16/02/2012 Weakest Link

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

Only one will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to 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 David, I'm 66, I'm from Hythe, Kent, and I'm the town mayor.

I'm Michelle, I'm 41, from South Yorkshire, and I'm a biomedical scientist.

I'm Mark, from Hampshire, I'm 58 and I'm a school handyman.

I'm Nina, I'm 35, from Sutton in Surrey, and I'm a firefighter.

I'm Paul, I'm 24, from Chester, and I'm a student.

I'm Estherre, I'm 66, I come from Darvel in East Ayrshire and I'm a retired family support worker.

I'm Steve, I'm 41, from Somerset and I'm an entertainment manager.

I'm Katie, I'm 20, from Herefordshire, and I'm a student and marketing assistant.

I'm John, I'm 30, from Cwmbran, and I'm a service team leader.

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 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, David. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In the Gregorian calendar, which day of the week follows Thursday?

-Friday.

-Correct. The short rhyme often recited by parents when tucking children into bed is,

"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs..." what?

-Bite.

-Correct. In rivers and streams, the flow of water from the source to the mouth

is known by what name - the raisin or the current?

-The current.

-Correct. In animal stereotypes,

which popular domestic pet likes drinking milk and eating fish?

-Cat.

-Correct. In Customs and Excise entry regulations in the UK,

the three-word phrase for the green channel is "Nothing to..." what?

-Declare.

-Correct. In fashion, what H is the common word for an accessory

used mainly by women to carry personal items?

-Handbag.

-Correct. In food, strips of bread or toast known as soldiers

are usually served with boiled what?

-Eggs.

-Correct. In publishing, the content of the magazines entitled Heat, OK and Closer

is about celebrities or cars?

-Celebrities.

-Correct. In human anatomy, the elbow is a joint in which limb of the body?

-Arm.

-Correct. David...

Bank.

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target in that first very, very, very, very easy round.

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

Who's worrying you? Who might lose you money in the rounds to come?

Think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, David is the strongest link as he banked all the money.

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

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

Estherre.

John.

Estherre.

Katie.

Katie.

John.

Paul.

Mark.

Michelle.

We have a three-way tie.

Estherre, Katie and John have two votes each.

-What do you do, Paul?

-I'm a student.

-Studying what?

-Psychology.

-What have you learnt so far?

-I've learnt about Freud and...

-Fried?

-Freud.

-Oh, not fried fish.

-Sigmund Freud.

-You look as if you might have learned about fried foods.

I like a bit of fried food.

-Are you in all the student clubs?

-The rock society and archery society.

-You don't get drunk?

-No...

-Maybe you go to church?

-No, I don't go to church. I'm a pagan.

-I don't believe in the Christian faith.

-What do you believe in?

I believe the world is to be worshipped and everything we put in to the world we get back.

-Are you a witch?

-I am, yes, Anne.

-Can you perform miracles?

-I can't, but I can put my will into the universe.

-Could you put your will into making me younger

-or more beautiful?

-I don't need to, Anne.

-No. Good.

Could you put your will into making me nicer?

-It's impossible.

-Don't you mean you don't need to?

-I don't need to.

-Why Katie?

-We all did really well, but I had to choose somebody and I couldn't think of who else.

-Where are you from, Mark?

-Bramley.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a school handyman.

-Do you nose around a lot?

-Yes. You need a nose like this.

-What do you do for excitement in Bramley?

-Take my motorcycle out, scuba dive,

-go carp fishing, cycling.

-No end of excitement. I bet you can sing as well.

-I do occasionally.

-Where do you do your singing?

-Karaoke, or if anybody asks me to get up, I do.

Do you? Is it because you can sing?

No, not specifically. I just enjoy it, like some people whistle.

-I'd like to hear you sing.

-Oh, OK.

-Go on, then.

-Shall I start now, Anne?

-When would you like to start?

-About now.

# Oh, let me be your teddy bear Put your arm around my neck... #

What's nice about your singing is you've got a whole new tune!

No, it's perfectly in tune, Anne. Maybe you're a bit tone deaf.

-Why Estherre?

-It was one of those rounds where everybody was correct.

I had to choose somebody and I suppose it was age-related, right, wrong or indifferent.

-Michelle, what do you do?

-I'm a biomedical scientist.

-Yes.

-What do you do when you get home?

-I like to do product surveys.

-What do you mean, product surveys?

-I often get sent free products that I have to comment on.

-Yeah?

And I do other consumer opinion panels where I just fill in comments and...

-You're single, are you?

-Yes.

-I am single now, yes.

-And the surveys, what are they? Food surveys?

They can be anything, any product, any service.

-So if there was a survey which said, "Are you big-boned or fat?" which one would you tick?

-Both.

-Fair enough. Why John?

-Because I had to make a choice. He's directly opposite me...

-Is that how you do the surveys? Just randomly...

-Sometimes! Just tick the first one you see.

With the votes tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and that's David. What do you do?

-I'm the town mayor.

-The mayor of where?

-Hythe.

What's a typical day in the life of a mayor in Hythe? Can you make it sing? What's the fun bit?

Meeting all sorts of very interesting people.

So when you go along to an opening, what are you likely to do? I know you meet interesting people.

Well, I might actually ask them what they do and how they're getting on.

-Really? Just like the Queen?

-Yes.

-They must be very excited.

-Well, surprisingly, sometimes they are quite pleased to meet me.

-Are they?

-Surprisingly.

-They've got very dull lives as well?

-I wouldn't say that anybody in Hythe has a dull life.

No, you wouldn't. You voted for Estherre. Why?

-Everybody did extremely well.

-Speed it up a bit.

-I had to choose someone and I chose Estherre.

-OK.

You have a choice now. Stick with Estherre or move to John or Katie.

I'll stick with my original decision.

Estherre, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Well, I'm disappointed to go out in the first round.

I was hoping I'd last a bit longer, but I can hold my head up high.

Nobody got their question wrong and somebody has to be the first.

Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We take 10 seconds off your time.

We start with the strongest link - David. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In UK politics in 1989, which Prime Minister declared, "We have become a grandmother"?

-Margaret Thatcher.

-Correct.

In personal accessories, a slide is a decorative clip used to hold in place which feature of the body?

-Hair.

-Correct. In music, what W means to produce a simple tune with the mouth

by forcing breath between pursed lips?

-Whistle.

-Correct. In North American architecture,

what is the term for an Inuit shelter usually made from compacted snow and shaped like a dome?

-Igloo.

-Correct. In road transport, in the UK most vehicles are which hand drive?

-Right.

-Correct. In animal anatomy, reptiles such as snakes and lizards are covered in fur or scales?

-Scales.

-Correct. In literature, the novel by John Fowles set in the 19th century

and with a choice of two endings is The French Lieutenant's what?

-Wife.

-Woman.

In gardening, what is the tool with a long handle and a four-pronged head, often used for digging?

-Fork.

-Correct. In newspapers, what H is the term for the title of an article printed in large letters

above the main body of text?

-Headline.

-Correct. In physical exercise, when people in a keep fit class touch their toes,

they do it with which digits?

-Fingers.

-Correct.

In pop music, the rapper who had UK hit singles in the 1990s with California Love and Changes

was known as Unpac or Tupac?

-Could you repeat it?

-The rapper who had UK hit singles in the 1990s with California Love and Changes

was known as Unpac or Tupac?

-Unpac.

-Tupac.

In maths, what is 39 plus 12?

-51.

-Correct. In celebrities, the chef, writer and TV presenter who was awarded an OBE in 2003

for services to West Country tourism is Rick who?

-Pass.

-Stein. In literature, in the Arabian Nights,

who is the sailor who goes on seven voyages?

-Sinbad.

-Correct. In stationary, a type of pencil that produces marks on paper that cannot be erased

is described as being invincible or indelible?

-Indelible.

-Correct. In theatre, which musical, based on a 1990 film and opening in the West End in 2011,

is about a man who is killed and contacts his girlfriend through a medium?

-Ghost.

-Correct. In food, which small, salty fish is the principal ingredient in gentleman's relish?

-Anchovy.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time. You only won £200.

Whose fault was that? Who probably thinks dog eat dog is a Korean pet store?

Who's the midget in the basketball team? Time to vote off the weakest link.

David is still the strongest link with the most correct answers.

Statistically, Katie is the weakest link, but can she survive the vote?

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

Paul.

Mark.

Katie.

Mark.

Mark.

Katie.

Paul.

Mark.

-What do you do, Nina?

-I'm a firefighter.

-What sort?

-One that fights fires.

-Yes.

Are you the senior firefighter, the junior firefighter, the bit of crumpet in the team?

No, I'm a crew manager. I ride in charge of a fire engine.

-And do you go to work looking like that?

-Generally not, no.

-Lipstick on?

-Not lipstick, no.

-Sometimes a bit of lip balm.

-Lip balm. So the sirens have gone, there's a blazing fire,

-and then they wait for you to put your lip balm on?

-I wait until the fire is over.

-Do you?

-Not in the front of the fire engine?

-Generally not, no.

-Why Mark?

-I voted for Mark because...

-He's got a big nose.

-No, he got a question wrong, Anne.

-He'd be a good firefighter. He'd smell the burning early on.

-Maybe he would.

-What do you do, John?

-I'm a service team leader.

-Where?

-In a DIY store.

-Where?

-In Cwmbran.

-So you're looking after Welsh people.

-Certain Welsh people, yeah.

People who come into our store.

-So they come in, point to a bath and say, "What's that for?"

-No. They say, "I would like a bath."

-Because they haven't got one.

-And I say, "You should have had one."

-And when you're not doing that?

-Training, four times a week.

-Training?

-Boxing and running.

-Do you live alone, do you?

-No.

-Oh. Who do you live with?

-My mum and her three dogs.

-You can't get a girlfriend?

-I've got a girlfriend.

-But your mum won't let her stay over?

-She lives an hour away.

-But will your mum let her stay over?

-Of course. I'm a big boy now.

-Does she have the spare bedroom?

-No.

-No? Oh, good mum. Why Mark?

-He asked you to repeat the question and then got it wrong.

Mark, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Friends and family will be pleased that I at least made it to the second round.

But the grandchildren - Finlay, Declan, Keeley, Sasha, Shauna -

I'm very sorry I didn't know the name of a 1980s rapper.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,200. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In retail, what W is the usual term for a guarantee to repair or replace a faulty product

within a specified period, for free?

-Warranty.

-Correct. In pop music, the group whose UK hit singles since 2007 have included

She's So Lovely and This Ain't A Love Song is Scouting For what?

-Girls.

-Correct. In British politics, which word precedes roll and register to make two terms

for the list of people entitled to vote?

-Nominal.

-Electoral.

In human reproduction, a woman who gives birth to a baby for someone else is a surrogate or aggregate?

-Surrogate.

-Correct. In fashion accessories, which word that rhymes with ball

is cloth worn around the shoulders?

-Shawl.

-Correct. In celebrities, which TV actor, known for his role as Kojak,

was also the godfather of Jennifer Aniston?

-Pass.

-Telly Savalas.

In animal behaviour, when threatened, the male of which great ape stands on his hind legs,

beats his chest and roars?

-Gorilla.

-Correct. In science legend, Archimedes leapt from his bath shouting, "Eureka!"

on finding the principle of absorption or flotation?

-Flotation.

-Correct. In golf, since 1990 the Open Championship has been held every fifth year

at the Old Course at which venue in Scotland?

-St Andrews.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In condiments, the dark liquid from the Medina area of Italy

used in salad dressings is balsamic what?

-Vinegar.

-Correct. In combustion, what E is the term for a glowing or smouldering piece of wood

in a half-extinguished fire?

-Ember.

-Correct. In romance, an alliterative name for a secluded road or area

where courting couples seek privacy for amorous activities is Lovers...?

-Lane.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In pop music, the Welsh soul singer Duffy had a UK number one single in 2008

with a song called Mercy or Tyranny?

-Mercy.

-Correct. In history, in 1917 the February Revolution and the October Revolution

were uprisings in which country?

-Pass.

-Russia.

In theatre, in Peter Pan, when Tinkerbell is dying, all the children are asked to save her

by clapping if they believe in what?

-Fairies.

-Correct. In UK geography, what W is the name of a port and resort at the mouth of the River Esk

in North Yorkshire, and the site of a ruined 13th-century abbey?

-Whitby.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £250.

Who's the tattoo artist with the hiccoughs?

Who's the mountaineer in Holland?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that John is the weakest link.

The strongest link is Michelle, 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.

Katie.

Nina.

Katie.

Katie.

Katie.

Nina.

Katie.

-What do you do, Steve?

-I'm an entertainment manager.

-Where?

-I work in Somerset.

-The whole of Somerset?

-A place called Cricket St Thomas.

-Are you the MC?

-Sometimes, yeah.

-Are you Steve as the MC or playing someone else?

-Sometimes somebody else.

-Who?

-Sometimes I play Brucie.

-Do you? Put your board down.

-Well, pretend I'm Tess and you be Brucie.

-OK.

Nice to see you, to see you nice.

-Is that it?

-Yeah.

-And then what happens?

Then we have the dancing show on and the guests compete in the Strictly Come Dancing competition.

-How long have you been doing this?

-20 years.

-Where did you train?

-With the National Youth Theatre.

-Then I went straight into theatre, musical theatre.

-Where did you train to be an entertainment manager?

-Just through experience, really.

-Is there a Mrs Steve?

-No, Anne.

-No. Is there a Mr Steve?

-Yes, there is, Anne.

-Really? What's he called?

-Neil.

-Does he play Tess Daly?

-No!

-Why do you want to get rid of Katie?

I think Katie got the most wrong.

-Paul, the white witch, why Katie?

-She got a couple of questions wrong.

Katie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It would have been nice to speak to Anne because I think I'd have given her some pretty good comebacks,

but maybe in the future when I see her walking down the street, I'll throw something at her.

Not physically, obviously.

Round 4. In the bank, £1,450. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock. In celebrities, the actress who starred in the 1995 film comedy Clueless

and in 2011 gave birth to a son named Bear Blu is Alicia who?

-Pass.

-Silverstone.

In science, carbon dating is a process applied to organic remains

to establish their height or age?

-Age.

-Correct. In expressions, a person who is a misfit is said to be a square peg in a round what?

-Hole.

-Correct. In maths, what is 10 multiplied by 16?

-160.

-Correct.

In food, what C is the name of the pickled green flower buds of a spiny Mediterranean shrub

that are used in tartare sauce?

-Pass.

-Capers.

In sculpture, the celebrated white marble statue, originally carved by Antonio Canova

for Napoleon's wife Josephine, depicts how many Graces?

-Five.

-Three.

In TV, the children's series that regularly featured Dylan the rabbit

and a bouncy character called Zebedee was The Magic what?

-Roundabout.

-Correct.

In British industry, the Bedfordshire town renowned for the fine quality of its sand

is called Leighton Buzzard or Blackbird?

-Buzzard.

-Correct.

The first-aid procedure for victims of choking named after the doctor who devised it in the 1970s

is usually known as the Heimlich what?

-Manoeuvre.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In English the word "better" is the comparative of which adjective?

-Worse.

-Good.

In fashion, a distinctive feature of shoes designed by Christian Louboutin

is that their soles are made in which primary colour?

-Brown.

-Red.

In the home, a honey-dipper is a type of kitchen utensil or make-up brush?

-Make-up brush.

-Kitchen utensil.

In literature, the 1872 nonsense poem entitled Jabberwocky was written by which children's author?

-Lewis Carroll.

-Correct.

In Italian opera, the title of the famous aria Nessun Dorma

is usually translated into English as None Shall what?

-Sleep.

-Correct. In film, the tagline, "Get ready for rush hour," featured on the posters

for which 1994 thriller starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves?

-The Hostel.

-Speed.

In science, the 18th century Swedish astronomer who devised a temperature scale that is named after him...

Time's up. You won £100.

Who's playing the fool and who's doing it professionally?

Who thinks Kermit the Frog was a French President?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers right, Nina is the strongest link.

The weakest link statistically now is John, but how will the votes go?

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

Paul.

John.

John.

John.

David.

David.

Nina, the firefighter, why John?

I chose John. He got a couple of questions wrong. They were hard questions, though.

-Michelle, why John?

-He got a couple of questions wrong.

-Just one more than you, in fact.

-Yes.

He was the worst player. John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm really pleased that I went out in Round 4.

I've got further than I thought I'd get, so my friends will be pleased.

And I was voted out fairly as well, so it was a good shout.

Round 5.

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

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's firefighter Nina.

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

In agriculture, what L is a collective term

for all farm animals kept for the production of meat, milk, wool and other products?

-Livestock.

-Correct. During both world wars,

Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands was an important base for which of the UK armed forces?

-Scottish.

-Navy. The Royal Navy.

In TV, the long-running show Give Us A Clue, featuring Lionel Blair and Una Stubbs,

was based on which party game?

-Charades.

-I'll accept.

In customs, every June, many participants often dressed as druids celebrate the summer solstice

at which English site? Stonehenge or Sandringham?

-Stonehenge.

-Correct.

In Christian art, which saint is traditionally depicted as a handsome youth pierced by arrows?

-Eros.

-Sebastian.

In radio, from 1933 to 1992, what L was the name of a commercial station

that broadcast an English language service based on the continent?

-Pass.

-Luxembourg.

In colloquial English, teeth are referred to as "pearly" what?

-Whites.

-Correct.

The process of winding up the affairs of a company is known by what name?

Desiccation or liquidation?

-Liquidation.

-Correct. In retail,

gadgets considered to be desirable for males of any age are known by the rhyming term, "boys'" what?

-Toys.

-Correct.

In champion sportsmen, the tennis player Roger Federer was born in 1981 in which European country?

-France.

-Switzerland.

In music, in 2001, which group had a UK No.1 single entitled Pure And Simple

and a UK No.1 album called Popstars?

-The Spice Girls.

-Hear'Say.

In science, a compound such as litmus that shows the progress of a reaction by changing colour

is known as what - a flasher or an indicator?

-Indicator.

-Correct.

In film, the actor who in 2010 married his fellow Spaniard and Oscar winner Penelope Cruz

is Javier who?

-Pass.

-Bardem.

In food, trotters and pettitoes are both names for the feet of which farm animal?

-Pig.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up, correct answer and your "bank" was in time.

Just as well. You only won £20!

Whose brain is on strike?

Who's got a passport to Plonker Land?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Michelle is the weakest link.

The statistics show that David is the strongest link, but whose game is over?

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

Nina.

Paul.

Michelle.

Michelle.

Michelle.

-Steve, why Michelle?

-I think she got the most answers wrong, but she's got to get home.

-Paul, the white witch, why Michelle?

-Cos she got a couple of questions wrong.

She was the worst player. Michelle, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm really pleased to have got as far as Round 5.

I didn't want to get voted off in the first round, so anything after that was a bonus.

I never expected to win anyway.

Round 6. In the kitty, £1,570. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In geography, what H is the name of the city formerly called Salisbury that is the capital of Zimbabwe?

-Harare.

-Correct.

In astronomy, a nucleus, a coma and a tail are all parts of which type of celestial body?

-A horse.

-A comet.

In TV, the actress who starred in Brookside and The Royle Family

and whose 2011 memoir was entitled Things I Couldn't Tell My Mother is Sue who?

-White.

-Johnston.

In maths, what is 66 minus 52?

-8.

-14.

In pop music, the 1973 UK hit album by Paul McCartney's group Wings was entitled Band On The what?

-Run.

-Correct. In US currency, what B is a slang term for a 100-dollar bill,

derived from the name of the scientist and statesman pictured on it?

-Bill.

-Benjamin.

In football, the former manager of Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers

who in 2011 took charge at West Ham United is Sam who?

-Pass.

-Allardyce.

In the dog world, a Sealyham is a breed of terrier named after a village in which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-Wales.

In UK politics, the official emblem of the Houses of Parliament depicts which feature

of castle architecture - a moat or a portcullis?

-Portcullis.

-Correct. In entertainment,

the singer and talent show judge who was nicknamed Baby Spice is Emma who?

-Bunton.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-On food packaging, numbers for additives

that are legal in the European Union are always preceded by which letter?

-E.

-Correct. The police force formed by the merger

of those of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxford and Reading is called Thames what?

-Valley.

-Correct.

In children's toys, which board game involves building a complicated mechanism

to ensnare other players' counters which are in the form of rodents?

-Pass.

-Mouse Trap.

In geography, the highest mountain...

Time's up. You only won £50.

So, should Nina be put out?

Is Paul going through a bad spell?

Will David be kicked out of office?

Or is it the last dance for Steve?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the fourth time in the game, David is the strongest link.

The weakest link statistically is Nina, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Paul.

Steve.

David.

Nina.

A vote each.

David, why Paul?

Of those of us left, I think he is the weakest link.

Nina, why Steve?

It was the maths question that stuck in my mind.

-Steve, why Nina?

-Because I think she's had the most wrong answers throughout the game.

Paul, the white witch, what inspired you to vote for David?

-He's my biggest competition.

-Do you think that was a good idea?

-Probably not now.

-Probably not.

The strongest link was David and he gets to decide.

You voted for Paul, but you have a choice now.

-It could be Nina, it could be Steve or you could stick with Paul.

-I'll stick with Paul.

I think he deserves it. Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I knew my meeting with Anne was going to be interesting.

I'm the good witch and she was going to be the wicked witch.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,620. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock. In grammar, words such as "and", "but" and "while"

that connect parts of sentences are known as what? Articles or conjunctions?

-Conjunctions.

-Correct. In comic literature,

in the words of the poem Reflections On Ice-Breaking by Ogden Nash,

"candy is dandy, but liquor is" what?

-Pass.

-Quicker.

In nature, leaves change colour in the autumn as a result of the loss of which green substance?

-Chlorophyll.

-Correct.

In history, for over 1,000 years until the 5th century AD,

which civilisation was successively a monarchy, a republic and an empire?

-Roman.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV, which word meaning a quarterly division of the year is used in the United States

to refer to a series of a particular programme?

-Series.

-Season.

Which jewellery shop in New York was immortalised in a 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn

that was based on a novel by Truman Capote?

-Tiffany's.

-Correct.

In pastimes, English and Carom are two forms of which game played on a baize-covered table?

-Blackjack.

-Billiards.

In the arts, a cartoonist called Thelwell, a magazine illustrator called Rockwell

and an architect called Lord Foster all share what first name?

-John.

-Norman.

In cities, Bruges in Belgium and Edinburgh in Scotland

are referred to respectively as the Venice and the Athens of the what?

-North.

-Correct.

In vocabulary, which word can mean "to perforate with gunshot"

and is a common term for a short, puzzling question such as "when is a door not a door"?

-Conundrum.

-Riddle.

In US history, in the 1860s, the fast mail service by horse and rider relays

between California and Missouri was called the Pony what?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won just £50.

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

You need to raise the bank balance. Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

Nina is still the weakest link as she gave the most wrong answers.

Statistically, Steve is the strongest link, but who will be taking the final walk of shame?

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

Nina.

David.

David.

Steve, I know your arithmetic is bad, but it's not that bad.

-Why David?

-Because he started off very strong and I think he's got weaker as the rounds have gone on.

And because...?

He's very good.

Nina, the firefighter...

-Yes.

-Don't you have to be an upstanding citizen?

-Well, I couldn't vote for myself.

-No.

I thought that Steve had a really good round and that just left David.

David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed to be that close to the final and to get voted out.

Clearly, tactics were beginning to play.

It is inevitable, it's part of the game and I must accept it.

Round 8. You're up to £1,670.

In this round, you have 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.

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

Start the clock. In children's TV,

which indestructible secret agent works for the Spectrum security organisation?

-Mr Muscle.

-Captain Scarlet.

In gambling, on a standard European roulette wheel, there are how many number slots including the zero?

-70.

-37.

In science and technology, in the name of the chief measurement institute of the UK,

the letters NPL stand for the National Physical what?

-I don't know.

-Laboratory.

In the ancient method of house-building using sticks and mud that is known as wattle and daub,

which of the two terms represents the mud element?

-Daub.

-Correct. In the British Army, the two-word name of which regiment sounds like a term

for people in charge of safety at beaches and swimming pools?

-Life Guards.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In modern literature,

the Irish author of the play The Hostage and the autobiography Borstal Boy was Brendan who?

-Foster.

-Behan.

In physical geography, what T is the tide said to do when it stops coming in and starts going out?

-Ebb.

-Turn.

In cinema, the 1933 romantic comedy that was the first film to star Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire

was entitled Flying Down To where?

-Cornwall.

-Rio.

Which major organ was removed from the body of Albert Einstein after his death for scientific study...

-His brain.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In classical music...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £70 which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £1,880.

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

So, Nina and Steve, for £1,880, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-Ladies first.

Nina, in money, a limited edition £2 coin was minted in 2011

to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the launch of which ship

that sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982?

-Mary Rose.

-That is the correct answer.

Steve, in puzzles, on the original Rubik's Cube,

in total, how many of the squares never alter their position?

-Four.

-The correct answer is six.

Nina, in royal weddings, before she married Prince Edward in 1999,

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, had what double-barrelled maiden name?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Rhys-Jones.

Steve, in cinema in 2011,

which former astronaut,

who in 1969 became the second person to walk on the moon,

made a cameo appearance in the third of the Transformers series of films?

-Buzz Aldrin.

-That is the correct answer.

Nina, at the Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985,

Status Quo was the first pop group to perform

and opened with which song that began,

"Oh, here we are and here we are and here we go"?

-Rockin' All Over The World.

-That is correct.

Steve, in religion,

what is the name of one of the most celebrated heroes in Hindu mythology

who was the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Krishna.

Nina, in urban history, following an Act of Parliament in 1911

that greatly expanded its boundaries,

which British city became the second largest in the UK

in terms of population?

-Manchester.

-The correct answer is Birmingham.

Steve, a violin known as the Lady Blunt,

that was auctioned on the internet in 2011

for a record £9.8 million,

was made in Cremona in 1721

by which master craftsman?

-Steinway.

-The correct answer is Stradivarius.

Nina, in sport, the three weapons used in the various fencing events

at the modern Olympic Games

are the epee, the foil and which other type of sword?

-The dagger.

-The correct answer is the sabre.

Steve, in the media, on which radio programme first broadcast in 1948

do two-person teams from across the UK

answer cryptic general knowledge questions?

-Desert Island Discs?

-The correct answer is Round Britain Quiz.

Nina, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £1,880.

Steve, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Even though I didn't win the money, at least I didn't have to do the walk of shame.

I'm so pleased to win the Weakest Link.

I really can't believe it and it's a complete shock, but yeah, it's fantastic.

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