20/09/2010 Weakest Link

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

Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

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

They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Paul, I'm 22, I'm from Peterborough

and I'm the president of my students' union.

I'm Carole, I'm 70,

I come from Oldham, I'm retired and a part-time artist.

I'm Adi, I'm 36, from Ashby-de-la-Zouch

and I'm a customer services assistant.

I'm Charlotte, I'm 21, I'm from Spratton in Northamptonshire

and I'm a contact centre agent.

I'm Stuart, I'm 46, I'm from Windsor and I run my own window company.

I'm Emma, I'm 31, from Oswestry

and I'm an occupational therapy assistant.

I'm John, I'm 53, from Melksham in Wiltshire

and I'm a project and training engineer.

I'm Bridie, I'm 48, I'm from Helensburgh and I'm a secretary.

I'm Oliver, I'm 29, from Lancashire and I run a travel website.

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.

Say "bank" before the question is asked 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, Adi.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20.

Start the clock.

In accommodation, a bed and breakfast establishment is often referred to by what abbreviation?

-B&B.

-Correct. In maths, what is 11 minus 2?

-9.

-Correct.

In anatomy, jointed limbs designed for walking are usually known by what everyday name?

-Legs.

-Correct.

In UK fashion, skirts are worn mainly by members of which sex?

-Female.

-Correct.

According to the nursery rhyme, Humpty-Dumpty sat on a what?

-Wall.

-Correct.

In games such as snap and rummy, what C is the collective term for the items that are shuffled?

-Cards.

-Correct.

In pets, a round, glass tank used as an aquarium is called a goldfish what?

-Bowl.

-Correct.

In the Gregorian calendar, in a leap year, an extra day is added to which month?

-February.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which of these normally falls in warmer air temperatures? Rain or snow?

-Snow.

-No, rain.

In stationery, a pen with a tiny sphere at the tip

that transfers ink from an inner tube to the paper is called a ball... what?

-..point pen.

-Correct.

In pop music, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus were the male members

of which 1970s group?

-Abba.

-Correct. What "O" is the general name for the secondary colour produced

by mixing the same amounts of red and yellow paints?

-Orange.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In TV, for ten years from 1994, the series Animal Hospital was presented by which Australian entertainer?

-Rolf Harris.

-Correct.

The girls' names Emma, Erica and Esther all begin with which letter?

-E.

-Correct.

The title of a controversial 1972 film starring Marlon Brando was Last Tango In where?

-Paris.

-Correct.

-Bank!

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target in that first round

which was pathetically easy for most of you.

But who's the satellite dish on your listed building?

Who's the puncture in your lilo? Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Carole is the weakest link, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?

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

Carole.

John.

Emma.

Carole.

Carole.

Carole.

Carole.

Carole.

Carole.

-What do you do, Paul?

-I'm the president of my students' union.

-Have you got a degree?

-Yes.

-In what?

-International Relations.

-You didn't want to get a proper job?

-No, it's a fantastic job. It's really busy.

-You've still got to get a job at the end of it.

-I'll do a Masters next year.

-You're going to spend much longer avoiding getting a job?

-Yes, but then get a job at the end of it.

-What have you achieved so far as president?

-We've got new building work going on.

-Is that to make all the doors higher?

-I wish I'd thought of that.

-Have you got a girlfriend?

-I do.

-What's she called?

-Nicki.

-How tall is she?

-About five foot three.

-How long have you been going out with her?

-Nearly two years.

-Did somebody put her up to it?

-No, I think it was her choice. I hope so.

-Why Carole?

-She got her question wrong.

-What do you do, John?

-I'm a project and training engineer.

-I don't know what that means.

-I liaise... When I'm in the project environment, I'm a project engineer.

-When we're in...

-No, no, no. Let's talk English.

-Project engineer, um... I am liable...

-OK, OK.

You're liable, you liaise?

-When I'm on building sites, be it...

-Where are we?

-A car park.

-You work in a car park?

-I work in the car parking environment.

-We install the equipment that runs car parks.

-You could have said that two minutes ago.

Yeah, but you see, it's just you, Anne. You've made me nervous.

-What are you doing in the car park?

-Installing the capital equipment...

-The capital equipment?

-Yeah.

-We don't know what that means.

-The equipment that controls the entry, the exits...

-Ticket machines?

-Yes.

We've got it, everybody. He works in a car park installing ticket machines.

-Why Carole?

-Why Carole?

Carole got her question wrong, the first question wrong, unfortunately.

-What do you do, Oliver?

-I run a travel website, Anne.

-It's your website?

-Mm-hm.

-Is it called Oliver's Website?

-No, it's called I Wish Gap Year.

-Hang on. You're encouraging people not to get a job?

-Yes.

-Where are you doing this from?

-In Africa.

-You're stationed in Africa?

-No, I'm stationed in Lancashire.

-Where?

-In Preston.

-Where's your office?

-Opposite the prison.

-What does it say on the front of your office?

-Unit 14.

-Oh!

-I know.

-Your girlfriend works with you?

-I don't have a girlfriend.

-Why can't you get a girlfriend?

-I'm too busy.

-You're too high-powered.

-You know what it's like when you're working all the time.

-Yes, in Unit 14.

-Absolutely. Opposite the prison.

-Why Carole?

-She got a question wrong.

Carole, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I saw the boards turning over each time,

I was very surprised that one person didn't vote for me.

I expected to get a full house.

Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In education, what T is a three-letter word

that describes a child whose results are the best in the class?

-Top.

-Correct. According to the sign often seen on shops that have closed down

and buildings that are undergoing redevelopment, "bill posters will be" what?

-Prosecuted.

-Correct.

In pop music, the singer-songwriter with the surname Nutini,

who was born in Paisley in 1987, has what Italian first name?

-Paolo.

-Correct.

The term derived from similar incidences on the roads

for aggressive or violent behaviour by a passenger on a flight is "air" what?

-Rage.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In geology, stalagmites grow in which direction? Upwards or downwards?

-Upwards.

-Correct.

In the Bible, the Philistine giant called Goliath was killed by which future King of Israel?

-David.

-Correct. During sleep, dreaming occurs

in periods in which there is rapid movement of which sense organs?

-Eyes.

-Correct. In TV, the 1960s and '70s sitcom, set in the Second World War

about the Local Defence Volunteers of Walmington-on-Sea, was called Dad's what?

-Army.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In speech, what "A" is the word for the manner of pronunciation characteristic of a particular area,

examples being Cockney, Geordie and Brummie?

-Accent.

-Correct.

Which of the three main emergency services is named after the vehicle at the centre of its operations?

-The ambulance service.

-Correct. In US politics,

the document ratified in 1789 that begins with the words, "We the people,"

is called the United States what?

-Pass.

-Constitution.

In football and cricket, when picked for an international team, a player is awarded which item of headgear?

-Cap.

-Correct.

In classical music, the name for a famous piece by Bach is Air On The C-Cup or G-String?

-G-String.

-Correct.

In art, the painters Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh were all of which nationality?

-Dutch.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In food, the type of pasty called a tiddy oggy originated in which English county?

-Cornwall.

-Correct.

What P is the term for the monetary gain of any transaction?

-Purchase.

-Profit.

In human anatomy, which word rhyming with "minus" is the term for a cavity at the front of the skull?

-Sinus.

-Correct. In naval warfare, the two-word term for a large ship

designed as a floating base for planes is an "aircraft" what?

-Carrier.

-Correct. The description "ten-speed" is used for which parts of a bicycle? The tyres or gears?

-Gears.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In an expression believed to be related to the use of molten metal in the printing industry...

Time's up. I can't complete the question.

You won £600.

But who forgot to pack their brain?

Which dunce should you dump?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Emma is the strongest link for the second round in a row.

The weakest link is Stuart, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Stuart.

Bridie.

Stuart.

Bridie.

Bridie.

Bridie.

Stuart.

Stuart.

We have a tie, team.

Stuart and Bridie have four votes each.

-What do you do, Bridie?

-I'm a secretary.

-To whom?

-An employment consultant.

-What does he help with?

He writes employment reports for cases that are going to court.

-Compensation cases.

-He builds up a case for people who don't want to work any more?

-People who can't work.

-So he's not the one that tells them to go into court with a limp?

-Not at all.

-He just meets them, makes up the reports on instruction...

-Can he make up anything he likes?

-No, he has to write the truth.

-You've just said he makes up the report.

-Why Stuart?

-Because he got a question wrong.

-Like you?

-I know, like me, but I can't vote for myself.

-What do you do, Stuart?

-I run my own window company.

-Where do you do that?

-In Woking.

-What's your window company called?

-Windsor Windows.

-There's a bit of a gap there, isn't there?

-About a 16-mile gap, yeah.

-Why isn't it called Woking Windows?

-Cos I live in Windsor.

-What do your windows do that other windows can't do?

-Not a lot. Windows are windows. They open and close.

Yeah. Are they double windows?

-Yeah, double glazing.

-So you're a double glazing salesman?

-No.

-What's the difference?

I don't bother you when you're eating your tea or your lunch by phoning you up.

-No, you come at breakfast, do you?

-No. Not quite that early.

I live in Windsor. How would I get to know about you?

-You'd find me on the Yellow Pages or...

-In your yellow jumper?

-In my yellow jumper on the Yellow Pages.

-Why Bridie?

-She got a question wrong, as I did. I can't vote for myself.

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

-What do you do?

-I'm an occupational therapy assistant.

-Where?

-Shropshire.

-Where in Shropshire?

-I live in Oswestry.

-Do you help people with disabilities?

Elderly and disabilities, mainly.

-My bath is on the first floor and I can't get up the stairs.

-We might have to think about a stairlift.

-What's going to help, thinking? I need the stairlift.

-We might need to organise one.

-"Might"?

-Where does "might" feature in this?

-I'd be asking what your opinion...

-I'd have moved from Oswestry by now!

You have a choice. Why have you voted for Bridie?

She was the first one to get a question wrong.

-She MIGHT have been the first one?

-She might have been.

-Yes. You've got a choice now.

You can stick with Bridie or move to Stuart in the canary yellow.

-I'd like to stick with Bridie.

-Bridie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was very nervous when I saw Anne coming on, but I really don't think she's a meanie.

She's playing a game. She comes on, she's very stern and she doesn't look at anybody,

but she can't help smiling when she asks you questions. I think she's lovely underneath.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,600. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In British customs, what J normally follows Silver, Golden and Diamond

for special anniversaries of the accession of a monarch?

-Jubilee.

-Correct.

The best-selling novel by Stieg Larsson, published in the UK in 2009,

has the English title The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's what?

-Nest.

-At the Winter Olympics, which event that uses the same track as the bobsleigh shares its name

with the bony structure of the human body?

-Skeleton.

-Correct.

The Northern Irish singer Geraldine who had a UK hit single entitled The Winner's Song in 2008

was a character played by which male comedian?

-Peter Kay.

-Correct.

Which of these is the name of an Italian Renaissance painter noted for his religious works?

Lorenzo Lotto or Theo Thunderball?

-Lorenzo Lotto.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In US currency, there are how many nickels in a quarter?

-Two.

-Five. On a computer keyboard, what "A" is the name for the symbols on the keys

that control the vertical and horizontal movement of the cursor?

-"Alt".

-Arrows.

In cinema, which animated 1967 film features a bear called Baloo,

a snake called Kaa and a panther called Bagheera?

-Jungle Book.

-Correct. A species of oak tree with a very thick bark is cultivated in Spain and Portugal

to yield which commercial product?

-Cork.

-Correct.

In a series of TV advertisements of the 1980s,

the slogan "nowt taken out" was used to promote which basic foodstuff?

-Bread.

-Correct.

An unofficial tribunal in which justice is perverted is known as a kangaroo court or tortoise trial?

-Kangaroo court.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The method of tying a tie named after the man who had been King Edward VIII is the Windsor what?

-Knot.

-Correct.

In the first line of a UK postal address, the letters "Cl" are an abbreviation of which word?

-Pass.

-Close.

In celebrities, the Australian actress who played Beth Brennan in Neighbours in the 1990s

before leaving to become a singer, is Natalie who?

-Imbruglia.

-Correct.

What E is the everyday name usually given to a machine that burns fuel to produce motion?

-Engine.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which 1972 UK hit single by Don McLean features the phrase, "the day the music died"?

-American Pie.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The small, independent republic that is completely surrounded by Italy is called San what...?

Was that on the tip of your tongue?

-San Marino.

-That's half an hour too late.

You won £570.

But who'd put a stamp on the screen when they sent an email?

Who's raising nothing but your blood pressure?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all her answers wrong, Charlotte is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is John, but how will the votes go?

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

Stuart.

Charlotte.

Stuart.

Charlotte.

Charlotte.

Charlotte.

Charlotte.

-So, Adi, what do you do?

-I'm a customer service assistant, Anne.

-Where are you a customer service assistant?

-The Co-op, actually. A small convenience store.

-Where is it?

-It's right in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch town centre.

-What does Mrs Adi do?

-She works at the Co-op as well.

-Where did you meet Mrs Adi?

-Well, she was in the newspaper in the lonely hearts column.

-How did she advertise herself?

-"Brown hair, medium build, bubbly personality."

-And what did you say you were?

-Well...

-What did you say your talents were?

-I've been told I can do a few decent impressions.

-Whose impressions can you do?

-Who did you start off with?

-Chris Tarrant.

-You would, wouldn't you?

Go on then.

MIMICS CHRIS TARRANT: Hoo-hoo, yes, who wants to be a millionaire?

-Go on. Who did you move on to?

-Frank Spencer.

-Yeah.

AS FRANK SPENCER: Good evening and how are you today?

-Can't you do me?

-No, there's only one you, Anne.

Right answer. Why Charlotte?

Unfortunately, she had a bad round. She got a "pass" and a question wrong.

-So, Oliver, the travel agent...

-I'm not a travel agent.

-Don't argue with me.

-OK.

-Put your board down.

Move in the gap. Turn sideways.

-You're pulling your stomach in now.

-No.

-I can see!

-I don't know what you mean.

-Is there a pie shop next to the prison?

-No. There's a pub though.

-Move back. Put your board up.

-Why Charlotte?

-She got two questions wrong.

-She did. Charlotte, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think it was fair that I got voted off instead of Stuart in this particular round

because I got more questions wrong than he did,

but his performance as a whole has been worse, so I don't think he'll last much longer.

Round 4. In the bank, £2,170. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's John. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In 2009, Hillary Clinton described which British MP as "vibrant, vital, attractive and smart"?

Ann Widdecombe or David Miliband?

-David Miliband.

-Correct.

The 1998 autobiography of Richard Branson was entitled Losing My what?

-Rag.

-Virginity.

In furniture making, what V is the name of a substance applied in liquid form to the surface of wood

and dries to give a hard, shiny finish?

-Vinyl.

-Varnish.

In geometry, the diagonals of a square bisect each other at what angle?

-Pass.

-90 degrees.

The practice of freezing dead bodies with the aim of reviving them later is called bionics or cryonics?

-Cryonics.

-Correct.

The actress who has been married to men called Donovan, Kerr, Gallagher and Healy

is best known by her maiden name Patsy what?

-Kensit.

-Correct.

In British history, after a campaign led by William Wilberforce,

a Parliamentary Act of 1807 made which exploitative trade illegal?

-Slavery.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What's the title of the musical that opened in the West End in 2006

about two witches in the fictional land of Oz?

-Wizard Of Oz?

-No, Wicked.

In India, what "A" is the name of the city that was the capital of the Mughal Empire

and is home to the Taj Mahal?

-Pass.

-Agra.

In children's literature, the 1970 book by Roald Dahl,

featuring the farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean, is entitled Fantastic Mr who?

-Benn.

-Fox. On a standard UK Monopoly board,

a player must normally pay how many pounds to get out of jail?

-50.

-Correct.

In astronomy, the Torino Scale measures the threat to the Earth from incoming what?

Asteroids or aliens?

-Asteroids.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In TV, the spoof current affairs show first shown in 1994

that featured Steve Coogan as sports reporter Alan Partridge was called The Day what?

-Pass.

-Today.

What C is the name for a root stem or leaf of a plant

that's been removed and used for propagation?

-Cuttings.

-Correct.

A policy of increasing revenue to fund public services is referred to by the phrase "tax and" what?

-Invest.

-Spend.

Time's up. You only won £150.

So, who should wake up and smell the coffee?

Who just isn't your cup of tea? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The strongest link statistically is Emma, but will the team notice that?

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

Adi.

Oliver.

Oliver.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

-Emma, why Paul?

-I think a lot of people got questions wrong.

But I recall Paul getting two wrong.

-So, Car Park John, why Paul?

-I remember Paul getting the most questions wrong.

Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family at home will know that I've come here for a really fun day out.

I've really enjoyed it, so I'm sure they won't be too bothered about me going out at this point.

Round 5. Your total now is £2,320. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which British singer won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with the song Puppet On A String?

-Pass.

-Sandie Shaw. In interior decoration in the 1970s,

avocado was the stereotypical colour for suites in which room? Bathrooms or living rooms?

-The bathroom.

-Correct.

In biology, if adolescence means "growing up",

which word from the same Latin verb describes someone who has completed the process?

-Old age.

-Adult.

The town of Vichy in central France has been renowned since Roman times for the production of which drink?

-Coffee.

-Water.

In English law, what H is the term for evidence based on what a witness has been told,

rather than what they have actually seen?

-Hearsay.

-Correct.

In maths, expressed as a simple fraction in its most reduced form,

what is 750,000 divided by one million?

-One-75th.

-No, three-quarters.

In radio, the veteran DJ nicknamed Fluff

who used the catchphrases "greetings, pop pickers" and "not 'alf" was Alan who?

-Freeman.

-Correct. In Christianity, the angels and archangels who are the messengers of God

are known as the heavenly host or compere?

-Host.

-Correct.

In astronomy, the famous Mount Palomar Observatory is situated in which west coast state of the USA?

-Pass.

-California.

In the 1970s TV drama series Upstairs Downstairs,

the head of the family who lived upstairs at Eaton Place was Lord who?

-Pass.

-Bellamy. What W is the term for a Member of Parliament who maintains party discipline

and ensures that other MPs vote after a debate?

-Whip.

-Correct.

Which word applied to sound and the sense of hearing is also used

to describe a guitar that is non-electric?

-Acoustic.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In the spelling of the term that can refer to a native of Prague, what is the second letter of "Czech"?

-Z.

-Correct.

The total sum of the genes possessed by the members of a given species is known as the gene what?

-Count.

-Pool.

-Bank!

-In cinema...

Time's up and you won £50.

But who is guilty now of being gullible?

Who's plain sailing and who's missed the boat?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having got all his answers right, John is the strongest link.

Adi is statistically the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?

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

Oliver.

Adi.

Adi.

Adi.

Adi.

-Stuart, why Adi?

-He got a couple of questions wrong. Didn't leave me anything to bank.

-Oliver, why Adi?

-He got some questions wrong.

-He didn't answer any questions correctly.

Adi, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Being voted off on the Weakest Link at this stage is a bit of a surprise

because I thought I'd probably go in Round 3 or 4.

To get to Round 5 is a bonus. It would have been nice to win.

But I can't ask for miracles.

Round 6. In the bank, £2,370. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Car Park John. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In the British nobility, what D is the highest rank for a male in the peerage?

-Duke.

-Correct.

In geography, the Gog Magog Hills, named after legendary Celtic giants,

lie just to the south of which English city?

Can you repeat the question, please?

In geography, the Gog Magog Hills, named after legendary Celtic giants,

lie just to the south of which English city?

-Bristol.

-Cambridge.

In food, besides the turnip,

which other root vegetable derives the second part of its name from the word "neep"?

-Parsnip.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In US history, in the "Monkey Trial" of 1925,

John T Scopes was convicted of teaching the theory of which British naturalist?

-Darwin.

-Correct. In children's comics, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher the Dog were joined in 1979

by a pig called Streaker or Rasher?

-Rasher.

-Correct.

The use of braid as a decorative trim was popularised in the 1930s

by the French designer known as Coco who?

-Rabanne?

-Chanel.

In music, what Z is the name for an Austrian folk instrument,

played by plucking strings that are stretched over a resonating box?

-Pass.

-Zither.

What kind of symbol appears on the flags of England, Scotland

and Northern Ireland, but not on that of Wales?

-A cross.

-Correct. On the internet, when used in the listing of an item in an online auction,

the letters BNWT stand for "brand-new with" what?

Would you repeat the question?

On the internet, when used in the listing of an item in an online auction,

the letters BNWT stand for "brand-new with" what?

-Pass.

-Tag.

Hebrew, Yiddish and Arabic are all written from which direction? Right to left or left to right?

-Right to left.

-Correct.

In architecture, the American Robert Venturi designed the new Sainsbury Wing opened in 1991

at which art museum in London?

-Tate Modern.

-Bank!

Time's up. The correct answer was the National Gallery.

And you only won £20.

So, perhaps Stuart's window of opportunity has closed.

Is Emma an occupational hazard?

Should John be parked? Or do you need a holiday from Oliver?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Emma is the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.

Statistically, the weakest link is Oliver, but will the other players realise that?

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

Oliver.

John.

Stuart.

Stuart.

-John, why Stuart?

-We were all very, very poor.

-And...

-You thought he was the worst player?

-Yes.

-Oliver, he wasn't, was he?

-I don't know. Who was?

-Take a guess.

-John? Emma?

Me? OK.

-Why have you voted for Stuart?

-Because I can't vote for myself.

Stuart, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Emma will probably get voted off by the two guys that's left.

There's been a bit of tactical voting throughout, here and there.

I think perhaps Oliver has been predominantly the weakest link throughout.

I went through his voting and I think that them two guys will now take Emma out.

Round 7. In the bank, £2,390. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What Q is the term for a light, round dumpling,

consisting of delicately spiced minced meat or fish, usually poached in stock?

-Pass.

-Quenelle.

In vocabulary, which five-letter word that means "vulgar" when applied to a joke

is also an abbreviated name for unrefined oil?

-Crude.

-Correct.

In the children's TV series based on books by Reverend W Awdry that is set on the island of Sodor,

what is the name of the title character?

-Thomas.

-I'll accept.

-Bank!

-According to a song in the musical Mary Poppins,

a bag to feed the birds costs how much? Tuppence or sixpence?

-Tuppence.

-Correct.

In tennis, the Briton who won seven Grand Slam titles during the 1960s and '70s,

including the ladies' singles at Wimbledon, is Virginia who?

-Wade.

-Correct.

In chemistry, what E is the term for the bubbling of a liquid that is caused by the release of a gas?

-Evaporation.

-Effervescence.

In the USA, which major city in Illinois is nicknamed "the Windy City"?

-Chicago.

-Correct.

In insects, what term for a machine that lifts heavy objects precedes "fly"

for an alternative name for the daddy-longlegs?

-Crane.

-Correct.

On the coast, a breakwater in the form of a protective barrier built out into the sea

has what alternative name - a mole or a badger?

-A badger.

-Mole.

In 17th century literature, the author of the allegorical novel

entitled The Pilgrim's Progress was John who?

-Bunyan.

-Correct. The strain of flu that spread worldwide in 1957 was given what name

after the continent from where it was thought to have originated?

-Asia.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The title of the 1984 album by Frankie Goes To Hollywood,

inspired by a poem by Coleridge, was Welcome To The what?

-Madhouse.

-Pleasuredome.

Time's up. You won £100.

In Round 8, you get to treble what you bank. Think carefully.

Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

For the third time in the game, John is the strongest link.

Oliver is statistically the weakest link, but who will lose out in the final vote?

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

Oliver.

Emma.

Emma.

John, have you always been a coward?

Yes, Anne, especially when it comes to money. I voted tactically.

I'll admit that and I do apologise to Emma, but she is, I thought, the greatest threat.

-And you thought Emma was the worst player, Oliver?

-Definitely not.

-Who was definitely the worst?

-Definitely me.

-Why have you voted for Emma?

-I can't vote for myself and she got a question wrong.

She's been the strongest link for so many rounds, but not in this one.

You're too good for them, Emma. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my friends and family are going to be quite cross on my behalf, me being voted out,

but they will see I was the strongest link on several occasions, so I can still walk with my head held high.

Round 8. In the bank, £2,490.

In this round, 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, which isn't Oliver, naturally. It's John.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In body measurements, if the vital statistics of a woman are listed as 36-24-38,

which of the three refers to her waist size?

Can you repeat the question, please?

In body measurements, if the vital statistics of a woman are listed as 36-24-38,

which of the three refers to her waist size?

-24.

-Correct.

In TV and film, what G is the term for a vehicle in which an escape is made after a crime?

-Getaway.

-Correct.

-Pass.

Oh! Oliver, the American who became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound

was called Chuck Yeager or Dan Dare?

-Chuck Yeager.

-Correct.

The grounds of which Tudor country house near Stamford in Lincolnshire

are home to a famous annual horse trials?

-Burghley.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The pink, mayonnaise-based sauce traditionally served with prawns and other seafood

is often referred to as Marie what?

-Claire.

-Rose.

In books, what C is the most common term for the sections into which a novel is divided?

-Chapters.

-Correct.

Hooded and carrion are two species of which large bird with mostly black plumage?

-Rook.

-Crow.

In pop music, Richard Coles, who co-founded the group The Communards,

later became a what - vicar or ventriloquist?

-Vicar.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In US politics in the 1970s...

Time's up. I can't complete the question and you won £70, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £2,700,

but there can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, John and Oliver, for £2,700, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

I would like to go first, please.

John, in British birds, which member of the finch family

that feeds on conifer cones is named for the fact

that the two halves of its beak overlap at the tip?

-Chaffinch.

-The correct answer is the crossbill.

Oliver, in pop music,

the Very Best Of album,

with tracks such as Little Lies, Go Your Own Way and Everywhere,

was a UK hit in 2002

and in most subsequent years to 2010 for which group?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Fleetwood Mac.

John, in politics, the Commonwealth Agreement signed in 1977

at Gleneagles in Scotland

opposed sporting links with which country?

-South Africa.

-Correct.

Oliver, in fiction, what is the surname of the scientist

who is described in the subtitle

of the novel by Mary Shelley in which he appears

as "the Modern Prometheus"?

-Frankenstein.

-That is the correct answer.

John, which Spanish artist painted a 1963 portrait

of his second wife Jacqueline

that was sold at auction in 2010 for over £8 million?

-Picasso.

-That is the correct answer.

Oliver, in heritage, what is the name of the structure designed

by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard that spans the River Severn

and is often seen as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution?

-Severn Bridge?

-No, the correct answer is the Iron Bridge.

John, in astronomy, which term for a vast collection of stars,

such as the Milky Way,

derives ultimately from the Greek word for "milk"?

-Galaxy.

-That is the correct answer.

Oliver, in European geography,

the towns of Lausanne and Montreux stand on the shore of which lake

that shares its name with a larger Swiss city?

-Lake Geneva.

-That is the correct answer.

John, in 2004, Cate Blanchett won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar

for her role in the film The Aviator,

playing which real-life person

who herself won four Academy Awards?

-Judy Garland.

-The correct answer is Katharine Hepburn.

Oliver, in sport, what full name is shared

by a former Australian wicketkeeper and a flamboyant 1970s footballer

who played for Queens Park Rangers and England?

-Gilchrist?

-The correct answer is Rodney Marsh.

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

and you go away with £2,700.

Oliver, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Being in the final was great. I didn't think my performance merited me getting to the final.

I was quite bad. But it's still disappointing to lose.

When I realised I'd won, I was absolutely gobsmacked

and I think I pulled a very stupid face till the realisation hit me and...wow!

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