15/09/2011 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 Ben, I'm 19, I'm from Hayle and I'm a stock controller.

I'm Kelly, I'm 32, I'm from Llanelli and I'm a crime data analyst.

I'm Sam, I'm 21, from Bishop's Stortford and I'm a gardener.

I'm Deb, I'm 54, from Stone and I'm a sports centre administrator.

I'm Wullie, I'm 42, from Kirkcaldy and I'm a production worker.

I'm Sarah, I'm 24, I'm from Sheffield and I'm a medical student.

I'm Tom, I'm 58, I'm from Ovington in Northumberland

and I'm a retired care home inspector.

I'm Sandie, I'm 46, I'm from Weston-Super-Mare,

I'm a will consultant and mortgage broker.

My name's Guy, I'm 33, from Liverpool and I'm a creative learning director.

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

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

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

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

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically,

that's you, Ben. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Ben, according to the common observation,

people often wait for a long time for which form of public transport

before three arrive at once?

-Bus.

-Correct.

Kelly, in British wedding customs, the best man traditionally prepares what, a speech or a song?

-A speech.

-Correct.

Sam, in clothing, a tight-fitting rubber outfit worn by divers and surfers

to conserve body heat is known as a wet what?

-Suit.

-Correct.

Deb, in nature, what B is the general name for any vertebrate animal with wings and feathers?

-Bird.

-Correct.

Wullie, in employment, taking a day off work by pretending to be ill

is known colloquially as throwing a what?

-Sickie.

-Correct.

Sarah, the guidelines introduced in 2004 for UK passport photos

stated that it was not permitted for people to be pictured wearing what, hats or beards?

-Hats.

-Correct.

Tom, in the calendar in the UK, Remembrance Day, informally known as Poppy Day,

is observed in which month of the year?

-November.

-Correct.

Sandie, in regional food, what H is the name of a traditional Scottish dish

made from the stuffed stomach of a sheep?

-Haggis.

-Correct.

Guy, in superstition, a person who makes predictions about the future

by means such as crystal-gazing and palmistry is usually known as a fortune what?

-Teller.

-Correct. Ben.

-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.

So, think carefully. Who's the caterpillar in your cabbage patch?

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

In an impressive first round, Ben is the strongest link

as he banked all the money for the team.

The statistics reveal that Kelly is the weakest link.

But who will be the first to take the walk of shame?

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

Deb.

Ben.

Sandie.

Sam.

Tom.

Ben.

Sam.

Sarah.

Sam.

-Where are you from, Guy?

-Liverpool, Anne.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a creative learning director.

What passes as a creative learning director in Liverpool?

-I actually teach in Lancaster. I work at a theatre.

-Couldn't you get a job in Liverpool?

Unfortunately not, with the arts cuts the way they are.

And creative learning director, that's another word for an unqualified teacher?

Er, well, you have to have had professional experience in the theatre.

So you haven't got any teaching qualifications.

Unfortunately not, no. So I suppose unqualified in that way, yeah.

-Why Sam?

-Well, everyone got their questions right

and Sam's wearing a denim shirt just like me

and maybe there's not enough room for two denim in this game.

-Where are you from, Deb?

-Stone in Staffordshire.

-Are you?

-I am.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a sports centre administrator.

-Are you? Put your board down.

-Oh, you look as if you're never out of the gym.

-I never go to the gym.

So you don't bother with any form of keep fit?

-Yes.

-What do you do?

-I swim.

I used to swim competitively, but not anymore.

-Where do you swim?

-At the pool where I work.

-Really? How many lengths do you do?

-I get about ten minutes and I do 20 lengths.

-Do you? And then does someone get you out?

-No.

-What, you fish yourself out?

-Yeah, of course.

-Have you got a rubber ring?

-No.

Put your board up. Why Sam?

I think, of all of us, he hesitated very slightly.

-What do you do, Tom?

-I'm a retired care home inspector, Anne.

So how do you busy yourself now?

-Erm, I keep bees, I busy myself with the Morris team, I walk the dog.

-The Morris team?

-Is that the local football club?

-Morris dancing.

-Yes.

Put your board down.

-Move towards Sandie. Have you come in your Morris dancing clothes?

-No.

What's the point of Morris dancing?

Erm, it's preserving an English tradition and probably the only English traditional dance we have.

-Yeah. OK. Jump up and down for us, then.

-OK.

Yeah. Just go back behind the podium. Put your board up.

-Why Sam?

-Everyone got their questions right and it was a name picked at random.

Sam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think the team have lost a valuable player, a very valuable player.

I would've banked, got loads of money, I've got great general knowledge. Good luck to them.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000. Ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Ben. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Ben, in festivities, which word meaning elaborate

precedes dress to give a name for the type of costume worn to a themed party?

-Fancy.

-Correct.

Kelly, in horseracing, one of the more notorious fences

on the Grand National course at Aintree is called Becher's what?

-Cliff.

-Brook.

Deb, in world faiths, which religion is older, Christianity or Judaism?

-Judaism.

-Correct.

Wullie, in the animal kingdom, what is the usual name for the large white bear

that reflects the fact that it is native to Arctic regions?

-Polar.

-Correct.

Sarah, in the media, the founder of the social networking website Facebook

who in 2010 was named Person Of The Year by Time Magazine is Mark who?

-Zuckerberg.

-Correct.

-Tom.

-Bank.

-In the poem by Edward Lear, the owl and the pussycat

went to sea in a beautiful boat of which colour?

-Pea green.

-Correct.

Sandie, in expressions, the phrase meaning to take a subordinate role

that includes a term for a violin is to play second what?

-Fiddle.

-Correct.

Guy, in cinema, what Q is the first name of the well-known film director with the surname Tarantino?

-Quentin.

-Correct.

Ben, in the standard game of Monopoly, how many hotels can be built on a single property?

-One.

-Correct.

Kelly, in occupations, which title held by a person in command of a ship or an aircraft

is sometimes applied to a leader in industry?

-Captain.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Deb, in botany, which plant has leaves containing the poisonous oxalic acid

but has edible stalks that are often used in pies and crumbles?

-Rhubarb.

-Correct.

Wullie, on an Ordnance Survey map,

a depiction of a flag represents a venue for the playing of which sport?

-Can you repeat the question?

-On an Ordnance Survey map,

a depiction of a flag represents a venue for the playing of which sport?

-Football.

-Golf.

Sarah, in the arts, so-called ISBNs are code numbers

used to classify what, DVDs or books?

-Books.

-Correct.

Tom, in commerce, economic sanctions introduced in 1962

prohibited cigars produced in which Caribbean country from being sold in the United States?

-Cuba.

-Correct.

-Sandie.

-Bank.

-In the modern British army, what B is a term

for a body of soldiers composed of several companies that form part of a regiment?

-Pass.

-Battalion.

Guy, in TV, on the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing,

one of the judges memorably described which contestant

as resembling "a Dalek in drag"?

-Ann Widdecombe.

-Correct.

-Ben, in alcoholic drinks, gin is known colloquially as mother's what?

-Pass.

Time's up. The correct answer is ruin.

You won £450, but you had a chain of nine correct answers.

Who kept banking? Who lost you money?

Who's brought their own brain into disrepute?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Deb is the strongest link. Wullie is the weakest link.

But will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

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

Kelly.

Sandie.

Sandie.

Ben.

Wullie.

Wullie.

Wullie.

Sandie.

We have a tie, team. Wullie and Sandie, three votes each.

-What do you do, Sarah?

-I'm a medical student, Anne.

-Are you? Where?

-In Sheffield.

-And what year are you?

-Final year, so just a couple of months to go.

-And did you always want to be a doctor?

-No.

-I used to want to be an actress.

-Did you?

-That didn't work out for me because I can't act.

-So you can't sing or dance?

-I try to sing and dance

but I don't think I'm West End standard quite yet.

What can you sing for us?

Well, I like my karaoke, so I could sing you a bit of Bonnie Tyler if you'd like.

Put your board down. Let's hear you.

# I need a hero

# I'm holding our for a hero till the end of the night

Yes. I hope the doctoring's better.

-It is, I promise.

-Put your board up.

Why Wullie?

Because he asked you to repeat a question and then got it wrong, which wasted a lot of time.

-What do you do, Kelly?

-I'm a crime data analyst, Anne.

-Are you? Where?

-In Bridgend.

-In South Wales?

-Yes. I cover all of Wales, though.

Aren't you lucky? What does the job involve?

-I take data regarding crimes...

-Information, you mean?

Try and talk like a normal person, not someone from Wales.

-Intelligence, we sometimes call it.

-Do you?

-Really? In Wales?

-Yes.

Yes, OK. So you take the information. Then what do you do with it?

We collate it and see where hotspots occur.

-Where's a hotspot in Wales?

-Often the big cities and...

I could tell you that without collecting any data.

And often where lots of drinking goes on.

-Yes. So pretty well the whole of Wales, then.

-That's a bit harsh on Wales, Anne.

-Why Sandie?

-Because she got an answer wrong

and it was just a pass, she didn't even try to answer it.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

And the strongest link was Deb. Why did you vote for Sandie?

Erm, because of the question she got wrong and there was money on the board at the time.

You've got a choice now. You can stick with Sandie or move to Wullie.

I think I ought to stick to my first thoughts.

Sandie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Playing the Weakest Link for real feels awesome.

It feels very surreal. It feels very nerve-racking.

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

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Deb. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Deb, in the nursery rhyme, the spider that climbed up the spout was called what,

Incy Wincy or Iggle Piggle?

-Incy Wincy.

-Correct.

Wullie, in geometry, the internal angles of which type of polygon

always add up to 180 degrees?

-Pass.

-Triangle.

Sarah, in art, the picture commonly known as The Night Watch

is a work by which 17th century Dutch painter?

-Van Gogh?

-Rembrandt.

Tom, in film, which 1960s thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock

is mainly set at the Bates Motel?

-Psycho.

-Correct.

Guy, in definitions, what L is a four-letter word that can mean soft or flaccid

and also to walk with an uneven step?

-Limp.

-Correct.

Ben, in football in 2007, which South American country

was chosen to host the 2014 World Cup?

-Brazil.

-Correct.

Kelly, in literature, the character Horatio Hornblower,

created by CS Forester, is an officer in which of the armed forces?

Erm, the Admiralty.

The Navy.

Deb, in music, in a song popularised by Frank Sinatra,

the lines, "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere" refer to which US city?

-New York.

-Correct.

Wullie, in architecture, the building by London Bridge

that in 2010 became the tallest skyscraper in the UK is known as what, the Spire or the Shard?

-Spire.

-Shard.

Sarah, in history, the British royal house called Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

changed its name in 1917 to what?

-Pass.

-Windsor.

Tom, in astronomy, the autumnal equinox occurs in September over the whole of which hemisphere?

-The northern hemisphere.

-Correct.

Guy, in human biology, what A is the general name of the tubes similar to veins

that carry blood usually rich in oxygen away from the heart?

-Arteries.

-Correct.

-Ben.

-Bank.

-In emblems, Saint Piran's flag, comprising a white cross on a black background,

is recognised as the flag of which English county?

-Cornwall.

-Correct.

Kelly, in dentistry, a tooth that cannot emerge because it's wedged against another beneath the gum

is described as what, impassive or impacted?

-Impacted.

-Correct. Deb.

-Bank.

In vocabulary, which Spanish word literally meaning tomorrow is often used in the UK

to refer to some unspecified time in the future?

-Manana.

-Correct.

Wullie, in books, the 2010 novel by Dawn French about a child psychologist

who has trouble understanding her own offspring is called A tiny bit what?

-Fat.

-Marvellous.

Sarah, in body art...

Time's up. You won £100.

Who'd need to improve to be an idiot?

Whose brain has suffered a blackout? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Deb is again the strongest link.

Statistically, Wullie is still the weakest link.

But can he survive the vote?

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

Wullie.

Wullie.

Wullie.

Sarah.

Wullie.

Wullie.

Wullie.

-What do you do, Ben?

-I'm a part-time stock controller.

-Are you? What stock are you controlling?

-Stock in a supermarket.

-Oh. Where?

-In Poole, which is near Camborne in Cornwall.

-And is stock controlling your life?

-No, Anne.

-What do you really want to do?

-Go into the police.

-Oh, OK. Put your board down.

Just move over towards Kelly. Oh.

It won't be a disadvantage looking like you and being as small as you in the police?

-No, Anne.

-Do they have diddy policemen is Cornwall?

-Not much crime, Anne.

-No.

And have you applied for the police?

I can't at the minute because there's a recruitment freeze.

-Is that what they told you, Ben?

-Yes, Anne.

-Yes.

So can you bend your knees and say, "Hello, hello, hello"?

-I suppose so.

-Go on, then.

-Hello, hello, hello.

Yes! OK. Get back behind your podium.

Put your board up.

-Why Wullie?

-I felt he was the weakest player and he voted for me in the round before.

-So, Guy.

-Yes, Anne.

-Who teaches children acting.

-Yep.

In Lancaster. Cos no-one's soft enough to hire him in Liverpool.

-HE LAUGHS

-It's true.

-What sort of things could you teach me if I was in your class?

-Could you teach me to be happy?

-Oh, well, that's a big ask,

-but I think your happiness is within you, Anne.

-Let's pretend it's possible. Put your board down.

-OK, then.

-OK.

-OK.

-I'm going to try and teach you happiness.

-Yeah.

OK, I want you to close your eyes, imagine a happy place that you've visited.

You're going to imagine where you were that time, what you were wearing,

-imagine that you're looking at yourself in a mirror.

-Yeah.

-You see yourself...

-Would you feel happy if you looked at yourself in a mirror?

-Well, not always, but today I feel quite happy. I'm here doing this.

-Yes.

Put your board up. Can you sing or dance if you're teaching acting?

-I can't dance, no.

-But you can sing?

-I'm OK.

-Put your board down again.

-What can you sing?

-I can sing a bit of Frank Sinatra.

-OK.

# The summer wind

# Came blowing in

# From across the sea

# It lingered there

# To touch your hair

# And walk with me

# All summer long we sang a song

# And then we strolled that golden sand

-Hm. Put your board up.

-That was for you that, Anne.

-Why Wullie?

-I'm afraid he didn't get any of his answers correct.

-If you liked me, would you have sung better.

-Erm, I do like you, Anne.

Wullie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I seen my name, Wullie, come up,

I was expecting it

and good to see all the British nationalities

try to say my name, Wullie. Hopeless.

Round Four. In the bank, £1,550. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Deb. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Deb, in theatre,

characters called Puck, Snug and Bottom feature in which play by Shakespeare?

-Midsummer Night's Dream.

-Correct. Sarah, in the First World War,

William Leefe Robinson won the Victoria Cross

as the first person to shoot down what over Britain, an airship or a carrier pigeon?

-Airship.

-Correct. Tom, in the animal kingdom,

the Australian wild dog is commonly known by what name?

-Dingo.

-Correct.

Guy, in music, what T is a verb that means to sound a large bell?

-Ting?

-Toll.

Ben, in law, a person convicted of a crime who is imprisoned by a judge

for an indefinite period of time is said to be detained at Her Majesty's what?

-Service.

-Pleasure.

Kelly, in film, the name of which reddish-brown pigment

is also the first name of an American-born actress with the surname Miller?

-Sienna.

-Correct.

Deb, in Rugby Union, which country beat France in the 2011 Six Nations tournament

to win the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy for the first time?

-Italy.

-Correct.

-Sarah.

-Bank.

-In the UK, the highest ranking civil servant

is known as what, the cabinet secretary or the bureau chief?

-The cabinet secretary.

-Correct.

Tom, in shopping, the brand and communications expert

whose book entitled Windows: The Art Of Retail Display

was published in 1999 is called Mary what?

-Quant?

-Portas.

Guy, in the human body, what is the usual name

for the ball and socket joint that connects the arm to the torso?

-Shoulder.

-Correct.

Ben, in the 1930s, Winston Churchill wrote a four-volume biography

of his famous ancestor, the Duke of where?

-Wellington.

-Marlborough.

Kelly, scenes of domestic violence, child cruelty, police brutality

and public execution are regular features of which traditional seaside puppet show?

-Punch and Judy.

-Correct.

Deb, in textiles, what P is the nine-letter name for the synthetic resin

used to produce crease-resistant fibres such are Terylene and Dacron?

-Polyester?

-Correct.

-Sarah.

-Bank.

-In rock music, the debut release that was a UK hit album for Guns N' Roses in 1987

was entitled Appetite For what?

-Pass.

-Destruction.

Tom, in desserts, which sponge cake flavoured with lemon juice bears the name of a Portuguese island?

-Mascarpone?

-Madeira cake.

Guy, in US monuments, the image of which of these US presidents

is carved into Mount Rushmore, Lincoln or Reagan?

The correct answer was Lincoln. You won £100.

Whose brain has just pressed the ejector button?

Who's your swan and who's your dead duck?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the third round in a row, Deb is the strongest link.

The statistics show that Ben is the weakest link.

But will the voting reflect reality?

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

Tom.

Ben.

Tom.

Ben.

Ben.

Ben.

-Sarah, the failed actress who's training to be a doctor.

-Yes, Anne?

-Why Ben?

-I just noticed he got a question wrong.

-Tom, why Ben?

-Ben got a couple of questions wrong

and so did a few other people in that round.

Erm, myself included.

Ben, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think I deserved to be voted off in Round Four.

I got all my questions wrong in that round so it was time to go.

Round Five. In the bank, £1,650. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Deb. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Deb, in film, the Disney animation entitled Tangled,

released in the UK in 2011, is based on which classic fairytale from the Brothers Grimm?

-Rapunzel.

-Correct.

Sarah, in international athletics, the race sometimes known as the metric mile

is run over a distance of how many metres?

-1,500.

-Correct.

Tom, in nature, the three-letter name of which tree follows Dutch

to give a fungal disease that devastated woodlands in the 20th century?

-Elm.

-Correct. Guy.

-Bank.

In personal grooming, what C is a hairstyle of African origin

worn by both men and women in which the hair is tightly braided close to the scalp?

-Dreadlock.

-Cornrows. Kelly, in vocabulary, which adjective describing ruthless competition

can also refer to a traditional razor with a long blade folded into the handle?

-Knife.

-Cut-throat.

Deb, in TV, the first episode of which soap opera

was broadcast in 1982 on the opening night of Channel Four?

-Eldorado.

-Brookside

Sarah, in the Solar System, which planet is named after the Roman god of war?

-Mars.

-Correct.

Tom, in conservation, which UK organisation was founded in 1895

to acquire and protect threatened coastline countryside and buildings?

-The National Trust.

-Correct.

Guy, in the Lord Of The Rings books and films,

what O is the name of the brutal and ugly beings used as foot soldiers

by Sauron, the Dark Lord?

-Oberon.

-Orcs.

Kelly, in politics, which statesman, who presided over the break up of the Soviet Union,

was the first democratically-elected president of the Russian Federation?

-Gorbachev.

-Boris Yeltsin.

Deb, in medical terminology,

a cadaver is another name for what, an ambulance or a corpse?

-Corpse.

-Correct.

Sarah, in pop music, which former member of The Smiths

has the first names Steven Patrick, but is almost always known by just his surname?

-Morrissey.

-Correct.

Tom, in botany, on the North America Prairies, wild rye, big blue stem

and drop seed are all examples of which type of common vegetation?

-Grass.

-Correct.

Guy, in TV, what K was the single-word title of a talk show hosted by a former Labour MP

-from 1987 until 2004?

-Kilroy.

Time's up. That was the correct answer and you won £100.

But who thinks negligence is saucy underwear?

Who thinks sponge fingers in a medical condition?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Kelly is the weakest link.

Tom is statistically the strongest link.

But will the other players realise that?

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

Guy.

Kelly.

Kelly.

Guy.

Kelly.

-Guy, why Kelly?

-Er, well, I think she got one more than me, so...

-I knew I didn't do too well there.

-Deb, why Kelly?

-Nothing to bank.

She was the worst player.

Kelly, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The questions that I was dreading were sport, politics

and those are exactly the ones that came up.

I wanted the music ones and they just weren't there.

Round Six and you're up to £1,750.

Another ten seconds coming off the time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, Tom. Let's play the Weakest Link

Start the clock. Tom, in food, which word that means to multiple by two

precedes Gloucester in the name of an English cheese?

-Double.

-Correct.

In celebrity families, what is the full professional name of the actor

who is the father of both Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez?

-Martin.

-No, I can't accept. It's Martin Sheen.

Deb, in history, days before his death in 1216, King John lost much of his treasure

in a stretch of water known as what, the Sink or the Wash?

-The Wash.

-Correct.

Sarah, in the UK Honours system, the letters OM after a person's name

indicates membership of the Order of what?

-Masters.

-Merit.

Tom, in literature, which novel by Evelyn Waugh features a teddy bear named Aloysius?

-Brideshead Revisited.

-Correct.

Guy, in maths, what is the next number in the sequence 8, 16, 24?

-32.

-Correct.

Deb, in geography, what T is the capital city of Estonia

that was chosen by the EU to be a European Capital of Culture for 2011?

-Tallinn.

-Correct.

-Sarah.

-Bank.

-In medicine, Moorfields Hospital in London specialises in the treatment

of which organs in the human body?

-Liver.

-Eyes!

Tom, which fruit, often used in salads, is high in fat

with a large central stone and is sometimes called the butter pear

because of the texture of its greenish flesh?

-Avocado.

-Correct.

Guy, the group who had a UK hit album in 2011 with Last Night On Earth,

and whose name sounds like a misreading of the bible are called Noah And The what?

-Ark.

-Whale.

Deb, in military transport, the USS Nautilus, launched in 1954

was the first submarine in active service to use which form of power?

-Nuclear.

-Correct.

-Sarah.

-Bank.

-In TV, a well-known car advert originally shown in 1979

featured an automated production line and claimed that the vehicles were hand-built by what?

-Robots.

-Correct.

Tom, in hot beverages, what O is a type of tea with a name derived from the Chinese for black dragon?

Time's up. The correct answer was oolong.

You won £120. So is Deb sinking, not swimming?

Will Sarah be the next casualty?

Has Tom led you a merry dance?

Or maybe Guy isn't making you happy.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers right, Deb is the strongest link.

According to the statistics, Guy is the weakest link.

But how will the votes go?

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

Guy.

Guy.

Guy.

Sarah.

Sarah, in her final year as a medical student before becoming a doctor,

you've never heard of Moorfields Eye Hospital?

I am a northerner and I don't know about these southerner things.

-Why Guy?

-I just noticed he got a couple of questions wrong.

And I know I did too, but I had to vote for someone.

-Tom, why Guy?

-I think Guy got the most questions wrong in that round, Anne.

He was the worst player.

Guy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Er, the walk of shame, yeah. Actually, I found it quite fun,

and I blew Anne a kiss, as well, on the way out, so hopefully she'll remember me for that.

Round Seven. In the kitty, £1,870. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Deb. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Deb, in expressions, an alliterative phrase

that means during hours of daylight is from dawn till when?

-Dusk.

-Correct. Sarah, in technology, the system of locating objects

that was developed in the 1930s by Robert Watson-Watt is known by what five-letter name?

-Pass.

-Radar.

Tom, in politics, in 1966 Gwynfor Evans became the first MP elected to Westminster from which party?

-The Liberals.

-Plaid Cymru.

Deb, in personal appearance, if a woman has pale, smooth skin and pink cheeks

her complexion is said to resemble peaches and what?

-Cream.

-Correct. Sarah.

-Bank.

-In UK laundry care symbols, a diagram of an empty circle

indicates that which process can be performed on a garment, ironing or dry-cleaning?

-Dry-cleaning.

-Correct.

Tom, in transport, the racing yachts used by Sir Francis Chichester

named after a model of biplane were called Gipsy what?

-Gipsy Moth.

-Correct.

-Deb.

-Bank.

-In history, what J was the calendar

that was replaced in England in the 18th century by the Gregorian calendar?

-Julian.

-Correct.

-Sarah, in jewellery, the 69-carat Cartier Diamond

was purchased in 1969 by Richard Burton as a gift for which actress?

-Elizabeth Taylor.

-Correct. Tom, on the front page of a newspaper,

the presentation of the title and logo is known as the what, mainbrace or masthead?

-Masthead.

-Correct.

Deb, in farming, what is the usual four-letter term for the smallest pig in a litter?

-The runt.

-Correct.

-Sarah.

-Bank.

-In cookery, what G is the protein in flour

that is responsible for the elastic texture of the dough?

-Pass.

-Gluten.

Tom, in driving, the area of the road

that cannot easily be seen in the mirrors is known as the blind what?

-Blind spot.

-Correct.

Deb, in fundraising, a charity event staged annually in the UK

since 1984 takes the form of a jailbreak from which high-security prison in Devon?

-Dartmoor.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £320.

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

You need to hang on to the best player and play honestly.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage in the game, Deb is still the strongest link.

Statistically, Sarah is the weakest link.

But who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Sarah.

Tom.

Sarah.

Deb, why are you getting rid of the baby doctor?

I thought she was the worst player.

Tom, don't fancy being treated by the baby doctor?

Erm, it would be a very nice prospect. She's very young and she's very pretty.

And she has a fantastic voice. But she got the most questions wrong.

She did. She was the worst player.

Sarah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think everyone at home will be really pleased with how I've done.

I've been telling them all that I will do terribly and they all think I've got no general knowledge.

So I think I'll have, you know, done them proud.

Round Eight. You have £2,190.

Now 90 seconds, but whatever you win is trebled.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, Deb. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Deb, in biology, a creature or plant produced

by crossing two different species is known as a what, torrid or hybrid?

-Hybrid.

-Correct. Tom, in the history of the British Post Office,

the first four pillar boxes were introduced in 1852 on which of the Channel Islands?

-Guernsey.

-Jersey.

Deb, in women's fashion, a backless top or dress

that is tied below the back of the head is known as a halter what?

-Neck.

-Correct. Tom, the motorsport for turbo-charged vehicles

known as IndyCar is named after a major race held in which US city?

-Indianapolis.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Deb, in housing, which four-letter word that rhymes with drum

means a neighbourhood of dirty, overcrowded and unsanitary dwelling?

-Slum.

-Correct. Tom, in literature, a collection of biographies

by Lytton Strachey, published in 1918, had what title, Illustrious Tudors or Eminent Victorians?

-Eminent Victorians.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Deb, in pop music, the title of a 1966 UK hit single

by the Mamas and the Papas repeats the name of which day of the week?

-Monday.

-Correct. Tom, in the English aristocracy, the wife of which rank of peer is known as a Countess?

-Count.

-Earl.

Deb, in physics, what H is the name given to the unit

that is equivalent to a frequency of one cycle per second?

-Horsepower.

-Hertz. Tom, in food, which vegetable closely related to the leek

has many varieties including red, white, yellow, Spanish and spring?

-Onion.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Deb, in UK money, in 1984...

Time's up. You won £120, which we'll treble.

It gives you prize money today of £2,550.

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

If there is a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death. So, Deb and Tom,

for £2,550, let's play the Weakest Link.

Deb, as the strongest link in the last round,

-you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please.

Deb, in cinema, "This is Ripley,

"last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off",

is the last line in the first film of which science-fiction series?

-Star Wars.

-The correct answer is Alien.

Tom, in sport, timed out, handled the ball and obstructing the field,

are three of the less common methods of dismissal in which game?

-Basketball.

-The correct answer is cricket.

Deb, in literature, which novel by Charles Dickens

takes its title from the home of the character, John Jarndyce?

-I can't remember, sorry. Pass.

-The correct answer is Bleak House.

Tom, in pop music, the classic line-up

of which best-selling US hip-hop group

featured members with the stage names Fergie,

will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo?

I have absolutely no idea, Anne.

The correct answer is Black Eyed Peas.

Deb, the Roman numerals that represent

the number 1,009 spell which English word?

-Mix.

-That is the correct answer.

Tom, in nature, which type of invertebrate marine creature

has three hearts, a parrot-like beak

and a variety called the blue ring, whose venom can be fatal to humans?

-Octopus.

-That is the correct answer.

Deb, which city in Louisiana has been nicknamed The Big Easy

on account of its supposedly-relaxed atmosphere,

and Crescent City because it was founded

on a sharp bend in the Mississippi?

-New Orleans.

-That is the correct answer.

Tom, in human anatomy,

structures known as Bowman's Capsule and the Loop of Henle

are contained within which organs?

-Kidney.

-That is the correct answer.

Deb, in animation,

what is the full name of the cartoon mouse

who has a cousin called Slowpoke Rodriguez

who is his exact opposite in terms of his most remarkable ability?

-Speedy Gonzales.

-That is the correct answer.

Tom, in books, the memoir entitled The Motorcycle Diaries

was written by which Latin-American revolutionary?

-Che Guevara.

-That is the correct answer.

And after five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Deb and Tom, let's play Sudden Death.

Deb, in art, the pictures known as The Blue Boy, Mr and Mrs Andrews

and The Harvest Wagon are 18th century works by which English painter?

-Gainsborough.

-That is the correct answer.

Tom, in 1972, following the Apollo 11 mission,

which astronaut said of his time in the command module,

"I knew I was alone in a way no earthling has ever been before"?

-Gus Grissom.

-The correct answer is Michael Collins.

That means, Deb, that you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £2,550.

Tom, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'm really pleased I got to the final. I didn't expect to get that far.

And to lose to someone like Debs was no shame.

Winning the Weakest Link, it feels a bit unreal. It hasn't really sunk in yet.

But I'm pretty pleased about it.

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