I think you'd like something like Je T'Aime, you know, the French... I like to think you would. Ooh!

-I'd prefer The Sex Pistols, but I want you to dedicate... Tell everybody what's happening.

-I will.

-Off you go.

-Heart Breakfast With Sam And Amy, here are The Sex Pistols for the GORGEOUS Anne Robinson.

That's not bad. Put your board up.

-Why Mandy?

-I feel harsh voting for Mandy cos she's lovely, but she got two questions wrong.

-What do you do, Chloe?

-Hi, Anne. I'm a media payables executive for an advertising agency.

-Is it an important executive? Do you take a briefcase to work?

-No, it's just a title really.

-You don't have a lot of people under you?

-None at all.

-So, you're a clerk?

-Yeah, a finance clerk, basically.

-A finance clerk?

-We prefer "media payables executives".

-Why Mandy?

-I believe she got two questions wrong.

Mandy, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'm so glad that I didn't go off in the first round. I can go back to school.

The children said, "Don't come back if you go out in the first round."

Round 4. £820 in the bank. Not very impressive.

Another 10 seconds coming off. We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Sam.

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

A chancel and a roodscreen are more commonly found in a church or a casino?

-A church.

-Correct.

In film, which 2007 action comedy starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

as policemen investigating suspicious events in a West Country village?

-Female Vampires.

-Hot Fuzz.

In a speech in 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain promised "peace in our..." what?

-Time.

-Correct. In children's literature,

in a book by Dr Seuss, what G is the name of the mean-spirited creature who stole Christmas?

-Gremlin?

-The Grinch.

On the UK rail network, a person who is unable to purchase a ticket but wishes to board a train

is required to buy a permit to what?

-Ride.

-Travel. In media cliches,

it is often said about which decade that if you can remember it, you weren't there?

-The '60s.

-In maths, what is the total when a score is added to a baker's dozen?

113.

33.

In TV, the 2010 series in which Kym Marsh and Alex James were trained to sing arias with a full orchestra

is entitled Pop Star To what?

Opera Star.

In science, what V is the word used to describe the equinox that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere in March?

-Pass.

-Vernal. In horticulture, a garden that's used to grow vegetables and other foodstuffs

is traditionally named after which room of a house?

-Conservatory.

-Kitchen.

The American dancer and singer born Virginia Katherine McMath in 1911

was better known as Ginger who?

-Rogers.

-In human biology, the chromosomes belonging to a normal male

are represented by which letters - FA or XY?

-XY.

-In the novel 1984, what name for the head of state

is now used to describe a regime that is oppressive, supposedly for the common good?

-Dictatorship.

-Big Brother.

In popular superstition, if it rains...

Time's up. I can't complete the question. Would it have mattered if I did?

You won absolutely nothing.

So who's the sitting MP for Dumbshire and Littlebrain?

Who thinks Sheffield Wednesday is a Bank Holiday? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Because she answered the most questions correctly, Jasmine is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, Roger is the Weakest Link, but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Peter.

Sam.

Roger.

Sam.

Chloe.

Sam.

-Jasmine, why Sam?

-Sam got two questions wrong.

-Peter, why Sam?

-I think he played the wrong record for you.

Sam, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think Anne did take a shine to me.

Every time she turned to me there was a little smile there.

I'm sure there was chemistry there. I know I'm a LOT younger, but there could be a future in this.

Round 5. Your total is £820. Another 10 seconds off.

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

Start the clock.

In business, what C is a word meaning imaginative and original

that's applied to accountancy in which the facts are dubiously reinterpreted?

-Pass.

-Creative.

King Edward I of England, who ordered the execution of William Wallace,

was known as the Hammer of the who?

-Guillotine.

-Scots.

In TV, what's the full title of the quiz programme

often abbreviated in the press to its initials HIGNFY?

-Pass.

-Have I Got News For You.

A politician who advocates the use of armed force as a means of settling international disputes

is referred to by the name of which bird of prey?

-Eagle.

-Hawk.

In computing, the word property is typed using only which row of letters on a standard keyboard -

the top or the middle?

-The top.

-Correct. Jasmine, in pop music,

Robbie Williams had a UK hit album in 2009 entitled Reality Killed The what?

-Movie Star.

-Video Star.

Which British boxer twice fought Mike Tyson for a world heavyweight title in 1989 and 1996

and lost on both occasions?

-Frank Bruno.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In cinema, Jiminy Cricket was the embodiment of the conscience of the title character

in which 1940 Disney film?

-Pinocchio.

-In headgear, what D is a hat with a name derived from the fact it was originally worn

by men who hunted mammals that have antlers?

-Deerstalker.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which 14th century work contained stories told by the Miller, the Wife of Bath and the Summoner?

-Canterbury Tales.

-In motoring, an old car in disrepair is sometimes called a jabberwocky or jalopy?

-Jalopy.

-Correct.

The bottled beer first brewed in 1927 and particularly popular in northeast England

is Newcastle Brown what?

-Ale.

-Bank!

-In the New Testament, what was the name of...

Time's up and you won £170. But who's the top dog and who's now chasing their tail?

Who's fighting fit and who's thrown in the towel?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Jasmine is the Weakest Link with the most wrong answers.

The statistics show that the Strongest Link is Ken, but whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Jasmine.

Jasmine.

Roger.

Peter.

Chloe.

-Chloe, why Jasmine?

-I got a couple wrong, but I think Jasmine did, too.

-Roger, why Jasmine?

-It was a very close round.

-I thought she got more wrong.

-Jasmine, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

My family and friends will be quite surprised that I've gone this early

because they know what I'm like with general knowledge

and they would have hoped that I would have been in the final, but it wasn't to be.

Round 6. You're up to £990. Another 10 seconds off.

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

Start the clock.

The TV sitcom first shown in 2006 featuring characters named Roy, Moss and Jen who work in computer support

is called The IT what?

-Group.

-Crowd. In rugby union, a successful drop goal is worth how many points?

-Three.

-In cinema, the 1987 film based on the life of the playwright Joe Orton

was entitled Prick Up Your what?

-Shoes.

-Ears.

In science, what T is a four-letter abbreviated word that follows high and low to give descriptions

-for different levels of mechanical sophistication?

-Pass.

Tech. In pop music, Chesney Hawkes had a UK number 1 single in 1991 with a song I Am The what?

-One And Only.

-In natural history, the botanical term for any fruit that contains a stone

is a dangle or a droop?

-Dangle.

-Droop. In comics, which female cartoon superhero

carries a lasso and wears a tiara, blue hot pants with white stars and bracelets that deflect bullets?

-Wonder Woman.

-The name inspired by an Italian city for an area along Regent's Canal in London

is Little what?

-Venice.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What Q is the Middle Eastern country that is the base for the Arabic broadcasting service Al Jazeera?

-Qatar.

-Correct.

In the home, which type of shed or out house gets its name

from the fact that it's propped against another building for support?

-Lean to.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The poem by AA Milne called Vespers includes the line, "Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares

-"Christopher Robin is saying his..." what?

-Piece.

Prayers. Which US term for a mud guard on a car is also the name

of a well-known manufacturer of electric guitars founded in the 1940s?

-Pass.

-Fender.

During an election, what H is the term for making speeches to voters and derives from the name of...

The correct answer is the hustings. You won £100.

Consider this: have you got issues with Ken?

Should Roger be charged?

Is it Chloe's turn to pay?

Or has the heat got to Peter?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Statistically, Ken is the Strongest Link.

Roger is the Weakest Link, but will the votes follow the statistics?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Roger.

Ken.

Peter.

Chloe.

A vote each. A four-way tie.

-Ken, why Peter?

-I think Peter got one or two wrong. They're questions I'd get right, so sorry, Peter.

-Peter, why Chloe?

-I thought she got the most wrong.

-Chloe, why Roger?

-He was the first one I remember to get one wrong.

-Roger, why Ken?

-I didn't want to vote for the young lady

and Peter's singing was so good, so I had to vote for Ken, unfortunately.

Except Ken was the Strongest Link, and he gets to decide.

You voted for Peter, but you can have who you want.

Before I came on, I said I would stick with who I voted for here.

-You're getting rid of Peter?

-I'm afraid so. Sorry, mate.

Peter, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think the four-way tie could have gone any way, really.

I think Ken made his mind up and went to vote for me. He's a bit of a numpty for that.

But it had to be somebody.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,090. Another 10 seconds off.

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

Start the clock.

In 2009 science fiction films, the actress who starred as a blue humanoid in Avatar

and as Uhura in Star Trek is Zoe who?

-Deschanel?

-Saldana.

In a standard game of darts, what is the maximum score a player can achieve with two throws?

-180?

-120.

In the name of the loyalty schemes operated by airlines, the letters FF stand for Frequent what?

-Flyer.

-Correct.

-Bank!

TV characters Desmond Hume, John Locke and Danielle Rousseau in Lost

share surnames with famous painters or philosophers?

-Philosophers!

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which word can mean to mock and to eat greedily?

-Pass.

-Scoff.

What W is the name of the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba?

-Winnipeg.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In maths, an illustration of overlapping circles is usually called a Venn what?

-Diagram.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The art of flower arranging called ikebana originated in the 6th century in which Far East country?

-Japan.

-In royal history, in 1795 on first seeing his wife-to-be,

the future King George IV asked for a blindfold or a glass of brandy?

-A glass of brandy.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The form of massage developed by Per Henrik Ling is usually known by which Scandinavian nationality?

-Swedish.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In cinema, the 1984 drama A Passage to India

was the last film of distinguished British director Sir David who?

-Callaghan.

-Lean.

What C is the name given to a beam or girder that's fixed at one end only?

-Pass.

-Cantilever.

Time's up. You won £150.

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

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the third time in the game, Ken is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, Chloe is the Weakest Link, but who will be taking the final Walk of Shame?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Ken.

Chloe.

Chloe.

-So, Ken, why Chloe?

-I think she got some questions wrong and I think she was the Weakest Link.

-Racy Roger, still here.

-I am, Anne.

-Why do you want rid of Chloe?

It was a very close round. While she's a lovely young lady,

Ken was a gentleman in the last round and could have voted me off so I couldn't vote for Ken.

She was the worst player. Chloe, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Doing the last Walk of Shame was fine. If I'm not going to win,

then it's great to be able to do that. I quite like the idea of walking. It's a bit of a catwalk!

Round 8. In the bank, £1,240. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with Ken. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In croquet, the final shot is called a peg what?

-Hole.

-Out. In music, Welcome To My World,

I Love You Because and Distant Drums were UK hit singles in the 1960s for which US singer?

-Jim Reeves.

-In geology, which part of planet Earth is generally hotter - the core or the crust?

-The core.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The clerical detective in a series of stories by GK Chesterton

is called Father what?

-Ted.

-Brown.

In ceremonial wear, the name of which item of headgear worn by junior royals and peers

-means "little crown"?

-Cassock?

Coronet. The method of preserving food by cooling it to below zero and removing the water

-is called what drying?

-Steam.

Freeze. The city of Lucerne, noted for its 17th-century cathedral and town hall

-is in which country?

-Italy!

Switzerland. In African wildlife, what E is the name of the largest species of antelope?

-Pass.

-The Eland.

In the UK, the opening day of the grouse shooting season, the Glorious 12th, falls in which month?

-August.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In WWI, the military alliance between Britain, France and Russia

was called Double Entendre or Triple Entente?

-Triple.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The West Indian former batsman nicknamed the Master Blaster

because of his explosive...

Time's up.

You won £90. We will treble that,

which 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.

Roger and Ken, for £1,510, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-I'll go first, Anne, thank you.

In geography, the Madeira, which forms part of the border between Bolivia and Brazil

is the longest tributary of which river?

-Panama?

-The correct answer is the Amazon.

In jewellery, natural, keshi and cultured are all varieties of which gems

that are produced by molluscs?

-Emeralds?

-The correct answer is pearls.

In the title of a children's TV series, first shown in 1952,

the string puppets Bill and Ben were known collectively by what horticultural name?

-The Flower Pot Men.

-That is correct.

In sport in 2002, a section of the A6 near Bedford was named after which athlete,

who won the London Marathon that year and again in 2003 and 2005?

-Paula Radcliffe?

-That is correct.

In comedy, which writer and actor promoted his 2009 stand-up tour entitled Science

with an image of himself with green skin and a bolt through his neck?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Ricky Gervais.

In pop music, which 1991 UK hit single by Nirvana includes the lines,

"With the lights out it's less dangerous, here we are now, entertain us"?

-Smells Like Teen Spirit.

-That is correct.

In 2004, which small Himalayan kingdom became the first country in the world

to ban all tobacco sales within its borders?

-Nepal?

-The correct answer is Bhutan.

In English history, the exact location of which battle of 1485

was revealed by experts in 2010

to be more than a mile away from where it was previously believed to have taken place?

-The Battle of Bosworth Hill?

-The Battle of Bosworth Field. We'll accept that.

That means, Ken, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with £1,510.

Roger, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Not winning the money is no problem.

I set out just to really enjoy the experience of being on the Weakest Link production.

If I had to be totally honest, I don't think I deserved to win, but the real victor was trivia.

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