22/09/2010 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 John. I'm 24.

I'm from York, North Yorkshire, and I'm a civil servant.

I'm Maria. I'm 46, I'm from Swindon in Wiltshire

and I'm a housewife.

I'm Russell. I'm 52.

I'm from Newark, and I'm a builder.

I'm Ellen. I'm 27.

I'm from Rugby in Warwickshire, and I'm a reporter.

I'm Graeme. I'm 32, from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire,

and I'm a complaints team manager.

I'm Joy. I'm 62.

I live in Grantham in Lincolnshire, and I'm a registration officer.

I'm Rob. I'm 46, from Worcester Park in Surrey,

and I'm a pub quiz host and DJ.

I'm Wendy. I'm 50.

I live in Barnton in Cheshire, and I'm an insurance manager.

My name is Matt. I'm 19, from Exmouth in Devon,

and I'm a politics and international relations student.

OK, just to remind you. In each round there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain, and you lose all the money in it.

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

Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.

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

That's you, Ellen.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In human anatomy, what is the common name

for the two openings in the nose?

Nostrils.

In playground jokes, one child traditionally gives another

a pinch and a punch for the first day of the what?

Month.

In a race, what D is the word that is normally used

to indicate how far the competitors must run

from the start to the finish?

Distance.

In pets, the commands "Stay" and "Sit"

are most frequently used in the training

of which domestic animal?

Dogs.

In the UK, the term "old age pensioner"

is conventionally shortened to which three-letter abbreviation?

OAP.

In clothing, uniforms marked with broad arrowheads pointing upwards

were formerly worn by which people - politicians or prisoners?

Prisoners.

In definitions, which word that rhymes with "fright"

is the usual term for the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise?

Night.

In TV, what's the surname of the cartoon family

whose members include Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie?

Simpsons.

In quantities, how many is half a dozen?

-Six.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target

and that money'll go through to the next round, but one of you will not.

Whose shares might possibly be worthless?

Whose assets might be absent?

Think carefully. Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically the weakest link is Graeme.

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.

Matt.

Joy.

John.

Maria.

Maria.

Maria.

John.

Russell.

Rob.

-What do you do, Graeme?

-I'm a complaints team manager for a stockbroker, Anne.

-Which stockbroker?

-A company called TD Waterhouse.

-Just...TD Waterhouse?

-TD Waterhouse. We have partnerships with

The Royal Bank of Scotland and some other businesses.

So, where are you?

-I'm based in Leeds.

-And...your qualifications?

My qualifications? I have a theatre studies degree, Anne.

Fabulous(!)

So, you take complaints from customers

-from The Royal Bank of Scotland.

-That's correct. We've been quite busy, Anne.

And when I ring up Leeds because I've lost my fortune...

would I know, Graeme, that I'm talking to somebody in Leeds

who doesn't have any hair and a theatre studies degree?

If you asked me I'd tell you, Anne, but it's not part of the scripted opening, no.

Who do you imagine you are when I ring up and say I've lost my money?

Well, I try and put myself in the shoes of the customer and sympathise with them.

-What size are YOUR shoes?

-Size 12, Anne. Quite large feet.

-Put your board down.

-OK.

Give me an example - I've rung up, and I've lost half a million pounds.

OK. "Mrs Robinson, I'm very sorry to hear that,

"but I'm curious as to why you would think that's OUR fault."

I'm too shocked to answer.

Don't you think that's quite aggressive?

Well...could be, I suppose. I don't know.

Put your board up!

-Why Maria?

-Erm...difficult to pick somebody this round, but I just

felt that she struggled with Simpsons as an answer, so...

-What do you do, Ellen?

-I'm a reporter, Anne.

-Oh. A newspaper reporter?

-Yes, Anne.

-And which newspaper?

-It's actually for the Press Association,

which is a news "wire".

-And where are you based?

-I work from home, and I cover the East Midlands.

So, the Press Association have got a person

at home in the Midlands?

Yes. A few of us.

-How many?

-There's three that cover the East Midlands, and two the West.

-Why would anyone want to know what was happening in the Midlands?

-They seem quite curious.

And what skills do you think you need to be a reporter?

-I think you have to get people to talk to you, tell you things...

-Yes.

You have to be quite nosey...

-And what's your ambition?

-To be as good as you, I think, Anne.

Excellent. Why Maria?

Erm...it was hard to call really -

I think actually she would be quite good in the future, so maybe I was just eliminating the opposition.

Mmm, nasty.

-What do you do, Joy?

-I'm a registration officer, Anne.

-Yes...

-That's a registrar of births, deaths, marriages. Civil partnerships.

-Where?

-Erm...in Grantham, in Lincolnshire.

So tell me this.

Do you do the bit when you're marrying people

where it says "If anyone knows..."

-"Of any just impediment." Yes.

-And how long do you pause?

-Not very long.

-How long?

Er...three seconds?

-Three seconds? That's not a lot, is it?

-No. No, no.

And when they go, what do you say?

-When they go?

-Yes. When they've been married.

"Congratulations. I'm now happy to announce that you are husband and wife."

-And are they formal vows?

-Er...they are formal vows, yes.

-I can't make up my own?

-You can add your own vows on, Anne. I'm quite happy to do that for you.

-Can I say some poetry...

-You could, yes.

-..I'd made up myself?

As long as it didn't have any religious connotations.

And in Lincolnshire, do they make up their own poems?

They sometimes make their own vows.

Such as what?

Erm... Well, you know - they promise to be friends forever,

to always think of them, and er...

you know, and not to go to bed on an argument, that kind of thing.

-Can they go to bed with other people?

-No...! Well, it's up to them, isn't it?

Why Maria?

I'm very sorry, Maria. Erm, it was hard to choose,

but erm...I thought perhaps there was a little hesitation.

Maria! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I didn't expect to win, but I'd like to have got to the third or fourth

or maybe fifth round.

That was my expectations.

I just didn't want to go off in the first. But that's the name of the game.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.

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

that's nosey Ellen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which four-letter word that means the opposite of "hit"

is used as a form of address for an unmarried woman?

Miss.

In printing, the character called an asterisk,

which is used to draw attention to a footnote,

is shaped like a what - star or triangle?

A star.

In commerce, a wholesale store

that sells in bulk to retailers provided they collect the goods themselves

-is known as a cash and what?

-Carry.

In the UK, Betty, Lizzie and Libby are all short forms

-of which girl's name?

-Elizabeth.

In food, a traditional British meal is often referred to

-as meat and two what?

-Veg.

In IT, what H is the word used

to describe the rigid disk with a large storage capacity

that is usually built into a computer?

-Hard drive.

-I'll accept.

In pop music, Message In A Bottle and Walking On The Moon

were UK number one singles in 1979

-for which group?

-The Police.

In maths, what is 23 plus 24?

47.

In medieval times, straw containers called skeps

were used to farm and house which insects - ants or bees?

-Bees.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target for a second time

and that money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.

Who thinks a camp site

is a school for gay impersonators?

Who thinks "inadequate"

is the way the Romans transported water?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly,

Ellen is the strongest link.

The weakest link statistically is Joy.

But who will lose out in the vote?

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

Russell.

Matt.

Russell.

Joy.

Matt.

Russell.

Russell.

John.

-What do you do, Rob?

-I run pub quizzes and mobile discos.

So you're good at being a quiz show host, are you?

I hope so. I'm hoping to get some tips, but...hopefully I'm OK.

-Have you got a catchphrase?

-Not really, no. Do you think I need one?

-I think you should have one.

-I'll work on it.

And how do you introduce yourself? Put your board down...

-Here we go.

-You just say, "Here we go"(?)

-Well, I put the mic here...

-Yes.

-Well, you wouldn't put it behind you, would you?

-No.

-No. Off you go.

Well, good evening, welcome to the George, and it's quiz night tonight -

if you want to join in, I'll be around very shortly with the sheets and the pens...

-Ooh, you sound quite camp!

-..it's £1.50 a person.

-OK, £1.50 a person.

-Mm.

And do you tell a joke?

Not really, no.

I do a few now and again, but not many.

-No jokes, no catchphrases...

-No.

So you've got the girls throwing themselves at you in the pubs.

One or two, sometimes.

Yes. And what's she called?

-HE LAUGHS What, the most recent one?

-Yes.

It was so long ago I can't remember.

Oh! So no girlfriend?

Not at the moment, no, I'm single.

What are you hoping for?

Someone erm...very rich, getting on a bit, red hair...

Put your board up.

Why Russell?

Simply because he paused over the maths question.

-What do you do, Wendy?

-I'm an insurance manager, Anne.

-Who for?

-A...highway company.

Oh. So who are you insuring?

We insure, erm...

claims against the Highways Agency,

and ourselves who are working on there.

-Do you work for the Crown?

-Yes, it's Crown property.

-Oh, really?

-Yeah.

-So, are you the Queen's insurance agent?

-Sort of, yeah.

Has she lost her no-claims bonus recently?

No. Most of the Crown property that's damaged is by other people, so they lose theirs.

And what else are you responsible for?

Well, we deal with the general maintenance of the motorways in the northwest.

-Oh!

-So, the usual...

clear-up of debris.

And why Russell?

Again, because he hesitated that time.

Canary yellow Russell...

..you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Well, somebody's got to be voted off on the second round -

nobody got any questions wrong in the first round OR the second round.

I think it's cos I paused slightly just to think about the maths -

which you've got to to work out the answer -

and because of that, they decided I was going to go.

Round Three. In the bank, £2,000.

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

that's Ellen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In books, what is the professional surname

of the celebrity cook who's written recipe collections

entitled Nigella Christmas and Nigella Bites?

Lawson.

In road transport, which type of pedestrian crossing

shares its name with a large billed sea bird

that is not native to Britain?

Pelican.

In dressmaking, the washable solid substance

used on fabric to mark out a design

is called tailor's what?

Chalk.

In fortune telling, what T is the name of the pack of cards

typically with four suits of 14 cards

and a fifth suit of 22 trump cards?

-Tarot.

-Correct.

In art, in 1946 the Australian painter Sir Sidney Nolan

began a celebrated series of pictures

of the notorious bush ranger Ned who?

-Kelly.

-Correct.

Bank.

In a pride of lions,

most of the hunting is done by animals of which sex?

-Female.

-Correct.

When Morse code is written down, the letters of the alphabet

are represented by symbols known as dots and what?

-Pass.

-Dashes.

In vocabulary, a travelling speed that is known to be dangerously fast

is commonly described as what, Brake-neck or brass-neck?

-Break-neck.

-Correct.

In TV, the game show first shown in 1998

in which two teams compete to build a machine out of rubbish

is entitled Scrapheap what?

-Challenge.

-Correct.

In biology, haemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells

that carries which element from the lungs to the tissues of the body?

-Oxygen.

-Correct.

In the USA, the states bordering the Gulf Of Mexico

such as Alabama and Mississippi

are collectively known as the Deep what?

-South.

-Correct.

In food, the style of cooking known as teriyaki

originated in which country?

-Japan.

-Correct.

Bank.

In history, the second wife of Henry VIII is said to haunt

both the Tower Of London

and Blickling Hall in Norfolk was Anne who?

-Boleyn?

-Correct.

What W is the name of a water sport

in which participants stand on a sailboard

and steer with a hand-held boom

while being propelled by a current of air?

-Wind-surfing.

-Correct.

In evolution, creatures known as hominids

are characterised by the fact that they walk on how many legs?

-Two.

-Correct.

In pop music, Robbie Williams had a hit single in 1997

entitled Old Before I what?

-Die.

-Correct.

Bank.

In the opening line of the 1908 book The Wind In The Willows,

which character has been

spring-cleaning his little home, Mole or Toad?

-Mole.

-Correct.

In transport, the American term auto that is used to mean a car

-is an abbreviation of which word?

-Car.

END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE

Time is up, the correct answer was automobile.

You won £800, but you know you had a chain of ten correct answers.

You could have hit the target for the third time.

So, who's free-wheeling and who's free-loading?

Who's the one-star-wonder?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Joy has gone from the weakest link in the last round to the strongest in this.

John is statistically the weakest link,

but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Rob.

John.

John.

John.

John.

John.

John.

What do you do, Matt?

I'm a student at Cardiff University.

Are you? How old are you?

-I'm 19.

-OK.

-What are you studying?

-European Politics and International Relations.

Do you know all about European politics?

-I do, yes.

-So you know who the leader of the Conservative MEPs is?

I'd like to say yes, but no.

And when you grow up and leave university, what are you going to do?

I'd like to be in the Civil Service, maybe.

Yeah, and doing what?

Working in the Houses of Parliament.

-The Houses of Parliament!

-I know!

-It's good, innit?!

-Yes. Cos you like dressing up?

-Yes.

-What would you like to be?

-Cor... What dressing up-wise?

-Yes, in the Houses of Parliament.

I'd like to be a clerk, but I don't think their outfits are particularly...vibrant.

Do you live alone?

I've got a family and I live with people at university.

So during the vacation you're with mummy and daddy?

I have to be, yeah.

Does she iron your tank tops?

Um, I don't have too many to iron, thankfully.

Oh, most of them are easy-care, are they?

Yes, of course.

Why John?

Unfortunately, he got a question wrong.

Graeme from the call centre. You're known as David Brent, are you?

I've been compared to him on occasion, yes.

So can you do the dance for us?

I certainly can't, Anne, no.

Put your board down, just have a try.

I don't even know how it goes, Anne. It would be...

-Just move over towards Joy.

-..horrible television.

OK... I think it starts a bit like that.

-Yes.

-And then it's...

-But I don't know the rest, so...

-Well, do it again.

Really?

Yes.

It's quite unnerving.

Erm...

-I think there's a few kicks as well but...

-But you've got a Theatre Studies degree.

Yeah, not a dance degree, though, Anne.

No. Move back.

Why John?

Apart from the fact he's got a full head of hair, he got a question wrong as well,

so quite jealous and he cost us money.

John, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

My friends and family won't give me much sympathy at all.

Erm, I came expecting to do a lot better and I told them I would.

My girlfriend will find it particularly funny

cos she likes to see me get things wrong, which is nice of her.

Round Four, in the bank £2,800. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

that's Joy, more or less.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In TV and film versions of Superman,

Kate Bosworth, Erica Durance, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder

have all played which character?

-Lois Lane.

-Correct.

In a game of draughts on a standard black and white board,

which coloured squares are never landed on by the pieces?

-White.

-Correct.

In publishing, the magazine founded in 1907

as a monthly journal for naturalists

has what title, British Birds or French Foxes?

-British Birds.

-Correct.

In clothing, which style of jumper with distinctive cable patterns

is named after a group of islands off the west coast or Ireland?

-Pass.

-Arran.

In astronomy, which comet was first recorded in 240 BC

but not given its present name until the 18th century?

-Halley's Comet?

-Correct.

In celebrities, which adjective meaning "very attractive"

is used in the nicknames of the politician George Galloway

and the actor George Clooney?

-Gorgeous.

-Correct.

In medicine, the drug warfarin that is employed to treat thrombosis

is also commonly used as a what, rat poison or food flavouring?

-Rat poison.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 56 - 14?

-42.

-Correct.

In pop music, the 2010 UK hit album

by Damon Albarn's group Gorillaz is entitled Plastic what?

-Pass.

-Beach.

In military history, the International Brigades

were volunteers who fought in the civil war of which European country?

-Spain.

-Correct.

In zoology, what A is the term for any member

of the large group of vertebrates

that includes the frog and the salamander?

-Amphibians.

-Correct.

In sport, which game that is very popular in North America

is normally played between two teams over nine innings?

-Baseball.

-Correct.

In science fiction, the 1958 film

about the aftermath of alien abduction

is entitled Attack Of The what, Three Foot Man or 50 Foot Woman?

-50 Foot Woman.

-Correct.

In literature, the fairy story entitled The Snow Queen

was written by which 19th century Danish author?

-Pass.

-Hans Christian Andersen.

According to the expression,

people who find themselves ruined and have only themselves to blame

are said to have cooked their own what?

-Broth.

-Goose!

In events, a large carnival held annually

on the last weekend of August

is named after which area of West London?

-Fulham.

-Notting Hill.

Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time is up. You only won £200.

Why was that?

Who lost you so much money?

Who's wearing the moose hat in the hunting season?

Who would get their money back from a mind reader?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Joy is the strongest link,

because she answered the most questions correctly.

Statistically, the weakest link is Matt,

but will the team notice that?

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

Matt.

Matt.

Matt

Matt.

Matt.

Rob.

So, Ellen, the Press Associationreporter, what newspaper are you hoping to join?

I think maybe The Daily Mail.

I'm getting quite right-wing the older I get.

So, you're coming to interview me and I've got my public relations person.

And my public relations person has said, "She doesn't want to talk about her face-lift,

"her family, her job or her age."

-I think I'd probably say there wasn't a great deal of point in me talking to you, Anne.

-Oh, would you?

You wouldn't just ignore and ask some sensible questions?

-Well...

-Oh, it's too late now, you're fired.

Never listen to PRs.

Well, I'm quite surprised your PR would even let me talk to you.

Why Matt?

He got a few questions wrong

so I'm afraid it had to be him.

So, Rob, why Matt?

I think he was the first person to get one wrong.

He was.

Matt, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

When Anne asked me about who the Conservative MEP was, as a European Political student,

it's probably quite embarrassing that I don't know.

Hopefully most of my lecturers weren't watching that

because I could be in for a little bit of trouble and a lower mark when I get back

Round Five, your total is £3,000.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Joy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In geography, the stretch of water called the Pas-de-Calais

by the French is referred to in English as the Straight Of where?

-Gibraltar?

-Dover.

In the animal kingdom, the name of which writing material

is also a common term for the liquid expelled by an octopus

as a form of defence?

-Ink.

-Correct.

The actor born in 1981 who has appeared in the play

and the film of The History Boys

and on TV in Doctor Who and Little Dorrit is Russell who?

-Pass.

-Tovey.

In medicine, what E is the name of the general anaesthetic

first used successfully in the 1840s

in a surgical operation?

-Pass.

-Ether.

In politics, the outspoken journalist

whose 2009 book is entitled

Bog-Standard Britain, How Mediocrity Ruined This Great Nation

is Quentin who?

-Pass.

-Letts.

In the USA, which percussion instrument often goes before

"Majorettes" in the name for girls who march in processions

and twirl batons?

-Drum.

-Correct.

In botany, the woodland plant called cuckoo pint

has various other names including lords and what?

-Ladies.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In glamour, oval, baguette and pear-shaped

are all ways of cutting what, fingernails or gemstones?

-Gemstones.

-Correct.

In maths, what is 184 divided by 4?

-4...47.

-46.

In history, what G is the name of the Caribbean Commonwealth island

invaded by the United States in 1983 to prevent Marxists taking power?

-Grenada?

-Correct.

In film adaptations, in the 2010 fantasy Alice In Wonderland

which actor played the role of the Mad Hatter?

-Johnny Depp.

-Correct.

In cricket, what's the name of the line or rope

that marks the limit of the field of play?

-Pass.

-Boundary.

In music, the electro-pop group formed in London in 2000

with Alexis Taylor as lead vocalist is called what,

Hell Fish or Hot Chip?

-Hell Fish.

-Hot Chip.

In UK politics, in 1928 the voting age for women at a general election

was lowered from 30 to what?

-18.

-21.

Time is up. You only won £50.

Who is about to crash your cash?

Who has put their faith in survival of the thickest?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The strongest link statistically is Joy,

but how will the votes go?

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

Joy.

Ellen.

Ellen.

Ellen.

Ellen.

Joy, why Ellen?

She did get a lot of questions wrong,

but I had some sympathy with her maths question cos that was difficult.

Wendy, why are you getting rid of younger, prettier Ellen?

Because she's younger and prettier.

And she got some wrong.

She got all her questions wrong.

Let's hope she's a better reporter.

Ellen, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

In my chat with Anne, I think I held my own.

She's definitely a hard adversary to come up against.

When we had a little bit of banter, we share a lot in common.

But she's reached the dizzy heights of top journalism

far higher than I probably ever will so she's within her rights to look down on me.

Round Six. In the bank...

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The lines, "I don't know what to do with those tossed salads

"and scrambled eggs" featured in the theme song of which US sitcom?

-Friends?

-Frasier.

For over 300 years, Castle Howard in North Yorkshire

has been the home of the earls of where?

-Pass.

-Carlisle.

In the 1726 book by Jonathan Swift,

the title character Gulliver has what first name?

Gilbert or Lemuel?

Lemuel.

In whisky production, brands blended for the mass market

are made by mixing grain whiskies with which other type?

-Malt.

-Bank.

The drama entitled A Single Man, released in the UK in 2010

was the directorial debut of the American fashion designer tom who?

-Hanks?

-Ford.

What C is the name of the mountain range

on the border of Russian and Georgia that contains

the highest peak in Europe?

-Pass.

-The Caucasus.

The winner of which major golf tournament

is presented with a green jacket by the winner from the previous year?

Masters.

In Lark Rise To Candleford,

characters named Laura Timmins,

Thomas Brown and Dorcas Lane

have all worked at which local establishment?

Post office.

-Bank.

-The policy of destroying everything

in the path of an army that could be useful to the enemy is known as scorched what?

-Destruction?

-Earth.

The poet born in 1930 in the West Indies,

who won the 1992 Nobel Prize for literature has what name?

Derek Walcott or Theo Walcott?

Derek Walcott.

On Radio 4, a programme called Americana began in 2009,

presented by the former BBC Washington correspondent Matt who?

-Pass.

-Frei.

Which term for an ugly building literally means something that is painful to look at?

Eyesore.

-Bank.

-The flamboyant American woman who influenced

the development of modern dance in the early 1900s

was known professionally as Isadora who?

Duncan.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Bank.

-Oh.

-Was that for this round or the next?

-This one, preferably.

Time's up. Your bank was out of time. You won £120.

So, perhaps Graeme hasn't motivated you.

Are you not wedded, perhaps, to Joy?

Is there a question about Rob? Or should Wendy grit her teeth?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With the most correct answers, Graeme is the strongest link.

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

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

Joy.

Rob.

Wendy.

Rob.

Wendy, why Rob?

He got some questions wrong and I know that he didn't bank any money.

How many questions did you get wrong?

Two? Three? I don't know.

Two. How many questions did you get wrong, Joy?

-Er...three?

-What does that make you conclude?

-Er...I got more questions wrong than Rob.

-And therefore?

Er...I guess I must have been the weakest link.

You were the worst player. Votes that count.

Rob, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When I watch the show on television at home,

I often think that some of the answers people give are really stupid and they can't be very clever.

But when you're there in the studio with the lights and Anne standing just in front of you,

it's a very different ball game. Quite frightening.

Round Seven. In the bank...

Another ten seconds off your time. We'll start with the strongest link from last round - Graeme.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

A warm, tubular covering for the hands, open at both ends

and often made of fur was called what? A muff or a ruff?

A muff.

Plumbum is the Latin name for which heavy metallic element?

-Iron?

-Lead.

In the Harry Potter films, the actor who played the adult Sirius Black is Gary who?

Oldman.

Until the end of 1961, a penny was equal in value to how many farthings?

-Five?

-Four.

The singer and songwriter born James Treays,

who had a UK hit album in 2009 Entitled Kings and Queens,

has the stage name Jamie what?

-Pass.

-T.

The emblem of which international organisation is a representation

of the earth from above the North Pole, flanked by two olive branches?

-Greenpeace.

-United Nations.

What H was the surname of the comedian

who loved at the fictional address of 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam?

-Hill?

-Hancock.

Which French wine, produced in the area south of Burgundy

is often drunk shortly after harvest, when it's referred to as nouveau?

-Bordeaux.

-Beaujolais.

The American author who wrote the novels The Accidental Tourist

and The Amateur Marriage is Anne who?

-Pass.

-Tyler.

Vulcan was the Roman god of what? Fire or Emotion?

-Fire.

-Bank.

The manager who left Dundee United in 2009

to succeed George Burley in charge of the Scotland national team

is Craig who?

-Don't know - pass.

-Levein.

Which Liverpudlian group had UK number one singles in 1963

entitled I Like It and How Do You Do It?

Pass.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Gerry And The Pacemakers.

You only won £20.

You're all hopeless.

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

It's an opportunity to raise the bank balance.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Joy is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Graeme, but who will be taking the final walk of shame?

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

Joy.

Graeme.

Joy.

Graeme, why Joy?

I think in the last couple of rounds, Joy's had a struggle.

She was strong early on, but it's gone downhill for her.

Wendy, why Joy?

Well, of the two, I thought Graeme was the stronger.

Joy was the worst player - she didn't answer any questions correctly.

Joy, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

When Anne started to say, "Scottish football managers", my heart absolutely sank.

I don't know anything about ENGLISH football managers, so I knew that I was on a loser with a Scottish one.

Probably one of the chaps might have done a better job with it than me.

Round Eight. In the bank...

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

We start with the strongest link from the last round - Graeme.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

A method of photographing a slow process, such as plant growth,

so that it appears to be much faster is called time what?

-Time...capture.

-Lapse.

What C precedes St Giles and St Peter to make the names of two places in Buckinghamshire?

-Pass.

-Chalfont.

The Hungarian-born architect who designed a puzzle

that became a worldwide craze in the 1980s

was Professor Erno who?

-Rubik.

-Bank.

The term "cami", meaning a sleeveless top

with thin shoulder straps, often worn as a loose-fitting undergarment

is short for which word?

Camisole.

Bank.

In which celebrity panel game, first broadcast in the UK in 1951,

would contestants sign in before miming their occupations?

-Call My Bluff?

-What's My Line?

Which king of England is said to have lost the crown jewels

while crossing the bay known as The Wash?

-Pass.

-King John.

The army list is a publication outlining the organisation's

total number of what? Officers or tanks?

Officers.

Bank.

The 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne

in which the heroine is forced to wear a symbol of her adultery

is entitled The Scarlet what?

-Woman.

-Letter.

What G is an Australian cockatoo, coloured grey and pink,

whose name is used there as a slang term for...

-Galah.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £80.

We will treble that, and it gives you prize money today of...

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

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

So, Graeme and Wendy, for £3,430,

let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Ladies first. Wendy, please, Anne.

In 2010, who became the first individual British gold-medallist

at the Winter Olympics for 30 years

when she won the skeleton bob event in Vancouver?

-Amy Williams.

-That is the correct answer.

Which two-word name for a type of spiny marine creature

consists of a term for its habitat

and an old-fashioned word for a hedgehog?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is sea urchin.

In 1949, which Central American country,

that has become a popular destination for eco-tourism,

abolished its army?

-Brazil?

-The correct answer is Costa Rica.

In his maiden speech in the House Of Lords in 2009,

which TV personality stated, "I'm the new boy on the block -

"I'm certainly the apprentice."

-Alan... Sir Alan Sugar.

-That is the correct answer.

The 1965 bestseller entitled Yes, I Can,

was the autobiography of which American entertainer,

who was a member of the so-called Rat Pack?

-Frank Sinatra?

-The correct answer is Sammy Davis Jr.

Which city, that is the capital of Serbia,

stands at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Danube?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Belgrade.

According to a popular nursery rhyme and a 2000 UK number one single,

Solomon Grundy was buried and Craig David chilled respectively

on which day of the week?

-Wednesday.

-The correct answer is Sunday.

Which 1992 comedy, starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey

was promoted with the tagline,

"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hurl."?

-Wayne's World.

-That is the correct answer.

The organisation based near Geneva,

that is home to the large hadron collider

is known by what acronym,

from the French for the European Council for Nuclear Research?

-Don't know.

-The correct answer is CERN.

That means, Graeme, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £3,430.

Wendy, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

On getting to the final, quite pleased, but I really would have like to have won it,

but Graeme was a really nice guy and, overall, he did better than me and probably deserved to win it.

To win the Weakest Link is surprising and I'm really quite happy about it

so I'm going to go away and think what to do with the money now.

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