17/02/2012 Weakest Link

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

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

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

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

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

They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Bernie, I'm 64, from Exeter in Devon

and I'm a landscaper and gardener.

I'm Andrea, 49, from Leeds. I'm a moving and handling adviser.

I'm Nathan, I'm 24, from Portsmouth in Hampshire

and I'm an intern for a charity.

I'm Becky, I'm 30, I'm from Hull, East Yorkshire,

and I own an exotic pet shop.

I'm Steven, I'm 45 years old, I live in Langley in Berkshire

and I'm an airline purser.

I'm Cheryl, I'm 52, I come from Dumfries

and I'm a museum attendant.

I'm Kevin, I'm 32, I'm from Maesteg and I'm a produce manager.

I'm Suzannah, I'm 20, I'm from Bognor Regis

and I'm a Spanish and Italian student.

I'm Neill, I'm 53, I come from Trowbridge in Wiltshire

and I'm a macadam artist.

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

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

Break the chain and you lose all the money.

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

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

According to the common expression, what is only skin-deep?

-Pass.

-Beauty.

In the kitchen, which everyday electrical appliance has varieties

described as jug, whistling and cordless?

-Kettle.

-Correct.

In British customs, the song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung

at which festive occasion? Easter or New Year?

-New Year.

-Correct.

In DIY, furniture that is sold in pieces to be assembled by the customer

is referred to as flat what?

-Packed.

-Correct.

In facial adornments, a person who wears a handle-bar moustache is usually a member of which sex?

-Male.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In fiction, the best-selling thriller by Dan Brown, first published in 2003,

is called The Da Vinci what?

-Code.

-Correct.

In art, what is the usual four-letter term for a painting or sculpture of an unclothed figure?

-Nude.

-Correct.

In pop music, the lyric, "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want," was the first line

of the 1996 debut single by which group?

-The Spice Girls.

-Correct.

In history, the empire of the ancient civilisation known as the Incas was in which continent?

Africa or South America?

-South America.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In horticulture, the edible part of which familiar vegetable is classified as a taproot

and is usually bright orange in colour?

-Carrot.

-Correct.

In horse-racing, which English Classic run at Epsom shares its name with a city in the East Midlands?

-Pass.

-Derby.

In maths, what is 39 plus 11?

-50.

-Correct.

In marine life, what D is the name of the mammal that has a beaked snout

and breathes through a blowhole on the top of its head?

-Dolphin.

-Correct.

In a nursery rhyme, the thief who is punished after stealing some tarts

baked by the Queen is the Knave of what?

-Hearts.

-Correct.

In the measurement of time, there are how many minutes in a quarter of an hour?

-15.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In fantasy literature, the title character of The Hobbit by Tolkien

has the alliterative name Bilbo what?

-Baggins.

-Correct.

On British military uniforms, a chevron is a sleeve badge

in the shape of which letter of the alphabet? H or V?

-V.

-Correct.

Bank!

In TV, the drama set in England in the early 20th century

starring Hugh Bonneville as the Earl of Grantham is called Downton what?

-Abbey.

-Correct.

You banked £650.

You had a chain of nine correct answers.

But who's the sushi in your soup kitchen?

Who's the peanut at the allergy conference?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The first strongest link is Kevin.

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

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

Nathan.

Nathan.

Andrea.

Andrea.

Andrea.

Andrea.

Andrea.

Andrea.

Andrea.

-What do you do, Nathan?

-I work as an intern for a charity.

-Where's the charity?

-It's based in Portsmouth.

-What sort of people are you helping?

-People who are living on the streets

-Do you meet the homeless people?

-I tend to be more office-based.

-You mean you're in the office?

-Yes, I'm in the office.

What do you do when you're not helping the homeless, office-based?

I enjoy songwriting. I write songs, I sing, I play keyboard as well.

-What can you sing?

-I like Ronan Keating.

-Do you?

-He's very good.

-OK, let's have a bit of Ronan Keating.

-Would you like me to sing it in the style of Ronan Keating?

-Just crack on, Nathan.

-HE LAUGHS

-# It's... #

-Hang on. You haven't told us what it is.

For you, Anne, I'll sing When You Sa Nothing At All by Ronan Keating.

# It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

# Without saying a word you can light up the dark... #

-Is that an American accent or an Irish accent?

-I'm not entirely sure.

-No. Put your board up

-Why Andrea?

-Because she passed on the very first question and she didn't bank right at the end

-What do you do, Suzannah?

-I'm a student in Spanish and Italian.

-Which uni are you at?

-I'm at Bath University.

-What do you do for fun at Bath?

-I do a lot of singing too.

-What can you sing?

-You've Got The Love?

-Yeah, OK.

-OK.

-Put your board up. Why are you putting your board down?

-I don't know.

-Off you go.

# Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air

# I know I can count on you

# Sometimes I feel like saying "Lord, I just don't care!"

# But you've got the love I need to see me through... #

-I wouldn't bother with the Spanish and the Italian. Why Andrea?

-Because she got the first question wrong.

-What do you do, Steven?

-I'm an airline purser, Anne.

-Who for?

-A very large British airline.

-Are you an important airline purser?

-Absolutely. They're all important.

-Put your board down. Can you sing?

-No.

-Yes, you can.

-No, I sing very badly, Anne.

I've never met cabin crew who didn't know songs.

Don't let down your airline, please.

-I only know a little bit of one song

-What's it called?

-The Ballad Of Robin Hood.

-This is The Ballad Of Robin Hood.

-I only sang one verse of it, though.

-Yes, OK.

-And I sang it in quite a camp way.

-You didn't(?)

I did.

-You have to imagine me as Will Scarlet with an unfeasibly large feather hat.

-OK.

-Would you like me to start now?

-Yeah

# Then a brave and handsome man came riding through the woods

# He gave us food and clothes to wear, his name was Robin Hood

# We moved our village to the woods and hid amongst the trees

# My hut was low and hidden, so I was always on my knees... #

-Is that the one...

-Put your board up

-Why Andrea?

-She got the first question wrong.

Andrea, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm really upset I didn't get the opportunity to speak to Anne because I'd written her horoscope

and I was very interested to know if she had a line of fame.

I would expect it would be double on her hand because she's very famous.

Round 2. In the bank, £650. We now take ten seconds off your time.

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

Start the clock. In human anatomy, the spinal column is often called the what bone?

-Back.

-Correct. In geography, what B is the name of the Chinese city

that until the late 20th century was widely known in the west as Peking?

-Beijing.

-Correct.

The theatrical adage expressing the hope that even after a disastrous rehearsal the show will be fine

is "it'll be all right on the" what?

-Night.

-Correct.

In the animal kingdom, the coat of a zebra has what type of markings? Spots or stripes?

-Stripes.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In film awards,

the winner of the Best Actress Oscar for her roles in The Accused

and The Silence Of The Lambs is Jodie who?

-Foster.

-Correct. In transport, a child's tricycle normally has how many back wheels?

-Two.

-Correct.

In pop music, Elton John had a UK hit single in 1972 with the song, Crocodile what?

-Rock.

-Correct.

In geometry, what "O" is the term for a rectangular figure that is longer than it is broad?

-Oblong.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In idioms, a person who appear to notice everything is said to hav what in the back of their head

-Eyes.

-Correct.

In British politics, the senior Labour figures Edward Miliband and Edward Balls

both shorten their first names to which two-letter abbreviation?

-Ed.

-Correct.

In technology, modifying communication signals for the purpose of maintaining secrecy

is known as whisking or scrambling?

-Scrambling.

-Correct.

In rugby union in 2011, for the first time since 2003,

the Six Nations Championship was won by which country?

-France.

-England.

In health care, what "I" is the name of a hand-held device used by people with asthma

to spray medication directly into their lungs?

-Inhaler.

-Correct.

In cinema, Angus and Laura, Bernard and Lydia and Hamish and Carrie

were three of the couples who married in which 1994 film starring Hugh Grant?

-Pass.

-Four Weddings And A Funeral.

In nature, it is commonplace to see the atmospheric illuminations known as the Northern Lights

on which island - Greenland or Cyprus?

-Greenland.

-Correct.

In TV, in the soap opera Dallas, the oil baron played by Larry Hagman was named JR who?

-Ewing.

-Correct. In athletics,

between 1979 and 1990, nine world records were set by which British middle-distance runner?

-Pass.

-Sebastian Coe.

In security, what C describes a type of lock that can only be opened when a set of...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £400.

You had a chain of 11 correct answers.

Who'd get vertigo at intellectual heights?

Who's doing less work than a Knightsbridge Jobcentre?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Bernie is the weakest link.

The strongest link is now Nathan, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Nathan.

Bernie.

Bernie.

Bernie.

Becky.

Becky.

Bernie.

Bernie.

-Where are you from, Becky?

-I'm from Hull in East Yorkshire.

-Yeah. What do you do?

-I own and run a pet shop which specialises in reptiles.

Oh. That's pretty recession-proof, isn't it?

I don't know about that, but...

If you come from Hull, the last thing you're going to cut back on is buying snakes, isn't it?

-Do you keep snakes at home?

-I do.

-What are they called?

-I've got nine snakes, so I've given up on giving them names.

-I just...

-Oh. And did next door used to have a cat?

-They used to.

-Yeah. And why Bernie?

I remember him getting a question wrong when there was quite a lot of money to bank.

-What do you do, Neill?

-I'm a macadam artist.

-What's that?

-I build and paint tennis courts.

-Where?

-Wherever anybody wants a tennis court built.

If they can't afford a whole tennis court, can you make a small tennis court?

-We have done small tennis courts, yeah.

-Really?

If you muck it all up, can you say, "Never mind, you've got a new car park"?

-I don't muck it up.

-Don't you? Why Bernie?

-I remember him being the first one to get a question wrong.

-He was.

Bernie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think what will let this group of people down will be the banking strategy, not their knowledge.

Their knowledge is not completely comprehensive, but I think their banking strategy will let them down.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,050. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In baking, a utensil with sharp edges that is pressed into dough to make biscuits of a particular shape

is known alliteratively as a cookie what?

-Cutter.

-Correct.

In veterinary medicine, a highly contagious viral disease of dogs

is known as canine emulsion or distemper?

-Distemper.

-Correct. In pop music,

the best-selling album of 2010 in the UK was the release by Take That with what single-word title?

-I forget.

-Progress.

In photography, optical devices called telephoto, wide-angle and fisheye

are types of which part of a camera?

-Lens.

-Correct. In history,

the celebrated speech made by Abraham Lincoln in 1863

at the dedication of the National Cemetery is known as the what address?

-Congress.

-Gettysburg.

In film, what T is the title of the Disney animation released in the UK in 2011

that is based on the fairy tale Rapunzel from the Brothers Grimm?

-Pass.

-Tangled.

In literature, the 1958 novel by HE Bates is entitled The Darling Buds Of which month?

-May.

-Correct.

In archery, the unlikely feat of firing an arrow to split another arrow already in the target

is known as a Friar Tuck or Robin Hood?

-Robin Hood.

-Correct.

In vocabulary, which four-letter word for a contest of speed follows "human"

to give another name for mankind?

-Pass.

-Race.

In aviation, the building officially opened by the Queen at Heathrow Airport in 2008

is referred to numerically as Terminal what?

-Five.

-Correct.

At the Summer Olympics, what J is the name of the martial art that was developed from jujitsu

and became a medal sport at the 1964 Tokyo Games?

-Pass.

-Judo.

In TV, the former presenter of Blue Peter who went on to host other shows such as One Man And His Dog,

Animal Rescue and Countryfile is Matt who?

-Davis.

-Baker.

In geography, which river that rises in Wales and flows through Hereford has a name

that sounds like the penultimate letter of the alphabet?

-Pass.

-Wye.

In a song from Grease, the car described as automatic, systematic and hydromatic...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Gosh, well done(!) You won absolutely nothing.

Whose head is as empty as an inner-city library?

Who thinks Antiques Roadshow is a blind date for pensioners? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The statistics show that Kevin is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?

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

Kevin.

Suzannah.

Kevin.

Kevin.

Suzannah.

Becky.

Becky.

What do you do, Cheryl?

I'm a part-time museum assistant,

as well as a part-time post office worker and a part-time receptionist.

-You can't get a full-time job?

-No, I'm too old.

-What do you do at the museum?

-Meet and greet visitors.

Tell them a bit about the museum.

-Anything else you do there?

-I get the pleasure of cleaning the toilets as well.

-So you multi-task?

-Yes.

-Why Kevin?

-I thought he got two wrong.

So, Steven, the little song you sang, have you performed it in public?

I have unfortunately, yes.

-Really? Where?

-In a theatre in West London.

-What for?

-An amateur dramatic pantomime.

Were you the back or the front of the horse?

I wasn't actually in the horse that year.

If you were in the horse, which is the most fun?

-The back or the front?

-Probably the back.

-Why Kevin?

-I thought he got two questions wrong.

-He did. He was the worst player.

Kevin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Doing the walk of shame was difficult.

I'd been stood there for three rounds, my legs had stiffened up and I thought I was going to collapse,

so I was sort of glad they voted me off because I was tired.

But there we go. It was a deserved walk of shame.

Round 4. In the bank, £1,050. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock. In domestic chores, which fabric can withstand a hotter iron? Cotton or polyester?

-Cotton.

-Correct.

Breast meat from chicken and turkey is usually described as being what colour?

-White.

-Correct. In modern faiths,

the term "thetan" that refers to a soul or life force is a concept in the belief system

of the organisation called the Church of what?

-Latter Day Saints.

-No, Scientology.

In pop music, what G is the name of the festival that was first held in 1970 at Worthy Farm in Somerset?

-Pass.

-Glastonbury.

In history, the meadow on the bank of the Thames near Windsor

where King John is believed to have put his seal to Magna Carta is known by what name?

-I don't know.

-Runnymede.

Which of these substances occurs naturally in its pure form? Brass or gold?

-Gold.

-Correct.

In tourist attractions, Amboseli National Park is a game reserve in which country in East Africa?

-Zimbabwe.

-Kenya.

Becky, in the children's stories about Winnie-the-Pooh,

the characters live in a wood that has an area of how many acres?

-Five?

-A hundred.

The titles International Grandmaster and FIDE Master are both awarded to leading players

by the world federation governing which board game?

-Chess.

-Correct. In psychology, what E is a term for the range of moods or states of mind,

such as happiness, anger, confidence or boredom that are felt on a day-to-day basis?

-Emotions.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In TV, the fourth series of which science fiction drama starring John Barrowman was broadcast in 2011

with the subtitle Miracle Day?

-Torchwood.

-Correct. In gardening, the popular hanging flower called the fuchsia is also commonly known

as lady's gumdrops or eardrops?

-Eardrops.

-Correct.

In the Gregorian calendar, what is the term for any year that includes 29th of February?

-A leap year.

-Correct. In society, the term first used in a 1969 book by Theodore Roszak

about the rejection of traditional values by the young is counter what?

-Pass.

-Culture. In European cuisine, what A...

Time's up and you won £50.

Who got their brain on eBay? Who's the lift in your bungalow?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player with all his answers right, Neill is the strongest link.

Statistically, Becky is the weakest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Becky.

Cheryl.

Suzannah.

Becky.

Becky.

Becky.

-Neill, who makes tennis courts, why Becky?

-I think it's nature calling.

-Can we have more singing, Suzannah?

-Yeah.

-Shall we do this quickly?

-Yeah.

-Start now.

-#

-Baby, there ain't no mountain high enough

-#

-Ain't no valley low enough

-#

-Ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you, babe.

-#

-Why Becky?

-Because she didn't bank when she should have done.

Becky, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Working in a reptile shop, I'm used to working with snakes and lizards on a daily basis,

so Anne Robinson was no problem.

Round 5. In the bank, £1,100. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In celebrities, a baby born in 2011 and named Bingham Hawn

is the son of Matt Bellamy, the lead singer of Muse, and which US actress?

-Pass.

-Kate Hudson.

In maths, what is 72 divided by 9?

-Eight.

-Correct.

In space exploration, the rocket that launched all the Apollo lunar missions

was named after which planet - Saturn or Venus?

-Saturn.

-Correct. In military history, which Asian country was invaded by Soviet forces

in December, 1979, at the request of some of its own leaders?

-Afghanistan.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which parts of the body used by humans for chewing food are possessed by no living birds?

-Jaw.

-Teeth.

In UK honours, what O is the term for a society of knights such as the Garter, Thistle and Bath?

-Order.

-Correct. In an electrical circuit,

if components connected side by side are said to be in parallel,

those joined end to end are in what?

-Series.

-Correct. In sport, in 2011 which British former world champion boxer,

nicknamed The Hit Man, announced his retirement from the ring?

-Pass.

-Ricky Hatton.

In art, in the sculpture of David by Michelangelo on display in Florence,

the subject holds which item in his left hand - a sword or a slingshot?

-Slingshot.

-Correct. In TV, on which comedy game show

that began in the 1990s, did Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer first give Ulrika Jonsson

the name Ulrika-ka-ka?

-The Generation Game.

-Shooting Stars.

During WWII, the government urged people to be frugal by using the slogan, "Make do and..." what?

-Mend.

-Correct.

In citrus fruit, what P is a four-letter name for the skin of an orange or to remove that skin?

-Peel.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The actor who starred in American Gangster...

Time's up and you won £150.

Who thinks a positive experience is licking a plug?

Who's the shark in your paddling pool? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Suzannah is the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that the strongest link is Nathan, but who will the team want off?

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

Steven.

Suzannah.

Suzannah.

Cheryl.

Suzannah.

-Cheryl, how old are you?

-52.

Is there a reason you want to get rid of young, beautiful Suzannah?

Only because I thought she got most wrong. I don't want to be the only woman left.

So, Steven, the John Barrowman of British Airways, why Suzannah?

I thought she got two questions wrong, but it was a pretty bad round for all of us.

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

I think Nathan and Neill will be in the final. Neill seems to be giving all the right answers.

He seems very clued up. And Nathan has really picked up. He's doing really well as well.

Round 6. In the bank, £1,250. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In cricket, a movable sightscreen at the edge of the field is designed to help which player see the ball -

the bowler or the batsman?

The ba...the bowler. Batsman.

The correct answer is the batsman.

In the name of the UK organisation that issues Premium Bonds,

the abbreviation NS and I stand for National Savings and what?

-Insurance?

-Investments.

In clothing, which everyday items of footwear are sold in pairs with the two garments being interchangeable?

-Socks.

-Correct. In Egyptian mythology, what A was the deity known as the God of the Dead,

who guided them in the afterlife?

-Pass.

-Anubis.

In cards, in a game of bridge, the partner of the player who is North is known by what name?

-South.

-Correct. In celebrities,

the model who, in 1985, married Simon Le Bon has what first name?

-Yasmin.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In botanical attractions,

the garden at Wisley that was given to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1903 is in which English county?

-Pass.

-Surrey.

In computing, a piece of detrimental code often sent via an email that can corrupt a system

and destroy data is called a fungus or a virus?

-Virus.

-Correct. In TV, the actor who has played the vet Danny in Wild At Heart

-and the title role in the 2011 crime drama series DCI Banks is Stephen who?

-Pass.

Tompkinson. In British history, which politician became Home Secretary in 1910,

Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924 and Prime Minister in 1940?

-Winston Churchill?

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In medicine, a blemish known as a nevus that appears as a discoloured patch on the skin

is commonly called a birth what?

-Mark.

-Correct. In transport, what H is the usual name for the motor vehicle

-in which an undertaker takes a coffin...

-Hearse! Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time.

And you won £120.

But maybe Nathan's now a charity case. Or is Steven's performance economy class?

Perhaps Cheryl's made an exhibit of herself? Or should Neill be weeded out?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the first time in the game, Cheryl is the strongest link.

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

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

Cheryl.

Cheryl.

Steven.

Cheryl.

-Nathan, why are you voting off the best player?

-I'm really sorry! I didn't know Cheryl was the best.

There were a couple of passes. I know I wasn't any better. Sorry, Cheryl.

Neill, have you got a better excuse for voting off the best player?

I think we all had questions wrong. I thought of previous rounds, too.

-So you think she's your biggest rival?

-No.

Cheryl, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel that the reason I was voted off is because I was the only woman left.

The guys have ganged up to get rid of the only female, especially as I was the strongest link.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,370. Another 10 seconds off your time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In food, what is the name of the type of soup is made from the rearmost part of a cow?

-Oxtail.

-Correct. In pop music, Reet Petite, I Get The Sweetest Feeling and Higher and Higher

were UK hit singles for soul singer Jackie who?

-Wilson.

-Correct. In construction, the indentation in a house brick is known as a frog or a toad?

-Toad.

-Frog. In film, the 1997 comedy starring Brendan Fraser

as a human brought up by a group of intelligent gorillas was entitled George of the what?

-Jungle.

-Correct. In laboratory equipment, which of a pestle and mortar is best described

as having a concave surface?

-Pestle.

-The mortar.

In beverages, an oenophile is a person who is a connoisseur of which alcoholic drink?

-Beer.

-Wine.

In history, in 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman

to qualify in America as a doctor or a pilot?

-Pilot.

-A doctor.

Which dramatist, born in Hackney in 1930, wrote plays entitled The Caretaker and The Birthday Party?

-HE Bates?

-Harold Pinter.

In big cats, what B precedes tiger to give the name of an endangered sub-species native to India?

-Pass.

-Bengal.

In verse, "I am monarch of all I survey," is the first line of the 1782 poem

by William Cowper about the castaway called Alexander what?

-Pope?

-Selkirk.

In maths, what is 99 minus 85?

-13.

-14.

Time's up and you've won absolutely nothing. Whose fault was that?

In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank. You need to hang on to the best player.

Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

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

Statistically, Nathan is the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?

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

Neill.

Nathan.

Nathan.

So, Steven, who's cabin crew, you thought there were airline pilots in the mid-19th century?

I thought it was a trick question.

-Why Nathan?

-I think he got most of his questions wrong.

-Neill, why Nathan?

-He was as bad as I was.

-Just a bit worse.

Nathan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I am dreading going home and my friends and family seeing this.

I cannot believe Anne persuaded me to do a Ronan Keating impersonation live on air. Shocking.

Round 8. You're up to £1,370. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Steven. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In human biology, the commonest form of the blood condition anaemia

is caused by a deficiency of which metallic element?

-Pass.

-Iron. In TV, "Power to the people," and, "Freedom for Tooting," were among the slogans

of the title character in the 1970s sitcom called Citizen who?

-Smith.

-Correct. In UK geography, which of these places officially has city status: Ripon or Ramsgate?

-Ripon.

-Correct.

Neill, in pop music, in the early 1960s Charlie Watts became the drummer of which rock group?

-Rolling Stones.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In religion, the organisation founded near Winchester in 1876

to encourage a Christian approach to parenting is the Mothers' what?

-Pass.

-Union.

In history, what L was the German first name of the 19th-century Bavarian king

who built a series of elaborate castles and was declared insane?

-Ludwig?

-Correct. In English football, St Andrews is the home ground of which Midlands club?

-Pass.

-Birmingham City.

In opera, the famous soprano who took her stage name from the Australian state capital which was

the city of her birth was Dame Nellie who?

-Pass.

-Melba.

The slogan, "We won't make a drama out of a crisis," was used for an insurance or a theatre company?

-Insurance.

-Correct.

Time's up. You won £100.

We'll treble that and it gives you prize money today of:

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

So, Steven and Neill, for £1,670, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Neill, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first.

In literature, the manuscript of an unfinished novel entitled The Watsons

that was sold at auction in 2011 for almost £1 million

was written by which English author born in 1775?

-Dickens?

-The correct answer is Jane Austen.

In motorsport, the Yas Marina circuit

that in 2009 hosted the first ever Formula 1 day-to-night race under floodlights,

is located in which of the United Arab Emirates?

-Abu Dhabi?

-That is correct.

In mountaineering, the majority of the world's top 10 highest peaks

were first climbed successfully in which decade of the 20th century?

-1950s?

-That is the correct answer.

In cinema, in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys,

which actress gave a memorable rendition of the song Makin' Whoopee

while on top of a grand piano?

-Sharon Stone?

-The answer is Michelle Pfeiffer.

In art, the work called The Umbrellas, owned by the National Gallery in London,

was painted in the early 1880s by which French Impressionist?

-Monet?

-The correct answer is Renoir.

In buildings, the cathedral in Red Square in Moscow, built on the orders of Ivan the Terrible

and famous for its colourful onion domes,

is popularly known by the name of which saint?

-St Peter's?

-The correct answer is St Basil.

In geography, after its short-lived union with Montenegro was dissolved in 2006,

which former Yugoslav republic became a land-locked country?

-Serbia?

-That is the correct answer.

In UK money, Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Eddie George and Mervyn King

were appointed in 1983, 1993 and 2003, respectively,

as Governor of which financial institution?

-The Bank of England.

-That is correct.

In pop music, what is the three-word title of the 2010 UK hit album

by the folk-rock group Mumford and Sons

that is a quote from the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing?

-Haven't a clue.

-No, the answer is Sigh No More.

In history, what name literally meaning "between reigns",

is given to the period in the 17th century when the future King Charles II lived in exile

and England was a republic?

-I'm sorry, no.

-The correct answer is interregnum.

After five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Steven and Neill, let's play sudden death.

In 1976, on the publication of her 217th novel, which author said,

"As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins"?

-Barbara Cartland?

-That is correct.

In geography, in Indonesia, the Sunda Strait lies between Sumatra

and which other major island?

-Borneo?

-The answer is Java.

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

Steven, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I never came here to win, but I'm absolutely amazed that I got that far.

And I didn't do the Walk of Shame!

It feels absolutely fantastic to win the Weakest Link.

I know I had a few people rooting for me back home from quiz teams.

It would be nice for them to know that somebody from our quiz team has actually won the Weakest Link.

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