19/09/2012 Weakest Link

Here are today's team of nine contestants,

preparing for the show. One of them

will go home with up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing

as their team-mates vote them the weakest link.

Welcome to The Weakest Link.

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

They don't know each other. However, to win, they have to work as a team.

BUT eight of them will leave with nothing,

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

Let's meet the team.

My name's Lynn. I'm 30.

I'm a training and development coach from Kirkcaldy.

My name's Graham. I'm 30. I'm a local government officer from Exeter.

I'm Gill. I'm 46. I'm a credit controller from Harrow.

My name's Jim. I'm 37.

I'm a civil servant. I live near Ballymena.

I'm Jen. I'm 61 and retired from Wrexham.

I'm Rob, a 20-year-old student from Winchester.

I'm Don. I'm a 60-year-old builder from Nairn in Scotland.

I'm Claire, a 27-year-old NVQ assessor from Ripley in Derbyshire.

I'm David, 45, a learning disability practitioner from Richmond.

The aim is to answer enough questions

correctly to reach your £1000 target

within the time limit.

The fastest way is to create a chain

of nine. Get one wrong,

you break the chain and lose the money.

BUT if you say "bank"

before the question, the money is safe. However,

you start a new chain from scratch. At the end,

only money that has been banked can be taken forward.

In Round One,

there are three minutes.

We'll start with whoever is first alphabetically.

That's you, Claire.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

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

Going from bad to worse is like getting out of the frying pan and into the what?

Fire.

Complete the name of this BBC soap opera, East what?

Enders.

What two letters are used to abbreviate the words "alternating current"?

AC.

In the nursery rhyme, which bridge is falling down?

London.

During the crucifixion, Jesus was forced to wear a crown of what?

Thorns.

What are you entitled to do when blowing out the candles on your birthday cake?

Make a wish.

In astronomy, "HST" stands for Hubble Space what?

Transport.

Telescope. If you drive 80 miles on a return trip,

how many miles is it one way?

40.

Which L is a variety of flower that can be prefixed by Tiger or Water?

Lily.

Jeans are normally made from which fabric?

Denim.

Complete the title of the 1986 John Hughes movie,

Ferris Bueller's what?

Day Off.

-Bank.

-Which part of the chicken is the drumstick, leg or wing?

The leg.

What kind of animal is the TV puppet Kermit?

Frog.

The card game with the object of scoring 21 is known as Black what?

Jack.

What name is given to someone who studies ecology?

Scientist?

An Ecologist. For what does the "e" in e-mail stand?

Electronic.

In space, constellations are groups of what?

Stars.

Which ex-Spice Girl released the singles Bag It Up and Lift Me Up?

Geri Halliwell.

In children's TV, Pingu is which type of bird?

Penguin.

-Bank.

-In Roman numerals, which letter represents 5?

V.

What is a symbol representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound?

Pass.

Note. In law, what E is the name given to objects

used to prove or disprove someone's case?

Evidence.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

-Van Gogh.

-Leonardo Da Vinci.

What's the highest score you can achieve with three darts?

180.

What T is a woollen fabric, commonly used to make sports jackets?

Tweed.

Blackfriars is a district in which city in the UK?

London.

-Bank.

-In which 1964 film did Dick Van Dyke star as a chimney sweep named Bert?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Mary Poppins. Which animal is larger, the wallaby or the kangaroo?

Kangaroo.

-Bank.

-In music, singer Axl Rose featured in which US rock band formed in 1985?

Stone Roses.

Guns N'Roses. Lynn...

Time is up.

Disappointingly, you only banked

£520 of the £1000 available to you.

Whose time is up? Who will only be a nuisance in the rounds to come?

One of you must go.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Claire is the strongest link, with four correct answers.

Jen is the weakest link.

But what factors will the team take into account?

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

Lynn, how's it going for you?

-OK.

-What do you do?

-I'm a training and development coach.

Why Jen?

She didn't answer as many questions correctly as the others.

-Jim, what do you do?

-I'm a civil servant.

I maintain computer systems.

You've never heard of an ecologist?

-I have.

-So why didn't you answer correctly?

I got confused between an ecologist and a scientist.

I just didn't get ecology.

-Why has Jen disappointed you?

-She hasn't.

She was unlucky with one question

-where she lost the team a lot of money.

-Right, OK.

Claire, going OK for you?

-So far, yes.

-Not going OK for Jen, though.

She just seemed a bit nervous and hesitant.

-You won't be nervous, will you?

-I'm very nervous.

Jen,

-what happened to you?

-I left my brain at home.

Well, go and join it. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm really disappointed to be voted off first.

I knew the answer to the Hubble Space Telescope.

I'm into aviation

and space.

It just didn't come at the time.

Round Two,

and there's £520 in the kitty.

There are eight players left.

Jen has gone

to be reunited with her memory.

We'll take ten seconds off the clock.

We'll start with Claire.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Cybill Shepherd featured in the series Moon what?

Pass.

Lighting. Consomme and gazpacho are what?

Soup.

In which sport is the ball made of cork, twine and red leather?

Cricket.

How many right angles are in a right angle triangle?

One.

-Bank.

-What character did Leonardo DiCaprio play in the film Romeo and Juliet?

Romeo.

Common house and bluebottle are types of which insect?

Fly.

In which event did Linford Christie win a 1992 Olympic gold medal?

100m.

-Bank.

-The art of planning the decoration of a room is called interior what?

Decorating.

Design. What is the official currency of Australia?

Dollar.

Which country would you be flying to

if you were arriving at Indira Gandhi airport?

India.

Brad Pitt stars as Tyler Durden in which 1999 action movie,

Fight Club or End Of Days?

Fight Club.

-Bank.

-Counting what on trees enables you to tell their age?

Rings.

In TV, Mel Blanc provided the voice for Barney in which cartoon series?

The Flintstones.

Which is larger, a hen's egg or a quail's egg?

A hen's egg.

-Bank.

-Which artist performed the hit song Stan

with Eminem at the 2001 Grammy awards?

Elton John.

Do veins carry oxygenated or deoxygenated blood?

Deoxygenated.

What was the first name of the British explorer Captain Cook?

-Pass.

-James.

The Swedish group Europe had a UK No.1 single in 1986

with a song entitled The Final what?

Countdown.

Which famous British entrepreneur

opened his first record shop in 1971?

Richard Branson.

Geography. Kingston upon what is a town in Surrey?

Thames.

-Bank.

-Pines are members of which family of trees?

Conifer.

What term applies to the scientific investigation of a crime?

Investigation?

Forensics.

What G is a grazing antelope, also known as a wildebeest?

-Gazelle?

-Gnu.

In which year was the first nonstop aeroplane flight around the world,

1972 or 1986?

-1972.

-1986.

What On The Roof is a 1964 musical featuring a character called Tevye?

Fiddler.

That was the correct answer.

You banked £500 in that round,

but who needs early retirement?

Who is suffering from a poverty

in the intelligence department?

One of you is leaving. Time to vote off the weakest link.

Gill is now strongest statistically.

Don only answered one correctly, making him the weakest link.

But have the others noticed this?

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

Graham.

Why Claire?

I remember two wrong answers from Claire,

like the Moonlighting one.

Gill, why Claire?

I thought she was very nervous and didn't answer many questions right.

-Don, how do you think you've done so far?

-Rubbish.

Right. So, why have you voted for Claire?

She was the only other person who got two wrong.

But statistically, you were the worst player.

Claire, once the strongest link, you're being voted off.

-Have you got any hobbies?

-I'm a Brownie leader.

And what's the motto of the Brownies?

Sorry! I don't know. I've forgotten it.

So, THEY'LL vote you off, too.

Well, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm angry about getting the James Cook one wrong.

It's general knowledge and common sense, and it went out of my head.

I'd like to see Gill go next, because she thinks she'll win,

and she'll trample over people to do it,

and she enjoys the idea of being on telly and winning.

Round Three.

So far, you've won £1020 out of a possible £2000.

Seven of you left. We take away ten seconds and start with the strongest link.

That's Gill. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What B is a flower worn on a jacket lapel?

Buttonhole.

In music, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head re-entered the singles charts

four times in 1970 for which French singer?

Sacha Distel.

What is a peccadillo? A petty sin or a type of cigar?

-A cigar.

-A petty sin.

Name the 1995 film, based on an Irvine Welsh novel,

about a group of drug addicts.

-Pass.

-Trainspotting.

What was the name given to the intense air attack on south England

by the Luftwaffe between 1940 and 1941?

The Blitz.

To which family of fish does the haddock belong?

-Pass.

-Cod.

In which country of the UK was physicist Michael Faraday born?

-Scotland.

-England.

In science, which element was formerly called "inflammable air"?

-Pass.

-Hydrogen.

Is the coyote a carnivore or a herbivore?

Carnivore.

According to the theory of relativity, what is the highest speed possible?

-Pass.

-Speed of light.

In the 1975 film, what type of shark was Jaws?

A Great White.

Where does digestion start? In the stomach or the mouth?

Mouth.

For which football team did David Seaman play at the start of 2001?

Arsenal.

-Bank.

-What type of animal is a sea cow? Mammal or fish?

-Fish.

-Mammal.

In which decade did Monty Python's Flying Circus

first appear on British television?

'60s.

In the USA, for what do the initials of the press agency AP stand?

Associated Press.

Apiculture is the practice of keeping which sort of insects?

-Beetles.

-Bees.

In which city is the Marais district? Paris or Brussels?

-Brussels.

-Paris.

In tennis, which country did Gabriela Sabatini represent?

Argentina.

-Bank.

-On which New Zealand island is Auckland?

North.

In gin rummy, how many cards are dealt to each player at the start?

-Four.

-Ten.

In which year did the UK National Lottery start? 1994, 1995 or 1997?

1994.

-Bank.

-What was the original job of Sue Pollard's character

in the BBC sitcom Hi-De-Hi?

The answer was chalet maid, but you're out of time.

You banked a pathetic £210.

Who has given the maximum number of pathetic answers?

Who doesn't know their job?

Who do you want to leave? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Jim answered all his correctly, and banked money,

making him the strongest.

Rob is the weakest link statistically.

But will the voting follow the facts?

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

Lynn,

-why Don?

-He hesitated,

and he got some questions wrong.

David.

-Happy about how it's going for you?

-So far.

Are you? You want Don off the team?

He was weak in the last round.

Rob.

Don't look frightened. I haven't said anything.

-What are you laughing at?

-Nothing.

-Never heard of a peccadillo?

-Afraid not, no.

-What do you do?

-I'm a student.

-What of?

-History.

And that doesn't involve the English language?

No, just history.

How do you think you did just now?

-HE CHUCKLES Not too well, Anne.

-Is that funny, as well?

Not really.

Well, you were the worst, but it's votes that count.

Don, you were too hesitant for some of them.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I didn't do well. I wasn't the worst, but I'm not complaining.

I really didn't do as well as I should have done, with the questions I got.

I'd like to see David go next,

because he's got this...

greatly over-inflated idea of himself.

Round Four. £1230 banked so far,

out of a potential prize money of £3000.

Six left. We take ten seconds away.

You now have two and a half minutes.

We start with the strongest link.

Jim, let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Was John Adams the first or second US President?

Second.

In art, what R is a movement in painting,

which attempts to represent the world accurately?

-Pass.

-Realist.

In UK politics, the Representation of the People Act of 1918

gave the vote to most men over what age?

21.

The magazine Four-Four-Two is devoted to which sport?

Football.

Where is Perth? Western or southern Australia?

Western.

-Bank.

-In 1986, which former Page 3 girl

had a UK Top Ten hit with Touch Me?

Sam Fox.

In sport, which boxer is known as Iron Mike?

Tyson.

-Bank.

-In the animal kingdom, the emu is native to which country?

-Pass.

-Australia.

In maths, how many even numbers are there between 1 and 1001?

500.

In which country was former champion jockey Pat Eddery born?

Ireland.

-Bank.

-In film, which birds feature in the 1996 movie Fly Away Home,

starring Jeff Daniels?

-Cuckoos.

-Geese.

The world's first passenger railway was built in the 18th or 19th century?

-18th.

-19th.

What name is given to the study of coats of arms?

-Pass.

-Heraldry.

Who was the female star of Pretty Woman and The Pelican Brief?

Julia Roberts.

In economics, which stock exchange is older? Hamburg or London?

-London.

-Hamburg.

Which S is a brown pigment made from the ink of cuttlefish?

Sepia.

In which Middle-Eastern country is the Negev Desert?

-Iran.

-Israel.

Affiliated to the United Nations, in which country is the World Bank located?

-Brussels.

-USA.

In science, what is the opposite of centrifugal force?

-Gravity.

-Centripetal force.

In the US, Spiro T Agnew was Vice-President in whose administration in the '70s?

Nixon.

Which city state came into existence in 1929,

after a treaty between Mussolini and the Pope?

The Vatican.

-Bank.

-Which US city is closer to New York? Boston or Los Angeles?

-Los Angeles.

-Boston.

Time is up.

Another not very good round.

You only put into the kitty £250.

Who clearly cannot do the job?

Who is an embarrassment? Who is annoying you and losing you money?

I urge you: keep the mean, ditch the lean.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Lynn is the strongest link.

Graham is the weakest link.

But what factors will the team take into account as they decide who should go next?

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

Rob. You answered two questions correctly.

Was that a mistake?

No, no! I meant to do it.

-Did you?

-Mm-hm.

-You don't know where an emu comes from?

-No.

The only emu I know is Rod Hull's.

Is Graham not satisfactory?

He's about as bad as me at the moment.

Pretty bad! David.

Why have you voted for Graham?

He got two wrong, I think.

-Right. Do you think you're doing well?

-So far.

-Graham.

Not really up to this, are you?

Confused between cuckoos and swans, I think.

Among other things. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed to be voted off.

I got questions wrong, it's fair,

but I wanted to go further.

I'd like to see... Gill voted off next.

She took my vote for her personally.

It's just a game.

Round Five. Your total so far is £1480.

If you'd hit your targets, it would be £4000. Five of you left.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock. Which fictional heroic Spanish character attacked windmills,

believing them to be giants, in Cervantes' 1605 novel?

-Don Juan.

-Don Quixote.

What D is a British cathedral city on the River Wear?

Durham.

Does Jordan have a monarch, president or prime minister?

Monarch.

-Bank.

-Which American-born DJ released the album Play in 1999,

featuring the tracks Porcelain and Natural Blues?

Moby.

Enamel, dentine and pulp are all parts of which T found in the mouth?

Teeth.

-Bank.

-In what year did Elvis Presley,

Charlie Chaplin and Bing Crosby die, 1973 or 1977?

'77.

What was the full name of the American comic strip

which inspired the musical and film Annie?

-Annie, Get Your Gun?

-Little Orphan Annie.

Which male designer co-presented The Clothes Show?

Jeff Banks.

In history, William Bligh captained which ship,

whose crew mutinied on the 28th April 1789?

The Bounty.

In religion, which archangel revealed the message of the Koran to Prophet Mohammed?

Gabriel.

-Bank.

-In TV, what O is the long-running BBC arts programme that started in 1967?

Omnibus.

In music, Jimi who had a 1967 UK hit single with The Wind Cries Mary?

Hendrix.

In the human body, what is the muscular sac that stores and concentrates bile?

-Bile duct?

-Gall bladder.

In film, who directed Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Raging Bull and Goodfellas?

-Marlon Brando.

-Martin Scorsese.

Mannheim is an industrial port on the Rhine and Neckar rivers in which country?

Germany.

Of which century was Bonnie Prince Charlie?

-12th.

-18th.

What was the nickname of Melvyn Hayes' character

in the UK TV sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum?

-Pass.

-Gloria.

In literature, which author wrote the 1854 novel Hard Times?

Dickens.

Charles Dickens. That is correct.

And another not very impressive round, team.

£200 is all you banked. Who is the hole in your pocket?

A luxury you can't afford.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

David was the only player to get all his questions right,

making him the strongest link.

Gill is the weakest link.

But who will lose out in the vote?

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

Jim. Why have you voted for Gill?

A few times, she didn't give me a chance to bank anything.

Rob, you're still here.

-Yep.

-Why have you voted for Gill?

I think she got a few questions wrong.

-And you'd know about getting questions wrong!

-I suppose.

-David, why Gill?

-She got two wrong.

Right. Gill!

Who thinks that Van Gogh painted the Mona Lisa.

Your time is up.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I felt a bit gutted to be voted off,

especially as, earlier on,

I was the strongest link.

I really think it was the men ganging up.

I think Rob will be voted off next because he really is weak.

He has very limited knowledge.

Round Six. You've won £1680 so far. There are four of you left.

We are cutting ten more seconds from your time. We start with the strongest link.

It's David. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In American politics, for how many years

was J Edgar Hoover director of the FBI, 28 or 48?

-28.

-48.

What C associated with feeding difficulties

and common among babies is caused by wind in the intestine?

Colic.

In art, which pop artist's New York studio was called The Factory?

Andy Warhol.

-Bank.

-One Pillar of Islam is to make a pilgrimage where?

Mecca.

In which country was the 1388 Battle of Otterburn,

between Scottish and English forces?

England.

-Bank.

-In geography, which C is a Mediterranean island,

divided by the Attila Line?

-Corsica?

-Cyprus.

Which sporting legend was the first cricketer to score a test century for England?

-Sir Garfield Sobers?

-WG Grace.

The national airline of which country is named after the mythical bird god Garuda?

Indonesia or Malaysia?

-Malaysia.

-Indonesia.

In modern literature, what N was the surname

of the Russian writer Vladimir, the author of Lolita?

-Pass.

-Nabokov.

In film, which drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep

was voted Best Picture of 1979?

Kramer vs Kramer.

-Bank.

-In which organ are the ciliary muscles? The eye or the liver?

-The liver.

-The eye.

With which sport would you associate Nelson Piquet?

Motor racing.

In modern history, in which country

did the Great Purge take place between 1936 and 1938?

-Germany.

-The Soviet Union.

What N was a movement in theatre

aiming to present ordinary life as accurately as possible?

-Pass.

-Naturalism.

Complete the title of the 1851 novel

by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House Of The Seven...?

-Sisters?

-Gables.

In TV, whose Big Impressions have included David Beckham

and the Royal Royle Family?

Alistair McGowan.

Correct. David...

Time is up.

You banked £120. But you need to slim-line your team.

There is not much opportunity left to raise the bank balance.

Who is clinging on by their fingernails?

Who needs to be put out of their misery?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Rob is the strongest link. He got three questions right.

David has gone from strongest to weakest link,

but will his earlier performance be enough to save him?

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

We have a tie. Jim and Lynn.

Two votes each. Jim.

-Why have you voted for Lynn?

-On two occasions, again, I didn't get a chance to bank money.

-That's what it's about.

-And three times you got questions wrong.

Lynn. Why vote for Jim?

Because on three occasions, he got the question wrong.

-How did you work that out?

-I just heard you tell Jim.

Well, when the vote is tied,

the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

-Rob. You were the strongest link. Was that a mistake?

-No, no. I meant to be!

Who would you like to get rid of?

Lynn or Jim?

-I think I'll stay with Lynn.

-Why?

Oh, it's just my original decision, and... It'd be a bit of a back-stab to change it.

Well, no-one noticed the statistically weakest link, which was David.

Lynn, who doesn't know what century Bonnie Prince Charles reigned in,

you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was a conspiracy. The guys were intimidated by my knowledge.

I think Jim was the weaker of the two of us.

and David was weaker again.

He escaped it which was really unfair.

I want Rob voted off, because he voted for me,

when clearly I wasn't the weakest link.

Round Seven. You have... There are three of you left.

10 seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link, astonishingly, that's Rob.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which military service has bases at Brize Norton and Northolt?

-SAS.

-The RAF.

Born in 1922, Lucian Freud is famous in which profession - painting, writing or music?

-Writing.

-Painting.

In UK geography, Matlock is the administrative centre of which county?

-Lancashire.

-Derbyshire.

In which sport is the all-Ireland championship final held at Dublin's Croke Park?

Gaelic football.

In the opera The Magic Flute, what is Papageno's job -

a dog-catcher or a bird-catcher?

Bird-catcher.

-Bank.

-In pop music, We Can't Dance

was a UK 1991 hit album by which British band?

-Adam And The Ants.

-Genesis.

In sport, who won the 1980 Grand National - Ben Lomond or Ben Nevis?

Ben Nevis.

-Bank.

-Which leader said of Margaret Thatcher,

"She has the mouth of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula"?

Mitterrand.

-Bank.

-Built by the Romans, the Antonine Wall ran from the Firth of Clyde

to which other Scottish Firth?

Forth of Clyde.

Which composer, famous for waltzes,

composed the operetta Die Fledermaus?

Strauss.

-Bank.

-The 1611 translation of the Bible was named after which king?

King James.

-Bank.

-Is Loki the Roman or Norse god of mischief and evil?

-The Roman.

-Norse.

The Prison of Robin Island is located in which country?

-America.

-South Africa.

In children's literature,

what's the surname of William the mischievous schoolboy created by Richmal Crompton?

-Pass.

-Brown.

The Vasa dynasty was a royal family in which country from the 15...?

-Austria.

-Sweden.

In biology, which muscle is responsible for...?

Time is up. I cannot complete the question.

£160 you won in that round.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank, which means in the next round,

potentially, there's £3000 to be won.

Before that you must decide whose day is done.

Who is least likely to help you towards a better bank balance in the final.

Have the courage to vote off the weakest link.

After surviving as the weakest link, David is now the strongest link.

Jim is now the weakest link, as he only answered one question.

But which player won't make it to the final?

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

David, why have you voted for Jim?

He got more wrong than I did, I think.

Rob, why have you voted for Jim?

I believe he's the weakest link, but I'm not sure.

Right. You're full of certainty, anyway, aren't you, Rob?

-I wouldn't say that.

-Really?

-No.

Jim,

statistically, you were the worst player,

overall, statistically, you've been the worst player,

so, with some justification, the other two have voted you the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's very difficult under the studio lights, with Anne Robinson glaring at you.

It's difficult to keep clear thoughts, and answer questions

that at home you'd know instantly.

The stronger player is David. He's scored consistently throughout the game.

Round Eight. You've won...

out of a possible £7000.

Rob and David,

only two of you left, and you have 90 seconds, but,

whatever you win now will be trebled,

and added to your total to make up your final prize money, so £3000 is at stake.

We start with the strongest link - David.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In literature, Eric Arthur Blair who wrote the novel 1984

is better known by what name?

George Orwell.

-Bank.

-To which animal family does the alpaca belong?

-Bird.

-Camel.

Which singer married designer Jeff Banks in 1968?

Sandie Shaw.

-Bank.

-Which British painter painted the Monarch Of The Glen?

-Pass.

-Landseer.

How many planets were included in Gustav Holst's The Planet Suite?

-Five.

-Seven.

Which type of deer was introduced into Scotland in the 1950s?

-Grey deer.

-Reindeer.

Which British impressionist, famous for paintings of music halls, died in 1942?

-Pass.

-Walter Sickert.

What A is the second largest city in Belgium?

Antwerp.

Which 1995 cult film features the mysterious character Keyser Soze?

-Pass.

-The Usual Suspects.

What's the name of the US TV series set in County General Hospital?

ER.

-Bank.

-Complete the title of the 1953 Raymond Chandler novel, The Long what?

-Good night.

-Goodbye.

What's the name of the religious order for men

founded in the C13th by St Francis of Assisi?

-Jesuits.

-Franciscans.

In computing, what material is most commonly used

in the manufacture of microchips?

Silicon.

-Bank.

-Who became King of Spain in 1975 and returned the country to democracy?

- Juan Carlos. - Bank.

In geography, what W...?

Time is up.

You won £100, which we'll treble and add to the totals of the previous rounds.

That means prize money today of...

But only one of you can take that money away, so now you'll play

against each other. I'll ask alternate questions,

best of five, whoever answers the most wins.

It's as simple as that.

If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death, until we have a winner.

So, Rob and David, for £2260, let's play The Weakest Link.

Rob, as the strongest link, you choose who goes first.

I'll let David go first, please.

David,

in pop music,

which English singer had a hit in 1989 with Road To Hell?

-Chris Rea.

-That is the correct answer.

Rob,

in board games, how many blank tiles are there in a standard edition of Scrabble?

100.

The correct answer is two.

David,

in what type of design is a tessera found?

I don't know. Pass.

The answer is mosaic.

Rob,

which actor played the character Robin Tripp

in the TV sitcoms Man About The House and Robin's Nest?

-Sid James.

-The correct answer is Richard O'Sullivan.

David,

in British history, how many British kings have officially been called Charles?

-Two.

-That is the correct answer.

Rob,

in nature, what colour are the tiny female flowers on a hazel tree?

-White.

-The correct answer is red.

Rob has yet to answer a question correctly.

If you answer this one correctly, you have won.

So, for £2260,

in the animal kingdom,

the first cats known to have been domesticated came from which country?

-Egypt.

-That is the correct answer.

That means, David, you are today's strongest link, and you go away with...

Rob, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

My friends and family will be surprised that I won.

I've got a reasonable general knowledge,

but I don't think they expected this.

David deserves to win.

There were several people who deserved to win,

but he is the justified winner.

I came to make sure I didn't go out in the first round,

anything else was a bonus.

And it's a big bonus!

ITFC Subtitles, for BBC Subtitling - 2001