19/12/2011 Weakest Link

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

Only one 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. 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 Josh, I'm 20, from Droxford, and I'm a post office assistant.

I'm Suzanne, I'm 67 years old, from Newcastle-under-Lyme and I'm an after dinner speaker.

I'm Alan, I'm 57, from Brighton and Hove and I'm a studio manager.

I'm Helen, I'm 23 and I'm a counter assistant.

I'm Dave, 42, from Sheffield. I'm a senior customer service adviser.

I'm Sarah, 31, from Wolverhampton and I'm a pharmacy technician.

I'm Gordie, I'm 64, from Southport and I'm a roofer.

I'm Mandie, I'm 45, from Essex and I'm an artist.

I'm Simon, I'm 31, from Haslemere in Surrey, and I'm a senior sporting 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.

Say "Bank!" before the question and the money is safe.

Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In the home, a pair of matching items such as towels intended for separate male and female use

are often labelled "His" and what?

-Hers.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, the coat of a tiger has which markings - spots or stripes?

-Stripes.

-Correct. In maths, what is 10 minus 9?

-One.

-Correct. In food, the popular addition to fish and chips

that is also a traditional flavour of crisps is salt and what?

-Vinegar.

-Correct.

In spelling, the two cardinal points of the compass that have names ending in the letter T

are east and which other?

-West.

-Correct.

In clothing, when it's worn by a person standing up,

which article of dress is nearer to the ground - a shoe or a scarf?

-A shoe.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In a familiar expression, a deteriorating situation is said to go from bad to what?

-Worse.

-Correct. In the solar system, what general name is given

to major celestial bodies such as Mercury, Venus and Mars that are in orbit around the Sun?

-Planets.

-Correct.

In the abbreviation VIP, used to refer to someone of great influence or prestige, the I stands for what?

-Important.

-Correct. In sport, the Murray brothers, born in Scotland,

who both became professional tennis players have the first names Jamie and what?

-Andy.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV, in the original format of which reality series,

first shown in 2005, did contestants compete for the opportunity to work for Sir Alan Sugar?

-The Apprentice.

-Correct. In the terminology of time, what D is the common four-letter name

for the period of the day between sunset and complete darkness?

-Twilight.

-Dusk.

Sarah, in geography, Dortmund and Bremen are two of the largest cities in which European country?

-Germany.

-Correct. In social life, a person hoping to pick up a member of the opposite sex

is said to be on the push or on the pull?

-On the pull.

-Correct. In the words of the rhyme, what colour of sky at night is a shepherd's delight?

-Red.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In serving drinks, what P can mean to dispense tea from a pot,

water from a jug and beer from a bottle?

-Pour.

-Correct. Josh, in greetings, the expression "Many happy returns"

appears on cards for which anniversary?

-Birthday.

-Correct. In animation, a difficult relationship between characters called Woody and Buzz

was a feature of which film - Apollo 13 or Toy Story?

-Toy Story.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time. You won £850, but you actually had a chain of 11 correct answers.

So you could have got the target.

Who's the plaster in your pasty? The weed in your gene pool?

Who lost you money? Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get an answer wrong, Dave is the first weakest link.

Statistically, Simon is the strongest link, but who will be the first to take the walk of shame?

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

Dave.

Dave.

Simon.

Dave.

Mandie.

Dave.

Dave.

Dave.

Helen.

-What do you do, Gordie?

-Em, I repair roofs, Anne.

-Where?

-The Lake District, various places.

-How old are you?

-I'm 64.

-It must be tricky getting up a ladder. Do they have stairlifts?

-Not when you're as fit as I am.

-Yes...and do you whistle while you work?

-I sing all the time.

-What?

-Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson.

-I've been a country music fan since my uncle came back from the States in '68.

-Can you sing for me?

-Any time you like, Anne.

-Put you board down. Off you go.

# Beautiful lady Are you sure that you understand

# The chances you're taking With this free-living man? #

-OK, have you got something a bit more...?

-Not really. I'm...

-Have you got a Willie Nelson?

-Yeah.

-Go on, then.

# I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane... #

-He sounds exactly the same as Waylon Jennings!

-# And so far... #

-Thank you!

-Put your board up. Why Dave?

-He got a question wrong.

-Where are you from, Suzanne?

-Newcastle-under-Lyme.

-What do you do?

-I'm an after dinner speaker.

-And what are the subjects?

-Four talks about periods of my life.

The final one is my brush with lonely hearts, which tells of the odd gentleman I've been out with

-since I was widowed 15 years ago.

-Have you found someone?

-I haven't.

-What are you looking for?

-Someone like you, only male.

-Sort of foxy?

-Oh, feisty.

-Why Dave?

-He got a question wrong, unfortunately.

-What do you do, Josh?

-I work in a post office, Anne.

-In what job?

-It's a very small post office, so I do everything.

-Is post officing your life?

-It's just a filler job.

-Until what?

-Until I go to university.

-To do?

-Drama and film.

-For how long?

-Three years.

-And then you'll go back to the post office.

-Probably, yeah,

-but hopefully, eventually, I might end up doing something on TV. Who knows?

-Yeah.

-Why Dave?

-He got a question wrong.

-He did.

Dave, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

In footballing terms, I am as sick as a parrot.

My mates at work, my family, everybody... I will probably have to leave the country.

Round 2. In the bank £850. We now take 10 seconds off the time.

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

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

What is the three-letter name for the tip of a fountain pen which distributes ink onto the paper?

-Nib?

-Correct. In pop music, the biggest-selling UK hit single of the 1970s was a song

by Paul McCartney and Wings entitled Mull of where?

-Pass.

-Kintyre. Suzanne, in the insect world, which fly that survives in its adult form

for just a few days is named after the fifth month of the year?

-Mayfly.

-Correct. In basketball, a stoppage called by the coach of either team

in order to discuss new tactics is known as a cop-out or time-out?

-Time-out.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In British cuisine, horseradish sauce

is traditionally served with which roast meat?

-Beef.

-Correct. In maths, what is 18 plus 7?

-24.

-Even 25. Gordie, in computing and first aid respectively, what A meaning synthetic

precedes intelligence and respiration to make two familiar terms?

-Pass.

-Artificial.

The actor born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith, who played the seventh Doctor in Doctor Who,

is better known as Sylvester who?

-Stallone?

-McCoy. Simon, in definitions,

which word rhyming with bubble is a collective term for pieces of broken stones and bricks

often from demolished buildings?

-Pass.

-Rubble. In fashion, a long, rectangular wrap usually worn around the shoulders

is called a stole or borrow?

-Stole.

-Correct. In UK politics, the official residence of the Chancellor is which number in Downing Street?

-11.

-Correct. In nature, what P is a three-letter word for the large, floating leaf of a water lily

and the fleshy paw of an animal?

-Pad.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In art, the name of which method of painting onto a wall that's just been plastered is Italian for fresh?

-Pass.

-Fresco.

In pop music, the influential guitarist Jimi Hendrix was famously what - left-handed or web-footed?

-Left-handed.

-Correct. In Birmingham, the full name of the venue known as the NEC is the National what?

-Exhibition Centre.

-Correct. A person who appears innocent but has a sense of mischief

looks as if which dairy product wouldn't melt in their mouth?

-Butter.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In football, if the aggregate scores are level after both legs of a tie

in a knockout competition, the criterion often used to decide the winner is called away what?

-Goals.

-Correct. Josh...

-Bank!

That was the correct answer and your bank was in time and you won £270.

But who's the hell's angel at your harvest festival?

Who should be filed under fail?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Sarah is the weakest link.

The strongest link is Alan, but will the votes follow the statistics?

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

Sarah.

Gordie.

Helen.

Alan.

Simon.

Alan.

Simon.

Mandie.

We have a tie, team. Alan and Simon, two votes each.

Helen, put your board down.

Just move towards Alan.

Move forward. We can't see you properly. Yes.

-Are you going on to a cocktail party?

-No! I just like wearing these dresses.

-Who are you modelling yourself on?

-Dolly Parton.

-Which bit of you do you think looks like Dolly Parton?

-My boobs.

-Can you sing like Dolly?

-No, I'm a really bad singer.

-Are you? OK, hop up again.

-Put your board up. Why Alan?

-Because I think he passed on one of his questions.

Mandie, put your board down.

Just move towards Simon.

Did you get that at a charity shop?

No, I bought it in a boutique in Weston-super-Mare, Anne. It's from France. It's designer.

-Is it? Are you sure?

-They told me it was on the label!

-Yeah(!)

Pop back up.

-Where are you from?

-From Essex. I was born in Ilford.

-What do you do?

-I'm an artist.

So what was your last exhibition?

I did some digital photographs that were made from engine parts from a World War Two...

-Did you steal those?

-No, I went to a museum and took photos.

-What was the exhibition called?

-Underground, Overground.

-Like the Wombles?

-They made a comeback!

Put your board up.

-Why Simon?

-Only because he got a question wrong, Anne, and I could feel his presence.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

I don't know where all your brains are because the strongest link was Alan, who didn't get any wrong,

he didn't pass. You're having a strange effect on people, Alan.

-What do you do?

-I'm a studio manager.

-Where?

-The Brighton and Hove Community Radio.

Put your board down. Well, give me a taste of you on radio.

The next record by Pink Floyd, it's from their first LP called Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

and it's called Bike. And it's got great lyrics.

-"I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like..."

-Oh, I see!

-You then sing as if you're Pink Floyd!

-Yeah, I like to give people an idea

-of what the lyrical content of the songs...

-Before you play them?

-Maybe.

-Put your board up.

-In this instance, yes.

-Why Helen?

-I think she got a couple wrong.

-You've got a choice.

You can either get rid of Alan or you can get rid of Simon.

I think I'll go for Simon.

Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

From a pure vindictive point of view, I'd like to see Alan voted off next

because he's not going to vote himself off, but he did the deed.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,120. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In home furnishings, what G is the name of a heat and scratch-resistant stone

much valued for floors and kitchen work surfaces?

-Glass.

-Granite. In film, the prison dramas The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile

were each based on works by which horror writer?

-Pass.

-Stephen King.

In board games, on standard cube-shaped dice, which number appears opposite two?

-Four.

-Five. In military jargon, a place where service personnel eat

is called a muddle or a mess?

-A mess.

-Correct. In botany, which word follows horse and sweet

to make the names of two trees that are found in British parks?

-Chestnut.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In pop music, which day of the week

has featured in the titles of UK hit singles by the Easybeats, the Cure, R Kelly and Will Young?

-Friday.

-Correct. In the high street, what U is a term meaning suitable for both men and women

applied to clothing and hairdressers?

-Unisex.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In prizes, what's a type of badge made from radiating loops of ribbon usually with two tails,

commonly awarded at gymkhanas?

-Rosette.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In English geography, the Dartford Tunnel is a crossing under which river?

-Pass.

-Thames.

In finance, the state benefit that is abbreviated to the letters JSA is Job Seekers' what?

-Allowance.

-Correct. In pottery, shaping clay on a wheel is known as pitching or throwing?

-Er, pitching.

-Throwing. In cinema, the British comedy actor who starred in the films Run, Fatboy, Run

and How To Lose Friends and Alienate People is Simon who?

-Pegg.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 120 divided by 4?

-29.

-30. Suzanne, in Roman Catholicism, what is the usual two-word English translation

of the Latin phrase "Ave Maria"?

-Sorry, I don't know.

-Hail Mary. In literature, a 2011 collection of so-called nonsense poems

for children, Within The Glade, was written by which astronomer?

-Patrick Moore.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In ice dancing, at the 1984 Winter Olympics,

Torvill and Dean won a gold medal for their routine to the music Bolero by which composer?

-Pass.

-Ravel.

Time's up and you won £140. Who's on form and who might be on medication?

Who has belly button fluff where their brain should be?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only one with all her answers right, Mandie is the strongest link.

Statistically, Helen 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.

Helen.

Alan.

Josh.

Josh.

Gordie.

Suzanne.

Josh.

Helen, who loves Dolly Parton, if you can't sing like Dolly, have you any musical talent?

-I can play the keyboard.

-Can you? Put your board down.

-So what do you play?

-Em, Elvis, The Beatles, Dolly Parton...

-Yeah, OK.

Play us a bit of Dolly Parton.

No, I don't like that one.

Put your board up.

-Why Josh?

-I thought on one of the questions he took a long time to answer...

-That's rich, coming from you! Did you think he was the worst player?

-No, I think I was.

-What do you mean "think"?

-Was. I definitely was.

-Essex Mandie, why Josh?

-Because he got a division question ending in zero wrong, Anne,

and I think that's more basic maths.

Josh, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Meeting Anne face to face is quite scary. When she walks in for the first time, you think,

"I've seen this face on the screen, but now it's in the flesh!"

Round 4. In the bank, £1,260. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In history, the Earl of Warwick was nicknamed the King Maker during which conflicts -

the Jacobite rebellions or the War of the Roses?

-Jacobite rebellions.

-War of the Roses. In energy supplies,

when gas and electricity are provided by the same company it's known by the rhyming name dual what?

-Supply.

-Fuel. Alan, in travel, since 1846 boats called Maid of the Mist

have taken visitors to the base of which tourist attraction in North America?

-Er, pass.

-Niagara Falls. Helen, in sport,

what B is a term for both the scattering of snooker balls at the start of a frame

and the separation of two boxers?

-Break.

-Correct.

In politics, the parliamentary constituencies of South Down, Upper Bann and West Tyrone

are in which country of the UK?

-Wales.

-Northern Ireland. In radio broadcasting,

-the abbreviation LW stands for Long what?

-Long Weekend?

Wave. Mandie, in science, volcanology is the study of volcanoes or aliens?

-Volcanoes.

-Correct. Suzanne, in biology,

the name of which bodily fluid precedes the words donor, group and transfusion?

-Blood.

-Correct. In geography, after Jersey, which is the next largest of the Channel Islands?

-Er, Guernsey.

-Correct.

In pop music, the British singer who has had UK hit singles since 2010 entitled Do It Like A Dude

and Price Tag uses the stage name Jessie what?

-J.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In historical events, which revolution occurred first, the Russian or the French?

-Russian.

-The French. In the animal kingdom, the anaconda, the boa constrictor

and the sidewinder are all varieties of which reptile?

-Snake.

-Correct.

In TV, what D is the title of the legal drama series first shown in the UK in 2008

starring Glenn Close as the ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes?

-Pass.

-Damages.

The main campuses of the former polytechnic now known as the University of the West of England

are in which city?

-Bristol?

-Correct.

-Bank.

Time's up and you won £220.

Who thinks the Hadron collider is a bad guy in Harry Potter?

Who thinks KFC is an honour from the Queen?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Sarah is the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Helen is now the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Sarah.

Mandie.

Gordie.

Alan.

Helen.

Sarah.

-Elderly Suzanne...

-Yes, Anne?

-Why young Sarah?

-I thought she had two questions wrong.

-Mandie, why Sarah?

She's got quite a few wrong.

Sarah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

To be voted off in Round 4 today, to be honest, I'm quite savage about it.

Even though I was the weakest link, I did bank the money for the team so they could have let me stop in.

So, yeah, savage.

Round 5. Your total is £1,480. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In sound reproduction, on a vinyl record, the stylus moves along a narrow, spiral track

known as the groove or gutter?

-Groove.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The name of which marine mollusc is often shortened to winkle?

-Oyster.

-Periwinkle. Mandie, in art,

what T is the name of the ceramic material used to make the sculptures of warriors discovered in 1974

in the tomb of a Chinese emperor?

-Terracotta clay.

-Correct.

In modern literature, the Canadian author whose 2002 novel Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize

is Yann who?

-I don't know.

-Martel. ?In pop music, Bruno Mars had a UK number one single

in 2011 with what title - The Energy Dance or The Lazy Song?

-The Lazy Song.

-Correct.

In politics, in the acronyms Unicef and Unesco, the letters UN stand for what?

-Pass.

-United Nations. Gordie, in legend,

according to the playwright Christopher Marlowe, Helen of Troy's face launched how many ships?

-A thousand.

-Correct.

In medicine, what P is the job title for a member of an ambulance crew

who is trained in a number of lifesaving skills?

-Paramedic.

-Correct.

In public transport, Gillespie Road underground station in North London got what new name in 1932

after a nearby football club?

-Luton.

-Arsenal.

Which British comedian first became famous

in the 1980s performing under the name the Joan Collins Fan Club?

-Pass.

-Julian Clary.

In geography, the city of Milan is in which region of Italy - Lombardy or Umbria?

-Umbria.

-Lombardy.

In crime, which so-called massacre in Chicago in 1929

was part of a war between the gangs of Al Capone and Bugs Moran?

-St Valentine's Day Massacre.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In rugby, the winger who retired in 2011 having played for England under each code...

Time's up. You only won £40.

Whose Achilles heel is between their ears?

Who has Nectar points on their CV?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having got all her answers right, Mandie is the strongest link.

Statistically, Suzanne is the weakest link, but whose game is over?

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

Helen.

Suzanne.

Alan.

Alan.

Helen.

Another tie, team. Alan and Helen, two votes each.

-Suzanne, why Helen?

-She made a mistake.

-Did you think she was the worst player?

No.

-Gordie, why Alan?

-I thought she got the most questions wrong.

She?

Oh, sorry. Sorry.

-I thought he got the most questions wrong.

-The strongest link was Mandie. Why did you vote for Helen?

-Em, because I think she got both questions wrong, Anne.

-Oh. You've got a choice now.

-Stick with Helen or move to Alan.

-I'll stick with what I wrote.

Helen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I really enjoyed my chat with Anne.

She's a really nice person and I think I got on well with her and I really enjoyed talking.

She's totally different than she's perceived.

Round 6. And you've won £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Mandie. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

On a restaurant menu, what C is the word meaning the opposite of smooth

normally used to describe a pate with a rough texture?

-Coarse.

-Correct.

In theatre, eight songs in the 1990s stage musical The Lion King

were written by Elton John and which lyricist?

-Tim Rice?

-Correct.

In human anatomy, which four-letter word for the buttocks is also the part of a chair on which they sit?

-Seat.

-Correct. In TV, the former presenter of The One Show

who in 2010 crossed the English Channel on water skis in aid of charity is Christine who?

-Pass.

-Bleakley.

-Bank!

-In newspapers...

-Bank!

-..a term for the press is the second coming or the fourth estate?

-I thought I banked. I got confused.

-Nothing to bank.

Oh. I thought it was up to 100. Sorry, Anne.

-Are you passing?

-Yeah, I think so.

In military buildings, the shelter made of curved corrugated iron much used in WWII

and named after its inventor is the what hut?

-Anderson shelter?

-Nissen. Alan, in pop music,

the 1997 release entitled OK, Computer was the first UK number one album for which British group?

-Radiohead.

-Correct.

In food, the influential cookery writer born in 1928

whose vegetable book and fruit book became classics was Jane who?

-Pass.

-Grigson. In animal anatomy, the silverfish, a common household pest

often found in damp and mouldy cupboards, has six fins or legs?

-Legs.

-Correct.

In the 19th century, which city in north-west England was the centre of the cotton industry

and was nicknamed Cottonopolis?

-I'm afraid I don't know.

-Manchester.

What G was the title of the 1995 film in which Pierce Brosnan made his debut as James Bond?

-Goldeneye.

-Correct.

Didn't fancy banking? Couldn't be bothered?

You won absolutely nothing. So should Alan be taken off air? Or should Gordie hit the roof?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Alan is the strongest link as he didn't get a question wrong.

The statistics show that Gordie is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Gordie.

Gordie.

Alan.

Gordie.

-Alan, why Gordie?

-He wasn't banking.

-Suzanne, why Gordie?

-He hesitated and made mistakes.

Gordie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My reason for coming on was purely and simply to meet up with Anne Robinson,

the Queen of Mean, to see if she could crush me. Just the enjoyment of meeting her, that was it for me.

She's a superstar.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

In economics, in the 1980s the gas, telecommunications and steel industries were all what -

privatised or nationalised?

-Privatised.

-Correct. In literary scandals, in 1812

the poet Lord Byron began a love affair with a married woman called Lady Caroline what?

-Godiva?

-Lamb.

What H is a term for an early Christian recluse

that is now used for any person who lives a solitary life?

-Hermit?

-Correct.

-Bank.

In popular music, the skiffle artist born Anthony James Donegan in 1931 was known by what first name?

-Lonnie.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In South American geography, which city was the capital of Brazil until 1960

when it was replaced by Brasilia?

-Sao Paulo?

-Rio de Janeiro.

In TV, the journalist who became the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989

and his noted for his collection of colourful ties is Jon who?

-Snow.

-Correct. Which of these fruits was introduced to Europe from the New World -

tomatoes or water melons?

-Water melons.

-Tomatoes.

-Bank.

-In the 1932 comic novel Cold Comfort Farm,

Aunt Ada Doom never lets her family forget that as a child she witnessed something nasty in the what?

-Woods?

-Woodshed.

According to the official name of the event, the so-called trials held annually at Burghley House

are for which animals?

-Horse trials.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Which large, stringed instrument played by one of the Marx Brothers was the origin of his nickname?

-Harpo.

-I'll accept.

In gardening, the popular scented shrub called choisya, that is a member of the citrus family,

is known as the Mexican what?

Wave.

No, not the Mexican wave, actually. The Mexican orange.

You won £60. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage in the game, the weakest link is Mandie.

According to the statistics, the strongest link is Suzanne, but who will survive the final vote?

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

Mandie.

Suzanne.

Alan.

Well, a vote each. So, Suzanne, why Mandie?

I'm afraid I had to choose someone. It was very difficult.

-Mandie, why Alan?

-The only reason was because he was before me and he got a question wrong

and I thought I could bank and I got bank happy.

Alan, why Suzanne?

Mandie comes from Essex and I came from Essex, so I thought we'd best stick together.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

And the strongest link is Suzanne.

Now you voted for Mandie, but you can change it if you want.

-I will change it, if I may.

-Yes, why is that, Suzanne?

-It's just the way I feel.

-I don't blame you.

Alan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

To make it to Round 7

and to be so close...

it's just...

it's gutting.

Round 8. £1,580 in the bank. In this round, 90 seconds.

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

Start the clock.

In awards, the Goldman Prize initiated by an American insurance broker in 1990,

recognises achievement in fashion or environmentalism?

-Environmentalism.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Which song performed by Peter Auty on the soundtrack of the 1982 film The Snowman

was a UK hit single for Aled Jones three years later?

-Walking In The Air.

-Correct.

In the Periodic Table, Mg is the chemical symbol for which element?

-Magnesium?

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In ornithology, the names of the black grouse and blackbird both refer to the colour

of the plumage of the adult birds of which sex?

-Er, the male.

-Correct.

In architecture, the major works of Antonio Gaudi such as Casa Mila, are in which Spanish city?

-Madrid.

-Barcelona.

What A is the general collective term for gymnastic equipment such as the vaulting horse?

-Apparatus.

-Correct.

In slang, the name of which sensory organ follows pig's to make a common expression for a job

that has been badly executed?

-Ear.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In food, what name was given

to the character first depicted on a packet of breakfast cereal in 1933

and later joined by his companions Crackle and Pop?

Snap.

Bank.

Correct answer, bank out of time.

You won £120,

which we will treble. It gives you prize money today of:

There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.

So, Suzanne and Mandie, for £1,940,

let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-I'll go first, please.

In a standard symphony orchestra, the four woodwind instruments are

the flute, the clarinet, the bassoon and which other?

-Er, the double bass.

-The correct answer is the oboe.

In fictional characters in films,

between 1986 and 2007

Brian Cox, Anthony Hopkins and Gaspard Ulliel

all played a murderous doctor with what full name?

-Crippen?

-The correct answer is Dr Hannibal Lecter.

According to a 2011 study by the Department for Education,

more than 90% of schools in England teach which book by John Steinbeck to their GCSE students?

-Of Mice And Men.

-That is the correct answer.

In geography, what is the four-letter name of the sultanate

that occupies the south-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula?

-I'm afraid I can't remember.

-The correct answer is Oman.

In UK politics, which female MP was appointed Minister of Transport

by Harold Wilson in 1965

and was responsible for introducing the breathalyser?

-Edwina Currie.

-The correct answer is Barbara Castle.

In rock music, Wasting Light was the title of a UK number one album in 2011

for which US group whose lead singer had previously played drums in the grunge band Nirvana?

-Graham Nash?

-The correct answer is Foo Fighters.

In golf, Chinese Fir, Carolina Cherry, Pink Dogwood and Azalea

are the names of holes at the Augusta course that is the venue

for which major tournament?

The...

-American Open?

-The correct answer is the US Masters.

In science, the laboratory launched in 2008 as part of the International Space Station

is named after which explorer, believed to have been born in Genoa?

-NASA?

-The correct answer is Columbus.

In the Bible, which patriarch sometimes called Israel,

had a father called Isaac, a brother named Esau

and wives called Leah and Rachel?

-Moses?

-The correct answer is Jacob.

In vocabulary, which term for an unscrupulous opportunist

comes from the name given to northerners who profited in the south after the American Civil War?

-Profiteers.

-The correct answer is carpetbagger.

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

Suzanne, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I've done some exciting things in my time, for example scuba diving and paragliding.

Hey, why not meet Anne Robinson? That was a thrill.

I'm really pleased to have won. I feel quite emotional about it.

Relieved that an Essex girl won.

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