20/04/2009 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 John, I'm 70, I'm from Northwich in Cheshire, and I'm retired.

I'm Xanthi, I'm 59, I'm from Harrogate, and I'm an artist.

I'm David, I'm 49, I live in East Sussex, and I'm cabin crew.

My name is Stefanie, I'm 19, from Tring, and I'm a student.

I'm Tom, I'm 28, I'm from Solihull, and I'm an auditor.

I'm Hannah, I'm 36, I'm from Carmarthen, and I'm an education officer.

I'm Sean, I'm 24, I'm from Croydon, and I'm a project office manager.

I'm Debbie, I'm 42, I'm from Glasgow, and I'm a billing advisor.

I'm Richard, I'm 50, I live in Liverpool, and I'm a timber-frame consultant.

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 money in the chain.

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

Round One, three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's David.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

In fast food, deep-pan and stuffed-crust

are both types of which dish?

-Pizza.

-In maths, what is two plus three?

-Five.

-In travel,

the most direct route between two places is called a what,

beeline or spidercrawl?

-Beeline.

-In human respiration,

people can breathe through the nose and which other facial opening?

-Mouth.

-In the home,

what P is the general term for any animal kept as a domestic companion?

-Pet.

-According to British superstition,

unless countermeasures are taken,

breaking a mirror brings how many years of bad luck?

-Seven.

-In geography, a Dane is

a native or inhabitant of which country?

Denmark.

In psychology, a loss of purpose and confidence that may affect people in their 40s or 50s

is often referred to as a mid-life what, crisis or calamity?

-Crisis.

-In UK public transport,

a large motor vehicle that carries passengers

around a city in the hours of darkness is usually known as a night what?

-Bus.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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

which won't be nearly as simple.

Who's worrying you? Who possibly has brains like Posh Spice eats cookies?

Who's as convincing as Beckham's posing pouch?

Who's about to leave with nothing? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, David is the strongest link.

Stefanie is statistically the weakest link, but will the other players realise that?

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

Richard.

Tom.

John.

Debbie.

Debbie.

Xanthi.

John.

John.

Sean.

-What do you do, David?

-I'm cabin crew, Anne.

-Are you? You can always tell cabin crew.

-You can, yeah.

Cos you're naturally butch, alpha male(!)

You know that!

Which end of the plane do you work?

-Either end. I quite like the pointy end.

-What's the pointy end?

Where you sit.

Don't they sit in the other end of the plane?

Yes, they sit there. Steerage.

So if you're greeting the passengers in steerage, what do you say?

-The same as I would to anyone else.

-Really? And the pointy end, don't you know their names?

I might bow a bit more.

Put your board down.

Let's see you bow.

And when you're up the pointy end, do you put them to bed?

I do. Isn't that ridiculous, having to put grown people to bed?

What do you have to do?

-Puff up their pillows...

-Let's see you, then.

-What, puff up a pillow?!

-Come on, move over.

-Do you want me to move this side or that side?

-I don't mind.

Puff up the pillow, get the bed flat...

Are they sitting in their chair?

No, they're in the toilet somewhere.

And what do you say?

-How do you know they want their bed done?

-They ask.

-Do you ever say, "Why don't you make up your own bed?"?

-I'd like to.

-So you're not very happy in the pointy end?

-No, I'm very happy in the end,

but sometimes it's a bit silly, isn't it, making up a grown man's bed? I wouldn't mind doing your bed.

Cos you're only little.

What's the difference?

Not so much puffing up!

HE LAUGHS

You'd be nice and cosy.

HE LAUGHS

See how lovely you are when you smile.

Move over back to your podium.

-Yes, Anne.

-Put your board up.

-Why have you voted for John?

-It's difficult, isn't it, the first round...

Why have you voted for John?!

I didn't know who else to vote for, really.

-What do you do, Sean?

-I'm a project office manager.

-That's very glamorous(!)

-It's a lovely job, yeah!

Who are you a project manager for?

I work for the Societe Generale group, SG Hambros, Private Banking.

You're not a banker?

-I'm not a banker, no.

-And do you want to be a banker?

I'll wait and see what career path comes ahead of me, really. I've just graduated from university.

What have you graduated with?

Management Sciences.

What are Management Sciences?

-The science of management.

-I see. Give us an example.

-Marketing, finance...

-Give us a specific example in your daily life

that your university degree has been useful in your banking life.

Project Management module.

I'm sorry, do you speak English?!

-I did a Project Management module...

-We still haven't

understood what you do that you learned at university that you put into practice.

Oh. I'm struggling, then!

Where do you live?

-Just the other side of Croydon.

-Which side?

The better side!

-Is there a better side of Croydon?!

-Yeah.

-What's it called?

-Shirley, between Croydon and Bromley.

Do a lot of Shirleys live there?!

I couldn't tell you that!

Why John?

He obviously has a lot of wisdom and knowledge,

he's the oldest amongst the group, so he could be a big threat.

What do you do, Debbie?

I'm a billing advisor for BT.

-Are you in a call centre?

-I am.

So, what do you say when you answer the phone?

I say, "Good morning," or, "Good afternoon.

-"Thanks for calling BT. Can I have your account number, please?"

-I don't know my account number.

-Give me your telephone number, then.

-No, it's private.

-Your name and address then, please, with your postcode.

-I see. And then what will you do?

I'll help them go through their bill.

Do some people say to you, "Why can't BT be much more efficient?"

-I do get that quite a lot.

-And what do you say?

I say, "I hope that I'm going to be able to help you today,

"so when you go off the call, you know, you have a better understanding."

So you don't answer why BT are so inefficient?

Not everyone has that opinion of BT, though.

-Why John?

-No real reason. Just that he was in my eye-line.

-Sorry, John.

-John, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

The first walk of shame is certainly something

that you don't get a medal for.

But at least people can have fun at your expense.

Round Two, in the bank £1,000.

We're taking ten seconds off your time. We'll start with the strongest link, that's David.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

At the beach, the word "whitecaps" is often used to describe

which feature - pebbles or waves?

-Waves.

-Correct. Stefanie, in a phrase derived from boxing,

a person who enters a contest that is perceived to be beyond their abilities

is said to be punching above their, what?

-Weight.

-Correct. Tom, in clothing, which term

for a type of jersey means "one who perspires"?

-Sweater.

-Correct. Hannah, in pop music,

Beyonce had a UK number one single in 2008 entitled If I Were A, what?

-Boy.

-Correct. Sean, in recipes,

what "I" is the collective name for the raw foods that are combined to make a particular dish?

-Ingredients.

-Correct. Debbie, in the Middle Ages,

a visor, a breastplate and two greaves

were the standard parts of the battle dress known as a suit of, what?

-Armour.

-Correct. Richard, in film, which 1969 comedy

starring Michael Caine includes the much-quoted line,

"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"?

-I don't know, Anne.

-The Italian Job.

Xanthi, in business, which term specifically means

a sharp reminder of things as they actually are in the world -

reality check or bouncing cheque?

-Reality check.

-Correct. David, in TV, the presenter

who in 2006 became the co-host of Dancing On Ice is Holly, who?

-Pass.

-Willoughby.

Stefanie, in anatomy, what A are said to have

fallen in a person with flat feet?

-Arch.

-I'll accept. Tom, in literature,

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote a series of novels, the first of which,

published in book form in 1914, was entitled Tarzan Of The, what?

-Of The Apes.

-Correct. Hannah,

in spelling, the last three letters of the word "electrician" make up which common boys' name?

-Ian.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Sean, in US history,

the 19th-century outlaw William H Bonney is better known by the nickname, Billy the, what?

-Kid.

-Correct. Debbie, in art, the Mona Lisa

by Leonardo da Vinci was painted onto which surface - wood or concrete?

-Wood.

-Correct. Richard...

-Bank!

-..the National Pub Of The Year Competition

is organised by a body known in full as the Campaign For Real, what?

-Ales.

-Correct. Xanthi, in clothing,

what L is the term for a flaw in a pair of tights

that develops when a stitch breaks and those connected to it unravel vertically?

-Ladder.

-Correct. David, in pop music,

different UK hit singles for The Jackson Five in 1970,

Bananarama in 1988, and Melanie B in 1998 share the title I Want You, what?

-Back.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Stefanie, in wildlife,

the ostrich is native to which continent?

-Africa.

-Correct. Tom, according to the nursery rhyme...

-END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE

-Time's up!

You won £250, but you know what?

You had a chain of nine correct answers, so you could have reached the target again. Who stopped you?

Who thinks draughts is chess with wind?

Who thinks the Daily Express is a cup of coffee?

Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, the weakest link is Richard.

But can he survive the vote?

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

Stefanie.

Richard.

Richard.

Richard.

Richard.

Richard.

David.

Tom.

-What do you do, Hannah?

-I'm an education officer.

-Where?

-I cover Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire in West Wales.

-Teaching what?

-Anything the children want to do outside,

-so geography, biology, art...

-Any subject?

-Any subject...hopefully.

-You can do maths, can you?

-Yes, I can do maths.

-What sort of maths?

-We tend to use the outside as a base,

so because I work for the Forestry Commission, I would use how high a tree is.

And if it was a very tall tree, do you get them a ladder?

-No, we walk along the ground and measure upwards.

-You guess?

-No, we've got special instruments for doing it.

What's the most frequently asked question by the children?

-What do we use the trees for?

-Not, "How quickly can I leave Wales?"

-No.

-Wales is a lovely place.

-Why Richard?

He lost the most money.

What do you do, Stefanie?

I'm a student studying beauty therapy.

You must have to be very, very brainy to do that.

-Oh, you do, yeah.

-Yeah. And what modules are you doing?

Practicals and Facials,

-Massage and Electrolysis.

-Yeah.

And I'm doing Business Enterprise, and Growth and Ageing, and Science.

In Business Enterprise, does that involve reading Heat magazine?

No, it doesn't, actually.

No. And not How To Get A Footballer Boyfriend?

No. It's very complex stuff we do in Business.

Why don't you go into a beauty salon to learn all this?

I'm already working in a beauty salon.

-Where's your beauty salon?

-It's where I'm from, in Tring.

-And what's it called?

-It's called Totality Day Spa.

-Not the Totality Day Spa in Tring?!

-Yeah, have you heard of it?

-No.

-No?

-Have you got a boyfriend?

-I do.

-And do you practise on him?

-I give him a massage here and there.

Has he got nice nails and a Brazilian?

-No, he hasn't. He hasn't let me do that yet.

-Why Richard?

Because he was the first one to get a question wrong

and lost the most money.

Richard...you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The other contestants voted me off using the reason that I had lost the most money,

which I did. I lost £450. They were absolutely correct.

I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get a unanimous vote!

I voted for Tom in that round,

mostly because he is young and good-looking

and I'm not!

Round Three. In the bank...

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the last strongest link - Stefanie.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In TV, what T is the title of the science-fiction series

that features characters called Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones and Captain Jack Harkness?

Time Bandits.

Torchwood. Tom.

In royal events, what's the first name of the woman who in a ceremony at the Guild Hall in Windsor in 2005

married Prince Charles?

-Diana.

-Camilla. Hannah.

The iconic video game launched in 1978 in which players attempt to defend themselves

against a fleet of spaceships is called Space what?

-Invaders.

-Correct. In sport, the venue that was first used

in 1896 as the home ground of Fulham Football Club is called what?

-Cosy Chalet, or Craven Cottage?

-Craven Cottage.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 46 divided by 2?

-23.

-Correct. In definitions, what D means both to sensationalise

an incident or situation and to adapt a novel for performance as a play?

-Dramatise.

-Correct. David.

-Bank!

-In politics,

the former Senator for Delaware, who in 2009,

became Vice President of the USA is Joe who?

-Pass.

-Biden. In language, which four-letter word for a head covering on a coat

is also the term for a canopy placed over a cooker to absorb culinary smells?

-Hood.

-Correct. Tom. In history, Sir Walter Raleigh is credited with introducing what to England,

porridge or potatoes?

-Potatoes.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In reggae music,

Bob Marley had a UK hit single in 1975 with a song entitled No Woman, No...what?

-Cry.

-Correct. In the countryside,

what P is the term for a person who catches game or fish illegally

on land belonging to someone else?

-Poacher.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In famous buildings,

what's the usual two-word name of the London church that includes the area known as Poets' Corner?

-Westminster Abbey.

-Correct.

In epithet, someone who is widely celebrated in a particular field during their lifetime

is known by the alliterative phrase living...what?

-Dead.

-Legend. David.

In show business, which entertainer reputedly said, "Television is for appearing on, not looking at,"

Noel Coward or Noel Edmonds?

-Noel Coward.

-Correct. In recreation, which word follows water and jet

to make the names of two popular aquatic activities?

-Ski.

-Correct. Tom. In literature, "Every time a child says,

'I don't believe in fairies,' there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead,"

is a line from which book by J.M. Barrie?

-Peter Pan.

-Correct. Anna.

On the internet, what W is the name of the free encyclopaedia,

launched in 2001 that...

END-OF ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £300.

Who's the Club-Class clown? Who's an Executive idiot?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Debbie is the strongest link.

Xanthi is the weakest link. But will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Tom.

Stefanie.

Xanthi.

David.

David.

Tom.

Stefanie.

We have a tie, team. Tom, David and Stefanie have two votes each.

-What d'you do, Xanthi?

-I do lots of things, but I'm an artist.

What sort of artist?

A painter. An Expressionist.

-Where do you do your art?

-In my attic room...

-at my house.

-And where's your house?

-In Harrogate, in North Yorkshire.

-Oh. Are there a lot of people in North Yorkshire called Xanthi?

-Erm, I haven't met any so far.

-There's no-one in Emmerdale called Xanthi.

-No. No.

-Well, I'm not a Yorkshire lass by birth.

-No. And what sort of pictures are they,

-these pictures you paint?

-They're lovely pictures, they're very colourful.

-Do you earn a living from it?

-Well, I have other sources of incomes.

-Yeah, You haven't got a man to keep you?

-I have a man,

-but he doesn't keep me yet.

-Oh, he hasn't got a job?

-He's just retired.

-So you've just got an old man, is that your husband?

-No. I've got an ex-husband.

Really, what happened to him? Had he had enough of you?

-Probably.

-Why Tom?

-Because he got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Tom?

-I'm an auditor.

-Is that like an accountant?

-No, it's not.

-What's it like?

-It's more...

-An astronaut?

-It's more an admin-based role.

-That's very glamorous(!)

-Well, there are glamorous parts to the role.

-Have you got a degree?

-I have a degree, yeah.

-In what?

-In journalism.

-You have a degree in journalism. And when you decided to do journalism at university...

-Mm-hmm.

..did you think, "I'll do this, because what I want is an admin-based role?"

-The journalism pathway didn't quite work out how I wanted it to, so...

-Where did the path go?

I earned some good money working for a decent organisation and spent it travelling, then came back

-and decided on a career in sales.

-Did you?

-It's more my type of role.

-Is it? What, admin-based?

-I do train people as well,

-which comes under the admin bracket.

-So, do they all turn out like you?

-No, they just abide by the rules that the company sets out, that I explain.

-Yes.

-Did you think of the police force?

-No.

-Supposing I wanted to be admin-based...

-Mmm.

..what sort of potential do you think I have for admin-based?

It depends how quickly you can type, how good you are on Microsoft,

-whether you like working in an office.

-Why David?

-I chose David because he got a question wrong.

-David,

-you know when you're at the front of the plane...

-Yes.

-..do you go along to ask the passengers

-how they're feeling during the flight and have a chat with them?

-No. No. Unless they encourage it.

-Who does that?

-Cabin Service Director is in charge of the main crew.

-And why does he go

-and talk to each passenger?

-It's under his job description.

-Is it?

-To annoy passengers in First Class?

-Um, I think if you didn't want it,

-to be spoken to, you could say that...

-Do you have a little notice you can put up on your bed?

-Me, personally?

-No, if I'm in First Class and you've puffed up my bed.

-Oh, I think we'd know

-if you didn't wanna be talked to.

-Really, how would you know that?

-You'd be a bit frosty.

-Me?

-You might be, I don't know.

-Why Stefanie?

-Because I think she got two questions wrong.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote, and that was Debbie. Why did you

-vote for Stefanie?

-Cos she voted for me earlier, and she got a question wrong.

You've got a choice between Stefanie, David or Tom.

-Erm, I will stick with Stefanie.

-Stefanie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne picked up on the fact I was a beauty therapist and said I was a dumb beauty therapist.

But I think I handled it quite well and my answers got a few laughs with the other contestants.

Round Four. So far, you've banked...

Another ten seconds coming off the time, we'll start with the last strongest link - Debbie,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which target, measuring 18 inches in diameter,

is divided into sections by wires and has the numbers

one to 20 around its edge?

-Dartboard.

-Correct. In South American history,

the revolutionary called Ernesto Guevara was widely known

by which three-letter nickname?

-Che.

-Correct.

In the media, in 2009,

the veteran punk singer Iggy Pop appeared in a series

of commercials advertising cream cakes or car insurance?

-Cream cakes.

-Car insurance. In New York City,

what's the name of the large green open space situated between

the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side?

-Pass.

-Central Park.

In paleontology,

the disappearance of any animal species in a short period,

such as that of the dinosaurs, is usually called a mass what?

-Destruction.

-Extinction.

In nature, a small low-growing wild flower shares its name

with which colour of the rainbow?

-Bluebell.

-Violet.

In cricket, which word meaning "additional" is the term

for a run that is not scored by the stroke of a bat?

-Over.

-Extra.

In motoring, what "D" often used to describe whisky

is the name for the type of water that is recommended

for filling up a car battery?

-Distilled.

-Correct. In cinema,

which British actor and writer starred in a 2008 film comedy

entitled Ghost Town as a dentist with the ability

to contact the dead?

Ooh, erm... Oh, God, I saw it as well.

It is...

-Pass, I'm sorry...

-Ricky Gervais.

In dancing, a waltz normally has how many beats in a bar?

-Two.

-Three.

In colonial history, the phrase "jewel in the crown"

generally refers to which Asian country?

-India.

-Correct. Members of the organisation

called Gideons International traditionally leave which book

in hotel rooms - the Bible or the Highway Code?

-The Bible.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In TV, which English city

is the principle setting for the soap opera Hollyoaks?

-Chester.

-Correct. In technology,

what's the two-word name for the continuous sounds

heard on picking up a landline telephone receiver to make a call?

-A dialing tone.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In Italian cookery,

pasta that is described as "verde" has usually been coloured green

by the addition of which vegetable?

-Spinach.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In athletics,

what "B" is the name for the metal road...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

The correct answer was bar.

You only won £120.

Who thinks the Matterhorn is a type of goat?

Who thinks a hypocrite is a big animal from Africa?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers right,

Xanthi is the strongest link. Tom is statistically the weakest link.

But who will the team want off?

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

Sean, why David?

A number of people got questions wrong in that round. There were a couple that stood out.

-I know David got one or two.

-Hannah, why David?

-I think he got two questions wrong in that round.

-He did. David...

you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think that Anne is a national treasure. I think I should write to the Queen

to say that she should become a Dame.

I have seen her on board a plane before,

but it was quite a few years back. She didn't remember me.

I probably had hair then!

Round Five. In the bank, £1,670.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link,

and that's Xanthi. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In maths, what is 20% of 200?

-40.

-Correct.

In fashion, the three-word phrase for separates

that can be co-ordinated in a number of different ways

is mix and what?

-Match.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the UK, the important rail, road and canal route

through the natural break in the Pennines is called what -

the air gap or the wind gorge?

-Wind gorge.

-Air gap. In pop music, in 2001,

Jenny Frost replaced Kerry Katona as one of the three singers

in which girl group?

-Atomic Kitten.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In healthcare,

what "P" precedes medicine to make a term for treatment

outside the NHS that is paid for directly by the recipient?

-Private.

-Correct.

In entertainment,

the comedian born in 1931, famous for his mother-in-law jokes

and intentionally bad piano playing, was Les who?

-Dawson.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Used for storing art treasures to avoid the London bombs

during World War II, Penrhyn Castle is in which country of the UK?

-Wales.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In biology, which word can mean

both to make an organism infertile and to clear it of microorganisms?

-Sterilise.

-Correct.

In schools, the term for an annual prize-giving

that includes a word for a talk delivered to an audience

is what day?

-Can you repeat the question, please?

-In schools,

the term for an annual prize-giving that includes a word

for a talk delivered to an audience is what day?

-Pass.

-Speech day. In tabloid journalism,

in the early 1990s, what "B" was the name of the showbiz column

in the Sun edited by Piers Morgan?

-Buzz.

-Bizarre.

In tenpin bowling,

how many balls are needed to achieve a strike?

-One.

-Correct.

In the military,

the abbreviation CINC stands for Commander in what?

-Chief.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In measurements, the term "girth" refers to what -

-height or circumference?

-Circumference.

-Correct.

According to the title of a 1962 UK hit singer called Carole King,

it might as well rain until when?

-Christmas.

-September.

In geography, which city is the capital of South Korea?

-Seoul.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The 1990 film comedy starring Eric...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. I can't complete the question. You put in the kitty £210.

But who is wireless and who is clueless?

Who is now the clotted cream of the crop?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Sean is the weakest link because he gave the most wrong answers.

The strongest link statistically is Tom.

But whose game is over?

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

We have another tie, team - Tom and Sean have two votes each.

Tom, this is a decision-based question...

Not an admin-based question.

So why Sean?

Just because he spent time on a question that he got wrong.

Sean, the office project manager,

who lives on the wrong side of Croydon.

-Or is it the right side of Croydon?

-Right side.

-Sean from Shirley...

-I was waiting for that.

..Why Tom?

I think Tom got a couple of questions wrong in that round.

And previous rounds as well, so...

Does your job involve counting?

It can do.

And you can count up to how many?

-I could keep going all day.

-Could you?

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

And the strongest link was Tom.

Who would you like to get rid of? Sean or Tom?

It's gonna have to be Sean.

Sean, from Shirley, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

In the next round I'd like to see Tom off.

He obviously had the deciding vote against me in the last round

and in past rounds he hadn't done so well.

Round Six.

In the bank, £1,880.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

that's Tom, who's admin-based.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In ornithology, what T is the name of a type of seabird

resembling a slimline gull

with pointed wings and bill and usually a forked tail?

-Pass.

-Tern.

In men's fashion, in the preppy look of the 1950s and 1980s,

buttoned down collars were a feature of which garments?

-Shirts.

-Correct.

The principle ingredients of a traditional Greek moussaka

are aubergines and which type of mincemeat?

-Lamb.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In sport, which of these is the name of a Rugby Union player

who has played for Leicester and England -

Triumph Spitfire or Austin Healey?

-Austin Healey?

-Correct.

In the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess,

which composer is the favourite of the main character, Alex?

Sorry, could you repeat the question?

In the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess,

which composer is the favourite of the main character, Alex?

-John Williams.

-Beethoven.

In the Gospel of Matthew, when the wise men visited the infant Jesus,

which was the only gift that was not obtained from a plant?

-Myrrh.

-Gold.

In maths, what I is the word for something that is unlimited

and cannot be expressed in terms of a specific number, however large?

-Irregular.

-Infinite.

In pop music, the American rock group who had a UK number one album

in 2008 entitled Only By The Night is called Kings Of... what?

-Darkness.

-Leon.

Which item of bedding consists of a washable rectangular bag

usually about two feet long that comes into direct contact

with the head of the sleeper?

-Pillow.

-No, pillowcase.

In which mythology was Helios the god of the sun?

Greek or Aztec?

-Greek.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In TV, in 1982 the voice of the continuity announcer Paul Coia

was the first to be heard on which new channel?

-Channel 4.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In botany, what P is the common name for the type of long seed case

typical of broad beans?

-Pod.

-Correct.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, you won £90.

So, will Tom's next path lead home?

Has Xanthi painted herself into a corner?

Maybe Hannah can't see the wood for the trees.

Or should Debbie be disconnected?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Tom goes from being the strongest link in the last round

to the weakest link in this.

Xanthi is statistically the strongest link,

but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Tom.

Xanthi.

Tom.

Tom.

Debbie, why Tom?

He definitely got the most questions wrong that time.

Xanthi, why Tom?

He's had quite a few questions wrong in the rounds so far,

-and he definitely was the weakest link in that round.

-He was.

Tom, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I get back to work,

I think I've achieved more than I'd hoped to achieve.

And I think they'll pat me on the back.

Round Seven. In the bank, £1,970.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In UK education the University of Warwick

is only three miles from which city?

-Warwick.

-Coventry.

In the 1920s, the silent filmstar Louise Brooks was famous

for wearing her hair in which style? A mullet or a bob?

-A bob.

-Correct.

In the solar system, which planet is closest in size to the Earth?

-Venus.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In food, what G refers to animals feeding on pasture,

but is also applied to humans who eat when they feel like it

rather than at set times?

-Grazers.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In engineering, according to its full name the structure at Clifton

in Bristol that was designed by Brunel is what type of bridge?

-Suspension bridge.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In books, in The Trial by Franz Kafka

the man who was arrested and tried

without knowing the charge is called what?

Joseph K or Peter Kay?

-Joseph K.

-Correct.

In sports betting, when two horses share the shortest odds

for the same race, they're known as joint what?

-Favourites.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In geography, what C is the name of the resort on the Norfolk coast

that hosts a famous annual soul music festival?

-Cromer?

-Caister.

In art, the painter known as El Greco

was born in Greece and worked for a time in Italy

before settling in which other European country?

-Spain.

-Correct.

In the United States, the word klutz refers to a person who is what?

Clairvoyant or clumsy?

-Clumsy.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The 2008 sequel to which 2005 animated film

that was named after an island in the Indian ocean

has the subtitle Escape To Africa?

-Madagascar II.

-Correct.

Bank.

In women's fashion, a backless top or dress

that is tied around the nape of the neck is known as a what neck?

-Halterneck.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Which regular gameshow panellist and former member of The Goodies

is a qualified doctor and has had roles in Heartbeat and Holby City?

-Tim...

-No. Graeme Garden.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £230.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Xanthi is now the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Debbie.

But who will be taking the final walk of shame?

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

Debbie.

Xanthi.

Xanthi.

Debbie, why Xanthi?

She's had great rounds but I think that last round she got a few wrong.

Hannah, why Xanthi?

I thought I was the weakest link but I can't vote for myself, so

Xanthi was the next.

No, she was the worst player.

Xanthi, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was hoping that Hannah might vote the same way as me,

in voting Debbie off because she had been quite strong in previous rounds.

I was hoping that I would be in the final round with Hannah and her nerves would get the better of her.

Round Eight. You've won £2,200.

There's 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.

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

Start the clock.

What H is the name of both an Olympic sport played indoors

by two teams of seven and a type of offence in football?

Hockey.

Handball.

The larger of the two British species of dormouse

is known by what name that implies that it can be eaten?

-Edible.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The political theorist born in 1729

who was one of the founders of modern British Conservatism

was Edmund who? Burke or Ninny?

-Burke.

-Correct, Hannah.

-Bank.

The Australian performance troupe founded in 1977

that features acrobats, trapeze artists and novelty acts

is called Circus what?

-Pass.

-Oz. Debbie.

Homosexuality was de-criminalised on the Isle of Man

in which decade of the 20th Century?

-Twenties?

-The 1990s. Hannah.

What C is the steroid, high levels of which can be caused by

a diet of saturated fats and can lead to hardening of the arteries?

-Cholesterol.

-Debbie.

-Bank.

-The oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989

off the coast of which US state?

-New York?

-Alaska.

The 1958 comedy set an an army training unit

that was the very first Carry On film is called Carry On What?

Sergeant or Privates?

-Sergeant.

-Correct. Debbie.

-Bank.

Which word that rhymes with dwarf means to change one image into another using a specific program?

Morph.

Bank.

Time's up. That little voice, half-an-hour later

was Hannah saying, "Bank."

You won £80 which we'll treble.

That means prize money today of £2,240.

There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each.

If there's a tie we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Hannah and Debbie, for £2,240,

let's play the Weakest Link.

Hannah, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

I'll go first, please.

Which 2008 film has a soundtrack by David Arnold

that includes pieces entitled The Palio, Night At The Opera,

Bolivian Taxi Ride and Oil Fields?

There Will Be Blood?

The correct answer is Quantum Of Solace.

Which imperial unit of measurement

is the equivalent of 568 millilitres?

-Foot?

-The correct answer is a pint.

What was the first name of the younger brother of Richard the Lionheart

who succeeded him as King of England?

-John.

-That is the correct answer.

In the TV sitcom Friends, the parents of which main characters

were played by the actresses Morgan Fairchild and Kathleen Turner?

Ross and...

Courtney Cox. I can't remember her character's name.

The correct answer is Chandler Bing.

In 1950's theatre, what two word term for a domestic plumbing fixture

describes the realistic dramas of home life like Look Back In Anger?

Sorry, pass.

The correct answer is Kitchen Sink.

Which golf course in Kentucky that hosted the 2008 Ryder Cup

is named after a great hall in Norse mythology?

Don't know.

The correct answer is Valhalla.

The West Highland Way which was completed in 1980

and became Scotland's first long-distance trail

begins near Glasgow and ends at which town?

-Alloa?

-The correct answer is Fort William.

What's the title of the 1859 book by Charles Darwin

that includes chapters entitled Struggle For Existence

and Natural Selection?

Evolution?

No, the correct answer is On The Origin Of Species.

What full name is shared by the Irish Nationalist,

who in 1921 signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty,

and an astronaut who, in 1969 flew on the Apollo 11 mission?

Neil Armstrong?

The correct answer is Michael Collins.

Which term for a competitor in the same field as oneself

is derived from a Latin term for one living on the opposite bank of a stream from another?

-Don't know, Anne.

-The correct answer is rival.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

That means, Hannah, you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £2,440.

Debbie, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Hannah was a really lovely woman and I was so glad she got the money.

She deserves it.

Winning the Weakest Link has been the biggest shock.

I really thought I was going to be the weakest link and voted out earlier, so I'm really pleased.

Gobsmacked!

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