15/11/2010 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 Matt, I'm 18,

I'm from Edinburgh and I'm a student of economics and politics.

My name is Alex, I'm 40,

I'm from Surbiton in Surrey and I'm a marketing executive.

I'm Roger, I'm 66 from Wyton in Cambridgeshire,

and I'm a semi-retired training consultant.

My name is Ash, I'm 21,

I'm from Stockport in Greater Manchester

and I'm an English literature student.

My name is Mark, I'm 54,

I live in Plymouth, Devon, and I'm a community mental health nurse.

I'm Kate, I'm 31 from Birmingham,

and I'm a restaurant and club manager.

I'm Andy, I'm 45 from Waterlooville in Hampshire

and I'm a branch manager of an architectural ironmonger's.

I'm Maggie, I'm 61 from Marske-by-the-Sea in north Yorkshire,

and I'm retired.

My name's Leigh, I'm 24,

from Swansea, South Wales, and I'm a warehouse worker.

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 Alex.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

In the Gregorian calendar, the word "Feb" is an abbreviation of which month?

-February.

-Correct.

What is eight minus seven?

-One.

-Correct.

Which of these capital cities lies further north -

Athens or Helsinki?

-Helsinki.

-Correct.

The name of which item of cutlery is an anagram of the word "snoop"?

-Spoon.

-Correct.

The children's game in which two players throw a ball to one another

and a third, who is between them, tries to catch it,

is called piggy in the what?

-Middle.

-Correct.

What L is the usual opposite of the words "dark" and "heavy"?

-Light.

-Correct.

The Channel Tunnel connects the UK to the mainland of which continent?

-Europe.

-Correct.

Which five-letter word refers to both the hard outer layer of the egg of a bird

and the protective covering of snails, cockles and mussels?

-Shell.

-Correct.

In 19th-century art,

Edgar Degas drew many pictures of ballet dancers and bathing nudes using what -

pastels or spray paint?

-Pastels.

-Correct.

-Bank!

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You've reached and banked your £1,000 target,

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

Who's your disposable dipstick?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round,

Alex is the strongest link, as she banked all the money for the team.

Statistically, the weakest link is Roger,

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.

Andy.

Andy.

Ash.

Maggie.

Leigh.

Leigh.

Matt.

Roger.

Matt.

We have a three-way tie, team.

Matt, Andy and Leigh have two votes each.

What do you do, Andy?

I'm a branch manager of an architectural ironmonger's, Anne.

-Can you say it quickly?

-No, it's a bit of a tongue twister.

And do you take sandwiches to work, or big pies?

Neither, I'm a fitness freak.

I'm a racing gazelle under here.

Why Matt?

He's young, he's got time to recover from this.

What do you do, Mark?

I'm a community mental health nurse.

-And where do you do that?

-In Plymouth in Devon.

And do you work at a hospital?

Er, no, I work from an office

and I see people at home, or meet them in town,

-or they come in to see me at the office.

-Do you get an office car?

I use my own car and I have a travel allowance.

So you travel all round where?

-The city of Plymouth.

-Oh. You're only allowed in the city of Plymouth?

-For work purposes, yes.

-And why do you want to get rid of Leigh?

He looked a bit anxious on the end there

and I suppose that stuck with me.

What do you do, Matt?

-I'm a student, Anne.

-What are you particularly good at?

Um, economics, politics.

So you're doing important things at university.

-Drinking is definitely one of them.

-Of course. What are you drinking?

Well, it varies from beer to wine,

to, if I'm feeling particularly extravagant, a bottle of champagne.

What does Daddy do?

Um, he is... He works for a pharmaceutical company.

Does he? Must make a lot of money to keep you in champagne at university.

-Or doesn't he know he's keeping you in champagne?

-He does.

But I need to thank the student loan company for that.

Student loan company? Well, that's assured us all, hasn't it?

-And why are you voting for Andy?

-It was a really tough call,

but it was one of those things. He lingered on his question a little bit.

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

The strongest link was Alex.

What do you do, Alex?

-I'm a part-time marketing executive.

-What's wrong with full-time?

I've got a little boy, a 21-month-old son.

And where do you work?

-I work in Epsom in Surrey.

-Doing what?

I'm a marketing executive for a large car dealership.

-Is this the only job you've had?

-No, I've had lots of jobs.

I've been a business development manager, a training consultant,

an actress...

What did you star in?

I didn't do that much television, I did more theatre.

Cos you're not very good.

-Um, no, I preferred theatre, actually.

-Yes.

What was your biggest part?

I would say it was probably a European tour of Educating Rita.

That bad, was it?

It was great, Anne! You should have been there, you'd have enjoyed the show.

-Why did you vote for Andy?

-He's in eye line.

You can stick with Andy, or you can move to Leigh, or Matt.

I think I'll stick with Andy.

Andy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

What I've learned about myself on the Weakest Link

is it's OK to have a joke and have a laugh, not take it too seriously.

It is fun, at the end of the day,

and anybody should apply, especially all my friends at home,

who are going to tell me that I'm a numpty.

If you're that good, come and have a go.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.

We're taking 10 seconds off your time. We'll start with the strongest link,

that's Alex. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Bill Haley & His Comets had their first UK hit single in 1954

with the song Shake, Rattle And what?

-Roll.

-Correct.

What B is the name for a container of any size

for beer or ale that consists of staves bound together with hoops?

-Barrel.

-Correct.

Which word meaning to fire at with a gun

is also the term for the part of a plant that's the first to appear above the ground?

-Shoot.

-Correct.

The 1939 novel by TH White about King Arthur is called The Sword In The what?

-Stone.

-Correct.

A triangular sign depicting a man shovelling earth warns of which potential hazard -

roadworks or a cemetery?

-Roadworks.

-Correct.

In return for making a prediction,

a fortune teller would traditionally ask people to cross her palm with which precious metal?

-Silver.

-Correct.

In cricket, what name is given to the trophy that comprises an urn

containing the burnt remains of the stumps and bales from a 19th-century match?

-The Ashes.

-Correct.

-Bank.

What T is the first name of the socialite often described as an it-girl

who has the surname Palmer-Tomkinson?

-Tara.

-Correct.

What is 12 multiplied by 3?

-36.

-Correct.

Which dairy product follows cauliflower and macaroni

to give the names of two popular dishes?

-Cheese.

-Correct.

Which of these snakes are venomous -

cobras or boas?

-Cobra.

-Correct.

Which play, first performed in 1904,

features a group of characters called the Lost Boys?

-Pass.

-Peter Pan.

Lough Neagh, which is the largest freshwater lake by area in the British Isles,

is in which country in the UK?

-Scotland.

-Northern Ireland.

According to the title of a 1983 UK number-one single for Paul Young,

Wherever I Lay My Hat, That's My what?

-Home.

-Correct.

What's the usual job title of a person who exhibits clothes

by parading along a catwalk at a fashion show?

-Model.

-Correct.

A place where plants or trees are grown and sold is normally known as a what -

playschool or nursery?

-Nursery.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In football, in 2010, which club won the Scottish League title for the 53rd time?

-Rangers.

-Correct.

In a poem by William Blake, originally published in 1794,

which animal is said to be burning bright in the forests of the night?

-Owl.

-Tiger.

In transport, what C is the five-letter name...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You banked £700 in that round,

but you had a chain of 11 correct answers.

So who's the chewing gum on the bottom of your shoe?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly,

Alex is the strongest link.

The weakest link statistically is Mark,

but who will the team want off?

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

Kate.

Mark.

Mark.

Matt.

Roger.

Mark.

Mark.

Mark.

What do you do, Maggie?

-I'm retired.

-How old are you?

61.

-And what did you do?

-I was a tutor.

-Teaching at university?

-Oh, no, no.

-We had children that were excluded from the senior school.

-Yeah...

And we tried to get them to be reasonable members of the human race.

And what were you teaching them?

We tried to teach them a little bit of English and a bit of maths.

How do you teach them maths?

We had a recording studio and we got them to do things like time recordings,

and add them together to make an album.

That was our sneaky way of getting them to do maths.

Oh. And did you make the music?

-Sometimes.

-What sort of music?

Well, my particular preference is for country and folk.

Put your board down. Sing me something of Dolly Parton's.

Or Billie Jo Spears. Do you like her?

When I was singing for a living, I used to do...

Good heavens! Really? You sang for a living?

OK. Sing something, then.

# Looking back on you and me

# Promises that could never be

# I truly thought that we were lovers

# But now I find I'm just like all the others. #

I'm sort of not seeing Dolly Parton.

Well, if I looked in a mirror, I wouldn't see Dolly Parton, either.

Put your board up. Why Mark?

I'm sorry, Mark, it was the Lost Boys question.

What do you do, Roger?

Semi-retired training consultant.

OK. Put your board down.

Did you think it was fancy dress?

I did!

And when you're not training people, what are you doing?

-I fly gliders.

-Do you?

Have you got your own glider?

I've got a third of a glider, yes.

-And what's your glider called?

-We call it Felix.

-Why?

-Because the registration letters on it are FLX.

Be the glider. Be Felix.

Ah, right, yes.

OK, where are we gliding from?

We're gliding from a little airfield in East Anglia called Upwood.

So where are we gliding to?

Up to Newark in Nottinghamshire,

down through the Midlands to Bicester in Oxfordshire,

and then back to little old Upwood.

And do you land at all?

Hopefully, I've got as many landings as launches, yes.

That's part of the skill.

And do you run out of fuel, ever?

Have done on a few occasions, yes.

-What's the fuel?

-Warm air, Anne.

Put your arms down, put your board up.

Why Mark?

Mark actually passed on a question instead of giving an answer.

Mark, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When Anne asked me the question about the play from 1904,

even knowing now that it was Peter Pan, I sort of knew it

but it wasn't coming to me easily, so I feel quite honourable to have

gone out on that question, to be honest.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,700.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with Alex.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In the United States, the second Monday in October is a public holiday that commemorates

which explorer?

-Anderson.

-Columbus.

Roger, in nuclear physics, which type of apparatus for producing particles

at very high velocity has the same name as one of the control pedals in a car?

Accelerator.

Ash, in cookery, what P is an aromatic green-leafed herb that is chopped

and added to a white sauce traditionally served with fish?

Parsley.

Kate, in classical music, the English name for the popular waltz composed in 1867

by Johann Strauss the Younger is the Blue what?

-Pass.

-Danube.

In expressions, the jocular phrase often used when someone is unable to imagine

or understand something is "the mind" what - boggles or bangles?

Boggles.

Leigh, in Disney films, which male rodent cartoon character had canine companions

called Pluto and Goofy?

Can you repeat the question, please?

In Disney films, which male rodent cartoon character had canine companions

called Pluto and Goofy?

Mickey Mouse.

Matt, in Maths, if a complete circle is 360

and a right angle is 90, which unit of measurement is being used?

-Degrees.

-Bank.

In UK politics, the officials who administer the policies of the government

are known as the civil what?

Service.

In ornithology, what T is a bird native to Central and South America

that is related to the woodpecker and has a huge, brightly-coloured beak?

Toucan.

In medicine, the condition in which the sufferer is able to see only objects straight ahead

is known as tunnel what?

Vision.

In science, the prefix "geo" refers to which planet?

-Pass.

-The Earth.

In rescue, a way of carrying an injured person by putting their body over one shoulder

is known as a what - fireman's lift or policeman's ladder?

Fireman's lift.

The US wrestler with many nicknames who won his first WWF title

by beating the so-called Iron Sheik in 1984 is most widely known as Hulk who?

Hogan.

In history, in a dispute over sovereignty, the border between Spain and which territory

was closed in 1969 for almost 16 years?

-Gibraltar.

-Bank.

In theatre, in the title of a musical that was adapted

from a film and opened in the West End in 2010, what L goes before the word Blonde?

Legally.

Roger, in the Anglican...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £200.

But who's the hedgehog on the motorway?

Who thinks Jimmy Choo is a character from Thomas The Tank Engine?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers wrong,

Kate is the weakest link. Matt is statistically the strongest link,

but whose game is over?

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

Kate.

Kate.

Kate.

Kate.

Leigh.

Kate.

Kate.

Where are you from, Leigh?

-I'm from Swansea, South Wales, Anne.

-What do you do?

-I'm a warehouse worker.

-For who?

-For Amazon.

So what do you do in the warehouse?

I pack boxes or I pick items for customers.

So you're in the big warehouse... Put your board down.

so I've ordered The History Of Wales...

-Yep.

-..in 12 parts.

Oh! It's pretty big.

So is it on the top shelf, cos not many people will want it?

Well, if it's 12 volumes, it'll probably be on the bottom shelf, waist height.

How long does it take you to get my order?

It depends where I am for the previous order. I might be at the opposite end of the factory.

-Yes.

-So I'd have to walk all the way with my trolley.

How many miles are you walking?

-Average picker walks 12.5 miles a shift in steel toecaps.

-12.5 miles?

-Yep.

-So, really, wouldn't it be quicker to order online?

Well, that's what you do! You order online.

-No, but if you ordered online...

-If I order online, who's going to get it from the shelf?

-It's none of your business.

-OK.

-Put your board up.

Why Kate?

-Cos she voted for me the previous two rounds.

-Yes.

-What do you do, Ash?

-I'm a student, Anne.

-Studying?

-English literature.

-Oh, do you love reading?

-I hate reading!

-What would you like to do?

-I'd just like to write about something...

-but without reading.

-Maybe you could just do English literature

-with books with big pictures.

-Possibly.

-That would be really interesting, yeah.

-Why Kate?

-She was the weakest link in that round.

-She was the worst player.

Kate, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

My friends and family will be happy I lasted until the third round.

We're going to have a big showing of it at work so they'll all be watching me

and, you know, happy that I got this far and had a go at doing it.

Round Four. In the bank now, £1,900.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Matt.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

On an early model of bicycle, which of the two coins in the name penny farthing

refer to the large front wheel?

-Farthing.

-Penny.

In nature, what C is the general term for the marine animals

whose skeletons form the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia?

-Cuttle.

-Coral.

In literature, the novels Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda were written by

which 19th-century female author?

-Charlotte Bronte.

-George Eliot.

In leisure, the energetic 1920s dance inspired by the solo transatlantic flight

of Charles Lindbergh in 1927 was called the Lindy what?

Hop.

In North Africa, over 90% of the land area of Libya is covered by what -

desert or skyscrapers?

Desert.

At the Olympics, what's the overall name for the sport in which

the teams consist of one, two, four or eight members

including any cox?

Tobogganing.

Rowing.

In law, which word for a harbour is also the name of the enclosed area

-in a criminal court occupied by the defendant?

-Dock.

-Bank.

-On Radio 4, the quiz show first broadcast in 1953

as part of the programme What Do You Know has been known

since the 1960s as Brain Of where?

Britain.

In chemistry, which element that is essential to the wellbeing of human teeth and bones

has the symbol Ca?

Calcium.

-Bank.

-In the New Testament, which of the three gifts given by the wise men to the infant Jesus

has a name that contains none of the five vowel letters?

Myrrh.

In US geography, what is the state where the Everglades National Park

is a popular tourist attraction?

-Florida.

-Bank.

In food, the name voulevant, for a small filled pastry case,

translates literally as what - flight in the wind or pie in the sky?

-Pie in the sky.

-Flight in the wind.

In a TV entertainment series that began in 1991,

which presenter hosted a weekly house party

in the village of Crinkley Bottom?

Come Dine With Me.

Noel Edmonds.

In zoology, what A is the class of invertebrates with two body segments

and eight legs that includes ticks and mites?

-Ants.

-Arachnids.

In expressions, the phrase "over the moon", meaning very happy, derives from a line

in which nursery rhyme?

-The Owl And The Pussycat.

-Hey Diddle Diddle.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £120.

But whose brain has taken early retirement?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Leigh is the weakest link.

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

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

Leigh.

Leigh.

Matt.

Roger.

Roger.

Matt.

We have a three-way tie, team. Leigh, Matt and Roger

have two votes each.

So, little Matt, why do you want to get rid of Leigh?

I just don't remember him getting anything right.

Leigh, why Matt?

Well, quite a few of us had a bad round, so I just chose one of us.

Maggie, why Roger?

Sorry, Roger. It was the Owl And The Pussycat answer.

The strongest link was Ash, so she gets to decide. Why did you vote for Roger?

Erm, I just remember him getting a few questions wrong.

You can stick with Roger or you can move to Leigh or Matt.

-It would only be fair if I stuck with Roger.

-Roger, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I must admit, I'm kicking myself about the nursery rhyme question,

because I really should've known the answer to that, although...

I'm 66, and I fortunately can't remember that far back...yet.

Round Five. Your total now is £2,020.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Ash.

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

In pop music, the lyricist best known for his collaborations

with Elton John is Bernie who?

-Mac.

-Taupin.

In sport, what is the term for the stick that is passed between runners in a relay race?

Baton.

In Roman mythology, Aurora was the goddess of what - the dawn or the French?

The dawn.

In advertising, a motoring organisation ran a series of commercials

in the 1980s with the rhyming slogan "but I know a man who... " what?

-Pass.

-Can.

In film, in which 1955 Ealing comedy does a criminal gang

plot to murder the elderly Mrs Wilberforce,

-whose house they are using as their base?

-Pass.

The Ladykillers.

In pets, what T is the collective name for the group of dogs with breeds such as

the border, the cairn and the Norfolk?

Terrier.

In art, in the 16th century, which king of England twice sent Hans Holbein overseas

to paint portraits of prospective brides?

Henry VIII.

In literature, a series of crime novels by Alan Hunter

follows the career of the CID detective with the alliterative name George who?

Anderson.

Gently.

In British history, when William Pitt the Younger

became prime minister for the first time, he was how many years old -

-24 or 64?

-24.

-Bank.

In the media, at the 2010 TV BAFTAs,

which broadcaster and former presenter of the South Bank Show

was awarded a Fellowship of the Academy?

-Michael Palin.

-Melvyn Bragg.

In the military, what G precedes Common to make the name

of a US air base in Berkshire that, in 1981, became a focus

for the Women's Peace Movement?

-Geneva.

-Greenham.

In maths, what is 33 + 52?

85.

In pop music, James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis were all members of which group,

Busted or Bucks Fizz?

Busted.

In politics, the local government levy abolished in 1993...

Poll tax.

..and popularly known as the poll tax. Nope, correct answer is charge.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £70.

So who has a permit to be pointless?

Whose mind has gone blank and it's an improvement?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most correct answers, Maggie is the strongest link.

The weakest link, statistically, is Alex,

but will the other players realise that?

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

Leigh.

Matt.

Matt.

Alex.

Alex.

Another tie, team. This time it's Matt and Alex.

Two votes each.

Ash, why Matt?

No other reason than that last question. Really sorry, Matt.

-Leigh, why Alex?

-I remember the coral question she got wrong.

The strongest link was Maggie, so she gets to decide.

-Why have you voted for Alex?

-I think the brain is home with the baby.

Well, you've got a choice now.

I'll stick with the first choice I made.

Alex, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne is a sweetheart. Really, she is.

Everyone says she's Queen of Mean, but she's actually very funny

and I enjoyed my chat with her and I'm glad I had a chat with her,

cos it's one of those things that everyone looks forward to, so it was nice.

Round 6, your total is £2,090. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock. Maggie, in language, what I is

both the name of a Greek letter and a word meaning a tiny amount?

-Item.

-No, iota.

Leigh, in espionage, Mossad is the intelligence agency

of which Middle Eastern country?

-Iran?

-Israel.

Matt, in film, the 1988 drama, set in Sicily about a young boy who

saves the life of a projectionist, is entitled Cinema what?

-Magic?

-Paradiso.

Ash, in American history, in the 18th and 19th centuries,

so-called Abolitionists campaigned to ban what - guns or slavery?

-Guns.

-Slavery.

Maggie, in literature, the 1948 book by Dodie Smith,

written in the style of a journal by Cassandra Mortmain,

is entitled I Capture The what?

-Rainbow?

-Castle. Leigh, in medicine, what A is the general name

for an alkaline substance intended to be taken

to neutralise stomach juices and thus relieve indigestion?

-Antacid.

-Correct.

Matt, in motorsport, the Brazilian driver who was

crowned Formula 1 World Champion three times during the 1980s

is Nelson who?

-Pass.

-Piquet.

Ash, in wildlife, the fur of which mammal appears white

all year round - the arctic hare or the polar bear?

-Polar bear.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Maggie, in music, the bestselling 2005

UK number one album by James Blunt, whose title mentions

a medieval insane asylum, is called Back To where?

-Bedlam?

-Correct.

Leigh, in US politics, what Q was the surname of the man

who served as Vice President under George Bush Snr?

-Pass.

-Quayle.

Matt, in video games, the 2010 action sequel,

set in the Wild West in which the player takes control

of a former outlaw, is entitled Red Dead what?

-Sand?

-Redemption.

Ash, in expressions, which military term goes after "green welly"

to give a collective nickname for members of the upper class

-who participate in country pursuits?

-Pass.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, the correct answer was brigade.

You only won £20, so does Maggie need teaching a lesson?

Has Matt peaked too soon? Is the writing on the wall for Ash?

Or should Leigh be sent packing? Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Matt is the weakest link.

Maggie is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Maggie.

Maggie.

Matt.

Matt.

Oh, yet another tie!

This time, Matt and Maggie, two votes each.

Matt, why Maggie?

I think Maggie was the closest to my poor performance, of the three others.

-Maggie, why Matt?

-He didn't have a very good round

and I think he's been a bit lucky to get this far.

Cos you were the strongest link, so you get to decide who in the tie

you want to get rid of. Who would you like to get rid of?

I can't vote for me, so I'm sorry, Matt, I must vote for you.

Matt, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Leigh's going to win, because he has determination and a kind of aggressiveness of play, um,

that the others don't have. I also think that is accompanied by him being very, very smart,

and, er...but they are all extremely good players

and each one of them would be deserved of the prize.

Round 7. You have £2,110. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

Maggie, in which 1980 film comedy do office employees

called Judy, Doralee and Violet

dream about taking revenge on their sexist boss?

-Nine To Five.

-Correct.

Leigh, in travel, what K is a kind of two-masted boat,

such as Gypsy Moth IV, that was sailed around the world

in the 1960s by Sir Francis Chichester?

-Kayak.

-Ketch.

Ash, which 1893 opera by Engelbert Humperdinck,

in which children get lost in the woods,

is based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm?

-Um...pass.

-Hansel and Gretel.

Maggie, in 20th-century history, the country created in 1910,

as a long-term consequence of the Boer Wars, was the Union of where?

-South Africa?

-Correct.

Leigh, in the sport of fencing, a quick return thrust

after a parry is called a what - riposte or repent?

-Repent.

-Riposte! Ash, in fashion,

a floppy ornamental knot that appears

on the neckline of some blouses is called a pussycat what?

-Bow!

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Maggie, in holiday destinations,

the seaside resort of Shanklin is on which English island?

-The Isle of Wight.

-Correct.

Leigh, in maths, what is 40% of 500?

-200.

-Correct.

Ash, in nature, the dye called litmus that is used in chemistry is

made from various species of what - lupins or lichens?

-Lupins.

-Lichens.

Maggie, the novel by the Canadian author, Margaret Atwood,

that won the Booker Prize in 2000, is entitled The Blind what?

-Leading The Blind?

-Assassin.

Leigh, the word "I" bears the same relationship to "me"

as "we" does to which personal pronoun?

-Us.

-Correct. Ash...

-Bank!

-..in the 1931 film, Frankenstein,

the monster was played by the actor with the stage name Boris what?

Pass!

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

The correct answer was Karloff.

You won £40. In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.

For the third time in the game, Maggie is the strongest link.

Statistically, Ash is the weakest link,

but who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Maggie.

Ash.

Maggie.

Leigh, how did you work out

that Maggie was the worst player in the last round?

I don't think she was the worst, but I think Ash deserves

-more of a shot at winning the money. HESITANTLY:

-Yes.

And what's your excuse, Ash?

Purely tactical. It's a game. I'm here to win.

Well, she was actually...

the strongest link in the last round, but it's votes that count.

Maggie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I can't believe that I was the victim of tactical voting.

After all, you had two young people there and an old fogie like me.

How would I expect to get to the final?

Just cos I was the strongest link in three consecutive rounds?!

Round 8. Your total now is £2,150.

Another ten seconds off the time. In this round, there's 90 seconds, but whatever you win is trebled.

You voted off the strongest link from the last round,

so we'll start with the second strongest - that's Leigh. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Leigh, in art, what T means intermediate

between opaque and transparent and is a word often used

to describe the appearance of glass and porcelain?

-Transparent.

-No, translucent. Ash, in pop music, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins

and the former Stiltskin vocalist, Ray Wilson, have all been lead singers in which group?

-Genesis.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Leigh, in Brighton,

the residence of George IV, designed in Indian style

with Chinese interiors, is called the Royal what?

-Albert Hall.

-Pavilion. Ash, in TV, which word

for one of the strings twisted together to make a rope

is also a term for a series of programmes with a similar theme?

-Pass.

-Strand!

Leigh, in fashion, the designer born in Vienna in 1956,

who became well known for his minimalist clothing

and range of perfumes is Helmut who?

-Pass.

-Lang.

Ash, in geography, the word Carioca is used

to refer to a native or inhabitant of which city -

Tokyo or Rio de Janeiro?

-Tokyo!

-Rio de Janeiro. Leigh, in aquatic sports,

the alliterative term for the rating given to a particular dive,

based on its technical complexity, is the degree of what?

-Enter.

-Difficulty. Ash, in science, if hydrogen, with the atomic number one,

is the lightest element, which gas with the atomic number two is the next lightest?

-Helium?

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Leigh, in cinema, the director

of the films MASH and Gosford Park was Robert who?

Smith.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Altman.

You won £40, which we'll treble. It gives you prize money today

of £2,270.

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

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Ash and Leigh, for £2,270, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Ash, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first.

Ash, in cinema, which 1996 science fiction action film was promoted

with the tagline, "On July 2nd, they arrive.

"On July 3rd, they strike. On July 4th, we fight back."?

-Independence Day?

-That is the correct answer.

Leigh, in aviation history, which fighter plane,

designed by RJ Mitchell, was first deployed by the RAF in 1938

and played a vital role in the Battle of Britain?

-Spitfire.

-That is the correct answer.

Ash, in 2010,

Forbes Magazine named the Mexican businessman, Carlos Slim,

as the world's richest man, replacing which US tycoon

who topped their list the previous year?

-Bill Gates?

-That is the correct answer.

Leigh, in pop music,

the title of which 1967 UK hit single by The Rolling Stones

comprises the names of a precious gem and a day of the week?

-Ruby Wednesday.

-The correct answer is Ruby Tuesday.

Ash, in world faiths, Punjab is the only Indian state

where the majority of the population follow which religion?

-Buddhism?

-The correct answer is Sikhism.

Leigh, in communications, in April 2010,

the price of a standard first class stamp rose by 2p,

bringing the cost to how many pence?

-26p?

-The correct answer is 41.

Ash, in nature, which word can both follow goose

in the name of a specific variety of crustacean

and precede it in the name for a species of British water bird?

-Blue.

-The correct answer is barnacle.

Leigh, in archaeology, the series of giant patterns and animal drawings,

created in the desert in Southern Peru

and named after the ancient people who made them, are known as what?

-Aztecs?

-No, the correct answer is Nazca Lines.

Ash, in theatre, the lines "Double, double, toil and trouble,

"fire burn and cauldron bubble" are from which Shakespeare play?

-Macbeth!

-That is the correct answer.

That means, Ash, you're today's strongest link

and go away with £2,270.

Leigh, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'd like to congratulate Ash on winning.

She deserved it and, hopefully, she'll spend the money wisely.

I should spend the money towards my tuition fees at university,

but I would probably like to buy a car or go on holiday

or spend it on clothes. Typical girly things to do with it.

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