23/11/2010 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 money 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.

My name is Michael, I'm 61, from West Glamorgan and I'm a litter warden.

My name's Denise, I'm 30, from Bury St Edmunds, and I'm an office manager.

I'm Gareth, I'm 28, from Plymouth and I'm a catering student in the Royal Navy.

I'm Ann, I'm 69, from Wrexham and I'm a retired local government officer.

My name is David, I'm 47, from Cromer, Norfolk, and I'm a pitch and putt attendant.

I'm Claire, I'm 26, from Nottingham, and I'm a journalist.

I'm Mark, 54 years old, from Derby, and I'm a plumber.

I'm Karen, 49, from Sunbury, Middlesex, and I'm a hotel services manager.

I'm James, I'm 35, from London, and I'm a banker.

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 the money in it. Say "Bank!" first 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, Ann. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In underwear, lingerie is primarily designed to be worn by members of which sex?

-Female.

-Correct. In maths, what is 4,000 plus 3,000?

-7,000.

-Correct. In animal behaviour,

giant pandas spend over 12 hours each day doing what - eating bamboo or going to the loo?

-Eating bamboo.

-Correct.

In the children's rhyme used to choose between people or things,

which word goes between eeny and miney moe?

-Meeny.

-Correct. In British society,

a person from a socially privileged background is said to be born with which silver item in their mouth?

-Spoon.

-Correct.

In personal cleanliness, what B is the large basin-like fitting

in which one can wash by submerging the whole body?

-Bath.

-Correct. In geography, Danish is the main official language

of which European Union country?

-Denmark.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In appearances, someone who is unattractive is often described as no oil painting or oil platform?

-Oil painting.

-Correct. In the garden, a glass building used to protect plants from the cold

is a green what?

-House.

-Correct. In the terminology of time,

what T is the word meaning the 24 hours beginning at midnight last night?

-Pass.

-Today.

In a traditional British meal of pie and mash, the mash is made from which vegetable?

-Potato.

-Correct.

In religion, St David is the patron saint of which country of the UK?

-England.

-Wales!

Mark, in design, which of these is specifically intended to seat several people at once -

a three-piece suit or a three-piece suite?

-Three-piece suite.

-Correct.

Karen, in fairy tales, which animal is the main antagonist

of Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs?

-Wolf.

-Correct. In the Gregorian calendar,

in a leap year an extra day is added before the first of which month?

-March.

-Correct. In the home, what V precedes "cleaner"

for an appliance that uses suction to remove dust?

-Vacuum.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In science, which word rhyming with solution

is the general term for the contamination of the environment by harmful substances?

-Pass.

-Pollution.

In a lift, to select a particular floor, a passenger pushes a button or pulls a cord?

Push a button.

Time's up. Your answer was out of time and you won £800.

So, who is this season's must not have?

Who's got an energy-saving brain?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, the strongest link is Michael.

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

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

Claire.

Ann.

Claire.

Claire.

Claire.

Denise.

Ann.

Claire.

Ann.

-Where are you from, David?

-I'm from Cromer, in Norfolk.

-What's your hairstyle based on?

-1950s, Anne. I'm into rock and roll and rockabilly.

-Really?

Who's your hero from the 1950s?

-Billy Fury.

-I love Billy Fury.

-So do I.

-Can you sing Halfway To Paradise?

-I could do a little bit of it of you really want me to.

Yeah. Put your board down.

# I want to be your lover

# But your friend is all I'll stay

# I'm only... # There you go.

No, I like this bit that comes now!

# Halfway to paradise

-# So near, yet so far away. #

-Oh, lovely.

Put your board up. Why Claire?

Claire got one wrong. I think Ann got one wrong and I just voted for Claire.

-What do you do, Ann?

-I'm retired.

-And before that?

-I was a local government officer.

-In?

-The housing department.

-Where?

-Wrexham, Chester.

-Are you from Wrexham?

-No.

-Why did you go to Wrexham?

-Well, the property is cheaper over the border.

-It's very expensive to live in Chester.

-You get on with Welsh people?

-Reasonably well.

-What do you mean "reasonably"?

-There are cultural differences.

-Why Claire?

I felt - no offence, Claire - that she should have known St David wasn't the patron saint of England.

-What do you do, Gareth?

-I'm a catering student in the Royal Navy.

-So you're a waiter?

-In a sense.

-Where are you from?

-I was actually born in Scotland. We moved because my dad was in the navy, too.

-So what's that accent you've got?

-I think it's a bit of a mix.

-I pick up bits from wherever I go.

-So you can sound like anyone?

I can sometimes mimic.

-Can you be a Liverpudlian?

-Do you want me to sound like you from way back in Birkenhead?

-Or like a Liverpudlian now?

-What do you mean?

-You're from Birkenhead way.

-I'm not, no.

-Oh, really? I was informed wrong, then. That's what I heard.

-I can't understand a word you're saying.

-I can't, either! You're scaring me.

-Why Claire?

-Because she got a question wrong.

-Claire, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I actually went to Cardiff and did my post-grad there,

so thinking St David was the patron saint of England might not do me any favours with my friends now!

Round 2. In the bank, £800. We now take 10 seconds off your time.

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

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

The familiar phrase of American origin that means, "That's how it goes,"

is that's the way the cookie...?

-Crumbles.

-Correct. On the TV show Over The Rainbow in 2010,

Danielle Hope was chosen to play which part in a West End production of The Wizard of Oz?

-The Tin Man.

-Dorothy.

In sport, participants are matched against each other according to body weight in boxing or badminton?

-Boxing.

-Correct.

In human anatomy, the central nervous system consists of the spinal cord and which major organ?

-Pass.

-The brain.

In economics, which word meaning a forceful request is the usual opposite of the term supply?

-Pass.

-Demand.

In the original UK version of Cluedo, the victim who is discovered in his home in Tudor Close

has the title Doctor and which colour as his surname?

-Scarlet.

-Black.

In celebrities, the entertainer born in Middlesbrough in 1938

who sold his grocery business to become a magician is Paul who?

-Daniels.

-Correct. The 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys

was an administrator of which of the armed forces?

-Army?

-The navy.

Michael, the 2008 UK number one single entitled Sex On Fire,

which re-entered the Top 10 a year later, was by which US group?

-Scissor Sisters.

-Kings of Leon.

In politics, the room in a town hall in which the local council meets is known as the council what?

-Congress?

-Chamber.

In sewing, what's the general name for the thin, pointed metal implement used with thread

to make and mend clothing?

-Needle.

-Correct. In butchery, which word follows Barnsley,

pork and chump to make the names of three cuts of meat?

-Pass.

-Chop. It's going very well(!)

What Q is the name of a common mineral that has gem varieties called rock crystal and amethyst?

Can you repeat the question, please?

What Q is the name of a common mineral that has gem varieties called rock crystal and amethyst?

-Pass.

-Quartz.

Because of their adhesive backing, cards with photos of soccer players that children put in albums

are known as football what?

-Cards.

-Bank.

I wouldn't bother to bank as he didn't know the answer,

which was stickers.

Time's up. Does it matter?

In that round, you banked zero, zilch, nothing.

Who's flying like a penguin?

Who'd probably spend their winnings on a caravan? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, the weakest link is Ann, but will the team notice that?

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

Ann.

Ann.

Ann.

James.

Ann.

David.

Ann.

Ann.

-What do you do, James?

-I'm a banker.

-Are you?

-What sort of banker?

-Investment banking.

-Who with?

-A big Scottish bank.

-Called?

-The Royal Bank of Scotland.

-Oh! You work for us.

-Er, kind of, yeah.

-No, not "kind of".

-84%.

-Well, what would you say that was?

-Mostly.

-A majority.

-A majority.

-And what did we pay you in a bonus this year?

-I'd love to be able to tell you, but I don't want to scare you.

-Why did you deserve any bonus?

Because it wasn't necessarily everybody's fault.

-Whose fault was it?

-Em...I imagine it would be people higher up the organisation who...

-You'd imagine?

-Yeah.

-Who do you imagine higher up the organisation?

-Er, someone...

-At the Royal Bank of Scotland.

-Maybe Fred Goodwin is a good start.

-Why Ann?

-Sorry, she got a couple wrong in this round and the last round.

-Where are you from, Denise?

-London, but I live in Newmarket.

-Didn't you like London?

-Er, it's changed. I prefer Newmarket.

-And what do you do there?

-I'm an office manager.

What sort of office?

-It's for a flooring company.

-So lino, cheap carpets...

-Yeah. We can get the expensive stuff, too.

-Have you got that?

-I'm just getting it, Anne, yes.

-Are you? Do you take a bit home every night?

-That's it!

-Why Ann?

-Because as well as myself Ann got two wrong, too.

Ann, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's nothing short of a miracle for me to have survived the first round.

I'll settle for that. I thought it would be an ignominious departure to go off first,

but that'll do me and it was lovely to chat to Ann.

Round 3. In the bank, £800 still. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with little Gareth.

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

In vocabulary, referring to their curved shapes, which word is used to describe a type of bridge

and is the name of a species of large whale?

-Hump.

-Incorrect. It's humpback.

In magazines, in 1885 Thomas Gibson Bowles founded a weekly journal for gentlewomen

called The Lady or The Tramp?

-The Lady?

-Correct!

In law enforcement, in the acronym ASBO,

the letters A and S stand for which term?

-Anti...Social.

-Correct.

In British radio in 2010,

for the first time since it was established in 1967, which national station began broadcasting

a weekly music chart?

-Pass.

-Radio Three.

In horticulture, if a herbicide is used to kill weeds,

what I is the corresponding name for a substance used to kill pests such as black fly and wasps?

-Insecticide.

-Correct.

In celebrities, which broadcaster is the father of children named Honey Kinney, Betty Kitten

and Harvey Kirby?

-No idea.

-Jonathan Ross.

In quotations, in 1971 the US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger described what

as the great aphrodisiac - power or lager?

-Power.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In boundaries, a fencing material

made of two twisted strands of metal with spikes a few inches apart has what name?

-Barbed wire.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In the films Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, which actor played Luke Skywalker?

-Harrison Ford?

-Mark Hamill.

In English grammar, in the sentence, "Sally brushed her hair," which word is the common noun?

-Brushed.

-Hair.

In motoring, a device consisting of a rubber blade fitted to an electrical arm

is called a windscreen what?

-Wiper.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the animal kingdom,

-what P is any member of the order of mammals that includes apes and humans?

-Can you repeat it?

What P is any member of the order of mammals that includes apes and humans?

-Pass.

-Primate.

In pop music, since...

Time's up.

You won just £60.

So who's on the warpath and who's on a cycle path?

Who's in such a deep hole they've nearly reached Australia? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Denise is the strongest link as she didn't get an answer wrong.

Michael is, statistically, the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

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

David.

David.

James.

James.

Michael.

David.

Mark.

-Where are you from, Michael?

-Wales, Anne.

-Whereabouts?

-Baglan.

-What do you do in Baglan?

-I'm a litter picker.

-Have you got a stick?

-I have.

-And you walk round picking up litter?

-Yes.

-Is there a Mrs Michael?

-There is.

-What's her name?

-Helen.

So you're sitting in your sitting room

and Helen wants the channel changed. Do you get out your big stick?

-No, Anne.

-Why not?

-I leave it outside.

-But you could use it for so many things.

-I know, Anne.

-Will you take it in now?

-No, Anne. I'll get Helen to turn the channel over.

-Can you sing?

-Well, all Welsh people can sing.

-Good.

-Not very well, though.

-Put your board down. What can you sing?

-Your song.

-OK.

# You build up my senses Like a night in the forest

-# Like a mountain in springtime... #

-Oh, you must be the one Welsh person who makes the exception!

-Put your board up. Why David?

-I feel he had two questions wrong.

-Karen, what do you do?

-I'm a hotel services manager.

-What's the hotel called?

-It's the headquarters of the Salvation Army.

-Presumably no alcohol?

-None at all.

-No hanky panky?

-No.

-What else isn't there? A bar?

-There's no bar.

-Yes...

-They drink a lot of grape juice, though.

-Do they? That must be fun.

-Yeah.

And presumably there's somewhere to hang your tambourine.

-No one has tambourines.

-Why David?

-Because we all had a really bad round. Sorry, David.

David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Anne was shocked by my singing! I sang a little bit

and then she wanted a bit more.

So I really burst into song then and I think I had the old girl in the palm of my hand.

She was like butter.

She's a babe.

Round 4. In the bank, £860. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Denise. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In maths, what is 60 multiplied by 4?

-240.

-Correct. In entertainment, the comedian who starred in the TV sitcom Outnumbered

and is known for his long partnership with Steve Punt is called Hugh what?

-Grant.

-Dennis.

In English cricket, which county team plays its home games at the Oval?

-Don't know.

-Surrey.

In classical mythology, killing the many-headed monster called the Hydra was one of whose 12 labours?

-Hercules.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the media, the phrase "five o'clock shadow" was used in 20th-century advertising

for sunglasses or razor blades?

-Razor blades.

-Correct. In a Shakespeare play,

what B is murdered on the orders of Macbeth and returns to haunt him at a feast?

-Pass.

-Banquo.

In emblems, following correspondence in the Times newspaper in 1960,

which creature was adopted as Britain's national bird?

-Puffin.

-The robin.

Which chemical element used in nuclear reactors has the symbol PU?

-Plutonium.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In books, which words for a stretch of sand or shingle by the sea shore appears in the titles of novels

-by Alex Garland, Nevil Shute and Ian McEwan?

-Pass.

Beach. In botany, Traveller's Joy and Old Man's Beard

are alternative names for the British species of which perennial shrub?

-Pass.

-Clematis.

Which of these is generally regarded as a fundamental legal right - trial by jury or trial by television?

-Trial by jury.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In South America, a huge concrete statue known in English as Christ the Redeemer

stands on Corcovado Mountain and overlooks which city?

-Rio de Janeiro.

-Correct.

In forensic medicine, what A is the term for the dissection of a body to determine the cause of death?

-Pass.

-Autopsy.

In cinema, in which 1995 film does James Cromwell play a farmer

who says to the title character, "That'll do, pig. That'll do."?

Babe.

Too late. Correct answer. You won £60.

Whose absence would now make your heart grow fonder?

Who's playing hard to keep? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With all his answers right, James is the strongest link.

The weakest link, statistically, is Mark, but who will the team want off?

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

Mark.

Mark.

Denise.

James.

Michael.

Mark.

-James, why Mark?

-He had a very bad round and got his questions wrong.

-So, Michael,

-why Mark?

-He didn't get a question right.

Mark, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think as a team we were struggling from the beginning. They still are.

We've only just got over £1,000 so, yes, it's been a tough game for all of us.

Round 5. In the bank, £920. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with James. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In UK politics, in 1847 Lionel Nathan de Rothschild became the first person of which religion

to be elected as an MP?

-Jewish.

-Correct.

In music, the popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David asks Do You Know The Way To where?

-San Jose.

-Correct. In sport, in 2010 in Sheffield,

Neil Robertson beat Graeme Dott to become the first Australian in the modern era

to win the world title in which indoor game?

-Boxing.

-Snooker.

In Swiss cuisine, a large pot holding a melted cheese mixture that serves as a dip for pieces of bread

speared onto long forks is known by what name?

-Fondue set.

-Correct.

In maths, in the formula Pi R squared used to calculate the area of a circle, R represents what?

-Radius.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In fish, which type of large eel found in the coastal waters of Britain

has a name that sounds like a dance performed by a long line of people?

-Sorry, can't remember.

-Conger.

In children's TV, what W is the first name of the pony-tailed business partner of Bob the Builder?

-William.

-Wendy.

The phrase for a blank expression that originally referred to the gaze of a battle-weary soldier

is a thousand-yard what?

-Stare.

-Correct. In IT, the number of computers connected worldwide by the internet

passed the one million mark in which decade of the 20th century?

1990.

-I'll accept.

-Bank!

-In exploration, the Englishman who discovered a large bay

in northern Canada in 1610 was Henry who?

-Hudson.

-Correct. In Scotland, the Cairngorm mountains are home

to the only free-ranging British herd of which animals, popularly associated with Christmas?

-Deer.

-No, reindeer.

In comparing experimental results, if zero degrees Celsius is called standard...

Time's up. You won £100.

But who probably thinks draughts is just chess with wind?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics show that Karen is the strongest link.

The weakest link is James, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

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

James.

James.

Denise.

Michael.

Michael.

We have a tie, team - Michael and James, two votes each. James, why Michael?

I remember him getting a question wrong.

-Michael, why James?

-The reindeer question.

The strongest link was Karen. Why have you voted for Michael?

It was unfortunate between the two, but Michael's in my eye line. Sorry, Michael.

Well, you can stick with Michael or have another think.

I'll stick with Michael.

Michael, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I was a bit annoyed at being voted off after the tie

because James had more questions wrong than I did overall.

I think I might have gone on to win it, but that's the vote.

Round 6. Your total so far is £1,020. Another 10 seconds off.

We'll start with Karen. Let's play the weakest link.

Start the clock.

In literature, the collection of poems entitled Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats was written by whom?

-TS Eliot.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In anatomy, the soft tissue at the hollow centre of bones is called bone what?

-Cartilage.

-Marrow.

In food science, what L is the sugar that occurs naturally in milk?

-Lucose.

-No, lactose.

The actress born in Liverpool in 1956 who played Samantha Jones in the TV series Sex and The City

and its film versions is Kim who?

-Cattrall.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In writing, which three-letter Latin word is shown in brackets after text that is incorrect

or unusually spelt?

-S-I-C.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The British swimmer who won a gold medal in the 100 metres breaststroke at the 1988 Olympics

is Adrian who?

-Moorhouse.

-Correct. In pop music, what E is the name of the Irish female solo singer

who originally performed with members of her family in Clannad?

-Erin.

-Enya.

Which type of public building is sometimes jokingly referred to as being located in Letsby Avenue?

-Pass.

-A police station.

In chemistry, the mineral called saltpetre that's used in gunpowder and curing meat

is known to chemists as potassium what?

-Nitrate.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Named after a former French president,

what P is the Museum of Modern Art in Paris that in 2010 opened a branch in the city of Metz?

-Louvre?

-Pompidou.

In food, which word derived from Portuguese is the name of a citrus fruit preserve

with varieties called fine cut, thick cut and shredless?

-Bread.

-Marmalade.

A parliamentary candidate who has been selected by a constituency is said to be fostered or adopted?

-Adopted.

-Correct. Karen...

-Bank!

Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won, collectively, £100.

But maybe there's no salvation for Karen.

Is Denise about to be floored?

Will Gareth sink without trace?

Or perhaps James isn't a sound investment.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With all her answers wrong, Denise is the weakest link.

Statistically, Karen is the strongest link, but will the votes reflect reality?

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

James.

James.

Denise.

Denise.

-Another tie, team - James and Denise this time. James, why Denise?

-She got all her questions wrong.

Denis, why James?

I think he got one wrong, Anne, and with his bonus

-the winnings don't mean much to him.

-I'm hoping if he wins he'll give it back to the rest of us!

Let's hope so!

Well, Karen decides again. She was the strongest link. Why have you voted for Denise?

-Because Denise got a couple wrong.

-Do you want to stick with Denise?

-I won't change my mind.

Denise, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

The highlight today was obviously getting to meet Anne in the flesh.

And...getting as far as I did, even though I would have liked to have won.

Round 7. You have £1,120. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Karen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In history, in the early 1950s, British servicemen posted to the region known as the Canal Zone

guarded the area around which major waterway?

-Suez Canal.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In TV, in The Simpsons, the violent cartoon enjoyed by Bart and Lisa

featuring a warring cat and mouse is called Itchy and what?

-Scratchy.

-Correct. According to legend, what U was the first name of the father of King Arthur?

Can you repeat the question?

-According to legend, what U was the first name of the father of King Arthur?

-Ulysses.

Uther. In vocabulary, which word is both a tennis term for the player who starts a game

and an IT term for a computer that manages access to a network?

-Server.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-At which festival do most attendees usually bring a tent, a sleeping bag

and wellingtons - Edinburgh or Glastonbury?

-Glastonbury.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In art, which surveyor of the Queen's pictures confessed in 1964 to once being a Soviet agent,

-a fact made public 15 years later?

-Pass.

Anthony Blunt. In action cinema, the US actor who has appeared in Hard To Kill and Under Siege

is Steven who?

-Pass.

-Seagal.

In African geography, the Livingstone Falls are part of which major river?

-Nile.

-The Congo.

In pop music, Paul Weller had a UK hit album in 2010 entitled Wake Up The what?

-Neighbourhood?

-Nation.

In Iran, derived from Arabic for "sign of God", what A is the title given to eminent religious scholars?

-Pass.

-Ayatollah.

The multi-volume reference book published from 1885 that contains more than 57,000 life stories

is the Dictionary of National what?

-Sound?

-Biography.

In crime and punishment...

Time's up. You won £60. In Round 8, you treble what you bank.

It's an opportunity to raise the bank balance.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Gareth is the weakest link.

The strongest link, statistically, is James, but who will lose out in the final vote?

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

James.

James.

Gareth.

-Karen, why James?

-We all did terribly, Anne, and it was really difficult to decide.

Little Gareth...

-Yes, Anne?

-Did you think everyone did as bad as each other?

-No, I think I was the worst.

But someone's got to go.

James, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I definitely surpassed my expectations. I'd not done any preparation.

I came into it for a good time and to take it as it came.

To get into the last three, I was chuffed.

Round 8. In the bank, £1,180. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win is trebled. You voted off the strongest link. We'll start with the second strongest.

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

The small moth with wing markings resembling the face of a witch

was named after a 15th-century prophetess known as Mother who?

-Pass.

-Shipton.

What T is the name of the tinned fish often mixed with mayonnaise and sweetcorn

to make a sandwich filling?

-Tuna.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In medical history,

the large respirator invented in the 1920s that enclosed the entire body except the head was the iron what?

-Lung.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the English alphabet, what is the sixth letter as well as the fourth consonant?

-F.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The classical Japanese art of ikebana involves the arrangement of flowers or marriages?

-Flowers.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The songs Rock The Casbah and Should I Stay Or Should I Go

were UK hit singles in 1982 and on their re-release in 1991 for which group?

-I can't remember.

-The Clash.

In money, the slang term pony refers to how many pounds?

-25.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In UK geography, what L is the small island off the coast of Northumberland

sometimes known as Holy Island?

-Linney?

-Lindisfarne.

At the gym, a piece of exercise equipment with a sliding seat resembling a boat is a what machine?

-Rowing.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens...

Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £120, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of:

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

If there's a tie, sudden death. So Gareth and Karen, for £1,540, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Karen, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please.

In a radio address in 1939,

which UK Prime Minister said, "I have to tell you now

"that no such undertaking has been received and that, consequently,

"this country is at war with Germany"?

-Macmillan?

-The answer is Neville Chamberlain.

In food, which type of cabbage

is named after a historical region that now straddles the border of France and Italy?

-Savoy?

-That is the correct answer.

Karen, in modern literature, Bulldust Mountain, Whiskey Mountain

and Swill-Swallow Mountain were working titles

-for which short story by Annie Proulx?

-Pass.

The answer is Brokeback Mountain.

In music, which number followed the word Live to make the name

of a series of 10 concerts held around the world on July 2nd, 2005,

as part of the Make Poverty History campaign?

-Eight.

-That is correct.

In money,

a famous investment bank established in New York in the 19th century

was named after its founder Marcus Goldman and his son-in-law who had what surname?

-Sachs.

-That is the correct answer.

In 1992, which astronomer was finally cleared of heresy by the Vatican

more than 350 years after it persecuted him for proving

that the Earth moves around the Sun?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is Galileo.

In UK geography,

in terms of surface area, which is the largest natural lake in England?

-Lake Windermere.

-That is the correct answer.

In endangered species, which marine reptile

is one of the largest living hard-shelled turtles

and was named for its massive skull and strong jaws?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is the loggerhead turtle.

In TV, which three-word prefix

was added to the title of the 1960s sitcom The Likely Lads

for the sequel series that began in 1973?

-Whatever Happened To.

-That is the correct answer.

The 2010 book entitled Spoken From The Heart

is a collection of memoirs of the former US First Lady,

who is credited on the cover with what full name?

-I don't know.

-The correct answer is Laura Bush.

That means, Karen, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:

Little Gareth, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Mixed emotions after the final.

Absolutely devastated that I didn't win. Really pleased for Karen and very proud to have got as far.

It's absolutely fantastic to win.

I came onto the programme with none of my family having any faith in me

and I just can't believe it myself. I'm really, really pleased.

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