21/06/2012 Weakest Link

Here are today's team of contestants preparing for the show.

Only one of them will go home with prize money of up to £10,000.

The rest leave with nothing, as their team-mates vote them the weakest link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

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

They don't know each other. But, if they want the prize money, they have to work as a team.

Eight of them will leave with nothing as, round by round,

we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet them.

My name is Jim. I'm a 35-year-old computer programmer and I live in Enfield.

I'm Carol. I'm 39 years old. I'm a full-time mature student

and Afro-Caribbean hair braider from Ipswich in Suffolk.

I'm Jan. I'm 56 years old. I come from Gloucestershire and I'm a clerical officer.

I'm Richard. I'm 50 years old. I'm a chef and I'm from Swindon.

I'm Amanda. I'm 27 and I'm a customer liaison officer from Leicestershire.

I'm Terry. I'm 30. I'm from Cambridgeshire and I'm a musician.

I'm Joan. I'm 50 years of age.

I'm a support and development worker in the financial industry and I live in Lancashire.

I'm Stefan. I'm 23 and I'm a student from Guildford.

I'm Ian. I'm 55 years old and I'm a telecommunications consultant from Chorley in Lancashire.

Now, the rules. In each round the aim is

to answer enough correct questions to reach

your £1000 target within the time limit.

The fastest way is to create a chain

of nine correct answers. Get your question wrong

and you break the chain and lose the money. Say "bank" before the question,

the money is safe. But you start a new chain from scratch.

At the end of the round, only money

that has been banked can be taken forward.

In Round One, there are three minutes on the clock.

We start with the person who is first aphabetically Amanda.

Let's play The Weakest link.

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

The yeti, said to live in the Himalayas, is also known as the Abominable what?

Snowman.

In which Australian TV show did Kylie Minogue play Charlene?

Neighbours.

The building la Torre di Pisa is known as what?

-Eiffel Tower.

-The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Which sport do you associate with Jimmy Connors?

-Football.

-Tennis.

In biology, what B is another word for respiration?

Breathing.

In religion, does an atheist believe in a god?

No.

Sausages in Yorkshire pudding is known as Toad In The what?

Hole.

In gardening, a pile of decaying organic material is known as a WHAT heap?

-Don't know.

-Compost.

What is the name of the sailor whose adventures are in The Arabian Nights?

-Aladdin.

-Sinbad.

What on a fish can be pectoral, pelvic or dorsal?

Fin.

In mountain climbing, what A is a technique used

to descend steep cliffs with a rope?

Abseiling.

In the TV show with Melissa Joan Hart, Sabrina is a teenage what?

Witch.

What name is given to a building that is protected

because of historical or architectural interest?

Listed.

-Bank.

-How many 5p coins are needed to make £2?

40.

What I is a climbing plant related to ginseng and used at Christmas?

Ivy.

In the animal kingdom, is an anaconda snake venomous?

No.

What G is the waging of money or items of value on an uncertain event?

Gambling.

-Bank.

-According to the 1983 Wham song, in which clubs were drinks for free?

-Don't know.

-Tropicana.

What Z is the outermost skin layer of citrus fruits?

Zest.

What's the name of the BBC teletext system?

Ceefax.

The flowers from which hedgerow bush are used to make

wine, jelly or flavoured cordials?

-Sloe.

-Elder.

What is the name of the domesticated form of rock pigeon,

which is also known as a symbol of peace?

Dove.

In maths, how many sides does a pentagon have?

Five.

With which sport would you associate Peter Shilton?

-Skiing.

-Football.

Are onions root vegetables or edible bulbs?

Edible bulbs.

From where does blind singer and pianist Ray Charles come?

America.

In geography, when you are facing north, is east to your left or right?

Right.

-Bank.

-What is the plural of fungus?

Fungi.

-Bank.

-The rumba, the tango and the waltz are forms of what type of dancing?

The answer is ballroom. Out of the £1000 available,

you banked just £520.

Who isn't cut out

for the task in hand? One of you is about to leave with nothing. It's time to vote off the weakest link.

At the end of the first round, Amanda is the strongest link,

having answered the most questions correctly.

Joan is the weakest link, according to the statistics.

But at this early stage, will the others have noticed?

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

We have a tie. Jan and Joan. Three votes each.

Jan, why Joan?

-Well, I know she got two wrong.

-One more than you.

One more.

Joan, why Jan?

Jan hesitated and she did get one wrong.

She wasn't the weakest link, though, was she?

I couldn't vote for myself.

If the voting's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

Amanda was the strongest link.

Statistically, Joan was the weakest link.

But you can get rid of who you want.

-I'll stick with Jan. When she got a question wrong, she lost us a lot of money.

-Right.

She's had enough of you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think I was already in Amanda's mind as being hesitant

and she obviously thought I was the weakest link.

And I imagine she thought,

"I thought that. I'll stick with it."

I think possibly Joan may go next, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

She was the weakest link, but she could be the strongest link now.

Round Two. You've put £520 in the bank out of a possible £1000.

So there is room for improvement. Eight of you left.

Ten seconds come off the clock. We start with the strongest link.

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

Start the clock.

What S refers to the secret evasion of customs duty on taxable goods?

-Pass.

-Smuggling.

What colour is the flesh of a cantaloupe melon?

-Pass.

-Orange.

In Trinidad and Tobago, on which side of the road do vehicles drive?

-Right.

-Left.

One of the nicknames for the US flag is Old what?

-Sam.

-Glory.

What character says, "I ate his liver with some fava beans

and some nice Chianti" in the 1991 film Silence Of The Lambs?

Hannibal Lecter.

Is a furlong more or less than 100 metres?

More.

In which London attraction was there an attempted diamond theft?

-Tower of London.

-Millennium Dome.

Is the gibbon an ape or a monkey?

An ape.

What A represents the head of one state at the court of another?

Ambassador.

-Bank.

-How many UK horse flat races are there,

known as the classics: five or seven?

Five.

Stride Towards Freedom was a 1958 book

by which American civil rights leader?

Erm...Martin Luther King.

What N is the core of an atom that contains protons and neutrons?

Nucleus.

-Bank.

-Yul Brynner won an Oscar for his role in which Walter Lang musical film?

The King And I.

The prime meridian line is at an observatory in which London borough?

Greenwich.

-Bank.

-Which Rowan Atkinson series began in 1983,

the year of the 500th anniversary of the ascension of Richard III?

Pass.

Blackadder. What was Irish snooker player Alex Higgins' nickname?

Hurricane.

Does a convex mirror curve in or out?

Out.

Which B is a tunnel under the Thames,

the world's longest when it opened in 1897?

-Pass.

-Blackwall.

Which is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature

and standard pressure?

Mercury.

On TV, The Perils of Penelope who was a spin-off from the Wacky Races?

Pitstop.

-Bank.

-Which American singer was born Nathaniel Adams Cole?

-Stevie Wonder.

-Nat King Cole.

In America, which festival was billed as three days of peace and music in August '79?

Woodstock.

-Bank.

-Which is not on the national curriculum,

information technology, physical education or law?

Law.

What was the nationality of the poet TS Eliot?

-English.

-American.

Who would normally wear a biretta, clergymen or policemen?

Clergymen.

In language, what name is...

Time is up.

I cannot complete the question. In that round,

you managed to put into the bank a pitiful £270.

Whose knowledge is best-suited to watching television rather than appearing on it?

Who will leave with nothing? Vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to answer all his questions correctly, Jim is the strongest link.

Terry is the weakest link, according to the statistics.

But he did bank some money. Will this be enough to save him?

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

Ian, how's it going for you?

I got one wrong there.

Why Terry?

I thought he had a bad round that time.

-Jim, why Terry?

-He passed on a couple,

-and missed a couple of others.

-Right.

-Not your finest moment.

-It wasn't.

-You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Disappointed about being voted off early. I only passed on two questions.

I knew one of those two questions and I couldn't recall it.

Joan might go next. She had a bad first round. Apart from that, I don't think

there's anybody else that stands out as being really bad or anything.

Round Three. You could have won £2000 by now. In fact, you have in the kitty just £790.

Seven left. Ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link, Jim. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

How many rings does Saturn have: two, seven or twelve?

-Twelve.

-Seven.

Who dueted with Michael Jackson on the 1982 single The Girl Is Mine?

Paul McCartney.

In which country did the 1990 football World Cup take place?

-Pass.

-Italy.

What R is the automatic movement produced in response to stimulus?

Reflex.

Teenager Jamie Bell shot to fame in which year 2000

British film about ballet?

Billy Elliot.

In humans, is the alimentary canal a passage for food or blood?

Food.

What type of paper used for copying was invented in 1806

in England by Ralph Wedgwood?

-Parchment.

-Carbon paper.

What I is used to describe a species that occurs naturally in a certain area?

Indigenous.

-Bank.

-Was Prince Philip's father a member of the Greek or Danish royal family?

-Danish.

-Greek.

What aid to car steering was invented in 1950 in the US?

Power steering.

What military vehicle, developed by the Americans, was known as a peep?

-A tank.

-A jeep.

The veil has traditionally been worn for centuries by women of which religion?

-Muslim.

-Islam. I accept Islam.

Is Emilio Estevez older or younger than his brother Charlie Sheen?

Older.

Whose permission does the UK Prime Minister seek

to form a government or dissolve parliament?

The senate.

An archipelago is a large collection or grouping of what?

Islands.

-Bank.

-In music, is a contralto a male or female voice?

-Male.

-Female.

The Russian term Csar and German term Kaiser are both derived

from which title for a Roman ruler?

-Emperor.

-Caesar.

What G is an art which developed from

the spray-can vandalism on the New York Subway?

Graffiti.

The Hubble space telescope was launched in which year, 1990 or 1994?

-1994.

-1990.

Which leader was portrayed by Chaplin in his film The Great Dictator?

Hitler.

-Bank.

-Which English footballer made his first talk-show appearance

on the Parkinson show in 2000?

-Ian Wright.

-David Beckham.

Which city is further north, London in England or Quebec in Canada?

London.

Bank.

Time is up.

You just banked in time,

which was just as well because, even with that last-minute banking,

you put into the kitty a pathetic £80.

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

Having answered all his questions correctly, Stefan is the strongest link.

Having answered all his incorrectly, Ian is the weakest link.

But how will the voting go?

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

Richard,

-why Ian?

-I know I had a bad round, but I think his was worse than mine.

Carol,

-not much of a round for you.

-No.

-Will it get better?

-I hope so.

I bet the others hope so too.

-Why Ian?

-Because he had some hard questions

-and...

-They're always hard if you don't know the answers.

-Ian, couldn't get much worse for you, could it?

-Not really.

Your misery is over, so is the team's. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was rather disappointed.

I feel that in that last round I did have a bit of a stinker, but I still managed to bank money.

With regard to the Prime Minister question,

I thought Anne said US and I just came out with Senate.

It just shows the folly of not carefully listening to the question.

Round Four. £870 banked so far out of potential prize money of £3000. Six of you left.

Ten seconds off the clock. You now have only 2½ minutes.

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

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which British band had a No.1 hit in 1966 with Paint It Black?

-Don't know.

-Rolling Stones.

Which three letters stand for a meeting held annually

by companies for their shareholders?

-GMA.

-AGM.

Which American city was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1871?

-New York.

-Chicago.

What 1965 film set in revolutionary Russia tells the story

of doctor Omar Sharif falling in love with Julie Christie?

Dr Zhivago.

Are Evangelicals referred to as the Low Church or the High Church?

Low church.

-Bank.

-The author L Frank Baum wrote which well-known modern fairy tale

that became a successful stage musical and film?

Wizard Of Oz.

From which Western European country did Madagascar gain independence in 1960?

-Spain.

-France.

What is the name for cross-country pony riding for recreation?

-Equestrian.

-Pony trekking.

Alfred Russell Wallace co-authored a paper in 1858 with whom,

on the theory of natural selection?

-Einstein.

-Darwin.

What P is a Christmas indoor plant said to be named after a US diplomat?

Poinsettia.

In which English city can you go shopping in Eldon Square or Grey Street?

Newcastle.

-Bank.

-Which American president's nickname was Ike?

Eisenhower.

What A is a living animal and consists of a single living cell?

Amoeba.

Edward, the 14th century Prince of Wales,

was called the Black Prince or the Lionheart?

Black Prince.

-Bank.

-What R is a question used by public speakers not requiring an answer?

Rhetorical.

Which musician is nicknamed Slowhand?

-I don't know.

-Eric Clapton.

Which actor was stung in the 1973 film The Sting?

-Pass.

-Robert Shaw.

For what does ACT stand, when referring

to the Australian province where Canberra is?

-Pass.

-Australian Capital Territory.

Is musician Steven Isserlis a leading cellist or clarinettist?

A clarinettist.

A cellist. In the children's TV show Bagpuss,

what G is the name of his friend the toad?

Time is up.

The correct answer is Gabriel. In that round,

you did slightly better, but not well at all.

You put into the kitty £200.

Who is throwing a spanner in the works? Ditch them. Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Joan is the strongest link.

In a reversal of fortune, Stefan is the weakest link, as he answered the most questions wrong.

But will the voting follow the facts?

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

Joan,

you were the strongest link in that round.

Oh, gosh.

I could only have gone up, though, couldn't I?

Why Jim?

Jim just got the questions he didn't know.

He wasn't the weakest link.

Wasn't he? I honestly thought he was.

-Who was the weakest link, Stefan?

-Was it me, Anne?

-No,

-I

-ask the questions.

Who was the weakest link?

Me?

Yes. ..Jim,

you were a strong player, but we don't have to be fair. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed being voted off when I wasn't the weakest link,

but it was a poor round and I knew AGM

and just could not get it out, so I feel like an idiot for going GMA.

Joan might win. There's other people with good knowledge, but she has nerve.

She takes things in her stride.

Round Five.

Your total so far is £1070.

If you'd hit your targets, it would have been £4000.

Five of you left. Ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link. That's Joan. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which archangel defeated Satan?

Gabriel.

Archangel Michael.

In the TV sitcom Porridge, who played Fletcher's cellmate Lennie Godber?

Winslett. I can't remember his name.

Richard Beckinsale. In which county is Biggleswade, a town on the River Ivel?

-Cambridgeshire.

-Bedfordshire.

In fashion, was damask originally a type of silk or velvet?

Silk.

What is the base number in the decimal number system?

Ten.

-Bank.

-If you were in Labrador, where would you be?

Canada.

In which decade were the Samaritans established in the UK?

-1960s.

-1950s.

What D is the process of separating mixtures of fluids

by diffusion through a semipermeable membrane?

-Distillation.

-Dialysis.

In nature, what kind of cell is a gamete?

-I don't know.

-Reproductive.

Samantha Bond played which character in the film The World Is Not Enough?

-Pass.

-Miss Moneypenny.

Where was Alexander Graham Bell, telephone inventor, born?

-America.

-Scotland.

A spirometer measures certain volumes and capacities of which organ?

The lungs.

-Bank.

-In pop music, which Beatles album shares its name with a gun?

-Pass.

-Revolver.

In science, what D describes a metal that can be pulled out to make wire?

-I don't know.

-Ductile.

In the Spanish Premier football league,

which club is based in the Canary Islands?

-Pass.

-Las Palmas.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what relation is Laertes to Polonius?

-Brother.

-Son.

Who wrote The Day Of The Triffids in 1951?

-I don't know.

-John Wyndham.

Bombus is the scientific name given to which insect?

-Caterpillar.

-Bumblebee.

Schubert's Trout Quintet was the theme music for which TV series

set in Bayview Retirement Home?

Oh...God.

Waiting For God. Which...

Time is up.

You answered just four questions correctly.

You banked £70.

Who is clearly now a passenger?

Neither use nor ornament.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time, Amanda is the strongest link.

Carol is the weakest link. She got all her questions wrong.

But will the rest of the team realise this when it comes to the vote?

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

We have a tie.

Richard and Stefan, two votes each.

Richard, why Stefan?

I think he was as bad as I was.

-He wasn't the weakest link, though, was he, Carol?

-Not at all, Anne.

-They haven't noticed you over here.

-I'm doing well so far, Anne.

-Right.

-What had Richard done to upset you?

-He missed some questions I could have answered.

-Good heavens, really?

-Yes.

Yet again, when the vote is tied, the strongest link has the casting vote. Amanda,

neither Richard nor Stefan were technically the weakest link,

but you have to choose between them. Take your pick.

Stefan. Richard was stronger in previous rounds.

Hard to believe, but there you go.

Stefan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I don't feel too aggrieved. I did have a few shocking rounds.

That one wasn't my best one, so I can understand

that somebody thought I wasn't good.

I think Carol might be off shortly, in the next few rounds.

She's had a couple of shaky rounds.

Round Six. There's £1140 in the bank out of a possible out £5000.

Four of you left.

Ten seconds off your time. We start with the strongest link. That's Amanda. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which Baroque composer produced a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues

entitled The Well-Tempered Clavier.

-Handel.

-Bach.

Which character in TV series Till Death Do Us Part was played by Dandy Nichols?

The old moo. Silly old cow.

No, I can't accept that.

It's Mrs Garnett, Alf's wife Carol.

In the animal kingdom, abalone are types of marine what?

-Fish.

-Snail.

With which industry would you associate the American entrepreneur Rockefeller?

-Banking.

-Oil.

Which American national park was the world's first,

created by Congress in 1872?

Yellowstone.

The Joshua tree is native to which country?

Israel.

America. Where was artist Francis Bacon born, Dublin or London?

Dublin.

Uma Thurmen is married to which actor,

who was her co-star in the 1997 film Gattaca?

-Pass.

-Ethan Hawke.

What is the name of Raymond Chandler's famous detective character

who appears in many of his novels?

-Pass.

-Philip Marlowe.

Which English football player was first to score

a hat trick in a World Cup final?

-Pass.

-Jeff Hurst.

Which three South American nations made up

the 20th century political grouping, the ABC powers?

-Cuba, Paraguay and Uruguay.

-Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

A Bridge of Sighs can be found in Oxford and which other British city?

Cambridge.

Finish the name of the band Hootie And The what?

Blowfish.

-Bank.

-Who directed the 1980 film The Shining?

-Don't know.

-Stanley Kubrick.

What name is given to a building with a cycle-racing track?

A podium.

A velodrome.

Detective Chief Inspector Wexford is the creation of which writer?

Colin Dexter.

Ruth Rendell. In which country is Lake...

Time is up. I cannot complete the question. Not that it would matter much,

because you've hardly answered one correct.

Just four, in fact.

And you put into the kitty £50.

It'll be hard to choose,

but I urge you to drum out the dunce, axe the idiot.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Amanda is the strongest link for the third time.

Joan is the weakest link. She got none of her questions right.

But who will the team decide to vote off this time?

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

Amanda,

-why Carol?

-I think she's had a few fairly bad rounds

and that last one was yet another one.

It wasn't one of your finest rounds.

-No, it wasn't.

-Richard,

why Carol?

-I just think she did worse than I did.

-She wasn't the weakest link, though.

-You were, Joan. You didn't get a single question right.

-I banked. I did bank.

-Carol, they finally found you out.

-They have, Anne.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Being voted off was right. I squeezed through some earlier rounds,

where I thought I probably would have gone.

I got to the last four. I'm happy.

There's tactical voting, because there's three women against a man.

The two women will probably be there. He will go next.

Round Seven.

You have £1190 in the bank out of a possible £6000 you could have won. Three of you left.

Ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link, Amanda. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Phil Collins wrote the song You'll Be In My Heart for which 1999 animated film?

-Aladdin.

-Tarzan.

Which K is the city in the Himalayas

where you can visit the palace of the Malla kings?

Kathmandu.

In which capital city and major port in the West Indies

do you find the Almenderes River and Morro Castle?

-Princetown.

-Havana.

In the 1963 film The Nutty Professor, who played the professor

who drank a potion to turn into smooth-talking Buddy Love?

-Pass.

-Jerry Lewis.

The Latin Anno Domini means what in English?

-After Christ.

-In the year of our Lord.

In which American city was the Juillard School Of Music founded in 1946?

New York.

What is the name of the dominant male gorillas,

because of the grey hair on their backs?

Silverback.

-Bank.

-In which fairy tale are the little robber girl and Lapland woman?

-Hansel and Gretel.

-The Snow Queen.

Which Muslim prophet was born in the year 570 in Mecca?

-Allah.

-Mohammed.

What nationality was abstract artist Jackson Pollock?

-Austrian.

-American.

In computer technology, for what does the acronym CD ROM stand?

Pass.

Compact Disc Read Only Memory.

The Gibson Desert is where?

Australia.

-I'll accept that. Australasia.

-Bank.

In UK geography, what W is a Nottinghamshire town lying on the River Ryton?

-Pass.

-Worksop.

What name is given to an angle greater than 180 degrees, but less than 360?

-Don't know.

-Reflex angle.

In which 1941 film does Humphrey Bogart star

as the hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade?

Time is up. The correct answer is

The Maltese Falcon.

You won £70 in that round.

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

That means, in the next round, there's a potential £3000 to win. The question is

who is least likely to help you to raise your bank balance? Who needs to be shown the doors,

thrown overboard, jumped and put out of their misery. It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Richard is the strongest link this time.

Having been the strongest link, Amanda is now the weakest link statistically.

But will her previous performance save her?

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

Richard, why Joan?

I just think she had a poor round.

-You'd know a poor round when you saw one.

-I would.

-Amanda, why Joan?

-I thought, out of them both, Richard stands more chance of putting money in the bank.

Joan, two votes. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was the weakest link in that round. Yes, I can accept that.

But I didn't like the reasons given for me being it,

that my general knowledge was less than Richard's.

It was untrue. Earlier rounds prove it.

I think Amanda will win, because Richard's knowledge is as varied as hers.

I think she will win it.

Round Eight. Of the £7000 you could have won by now, you have a very unimpressive £1260 in the kitty.

Richard and Amanda, two of you left.

This time you have only 90 seconds.

Whatever you win is trebled and added to your total to make up your prize money.

So £3000 is at stake in this round. We'll start with the strongest link. That's Richard.

Let's play The Weakest Wink.

Start the clock.

According to tradition, what did the Pilgrim Fathers name the spot

where they landed in 1620?

-Sorry, I don't know.

-Plymouth Rock.

The UK's Stephanie Cook won a gold medal

at the Olympics in which sport?

Swimming.

Modern Pentathlon.

Who served as the last British governor of Hong Kong?

Chris Patten.

-Bank.

-In film, Martin Landau won an Oscar for portraying

which famous Dracula actor from the '30s in Ed Wood?

-Peter Cushing.

-Bela Lugosi.

Which river at a length of about 3,915 miles is the third longest in the world

and the longest in Asia?

Er...

The Ganges.

The Yangtze.

Which city was the main setting for the 1973 film Don't Look Now?

Manchester.

Venice. In the US Annapolis is the capital of which eastern state?

Maryland.

Bank.

Name the Suffolk town where Benjamin Britten established a festival?

Glastonbury.

Aldeburgh.

What O is a yellow or reddish brown used in paint or dye?

Ochre.

Bank.

If three kilograms of nectarines cost £3.60,

how much would five kilograms cost?

-£5...

-6.

Richard...

Time is up.

You banked just £60.

We treble that and add it to the winnings.

That means prize money today of £1440.

But of course only one of you

can take that money away.

So now you play against each other head to head.

I'll ask alternate questions, best of five.

Whoever answers the most correctly wins,

it's as simple as that.

If you tie after five, we go for sudden death until there is a winner.

So Richard and Amanda,

for £1440, let's play The Weakest Link.

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

I'll go first, please.

Richard,

In theatre,

the comedy rock and roll musical Return To The Forbidden Planet

is based on which Shakespeare play?

Romeo And Juliet?

The correct answer is The Tempest.

Amanda,

in the British Army

a Warrant Officer Class One can hold the appointment of RSM.

For what do these letters stand?

Don't know, sorry.

The correct answer is Regimental Sergeant Major.

Richard,

who wrote the novel The Ipcress File

which was adapted into a film of the same name?

I'm sorry. It's gone. I do know it.

The correct answer is Len Deighton.

Amanda,

in 1849 English-born Elizabeth Blackwell

was the first woman in America to graduate in which subject?

-Mathematics.

-The correct answer is medicine.

Richard,

in UK politics

by what name did Wednesday the 16th of September 1992 become known?

-Black Wednesday.

-That is the correct answer.

Amanda,

in the outdoor version of polo, how many players are there in a team?

-Seven.

-The correct answer is four.

Richard,

in fashion,

who became the main designer at the House of Chanel in 1983?

-Versace?

-The correct answer is Karl Lagerfeld.

Amanda, to draw level.

The river which forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico

is known to the Mexicans as the Rio Bravo.

How is it known to the Americans?

-Rio Grande.

-That is the correct answer.

So you are now level pegging.

Richard,

which television journalist interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales

for Panorama in 1995?

Martin Bashir.

That is the correct answer.

Amanda,

you need to answer this question correctly to remain in the game.

What was the first genetically-modified food

to go on general sale in Britain?

Barley.

The correct answer is tomato puree.

That means, Richard,

you are today's strongest link

and you go away with £1440.

Amanda, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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It's nice not to have done the walk of shame.

That was the only thing I didn't want to do.

To actually win is pretty good.

I can go home with my head held high.

Nobody expected me to get past the first couple of rounds.

I have two sisters in New Zealand

so the money will come in handy just to pay the air fare.

So I'm looking forward to it.