15/12/2010 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 Sam, I'm 24, from Granborough in Buckinghamshire

and I'm a magician.

I'm Freda, I'm 63, I'm from Dartford in Kent

and I'm a hydrotherapy pool manager

for people with learning disabilities.

I'm Andy, I'm 37, from Abergele in Conwy

and I'm a street cleansing supervisor.

I'm Pat, I'm 56, I'm from Hitchin in Hertfordshire

and I'm a software engineer.

I'm Keith, I'm 66, from Lincoln

and I'm a retired telecoms manager.

I'm Erica, 32, from Derby and I'm a hostel manager.

I'm Jim, I'm 57, from Wigan in Lancashire.

I'm a food production technician.

I'm Kayleigh, I'm 22, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,

and I'm an advertising sales exec.

I'm Nick, I'm 40, I'm from Greenwich in London and I'm a retail manager.

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

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

Break the chain and you lose all the money.

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

Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Andy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In beverages, coffee with milk and wine that is made from Chardonnay grapes

are both described as being what colour?

-White.

-Correct.

In household items, which of these is normally larger?

A hand towel or a bath towel?

-A bath towel.

-Correct.

In the words of the nursery rhyme Rub-A-Dub-Dub,

the occupations of the three men in a tub are butcher, baker and what?

-Candlestick-maker.

-Correct.

-Bank!

On most direction signs for public toilets in the UK,

what G is the word that identifies a facility intended to be used by male members of the population?

-Pass.

-Gentlemen.

In nature, which word precedes "floe" and "berg" to give the names of two frozen hazards to shipping?

-Ice.

-Correct.

In the James Bond films, the "00" digits in his secret service number

indicate that he has a licence to do what? Kill or watch TV?

-Kill.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In geography, Mali, Malawi and Mozambique are all countries in which continent?

-Africa.

-Correct.

In ancient languages, which letter of the Roman alphabet was derived from the Greek "alpha"?

-Pass.

-A.

In agriculture, the Aberdeen Angus is a breed of which farm animal?

-Cow.

-Correct.

What P is the generic term for the type of play such as Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Aladdin?

-Pantomime.

-Correct.

The Iron Duke and the Iron Lady have been nicknames for British Prime Ministers

belonging to which political party?

-Conservative.

-Correct.

In textiles, the fabric called chiffon is more likely to be used to make scarves or overalls?

-Scarves.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In professional sport, which game is played by the New Zealand team known as the All Blacks?

-Rugby.

-I'll accept.

In medicine, what D is the term for a person who gives blood to be used for transfusion?

-Donor.

-Correct.

Maggie, Madge and Meg are three shortened forms of which female name?

-Margaret.

-Correct.

In UK measurements, a unit of length equal to one-tenth of a nautical mile is called a vince or cable?

-Cable.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The name of which bird usually goes between "wild" and "chase"

to give a phrase for the hopeless pursuit of something unattainable?

-Chicken.

-Goose.

What J is the name given to a bank account shared by more than one person, often a husband and wife?

-Joint.

-Correct.

The British scientist Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the information network

known as the world wide what?

-Web.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In mixed drinks, Worcestershire sauce is typically...

Time's up. You banked £600 when you could have easily reached your target.

Who's playing the piano with boxing gloves?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Sam is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Andy, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

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

Erica.

Erica.

Erica.

Erica.

Nick.

Sam.

Sam.

Erica.

Sam.

What do you do, Pat?

-I'm a software engineer.

-Are you very clever?

-Yeah.

-So how do you know you're clever?

Because I'm a member of Mensa.

You're that sad, are you?

Yeah, I'm afraid so.

What's your score as a member of Mensa?

-136.

-And what's good in Mensa?

I'm not sure what the highest one is, but probably about 140, something like that, I suppose.

-Do you pay so much a year?

-Yeah, you pay a small membership fee each year.

So you pay someone money to remember you're clever?

-There's a bit more to it than that. It's a social organisation.

-There's internet dating?

-There can be if you want.

-So have you met up with another 136?

I've met with quite a few of them.

What's the common denominator of single 136 Mensa members?

Obviously, they're intelligent and they don't want to get married.

-Because they can't find anybody.

-I don't have trouble finding people. I just don't want to marry them.

-Why Erica?

-She got a question wrong and it was a really easy one.

-Where are you from, Sam?

-Buckinghamshire.

-What do you do?

-I'm a magician.

-I bet you've brought a trick with you.

-Yes, I have.

-Put your board down.

I'll use a ring and a string. If I was putting the ring on the rope,

I'd do it like that which isn't a magic trick and it's not impressive,

so I'll take the rope and lock the ends in my fingers, so that they are away from the ring

and there's no way the ring can go on to the rope past the hand.

Then we take the middle of the rope, place it next to the ring and squeeze it tightly.

It looks almost like the ring is on the rope if you hold it correctly.

If I drop it, it bounces across the floor unless you blow it and it appears on the rope.

You and your ring and rope, go behind your podium.

-Put your board up. Why Erica?

-I had an awful round, but so did she.

Freda, why Erica?

I'm sorry, Erica, but she got the first one wrong.

Erica, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I definitely should have known the answer to the public toilet question.

But all that was coming into my head was "gorillas". Why, I don't know. It was completely random.

Maybe I should have said it!

Round 2. In the bank, £600. We now take ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's gorgeous Andy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In vocabulary, what name for the protective gear worn to cover the eyes when swimming

is a colloquial term for "glasses"?

-Goggles.

-Correct.

In the media in 2010, a BBC radio report claiming that William Shakespeare was French

appeared on which date?

-April the 1st.

-Correct.

In counting downwards, which whole number follows 35?

-34.

-Correct.

In the UK, which three-letter word is a respectful term of address,

once commonly used by schoolchildren when talking to male teachers?

-Sir.

-Correct.

In botany, what C is the general name for the mostly spiny plants found mainly in American deserts

that usually store water in their fleshy stem?

-Cactus.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In occupations, what is the job title for an animal doctor that is often abbreviated to "vet"?

-Veterinarian.

-Correct.

In music, concert grand and boudoir grand are two different sizes of which keyboard instrument?

-Piano.

-Correct.

In sport, the Romanian gymnast who won individual gold medals at the 1980 Olympics

for the beam and the floor exercise is Nadia who?

-Comaneci.

-I'll accept.

In national symbols, the union flag of the UK incorporates the crosses of St George, St Patrick

and which other patron saint?

-St Andrew.

-Correct.

In food history, in December 1945,

the first shipment since 1939 of which fruit arrived at Bristol Docks

and was greeted with much excitement?

-Bananas.

-Correct.

In TV, presenters with the surnames Clarkson, Paxman and Vine share what first name?

-Jeremy.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What "A" is a word meaning both an item of clothing

and a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper?

-Article.

-Correct.

In the animal kingdom, although it sounds like a breed of dog,

a porbeagle is actually a species of which predatory fish?

-Shark.

-Correct.

In sport, the England footballer who left Chelsea to join Liverpool

in a free-transfer deal in 2010 is Joe who?

-Cole.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In art, the famous painting known as The Fighting Temeraire by Turner

is a depiction of a boxer or a warship?

-A boxer.

-A warship.

In economics, the amount of money by which government spending exceeds its revenue is the budget what?

-Deficit.

-Correct.

In astronomy, what H is the term for the luminous ring that can sometimes be observed around the sun?

-Halo.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In cookery, which term for a quarter of the year...

Time's up. You won £900, but, you know, you had a chain of 14 correct answers.

Who's costing you more than Tiger Woods' divorce?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Andy is still the strongest link.

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

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

Keith.

Sam.

Sam.

Sam.

Freda.

Sam.

Sam.

Sam.

-Where do you come from, Jim?

-Wigan.

-What do you do?

-I'm a food production technician.

-So how did you get four chins?

-Pubs, clubs.

-Oh, I see.

-Chip shops.

-You beer-taste, do you?

-Correct.

-And chip-taste?

-Correct.

-What do you do when you're not drinking or eating?

-I do a bit of singing.

-What can you sing for me?

-Anything you like. Frank Sinatra?

-OK.

-Will I put my board down?

-Please yourself, really.

# Hey, the shark has pretty teeth, babe

# And he shows 'em pearly white

# Just a jack-knife has old Macheath, dear

# And he keeps it way out of sight... #

I think that's enough. Put your board up.

Why Sam?

He got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Nick?

-I'm a retail manager.

-Put your board down. And what are you selling?

-Luxury watches.

Supposing I came in to browse and I'm looking at the ones on your counter,

what do you say to me?

-Good afternoon, madam.

-And I ignore you?

-I'd say, "Are there any watches you'd like to see for yourself?"

-Do you know how annoying that is?

-Yes, but I treat everybody individually.

-What sort of watch would you think I'd be up for?

-A beautiful diamond watch.

-Put your board up.

-Why Sam?

-He got a question wrong.

Sam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't think Anne was particularly impressed with me today.

There was definitely a view of cynicism from her. Perhaps she just doesn't like magicians particularly.

The other contestants appreciated the banter, so hopefully that came across quite well.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,500. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In TV, from 2001 to 2006,

Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal starred in a spoof chat show,

featuring which family living at No.42?

-The Kumars.

-Correct.

In the army, at the annual ceremony on Horse Guards Parade, what are soldiers said to do to The Colour?

-Troop.

-Correct.

In maths, the dot that separates the integral and fractional parts of a number

is called a decimal what?

-Point.

-Correct.

The crude oil that was first pumped ashore from rigs off the north-east coast of Scotland in 1975

is named after which body of water?

-North Sea.

-Correct.

In history, Chairman Mao banned which game in China in 1966,

declaring it a prime example of western decadence? Table tennis or golf?

-Golf.

-Correct. What's the name for the part of a standard shirt

that is attached to the neck band and encircles the neck of the wearer?

-Collar.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In literature, the British poet of the First World War who wrote Anthem For Doomed Youth was Wilfred who?

-I only know Pickles.

-Owen.

In job titles, what D can mean both a senior clergyman

and the chief administrative official at a university?

-Deacon.

-Dean.

In Dorset, the breakwater called the Cobb built in the 13th century

is a tourist attraction in the town called Lyme what?

-Regis.

-Correct.

In cinema, which 1984 film comedy features a paranormal creature called Slimer

and a giant Marshmallow Man?

-Pass.

-Ghostbusters.

In diet, the name of which mammal goes before "food"

to make a disparaging term for lettuce and other salad vegetables?

-Junk.

-Rabbit.

In pop music, Can We Fix It and Mambo No.5 were the titles

of No.1 singles for which children's TV character?

-Bob The Builder.

-Correct. An opening in the wall between the kitchen and dining room

through which dishes are passed is a serving what?

-Hatch.

-Correct. In darts, how many points are scored when a single dart hits double top?

-40.

-Correct.

In the name of the basic unit of electric current, the term "amp" is an abbreviation of which word?

-Ampere.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The story by Washington Irving about a man who fell asleep for 20 years is Rip Van what?

-Winkle.

-Correct.

In human biology, what V is the name for a plantar wart that occurs on the sole of the foot?

-Verruca.

-Correct. In employment, what is...

Time's up and you won £650.

But who probably thinks the three Rs are a pop group?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Pat is the strongest link.

Jim is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?

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

Keith.

Freda.

Jim.

Freda.

Freda.

Keith.

Andy.

-What do you do, Andy?

-I'm a street cleansing supervisor.

Where do you do that?

-Conwy, North Wales.

-So you've got a rubbish job in Wales?

You could say that.

-What do you do each day?

-I just go round the county, checking that the streets are clean.

-The whole of the county?

-One half of the county. I've got a counterpart.

-Which part are you?

-The east side. The clean side.

-You're Andy (east)?

-Yeah.

-You put all the rubbish on the west side?

-Yeah.

-And who's your opposite number on the west side?

-Roger.

-Are you and Roger friends?

-Yeah.

He doesn't mind you dumping your east side rubbish on his side?

-He doesn't know.

-Doesn't he?

-He does now.

-Yes.

-Why Freda?

-I can remember Freda getting one of the answers wrong.

-What do you do, Keith?

-I'm retired.

-And what do you do now?

-Amateur dramatics, sailing.

-Of course.

-And what's your speciality?

-Dames.

-Yes.

-Can you sing?

-A little, but not very well.

-It's more of a stuttering type of singing.

-Like what?

Like, um...

# If you change your mind, I'm the first in line

# Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me... #

-Why Freda?

-I thought she was the weakest link.

Freda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm quite happy to have been voted off in this stage of the game because I've had a really good time

and I know there's a couple of people a lot better than I am at answering

and feeling relaxed and will do better than I did.

Round 4. In the bank, £2,150. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In cookery, frangipane is a cream or paste flavoured with which nut?

-Almond.

-Correct.

In patriotic songs, a repeated line of Rule Britannia asserts that Britons shall never be what?

-Slaves.

-Correct. What B means the crime of giving money to a public official

in order to buy influence and is often paired with corruption?

-Bribery.

-Correct.

In TV, the actress who played Delilah Dingle in Emmerdale and won the 2010 series of Dancing On Ice

is Hayley who?

-Smith.

-No, Tamaddon.

In maths, what is 20% of 600?

-200.

-120.

In history, the heraldic lily that for centuries appeared on the royal arms of France

is known as the fleur-de what?

-Lys.

-Correct.

In shopping in 1937, the Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain in Oklahoma City introduced the first what?

Trolleys or bar codes?

-Trolleys.

-Correct.

In correspondence, an envelope enclosed with a letter

to save the recipient having to write one for the reply is referred to as self what?

-Addressed envelope.

-Correct. The breaking down of solid food

into a liquid form called chyme takes place in which organ of the digestive system?

-The gut.

-No, the stomach.

In fashion, what C is the term used for the range of clothes presented to the public

-by a designer for a particular season?

-Catwalk?

Collection. In cricket, the Durham-born batsman who captained England in the 20/20 World Cup

in 2010 is Paul who?

-Collingwood.

-Correct. In British wildlife, Bechstein's and brown long-eared are two species

of which flying mammal?

-Bat.

-Correct. In a standard symphony orchestra,

which musical instrument changes pitch by a slide - tuba or trombone?

-Trombone.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV, the comedy partner of David Mitchell

who has played Jeremy in Peep Show since 2003 is Robert who?

-Pass.

-Webb.

In sewing, what's the three-letter name for a short piece of metal with a sharp point at one end

used as a temporary fastening?

-Pass.

-Pin.

Time's up. You won £100.

Who thinks Popeye is something an optician should deal with?

Whose opportunity knocked, then ran away? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With all her answers wrong, Kayleigh is the weakest link.

Statistically, Pat is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Jim.

Jim.

Jim.

Kayleigh.

Nick.

Keith.

-Pat, why Jim?

-He didn't have a very good round and he lost us some money by not banking in time.

-Andy, why Jim?

-He lost a lot of money on that last round, getting the question wrong

and he could have banked at the end.

Jim, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think it was absolutely brilliant singing on the show today. I'm sure Anne enjoyed it. She let me go on.

Afterwards, the other contestants commented on my singing.

Round 5. Your total is £2,250. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In travel, an extended sightseeing trip that formerly applied to an educational journey

around the major cities of Europe is the what Tour?

-Grand.

-Correct. In science, what H is the word used to describe

a machine that is operated by the movement of liquid?

-Hydrographic.

-No, hydraulic.

In Norse mythology, which god of thunder sounds like the word meaning to melt?

-Thor.

-In telecommunications, making a phone call to a foreign country

requires the IDD code, which means International Direct what?

-Dial.

-I'll accept.

In geometry, the surface area of a cube is calculated by multiplying the area of one of its faces

by what number?

-Four.

-Six.

The name for the highest summit on Exmoor, reflecting the fact that signal fires were lit there

to warn of invasion, is Dunkery what?

-Hill.

-Beacon. In art, what K is the surname of the Mexican painter called Frida,

who had an affair with the revolutionary Leon Trotsky?

-Pass.

-Kahlo.

In spelling, which term for a trick or hoax is an anagram of the word mash?

-Sham.

-Correct. In popular culture, Mario Lavandeira is the real name

of the Hollywood online entertainer and blogger known as Perez who?

-Blake?

-Hilton. Andy, in famous Britons,

Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642 at Woolsthorpe Manor in which English shire county?

-Buckinghamshire.

-Lincolnshire.

In pop music, Eric Clapton recorded his 1972 UK hit single Layla as a member of Derek and the what?

-Dominos.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In snooker, the shot where the cue ball strikes a ball, which knocks another one in,

is known as a plant or root?

-Plant.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In children's TV, what's the name of the Border collie cross who retired in 2010 after 14 years

as a Blue Peter pet?

-Lucky?

-Mabel. In card games, which word for...

Time's up and you banked just £40.

Who doesn't need tweaking to sound like a twit?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Andy is the weakest link.

The strongest link, statistically, is Kayleigh, but who will the team want off?

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

Keith.

Kayleigh.

Andy.

Keith.

Kayleigh.

We have a tie, team. Kayleigh and Keith - two votes each.

-What do you do, Kayleigh?

-I sell advertising space for magazines.

OK, put your board down. Let's examine your technique.

-I'm waiting on the end of a phone.

-Hello.

-Yes?

-This is Kayleigh from Digital Photo Magazine.

-Yes?

-Have you heard of us at all?

-No. Is the desperate approach the best one?

I think it is. Desperation and pity, I think, is why people buy from me.

If I was a bloke, I'd say, "Well, Kayleigh, describe yourself to me."

-I can lie to somebody on the end of the phone. I'm a gymnast, I dance...

-Yeah.

-I don't wear many clothes.

-Are you double zero?

-Yeah. Tiny.

-Do you think your heart's not in digital photography?

-Sometimes.

-Supposing you worked on Doughnut Weekly, would that help?

-Love it.

-Why Keith?

Because previously he had a Ghostbusters question wrong.

-Nick, why Kayleigh?

-Not a good round for her, a few questions wrong.

Well, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

And, despite Nick's suggestion, Kayleigh was the strongest link.

So "Ya, boo!" to Nick.

-Yeah!

-So who would you like to get rid of?

-Oh, I think I'll stick with my original vote and say Keith.

-Yes, why not?

Keith, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Kayleigh and myself were both tied together and it was Kayleigh who was the strongest link!

She wouldn't vote for herself, so I was a goner!

Round 6. In the bank, £2,290. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

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

In religion, what W means to revere a divine being?

-Worship.

-Correct. In theatre, which show first performed in 1967

and revived in the West End in 2010 has the subtitle The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical?

-Pass.

-Hair.

In geography, Bratislava is the capital city of which central European country?

-Pass.

-Slovakia.

In psychology, the abbreviation OCD means Obsessive Compulsive what?

-Disorder.

-Correct. An arts centre that was opened in Salford in 2000

exhibits works by and bears the name of which artist, born in the area in 1887?

-Picasso.

-LS Lowry, even.

A difficult or unpleasant situation that could prove to be embarrassing is referred to as a can of what?

-Worms.

-Correct.

-< Bank!

In children's literature, Janet, Pam and Barbara were the female members of which septet

created by Enid Blyton?

-Er, the Magnificent Seven...

-No, the Secret Seven.

-Secret Seven.

In cookery, what T is a cylindrical oven made of clay and fuelled by charcoal or wood

used in India for baking bread?

-Tandoori.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In maths, what is the number of whole weeks in a year plus the number of months?

-64.

-Correct.

In TV in 2003, the lexicographer Susie Dent became the full-time resident expert

in Dictionary Corner on which long-running game show?

-Countdown.

-Correct.

-< Bank.

In vocabulary, which word for a letter of recommendation is also used in some sports

to describe a match to raise money for a long-serving player?

-Testimonial.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time

and you won £110.

But is Pat too clever by half?

Is Nick a luxury you can't afford?

Maybe you should dump Andy.

Or perhaps you won't take a chance on Kayleigh.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having got all the answers right, Pat is the strongest link.

Andy is, statistically, the weakest link, but will the other players realise that?

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

Kayleigh.

Nick.

Nick.

Andy.

Pat, why Nick?

Nick probably had the worst round there.

-Kayleigh, why on earth would you want to get rid of Nick?

-In the last round he said I got a couple wrong.

-I only got one wrong.

-Nick, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

If Anne was to come into my store, I feel I would have built up a nice rapport with her.

She's a little bit hard on the outside, but once I'd got to her little soft middle,

I would have been able to sell her a really expensive watch.

Round 7. In the bank, £2,400. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In marine life, what name for a type of fish derives from the fact that its mouth is surrounded by barbels

that resemble feline whiskers?

-Catfish?

-Correct.

In European geography, the Basque region is situated round the western part of which mountain range?

-The Himalayas?

-The Pyrenees.

In archaeology, in the terms monolith and megalith, the suffix "lith" has what literal meaning?

-Stone.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In language, the part of a hairstyle covering the forehead

is called a fringe in the UK and in North America...?

-Bangs.

-I'll accept.

-Bank.

In royal history, the British King George V was what family relation to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia?

-His cousin?

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In classroom equipment for technical drawing,

a thin, flat piece of metal or plastic in the shape of a right-angled triangle is a set what?

-Square.

-Correct. In cinema, in the films Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Jacknife,

Robert De Niro portrays characters who fought in which war?

-Vietnam.

-Correct. In medicine, the tropical illness called black water fever is a complication

of which more widespread disease carried by mosquitoes?

-Malaria.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In childcare, a wickerwork basket with a hood

used as a cradle for a baby is a bassinet or marmoset?

-Bassinet.

-Correct. In religious buildings, which English cathedral in Kent was officially designated

in 1988 as a World Heritage Site?

-Leeds Cathedral?

-Canterbury.

Kayleigh, the US singer famous for musical parodies such as Eat It, Like A Surgeon and Canadian Idiot

is called Weird Al who?

-Mony...

-Yankovic.

In food, what's the two-word name...

Time's up. You won £160. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Kayleigh is the weakest, but who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Kayleigh.

Kayleigh.

Pat.

-Andy, why Kayleigh?

-There was no way Pat was the weakest link, so it had to be Kayleigh.

-Pat, why young, pretty Kayleigh?

-Truth is, I've got the hots for Andy and I want to be up against him.

-They're just jealous, Kayleigh.

-They are. It's ridiculous.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The last Walk of Shame was better than being the first,

but it was still a bit odd.

I wanted to give Anne a little wave, but I thought, "No, don't do it."

Round 8. In the bank, £2,560. In this round 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Andy.

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

In expressions, a person who continuously works hard is said to have what to the grindstone?

-Nose.

-Correct. The British-born journalist and author of the best-selling non-fiction books

The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers is Malcolm who?

-Pass.

-Gladwell. In geography, which island country in the south-western Pacific

is often referred to as PNG?

-Papua New Guinea.

-Correct. In weather forecasting,

the instrument invented in 1643 by Torricelli is the mercury what?

Thermometer?

No, barometer. What's the first consonant in the word consonant?

-C.

-Correct. In jazz, the song written by Rodgers and Hart that became a signature tune for Chet Baker

is entitled My Funny what?

-Lady?

-Valentine. On a beach, a structure built out into the sea

as a barrier against washed-up sand and shingle is called what - a crotch or a groyne?

-Groyne.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Young women known as flappers with bobbed hair and knee-length dresses

were most common in which decade?

-20th. Twenties.

-No, I have to accept your first answer, 20th. Andy,

in newspaper publishing, what was the English name of the Czech-born media proprietor who in 1984...

Time's up. You won just £20, which we'll treble.

It gives you prize money today of:

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.

So, Andy and Pat, for £2,620, let's play the Weakest Link.

Andy, you have the choice of who goes first.

I'd like to go first, please, Anne.

In UK travel, the greeting Croeso i Gymru that appears on a road sign near one end of the Severn Bridge

has what three-word English translation?

-Welcome to Wales.

-That is correct.

In politics, in 2010 which Trinidad-born media personality,

best known as a presenter of the children's TV series Play School,

was awarded a peerage?

-Sorry, no idea.

-The correct answer is Floella Benjamin.

In theatre, which British dramatist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature,

wrote the plays The Homecoming, No Man's Land and Betrayal?

-Don't know, Anne.

-The correct answer is Harold Pinter.

In the solar system, the four inner planets that have orbits within the asteroid belt

are Mercury, Earth, Mars and which other?

-Venus?

-That is the correct answer.

In art, the 1932 work entitled Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

that was sold at auction in 2010

for a record price of £70 million

was a portrait of his mistress by which painter?

-Van Gogh?

-The correct answer is Pablo Picasso.

Pat, an urban myth made up by the broadcaster Stuart Maconie

when he was a journalist at the NME

claimed that David Bowie invented which strategy game based on noughts and crosses?

-Noughts and crosses.

-The correct answer is Connect 4.

During its 11-year run from 1994,

which US TV sitcom about a radio talk show host

featured amongst its guest callers John McEnroe, Eric Idle,

Cindy Crawford and Jodie Foster?

-Was it Frasier?

-That is the correct answer.

In wildlife, which burrowing mammal

whose body is protected by bony plates,

has a name derived from the Spanish for "man bearing weapons"?

-Armadillo?

-That is the correct answer.

In football, the original World Cup trophy awarded to the winners

was named after which Frenchman who proposed the tournament?

-No.

-The correct answer is Jules Rimet.

In cinema, which seven-letter botanical term

is spoken as the first word in the opening scene

of the 1941 film Citizen Kane,

as the final utterance of the title character?

-No idea.

-The correct answer is rosebud.

And after five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Andy and Pat, let's play sudden death.

Andy, in music the anthem Zadok the Priest

that has been performed at every coronation of a British monarch since 1727

was written by which composer?

-Was it Elgar?

-The correct answer is Handel.

When assembled in order, the chemical symbols for argon, germanium, nitrogen,

titanium and sodium spell the name of which country?

-Argentina?

-That is the correct answer.

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

Great.

Andy, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I didn't think I'd get to the final. And I kind of wish I'd voted tactically and voted Pat out

in the previous round and been up against Kayleigh, but I just couldn't do it.

It feels great. I mean, I was so nervous.

I didn't really expect to win. I suppose everybody says that, but it's great that I did.

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