22/12/2011 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 Ali, I'm 22, from New Mills in Derbyshire

and I'm a singer.

I'm Becky, I'm 43 years old, I'm from Cambridge and I'm a mature student.

I'm John, 70 years old,

from Ellington and a retired police civilian.

I'm Jayne, I'm 59, from St Annes-on-Sea

and I'm a foreign exchange cashier.

Matthew, aged 38, from Southampton and I'm a banana inspector.

I'm Lucy, I'm 29 years old, I'm from Norwich, and I'm a civil servant.

I'm Calvin, I'm 19, from Prestonpans in East Lothian

and I'm an economics student.

I'm Sherry, I'm 30, from London and I'm a secretary.

I'm Gary, 44, from Brighton and I'm a teacher.

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 that chain.

Say "bank" before the question is asked

and the money is safe.

Round One, three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Ali.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

Members of which of the three emergency services

are known as coppers?

The police.

In a game of Snakes And Ladders, a player who lands on a snake

must normally move in which direction - up or down?

-Down.

-In an annual countdown, retailers frequently remind customers

that there are only a specified number of shopping days

to which festive holiday?

Christmas.

What A is a term for any person of either sex who writes a book?

Author.

In US history, the document adopted by Congress

on the 4th of July, 1776, is called the Declaration Of what?

-Rights?

-Independence.

The range of hills called the Pennines is often known

as the backbone of which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-England.

In a 1994 film, the title character played by Tom Hanks

had the surname "Gump" and what first name?

Forrest.

What is the next odd number in the sequence 3, 5, 7, 9?

11.

Which superhero wears red pants, boots, and a cape

over a tight blue costume

and has the letter "S" emblazoned on his chest?

Superman.

A common symptom of hay fever is what - sneezing or hiccuping?

Sneezing.

The Nolans had a UK hit single in 1979

with a song entitled "I'm In The Mood..." for what?

Dancing.

What C is a general term for an institution that provides higher education

or professional training for careers such as teaching?

-College.

-Bank.

If you resemble one of your parents in behaviour,

you are said to be a what off the old block?

Chip.

A well-known pantomime character has what abbreviated name -

Embers or Cinders?

Cinders.

The term for gaining admission to a party without an invitation is "gate..." what?

Crashing.

In hot beverages, what P is the usual term for the small holes

in a tea bag?

-Pores.

-Perforations.

A habit or tendency so deeply ingrained

that it is instinctive is commonly known as "second..." what?

-Nature.

-Bank.

Which famous painter, born in 1853, signed his works with the single word "Vincent"?

-Van Gogh.

-Bank.

The Oscar-winning actor who starred in Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie and Rain Man...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, you won £490.

But you actually had a chain of nine correct answers

so you could have gone for the 1,000.

Who probably thinks a catheter is something you make coffee with?

Who should do the decent thing and resign?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Jayne is the first strongest link.

The weakest link is Matthew 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.

Matthew.

Matthew.

Lucy.

Matthew.

Lucy.

Calvin.

Matthew.

Matthew.

Matthew.

-What do you do, Gary?

-I'm a teacher.

-What do you teach?

-I teach Maths to foreign students, A-level only.

-And where is your college?

-In Brighton.

-Oh.

So lots of pink arithmetic, is there?

Not necessarily in the school, no.

Quite a lot goes on outside, though.

And are you involved in what goes on outside?

-I do belong to a lesbian and gay dance group, and...

-Why?

I like ballroom dancing and we get to dance through the streets of Brighton once a year.

And who do you go dancing with?

I actually go to the group on my own.

Do you, cos you haven't got a partner?

-I do have.

-What's he called?

-Leo.

-And why doesn't he go dancing?

Because he doesn't actually like ballroom.

He's Brazilian.

Gary, you've got a Brazilian!

I do have, at home anyway!

Why Matthew?

-Because he got the first question wrong.

-What do you do, Becky?

-I'm a mature student.

-Are you? Put your board down.

What are you studying?

It's called Biological Anthropological Sciences

and I'm looking at howler monkeys and their susceptibility to yellow fever.

Put your board up.

And where are you studying that?

-Cambridge.

-So it's monkeys, and what do you do with the monkeys?

I look at their genes, I amplify their DNA through faecal matter.

Try and put that simply.

-I, er...through their...

-Collect their pooh, do you?

Well, I haven't gone out to collect it yet, it's been collected for me.

What, you have a maid who does that?

I'm going out hopefully next year to collect some.

-Where to?

-Somewhere in the Amazon.

Why can't you go to Chessington?

I could do if they had some howler monkeys there

but we need to get faeces from different species.

Well, there's the internet.

-Perhaps you could create a new business.

-"Pooh Is Us"!

-Very good idea.

-Why Matthew?

-Well, he got a question wrong.

-Where are you from, Ali?

-I'm from New Mills, in Derbyshire.

-Are you? And what do you do in New Mills?

Er, I'm a singer and DJ.

-Are you? Where?

-Pubs, clubs, weddings...

-Anywhere where there's a buffet, I suppose?

-Absolutely, yes!

-What do you sing?

-Mainly classical songs.

-I can do Time To Say Goodbye, by Andrea Bocelli.

-OK.

Cos you'll be doing that later, won't you?

Put your board down.

# Time to say goodbye

# Paesi che non ho mai

# Veduto e vissuto con te... #

-Does that go down well in the clubs?

-Sometimes, at the end of the night!

Put your board up.

-Why Matthew?

-He was the first person to get a question wrong.

Matthew, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

My work colleagues will give me a lot of stick for going off in the first round today.

But I've got broad shoulders

and I'm just going to have to get over it, and I will!

Round Two. In the bank, £490.

We're taking ten seconds off your time. We'll start

with the strongest link from the last round, that's Jayne.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. At the seaside,

hats on sale in novelty shops often bear which slogan, "Kiss Me Quick" or "Make Me Sick"?

Kiss Me Quick.

In rock music, albums called Boy, War and Pop,

and singles entitled Elevation and Vertigo,

have all been released by which Irish group?

U2.

What D is a French word that is used to indicate

a score of 40-all?

Deuce.

In Scottish food, what's the name of the traditional meat dish

served with neeps and tatties at supper on Burns Night?

Haggis.

When an articulated vehicle skids

and the trailer and the cab end up in a V-shape,

it is said to do what, "penknife" or "jackknife"?

Jackknife.

What is four multiplied by four?

-16.

-In history, what German title meaning "leader" was adopted

by Adolf Hitler after he became head of the Nazi Party

and Chancellor of Germany?

Fuhrer.

During an electrical storm, what T is the name given to a loud rumbling or crashing noise

heard after a lightning flash?

Thunder.

In Northern Ireland, the natural attraction famously described

by Samuel Johnson as "Worth seeing, yes. But not worth going to see,"

is the "Giant's..." what?

-Causeway.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You've reached and banked your £1,000 target.

And that money will go through to the next round

but one of you will not.

Whose record is broken?

Who is likely to go on losing you money?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Jayne is the strongest link.

The statistics show that Calvin is the weakest link

but will the team notice that?

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

Lucy.

Lucy.

Calvin.

Calvin.

John.

Lucy.

John.

Calvin.

We have a tie, team. Calvin and Lucy, three votes each.

Where are you from, John?

-A little place called Ellington in Northumberland.

-What do you do?

-I'm a retired police civilian.

-What's that?

Traffic warden.

So a career making people miserable?

-No, I made them very happy.

-Well, how did you do that?

-I didn't give so many tickets out.

-Yeah. What do you do with yourself?

-I have a very large garden in which I keep chickens.

-Do you?

And if they sit for too long, do you give them a ticket?

No, if they sit for too long, I end up with extra chickens,

-cos they then hatch.

-Why Calvin?

Well, nobody got anything wrong there!

All I could go on was Calvin's previous round,

-where he got one wrong then.

-Where are you from, Calvin?

Prestonpans in East Lothian.

Are you? Put your board down.

-What do you do?

-I'm a student.

-What are you studying?

-Economics.

-In order to do what?

Hopefully get a job in the city, maybe as a business analyst?

Yes. Any other ambitions?

If everything else fails, I can always go into politics.

Are you going to use that voice when you become a politician?

-What, er, their voice?

-Yes. I'm guessing you haven't got a girlfriend.

-I don't, no.

-What sort of girl are you looking for?

Someone with decent intellect and who's decent-looking as well.

And what are you going to provide?

-I can provide the humour!

-Can you?

Put your board up. Why Lucy?

In the first round, it was myself and Lucy that got a question wrong,

and I thought that Lucy would have to be the one to get my vote.

When the votes are tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.

The strongest link was Jayne. Where are you from, Jayne?

St Annes-on-Sea.

And what do you do there?

I'm a foreign exchange cashier.

When you get home, is there a Mr Jayne with your tea on the table?

-No, there isn't.

-You haven't got a boyfriend?

-I have got a boyfriend but he's not there with the tea on the table yet.

-Why not?

-Where is he at teatime?

-He's usually out playing with the snakes

or walking the dog, or...

-What snakes?

-We have snakes.

-We've got 14 snakes.

-Why?

Well, they don't make a noise.

You don't have to take them out for a walk.

You only feed them once a fortnight, perfect pets.

-What do you need a boyfriend for?

-Do you know, that's a point!

Why have you voted for Calvin?

He got one wrong in the first round,

as did Lucy, but Lucy banked in this round.

-You don't want to change your vote?

-No, I don't.

Calvin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

My friends and family will find it hilarious I've been voted off this early.

I've got a good reputation, I'm always winning the pub quizzes

but today, out early. It'll stay with me for a long time!

Round Three. In the bank, £1,490.

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Jayne.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. A French polish is normally applied

to which parts of the body, the cheeks or the fingernails?

The fingernails.

In TV, in 2010, and again in April 2011,

a programme presented by Kate Humble,

shown live each night for a week, featured the births of which farm animals?

Lambs.

What A describes a person who is able to write with either hand?

Ambidextrous.

The River Danube flows through which continent?

Europe.

In the title of a 1927 novel by Henry Williamson,

set in Devon, what's the name of the otter?

-Pass.

-Tarka.

In English football, which club won the Premier League

in 2011, overtaking the record previously held by Liverpool of 18 titles in the top division?

-Manchester United?

-Correct.

A dressing-up game in which boys and girls pretend to be hospital staff

is called what, "Surgeons and Matrons" or "Doctors and Nurses"?

Doctors and Nurses.

Which singer, who had UK hit singles in the 1960s

with Respect and I Say A Little Prayer,

is godmother of Whitney Houston?

-Pass.

-Aretha Franklin.

Which three-letter word goes before "cheese" and "shot"

to give two terms for an important person?

Big.

Which 2003 comedy starred Jim Carrey as a disgruntled TV reporter

who is bestowed with godly powers for a week?

-Liar Liar.

-Bruce Almighty.

The North American striped skunk has a coat that is black and which other colour?

White.

The Greek philosopher Aristotle

was the tutor of which ancient leader, Cleopatra or Alexander The Great?

-Alexander The Great.

-Bank.

Which abbreviation of the girls' name Victoria sounds like

a term for a supporter of the Conservative Party?

Tory.

In 1950s radio, the work by Dylan Thomas

subtitled "A play for voices" is "Under Milk..." what?

-Wood.

-What T is a word for the final layer of paint

applied by a decorator that is also a term for a lightweight outer garment?

-I don't know.

-Topcoat.

What name, derived from the Irish for "clover",

is given to the plant that St Patrick is said to have used to explain the Holy Trinity?

Er, four-leafed clover?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, the correct answer was shamrock.

You only won £50.

Who thinks academia is a star sign?

Who'd be the main exhibit in a gallery of the gormless?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Jayne goes from being the strongest link in the last round

to the weakest link in this.

Statistically, Becky is the strongest link

but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Jayne.

Jayne.

Jayne.

Lucy.

Jayne.

Jayne.

Lucy.

Where do you work, Lucy?

I work in a prison.

-What's your job?

-I'm a administration assistant.

Yeah, so you're dealing with...

-I deal with quite a lot of stuff. I deal with...

-Complaints?

Some complaints, they generally kind of filter down

-and I end up sorting them out.

-Do you?

-Yes.

So, for example, a prisoner might say, "My room key doesn't work."

No, they're more from families and friends visiting, cos I deal with visits.

So, how do you liven life up when you leave the prison?

I kind of go to a lot of gigs.

What sort of music?

Alternative music, heavy metal and rock music.

Do you think you put the "heavy" in heavy metal?

No, thanks!

-Why Jayne?

-She got two questions wrong in that round.

-Where are you from, Sherry?

-London.

And what do you do?

-I'm a secretary.

-Really?

-Yes.

Do you dream of being a PA?

No, I dream of doing something else entirely.

What do you want to do?

I'd like to be an actor.

-What sort of actor?

-Comedy or straight acting.

-Oh, you do comedy, do you?

-Yep.

-You do a bit of stand-up?

I've done some compering before.

Put your board down.

Do a few jokes for me, do a bit of patter?

My auntie Marg has been ill for so long, we've nicknamed her "I Can't Believe She's Not Better".

-Another one?

-What's the difference between people from Abu Dhabi

and people from Dubai?

People from Dubai don't watch The Flintstones

and people from Abu Dhabi do!

-Put your board up. Why Jayne?

-She got two wrong.

Jayne, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

It was fun playing the Weakest Link today.

Even though I went out in Round Three, it's been a great day

and I've met Anne Robinson which was a fabulous thing I've always wanted to do.

Meeting my fellow contestants, they're all great people,

it's been a good day!

Round Four. In the bank, £1,540.

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Becky.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In the 1939 comic song performed by Flanagan and Allen,

which burrowing mammal was urged to "run, run, run"?

Rabbit.

The cereal fruit and nut mixture called "muesli"

originated in which European country?

Switzerland.

In the name of the advice bureau known as the CAB,

the letter C stands for which word?

Citizen.

In children's literature, the author of the books called The Reptile Room, The Vile Village

and The Miserable Mill has the pen-name "Lemony..." what?

-Wright.

-Snicket.

In TV, a plane crash, a smoke monster, and polar bears living on a tropical island

were defining features of which drama series,

shown in the UK from 2005?

-Pass.

-Lost.

In sport, the boxer who was a 45-year-old grandfather in 1994

defeated Michael Moorer to regain the world heavyweight title is George who?

Foreman.

The triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a pitch roof

is called what, a "clark" or a "gable"?

Gable.

In fashion, which six-letter word that rhymes with "lumpy"

is used to describe a woman who dresses in a dowdy way?

-Dumpy.

-Frumpy!

In a restaurant, the selection of desserts is sometimes wheeled to individual customers

on a cart, usually known as a "sweet..." what?

Trolley.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of the Assumption

that falls on the 15th August, celebrates the taking-up into heaven of whom?

-Jesus.

-The Virgin Mary.

The Labour MP who, in 1999, became the first person since devolution

to be elected First Minister of Scotland was Donald who?

Dewar.

Mark Zuckerberg, who was named by Time Magazine as their Person Of The Year for 2010,

founded which social networking website?

-Facebook.

-Bank.

At the Olympic Games, shooting events called skeet, trap and double-trap are all contested

using which type of firearm, a pistol or a shotgun?

-Pistol.

-Shotgun.

The Czech-born dramatist whose plays include Arcadia

and The Coast Of Utopia is Tom who?

-Pass.

-Stoppard.

Lucy, in astronomy, what C...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £50.

So, who's the pigeon on your paintwork?

Who'd even be dull in Dudley?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers wrong,

Sherry is the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Lucy is the strongest link

but who will the team want off?

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

Sherry.

Sherry.

Sherry.

John.

John.

John.

Another tie, team.

John and Sherry, three votes each.

-John, why Sherry?

-Like me, she had two wrong.

-Sherry, why John?

-I think he got two wrong as well.

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

the deciding vote and the strongest link was Lucy.

Why did you vote for John?

-Because he got two questions wrong.

-OK, you've got a choice now.

-You can stick with John or move to Sherry.

-I'm sticking with my original choice.

John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I feel just a little miffed that I was voted off

when I wasn't the weakest link

and that Sherry was the weakest link.

She was lucky!

Round Five. £1,590 in the kitty.

Ten seconds coming off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, Lucy.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The 1968 film starring Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda

was entitled "Once Upon A Time In The..." what?

West.

The name of which heavy fabric floor covering

precedes "bag", "slipper", and "sweeper"

to make three familiar terms?

Carpet.

In the human digestive system, after leaving the oesophagus,

food enters which major organ before passing into the small intestine?

Stomach.

Which Welsh group had their first UK number one single

in 2005, entitled Dakota?

Stereophonics.

Which of these figures led French troops

against the English whilst still a teenager, Napoleon or Joan Of Arc?

-Joan Of Arc.

-Bank.

Which is the only city in the UK with a name that begins with O?

Oxford.

When a situation is dominated by a trivial consideration,

which body part is said to be "wagging the dog"?

Tail.

In detective fiction, the 1940 novel Farewell, My Lovely was written by Raymond who?

Chandler.

What is 78 minus 45?

-33.

-Bank.

What P is the name of a plump, ground-living game bird

with a short tail, that has both red-legged and grey species?

-Pigeon?

-Partridge.

The choreographer and dancer who's appeared as a judge

on talent shows such as Popstars and So You Think You Can Dance

is Nigel who?

-Gravers?

-Lythgoe.

The 1967 painting by David Hockney entitled A Bigger Splash

has what as its subject, a mermaid or a swimming pool?

-Mermaid.

-Swimming pool.

The device patented in 1904 by King Camp Gillette,

designed to prevent men from cutting themselves while shaving

is called the "safety..." what?

Razor.

In horse-racing, which well-known racecourse in Berkshire

was established in 1711 by Queen Anne?

Aintree.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Ascot.

You won £500.

But who's the dentist with dog breath?

Who's the surgeon with the shakes?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all their answers right, Gary is the strongest link.

Statistically, Becky is the weakest link

but can she survive the vote?

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

Sherry.

Sherry.

Sherry.

Ali.

Ali.

Ali, the singer. Why Sherry?

-She had a couple of questions wrong.

-Becky, why Sherry?

Well, none of us did that great.

I just remember she got some questions wrong, as I did in this round...

-Do you think she was the worst player?

-I don't know, to be honest.

-Was it me?

-Of course it was you.

It's votes that count.

Sherry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I think my friends' and family's reaction to the show today

is that they'll probably laugh.

I imagine they'll still be playing it back to me in 20 years' time, I'm never going to live it down.

Round Six, you've banked £2,090.

Ten seconds off the time.

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

Start the clock.

What T is the term for both a wound to the body

and an emotional shock to the mind?

-Tremor?

-No, trauma.

The group that had UK hit albums in the 1980s

entitled Protest Songs and From Langley Park To Memphis

was called "Prefab..." what?

-I don't know.

-Sprout.

Mount Fuji is about 60 miles southwest of which capital city?

Tokyo.

A person who enters a relationship while still affected by the last one

is said to be what, "off the crossbar" or "on the rebound"?

On the rebound.

A utensil used for sharpening knives

is named after which metal alloy?

-Iron.

-Steel.

In the poem by Wordsworth, popularly known as Daffodils,

which word meaning "solitary" appears in the first line?

-Don't know, Anne.

-Lonely.

A term for a time of peace and happiness

that once referred to a period of calm weather

near the winter solstice is "halcyon..." what?

Days.

The diarist Samuel Pepys held a feast each year

celebrating the anniversary of the removal of what, an ingrown toenail or a kidney stone?

Kidney stone.

The 2011 drama directed by Terrence Malick and starring Brad Pitt,

Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, is entitled "The Tree Of..." what?

Life.

What P is the usual term for a person travelling in a car

who is not the driver?

-Pilliard.

-Passenger.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi,

Tom Daley, representing England, won two gold medals in which aquatic sport?

-Er, 100m freestyle.

-No, diving.

An adult male kangaroo

is known as what, a "blaster" or a "boomer"?

Boomer.

-Bank.

-The lead singer of the group Orange Juice

who had a solo UK hit single entitled...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, you won £20.

So, perhaps there will be no encore for Ali.

Or maybe Gary doesn't add up.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

According to the statistics, Ali is the weakest link

but will the voting reflect reality?

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

Gary.

Ali.

Gary.

Ali.

Another tie, team.

Gary and Ali, two votes each.

Gary, why Ali?

I think he got three questions wrong whereas I only got two.

-Ali, why Gary?

-He had two questions wrong and I had some wrong as well.

The strongest link in the last round was Lucy

so she gets to decide. Why have you voted for Gary?

I know that Gary got some questions wrong.

Do you want to stick with Gary or move to Ali?

I'm going to stick with my original choice.

-Gary, life's not fair.

-It's not.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

If I was playing fairly, or thinking fairly, I'd want Ali to go off next cos he is the worst player.

But I'm a bit vengeful and I think I'd rather have Lucy go next.

Round Seven. In the bank, £2,110.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In nursery rhymes, according to a well-known verse,

a child born on which day of the week works hard for a living?

-Thursday?

-Saturday.

The fashion journalist Emmanuelle Alt was appointed in 2011

as editor-in-chief on the French edition of which magazine?

-I don't know, Anne.

-Vogue.

What J is a type of whirlpool bath named after its inventor...

Jacuzzi.

In politics, the term coined in the 1970s for striking workers

who staged their protest away from their own place of employment

was "flying..." what?

-Ballot.

-Pickets.

What is 198 plus 5?

-203.

-Bank.

Peter Fluck and Roger Law were model makers

whose work developed in 1984 into which satirical puppet show?

-Er, muppets.

-Spitting Image.

In South Africa, an old name for Afrikaans, from when it was regarded as a dialect

of the language spoken in the Netherlands was "Cape..." what?

-Town?

-Dutch.

In military history, what L was the term for a large unit of Roman soldiers,

made up of ten cohorts of infantry?

Can you repeat the question, please?

In military history, what L was the term for a large unit of Roman soldiers,

made up of ten cohorts of infantry?

-Leons.

-Legions.

In celebrity autobiographies, the British DJ known for his interest in world music,

who wrote the 2011 memoir No Off Switch is Andy who?

Roberts?

Andy Kershaw.

Which three-letter abbreviated boys' name is also a term

for an extendable, flexible pole used for cleaning drains?

-Pass.

-Rod. Ali...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £20.

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

It's an opportunity to raise the bank balance.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, the weakest link is Lucy.

Statistically, Becky is the strongest link

but will the other players consider that when they cast their final vote?

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

Becky.

Ali.

Ali.

Becky, you thought Ali was the worst player?

I'm not sure who was the worst player, to be honest with you.

I think what you might be doing is hanging on to the person you think you can beat.

No, I have no strategy.

Lucy, why Ali?

Because he got more questions wrong than Becky

-and I had possibly the worst round in history.

-And amazingly,

Becky, who's at Cambridge doing a degree, didn't notice!

Ali! You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I've really enjoyed my experience on the Weakest Link.

I really didn't think I was going to get as far as I did.

In terms of Anne Robinson, I think she's great.

If I had to sum her up in two words, it would be, "She's bang tidy."

Round Eight. You've won £2,130.

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

We start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Becky.

Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In the human skeleton, the collarbone has what medical name,

the sternum or the clavicle?

Clavicle.

-Bank.

-In the West-End musical, Chicago,

the song in which six female inmates each tell the story of why they were imprisoned

is entitled "Cell Block..." what?

-Three?

-Tango.

The town of Dorchester is the administrative centre of which county in South-West England?

-Is it Devon?

-Dorset.

The businessman who founded a celebrated auction house

in London, in December 1766, was James who?

Christie.

In science fiction, what W is a word meaning "to distort"

that precedes "drive" and follows "time"

to make two separate common phrases?

Warp.

-Bank.

-The column in The Guardian that began in 1989

and features quirky questions posed and answered by readers,

is called "Notes And..." what?

-Pass.

-Queries.

In equine sports, the two-wheeled carriage

used in harness racing is called what, a "sulky" or a "grumpy"?

-Sulky.

-Bank.

-The title of which 1974 disaster film,

starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman,

refers to a fire in a skyscraper in San Francisco?

-Towering Inferno.

-Bank!

In legend, what is the name of the Greek hero who was killed

at the siege of Troy when he was shot...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won £110, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money of £2,460.

There can only be one winner.

Now, up to five questions each. If there's a tie,

we'll go for Sudden Death. So, Becky and Lucy,

for £2,460, let's play the Weakest Link.

Becky, as the strongest link in the last round,

-you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first.

In TV, from 1993 until 2004,

the English actress Jane Leeves played the character Daphne Moon

in which US sitcom?

Golden Girls?

The correct answer is Frasier.

The official website of the British monarchy

states that which member of the Royal Family

is a keen watercolourist and enjoys hedge-laying and gardening

in his organic garden?

-Prince Charles.

-That is the correct answer.

In North African geography,

what is the modern name of the Mediterranean port

that is the capital city of Libya?

-Tripoli.

-That is the correct answer.

The so-called "wicked" or "adulterous" bible

published in 1631, contained a celebrated misprint,

whereby which word was left out of the seventh commandment?

-Not?

-That is the correct answer.

In theatre, in 2011, David Tennant and Catherine Tate appeared together

on stage as Benedict and Beatrice

in a production of which Shakespeare comedy?

-Much Ado About Nothing?

-That is the correct answer.

In UK geography, the islands of Ramsey, Caldey and Skomer

are part of which National Park in West Wales?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

The man appointed vice-president to Gerald Ford in 1974

was a member of which American family famous for its oil wealth?

-Bush.

-The correct answer is Rockefeller.

In film locations, Sleddale Hall near the village of Shap in Cumbria

became a popular attraction for fans of which 1987 cult comedy,

after it featured as Uncle Monty's cottage?

-Withnail & I.

-That is the correct answer.

The jazz vocalist who was married to John Dankworth,

and whose offspring are the singer Jacqui Dankworth

and the musician Alec Dankworth, performs under what full name?

-Cleo Laine.

-That is the correct answer.

In food, the salad typically consisting of lettuce,

garlic, croutons, anchovies and Parmesan cheese,

thought to have been devised in Mexico in the 1920s,

has what name?

-Caesar?

-That is the correct answer.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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

and you go away with £2,460.

Becky, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

The turning point, where I did not win the game,

is that I didn't get the questions I knew the answers to!

Had I been given a question I knew the answer to, I would have won!

I won the Weakest Link on a question about Caesar salad.

I quite like Caesar salad, now I love Caesar salad.

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