15/06/2010 Weakest Link

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

Only one 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 win 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 Harry, I'm 21, I'm from Sheffield and I'm a geography student.

I'm Barbara, 57, from Stockton on Tees and a retired police officer.

I'm Frank, I'm 60, from Herne Bay and I'm an environmental services manager.

My name is Kym, I'm 38, from Caerphilly and I'm a facilities co-ordinator.

I'm Tony, I'm 41, from Purfleet and I run an antique distribution service.

I'm Beatrice, I'm 22, from Macclesfield and I'm a student of divinity.

My name's Rob, I'm 31, from Hull, and I'm an account administration officer.

I'm Inese, I'm 29, from Tobermory and I'm a bar person.

I'm Paul, 53, from Wigan and I'm a civil servant driving examiner.

OK, in each round there's £1,000 to be won. The fastest way is with a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money in it. Say bank before the question and the money is safe.

Round 1, three minutes. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically - Barbara.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

The opening words of a traditional counting verse are, "One, two, buckle my..." what?

-Shoe.

-Correct. In romance, intimate conversation with a loved one that takes place in bed

is pillow talk or duvet dialogue?

-Pillow talk.

-Correct.

In the British Isles, August falls in which season?

-Summer.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, if mouse is the singular term for a type of small rodent,

which word is the plural form?

-Mice.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In food, the rhyming term for a bound collection of recipes is a cook what?

-Dish?

-Book.

In human biology, what L is the usual name of a large pair of organs used for breathing?

-Lungs.

-Correct. In phrases, the two-word term that can refer both to a substance, such as lead,

and a style of loud, vigorous rock music is heavy what?

-Metal.

-Correct. In world geography, Ethiopia is a country in the eastern part of which continent?

-Asia.

-Africa.

In office equipment, the hand-operated device used to make holes in paper for a ring binder

is called a hole what?

-Puncher.

-Correct. A popular form of gambling in which the prize money is the entire pool of bets

is a keepsake or sweepstake?

-Sweepstake.

-Correct. In fashion, drainpipes and skinny jeans are garments to be worn on which limbs?

-The legs.

-Correct. In horse racing, the famous jockey born in 1935

who rode the winner of the Epsom Derby on 9 occasions is Lester who?

-Piggott.

-Correct. On a vehicle, what H goes before lights to give the name for the indicators

when they flash simultaneously as a warning to other drivers?

-Hazards.

-Correct. In film, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan starred as the title characters

in the 1989 romantic comedy When who Met Sally?

-Harry.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 16 divided by 8?

-2.

-In history, the term medieval relates to a period alternatively called the Middle what?

-Age.

-I'll accept.

In health, tanning, burning and peeling of the skin are all caused by exposure to what light?

-Sun.

-Correct. In music, the official song of the United Kingdom, performed on ceremonial occasions,

is known as the national what?

-Anthem.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-What J is a name for an area of dense vegetation in a tropical rainforest

that is derived from Hindi meaning wilderness?

-Jungle.

-Correct. In food in the UK, a small, thin, rectangular piece of cod, coated in breadcrumbs,

is known as a fish what?

-Supper.

-Finger. Kym...

Time's up. You won £850, but you had a chain of 11 correct answers.

Who thinks Kwik-Fit is a speed-dating agency?

Who's the pencil with a rubber at both ends?

Who's going to cost you money?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Barbara is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Paul, but who will the team want off?

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

Beatrice.

Beatrice.

Beatrice.

Beatrice.

Beatrice.

Inese.

Beatrice.

Beatrice.

Beatrice.

-What do you do, Harry?

-I'm a geography student, Anne.

-Where are you from?

-From Sheffield, but I study at Cambridge.

-How did you get to Cambridge?

-I did very well at school.

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-Did you have a gap year out?

-No.

-You haven't travelled.

-I went to America for my dissertation.

-On what?

-The new part that just opened in New York.

-Yes?

-It's really interesting.

-How helpful will that be to get a job?

-You know about a park in New York.

-I don't want to be a park warden, but...

-No. You've got a partner?

-Yes, I have. A boyfriend.

-Called what?

-He's called Joe.

-Is he doing a useless degree at Cambridge?

-No, he'll start his degree next year, hopefully.

-Why Beatrice?

-She banked quite early and also she got a question wrong, so...

-What do you do, Barbara?

-I'm a retired police officer with a few part-time jobs.

-Former PC Plod?

-I was a sergeant.

-Did you catch any big criminals?

-I caught a few, yes.

-Did you keep any?

-No.

-Got someone at home?

-I have somebody at home.

-Been with him long?

-14 years.

-Has he married you?

-He hasn't, no.

-Is he much older than you?

-No, a lot younger.

-How old are you?

-I'm 57.

-What's he called?

-Bertie.

-How old is he?

-40.

-Is he? How does his mother like that?

She loves me, gets on well with me.

-Why Beatrice?

-She broke the chain and banked early.

-What do you do, Tony?

-I run an antiques distribution company.

What valuable antiques do you carry?

-Everything from globes to sideboards...

-Sideboards?

-Yes.

You know, you get your plates and display things, your units.

-Sorry, no.

-Sometimes you go into these nice houses and they have sideboards with little shelves

-for their nice crockery.

-Yeah. What, ducks?

I can't say I've seen ducks. I've seen lots of plates.

-And you live where?

-Purfleet in Essex.

-You're an Essex boy.

I'm a newly-formed Essex boy. I just moved in with my girlfriend. I'm new to the Essex area.

-Is she an Essex girl?

-Yes, she is.

-What passes for an antique in Essex? An old sun bed?

-An old Ford Capri, I should think.

-Yes.

-What's your girlfriend called?

-Natalie.

-Girlfriend or fiancee?

-My fiancee, actually.

-What does that mean in Essex?

-We're saving up and planning a wedding.

How many Mrs Tonys have gone by?

Just one, a long time ago. Just one.

-Why Beatrice?

-Because she just got the first question wrong in the chain.

Beatrice, the divinity student. We'll never know if you're going to become a nun.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think they voted me off first because I got the first question wrong, so they remembered my name.

And also, you know, my name's quite long so they just wanted to write it and get it out of the way.

Round 2. In the bank, £850. We now take 10 seconds off your time.

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

Start the clock.

The 2010 series of Celebrity Big Brother was won by Alex Reid,

who has been a professional cage fighter or lion tamer?

-Cage fighter.

-Correct. In vocabulary, which term for a mark indicating a correct answer

is also a bloodsucking parasite?

-Tick.

-Correct. In the USA, a large usually wooden bath-like container of very warm water

designed to hold more than one person is a hot what?

-Tub.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Which of the seven deadly sins is said to come before a fall?

-Pride.

-Correct. In personal appearance, the temporary chubbiness that develops in childhood,

but then disappears is puppy what?

-Fat.

-Correct. On social occasions, when a host asks a guest, "What's your poison?"

he's offering hemlock or alcohol?

-Alcohol.

-Correct. In holiday accommodation, another term for a caravan is a mobile what?

-Home.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In geometry,

what is the name given to half a circle?

-Semi-circle.

-Correct. In TV and radio, what C is a broadcaster

who describes a sporting contest as it happens?

-Commentator.

-Correct. In nature, which invertebrate with many legs

has a name that means 100 feet?

-Centipede.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Which day of the week precedes Night Fever

to make the title of a 1977 film starring John Travolta?

-Saturday.

-In teaching, in Britain the letters HE are the standard abbreviation for Higher what?

-Education.

-Correct. In English law, the ceremony and legal union

that can be entered into by same-sex couples has what two-word term?

-Civil partnership.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-A contest in which two people place an elbow on a table

and try to force each other's hand down is called arm what?

-Wrestling.

-Correct. In geography, narrow stretched of water are sometimes called noises or sounds?

-Noises.

-Sounds.

The UK charity founded in 1934 that is the equivalent of the US organisation called The Seeing Eye

is Guide Dogs For whom?

-The blind.

-Correct. In cooking, when used as a measurement,

which size of spoon has a capacity equal to about 5ml in volume?

-Teaspoon.

-Correct.

In British wildlife, the widespread fast-running mammal that shelters in a depression known as a form

is called the brown what?

-Fox.

-Hare.

What relation to you is the offspring of your uncle?

-Niece.

-First cousin.

In film soundtracks, the song by Iggy Pop that featured in the 1996 drama Trainspotting...

Time's up and you only won £500.

Why was that? Who's dressed to depress?

Whose chances of winning are size zero?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Barbara is the strongest link.

The weakest link, statistically, is Paul, but can he survive the vote?

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

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Frank.

-Where are you from, Inese?

-Actually, Latvia, but I live on the Isle of Mull, Tobermory.

-You learnt your general knowledge there?

-No' really, Anne, no.

-Where did you learn it?

-School.

-At school in Latvia?

-Mm-hm.

-That'll be really handy(!)

-It's the same geography everywhere, isn't it?

-Yes.

-Have you found a bloke to marry?

-I don't think I'm ever going to marry anybody, but I have found one.

If you married, you'd get a British passport.

-I don't really want one.

-You'd rather be Latvian?

-Yeah.

-What are Latvians good at?

-Lots of things.

-Like what?

Like knitting socks.

-Knitting socks?

-Yeah.

-Why Paul?

-He got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Rob?

-I'm an accounts administration officer.

-Where?

-Hull City Council.

-Have you always done that?

-No, I was in the army for 12 years.

-What did the army teach you?

-Lots of skills. Kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing.

-Fabulous(!)

-Yes. Have you got any fun hobbies?

-Yes, I do dancing.

-Modern jive dancing.

-OK. Put your board down. Looking for a woman?

-No, I've got a girlfriend.

-Move over. Pretend she's with you. What's she called?

-Mel.

-Short for what?

-Melissa.

Pretend Melissa's with you and give us a bit of jive.

Yes(!) It's all a bit camp.

It is when there's no woman attached to you.

-Put your board up. Why Paul?

-He got a question wrong in the first round

-and again in this round.

-Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Doing the Walk of Shame, I didn't have a problem with it.

There's going to be seven people doing it today.

Not to do it first was a relief,

so at least I can hold my head up high to say I wasn't the first off.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,350. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In expressions, when things degenerate badly, they are said to go the shape of which fruit?

-Pear-shaped.

-Correct. In TV, the title characters of which long-running American series

live in Evergreen Terrace in Springfield?

-The Simpsons.

-Correct. In cities, what Z is the capital of Croatia?

-Zagreb.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In history,

which was the principal language used by Ancient Romans?

-Greek... Er...

-No, I have to accept your first answer. Latin.

In UK geography, the River Severn flows into a large inlet of the Atlantic called the Bristol what?

-Channel.

-Correct.

The time allowed for a boxer who's been knocked down to rise and resume is how many seconds?

-Ten.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The member of the dove family that is mainly grey with white patches on its neck and wings is a wood what?

-Pigeon.

-Correct. The magazine for readers of a certain age

founded in 1992 by the journalist Richard Ingrams is called The Oldie or The Grumpie?

-The Grumpie.

-The Oldie.

The title of the Hemingway novel which comes from the works of John Donne is For Whom The Bell what?

-Tolls.

-In two expressions for a far-fetched story that allegedly happened to a friend of a friend,

what U precedes the words myth and legend?

-Urban.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In music, someone who is tone deaf is said to have a tin what?

-Ear.

-Correct. In celebrities, what first name is shared by a red-haired model from Torbay, surname Cole,

-and a singer who is the daughter of Keith Allen?

-Cheryl.

Lily. In quotations, on becoming Prime Minister in 1868,

Disraeli said, "I have climbed to the top of the greasy..." what?

-Mountain.

-Pole. In maths, what is 78 minus 17?

-61.

-Correct. Barbara...

-Bank!

-In religion, people who believe

that the world is doomed bear signs saying, "The end is nigh" or "Say aye to a pie"?

-The end is nigh.

-Correct.

In visitor attractions, the ape who became a famous resident at London Zoo after his arrival in 1947

was Guy the what?

-Gorilla.

-Correct. In English geography, a Cheltonian is a native of which West Country town?

-Cheltenham.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV comedy, the enthusiastic catchphrase used by Alan Partridge that alludes to scoring...

Time's up and you won £320.

Whose brain is now dandruff?

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

Having answered the most correctly, Kym is the strongest link.

Statistically, Rob is the weakest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Rob.

Tony.

Rob.

Inese.

Rob.

-Inese.

-Tony.

-What do you do, Frank?

-I'm an environmental services manager.

-Where?

-Greenwich.

-If I was to shadow you for the day, what would you be doing?

-Checking the cleaning was done,

no abandoned vehicles, play areas were safe, grass was cut properly.

-Oh, you're a caretaker.

-No. I manage people who manage caretakers.

-I see.

-You're a senior caretaker.

-If it makes you happy, yes.

-Do you live in London?

-No, Herne Bay.

-What passes for entertainment there?

-I have got on a karaoke.

-What can you sing?

-Kenny Rogers.

-Put your board down.

Just move over towards Kym. Off you go.

# You painted up your lips And rolled and curled your tinted hair

# Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere

# Shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down

# Oh, Ruby Don't take your love to town. #

Get back. Why Rob?

It was very difficult. A few got a question wrong there,

but I like Inese's accent and want to hear more.

Harry, the geography student, what are you putting back into society?

I did some work in my first year, trying to dispel myths about Cambridge, that it is welcoming

-for everybody and not just posh people.

-You're from Sheffield?

-Yeah.

-You don't sound as if you're from Sheffield.

-That's three years at Cambridge!

-So you wouldn't be suitable to do that any more.

-I did it in my first year.

-Do it in your first year,

-then you get a posh accent?

-Em...it shouldn't work like that.

-Why Rob?

-He got a question wrong.

Rob, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My chat with Anne wasn't too bad. I've had worse.

When she got me to dance on my own, doing modern jive, which does need a partner,

it didn't come across very well. It doesn't translate to a solo dance.

Round 4. In the bank now, £1,670. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In US politics, which Republican was elected President to succeed Jimmy Carter?

-Ronald Reagan.

-Correct. In human anatomy, the clavicle is commonly known by what non-medical name?

-Shoulder.

-Collar.

In tennis, in 2010 after losing in the final of the Australian Open,

which British player said, "I can cry like Roger. It's a shame I can't play like him"?

-Andy Murray.

-Correct. In weather, if a peal of thunder occurs five seconds after a flash of lightning,

the storm is approximately how many miles away - one or fifteen?

-15.

-One. In pop music, the Eurovision Song Contest was first held in which decade?

-'60s.

-'50s.

In Polish food, the hearty meat and cabbage dish called bigos, usually served with potatoes and rye bread,

is also known as hunter's what?

-Pie.

-Stew. In nature, which word for a hard protective covering follows egg, sea and nut

to give three different items?

-Shell.

-Yes.

-Bank!

-In entertainment, the name of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts

is often shortened to what?

-BAFTA.

-Correct.

-Inese...

-Bank!

-In manufacturing, what C describes a material such as iron or cardboard

that's been bent into regular curved ridges and troughs?

-Pass.

-Corrugated.

In computing, what's the name of the narrow beam of light that's used to form images in a type of printer?

-Laser.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In children's literature,

the teenage brothers Frank and Joe, who solve mysteries in books by Franklin W Dixon,

-are The what Boys?

-Brown.

Hardy Boys. In spelling, in the name of the Channel Island Guernsey, what is the second letter?

-U.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In phrases, when an obvious but uncomfortable truth is being ignored

which large animal is said to be in the room?

-Elephant.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-On Coronation Street, the father and son Harry and Dan Mason

arrived in 2007 to run an undertakers or a betting shop?

-Betting shop.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-During WWII. which term for an electrical power cut was also applied

to the nightly air raid precautions?

-Pass.

-Blackout.

In pop music, Stereophonics and Super Furry Animals were formed in which country?

-Wales!

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £140.

But who's the ketchup in your caviar?

Who's the slug in your rocket salad? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Barbara is the weakest link.

Kym is, statistically, the strongest link, but will the other players consider that when voting?

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

Inese.

Inese.

Inese.

Frank.

Barbara.

Tony.

Barbara, the former police officer with a toy boy, how do you entertain yourself?

-I go to amateur dramatics.

-And what do you do at the am drams?

-I've been in Allo, Allo.

-Who were you?

-Madame Edith, Rene's wife.

-Put your board down. Did you have to sing?

-Yes.

-She sang a song called Coquette.

-Off you go.

# Will you fall in love if I remove a glove... #

-Oh, you DO sing badly!

-# Shall I remove a shoe? #

-Has it got a tune?

-It has got a tune, Anne, yes.

Put your board up.

-So why do you want to get rid of young, pretty Inese?

-She got a couple wrong, I'm afraid.

-Frank, the grumpy caretaker, why Inese?

-She got two wrong.

Inese, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

-If I had a message for Anne, that would be in Latvian...

-SPEAKS LATVIAN

Which means, "You are the weakest link. Goodbye!"

Round 5. Your total is £1,810. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In cinema, the Australian-born actress who starred in Elizabeth, The Aviator and Babel is Cate who?

-Cate Blanchett.

-Correct. In the code numbers for most food additives approved for use in the UK,

E stands for which word?

-I... Pass.

-European.

Someone who helps a criminal to plan a crime, but is not present when it is committed

is an accessory before the what?

-Crime.

-Fact.

The school of British social realist painters in the 1950s was known by what name -

kitchen sink or bathroom basin?

-Kitchen sink.

-Correct. In books, in The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

Aslan calls male humans Sons of Adam and females Daughters of whom?

-Eve.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In maths, what is 89 plus 7?

-96.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In politics, the expression taken from the King James Bible and often used

in the context of winning people over is hearts and what?

-Minds.

-Correct. In UK geography, what A is the former town in Northern Ireland

that in 1994 was awarded city status?

-Aylesbury?

-Armagh.

In TV, the actor who appeared in Dad's Army and also narrated the Mr Men cartoons was Arthur who?

-Lowe.

-Correct. In rugby union, the two countries in continental Europe

that compete in the Six Nations are France and which other?

-Italy.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Moleskin fabric is made from cotton or wool?

-Cotton.

-Correct.

In a florist's, what's the full name of flowers commonly labelled as 'mums?

-Mum...mummyseeds... Pass!

-Chrysanthemums.

In journalism, a statement or piece of information given to a reporter on the condition it's not attributed

-is said to be off the what?

-Wall.

Record. In film, in a 2000 legal drama what E is the first name of the single mother called Brockovich

played by Julia Roberts?

-Ellen.

-No, Erin.

In the term "op art", coined in the 1960s

for the style of abstract painting in which images seem to pulsate, op is short for which word?

-Oscillate.

-Optical. Kym, in pop music...

Time's up and you won £120.

But who's the dead fish in your think tank?

Who's the frog at the toad convention? Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only one with all her answers right, Kym is the strongest link.

The weakest link, statistically, is Harry, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Tony.

Tony.

Tony.

Harry.

Harry.

-Harry, did you think Tony was the worst player?

-I think he did equally as bad as me.

-No, he didn't.

You didn't answer a single question.

-Previous to that I had.

-Don't argue with me, Harry.

-Barbara, why Tony?

-I thought he was the weakest link.

-He just looks it.

Tony, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Harry should have been voted off. He was the weakest link.

I think he's a little bit lucky to still be in the game.

Round 6. In the bank, £1,930. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

The fictional character Allan Quatermain who first appeared in the novel King Solomon's Mines

was created by H Rider who?

-Haggard.

-Correct. In TV, The Royle Family, Queer As Folk and Cold Feet were all chiefly set in which city?

-Pass.

-Manchester. In headwear, what T is the three-letter name for the large woollen hat

used by Rastafarians to cover their dreadlocks?

-Tin.

-Tam.

In politics, the nickname Gang of Four given in 1981 to a quarter of former Labour MPs

originally referred to a group of radicals in which country?

-Poland.

-China.

In celebrities, the jewellery designer Jade Jagger has what middle name - Delilah or Jezebel?

-Delilah.

-Jezebel.

In winter sports, the ski resort of Aspen is in which US state?

-California?

-No, Colorado.

In cinema, which 1990 film based on a true story features Ray Liotta as a gangster

who testifies against some of his fellow criminals?

-The Informer.

-Goodfellas.

According to the titles of two long poems by John Milton, what is both Lost and Regained?

-Pass.

-Paradise.

In sculpture, a small preparatory model typically made in wax or clay

is known as a what - maquette or croquette?

-Maquette.

-Bank!

-Which song, famously performed by Frank Sinatra, begins,

"Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today"?

-Pass.

-New York, New York.

In transport history, the name of which metal precedes the word "horse" to make an informal term

for the railway locomotive and a bicycle?

Could you repeat the question?

The name of which metal precedes the word "horse" to make an informal term

-for a railway locomotive and a bicycle?

-Brass.

Iron. Frank...

Time's up. You won just £20.

So has Harry lost his way?

Will Frank have his swansong?

Should Barbara be arrested? Or has Kym come unstuck?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Kym is the strongest link because she answered the most correctly.

Statistically, the weakest link is Barbara, but will the team notice that?

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

Barbara.

Harry.

Harry.

Barbara.

We have a tie, team. Harry and Barbara, two votes each.

-Howe did you think you did in that round, Harry?

-Poorly.

-Why have you voted for Barbara?

-She dithered for quite a while.

-How do you think you did, Barbara?

-Not good, Anne, that time.

-Why have you voted for Harry?

-I think he was as bad as me.

-Kym gets to decide.

-What do you do?

-I'm a facilities co-ordinator, Anne.

-I bet you are.

-What does that mean?

-I get the people in my organisation to where they've got to be.

-What transport do you book?

-Pool cars, hire cars, trains...

-Who's going in the hire cars?

-Some of the co-ordinators.

-Why can't they get the bus?

-Sometimes it doesn't get you exactly there.

-It's true for a lot of people

-but they make their own travel arrangements.

-Did you bus it here?

-Why Barbara?

-She was a bit too long on one question and didn't bank at the end.

-You've got a choice now - Barbara or Harry.

-I'll stick with Barbara.

Barbara, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My friends and family will be so pleased that I lasted as long.

And I managed to have two really good sessions of talking with Anne.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,950.

Another 10 seconds coming off your time.

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

Start the clock.

The novelist and comedian who has formed double acts with Rob Newman and Frank Skinner is David who?

-Baddiel.

-Correct. In the solar system, which planet has exactly the same name as a chemical element?

-Pluto.

-Mercury.

What B is a city in northern Switzerland, adjacent to the Swiss, French and German borders?

-Bruges.

-Basle.

In golf, the American player who won the Masters four times between 1958 and 1964 is Arnold who?

-Palmer.

-Correct. In computing, which word means to remove information such as text or a picture

and place it in a holding area ready to be pasted?

-Copy.

-Cut.

Complaints of breaches and misconduct by MPs are handled by the Committee of Standards and what?

-Honour.

-Privileges.

In business, the Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis made his fortune in brewing or shipping?

-Shipping.

-In cinema, the English director of Dance With A Stranger, Four Weddings and a Funeral

and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is Mike who?

-Pass.

-Newell. In maths, calculating the volume of a cube involves multiplying the length,

width and which other measurement?

-Breadth.

-Height. In pop music, The Colour of My Love, Let's Talk About Love and A New Day Has Come

were UK number one albums for which Canadian-born singer?

-Bryan Adams.

-Celine Dion.

What P is the name of a yellow, highly-seasoned vegetable relish made with mustard and vinegar?

-Piccadilly.

-No, piccalilli.

In comedy, the two members of the Monty Python team who shared the first name Terry

had the surnames Gilliam and what?

-Pass.

-Jones. Kym, in language...

Time's up. You won absolutely nothing. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Harry 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.

Frank.

Harry.

Harry.

-Kym, why Harry?

-I noticed he got another geography question wrong.

-Frank, why Harry?

-I think he's had three bad rounds on the trot.

Harry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was a bit devastated not to get into the final two,

but going on my performance I didn't really deserve to be there. I was just happy to get so far.

Round 8. In the bank, still £1,950. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Kym. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In British roads, which motorway leads to the Kent terminal of the Channel Tunnel - M1 or M20?

-M20.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The Japanese artist known as Hokusai is best known in the West

for the woodblock series called 36 Views of which mountain?

-Pass.

-Mount Fuji.

In the words of the William Blake poem, popularly known as Jerusalem,

what type of industrial buildings are described as dark and satanic?

-Mills.

-Correct.

-Pass!

-In wildlife...

-Bank!

Pass? Kym, in expressions, the name for which female fashion accessories

precedes the words "at ten paces" to make a phrase for a mild confrontation?

-Handbags.

-Correct. In technology, in the abbreviation HDTV,

the first two letters mean High what?

-High Definition.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In music, a piece marked adagio is to be played quickly or slowly?

-Quickly.

-Slowly. In royalty, the traditional belief that monarchs derive the authority to rule

directly from God is known as the what right of kings?

-Passage.

-Divine.

Which academic subject has branches called civil, electrical, mechanical and structural?

-Engineering.

-Correct. In geography, the Abel Tasman National Park is in which Commonwealth country?

-Kenya.

-New Zealand.

Time's up. You won £70, which we'll treble. It gives prize money today of:

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, sudden death.

So, Frank and Kym, for £2,160, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-Frank can go first.

In pop music, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Oritse Williams and JB

are all members of which British boy band

whose debut single was a 2009 UK number one?

-JLS.

-That is the correct answer.

In ornithology, which bright red North American bird

shares its name with a senior rank of the clergy in the Roman Catholic church?

-Cardinal.

-That is correct.

What name given to a large bottle with a narrow neck,

usually with small handles near the top, is thought to derive

from French words meaning Lady Jane?

-Jug.

-The correct answer is demijohn.

In film quotations,

the line, "I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed,"

is spoken by a ruthless character called Daniel Plainview

in which 2007 drama?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is There Will Be Blood.

In Victorian architecture,

Sir George Gilbert Scott designed a memorial unveiled in 1876

to which senior member of the Royal Family?

-Queen Victoria.

-No, Prince Albert.

In politics, in 2009 Carwyn Jones was appointed First Minister in the Welsh Assembly

following the resignation of which Labour politician?

-Rhodri Morgan.

-That is correct.

In sport, what is the surname of the Belgian footballer

who in 1995 won a ruling to allow players to move to another club within the EU on a free transfer?

-Bosman.

-That is correct.

Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, first performed in 1949,

is set mainly on an island during the Second World War?

-South Pacific.

-That is correct.

In literature, which controversial 1987 book by Peter Wright

was subtitled The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer?

Sorry. Could you repeat that, Anne?

In literature, which controversial 1987 book by Peter Wright

was subtitled The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer?

-Spy?

-The correct answer is Spycatcher.

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

Frank, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

If I'd won the money, I would have taken my wife away on holiday.

Before I left, that was my orders.

I'm going to give half to the charity where I work and let my little girls go to Disneyland Paris

because they've always wanted to go.

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