17/12/2010 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 Robert. I'm 56, from Swindon in Wiltshire

and I'm a production operator.

I'm Linda. I'm 46 years old, I live in Bray in Berkshire

and I'm a business development manager.

I'm Ken. I'm 64 years old, from Warrington in Cheshire,

and I'm a security officer.

My name is Aimi, I'm 29, I'm from Bath in Somerset

and I'm a supportive services supervisor.

My name is Richard. I'm 38 years old.

I live in Newport, Shropshire, and I'm a divorce lawyer.

I'm Dany. I'm 61, from Spalding in Lincolnshire

and I'm a freelance Arabic dance teacher.

My name is Matthew. I'm 26 years old, from Barnsley in Yorkshire

and I'm a project manager.

My name is Penny. I'm 56 years old from Old Coulsdon in Surrey,

and I'm a part-time waitress.

I'm Gary. I'm 44, I live in Derby and I'm a sales manager.

OK. Just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

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

Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.

Say "Bank" before the question is asked, and the money is safe.

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Aimi.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Aimi, in the English language,

which word is the female equivalent of the male pronoun "He"?

-She.

-Correct. Richard,

in maths, what is 15 multiplied by two?

-30.

-Correct. Dany,

in recipe books, a popular snack idea

is the combination of scrambled eggs with which fish,

pickled perch or smoked salmon?

-Smoked salmon.

-Correct. Matthew,

in the northern hemisphere, which of the four seasons

begins last in the calendar year?

-Winter.

-Correct.

Penny, in the home or office, what C is the general name

for any piece of furniture that's designed as a seat for one person?

-Chair.

-Correct. Gary, in geography, the Lakes Ontario, Superior, Huron and Erie

lie on the border of Canada and which other country?

-Alaska.

-United States. Robert,

in the tragedy by William Shakespeare,

what is the first name of the love interest of Juliet,

whom she marries in secret?

-Romeo.

-Correct. Linda,

in pastimes, a snorkel is typically used

for which activity, diving or dancing?

-Diving.

-Correct. Ken,

in personal finance, people who live within their income

are said to make ends what?

-Meet.

-Correct. Aimi, in warfare, what W is a term

for any items used for attack or defence

such as clubs, spears, knives, guns and bombs?

-Weapon.

-Correct.

Richard, in the words of the nursery rhyme,

Humpty Dumpty could not be put together again

by all of whose horses and men?

-King's.

-Correct. Dany,

in tourist attractions, what word is almost always used in English

to describe the bell tower of Pisa Cathedral in Italy

as it is not quite vertical?

-Leaning.

-Correct. Matthew.

-Bank.

-In the kitchen, the transparent polythene material

used for wrapping food and named for the fact that it adheres to things is called what film?

-Cling.

-Correct. Penny, in TV, which medical drama series

first broadcast in 1999 is a spin-off of the show Casualty?

-Holby City.

-Correct. Gary,

in reference to traditional beliefs,

what time is sometimes known as the witching hour, noon or midnight?

-Midnight.

-Correct.

Robert, in popular music, a song written by Cole Porter

and frequently performed by Frank Sinatra in entitled I've Got You Under My what?

-Skin.

-Correct. Linda,

in UK geography, which word follows Buckingham, Gloucester and Lincoln

-in the names of three English counties?

-Shire.

-Correct.

Ken, in cinema, a film with a light, humorous tone that focuses on a love story

is often referred to by the contracted rhyming term Rom what?

-Pass.

-Com.

Aimi, in golf...

Time's up. You won £450.

You had a chain of 11 correct answers.

So, who's obviously a vision of derision?

Whose reputation are you rejecting?

One of you is about to leave with nothing.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Matthew is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Gary. But who will the players vote off

at this early stage of the game?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Ken.

Ken.

Gary.

Ken.

Gary.

Gary.

Ken.

Gary.

Ken.

What do you do, Gary?

-I'm a sales manager, Anne.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-For who?

-Panasonic.

-And is it televisions?

No, when you think of Panasonic, you think of TVs and cameras.

-I work more on the commercial side, so...

-I think this is going to be boring!

-Yes, well...

-What do you do in your spare time, Gary?

-I don't have a great deal of spare time...

-No, obviously not.

There has got to be something interesting about you.

-OK, I'm an entertainer.

-Tell me a joke.

-There was a duck...

-Yes.

-Who walked into the job centre and asked for a job.

The manager went into the back and said to his manager,

"There's a talking duck. Phone Chipperfield Circus."

Then he went back and says, "We've got you a job."

He said, "Doing what?" "You're a talking duck!" He says, "No, I'm not, I'm a welder!"

-Why Ken?

-I couldn't vote for myself. It was only Ken and I that got questions wrong in that round.

-What do you do, Aimi?

-I'm a supportive services supervisor for a charity.

-What charity?

-It's called Send A Cow.

-Is it.

-Yep.

-Where do they go, the cows?

-Africa.

-Where do you work?

-In Bath.

What do you do on your nights off?

-I'm in a band at the weekends.

-Are you? What can you sing?

-I tend to do a lot of Motown.

-Go on, then.

Um... OK.

-#

-Calling out around the world

-#

-Are you ready for a brand new beat?

-#

-The summer's here and the time is right

-#

-For dancing in the street.

-#

Put your board up.

Why Ken?

I was just about to bank after Ken's question

and I didn't get the chance.

-Where are you from, Robert?

-Swindon.

-Do you sing in your spare time?

-No.

-Thank goodness for that. What do you do in your spare time?

-I'm a naturist.

What's the point of taking your clothes off in public?

To be at one with nature, get an all-over tan without the restrictions of costume.

Why is it always old wrinkly people who become...

-We're less inhibited about our bodies, I suppose.

-Do you do sports?

-We do, yes.

-Like what?

-Tennis.

-How does that work?

You have a racket and a ball and a net!

One person at one end of the court, and another at the other end!

-Bits of you are wobbling around, are they?

-They can be.

-Is there a Mrs Robert?

-There is, yes.

Yeah. Put your board down.

-What shape is she?

-A very nice shape.

-Well, show us!

Ooh, quite fat!

You might say so, Anne. Compared to you, maybe.

-So how's her tennis?

-She doesn't play.

-No.

Wise. Put your board up.

-Why Ken?

-Again Gary missed an opportunity I think and Ken was the next person

so he had to go.

Ken, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My partner, Anne-Marie, would probably have got that question right about the romantic comedy.

So therefore I'm going to get some stick off her, good style!

Round Two. In the bank, £450. Ten seconds off your time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, Matthew.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Matthew, in politics,

what was the first name of the man who, in 1951, married the woman who became

the first female prime minister of the UK?

-Don't know. Pass.

-Denis. Penny, in the measurement of time,

there are how many milliseconds in a second?

-1,000.

-Correct. Gary,

in the Arabian Nights story, Aladdin can call upon a genie

either with a magic ring or by rubbing which other object?

-A lamp.

-Correct.

Robert, in expressions,

good that have been obtained by dishonest or illegal means

are described as ill-gotten what?

-Gains.

-Correct. Linda, in children's games, what B is the term for spheres

filled with air made by blowing through a circular wand

that's been dipped in soapy liquid?

-Bubbles.

-Correct. Aimi.

-Bank.

The nickname for Aberdeen that includes the name of a type of rock

is the what city?

-Pass.

-Granite.

Richard, in pop music in 1967, the song Flowers In The Rain by The Move

was the first record to be played on which national radio station?

-Radio One.

-Correct. Dany, in road and rail travel,

the usual two-word British equivalent of the American phrase mass transit is public what?

-Transport.

-Correct. Matthew, in a scene from the 1993 film Jurassic Park,

the approach of a dinosaur is made evident by the ripples in a what,

glass of water or bowl of soup?

-A glass of water.

-Correct.

Penny, in maths, what's 49 plus eight?

-57.

-Correct. Gary.

-Bank.

In TV, the comedian known for creating the character Alan Partridge is Steve who?

-Coogan.

-Correct. Robert, in carpentry,

what K is the word for a roughly circular and darker-coloured imperfection

in the flow of the grain on a sawn piece of timber?

-Pass.

-Knot. Linda,

in education, the hyphenated term used to describe a teaching aid

because it utilises both sound and moving pictures is audio what?

-Tape.

-Visual. Aimi,

according to the children's song, the old lady who swallowed a spider

did so in order to catch which insect?

-Fly.

-Correct. Richard, in Formula One, the Brazilian driver who won 41 Grand Prix

and was world champion three times in the 1980s and '90s was Ayrton who?

-Senna.

-Correct. Dany,

in geography, what B is the name of the German state

whose capital is Munich?

-Pass.

-Bavaria. Matthew,

in July 2010, which of the Minogue sisters gave birth to a baby boy called Ethan Edward Smith?

-Dannii.

-Correct. Penny,

on the Stock Exchange when prices rise sharply after a period when they've been falling,

they're said to do what, volley or rally?

-Rally.

-Correct. Gary.

-Bank.

In vocabulary, which word...

Time's up. You won £450 again.

But who's now a rich seam of stupidity?

Who's not even a safe pair of brain cells?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Penny is the strongest link.

Statistically, the weakest link is Dany.

But will the team notice that?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Aimi.

Matthew.

Robert.

Robert.

Matthew.

Robert.

Matthew.

Linda.

We have a tie, team. Matthew and Robert, three votes each.

-What do you do, Dany?

-I'm an Arabic Dance teacher.

-Do you teach the moves?

-Yeah.

-Like what?

Figures of eight, camels.

-Are you a figure of eight?

-A large one!

You have to have a belly to belly dance.

OK. Put your board down.

Move over towards Matthew.

-Are you going to do an figure of eight?

-A figure of eight, or I can do a rib circle.

-A shimmy.

-Yeah.

-Bit of each, really.

-I'll do figures of eight, then.

-Yeah.

-Some nice little hip drumps.

-Yes.

-A shimmy.

-Yeah.

Shimmy.

-And a rib circle.

-Do you teach at nudist camps?

-No.

-Shame. Pop up again.

Put your board up. Why Matthew?

I know he got a question wrong.

What do you do, Richard?

-I'm a divorce lawyer, Anne.

-Are you? Where?

-In Chester.

-What have you learnt, being a divorce lawyer?

I've learnt that often during the divorce process

you see people at their very best and their very worst.

What's them at their very worst?

-When they're crying in your office, usually.

-Yes.

You don't like that?

It's fine. It's on my time, so that's OK.

Hang on a second. I start to weep and you put the clock on?

-It's already on!

-It's already on.

-You're in reception.

So you must think, "Jolly good. I can put my feet up for a bit while she weeps."

-I do comfort them.

-Do you? What do you say?

-"Have another tissue"!

-Have another tissue. That must be a great comfort(!)

-It is. The more tissues, the better.

-Yes. Why Robert?

Everyone got a question wrong,

and the thought of Robert without clothes on swung it for me.

Well, the strongest link was Penny.

So she gets to decide. What do you do, Penny?

-I'm a part-time waitress, Anne.

-Where?

In a rock'n'roll diner. A 1950s and '60s time warp.

Yes. Put your board down.

Move towards Gary.

Ooh. And you're in the warp yourself, are you?

No, I like to try and be trendy when I'm not working.

Do you? Turn sideways.

Yes.

Who did you borrow those off?

-I didn't borrow them. They're mine.

-Are they?

Pop up again.

-How old are you?

-56.

-Put your board up.

What do you serve at your restaurant?

-Anything from sausages up to T-bone steaks.

-Yeah.

-And mutton?

-No, not mutton.

No? No mutton dressed as lamb?

No. That's what some people think, but I don't care what they think. I'm happy in myself.

-Why Matthew?

-On his second question, he hesitated a bit.

You have a choice. Stick with Matthew or move to Robert?

-Sorry, Matthew. I'll stick with Matthew.

-Matthew, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Penny was the only one I didn't get along with on today's show.

Once I knew she was the strongest link, it was a foregone conclusion.

I think she was jealous I'd look better in her clothes than she did,

given a woman of her advanced age!

Round Three. In the bank, £900. Another ten seconds off the time.

Strongest link from last round was Penny. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Penny, at a fete,

what T is the name for a kind of lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum?

-A tombola.

-Correct. Gary, the English title of an 1877 opera by Saint-Saens is Samson and who?

-Delilah.

-Correct.

Robert, the board game originally called Murder when it was invented in the 1940s

was marketed in the UK under what name, Lego or Cluedo?

-Cluedo.

-Correct. Linda,

in energy, what's the name of the unit commonly abbreviated to kWh

used for the measurement of domestic electricity consumption?

-Kilowatts.

-No, kilowatt hour.

Aimi, in rugby union, a scrum is normally formed by how many players from each side?

-Four.

-Eight.

Richard, in dairy products, when milk coagulates

it separates into a liquid portion called whey

and a semi-solid portion known as what?

-Curds.

-Correct. Dany, in higher education,

what C is the five-syllable name

given to the academic study of law breaking and law breakers?

-Pass.

-Criminology. Penny, in the traditional version of the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff,

the troll lived under which structure?

-A bridge.

-Correct. Gary, in maritime history

at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805,

the last words of Admiral Nelson are reputed to have been, Kiss me, who?

-Hardy.

-Correct.

-Robert.

-Bank.

-In anatomy, which digit on the hand is sometimes called the pollex?

-The little finger.

-The thumb. Linda,

in wildlife, because of its fondness for a particular sweet food,

the kinkajou is sometimes known as the what, honey bear or toffee beaver?

-The honey bear.

-Correct. Aimi,

in pop music, the 2010 release entitled Euphoria

featuring Usher, Acon and Lionel Richie

was a UK hit album for Enrique who?

-Iglesias.

-Correct.

Richard, in a script for a theatrical play,

what E is a single-word stage direction instructing the character to come onto the stage?

-Enter.

-Correct. Dany.

-Bank.

At the seaside, what's the everyday name for the granular material found on beaches

that consists mainly of silicon dioxide?

-Sand.

-Correct. Penny, in maths, what is 60 minus 36?

-24.

-Correct. Gary, in 19th-century literature,

the mill in the title of a novel by George Eliot stands on which river?

-Pass.

-The Floss. Robert,

in the army,what L is the usual military term

for a hole specially dug for use as a lavatory in a temporary camp?

-Latrine.

-Correct. Linda.

-Bank.

In TV, the variety show Tonight's the Night was first broadcast...

Time's up. You won £170.

But who's crossed the I's and dotted the T's?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Aimi is statistically the weakest link.

But how will the votes go?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Richard.

Robert.

Dany.

Linda.

Robert.

Dany.

Dany.

Gary the big-time sales manager. What sort of car do you drive?

-A BMW five series.

-What colour is your BMW?

-It's cashmere silver.

-Have you got an in and out drive?

Oh, God, no. We're not that posh.

But it colour co-ordinates with everyone else on the cul de sac.

A cul de sac. So chic! Why Dany?

Dany voted for me in the first round.

Aimi, can't you sing a song about a cow?

I don't know any about cows!

Oh. Why Dany?

She was the only one I can remember getting a question wrong, other than me.

Yes. But she actually banked £100.

-And you were the worst player.

-OK.

Dany, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When Robert told us that he was a naturist,

we were all surprised cos he hadn't mentioned it before

and we were pretty glad Anne didn't ask him to demonstrate his skills!

Round Four. In the bank, £1,070. Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from last round, Penny. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Penny, in estate agent jargon, the term "des res" is an abbreviation of which expression?

-Desirable residence.

-Correct. Gary,

after Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney,

the next largest Channel Island is called what, Cutty or Sark?

-Sark.

-Correct. Robert,

in food in 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

opened a shop in Vermont selling which confectionery item?

-Ice cream.

-Correct. Linda,

what T is the name shared by a type of acrobat

and a drinking glass with straight sides and a flat base?

-Tumbler.

-Correct. Aimi.

-Bank.

The 1992 UK number one single for Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You,

was written by which female country singer?

-Dolly Parton.

-Correct. Richard,

the wife of which Biblical character was turned into a pillar of salt?

-Job.

-Lot. Penny,

which of these painters was a leading figure in the movement known as surrealism?

Michelangelo or Salvador Dali?

-Salvador Dali.

-Correct. Gary,

in stunts, in 1901, a teacher named Annie Taylor

became the first person to survive a plunge over which North American falls inside a barrel?

-Grand Canyon.

-Niagara Falls. Robert,

in Greek mythology, what A was the youth loved by the goddess Aphrodite

whose name is now used to refer to a handsome young man?

-Adonis.

-Correct. Linda, in human anatomy, which word meaning only

is also the term for the underside of the foot?

-Pass.

-Sole.

Aimi, in 2010, the Dutch model Lara Stone married which English comedian and star of Little Britain?

-David Walliams.

-Correct.

Richard, in international law, the atmosphere above a country that is subject to its jurisdiction

is known as its what, head-room or air space?

-Air space.

-Correct. Penny, in alcoholic beverages,

the drink called perry is traditionally made from which fruit from which it derives its name?

-Pear.

-Correct. Gary,

what H is the name of a large instrument played by plucking a series of vertical strings?

-Harp.

-Correct.

-Robert.

-Bank.

-In domestic dogs, a chug is a cross between

a pug and which other small breed that originated in Mexico?

-Pass.

-Chihuahua. Linda,

in astronomy, the diamond ring effect when one bead of sunlight

around the moon outshines the rest occurs during an event known as a total solar what?

Time's up. The correct answer was eclipse. You won £400.

But which puppy is destined for the pound?

Which sheep needs to be sheared?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most wrong answers, Linda is the weakest link.

Statistically, Penny is the strongest link.

But who will the team want off?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Linda.

Robert.

Robert.

Robert.

Robert.

Robert.

What do you do, Linda?

-I'm a business development manager.

-Another sales person, are you?

-It's another word, yes.

-Yes. And what do you sell?

We do qualifications for childcare practitioners.

You're a great expert on childcare, are you?

-I have two children of my own.

-Do you?

And how old are they?

My youngest is 22 and my eldest is 27.

You're a bit past it, then, aren't you? Why Robert?

Robert had a couple wrong, but so did I.

It could be either one of us.

-Did you think he was the worst player?

-Possibly.

-Possibly not, Linda.

-Probably was me.

Never probably.

-Richard, why Robert?

-He voted for me in the last round without any justification, I thought.

He also got a question wrong and I can't get that mental image out of my head.

Robert, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Having to vote for somebody is a difficult decision.

Once you've put pen to paper, you can't change your mind.

A few times I wished I had.

Maybe that's why I'm not still playing the game.

Round Five. In the bank, £1,470.

Another ten seconds off the time.

The strongest link last round was Penny. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Penny, in the 1990s,

which three-character alphanumeric abbreviation

was used to represent the year 2000?

MM.

Y2K. Gary, a person who looks after a church and churchyard

is known as a what, sexton or sherlock?

-Sexton.

-Correct. Linda.

-Bank.

-In literature, the 1984 Cold War thriller by Frederick Forsyth

-is entitled The Fourth what?

-Saga.

-Protocol.

Aimi, what J is a seven-letter first name shared by actresses called Tandy, Lang, Beale and Alba?

-Jessica.

-Correct.

Richard, in physics in 1905, Albert Einstein proposed his special theory of what?

-Relativity.

-Correct.

Penny, in the Tour de France, the cyclist who earns the polkadot jersey

is considered to be the best what, climber or sprinter?

-Climber.

-Correct. Gary,

in regional stereotypes, part of a Yorkshireman's advice to his son is said to be,

Eat all, drink all, pay what?

-Play hard.

-Nowt.

Linda, in cooking, what I refers to a type of energy-efficient type of electric hob

which heats the pan by means of a magnetic field?

-Can you repeat the question?

-In cooking, what I refers to a type of energy-efficient electric hob

which heats the pan by means of a magnetic field?

-Pass.

-Induction. Aimi,

which 1980s drama series starred Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly as New York police officers?

-Cagney and Lacey.

-Correct.

Richard, in the Ancient Roman calendar, the Ides of March

fell on which specific date?

-13th.

-15th. Penny,

the former X Factor semi-finalist

who in 2010 had a UK number one single entitled Once is Diana who?

-Pass.

-Vickers. Gary,

in geography, what P is the name given to the region in southern Argentina and Chile

extending from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean?

-Aztecs.

-Patagonia. Linda,

in children's books, the characters called Peter Rabbit, Tom Kitten and Mrs Tittlemouse

-were created by which author?

-Beatrix Potter.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In history in 1946...

Time's up. You banked just £40.

Who'd take a taxi to a drive-in movie?

Who's stuck on the first floor of a ladder factory?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The weakest link statistically is Gary.

But can he survive the vote?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

Penny.

Linda.

Gary.

Gary.

Linda.

We have a tie, team.

Gary and Linda two votes each. Penny, why Gary?

I remember Gary having a question wrong in the first round

-and other previous rounds so that tipped the balance, I'm afraid.

-Gary, why Linda?

It was the pause um...that did it for me, that stuck in my memory.

Aimi was the strongest link. She decides. Why Linda?

Because she's next to me I remembered her as wrong more.

And like Gary said, the hesitation.

Do you want to change your vote?

I'm going to stick with it.

Linda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Playing the Weakest Link at home is so easy.

You can shout the answers out to the television.

When you're actually up there in the studio,

it's very daunting and you have to listen really hard.

And it's important to listen to the whole of the question.

A totally different experience.

Round Six and you're up to £1,510.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

Linen is made from which part of the flax plant, the stems or the flowers?

-Flowers.

-Stems.

An instrument used for drawing circles that's pointed at one end

and has a place for a pencil at the other is called a pair of what?

-Set squares.

-Compasses.

What G is the single-word name of the bloodstream sugar

the level of which is maintained by insulin?

-Glucose.

-Correct.

In the performing arts in 2010, 19-year-old

Henry Perkins became the first British dancer to graduate

from the Academy of which Moscow ballet school?

-Pass.

-The Bolshoi.

In Danish food,

a piece of bread topped with a filling

but with no upper is known as an open what?

-Sandwich.

-Correct.

When meeting oncoming traffic at night,

a driver should dip which lights, sidelights or headlights?

-Headlights.

-Correct.

The former chief political correspondent for the BBC,

who in 2009 was appointed its North American Editor is Mark who?

-Pass.

-Mardell.

The sculptor Barbara Hepworth lived and worked in which Cornish seaside resort?

-Newquay.

-St Ives.

In money, SGD is the standard code

for the national currency of which Southeast Asian country?

-Pass.

-Singapore.

The first black heavyweight champion of the world

who won the title in 1908, was Jack who?

-Johnson.

-Correct.

In the novel Sense And Sensibility by Jane Austen,

what D is the surname of the sisters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret?

-Darwin.

-Dashwood.

In northwest England, the peninsula that lies between

the estuaries of the Dee and Mersey is known by what name?

-Pass.

-The Wirral.

The two aristocrats born in the 1930s,

known as Lord Snowdon and Lord Lichfield,

achieved renown in physics or photography?

-Photography.

-Bank.

In the British Army, which boy's name

precedes the word corporal to give...

Time's up.

You only won £20.

Is Richard costing you every minute he's here?

Has Penny gone out of fashion?

Maybe Aimi is a charity case?

Or has Gary become a bad joke?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Gary is still the weakest link.

Richard is statistically the strongest link.

But will the voting reflect reality?

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

-Richard, why Gary?

-It was a terrible round for everybody,

-but Gary got the most questions wrong.

-Penny, why Gary?

-Gary got all his questions wrong.

-He did. Gary...

-Yeah.

-..you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne's been doing this job for a long time

and is a complete professional.

And she was firing a lot of questions at me.

I wanted to come back with a bit of banter but it didn't come out right.

Round Seven. You're now up to £1,530.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What W is the name of a savoury dumpling

that is boiled, steamed or fried and eaten in soup?

-Wonton.

-Correct.

Which slang term for someone who studies a lot at school,

sounds the same as a word meaning a blow often aimed at a fly?

-Swot.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In cinema, the 2010 martial arts drama

starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith, and the 1984 film

of which it is a remake, share which title?

-Karate Kid.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The intercostal muscles are located

in the spaces between the ribs or the jaws?

-Ribs.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The tennis player who, in the 1980s, achieved

eight Grand Slam titles and won the Davis Cup three times with Sweden is Mats who?

-Pass.

-Wilander.

What G is both a band

used to hold up a sock or stocking,

and a knitting stitch in which all rows are plain

rather than alternating with purl?

-Garter.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In politics, the word "perestroika"

meaning "restructuring", originated in which language?

-Russian.

-Correct.

It's Only Make Believe was a UK No.1 single in 1958

for the singer known as Conway what?

-Conway Twitty.

-Correct.

Which is smaller, three-quarters or five-eighths?

-Three-quarters.

-Five-eighths.

In 1980 and '90s TV,

the fashion magazine editor Caryn Franklin co-presented which series with Jeff Banks?

-The Fashion Show.

-The Clothes Show.

What E is defined as an outlying region of a country

that is mostly or entirely surrounded by foreign territories?

-Pass.

-Enclave.

The temperature at which heated oil

begins to break down and emit acrid odours is usually called the...?

Time's up. The answer was smoke point.

You won £110. In Round Eight

you get the chance to treble what you bank.

It's a chance to raise the bank balance. You need to hang on

to the best player. Time to vote off the weakest link.

Richard is the strongest link because he answered the most questions correctly.

Statistically, Penny is the weakest link.

But who will be taking the final walk of shame?

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

-Richard, why Penny?

-She got most questions wrong.

-Aimi, why Penny?

She seemed to get most wrong. I never had much to bank.

Penny, it's a fair vote. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I had my chat with Anne I was expecting her to pick on my clothing.

I like to dress trendy.

And I did think she would say I was mutton dressed as lamb and that did come across.

But as I said at the time I don't care what other people think.

I'm happy with the way I am.

Round Eight and you're up to £1,640.

In this round 90 seconds. What you win is trebled.

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

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In vocabulary,

what name of a tropical root vegetable is a month of the year spelt backwards?

-Pass.

-Yam.

In ornithology, the sea birds that are sometimes referred to

as Mother Carey's chickens are more widely known as storm what?

-Pass.

-Petrels.

In technology, what C is a word

meaning condensed in volume that describes the air used to power a pneumatic drill?

-Compressed.

-Correct.

In industrial relations, the acronym ACAS

is short for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration what?

-Society.

-Service.

In the French Revolution,

the poorest Republicans were known collectively by a name

that translates as without hats or trousers?

-Hats.

-Trousers.

In science, the grandson of the Duke of Devonshire

who is credited with the discovery of hydrogen is Henry who?

-Pass.

-Cavendish.

Which surname follows the initials JS,

JC and CPE to make the names of a father and two of his sons?

-Bach.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In the children's book Through The Looking Glass,

Alice hears a poem about which marine mammal and a carpenter?

-Walrus.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The Brussels-born American designer

who founded her own clothing company in 1976 is Liz who?

-Pass.

-Claiborne.

In horse racing, fences called The Chair, Valentine's Brook...

Time's up. You won £40 which we'll treble.

It gives you prize money today of £1,760.

There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie we'll go for sudden death.

Aimi and Richard, for £1,760, let's play the Weakest Link.

As the strongest link in the last round you have the choice of who goes first.

I will go first.

Richard, in 2010,

one of the new entries in the Dictionary Of National Biography

was the band leader Wallace Hartley,

who perished with his orchestra in 1912 when which ship sank?

-The Titanic.

-That is the correct answer.

Aimi. In cinema,

the character called Scrat

that's been described as a sabre-toothed squirrel,

has featured in a series of animated films

named after which prehistoric period of time?

-Ice Age.

-That is the correct answer.

In popular tourist attractions,

the Reisenrad is the famous ferris wheel

that stands in the Prater Park in which European capital city?

-Prague.

-The correct answer is Vienna.

In 2010, which Portuguese football manager nicknamed "the special one"

won the European Cup with Inter Milan

six years after winning it with Porto?

-Pass.

-Jose Mourinho.

In literature, if it was converted to an alternative temperature scale,

the title of which novel by Ray Bradbury

would become Celsius 232.78?

-Fahrenheit.

-No. I can't accept.

The correct answer is Fahrenheit 451.

In archaeology, the stone that was a key

to the decipherment of hieroglyphics is known by what name

after the Egyptian town where it was found in 1799?

-Rosetta.

-That is the correct answer.

At the end of the 18th century,

the first specimen sent to the UK of which semi-aquatic animal

was believed to be a hoax

because it had the fur of a mammal and the beak of a bird?

-Duck-billed platypus.

-That is the correct answer.

In UK geography, in terms of population,

which is the largest town in the county of Suffolk?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Ipswich.

In 1960s and '70s TV,

Mr Rusty was the operator of a carousel ridden on by children

named Paul, Basil, Florence and Rosalie,

in the opening sequence of which animated series?

-The Magic Roundabout.

-That is the correct answer.

In pop music, which former name of a well-known prison in Manchester

precedes "here we come" in the title of

the final studio album by The Smiths?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Strangeways.

That means, Richard, you're today's strongest link.

And you go away with £1,760.

Aimi, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

If the questions had been the other way round,

I don't know if I would have done any better.

I can't even remember Richard's questions.

I'm thrilled to have won The Weakest Link today.

I had been goaded by my children that I wasn't going to do it.

But a message to them, "Dad did it."

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