20/06/2012 Weakest Link

Of the nine people here,

only one will take home prize money

of up to £10,000.

The others leave with nothing

after their team-mates vote them 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 don't know each other.

To win the prize money, 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 is Ian. I'm 46 years old and I'm a bank official from Blackpool.

I'm Andrea, a 32-year-old housewife from Whitstable in Kent.

I'm David. I'm 61, a quality analyst from Birmingham.

I'm Liz. I'm 51. I'm a retired police officer from Watford.

I'm Stuart. I'm 37 years of age.

I'm a restaurant manager from Dartmouth in Devon.

I'm Gill, 45, an accountant from Solihull in the West Midlands.

I'm Nikhil. I'm 23 and a graduate from Manchester.

I'm Sam, 26, and a teacher from Nottingham.

I'm Adam. I'm 19. I'm a student from Cheltenham.

Now the rules.

The aim is to answer enough questions correctly to reach £1000

within the time limit.

The fastest way is to create a chain

of nine correct answers.

Get one wrong and you break the chain

and lose all the money in that chain.

If you say "bank" before the question,

the money is safe.

However, you start a new chain from scratch.

At the end of the round

only money that was banked is taken forward.

In Round One,

there are three minutes on the clock.

We start with the person who's first alphabetically.

That's Adam.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20.

Start the clock.

What type of animal is an Alsatian?

A dog.

In Tales Of The Arabian Nights, who is the boy with the magic lamp?

-Aladdin.

-If you take care of the pence, what will take care of themselves?

Pounds.

In photography, what Z is a lens whose magnification can be varied

for wide-angle and close-up shots?

Zoom.

What is water rendered solid by freezing?

Ice.

-Stuart.

-Bank.

What sport does Nick Faldo play?

Golf.

What L is a board game where we move pieces round a cross-shaped course

according to the throw of dice?

Ludo.

In the song, who was the dragon who lived in the land of Honalee?

Puff.

Entente cordiale was first used in the 1840s

meaning an understanding between Britain and which country?

France.

Bank.

Which plant, sold in Amsterdam, is called after the Turkish for turban?

Tulip.

What is a soft or hard plastic lens,

worn in the eye, used to correct vision?

Contact lens.

What is a young goose called?

Gosling.

Which marine invertebrates have spiny skin and five or more radiating arms?

-Pass.

-Starfish.

In cookery, penne, fusilli and macaroni are types of what?

Pasta.

Complete the musical by Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, The Beautiful what?

Game.

What C describes the fizziness of drinks like soda water and lemonade?

Carbonated.

How many pounds are there in 40,000 pence?

-400.

-Correct. Sam.

-Bank.

Complete this songwriting team. Stock, Aitken and who?

Waterman.

Is batik a technique of dyeing fabric or carving wood?

Dyeing fabric.

Correct. Ian.

-Bank.

-What M is a plant that grows in clusters on soil, rocks and tree bark?

-Alpine.

-Moss.

The characters Danny Zucco and Sandy Olson appear in which 1978 film?

Grease.

Ron Atkinson, Matt Busby and Alex Ferguson managed which football club?

-Manchester United.

-Liz.

-Bank.

In The Carpenters, how were Richard and Karen Carpenter related?

Brother and sister.

Which comedy double act used the first names Sid and Eddie?

Little and Large.

What P is a document which authorises the bearer to travel abroad?

Passport.

If a building has three flights of stairs and each flight has 35 steps,

how many steps are there?

105.

-Bank.

-Which K can describe...?

Time is up.

And as you ran out of time, team,

you hit your £1000 target.

The question is,

who is least likely

to cope with the pressure of less time

in the following rounds?

One of you is about to leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

David is this game's first weakest link according to the statistics.

The strongest link is Stuart.

But, at this early stage, who will the players decide to vote off?

OK, voting over.

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

-Sam, you're a teacher.

-I am.

-So you'll be getting all the questions right.

-Not necessarily.

-Did David upset you?

-He didn't upset me.

He got an answer wrong.

-That upset you, did it?

-Not particularly.

Adam, why David?

Because I remember him

getting an answer wrong.

He got 50% of the wrong answers.

Who got the other 50%, Ian?

-I did, Ann.

-Right. Why David?

He got the same number of questions wrong that I did.

So, David,

you delighted us long enough. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I am disappointed with myself.

I could have done better

if I hadn't had the starfish question.

I think I can go home head held high

but I don't think I dare go to work tomorrow.

I think Ian will be next to go because he was, like me,

one question wrong.

He doesn't seem quite that confident.

Round Two.

You've banked £1000 so far.

We take 10 seconds off the clock.

We start with the strongest from the last round. That's Stuart.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which K is a newspaper stall and a phone box?

Kiosk.

Is a catfish a type of fish or cat?

Fish.

Religion.What do we call a cross depicting Christ being crucified?

-Pass.

-Crucifix.

In which pantomime is Buttons a character?

Cinderella.

From Old English for leg, what hard substance forms the skeleton of animals?

Bone.

Is Bath in Somerset a town or a city?

-A town.

-A city.

Carbonates are compounds that contain oxygen and what?

-Pass.

-Carbon.

Who was the object of Robert Redford's indecent proposal

in the 1993 film of the same name?

-Julia Roberts.

-Demi Moore.

What B is woollen headwear which shares its name with a battle in the Crimean War?

Balaclava.

On TV who starred with Dawn French in Let Them Eat Cake and Girls On Top

and in their own comedy sketch shows?

-Julie Walters.

-Jennifer Saunders.

Chlorophyll in plant leaves absorbs energy from what?

The sun.

Is topside a cut of meat from the leg or the shoulder?

-Shoulder.

-Leg. Which French synthesizer wizard

became famous for outdoor laser and light concerts in the 1980s?

Jean-Michel Jarre.

An offshore coral reef separated from the mainland by a deep lagoon

is known as a what reef?

Barrier reef.

-Andrea.

-Bank.

What 31-mile European transport system opened in May 1994?

-Motorway.

-The Channel Tunnel.

In food, by what initials is monosodium glutamate better known?

MSG.

What is the name of actor Kiefer Sutherland's famous father,

born in Canada in 1934?

Donald.

Bank.

In tennis, what do we call it if the foot enters the court as you serve?

Foot fault.

What style of music is associated with saxophonist John Coltrane?

Jazz.

In the 15th century, was wimples a term for gloves or headdress?

Headdress.

-Bank.

-Total, annular and lunar are types of what?

Eclipses.

What is produced by the adrenal gland?

Adrenaline.

-Andrea.

-Bank.

-What O is the name of the former Turkish empire?

-I don't know.

-Ottoman.

In pop music Goodbye-Ee was a 1965 Top 20 hit for Dudley Moore and who else?

Peter Cook.

-Bank.

-What K is a famous mountain in Tanzania?

Kilimanjaro.

Gill...

Time is up. You banked a disappointing £270

in that round, well below the £1000 target.

Who's getting dimmer by the minute?

Which dunce have you had enough of?

I urge you, dispatch the duffer.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time, Stuart is the strongest link.

Andrea is the weakest link as she answered all her questions incorrectly.

But how will the voting go?

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

Ian, one of your hobbies is travel.

-Yes, it is.

-Is that just around Blackpool?

-It would appear so but, no, it's not.

-Why Andrea?

She answered questions wrong that I could have answered.

Gill, your hobby is dieting and your specialist subject is entertainment.

You spend more time dieting than you do on entertainment.

I have more in common with Dawn French than Jennifer Saunders.

-Why Andrea?

-She got a couple of questions wrong.

-Nikhil, why Andrea?

-I think she got all her questions wrong, didn't she?

Andrea, what happened to you?

-I just lost it.

-Did you?

You can lie down somewhere and get over it.

With seven votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I deserved to be voted off in that round.

I should have got another chance. I was strong in the first round.

I didn't get any questions wrong.

I think possibly Sam

or Nikhil will be voted off next.

Nikhil passed on a couple and Sam's hesitant.

Round Three.

And of the £2000 you could have won by now,

you've banked £1270.

Seven of you left.

We take ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link, Stuart.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Salami originates from which country?

Italy.

Pas de deux and petit jete are used in what dance?

Ballet.

Caramelisation is a process whereby crystals of what

are heated until they melt and burn?

Sugar.

Which Irish dramatist and critic wrote Arms And The Man and Pygmalion?

George Bernard Shaw.

-Bank.

-In the Beano, which spiky-haired character appeared in 1951?

Dennis the Menace.

Gunpowder and nitroglycerine are types of what?

Explosives.

In boxing, the Rumble in the Jungle

and the Thriller in Manila both featured who?

Muhammad Ali.

Which station did the Kinks sing about, Waterloo or Paddington?

Waterloo.

What E is a geometric figure having all sides of equal length?

Equilateral.

-Bank.

-Who played the lead character Richard in the 1999 film The Beach?

Leonardo diCaprio.

In which Scottish city does the Royal Mile run from the Castle to Holyroodhouse?

Edinburgh.

TV. What was the 1980s children's show about an old lady with superpowers?

Supergran.

-Ian.

-Bank.

The speed of a moving object is calculated by the distance it travels divided by what?

-Second.

-Time.

Which European city has the higher average daily temperature

between April and July, Dundee or Copenhagen?

Dundee.

Copenhagen.

Jackals, foxes and wolves belong to which family?

-Wolves.

-Dog.

In US casinos, is craps played with cards or dice?

Dice.

What C is the suppression of material considered unsuitable?

Censorship.

Which units are measures of quantities of chemical substance,

moles or rats?

Moles.

-Bank.

-Which scale measures the force of an earthquake?

-Seismograph.

-Richter.

John Cleese married which Fawlty Towers co-star, Prunella Scales or Connie Booth?

-Prunella Scales.

-Connie Booth.

On human skin what F is the common name for a lentigo?

Could you repeat that?

On human skin what F is the common name for lentigo?

-Fur.

-Freckle.

In which US medical drama was Richard Chamberlain a doctor?

Pass.

Dr Kildare.

Time is up. You did better in that round.

You banked £700.

Nevertheless, to get that bank balance up

you must turf off the tiresome,

lighten the load,

heighten the money in the kitty.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Nikhil is the strongest. He answered all his questions right and banked for the team.

The statistics show Liz is the weakest.

But will the other players have spotted this?

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

Sam, how's it going for you?

Not too bad.

-You don't think you're making a fool of yourself?

-Not yet.

Why Ian?

Because he got two questions wrong.

-Stuart, not much of a round for you.

-It wasn't.

Why Ian?

He got more questions wrong than I did.

No, he only got as many wrong as you did

and he banked £100.

-Gill, why Ian?

-He got a couple of questions wrong.

-He probably doesn't know as much about dieting as you.

-No, he probably doesn't have to.

-Liz, why Gill?

-I thought she got two questions wrong. Maybe I was wrong.

Did you think Gill was the weakest link?

-I did.

-Didn't they teach you to count in the police force?

-Was it me that was the weakest link?

-That's right.

You statistically, Liz, were the worst but Ian upset the team more.

With four votes, Ian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The hardest thing in the game is facing Anne Robinson.

She's closer than you expect

and she's got a really, really steely glare at you.

She's willing you to get it wrong.

I think Gill will be voted off next.

The pressure is on. The time is coming down.

She's struggling. I think she'll be here next.

Round Four.

£1970 banked so far out of potential prize money of £3000.

Six of you left.

Ten seconds off the time.

You now have 2½ minutes.

We start with the strongest link. That's Nikhil.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

How many Spanish kings were Philips? Three, four or five?

-Four.

-Five.

El Dorado is fabled to be full of what?

Gold.

What colour Tuesday did the Rolling Stones sing about in 1967?

-Black.

-Ruby.

Who directed the Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back,

George Lucas or Irvin Kershner?

-George Lucas.

-Irvin Kershner.

What are the Latin words for Hail Mary?

-Pass.

-Ave Maria.

What O describes rural Australia?

Outback.

The British Film Institute was founded in which decade?

-The '60s.

-1930s.

Rotterdam is the second largest city in...?

Holland.

In which part of the flower do plant seeds develop?

-Stamen.

-Ovary.

In which country did the game of netball originate?

-Holland.

-America.

Which millionaire bought Fulham Football Club in 1997?

-Mohammed Al Fayed.

-Gill.

-Bank.

Who was promoted from weather girl to presenter on The Big Breakfast?

-I don't know.

-Denise Van Outen.

What type of vegetable is an enoki, a mushroom or a pepper?

-A pepper.

-Mushroom.

Who travelled into space before Alan Shepard,

Ham the Chimp or Yuri Gagarin?

-Yuri Gagarin.

-Ham the Chimp.

Which A road goes from Edinburgh to London?

A1.

What R is an elk-like animal native to Europe?

Reindeer.

-Bank.

-Which country borders China and South Korea?

North Korea.

-Bank.

-Which H is the luminous ring seen around the sun or moon?

Halo.

Which 1969 Ken Loach film tells the story of a boy's attempt to raise a kestrel?

Kes.

-Bank.

-When was the first railway locomotive built by Trevithick, 1804 or 1904?

1804.

Which model-making material takes its name from the French for chewed paper?

-Lego.

-Papier-mache.

Did John McEnroe play tennis left or right-handed?

Left-handed.

-Bank.

-What C is music from Trinidad popularised in the US by Harry Belafonte?

Calypso.

Bank.

In which English county is the Lake District?

Time is up.

The correct answer was Cumbria.

And...

you put into your kitty a miserable, pathetic, disappointing £180.

Who should now be let go?

Whose lack of knowledge

makes them out of place?

I urge you to dispatch the dead wood.

Let's vote off the weakest link.

Stuart is the strongest link for the third time.

The weakest link is Adam.

But will the voting follow the facts?

Stuart...

-Why Adam?

-I think the pressure got to him this round.

-Did it?

Nikhil... Why Adam?

I had a bad round there, too. He got a few questions wrong.

He didn't get any more wrong than you.

I can't vote for myself.

No... Adam...

You thought chewed paper was Lego.

-What are you studying?

-Marketing.

You've got a long way to go, then.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel gutted at being voted off. It's just...

I may have been the weakest statistically

but the other players voted me off because I was a threat.

Liz should go.

She's not a team player.

She banks, but gets her questions wrong. I should be there.

Round 5. Of the £4000 you could have won by now,

you have in the kitty £2150.

Five of you left, 10 seconds coming off the time.

We start with the strongest link. That's Stuart.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which detective-story writer learned about poisons in a hospital in WWI?

-Pass.

-Agatha Christie.

In which year did the British political campaign Charter 88 begin?

'88.

Ceefax, originally The Magazine Of The Air,

was first broadcast by the BBC in which year of the 1970s?

'73.

What is the monetary unit of Algeria - the dinar or franc?

Dinar.

-Bank.

-In history, which R was a Siberian mystic

with influence over Tzarina Alexandra and Tzar Nicholas II?

Rasputin.

What kind of animal is a fulmar?

-Don't know.

-A bird.

The Treaty Of Rome established the EEC.

For what do these initials stand?

-I can't remember.

-European Economic Community.

In which Irish county is Bantry Bay?

-Ulster.

-Cork.

Which French word, from the Italian for pie crust,

means artwork that mixes styles?

I don't know.

Pastiche. How many days before Easter is Holy Saturday?

-Seven.

-One.

Which English actor was the villain Hans Gruber

in the 1998 film Die Hard?

-Pass.

-Alan Rickman.

In the animal kingdom, what kind of reptile is an agama?

A lizard.

Who took the title King of England when Charles I was executed -

Charles II or James II?

-James II.

-Charles II.

Which novelist, born in 1906,

wrote the Mary Ann books and the Mallen trilogy?

-Pass.

-Catherine Cookson.

In geography, Samiland, north of the Arctic Circle,

was once called what?

-Greenland.

-Lapland.

In biology, what name is given to the roof of the mouth cavity?

Palate.

-Bank.

-Which produces most tea - Sri Lanka or India?

India.

Who presents Through The Keyhole with Loyd Grossman?

David Frost.

-Bank.

-Bunker Hill was the first conflict in which revolution?

American.

-Bank.

-In botany, what P on the underside of leaves

are also known as stomata?

The correct answer is pores.

And, after all that work,

you banked only, team, £190.

Who is no longer necessary to your requirements?

Who is not worthy of a place on the team?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The strongest player is Gill, who answered the most correctly.

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

Will his earlier performance save him in the vote?

Voting over. Time to reveal

who you think is the weakest link.

Sam, how's it going for you?

It's getting worse. I'm still hanging in there.

Never heard of Catherine Cookson?

I have. But not read much of her stuff.

What do you read, then?

Other stuff.

I haven't heard of that book.

-Why Stuart?

-It seemed like he got the most questions wrong.

Well, you got THAT right, anyway.

That'll please them if your school's watching.

Nikhil, why Stuart?

-I think he got the most questions wrong.

-Right.

Gill, you're an accountant who's never heard of the EEC.

I have. I forgot what it was and didn't want to waste time.

-Why Stuart?

-He's done well.

I think he just, unfortunately, got his questions wrong this time.

-Not a good round.

-Not at all.

You're going back to Devon. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I carried the team for the first few rounds.

I didn't think they would vote me off

because I was the strongest till then.

There's some tactical voting. I think Nikhil and Sam

are going to be the ones in the final.

They are stood next to each other and I think there's a bit of a pact.

Round Six. You've banked £2340 out of a possible £5000.

Four left. Another 10 seconds off your time.

We start with the strongest link.

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

Start the clock.

The modern version of which cleaning aid was built by J Murray Spangler,

a janitor in a store in Ohio?

Vacuum cleaner.

In marine biology, is an octopus a mollusc or a fish?

A mollusc.

Of what country is the former tennis champion Martina Navratilova a citizen?

-Czechloslovakia.

-USA.

What colour is the flame when potassium is burned - yellow or purple?

-Yellow.

-Purple.

Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short

were in which 1986 John Landis comedy set in Mexico?

The Three Amigos.

Which Liverpudlian comedian, actor and writer with a skinhead haircut

was the landlord in The Young Ones?

Alexei Sayle.

-Bank.

-What A is warfare that engages the enemy

by launching an attack from sea by landing forces?

-Attrition.

-Amphibious.

The Pistons basketball team come from which American city

famed for motor car manufacture?

Detroit.

What is the area of a triangle

with a 4cm base and a height of 3cms?

-12cms.

-6 sqare cms.

In theatre, which French novelist and dramatist wrote the play No Exit in 1944 -

Albert Camus or Jean Paul Sartre.

Jean Paul Sartre.

Which singer, comedian and talk-show host

presented the 1990s revival of Take Your Pick?

Pass.

Des O'Connor. What was the first name

of the Austrian composer Strauss The Younger?

Johann.

-Bank.

-In which county is the town of Ludlow?

Shropshire.

Which constituent of the blood is represented by the letters Hb?

Haemoglobin.

-Bank.

-Whose attention does an MP have to attract to get permission to speak?

Speaker.

Founded in 1904, RADA's full name is The Royal Academy of what?

Dramatic art.

-Bank.

-The Vicar of Christ is the name of which Christian leader?

The correct answer is the Pope.

You're out of time.

And you only put into the kitty

£170 in that round.

Who's really blown their chance?

Who's tripped up once too often?

Vote off the weakest link.

Once more, Nikhil is the strongest link

answering all of his questions correctly.

The weakest link is Sam who got the most wrong.

Will the voting follow the facts?

Voting over. Reveal who you think

is the weakest link.

Gill, you're an accountant.

-Your maths is worryingly terrible.

-I know. I was thinking of a square.

Why Liz?

She just started to get a few wrong.

-She got no more wrong than YOU did.

-Fair enough.

-Nikhil, why Liz?

-She seemed the weakest.

She wasn't, though, was she, Sam?

-She wasn't.

-Who WAS, Sam?

-I was.

Good, you can count.

Liz, what happened?

I thought I got three right and one wrong.

-They don't like you. Why not?

-Maybe because I'm a retired police officer.

Well, we'll give you your marching orders. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm annoyed about being voted out, because I certainly wasn't the weakest link.

I think that I was voted off tactically,

because maybe I was seen as a bit of a threat.

If Sam has another bad round, then I think the final will be between Gill and Nikhil.

Round Seven. You have £2510 in the bank out of a possible £6000 you could have won by now.

Three of you left, ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link Nikhil.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Rafferty and Iris are the children of Sadie Frost and which English actor?

-Pass.

-Jude Law.

Which American actress starred with Meryl Streep in 1992 in Death Becomes Her?

Goldie Hawn.

In the British royal family, at which university is Lord Frederick Windsor studying?

-I don't know.

-Oxford.

What was the name of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie's 1989 TV sketch show?

A Bit Of Fry And Laurie.

Which river rises in Sussex and flows through Kent to join the Thames?

-Pass.

-Medway.

In which East Asian capital city are the Temple of Heaven

and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests?

-Delhi.

-Beijing.

In which event did the Northern Irish athlete Mary Peters

win a gold medal at the Munich Olympics in 1972?

-100 metres.

-Pentathlon.

Which Tory politician published a diary in 1993

about affairs with a judge's wife and daughters?

Alan Clark.

-Bank.

-In which US state is the city Albuquerque?

-Alabama.

-New Mexico.

At the end of which Shakespeare comedy

is Aegeon reunited with his sons, each named Antipholus?

-Merchant of Venice.

-A Comedy Of Errors.

Who wrote the operetta Orpheus In The Underworld?

-Pass.

-Offenbach.

Which F is a resort in Suffolk and Britain's busiest container port?

-Folkestone.

-Felixstowe.

Which President took America into World War I?

-Lincoln.

-Woodrow Wilson.

Which monkeys are known for their characteristic roar,

which can be heard up to two miles away?

-Pass.

-Howler monkeys.

With which sport is Barry John, born in 1945, associated?

-Rugby.

-Rugby Union.

-I'll accept rugby.

-Bank.

The Danube School describes a group of 16th-century painters

working in which European country?

-Austria.

-Germany.

Time is up.

And in that round, team,

you excelled(!)

You managed to bank just £40.

In Round Eight, you can treble what you bank, so in the next round,

potentially, there's £3000 to be won.

The question is, who has actually outstayed their welcome?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an exact reversal of the previous round,

Sam is now the strongest link, and Nikhil is the weakest link.

So who will lose out at this crucial stage of the game?

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

Gill, why Sam?

I thought, in this round, she was getting a lot more wrong.

-Before you say, I did as well.

-You got a lot more wrong than Sam.

-I can't vote for myself.

-Not as well. Worse. And Nikhil.

You got more wrong than Gill!

-Why did you vote for Sam?

-I think we were all quite equal.

-It was difficult.

-You can't count, either?

The accountant who can't count, and the graduate who can't count.

Sam was the strongest link in that round.

Have you had enough of teachers?

I had no problem with Sam. I thought the best chance...

Sam, they had no problem with you.

But you were the strongest, so they don't like something about you.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I didn't find the walk of shame too bad.

I was quite glad to get away from the two on the stage.

Maybe I made a mistake by voting for Nikhil before. Maybe he wanted revenge.

It's a very even contest between Nikhil and Gill.

But I think that Nikhil will win it,

because he seems to be quite confident.

Round Eight. Of the £7000 available, you've won £2550.

Gill and Nikhil, just the two of you left.

You have only 90 seconds. Whatever you win now will be trebled and added to your total.

So, £3000 is at stake in this round.

You've voted off the strongest link, so we'll start with the second strongest link.

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

Start the clock.

In chemistry, which E is a colourless gas

that is the second member of the alkane series?

-Ether.

-Ethane.

Which English rock band released the album London Calling in 1979?

The Clash.

Name the author who wrote Le Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine

and The Count Of Monte Cristo?

-Victor Hugo.

-Dumas.

In history, which Argentinian freedom fighter helped Fidel Castro

to overthrow the Cuban dictator Batista in 1959?

-Pass.

-Che Guevara.

In religion, what is the meaning of the word Buddha?

-God?

-The Enlightened One.

Is the character Faith in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel

played by Eliza Dushku or Sarah Michelle Gellar?

-Sarah Michelle Gellar.

-Eliza Dushku.

What A was a type of air raid shelter designed to be assembled in the garden?

-Can't remember.

-Anderson.

In which year of the 1960s were The Monkees No.1

in the US and UK with I'm A Believer?

-1966.

-1967.

The name of which medical instrument comes from the Greek for "to look at the chest"?

Stethoscope.

-Bank.

-Which city in Bolivia is the world's highest capital?

La Paz.

With which actor does Vanessa Paradis have a daughter, Lily-Rose Melody?

-I've no idea.

-Johnny Depp.

In which US state does the Mormon church have its base?

Utah.

Time's up.

You banked just £20. Never mind. We'll treble it and add it to your winnings.

That means prize money today of £2610.

Of course, only one of you can win the money.

Now you'll play head to head.

I ask questions in turn, best of five.

Whoever gets the most correct wins. It's as simple as that.

If there's a tie after five, we play sudden death till we have a winner.

So, Gill and Nikhil, for £2610,

let's play The Weakest Link.

Nikhil, as the strongest link, choose who goes first.

I'll let Gill go first.

Gill.

Which country must you pass through

to take the shortest possible route from Uruguay to Chile?

Paraguay?

The correct answer is Argentina.

Nikhil.

In music,

what does the term da capo mean?

Loudly.

The correct answer is, "Repeat from the beginning".

Gill.

In Shakespeare's play,

what was the name of Othello's wife?

Desdemona.

That is the correct answer.

Nikhil.

In football, which player missed England's crucial sixth penalty

against Germany in the 1996 European Championship semi-final?

Gareth Southgate.

Correct.

Gill.

Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell

as Lord Protector of England

in 1658?

His son.

Correct. Richard Cromwell, his son.

Nikhil.

The UK, Denmark, Sweden

and which other European Union country

did not join the single currency

when it was first introduced in 1999?

Finland.

The correct answer is Greece.

Gill.

In 1991, which Disney movie,

that became a West End musical,

was the first animated film

to be nominated for Best Picture Oscar?

The Lion King.

The correct answer is Beauty And The Beast.

Nikhil.

If you answer this question correctly, you draw level.

The Beatles made their national TV debut on which programme

in 1963?

Top Of The Pops?

The correct answer is Thank Your Lucky Stars.

Gill, if you get this question correct,

you have won.

So, for £2610...

In the Christian calendar,

Ascension Day is celebrated

how many days after Easter Sunday?

Three.

The correct answer is 40.

Nikhil, you need to get this question correct

to remain in the game.

In literature,

what is the surname of Horatio,

the British naval officer

created by the writer CS Forester?

Nelson.

The correct answer is Hornblower.

That means, Gill,

you are today's strongest link,

and you go away with £2610.

Nikhil, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I'm really very surprised. It was a strong team out there.

I'm very, very pleased that I came out on top in the end.

I was worried about getting voted off first,

so I wasn't going to tell anybody I was on TV.

But now I can tell them. I think they'll be impressed.

I'm going to spend the prize money on my son's Bar Mitzvah.

He'll be very pleased.

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