16/04/2009 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 money they must 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 Dave, I'm from Bristol, I'm 48 and I'm a comedy club director.

I'm Mary, I'm 66, I'm from West Norfolk and I'm a writer.

I'm Ian, I'm 37, from Manchester and I'm a welder.

My name's Molly, 22, from Oswestry, and I'm a change and development assistant at a cheese factory.

Philip, 57, Otley, West Yorkshire, semi-retired and part-time Justice of the Peace.

I'm Tracey, I'm 33, from Nottingham and I'm a student midwife.

I'm Marlon, I'm 29, from London, and I'm a musician and DJ.

I'm Lorraine, I'm 40, from Kent and I'm a driving instructor.

My name's Dinos, I'm 20, from Sheffield, and I'm a student.

In each round there is £1,000 to be won. The fastest way is a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money in it. Say Bank first and the money is safe.

Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person who is first alphabetically - Dave.

Let's play the Weakest Link. The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

The command "Fetch!" is most commonly used to encourage which pet to retrieve a stick?

-Dog.

-Cycle clips are designed to prevent the bottom of which garments

from tangling in a bicycle chain?

-Trousers.

-In facial hair, 'tache is an informal shortening of which word?

-Moustache.

-The films The Sting, Casino and Croupier

all centre on gambling or gardening?

-Gambling.

-According to the old nursery rhyme, the Queen of Hearts made some what?

-Tarts.

-The five traditional senses are touch, taste, smell, hearing and which other?

-Sound.

-Sight.

-Bank.

A young male with a job delivering newspapers is called a paper what?

-Boy.

-What P is an alternative name for a chemist's shop?

-Pharmacist.

-No, pharmacy, but I'll accept pharmacist.

The Californian city surrounded by Los Angeles, one of the most expensive US real estate markets,

is called Beverly what?

-Hills.

-Correct. In pop music, which group had UK number one singles in the 1980s

with Don't Stand So Close To Me and Every Breath You Take?

-The Police.

-What is a four-letter name for the yellow part of a hen's egg?

-Yolk.

-Bank.

-The Sun is an example of which class of celestial body - a moon or a star?

-Star.

-A type of pen often used by children with a writing point consisting of pressed fibres

is said to have a felt what?

-Tip.

-In the calendar in a non-leap year, there are how many days in the month of February?

-29.

-28.

What C is the word for what is said to come before the storm?

-Calm.

-What is the name of the small instrument comprising two narrow metal arms

used to pluck the eyebrows?

-Tweezers.

-In maths, what is 8 plus 6?

-14.

-A business known as Kathy's, named in tribute to a character played by Gillian Taylforth,

features in which soap opera?

-Coronation Street?

-EastEnders.

The rodent found almost everywhere that humans live is called a house mouse or bungalow beaver?

House mouse.

In the 19th century, the Confederate states of America were referred to by which point of the compass?

-South.

-In the game Paper, Scissors, Stone, which object is indicated by a clenched fist?

-Stone.

-Bank!

-The 2008 release by Elbow that won the Mercury Music Prize for Best British Album

is entitled The Seldom Seen what?

Time's up. The answer was Kid. You only won £400. Who's slower than a snails' game of cricket?

Who'd miss the point on a hedgehog? Who's going to lose you money? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, the Strongest Link is Ian.

Tracey is the Weakest Link, but who will be the first to take the Walk of Shame?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Tracey.

Tracey.

Philip.

Philip.

-Marlon.

-Philip.

-Tracey.

-Tracey.

Philip.

We have a tie, team. Philip and Tracey, four votes each.

-Dinos...

-Hello, Anne!

-When I think of Dinos, I think of someone olive-skinned, sexy, strapping...

-That's me.

-Do you pull a lot of housewives on holiday?

-Don't need to. I have a lovely girlfriend.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-And what do you do?

-Er, we do everything together.

No, no. Be careful. This is a family show. What do you do?

-I'm a student. Chemistry and Maths.

-And you've got a girlfriend!

-That's right.

-How do you get a girlfriend if you study Chemistry and Maths?

-We fell in love at school.

-Did you?

-Where do you take her?

-Er, I take her to the cinema.

-Do you go in the back row?

-We do.

-What do you do in the back row?

-Er, well, we watch the film.

-Oh, do you? Of course - you're a Maths student. Why Philip?

Er, he got a question wrong and lost us some money.

-What do you do, Dave?

-I'm a director of a comedy club.

-What's your particular job?

-I'm responsible for the sales.

-You've got to sell the comedy club?

-Yeah, corporate packages. We're a big club, Anne.

-Are you?

-Where's the club?

-In Bristol.

-And it's a funny club?

-Hilarious.

-So if you were trying to sell me a big package, have you got one?

-Adequate for the purpose, Anne.

Yes, OK. You try to sell me your package. Go on.

Our package, Anne, will be right up your street. Size is clearly important to you

and we can get 300 people in there, but there's also something to suit every taste.

-Why Tracey?

-Just because... One or two people got an answer wrong, but Tracey stood out.

-The Strongest Link has to decide the casting vote. That was Ian. What do you do?

-I'm a welder, Anne.

Yes. What's the most interesting thing about welding?

There isn't... Well, the pay packet.

-What do you do to brighten your dull life, Ian?

-I ride my motorcycle.

-And where do you go to?

-We meet up with a few friends and we'll run out to Southport or...

It's that sad, is it? Southport?

-Well, it's not where you're going, it's how you get there.

-We all know you go on your bike.

-We do, yes.

-Why Philip? Cos he's a magistrate?

-That was one thing that swung it.

Philip and Tracey got one wrong.

OK, you've got a choice now. You can stick with Philip or... you could move on to Tracey.

I'll stick with my conviction and vote Philip off.

Philip, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The team voted me off, I believe, because I was the biggest threat,

the person with the most experience and knowledge. The person I'd like to see off next is Ian.

He could have used a bit more thought in coming to the decision as to who should be off in that round.

Round 2. In the bank, £400. We take 10 seconds off your time.

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

Start the clock.

What A goes before book for a term for a written collection of names and contact numbers of friends?

Can you repeat the question?

-What A goes before book for a term...

-Address!

Which summer fruit, closely related to the currant, is green when unripe, often has a hairy skin

and is made into a fool?

-Gooseberry.

-Correct.

-Bank!

A large group of flying bees, especially when led by a queen,

is called a scrum or swarm?

-Swarm.

-In the British military, having been formed in 1918,

which of the armed services is the youngest?

I... Pass.

RAF.

Lake Bala is the English name of the largest natural lake in which country of the UK?

-Wales?

-Correct. What B is the usual first word to a response to a question beginning, "Why?"?

-Because.

-Correct.

In the children's TV series Rainbow, the pink character called George was which type of animal?

-A horse.

-A hippo.

The official currency of the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 was called the Deutsch what?

-Mark.

-The Suez Canal links the Red Sea to which other body of water?

-The Atlantic.

-Mediterranean.

What L is the term for the words of a song, as opposed to the tune?

-Lyrics.

-In a singles tennis match, if each player has won one point in a particular game,

the umpire announces the score as 15 what?

-Love.

-All.

In 1930, which vegetable with a three-letter name was the first to be marketed in frozen form?

-Pea.

-The type of porcelain in which the clay contains skeletal ash is often known as what china?

-Bone.

-Correct.

-Bank!

A temporary sharp increase in the birth-rate, such as that which followed WWII, is a baby what?

Boom.

At its greatest size in the 2nd century AD,

the Roman Empire extended to Europe, Asia and the north of which other continent?

-Africa?

-Correct.

In the stories by Agatha Christie, Miss Marple lives in a village called St Mary what?

-Mead.

-Bank.

-What C is a word for both an outer garment with sleeves and the hair covering of an animal?

-Coat.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight, which British...

Time's up. You won £220, but who's more lost than a Civil Service laptop?

Who'd try to hold up a river bank?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The statistics reveal that Dinos is the Strongest Link.

Dave is the Weakest Link, but will the other players realise that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Tracey.

Marlon.

Dave.

Dave.

-Dave.

-Dave.

Dave.

Tracey.

-What do you do, Molly?

-I'm a change and development assistant.

-Where?

-At a cheese factory.

-What sort of cheese is there?

-All sorts. We do Cheddar, Stilton, Cheshire, Double Gloucester.

-You name it, we do it.

-Where does Stilton come from?

-Does that come from Stilton?

-It comes from Melton Mowbray.

-Does it?

-Yes.

-And where does Cheshire cheese come from?

-Cheshire, I'd imagine.

-You only imagine?

-I'd say so, yeah.

-Are you a big cheese?

-No! Very low down, Anne.

-Are you? Has there ever been a fire at the cheese factory?

-No.

-Then there would be one great big fondue, wouldn't there?

-There would!

-Why Dave?

-I didn't notice anybody else getting one wrong. Dave definitely did.

-Marlon...

-Hi, how's it going?

Put your board down. Where did you get your top?

-I made it myself.

-You didn't borrow it from your gran?

-No.

-Is it on inside out?

-No, it's the right way round.

-Are you very cool?

-I think I am.

-You THINK you are.

-I try to be.

-Could I be as cool as you?

-Yeah, you can try to.

-How?

-I'll make you some nice clothes.

-I'd look even more like your gran than you do.

-No.

-Put your board up.

-Why Dave?

-He's the only one I could vote who got one wrong.

Dave, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Anne asked me, because I work in a comedy club environment, to tell a joke.

If, at our club, the people that were involved in the running of the club and putting on shows

were up there on the stage, I don't think we'd have a business!

Round 3. In the bank, £620. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Dinos. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

Which burrowing mammal is notorious for creating hills of earth...

-A mole.

-Correct.

The rapper born Cornell Haynes Junior in Texas in 1974 adopted what stage name -

Nancy or Nelly?

-Nelly.

-A rough and irregular depression in a road surface caused by wear and weathering is a pot...?

-Hole.

-Which hyphenated term is officially used to describe a magazine that is distributed free

to passengers on board an aircraft?

-Pass.

-In-flight.

The character played by Al Murray who recommends a glass of white wine for the lady is the Pub what?

-Landlord.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What V is the single-word term for a strict vegetarian who abstains from all products of animal origin?

-Vegan.

-In north-west England, the Kingsway and Queensway tunnels that link Liverpool and the Wirral

pass beneath which river?

-The Mersey.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the 1995 film Braveheart,

-Mel Gibson says, "They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our..."?

-Freedom!

In Christianity, a gesture made by touching the forehead, then the chest, then each shoulder

is making the sign of the...?

-Cross.

-What P is the name commonly given to the division of India in 1947 into two republics?

-Pakistan.

-Partition.

The Holby City actor who won the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing is Tom who?

Could you repeat the question? Sorry.

-The Holby City actor who won the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing is Tom who?

-Pass.

Chambers. In the 1931 painting called The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali,

a group of which small insects is depicted on a fob watch?

-Ants?

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Johann Sebastian Bach was chiefly known for playing the guitar or the organ?

-The organ.

-An electric typewriter with the characters on a rotating metal device

was named after which specific item of sports equipment?

Can you say that again, please?

An electric typewriter with the characters on a rotating metal device

-was named after which item of sports equipment?

-Pass.

-Golf ball.

The name given to the dried berry of a pepper plant is a pepper what?

-Corn.

-Correct. According to the cliche, what C are men...

Time's up and you won £90. Who's as much use as a fortune teller on Time Team?

Who's destined for despair? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With no correct answers, Molly is the Weakest Link.

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Dinos, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Ian.

Lorraine.

Lorraine.

-Lorraine.

-Molly.

Ian.

Molly.

-Tracey, what do you do?

-I'm a student midwife, Anne.

-Really? Do you say, "Push!"?

-When it comes to the right time.

-Do you ever say, "Pull!" for a joke?

-Er, no, Anne.

-So supposing I've been in labour for 21 hours and it's just about to happen.

-What would you be saying to me?

-I'd be encouraging the lady...

-No, no, I'm the lady.

-Really, Anne?

-I'm sorry?

-So you're telling me that you're in childbirth, Anne?

-Yes. We're pretending.

-OK.

-How encouraging are you going to be?

-Very encouraging.

-Go on, then!

-Let's hear you.

-You're doing well, carry on....

-Same old thing, blah, blah, blah.

-Not the same old thing.

-You have different speeches?

-Not really.

-Same old thing.

-Well, yeah.

-Why Lorraine?

-Because I recall her getting a question wrong.

-Ian, why Lorraine?

-I remember it was near the end of the round

and she got a question wrong. It just stuck in my mind.

Lorraine, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The team have lost a valuable player in myself. If they kept me on, they would have ended up with more money.

Round 4. In the bank, £710. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Dinos. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

On Radio 2, which DJ began presenting an afternoon show in 1999

and includes items on obscure information he calls factoids?

-Mark Lamarr?

-Steve Wright.

Someone who is fit and well is in rude health or saucy strength?

-Rude health.

-The two American mortgage lenders bailed out by the US Government in 2008

are Fannie Mae and Freddie what?

-Pass.

-Mac.

The oesophagus carries food from the mouth down to which organ, the first major site of digestion?

-Stomach.

-The paper size most commonly used for standard business letters

is known by what alphanumeric name?

-A4.

-What H is the title of the drama series first shown in 2004 starring Robert Vaughn

as a con man called Albert Stroller?

-Hustle?

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In weaponry, a fletcher was a maker of which projectiles?

-Er, arrows.

-Which pre-decimal coin was traditionally put in a Christmas pudding - a farthing or a sixpence?

-A sixpence.

-Bank.

-In maths, what is the positive square root of 121?

-7.

-11.

What J is the word for a short crowbar used by burglars to lever open a door?

-Pass.

-Jemmy.

The letters in the name of the vaccination known as MMR stand for Measles, Mumps and...

-Rubella.

-The lapwing is a British bird sometimes known as the peewit or the dimwit?

-Peewit.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Amsterdam and Enduring Love are novels by which British author?

-No idea, pass.

-Ian McEwan.

In horror films, which type of well-known mythical creature becomes active during a full moon?

A werewolf.

In chess, the computer that defeated World champion Garry Kasparov over a series of six games in 1997

was called Deep what?

-Blue.

-Correct. Molly...

-Bank!

The Kings of Leon had a UK number one single in 2008 with Pants On Fire or Sex on Fire?

-Sex On Fire!

-Correct.

Answer in time... but no bank followed it. You won £250.

Who's the madame of mistakes? Who's a monsieur in a muddle?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Having answered the most questions, Mary is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, Ian is the Weakest Link, but can he survive the vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Ian.

Molly.

Dinos.

Dinos.

Ian.

Ian.

-What do you do, Mary?

-I'm a writer, Anne.

-What do you write?

-I write books.

-What sort of books?

-All sorts. Non-fiction recently, but a lot of fiction, too.

-Novels?

-Yes.

-And who reads your novels?

-Mostly ladies, I would think.

-Are they bodice rippers?

There have been one or two.

-The women take their clothes off?

-The men do, too. Some of them.

And then what happens?

They get very close together and I usually draw the veil at actually describing things.

-Do you?

-Yes.

-Have you not enough knowledge of that kind of thing?

-You'd have to ask my husband.

-Yes, I know about it, but I don't want to offend my mother or my sons.

-I see.

-Why Ian?

-He's beside me and he got a couple of really rotten questions, which he got wrong.

-So, Dinos...

-Yes, Anne?

-Why Ian?

-Cos he got the square root of 121 question wrong.

-I bet you know that!

-I do.

-Do you know all the square roots?

-Of course.

-What's interesting about them?

-They're just beautiful.

-Which way in particular?

-The way that you can square them back to get the original answer.

Are square roots your favourite?

-No, Venn diagrams are my favourite.

-What's so good about them?

Er, they're basically two circles and they overlap in the middle...

-I think I've just got too excited.

-All right. I'll let you go.

Ian, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

In the last round, I voted for Molly as she seemed to get a couple of questions wrong.

But I was originally going to vote for Dinos, which in hindsight I should have done

and I'd still be there now.

Round 5. In the bank, £960. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Mary. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

Burlington Bertie is betting slang for odds of 100 to what?

-30.

-What B is the name for the item of headwear traditionally bought by women

to wear in church on Easter Sunday?

-Pass.

-Bonnet.

On which long-running BBC quiz show do contestants answer questions on a specialist subject

and then on general knowledge?

-Mastermind.

-Which word precedes "toad" in the name of the animal introduced to Australia in 1935

and follows "sugar" in that of the crop it was meant to protect?

Can you repeat the question, please?

Which word precedes "toad" in the name of the animal introduced to Australia in 1935

-and follows "sugar" in that of the crop it was meant to protect?

-Cane.

What's the four-letter name given to the long wall of earth built in the Netherlands to keep out sea water?

-Dyke.

-What P is defined as the practice of having several wives or husbands at the same time?

-Polyandry.

-No, polygamy.

In an expression adapted from a poem by William Cooper, which hot beverage is the cup that cheers

but does not inebriate?

-Tea?

-Correct. The 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton,

based on the same novel as the 1986 film Manhunter, was Red what?

Can you repeat the question?

The 2002 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton,

based on the same novel as the 1986 film Manhunter, was Red what?

-Dragon?

-Correct. Which term for childbirth is also the name of a major UK political party?

-Labour.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In the USA, Big Ben, Great Basin and Mammoth Cave are all national parks or historic buildings?

-National parks.

-The character called Flashman originally appeared in the 1857 novel Tom Brown's what?

-Schooldays.

-In pop music in 1974,

guitarist Chris Stein and vocalist Deborah Harry formed which group?

-Pass.

-Blondie.

What I is the single-word term...

Time's up and you won £100.

Who's the Shakespeare and who just shakes?

Who's the Rooney and who's the loony? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Molly is the Weakest Link with the most wrong answers.

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Dinos, but who will the team want off?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Molly.

Mary.

-Mary.

-Mary.

Molly.

-Marlon, why Mary?

-Well, she got a question wrong and she voted for me previously.

-Molly, did you think Mary was the worst player?

-No, it was me, definitely. I can't vote for myself.

Sorry, Mary.

Mary, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Anne asked me about bodice rippers, which I have written a couple of.

She might be a fan. She knows the term and might be a closet bodice ripper reader. Who knows?

Round 6. In the bank, £1,060. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

Appliances such as fridges and freezers are usually described as what colour goods?

-White?

-Correct. A contour line joins places on a map of equal what - pressure or elevation?

Elevation.

In 2009, for the first time in its history, the Dakar Rally was held in Chile and which country?

-Mexico?

-Argentina.

The US educational series for pre-school children first shown in 1969 with characters by Jim Henson

-is entitled Sesame...

-Street!

What K is a Greek word for glory that has been adopted into English to mean acclaim?

-Kappa?

-Kudos.

The flag that is flown at a palace when the monarch is in residence is called the royal what?

-Flag?

-Standard. Which Western alliance involving the USA and European countries

was founded in 1949 and now has its HQ in Brussels?

Can you repeat the question?

Which Western alliance involving the USA and European countries

was founded in 1949 and now has its HQ in Brussels?

-NATO?

-Correct.

In the Peanuts cartoon strip, the character referred to by Peppermint Patty as Chuck has what first name?

Can you repeat the question?

In the Peanuts cartoon strip, the character referred to by Peppermint Patty as Chuck has what first name?

-Snoopy?

-Charlie.

Surface tension is a property of gases or liquids?

-Liquids.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The two large rocks on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar are the Pillars of whom?

-Pass.

-Hercules.

What L is the name for a machine on which a thread wound round a shuttle is passed through others

to create a textile?

Can you repeat the question?

What L is the name for a machine on which a thread wound round...

Time's up. You only won £20. So maybe Tracey hasn't delivered.

Perhaps Dinos doesn't add up.

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the fourth time in the game, Dinos is the Strongest Link.

Tracey is, statistically, the Weakest Link, but whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Dinos.

Dinos.

Dinos.

Tracey.

-Marlon, why Dinos?

-He's the only one I remember getting a question wrong.

-You thought he was the worst player?

-No, we all got one wrong, I think.

-Why did you vote for Dinos?

He's the closest... No, he's not. Well...

-He just stood out the most for me, to be honest.

-Not because he'd be trouble in the final?

Not really, no. We were all as bad as each other, to be honest.

-Tracey, why Dinos?

-He got a question wrong and he voted for me earlier. I remembered that.

All very fishy.

Dinos, of course, was the best player. It's votes that count.

Dinos, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was fantastic meeting Anne. I think she really felt attracted to me, especially my choice of degree.

I could feel the chemistry. There was a bond there.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,080. Another 10 seconds off your time.

You voted off the Strongest Link, so we'll start with Marlon. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Drew Barrymore is asked by an anonymous phone caller, "Do you like scary movies?"

in which 1996 horror film?

-Scream.

-Which type of transport system gets its name from being a train running on a single track?

-Tram.

-Monorail.

Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s, once represented the USA in which contest -

Miss World or Mr Universe?

-Miss World.

-The three small bones in the middle ear are known as the anvil, the stirrup and which other?

-Cochlear?

-Hammer.

The lyrics, "All the lonely people, where do they all come from?"

-are from a song by The Beatles entitled Eleanor who?

-Pass.

-Rigby.

What P is the term for the standard working out of a theorem?

-Pi.

-Proof.

The 1848 novel Dombey and Son was written by which author?

-Pass.

-Charles Dickens. Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Polish

all belong to which major group of Indo-European languages?

-Pass.

-Slav.

The French-born ballerina who trained as a gymnast before joining the Royal Ballet in 1989

is Sylvie who?

-Pass.

-Guillem.

Which London district is often satirised as the home of the chattering classes -

Hampstead or Hounslow?

-Hampstead.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The long depression that runs from Uganda to Malawi is a split in the Earth's crust called The Great...?

-Valley?

-No, Rift Valley.

Which actress married Ben Affleck in 2005 and gave birth to their second child in 2009,

a girl named Seraphina?

-Jennifer Garner.

-Correct.

Couldn't be bothered to bank?

No.

-Too cool to bank?

-Too cool for school, yeah.

Time's up. You won £20. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With all her answers wrong, Molly is the Weakest Link.

The Strongest Link, statistically, is Tracey, but who will lose out in the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Marlon.

Marlon.

Molly.

-Tracey, why Marlon?

-Cos we all got a question wrong,

but I remembered Marlon's and thought, "I know that one!" That's the only reason I chose him.

-How did that round go for you, Molly?

-Absolutely appalling.

-You didn't answer a single question.

-No.

-Why are you voting for Marlon?

-To keep the girls together.

Marlon, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I don't think I was the Weakest Link. It was a lot of tactical voting.

Molly should have gone. She got no questions right.

In the final, I would have won.

Out of Molly and Tracey to win, none of them. They don't deserve the money. It should have been me!

Round 8. In the bank, £1,100. In this round, 90 seconds.

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

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

In winter sports, what is the event where competitors leap from a ramp

and score on technique and distance?

-Triple jump.

-Ski jump. In medicine, what L is the name of a semi-parasitic worm

applied to the body to suck blood?

-Leech.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The Department of Work and Pensions' telephone service to help people find employment is Jobseeker what?

-Line?

-Direct.

-The style of comic book art known as manga originated in which Asian country?

-India?

Japan. The Latin term meaning dark room that describes a box with a hole in it

through which an image is received is camera what?

-Sorry.

-Obscura.

-The first gospel in the New Testament is attributed to which of the 12 apostles?

-John?

St Matthew. Which of these animals is higher up in the food chain - a sparrow or a sparrow hawk?

-Sparrow hawk.

-Correct.

-Bank!

An enemy of Robin Hood, played in films by Basil Rathbone, Tom Baker and Michael Wincott,

is Guy of where?

-London?

-Gisborne. What C is the common name of the chemical that was discovered in 1831

and used until the 1950s as an anaesthetic?

-Chlorophyll?

-No, chloroform. Molly, in geography...

Time's up. You won £40. We will treble that.

It gives you prize money today of:

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

So, Molly and Tracey, for £1,220, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Molly, as the Strongest Link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first.

Which letter of the alphabet was the title of the 2008 film directed by Oliver Stone

that's a biography of President George Bush Junior?

-J?

-The correct answer is W.

The Daily Slab and The Daily Granite were titles of newspapers in which long-running TV cartoon series?

-I don't know, Anne.

-The correct answer is The Flintstones.

What is the appropriate surname of the South African golfer called Gary,

who between 1959 and 1978 won nine Major championships?

-Woods?

-The answer is Player.

Which city is the capital of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus?

Paphos.

The correct answer is Nicosia.

Which semi-parasitic plant, native to Britain, bears white berries

and has the alternative names all heal, bird lime, devil's fuge and golden bough?

-Deadly nightshade?

-The correct answer is mistletoe.

Going very well(!) In a 2008 interview,

which veteran US comedienne said of her plastic surgery,

"When they bury me and dig me up, they'll discover I'm non-recyclable and non-biodegradable"?

-Joan Rivers?

-That is correct.

A strong alcoholic drink marketed as Special Brew was first produced by a Danish company in 1950

to commemorate a visit to that country by which British political dignitary?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Winston Churchill.

In 1665, at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire,

who further developed the branch of maths now called calculus

and demonstrated the colours of the spectrum?

-Calcula?

-The correct answer is Isaac Newton.

The name of which group, who had UK hit singles with The Love Cats and The Caterpillar,

is a term meaning the remedy of illness?

-The Cure!

-That is the correct answer.

What's the current title of the left-wing weekly magazine

whose editors have included John Freeman, Paul Johnson, Richard Crossman and Anthony Howard?

-The Observer?

-The correct answer is the New Statesman.

After five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Molly and Tracey, let's play Sudden Death.

Molly, the tea cake named after a baker called Sally Lunn

and a biscuit named after physician William Oliver were both originally made in which English city?

-Bakewell?

-The answer is Bath.

In classical music, which opera by Harrison Birtwhistle, first staged in 1968,

took its title from a traditional seaside entertainment for children?

-Punch and Judy?

-That is correct.

That means, Tracey, you are today's Strongest Link and you go away with:

Molly, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

When my friends and family see me on TV, they're not going to be able to believe I got to the final

cos I just don't know that much, really!

As my mother thought I was never going to win it, I'm pleased to say, Mum, I've actually won!

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