16/05/2013 Weakest Link

Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,

only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.

The rest will leave with nothing

as one by one they're 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 don't know each other,

however, if they want that money they'll have to work as a team.

But eight of them will leave with nothing

as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Jeff, 37, from Leicester and I'm a business development manager.

I'm Tim, I'm 42, I'm from Burnley and I'm a postman.

I'm Laura, I'm 35, I'm from Cambridge and I'm an accountant.

I'm Darren, I'm 29, from Bournemouth, and I'm a sales director.

I'm Gwerfyl, I'm 60,

I live in Bridgend, South Wales, and I'm retired.

I'm Emma, I'm 23, I'm from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire

and I'm a research scientist.

My name's Liz, I'm 41, I'm from Littleborough in Lancashire

and I'm a reflexologist.

I'm James, I'm 19,

I'm from Birmingham and I'm taking a gap year before university.

My name is Iain, I'm 30, I'm from Leeds and I'm an IT trainer.

Now the rules. In each round the aim is to answer enough questions

to reach your £1,000 target

within the time limit.

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

Get one wrong and you lose the money in that chain.

If you say bank before the question is asked the money is safe.

However, you start a new chain.

Remember, at the end of the round, only money that has been banked can be taken forward.

In round one there are 3 minutes.

We'll start with the person who's first alphabetically, Darren.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

First question is for £20, start the clock.

In the nursery rhyme Row, Row, Row Your Boat, life is but a what?

Dream.

In which country are there farms called crofts, Scotland or Wales?

Scotland.

Wholemeal, plain and self-raising are types of which culinary product?

Flour.

Where was The Liver Birds set?

Liverpool.

What E is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear?

Earrings.

The charity RoSPA is the Royal Society for the Prevention of what?

Accidents.

-Bank.

-What is the capital of Spain?

Madrid.

What relation is Minnie Mouse to Mickey Mouse, girlfriend or sister?

Girlfriend.

Which is the most southwesterly county of England?

Cornwall.

Which word can mean a piece of land, the locality of a battle

or the participants in a race?

Field.

In which 1980s TV sitcom was Gladys Pugh the chief yellowcoat at Maplins holiday camp?

Hi-De-Hi.

What L is to cause a body to rise or remain suspended in the air in defiance of gravity?

Levitation.

In bowling of which items are there officially either nine or ten?

Bowls.

Pins.

The 2001 BBC TV serial The Way We Live Now

is based on a novel by Anthony who?

Pass.

Trollope.

In which city is the Royal National throat, nose and ear hospital?

London.

Where in a fraction does the numerator appear above or below the line?

Above.

-Bank.

-The 1998 film Saving Private Ryan

was set during which world war?

-Vietnam.

-No, two.

Who wrote the poem I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth?

-Don't know.

-Pam Ayres.

What G is a drink traditionally made with rum and water that has become a slang term for alcohol?

-Er...pass.

-Grog.

In pop music, which former Neighbours actress had a UK hit single in 1997 with Torn?

-Kylie Minogue?

-No, Natalie Imbruglia.

Which of these is one of the Seven Deadly Sins sarcasm or sloth?

Sloth.

In maths, what is 97 plus 23?

120.

In the animal kingdom, what O is another name for the killer whale?

-Pass.

-Orca.

TV: which member of the Absolutely Fabulous cast wrote the series?

Jennifer Saunders.

Name the inn that appears in the title of a Daphne Du Maurier novel.

Jamaica.

-Bank.

-Myrtle is a species of bird or plant?

Plant.

The French phrase for the main...

Time's up.

In that first round, what a great disappointment you turned out to be.

At one stage, you answered

12 questions correctly in a row.

Which means, without any difficulty whatsoever,

you could have reached your target.

In fact, you didn't. You only reached £850.

Who caused the trouble?

Who lost you the money?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having given the most wrong answers,

James is statistically the weakest link.

The strongest link is Jeff, but who will take the first walk of shame?

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

Iain, remind me what you do.

-I'm an IT trainer, my little tiger shark.

-What does an IT trainer do?

Makes the world of IT understandable to normal people like ourselves.

-If you're a trainer, are you one of us or one of them?

-A bit of both.

-Why James?

-James got two questions wrong during that round.

-Liz, you're a reflexologist.

-I am.

-So you gain knowledge looking at feet.

-I touch them as well.

-Why James?

-I think he was the weakest link. He got two wrong.

-Laura, you're an accountant.

-I am.

-What sort of accounting do you do?

-I work in construction.

-What are you building at the moment?

-Big, expensive houses.

-Do you have an expensive house?

-Yes.

-What's your house worth?

Erm, about 300,000.

Oh, really? How interesting.

-Why James?

-He was the weakest link. He got two wrong.

He was indeed. James, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm very embarrassed.

I've got to go and face a lot of stick.

It's hurt my pride. I think that Tim should be here instead of me.

I don't think he's very intelligent.

Round two, team. So far you have in the kitty £850.

There are eight of you left.

We take ten seconds from the clock.

We start with the strongest link, that's Jeff.

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

Which North American rodent is renowned for building dams?

Beaver.

According to the title of the 1980s cartoon,

Gordon, Phantom and Mandrake were defenders of the what?

-Universe.

-No, the Earth.

In the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire,

who provides the voice of the hero, Milo Thatch Richard E Grant or Michael J Fox?

-Richard E Grant.

-No, Michael J Fox.

In 1993, Jo Whiley became a regular DJ on which BBC radio station?

Radio 1.

What N is the term for a book in which the actions of characters take place within a fictional plot?

Novel.

Who was described as "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys?

Elizabeth I?

Nell Gwyn.

The South African city of Kimberley is a centre for the mining of what?

Diamonds.

What is 300 divided by 20?

-Sixty.

-Fifteen.

What W is a name of the church festival Pentecost?

-Whit.

-Whitsun. I'll accept Whit.

The wildebeest is a large antelope indigenous to which continent?

Africa.

How many minutes are there in one half of a rugby union game?

-Forty-five.

-No, forty.

What was the first name of the 19thC novelist Mrs Gaskell?

-Eileen.

-Elizabeth(!)

Which cartoon dog has cousins named Scooby-Dum and Whoopsy-Doo?

Scooby-Doo.

A quadrille is a piece of music to accompany which activity?

Dancing.

In the 1998 film The Object Of My Affection,

which Friends actress played Nina?

Jennifer Aniston.

-Bank.

-In English what is the past participle of the verb to fall?

Fallen.

What did the J stand for

in the initials of the writer JRR Tolkein James or John?

-James.

-No, John.

Which Asian country was ruled by Pol Pot?

Pass.

Cambodia.

What C is the name of a hand-held instrument similar to an accordion?

Don't know.

Concertina.

Which European city was divided by a wall in 1961?

Berlin.

With what fastening do pearly kings and queens decorate their suits?

Buttons.

-Bank.

-In a church, what V is where books and vestments are kept?

Vestry. Bank. >

In which US...

Time's up.

And from very nearly reaching your target of £1,000

you have, in that second round,

completely demolished your reputation. You banked just £170.

Whose toolbox is missing a spanner? Whose candle is short of a wick?

Whose knowledge has turned to porridge?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Laura is the weakest link,

she didn't get any answers right.

Gwerfyl is the strongest link, she gave the most correct answers.

But who will lose out in the vote?

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

Gwerfyl...

-Always had that name?

-Yes.

-What does it mean in English?

-It doesn't have a meaning, it's from Welsh literature.

-Is it?

-What was Gwerfyl?

-She was the love of a famous Welsh poet.

-So she was good in bed, was she?

-So they say, yes.

-Right.

-I'm not making such claims.

-What do you do?

-I'm retired, Anne. I was a teacher.

-Oh, you were a teacher from Wales!

-Yes, absolutely.

Dear, dear, dear. Why Tim?

Well, he did get a couple of questions wrong

and Tim is a postman perhaps it's time for him to go to bed.

-Darren...what do you do?

-I'm a sales director.

-What sort of sales?

-Computer training courses.

-You sell them, do you?

-Yeah, we provide them for people, yeah.

Sell me a training course.

-Would you like a computer training course?

-No.

OK, then. Thank you.

Why Tim?

He got a couple wrong, hesitated on Cambodia

-and that's a shocking shirt.

-You think he was the weakest link?

Yes.

Laura, the accountant.

Could you work out who was the weakest link in that round?

-It was me.

-Indeed it was.

So, your £300,000 house...

did somebody else pay for it?

Mmm...hard work paid for it.

-Whose hard work?

-Mine. And my husband's.

Oh, right. Why Tim?

The hesitation got me.

-You think that's worse than getting every question wrong?

-Hmmm.

Statistically, Laura was the worst player

but it's votes that matter.

Tim, they're posting you home.

With five votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel gutted because I wasn't the weakest link, Laura was.

She got all her questions wrong. I want the weakest link to come off.

I don't care who, but if Laura gets everything wrong she should be here.

Round three, team, and out of £2,000 you've banked £1,020.

You're down to seven players, we're taking another ten seconds off,

we'll start with the strongest link, Gwerfyl.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Where do moray eels live, freshwater or saltwater?

-Freshwater.

-Saltwater.

In architecture, what is the shape of a rose window?

Circular.

Where are the Blue Mountains and the Great Dividing Range?

Australia.

Which 1975 UK number one by Queen features the line "I see a little silhouetto of a man"?

Bohemian Rhapsody?

Correct.

-Bank.

-Of French origin, what M is the name of a puppet worked by strings?

Marionette.

What is 263 minus 70?

193.

In physics, how many kilowatts are there in one gigawatt, 100 or one million?

-100.

-No, one million.

In James Bond films, what is the surname of the villain

played by Telly Savalas and Donald Pleasance?

Blofeld.

In UK honours, for what do the initials BE stand in OBE?

British Empire.

In which UK country did the Chelsea bun originate?

England. Bank! >

In 1956, WH Auden became professor of poetry at which university, Oxford or Cambridge?

Oxford.

In the rhyme "One, two, buckle my shoe,

"Three, four, knock at the door,"

-the next line is "Five, six, pick up..." what?

-Sticks.

In physics, what has the longer wavelength, infrared or ultraviolet?

Infrared. Bank. >

Who led the British expedition which reached the South Pole in 1912

but died on the return?

Scott.

In maths, what is two divided by two?

One.

Which organisation is known by its initials WHO?

World Health Organisation. Bank. >

What A is the Greek philosopher who founded the theory that there were four basic elements?

Aristotle.

Underpants with full-length legs are informally known as long what?

Johns.

For which Olympics did Zola Budd take British citizenship so she could compete,

the 1976 or the 1984?

The nineteen...

eighty-four. Bank. >

Rupert Brooke wrote the famous line "There's some corner of a foreign field that is forever" where?

-France.

-England!

Terry Wogan presents a TV show called whose Bloomers?

Auntie's.

In biology, which sex has a Y chro...

Time's up, the correct answer is female.

And you banked half what you could have done, £500.

Who's as useful as a bikini in the Arctic?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune,

Gwerfyl has gone from being strongest link

to the weakest link.

Jeff is statistically the strongest link

but will the others have noticed?

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

Jeff, you're in business development, are you?

I am.

-What do you develop?

-Relationships with parcel carriers.

-You develop relationships with parcel carriers!

-I do, mmm.

And for those of us who speak English, tell us.

We help parcel carriers to become more efficient

at getting parcels to you.

So you teach people who deliver parcels how to do it efficiently?

No, we provide computing solutions to help them do it better.

They can't be very good computers cos not many are any good. Why Laura?

To quote somebody with greater intelligence than I,

I think she's about as useful as a bikini in the Arctic.

She probably doesn't need the Arctic,

she's probably got a swimming pool in her £300,000 house.

-Emma, you're a research scientist.

-Yes.

-What have you discovered?

-Nothing yet.

-How long have you been at it?

-A year.

-What are you hoping to come up with?

I'm looking at novel genes to discover their function.

-Any of those connected with the brain?

-Yes, actually.

-Have you looked at your own brain?

-That would be quite hard.

Why, cos it's so small?

-Why Laura?

-I think she was the weakest link.

Yes, indeed, Laura, with that fantastically expensive house,

it's time to go back.

With five votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't like weak people and I find Emma a little weak and weedy.

The next person off should be Gwerrrrfyl because it stops people having to say her name.

Round four, team. Out of a possible £3,000

you have banked £1,520.

Six of you left, ten seconds off, you now have two and a half minutes.

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

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Who was the brother of King Edward VIII who succeeded him in 1936?

-Pass.

-George VI.

What C is the name given to the glazed printed cotton cloth used as a furnishing fabric?

-Er...chemise?

-Chintz.

According to the saying, when someone has realised something, what is said to have dropped?

The penny.

The title of the film musical starring Susan Sarandon

is the Rocky Horror Picture what?

Show.

In which country is the birthplace of St Joan of Arc?

France. Bank. >

If a square is cut diagonally, triangles of which sort are produced, isosceles or equilateral?

-Equilateral.

-No, isosceles.

Which lord disappeared after the death of his children's nanny in 1974?

Lord Lucan.

Which is the French name of the product consisting of a stick of chocolate within a bread casing?

Pain au chocolat.

Which city has the parliamentary constituencies of Govan, Kelvin and Maryhill?

Glasgow. Bank. >

What A is the name for the rocky objects that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter?

Asteroids.

In which 1986 film did Sean Connery play a 14th century friar

investigating mysterious deaths at a remote abbey?

The Name Of The Rose.

Which female US singer released her second greatest hits collection titled GHV2 in November 2001?

Madonna?

-Bank.

-Which Belgian city has hosted the Olympic Games, Brussels or Antwerp?

Antwerp.

In which English county are the towns of Kendal and Workington?

-Kent.

-Cumbria(!)

What K is the name of a flightless bird from New Zealand that has nostrils on its bill?

Kiwi.

Which three-letter Latin word is used in travel directions to mean by way of?

Via.

The name of which pig-meat product is also a term for an amateur radio operator?

Ham.

-Bank.

-Which party won a majority in the 1945 General Election?

Labour.

The author of The Moon And Sixpence and Of Human Bondage is Somerset who?

-Vaughan.

-No, Maugham.

Time's up

and you banked £400 out of a possible £1,000.

Who has broken their window of opportunity? Whose car is stuck in neutral?

Who isn't up to the job? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

With the fewest right answers, Darren is the weakest link.

Emma is the strongest link as she answered all her questions correctly and banked money.

But who will the team want out?

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

Jeff, why Darren?

Darren's a very good IT trainer and I need to send him off home

so he can teach me how to do my job.

-Iain.

-Yes, my little red snapper?

-You've got a boring job but I can't remember what it is.

I'm an IT trainer, which is not a boring job.

I think it is. Why Darren?

He got a couple of questions wrong

and if he drives me to Workington in Kent I ain't gonna see many rugby league games.

Darren, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I am extremely frustrated about being voted off at this stage.

I thought Jeff was the weakest link.

There's obviously some sort of vendetta against Darren today.

Round five

and out of a possible £4,000 you have won £1,920.

Five of you left, ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link. That's Emma. Let's play The Weakest Link.

In the 1985 film Pale Rider, which actor starred as a lone horseman dressed as a preacher?

Clint Eastwood?

In the UK, what B is a city served by Aldergrove International Airport?

-Birmingham.

-Belfast.

In 2001, Isaac Julien, Mike Nelson and Richard Billingham

were shortlisted for which art prize?

The Turner Prize.

In pop music, what was the full name of the female lead vocalist

on the year 2000 UK number one single GrooveJet If This Ain't Love?

-I've no idea.

-Sophie Ellis Bextor.

What does a cooper manufacture? Barrels or saucepans?

Barrels.

In which sport has Jenny Pitman been a leading figure?

-Horse riding.

-No, horse racing.

What A was the Russian princess

rumoured to be the only survivor of the Romanov family murdered in 1918?

Anastasia.

-Bank.

-Which Hollywood star was born Archibald Leach...

Cary Grant.

American author Ernest Hemingway wrote the 1929 novel A Farewell To what?

-Pass.

-Arms.

The Derbyshire village of Edale is at the southern end of which long-distance path?

The Pennine Way.

What is three plus two minus four?

One.

Which nut is used to make amaretti biscuits?

Almonds.

-Bank.

-Which Scottish brothers had hit singles with I'm Gonna Be and King Of The Road?

The Proclaimers.

What W was an English party from which the Liberal Party emerged in the mid-19th century?

-Pass.

-Whig.

In which ocean are the fishing grounds called The Grand Banks?

The Atlantic.

Which Roman numeral represents the number 50?

L.

In which 1979 film did Phil Daniels appear as young mod Jimmy Cooper?

Quadrophenia.

-Bank.

-Pommel horse which sport?

Gymnastics.

In the 1954 musical, how many brides for the seven brothers?

Seven.

In cartoons, the skunk who fell in love with the reluctant cat was called Pepe what?

Time's up. The correct answer is Le Pew. And, in that round,

you banked £240.

Whose curtains have closed? Whose flowers have drooped? Whose garden has overgrown?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

The strongest link is Iain, as he answered the most questions correctly.

The weakest link is Jeff but what will the other players consider?

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

Liz, as a reflexologist,

-do customers bring their feet to you?

-No, I take my feet to them.

-Why Jeff?

-I think he was the weakest link in that round.

Emma, what do you have to do to become a research scientist?

-You need a degree.

-What sort of degree have you got?

-A masters in molecular and cellular biochemistry.

-Why Jeff?

I think he got three questions wrong.

He should know Sophie Ellis Bextor cos he seems quite a trendy man and up on pop music.

Perhaps one of his friends the parcel carriers can take him back to Leicester.

Jeff, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

There's two people out for themselves.

Emma and Iain. They're there purely to win the money.

Probably Iain will win unless there is a girls' revolt.

Round six, team. You've won £2,160 out of a possible £5,000.

Four of you left. Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link. That's Iain. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Which science fiction author created Dirk Gently, a holistic private detective?

Douglas Adams.

According to the song, which city is so good they named it twice?

New York.

In which century did Alfred Tennyson become Poet Laureate?

-18th?

-19th.

-Bank.

-The marsupium is the anatomical name

for which part of the body of a female kangaroo?

-The stomach.

-The pouch.

Which Firth separates northwest England from Scotland?

The Solway Firth.

Which member of The Eurythmics band directed the 2000 film Honest?

-Pass.

-Dave Stewart.

Which literary family lived at Haworth Parsonage?

The Brontes.

In which decade of the 20th century was Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion?

-'20s.

-'30s.

-Bank.

-If you achieve something noteworthy, it's a feather in your what?

Cap.

What is the colour of the natural stone jet?

Black.

-Bank.

-In habeas corpus, what is the literal meaning of corpus?

Body.

What name is given to a musical score showing the singing parts in full

but the orchestral parts reduced to a piano accompaniment?

-Pass.

-Vocal score.

The faces of how many US Presidents are carved into Mount Rushmore?

Four.

The Heart of Midlothian was written by Scot Sir Walter who?

Scott.

Which word, describing someone with both male and female traits,

is derived from the Greek meaning male-female?

Androgynous.

-Bank.

-In which year of the 1990s was the Channel Tunnel officially opened to customers?

-'95.

-'94.

In which country of the UK is Caerphilly Castle?

Wales.

In film, which star of Pretty Woman was once married to model Cindy Crawford?

Richard Gere.

Bank.

Time's up and you banked £200

BUT...who needs to go back to Wales?

Who should have done more research?

Whose feet were made for walking?

Who's too smug to stay?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to answer all his questions correctly, Iain remains the strongest link.

Liz is the weakest link, getting all her answers wrong,

but will the other players have noticed this?

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

Gwerfyl, are you a bit of a swinger?

I have been in my time, but I'm a bit elderly for that now.

-So what do you do for fun now?

-I'm researching my family history.

-That must be fun.

-Were they all Welsh?

-Most of them, but not all.

Why Liz?

A few questions wrong as we all have. I fancy she was the weakest.

Emma, do you reckon Liz's genes are faulty?

-I'm sure we've all got some faulty genes.

-Oh, really?

-Even you?

-Well, I'm quite short.

-Why Liz?

-I think she got three or more questions wrong.

-Don't they teach you to count when you get a masters degree?

-We have calculators.

Liz, it's back to feet, the head hasn't done its job.

With three votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'd hoped the women might stick together but they didn't.

Iain should be here because he was an embarrassment to himself and to the rest of the players.

Round seven.

Out of a possible £6,000 you've won £2,360. Three of you left.

The retired teacher, the scientist,

and Iain, who has a job so boring I can't remember it.

We start with the strongest link. That IS Iain.

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

The BBC TV series set in Scotland starring Richard Briers is Monarch Of The what?

Glen.

By which other name is the Chinese dish Bejing Duck also known?

Peking Duck.

The ancient civilisation of which country worshipped the gods Hermes and Hades?

Greece.

-Bank.

-Fred Trueman which sport?

Cricket.

Which bird gives its name to a military marching step?

Goose step.

The 1995 Whitbread Book Of The Year by Kate Atkinson is entitled Behind The Scenes At The what?

-Pass.

-Museum.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Robin Goodfellow is another name for which character?

-Pass.

-No, Puck.

A British cooked breakfast popularly includes bacon and which poultry product?

-Pass.

-Egg(!)

Boxing: which American World Heavyweight Champion was known as The Manassa Mauler?

-Pass.

-Jack Dempsey.

In 1928, which US composer wrote An American In Paris?

-Pass.

-George Gershwin.

The TV presenter famous for demolishing industrial chimneys is Fred who?

-Pass.

-Dibner.

In which European capital city are the Column of Trajan and the Circus Maximus?

Rome.

-Bank.

-The 1987 film about a gang of vampire bikers is called The Lost what?

Boys.

Which group won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK in 1976 with Save Your Kisses For Me?

-Pass.

-No, the Brotherhood of Man.

Which of the UK armed forces has the most service personnel?

The army?

Bank.

Well, team,

you got rid of six allegedly weaker links and you won just £140.

Now in round eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank,

which means there's £3,000 to be won.

The question is...who should stay,

who should go.

It's time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

At this late stage of the game, Iain is the strongest link for the third round in a row.

Gwerfyl is the weakest link,

but who will be rejected from the team?

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

Emma. Nothing scientific about your choice is there?

Just being a horrid little girl.

Did you think Iain was the weakest link?

-I'm not sure but I don't think so.

-So why get rid of him?

It's better to take on someone who's weaker than him in the final.

-Oh, really? So it's tactical voting?

-Yes.

So you're a crafty little scientist in the end?

-Gwerfyl, who did you think was the weakest link?

-I might have been,

but at the end of the day it's survival of the fittest.

Another horrid little person. It's all sisterhood.

Well, Iain, statistically, you were the strongest link.

But it hasn't saved you. With two votes, goodbye.

I've just missed out on the final.

I didn't disgrace myself, I will leave here with my head held high.

I've come and achieved and enjoyed it.

Round eight, team. You've won £2,500 out of a possible £7,000.

Gwerfyl and Emma, the two degrees,

whatever you win in this round will be trebled and added to your final prize money.

You voted off the strongest link so we'll start with the second strongest, Emma.

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

Designated a new town in 1947, in which English county is Harlow?

-Nottinghamshire.

-Essex.

How many farthings were there in one penny?

Four.

Hurling originated in which European country?

Ireland.

The tomb of a Chinese emperor, excavated in 1974,

revealed thousands of life-sized sculptures of warriors made from what kind of clay?

-I've no idea.

-Terracotta.

According to the title of the 1970s US action series,

Lee Majors played a bionic man who was worth how many dollars?

-One million.

-Six.

The cod wars were a 1970s fishing dispute between Britain and which country?

Iceland.

What type of long-distance race is usually run over 26.2 miles?

The marathon.

-Bank.

-In which decade of the 20th century was the tomb of Tutankhamen unearthed?

The '20s.

Who is the famous son of Leo Charles Linton Blair?

Tony Blair.

Mesmerism is an outdated name for which technique of inducing deep sleep through suggestion?

Hypnosis.

-Bank.

-Jimi Hendrix had a 1968 UK hit single with All Along The what?

-Way?

-Watchtower.

What form of transport were clippers and cutters?

Boats.

Bank.

Time's up. You banked in time

and in that round you won £170 which we'll treble and add to the previous total.

That means prize money today of £3,010. But, of course,

only one of you can take that money home,

so it's head-to-head. Alternate questions,

best of five. Whoever answers most correctly, wins.

So Gwerfyl and Emma, for £3,010,

let's play The Weakest Link.

-Gwerfyl, as the strongest link you choose who goes first.

-I'll go first.

In pop music, what was the title of the first UK number one single

for the all-girl group The Supremes?

-Baby Love?

-That is the correct answer.

In 1524, in which European country did the peasants war occur?

-France?

-No, the correct answer is Germany.

What was the surname of the catering entrepreneur

who founded a chain of corner houses in 1908?

-Lyons.

-That is the correct answer.

In the UK, in which Midlands city

is the annual Goose Fair held each October?

-Birmingham?

-The correct answer is Nottingham.

In which ancient civilisation was Amen-Ra worshipped as the sun god?

-Egypt.

-That is the correct answer.

Which 1970s prison film shares its name with the French word for butterfly?

-Papillon.

-That is the correct answer.

Gwerfyl, if you answer this question correctly, you have won,

so for £3,010...

In the USA, which annual holiday originated in the autumn of 1621,

when the pilgrim settlers celebrated their first harvest?

-Thanksgiving.

-That is the correct answer.

Gwerfyl, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £3,010.

Emma, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

If I'd had Gwerfyl's questions I could have won,

because I knew the answers to her first four.

If I'd had Emma's questions I did know them,

because I've been around a little bit longer.

I'm quite disappointed because it's half my student loan.

Debts. That's why I wanted the money.