17/11/2011 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.

My name is Simon, I'm 46, from Solihull in the West Midlands

and I'm a business development manager.

I'm Imogen, I'm 19, I'm from Preston in Lancashire

and I'm a ski instructor.

My name is Billy, I'm 39, I'm from Prestwick in Ayrshire

and I'm an engineering manager.

My name is Lesley, I'm 57, from Bodmin in Cornwall

and I'm a cafe owner.

I'm Will, I'm 20, I'm from Portsmout

and I'm a technician and visitor host.

I'm Rachelle, I'm 32, I'm from New Cross and I'm a day service officer.

I'm Chris, I'm 66, from Middleton-in-Teesdale

and I am a retired priest.

I'm Charlotte, I'm 20, I'm from Cambridge and I'm a law student.

I'm Martin, I'm 52, from Newark, Nottingham and I'm an estate agent.

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 in that chain,

but 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, Billy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In bright light, sunglasses are used as an accessory to protect which organs of the body?

-The eyes.

-Correct.

In protocol, the gesture of respect made by men when greeting royalty

is known as what - a curtsey or a bow?

-A bow.

-Correct.

In geography, the two major groups of islands called the Inner and Outer Hebrides

are part of which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-Correct.

In sport, the highest of the three platforms on an Olympic podium

is reserved for the winner of which medal?

-Gold.

-Correct. In children's literature,

what L is the adjective used to describe the fairy-tale character Red Riding Hood?

-Little.

-Correct.

In politics in September 2010, Ed Miliband was elected leader of which party?

-Labour.

-Correct.

In the measurement of time, there are how many years in a quarter of a century?

-25.

-Correct.

In a florist's shop, flowers that have been removed from a living plant for sale as stems

are referred to as being cut or hacked?

-Cut.

-Correct.

In music, the 1972 UK No.1 single for The New Seekers that was originally an advertising jingle

was entitled I'd Like To Teach The World To what?

-Sing.

-Correct.

Bank!

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target and that money will go through to the next round,

but one of you will not.

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

Think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Lesley is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?

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

Will.

Rachelle.

Simon.

Chris.

Lesley.

Imogen.

Imogen.

Chris.

Imogen.

-Where are you from, Martin?

-Newark, Nottingham.

-What do you do?

-I'm an estate agent.

-How long have you been an estate agent?

-Oh, 20 years.

-Is that an estimate?

-Yes.

-Do you always tell the truth?

-Of course.

-Can you tell me your hair's its natural colour?

It's not its natural colour, no. This is for the show.

I was so excited to meet you. I actually live with an older, mature woman myself. It's my mum.

When you're trying to be funny, is that natural for you?

Yeah, funny is sometimes the best remedy to a serious life.

I've got something for you, Anne, if I can put my board down.

I've done some research and I though I'd share this with you. Robinson is actually a very interesting name.

-I hope there's not a joke at the end of this.

-No, it means "witty, charming, clever and sophisticated".

-Yeah.

-And Anne means "not very".

Put your board up.

-Why Imogen?

-I thought she guessed at the answer.

-What do you do, Chris?

-I'm a retired priest.

-Do you just put your feet up now?

-No, I'm working part-time looking after three country parishes.

Are you a trendy vicar or a very right-wing vicar?

I'm quite a liberal vicar.

Liberal? Topless organist?

No, my organist wouldn't go topless.

-No.

-He is not young enough to go topless.

-Why Imogen?

-Well, she hesitated on that question,

-just momentarily, and I thought she doesn't know...

-She got the question right.

She got it right, but there was a hesitation.

So when I ask you a trendy pop question and you hesitate and get it right,

do you think the others should hold it against you?

Possibly. We were all good on that first round.

-You like things being held against you?

-If it's my wife.

-Rachelle...

-Yes?

-Is that your own hair?

-I bought it, so it's mine. It belongs to me, yeah.

-Where are you from?

-I'm from the States, South Carolina, New Jersey, but I was born in Swindon.

-So you went over there and then you came back?

-Yeah, then went over and came back again.

-Why couldn't you stay over there?

-M ex-husband was in the air force, so I came over with him and stayed over

-Why Imogen?

-I think I could sense that Imogen voted for me and the hesitation.

Imogen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think the other contestants did vote me off because I hesitated before giving my answer,

but I didn't know the answer to the question, so I guessed,

the other contestants saw my weakness and they were in there.

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

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

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

The leaves of which plant have distinctive prickles? The elm tree or the holly bush?

-The holly bush.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 22 multiplied by 3?

-66.

-Correct.

In TV in 1984, Michael Parkinson took over from Michael Aspel

as the presenter of the celebrity parlour game called Give Us A what?

-Wink.

-Clue.

In English legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men lived in which forest near Nottingham?

-Sherwood.

-Correct.

In road travel, what "A" is the name for the German equivalent of a motorway?

-Autobahn.

-Correct. In pop music, at the time of their debut single in 2002,

the five members of which group had the surnames Walsh, Roberts, Harding, Coyle and Tweedy?

-Girls Aloud.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In Australian geography, the inlet on the coast of New South Wales

that was visited by Captain Cook in 1770 is called Botany what?

-Bay.

-Correct. In cartoon cliches, a stubborn donkey is persuaded to pull a cart

when the driver dangles which root vegetable in front of its nose?

-Carrots.

-Correct.

In giving blood, many clinics in the UK offer donors the option of a general or local anaesthetic?

-Local.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In historical artefacts, the Bayeux Tapestry features a depiction of which battle

that was fought in southern England?

Could you repeat the question?

The Bayeux Tapestry features a depiction of which battle that was fought in southern England?

-The Battle of Hastings.

-Correct.

In film, the 2011 bawdy comedy about a group of women preparing for their friend Lillian's wedding

has what single-word title?

-Bridesmaids.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What B follows "hand", "shoulder" and "bum" to give the name for three accessories used to carry things?

Could you repeat the question?

What B follows "hand", "shoulder" and "bum" to give the name for three accessories used to carry things?

-Bag.

-Correct. According to the Book of Genesis,

who was first to taste the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden?

-Adam.

-Eve.

In the British media, on which day of the week is the range of titles of national newspapers different

from that on the other six days?

-Sunday.

-Correct. In customs, when speaking to a magistrate or a mayor,

what is the correct form of address? Your Worship or Your Majesty?

-Your Worship.

-Correct. In the words of the nursery rhyme,

whose wife used a carving knife to cut off the tails of the three blind mice?

-The farmer's wife.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In modern history, in 1989,

President Ceausescu was overthrown as the leader of which European country?

-Russia.

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Romania. And you won just £350.

Who couldn't even get a desk job as a desk?

Who should be in the Guinness Book of Idiots?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Martin is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Will, but will the other players realise that?

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

Chris.

Chris.

Will.

Chris.

Billy.

Will.

Chris.

Chris.

-What do you do, Simon?

-I work in communication systems.

-Telephones?

-Telephones indeed, yes.

-Anything else?

Anything for software. I look after the NHS in England and Wales.

-You're travelling all around the UK?

-Travelling salesman, yes.

-Have you got a Mondeo?

-Not quite, no.

-Are your shirts in the back?

-Hanging up, Anne, yeah.

-And you stay at different Travelodges?

-All over the place, yeah, luxurious accommodation.

I suppose when you get home at weekends, you're on the golf course?

-Occasionally.

-What else do you do at weekends?

I'm involved with my local church, so I work with young people.

-What's your church called?

-Hollywood Christian Life Centre.

-Is it full of stars?

-You can see the stars through the holes in the roof, but not too many celebrities.

-It's not Los Angeles, it's South Birmingham.

-What sort of church is it?

-An independent church.

-Are you happy-clappy?

-Some people are happy and some people clap.

-Do you clap?

-Occasionally, yes, I clap and I sometimes play in a worship band as well.

-Have you got a tambourine?

-Somewhere at home.

-When you go home,

have you got anyone to bang your tambourine with?

Yes, we're quite a musical family. My wife and daughters love to sing. My son...

-Can you sing?

-No, Anne, I can't.

-Couldn't you sing me Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam?

-I could do, but not on the TV, Anne.

-Why Chris?

-It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, but a question that probably he should have got right...

-The vicar?

-The vicar.

-Too liberal.

-Even though he's retired.

-What do you do, Will?

-I am a technician and a visitor host, Anne.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Where do you do that?

-Down at the historic dockyard in Portsmouth.

-What do visitor hosts do?

-I work in sort of a museum,

so it's my job to basically make sure the visitors have the best time possible

and they don't die or anything.

-So you work at Portsmouth, do you?

-Yes.

-Is it cos you fancy sailors?

-It could be.

It's actually cos I was born there, but the sailors are a nice, welcome addition to my life.

Do you have to perform as a host?

-Sometimes.

-What do you do?

-Birthday parties for lovely children.

My role in a birthday party involves me dressing up as a mad professor.

-Not as a girl?

-Not as a girl, no. I do do that on weekends.

-Do you?

-Yes.

-Why?

-Because I enjoy it.

-OK, put your board down.

-Can you sing?

-Um...

-Good enough?

-Yeah.

-Yeah? Who's your favourite singing star?

I haven't got one because modern music is not brilliant, is it?

I agree. What will you sing for me?

-Fly Me To The Moon? Do you know that song?

-I do.

-I'll sing you my favourite verse because it's about love.

-Off you go.

# Fill my heart with song and let me sing for ever more

# You are all I long for All I worship and adore... #

-Is that all right?

-Yes, that was saying it, rather than singing it.

-I don't sing. I'm a say-singer.

-OK, put your board up.

-Why Chris?

-For the same reason that Simon said.

He got a very Biblical question wrong and for an ex-priest, sort of now priest, I... Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Chris, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My kids will say, "You've done it again, Dad.

"You've had a go and you got it wrong.

"Oh, Dad!"

Round 3. In the bank, £1,350. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Martin with the dyed hair. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In medicine, what name for a piece of equipment used to administer injections comes ultimately

from the Greek word "syrinx" meaning "pan pipes"?

-Needle.

-Syringe.

In pop music, what's the title of the song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

that begins with the line, "Goodbye, Norma Jeane"?

-Pass.

-Candle In The Wind.

In economics, the United Nations organisation known by the abbreviation IMF

is the International Monetary what?

-Fund.

-Correct.

In space exploration, the name of which bird of prey was the call sign

of the lunar module used by Armstrong and Aldrin to land on the surface of the moon?

-Eagle.

-Correct.

In TV soaps, the actress who played Cindy in EastEnders

and joined the cast of Coronation Street as Stella in 2011 is Michelle who?

-Ugh...

-Collins.

-That's the one.

-Bank!

-In expressions, a person with a quick temper is said to have a what? Long plug or short fuse?

-Short fuse.

-Correct.

The distinctive item of neckwear worn by clergymen and known as a "dog collar" is usually what colour?

-White.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In human anatomy, a healthy index finger contains how many bones?

-Two.

-Three.

In history, two of the Tudor Kings of England reigned under what first name?

-Henry.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Featuring in the title of the folk opera by George Gershwin, what's the name of the lover of Bess?

-James.

-Porgy.

In insects, what "A" is a military word that is used as the collective term for a group of caterpillars?

-Amphibian.

-Army.

In customs, when raising a cheer, which three-letter word is called out twice before "hooray"?

-Hip.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In film, the 1992 comedy drama starring Stephen Fry about a university cabaret troupe

who meet up ten years later is called Peter's what?

-Reunion.

-Friends.

In geography, Cape Agulhas on the coast of South Africa

is the place where the Atlantic meets which other ocean?

-Pacific.

-Indian.

In children's books, the first Mr Men character to be created by Roger Hargreaves

was called Mr Slap or Mr Tickle?

-Mr Slap.

-Mr Tickle.

In motoring, in terms of fuel consumption, the letters MPG stand for what?

-Miles per gallon.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In greeting, the word...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You only won £110.

Who's playing in slow motion?

Who has a list of personal own goals?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Martin is now the weakest link.

Statistically, Simon is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Martin.

Rachelle.

Martin.

Martin.

Martin.

Martin.

Simon.

-What do you do, Charlotte?

-I'm a law student.

-Where?

-At the University of Sussex.

-What year?

-Just finished my degree.

-So you haven't got a job?

-No. I do have a holiday job, but not a law job yet.

-Why not?

-I still need to do three more years of training.

-Where do you go for that?

-Another law school in London.

-So you go to one law school in Sussex?

-Yeah.

-Then another law school?

-Yeah.

-Any more after that?

-No, I have to get a training contract after that.

-Do you want to travel the world?

-I want to go to France next year, have a year out of doing law.

-You've done three years and you've got another three years to go, but you think you'll have a break?

-Yeah.

Some people have been working all their lives. Why do you want to go to France?

-Because I love France and French people.

-Oh.

Do you love all French people or one French man?

-My boyfriend's French.

-Is he?

-Yeah, half French.

-He's half French?

-Yeah.

-Is he only half rude?

-I don't think French people are rude.

-Does he shrug with one shoulder?

-No.

-And what does he do?

-Zoology.

Oh, great(!)

-Why Martin?

-He did get a few questions wrong and I think the syringe question sealed the deal

-What do you do, Lesley?

-I run a cafe.

-Really? Where?

-In Bodmin.

-Is it for Cornish people or cheerful people?

-For everybody.

-Yes. And what's it called?

-Penlan Eating House.

What sort of level of cafe?

-We do breakfasts all day, lunches.

-Sophisticated, all-day breakfasts?

-Oh, yeah.

-And why Martin?

-He got quite a few wrong that round.

He did. Martin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's not about the winning, it's not about the money.

It's about finally getting to meet the lovely Ann Widdecombe...Robinson

Round 4. In the bank, £1,460. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

Simon, in the 1966 World Cup final, which footballer was the captain of the England team?

-Bobby Moore.

-Correct.

Which point of the compass precedes Anglia and London in the names of two British universities?

-East.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In food, what B is the name for the small Russian pancakes made from buckwheat flour

and often served with a topping of sour cream and smoked salmon?

-Crepe Suzette?

-Blini.

In maths, what is 55 minus 46?

-Nine.

-Correct.

In pop music, the 2011 release entitled Femme Fatale

was the seventh studio album by which US female singer?

Emm...

-Oh, pass.

-Britney Spears. Charlotte,

in UK history, the 19th-century prison reformer Elizabeth Fry was a member of which Christian movement

founded by George Fox?

-The Suffragettes.

-Quakers.

In human anatomy, the tendons known as hamstrings are located in which limbs - arms or legs?

-Legs.

-Correct. In TV, the Australian who became a judge alongside Gregg Wallace

when cookery series MasterChef was revamped in 2005 is John who?

-Wallace?

-Torode.

In trade, which four-letter word is both a noun signifying a large ocean-going boat

and a verb meaning to transport goods on such a vessel?

-Can you repeat that?

-In trade, which four-letter word is both a noun signifying a large ocean-going boat

and a verb meaning to transport goods on such a vessel?

-Ship.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, the monkeys that live wild on the Rock of Gibraltar

are often known by the zoologically incorrect name Barbary what?

-Chimp.

-Apes.

-Bank!

-In business, what C is the surname of the family who, in 1847, founded a jewellery firm in Paris

and later played a role in developing the wristwatch?

-Columbus?

-Cartier.

In rugby union positions, the player who wears the number 15 shirt is called a full what?

-Back.

-Correct.

In art, in the famous portrait of his mother painted by James Whistler in 1871,

-the subject is standing on a table or sitting in a chair?

-Sitting down.

-Correct.

Time's up and you won just £50.

Who's a loyal loser? Who's a faithful failure? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most correct answers, Simon is still the strongest link.

According to the statistics, Rachelle is the weakest link, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Rachelle.

Will.

Simon.

Rachelle.

Lesley.

Lesley.

We have a tie, team. Lesley and Rachelle, two votes each.

-Rachelle, why Lesley?

-Lesley got a question wrong.

-I know I did, too, but...

-Will, why Rachelle?

-I think she got more wrong than I did.

And also she tried to bank after I got one wrong, which confused me slightly.

The strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and that's Simon.

-Why did you vote for Rachelle?

-I don't think she had a good round.

-You've got a choice.

-Stick with Rachelle or move to Lesley.

-I'll stick with my choice.

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

In terms of the highlight of my day, I think it was just doing the little back and forward with Anne.

I just wanted her to talk to me some more. "Come on, give it to me!"

Round 5 and you've banked £1,510. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link, Simon. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In radio, the 1960s and '70s comedy show featuring Leslie Phillips as a Sub-lieutenant who caused havoc

was called The Navy what?

-Blower.

-Lark.

In definitions, which adjective that literally means made of brass

is often used to mean without shame, especially preceding "hussy"?

-Brazen.

-Correct. In pop music, Two Princes was a UK hit single

in 1993 by the American group called the Spin what?

-Spin Monkeys?

-Doctors.

In computing, what T is an empty document in a suitable format for data to be added by the user?

Sorry, Anne, could you repeat the question?

In computing, what T is an empty document in a suitable format for data to be added by the user?

-Text.

-Template. Charlotte,

in religion, the six-pointed Star of David is a symbol of which faith?

-Judaism.

-Correct. The Long Parliament and The Rump Parliament sat during which conflict -

English Civil War or the Crusades?

-English Civil War.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In landmarks, the John F Kennedy Space Center is in which state in the United States?

-Florida.

-Correct. In theatre, the 1892 farce by Brandon Thomas in which a student impersonates

a female relative of a friend is entitled Charley's what?

-Aunt.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In medicine, what P is the name

for an inflammation of the membrane that covers the lungs and lines the space where they rest?

-Pass.

-Pleurisy.

In cinema, the actors Jude Law and Uma Thurman served on the 2011 jury of which annual film festival

held in the south of France?

-Cannes Film Festival.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-A rectangular biscuit with a sandwiched layer of vanilla filling is known as

a chocolate dream or custard cream?

-Custard cream.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The author whose novels include Brick Lane and Untold Story, published in 2003 and 2011,

is Monica who?

-Sevel.

-Ali!

Time's up and you won £140. So who's going up in the world

and who's gone up in smoke?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Will is the weakest link.

Statistically, Charlotte is the strongest link, but whose game is over?

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

Lesley.

Will.

Will.

Lesley.

Will.

-What do you do, Billy?

-I'm an engineering manager.

-Are you? Where?

-In Port Glasgow, Anne.

-You sound very Scottish.

-That's because I am Scottish.

-Yes. And I suppose at weekends you're supporting a football club?

Well, I do, but chiefly at weekends I play the highland bagpipes.

Why?

-Because I love the noise it makes and I'm a very poor singer.

-You have to have a lot of puff.

-Hot air!

If you play the bagpipes, you must be multi-talented.

Yeah, I think I get it from both my mother and my father.

-You could give the kiss of life to an ostrich or a turkey.

-Absolutely. If the money was right.

-Why Will?

-I think Will's been struggling in the last two rounds

and I think he's just hesitating way too much.

-Charlotte, the baby lawyer, what's the case against Will?

-He got the most wrong answers.

-Yes.

Will, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Obviously, Anne asked me to sing, which I did quite reluctantly,

but obviously what Anne wants, Anne gets. I think she enjoyed it.

She had a little smile on her face, but could have been laughing at me.

Round 6. In the bank, £1,650. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In maths, what is 53 plus 31?

-84.

-Correct.

In British wildlife, bean, brent and barnacle are three protected species of which bird?

-Heron.

-Goose.

In children's TV, the actress who played the title roles in the 1990s series Clarissa Explains It All

and Sabrina The Teenage Witch is called Melissa Joan what?

-Ardley.

-Hart.

In vocabulary, what B is both a name for a handcart and a term used in archaeology

for a mound of earth placed over a prehistoric tomb?

-Pass.

-Barrow. Charlotte,

in pop music, the 1982 UK number one single by Renee and Renato was entitled Save Your what?

-Face.

-Love.

In art, which word coined in the 1950s is the name of a style of modern architecture

that uses a lot of concrete - Brutalism or Bloomerism?

-Brutalism.

-Correct.

In imperial measurements, one square mile equals 640 what?

-Square metres?

-Acres!

In childhood, what's the general name for the small glass balls thrown, rolled, shot or flicked

in a variety of games?

-Rattle?

-Marbles.

In sport, what G is an alternative name for American football that refers to the field of play?

-Green?

-Gridiron.

In English grammar, the words "a" and "an" are two forms of the so-called indefinite what?

-Noun.

-Article.

Because of its specialised diet, which Australian marsupial is said to smell like cough lozenges -

the koala or the kangaroo?

-Koala.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-An original member of the cast of The Goon Show,

whose grandfather was Vice President of Peru, was Michael who?

-Bentine.

-Correct. In the Royal Navy...

-Bank.

-..what's the three-letter name of the alcoholic spirit...

-Rum!

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. That was the correct answer. Your bank was out of time.

You won £40.

So will it be Billy no mates? Does Charlotte look guilty?

Maybe Simon doesn't have a prayer. Or has Lesley gone off the boil?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Charlotte is the strongest link.

The statistics show that Billy is the weakest link, but will the votes reflect the statistics?

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

Lesley.

Lesley.

Charlotte.

Lesley.

-Simon, why Lesley?

-None of us had a particularly good round, Anne.

I think Lesley had a poor start again.

-Billy, did you think Lesley was the worst player?

-I think perhaps I had more questions.

She wasn't the worst player because she banked.

-Who do you think was the worst?

-Must be me.

-It's votes that count.

Lesley, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I've known the show since Anne was on it, so from the beginning.

And I've always wanted to come on it and I've done it. I've been there and I've got the t-shirt!

Round 7. In the bank, £1,690. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In pop music, Roxy Music had a UK number one single in 1981 with which John Lennon song,

recorded as a tribute?

-Cry Away?

-Jealous Guy.

In American history, what was the surname of the Texan hero who died at the Alamo

and gave his name to a knife?

-Bowie.

-Correct.

In toys, a large spring that can descend down a flight of stairs, end over end,

has been marketed since the 1940s under what name - Slinky or Skanky?

-Slinky.

-Correct. Charlotte, in cinema,

which actor won an Oscar for his role opposite Katherine Hepburn in 1951's The African Queen?

-Pass.

-Humphrey Bogart.

In botany, which word that rhymes with tax is the common name of the plant that yields linseed oil?

-Pass.

-Flax.

-Bank!

-In TV, which sitcom first shown in 1989 starred Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson

as the sisters Sharon and Tracey?

-Birds Of A Feather.

-Correct. In the 19th century, men's sideburns that were broad at the lower jaw

and narrow by the ear had what name - pork bellies or mutton chops?

-Mutton chops.

-Correct. Simon...

-Bank!

-The 1924 adventure novel

by PC Wren about a man named Michael who joins the French Foreign Legion is entitled Beau what?

-Geste.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 98 divided by 7?

-14.

-Correct.

In politics, the last British Prime Minister to lead a Liberal government was Herbert who?

-Smith.

-Asquith.

In the animal kingdom, what V is a type of short-tailed rodent

-with a name derived from Norwegian for field mouse?

-Vole.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In pop music, the US rap group whose UK hit singles in the 1990s included People Everyday

and Mr Wendal is Arrested what?

-Development.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In food, a morel is...

Time's up. You won £90.

In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank. It's an opportunity to raise the money.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Charlotte goes from being the strongest link to the weakest.

Statistically, Billy is now the strongest link, but who will survive the final vote?

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

Charlotte.

Charlotte.

Simon.

-Billy, why Charlotte?

-I think that was Charlotte's worst round. She did very well otherwise.

-Simon, why Charlotte?

-I think she missed some tactical banking, Anne.

We desperately needed some money.

Charlotte, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I got three questions wrong in the last round, which is a bit of a shame. I should have got them.

One was about Roxy Music and my dad's a massive fan, so he'll give me a hard time!

Round 8. £1,780 in the kitty.

In this round, 90 seconds.

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

Start the clock.

The Wade-Giles system is used to transcribe which Asian language into the Roman alphabet?

-Sanskrit?

-Chinese.

In definitions, what W is a word meaning to court or pursue as a man might to a woman

when he wants her to marry him?

-Pass.

-Woo. In cinema, in the 2003 film Master and Commander,

naval captain Jack Aubrey was played by which actor?

-Russell Crowe.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-According to scientific theory,

life on Earth began in a liquid mix known by what name - primordial soup or prehistoric sauce?

-Prehistoric sauce.

-Primordial soup.

In industry, the man who founded a US motor manufacturer in 1924

and whose name was given to a New York skyscraper was Walter who?

-Chrysler.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In politics, what D is the term

derived from Greek for a system in which the people govern themselves or elect representatives?

-Democratic.

-I'll accept.

-Bank!

-The small creature called the muntjac is sometimes known as the barking what?

-Dog?

-Deer.

In sport, in the UK the name of which type of bowling green reflects the cambered playing surface?

-Crown.

-I'll accept.

-Bank!

-In music, the song performed by Bobby Vinton that topped the US Billboard in 1963,

but did not enter the UK singles chart until...

Time's up. I can't complete the question.

You won £80, which we will treble. That gives you prize money today of:

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death. So, Simon and Billy, for £2,020

let's play the Weakest Link.

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

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

In cinema, which 1964 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

is subtitled How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Dr Strangelove.

In art, which term for an outline drawing of an object or person, usually filled in with black,

was the name of an 18th-century French politician?

-De Marquet.

-The correct answer is silhouette.

In postage, in April 2011 the cost of a standard first class stamp in the UK

rose by 5p, bringing the price to how many pence?

-37.

-The correct answer is 46.

In literature, the four main characters in which 1908 children's book are an amphibian,

a rodent, a carnivore and an insectivore?

-The Jungle Book.

-The correct answer is The Wind In The Willows.

It's going very well(!)

In Africa, which national park and popular safari destination in Northern Tanzania

was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981?

-Kilimanjaro?

-The correct answer is the Serengeti.

In music, the US singer Vincent Furnier,

who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011,

wearing a live snake around his neck,

is better known by what full stage name?

-Iggy Pop?

-The correct answer is Alice Cooper.

In golf, between 1987 and 1996,

which British player won three Open championships

and three US Masters titles?

-Nick Faldo.

-That is the correct answer.

In TV and political dramas, which actor played the Prime Minister

in A Very Social Secretary in 2005 and in The Trial of Tony Blair in 2007?

-Ralph Fiennes?

-The correct answer is Robert Lindsay.

In Spanish cuisine, which dish that originated in Valencia and contains seafood and chicken

is characterised by its coloured rice

that is turned yellow by adding saffron?

-Paella.

-That is the correct answer.

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

Billy, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It's difficult to describe how you feel in the final. You know the answer to the questions

and sometimes the words that come out are not what you meant to say!

Winning the Weakest Link has been tremendous. A thoroughly enjoyable day with tough questions. Great fun.

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