24/10/2011 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.

My name's Lee, I'm 52, I'm from Bristol and I'm a stand-up comedian.

I'm Julia, I'm 47, I'm from Carlisle and I'm a business owner.

My name's Gary, I'm 22, from Sunderland and I'm an astrophysics student.

My name's Alex, I'm 33, I'm from Cardiff and I'm a selling assistant.

I'm Barry, I'm 62, I'm from West Bromwich and I'm a learning development officer.

I'm Chloe, I'm 20, I'm from Dorset and I'm an English literature student.

I'm John, I'm 48, I'm a farmer from Cambridgeshire.

My names Shani, I'm 52, I'm from Leicester and I'm a chef.

My name's Richard, I'm 30, I'm from St Helens and I'm a civil servant.

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 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, Alex.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Alex. In nature, what is the usual four-letter term

for the type of wet weather that falls in drops?

-Rain.

-Correct. Barry.

In food, beef is the meat obtained from which animal?

-Cow.

-I'll accept. Chloe.

In clothing, which items of footwear are conventionally worn with a dressing gown, wellies or slippers?

-Slippers.

-Correct. John.

In the Gregorian calendar, there are how many days in the month of August?

-31.

-Correct. Shani.

In nursery rhymes, which word for a female relative goes between Old and Hubbard

to make the name of an elderly dog owner?

-Mother.

-Correct. Richard.

In DIY, what B is the name for a basic metal component with a pin

that screws into a nut to join two things together?

-A bolt.

-Correct.

Lee. In espionage cliches, the front of a document that contains highly sensitive information

is stamped with the phrase top what?

-Secret.

-Correct. Julia.

In legends, a magic carpet is capable of doing what, juggling or flying?

-Flying.

-Correct. Gary.

In cinema, the title character expressed a desire to phone home

in which 1982 science-fiction film?

-ET, Extra-Terrestrial.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Alex.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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

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

Who's worrying you? Who might lose you money in the rounds to come?

Think carefully.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Barry is the weakest link, but who will the team want off?

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

John.

John.

Shani.

Shani.

Richard.

Richard.

Alex.

Barry.

Lee.

We have a three-way tie.

John, Shani, Richard, two votes each.

-What do you do, Gary?

-I'm an astrophysics student.

Oh? So can you...?

What's funny about that?

-Nothing, Anne.

-No. Can you guess my start sign, then?

That's astr... That's astrology. You are a Virgo.

-How long have you been studying?

-Three years.

-And what are you studying?

-Quantum mechanics and what happens in space,

and apply them to do things like find out how the universe started,

how planets were formed, what happens in the sun...

-Presumably billions of planets?

-Yeah.

What do you think the chances are...? Think carefully about this.

What are the chances,

when you leave university, of you getting a job?

I've accounted for that already,

and I plan to avoid the real world as long as possible and stay in university for a while.

-You're not going to become an astronaut?

-I would love to do that.

Put your board down.

Just move towards Alex.

-Hi, Alex.

-No, I didn't ask you to say hello to her.

-Yes.

-Yes.

-So you're in space now.

-Yes.

Yes. Could you do a bit of moonwalking...

-to a very, very small planets?

-FOOTSTEPS

That's very noisy.

-Have you not practised that at university yet?

-Not much.

-No.

-It's not something we really do.

-Put your board up.

-Why Shani?

-Shani's absolutely amazing and she's definitely the best-looking out of all of us

with her shiny scarf, but she seemed a bit nervous before, so I'm looking at potential for...

How long have you been a patronising student?

LAUGHTER

Probably far too long.

-Yes. What do you do, Chloe?

-I'm an English literature student.

What are you busy doing at uni?

I'm interested in student politics and feminism...

-What sort of feminism?

-We have a society...

-Yeah?

-And we meet every week and we...

-Who's in the society? Just women?

-No! Our vice-president is a man.

OK. And what do you talk about?

You know, the contentious issue of women not being equal to men.

Where?

-Everywhere.

-Oh? Aren't you equal to a man?

Well, I mean, I wouldn't be regarded so in many places in the world...

You're a bit of an exception, but generally we are.

Er...I don't think we are, Anne. I mean...you know, even in England,

-the pay gap is something like 17% between men and women.

-But you're not earning any money,

so how would you know? Why Richard?

OK...so I thought, if I vote for Richard, no-one else would vote for Richard,

therefore my vote wouldn't be a deciding eliminating vote.

So you didn't want to be important?

Well, I just didn't feel like anyone deserves to go off. We all did so well.

-What do you do, Lee?

-Hi, Anne. I'm a comedian.

-What's your best joke?

So...I've been invited to do my own TV show next year...

-Don't be silly!

-No, really, I have! Honestly.

-Where?

-It's going to be on the BBC,

and it's called Can't Cook, Won't Ice-Skate, Hates Ballroom Dancing.

I'll give you one more go.

What a taskmaster! So I went to the doctor last week, and said, "Can you help me? I'm a kleptomaniac.

"I keep stealing things." He said, "Yeah, take these tablets

"and if they don't work will you get me a plasma TV?"

Why John?

Well, why not? I just thought John.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. And the strongest link was Alex.

-What do you do?

-A selling assistant.

-A selling assistant?

-Yes.

-Where?

-In Cardiff.

-Oh? What are you selling?

-Carpets, hard flooring...

-Yes.

-Carpet tiles, floor tiles.

-In Wales,

are they very busy carpets so no-one can tell if someone's been sick on them?

Those ones with patterns?

-We have patterned carpets, yes.

-Do you?

-We do.

Why Shani?

A little bit nervous,

and it was a very difficult choice because we all did well in that round.

We all answered our questions correctly, but Shani was nervous.

You have a choice now. You can stick with Shani or you can go to John or Richard.

John voted for me, but it's not right that I change my vote.

I do believe that Shani was in my view the weakest player, so I'd like to stick with my vote, please.

Shani, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think probably everybody latched on to the feeling that I was a bit nervous throughout the process,

so they probably thought that was a good enough reason to get rid of me,

even though I wasn't the weakest link.

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000.

We're now taking ten seconds off your time.

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

Start the clock.

Alex. In TV, the sitcom, first shown in 2006, starring Lee Mack and Tim Vine as two friends,

called Lee and Tim, is entitled Not Going where?

-Out.

-Correct. Barry.

In UK politics, members of the Conservative Party

are usually described as being on which wing, the left or the right?

-The right.

-Correct. Chloe.

In literature, the mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,

published his story Alice's Adventures In Wonderland under what two-word pen name?

-CS Lewis.

-Lewis Carroll.

John. In Northern Ireland, what B is the name of the city on the River Lagan

whose principle buildings include Stormont Castle?

-Belfast.

-Correct.

Richard. In food myths, the eating of which root vegetables

is popularly believed to improve eyesight and make it possible to see in the dark?

-Carrots.

-Correct.

Lee, in pop music, the album entitled 21

that spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one in the UK in 2011 was by which British singer?

-No idea, sorry.

-Adele. Julia.

In an expression derived from a passage in the Book of Revelation,

the gates of heaven are said to be what, pearly or quartzy?

-Pearly.

-Correct. Gary.

In human anatomy, which word for a schoolchild is also the name of a part of the eye?

-Pupil.

-Correct. Alex.

In definitions, what P is a six-letter word used to represent

both the sound of tiny feet and the quick-fire delivery of a stand-up comedian?

-Patter.

-Correct. Barry.

In politics, from 2003 until 2011, which former Mr Universe and actor served as Governor of California?

-Arnold Schwarzenegger.

-Correct. Chloe.

In pub drinks, a lager top contains which added ingredient, tonic water or lemonade?

-Lemonade.

-Correct. John.

-Bank!

In sport, which famous contest was begun in 1829 by Charles Wordsworth and Charles Merivale

of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge?

-The Boat Race.

-Correct. Richard.

In employment, what C follows window to make the usual job title

of a person who washes and wipes the panes of glass on the outside of a building?

-Cleaner.

-Correct.

Lee. In Asian geography, South Korea has a land border with which other country?

-North Korea.

-Correct. Julia.

In cinema, which 1939 film musical features the line,

"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas any more?"

-The Sound Of Music.

-Even The Wizard Of Oz.

Gary. In wildlife, the red lynx has what common name derived from its characteristic stumpy tail,

the bobcat or the billcat?

-Bobcat.

-Correct. Alex.

In medicine, a document that contains the names of hospital patients

in the order in which they will be treated is known as the waiting what?

-List.

-Correct. Barry.

In literature, in a 1961 novel by Muriel Spark, which teacher chose six students to be her...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up and you won just £300.

So who's the fish on the Tour De France?

Who thinks G8 is the way you spell gate?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row Alex is the strongest link.

According to the statistics, Julia is the weakest link. But will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Chloe.

Chloe.

Julia.

Julia.

Julia.

Julia.

Barry.

Chloe.

-Where are you from, Barry?

-West Bromwich.

-And what do you do?

-I work for the local authority. I organise training courses for council staff.

-On what sort of thing?

-Health and safety courses, that sort of stuff... mainly health and safety.

You're making life for people in the West Midlands even more miserable than it already is?

It's not miserable at all! It's a great place.

Are you an amusing teacher?

-When I do get in front of the class, I do try and keep it fun.

-Do you?

-How do you do that in the West Midlands?

-The odd little quip.

-Put your board down.

So do something, as you call it, that's fun!

If you fall off that ladder and break both your legs, don't come running to me!

LAUGHTER

-Can you sing?

-I'm in a band, a '60s band, called Carnaby Street, and we work the clubs.

-Oh, really?

-Mm-hm.

-What sort of stuff do you do?

If it was in the '60s and it was in the Top Ten by a British act, we'll probably do it.

What's your favourite?

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying.

-Go on, then.

-# Don't let the sun catch you crying

# The night's the time for your tears

# Your heart may be broken tonight

# But tomorrow in the morning light... #

Thank you! Board up.

-Why Julia?

-Because she got The Wizard Of Oz question wrong.

-And what's wrong with that?

Well, even I knew that one.

Gary, what's the difference between astrophysics and AstroTurf?

-Astrophysics is the study of the universe...

-Yeah.

-AstroTurf is a sporting...er...

-..flooring.

-And do they teach you to sing at astrophysics classes?

-I'm more of a musician myself.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-What do you play?

-Guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, saxophone, piano and drums.

-Yes...

-and you're modest with it, are you?

-It's just a long list.

-OK. Put your board down.

-Oh, beautiful! Yeah?

-What are you going to play?

-Er...saxophone.

Yeah, OK.

-HE IMITATES A SAX

-No, that's wrong.

-HE IMITATES A SAX

-That doesn't sound like a saxophone!

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

-All right.

-HE IMITATES A SAX

-I can't...

HE IMITATES A SAX

I can't do saxophone noises right.

-HE IMITATES A SAX

-No, you can't!

-I tried.

-Put your board up.

Why Julia?

Julia...I was really looking forward to getting a question right and giving Alex quite a bit to bank.

But she got the question wrong before me.

Julia, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I am absolutely gutted! I am kicking myself.

I answered so stupidly. Toto! Well, everybody knows Toto's in The Wizard Of Oz and not The Sound Of Music.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,300.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Alex. In Chinese cuisine, what H is the name of the thick, reddish-brown sauce

made from soya beans and spices that's served with meat, poultry and seafood?

-Hoy.

-Hoysin.

Barry. In TV, the actor best known for playing Leon Small in EastEnders

who won the final of the 2011 series of Dancing On Ice is Sam who?

-I haven't the faintest idea.

-Attwater. Chloe.

In women's clothing, a dress or a bra that is not supported by the shoulders

is normally described as being what, cordless or strapless?

-Strapless.

-Correct. John.

In English grammar, the word spelled D-O-N-'-T is an abbreviated form of which two words?

-Do not.

-Correct. Richard.

In street entertainment, according to tradition,

an Italian organ-grinder was often accompanied by which type of primate?

-A monkey.

-Correct. Lee.

In maths, what is 53 plus 8?

-60.

-Even 61. Gary.

In geography, Sabrina was the Roman name for which river

that rises in Wales and flows through England to the Bristol Channel?

-Severn.

-Correct. Alex.

In measuring temperature, which boy's name goes before warm to give a common term meaning tepid?

-Peter?

-Luke. Barry.

In literature, the 13th-century Mongol emperor who was the subject of an unfinished 1816 poem

by Coleridge was called Kubla what?

-Khan.

-Correct.

Chloe. In the media, the free newspaper called the Metro

is normally distributed to commuters in major UK cities at what time of day, morning or afternoon?

-Morning.

-Correct. John.

-Bank!

-In the board game Cluedo

the suspect who is represented by a yellow playing piece has what surname?

-Mustard.

-Correct. Richard.

In politics, what T is the usual term for the number or percentage of people who vote in an election?

-Turnout.

-Correct. Lee.

In pop music, the single that in 2011 gave Coldplay their first UK Top Ten hit for three years

was called Every Teardrop Is A what?

-Time Bomb.

-Waterfall. Gary.

In sport, what is the term for the taut cords that form the perimeter of a boxing ring?

-Ring.

-Ropes. Alex.

In film, the 2003 historical drama starring Tom Cruise as a soldier

employed by the Japanese Emperor to train his army is entitled The Last what?

-Samurai.

-Correct. Barry.

In military engineering, during the Second World War,

Donald Coleman Bailey designed and gave his name to a temporary type of which structure?

-A bridge.

-Correct. Chloe.

-Bank!

In agriculture, what P is a single-word term that refers...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £100.

Whose brain should have learning plates?

Who's very basically basic? Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Lee is the weakest link.

John is statistically the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Alex.

Lee.

Lee.

Lee.

Barry.

Lee.

Lee.

-Where are you from, John?

-I live near Cambridge.

-What do you do?

-I'm a farmer.

-Are you?

-Mmm.

-What are you farming?

-I grow wheat, barley and oilseed rape.

Do you pick them yourself?

Oh, no, we've got machines to do that. I've got a combine harvester, a new hired one...

-You've got a combine harvester?

-I know, and it was a new one one day!

-Yes.

-It's not new any longer. It's about five years old.

-Did you buy it brand-new?

-It was one year old when I bought it.

-How many miles were on the clock?

It doesn't have miles on the clock. It has hours.

-How many hours did it have on the clock?

-I think it was about 140, 150.

You just can't stop being interesting, can you? Why Lee?

-Lee, sadly, he got a couple of questions wrong.

-Do you know any farming jokes?

-No, I don't.

-No?

-No.

Sad, isn't it? An uninteresting life.

-What do you do, Richard?

-I'm a civil servant, Anne.

-Yes. What sort of civil servant?

-Er...well, do you know how people get paid?

-Yes.

-And a small amount of your money...

-This isn't Blue Peter!

-..Comes out of your wages to pay for vital public services...?

-You a taxman, are you?

-Some people may describe me as such, yeah.

And since the self-assessment, you've got nothing to do, have you?

Yes, we have plenty to do. People self-assess on a "pay now, check later" basis,

-so we...you bring your returns...

-You're nearly as interesting as John.

-I could never be as interesting as John, I don't think.

-Yes.

-Why Lee?

-Unfortunately, he got two questions wrong. One of them was the maths question,

and I saw him thinking and thinking and thinking and then he sort of went, "Oh, got the answer wrong!"

-Lee...

-Yes?

-You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

All I can say about Anne is as a stand-up comedian,

she's the one heckler in the audience that you really don't want!

Round Four. In the bank, £1,400.

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

that's John! Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

John. In maths, what is 46 minus 29?

Oh, give me a second.

-27.

-17.

Richard, in the 1615 Spanish novel Don Quixote about a man obsessed with chivalry,

the squire of the title character is called Sancho what?

-Pass.

-Panza.

Gary. In country pursuits, falconry is sometimes known by what other name, hawking or spitting?

-Hawking.

-Correct. Alex. In the North of England, Fallowfield, Strangeways and Moss Side

are all districts of which city?

-Manchester.

-Correct. Barry.

In the human body,

what H is the everyday name for the bone at the back of the foot called the calcaneum?

-The heel.

-Correct. Chloe.

-Bank!

In fashion, the canvas accessory first produced by Anya Hindmarch in 2007

featured a memorable slogan that read "I'm not a plastic what"?

-Bag.

-Correct. John.

In mixed drinks, the cocktail called a pina colada

is traditionally made with rum, coconut and the juice of which fruit?

-Pineapple.

-Correct. Richard.

According to the lyrics of a 1968 UK number one single for Manfred Mann, written by Bob Dylan,

"You'll not see nothing like the Mighty what?"

-Quinn.

-Correct. Gary.

-Bank!

In art, the Russian jeweller Karl Faberge was renowned

for making decorated gold versions of which items, fingers or eggs?

-Eggs.

-Correct. Alex.

In TV, the characters Harry in The Vicar Of Dibley, Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood and Lucas North in Spooks

have all been played by Richard who?

-Little.

-Armitage.

Barry. In geography, what C is the name of a Welsh market town in the Wye Valley

with a famous castle and a racecourse?

-Caerphilly.

-Chepstow. Chloe.

In celebrities, the 2010 memoir Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal

is the second volume of autobiography by which comedian and actor?

-Russell Brand.

-Correct. John.

-Bank!

-In sport, what colour is the surname of the football commentator Alan and the darts commentator Tony?

-Green.

-Correct. Richard.

In road travel, a device called a Gatso, named after a Dutch rally driver and inventor,

is a type of what, speed camera or cat's-eye?

-Speed camera.

-Correct. Gary.

-Bank!

In food, the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company was the original name of the cereal...

-Kellogg's. Correct.

-Bank!

-Alex.

In textiles, what B is the name of the traditional...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £290.

But who could raise their IQ by wearing high heels?

Who's the powerhouse and who's the outhouse?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Gary is the strongest link.

The statistics show that Barry is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?

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

John.

Richard.

John.

John.

Richard.

John.

Chloe, why have you voted for John?

I think it was the first question, it just took him a while to answer it...

and it was just quite a while... Sorry, John.

What, when he couldn't add up, you mean?

-Yeah, it went on for a little while.

-And then he got it wrong.

Barry, did you think John was the worst player?

-Yes. Unfortunately, he got the maths question wrong.

-Unfortunately, he wasn't the worst player.

-Oh?

-Do you want to guess who was?

-Me?

-Because he banked and you didn't.

John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'd have liked to have gone further, obviously. I'd have liked to have won it.

Wouldn't we all? But I'm more than happy. I didn't disgrace myself.

Round Five. In the bank, £1,690.

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, little Gary.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Gary.

In cinema, the 2011 animation featuring the voices of Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie and Jack Black,

was a sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu what?

-Panda.

-Correct. Alex.

In definitions, which common three-word phrase meaning firmly established

could be said to be an opposite of soft and slow?

-Hard and fast.

-Correct. Barry.

In pop music, the singer whose UK hit singles include Because You Love Me and A New Day Has Come

has the professional name Celine what?

-Dion.

-Correct.

-Chloe.

-Bank!

-In geography, the English names for the capital cities

of Estonia, Libya, Japan and Iran all begin with which letter of the alphabet?

-T.

-Correct. Richard.

In religious history, in 1521 Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and a heretic

by the assembly known as the Diet of what, Beans or Worms?

-Beans.

-Worms. Gary.

In UK finance, in January 2011, the standard rate of VAT rose to how many percent?

-20 percent.

-Correct. Alex.

In art, the Welsh painter renowned for his portraits of figures

such as Thomas Hardy, David Lloyd George and Dylan Thomas was Augustus who?

-Evans.

-John.

Barry. In weaving, what W meaning to twist out of shape is the name given to the threads

that are arranged lengthways on a loom?

-The warp.

-Correct. Chloe.

-Bank!

-In the children's TV series In The Night Garden,

the character who is blue with red hair and carries a comfort blanket is called Iggle-what?

-Piggle.

-Correct.

Richard. In music, the surname of which German composer, born in Bonn in 1770,

begins with the same four letters as the word beetroot?

-Bach.

-Beethoven.

Gary. In geology, a layer of rock capable of storing groundwater that can be used to supply wells

is given what name, a Lucifer or an aquifer?

-An aquifer.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Alex.

In literature, the American author who in 1969 won the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes

for the book The Armies Of The Night was Norman who?

-Wisdom.

-Mailer.

Barry. In maths, what is three-quarters of 48?

-36.

-Correct. Chloe.

In the Middle East, what L is the name of a country that has a Mediterranean coast

and has its longest national border with Syria?

-Libya.

-No, the Lebanon. Richard. In tennis...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Time's up.

You won £140. But who's going off quicker than sushi in the Sahara?

Who's the Lone Ranger and who's the Lone Brain?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Barry is the strongest link.

The statistics reveal that Richard is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Richard.

Richard.

Richard.

Alex.

Alex.

-Gary, why Richard?

-I felt like I had nothing to play for.

I was always playing for £20 every time it came over.

-Alex, why Richard?

-Because I thought he was the weakest player.

Mmm. But you got two wrong.

I did, I did, but there's rules that state who you can and can't vote for.

He was the worst player. Richard, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Hand on my heart, I probably didn't think I was going to win.

I'm just glad not to have gone out in the first couple of rounds.

Round Six. And in the kitty, £1,830.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Barry. In botany, what is the three-letter general name for any fruit

that consists of a kernel in a hard shell?

-Nut.

-Correct. Chloe.

In expressions, someone who arrives at an event after the start time so as to make a grand entrance

is said to be fashionably what?

-Late.

-Correct. Gary.

In cinema, the 2002 thriller Red Dragon was the third film to star Sir Anthony Hopkins in which role?

-Hannibal Lecter.

-Correct. Alex.

In nature, the highly venomous box jellyfish found in Australian tropical waters

has what alternative name, the river bee or the sea wasp?

-The sea wasp.

-Correct. Barry.

In music, the Irish folk song about a highwayman betrayed by his lover,

recorded by the rock group Thin Lizzy is entitled Whiskey In The what?

-Jar.

-Correct. Chloe.

-Bank!

In biology, what A is the collective name for substances that inhibit the growth of microbes

and whose use was pioneered by Joseph Lister?

-Pass.

-Antiseptics.

Gary. In TV, the American actor who played the detective Mike Hammer in a 1980s series

and appeared in the 2006 drama Prison Break is Stacy who?

-Carlisle.

-Keach.

Alex. In the military, the weapon known as a kukri that is traditionally used by Ghurkhas

is a type of what, knife or catapult?

-Knife.

-Correct. Barry.

In maritime law, if jetsam is the term for goods jettisoned from a ship and washed ashore,

which word is often used for similar goods found floating on the sea?

-Flotsam.

-Correct.

-Chloe.

-Bank!

-In sport, the British cyclist who won a gold medal in the 4,000 metres individual pursuit

at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona is Chris who?

-Eubank.

-Boardman. Gary.

In motoring, the name of which type of seabird precedes the word wing

in a term used to describe a car door that opens upwards?

-Pass.

-Gull.

Alex. In the American Revolution, the militia who were ready to fight at short notice

were known as what, Handymen or Minutemen?

-Handymen.

-No, Minutemen.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £350. But has Gary's countdown begun?

Perhaps Barry's learning hasn't developed.

Will Alex get a carpeting?

Or could a man do a better job than Chloe?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Bank! is the strongest link because he didn't get an answer wrong.

Statistically Gary is the weakest link.

But can he survive the vote?

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

Chloe.

Chloe.

Gary.

Alex.

Alex, when you're taking details of the customers' carpet requirements,

do you have to be very accurate?

-Sometimes helps.

-You copy down their name, do you?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Have I spelled it incorrectly?

You tell me.

-I have. I apologise. Sorry.

-It's all right.

-How do you pronounce that one?

-"Clo-ey".

And why have you voted for "Clo-ey"?

Because I believe her to be the worst player.

Of course she wasn't the worst player, was she, Gary?

-Well, that depends on your opinion of the worst player.

-Well, the one who didn't bank any money.

I didn't have any money to bank.

-Don't argue with me! It's very unwise.

-I'm sorry, Anne.

-Why Chloe?

-Because I didn't have any money to bank.

Because she banked a lot of money.

Chloe, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I cannot believe I got all the way to Round Six.

Best-kept secret? I'm really not very clever at all.

So I think I did very well to hide it for as long as I did!

Round Seven. And so far you've won £2,180.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Barry. In film, the 1984 adventure about a young boy who becomes a character in the book he is reading

is entitled The NeverEnding what?

-Story.

-Correct.

Gary. In chemistry, what L is the name for the metallic element

with the atomic number 3...?

-Lithium. Sorry.

-Correct.

Alex. In Scottish geography, Arran is the largest island in the body of water called the Firth of what?

-Forth.

-Clyde.

-Bank!

-Barry. In medicine, pleurisy is the term for the inflammation of the membranes

that line the chest cavity and cover the surface of which organ?

-Organ...the lungs.

-No. I have to accept the first answer.

Lungs is the correct answer. Gary. In the media,

the astrologer whose horoscopes have appeared in the Daily Mail, the Daily Express,

Today and Hello! magazine is Jonathan who?

-Dimbleby.

-Cainer.

Alex. In North American sport, the Cy Young Award in Major League Baseball

is presented annually to the best players in which fielding position?

-Bowler.

-Pitcher. Barry.

In pop music, the singer who had UK hit singles in the 1980s

entitled One Day I'll Fly Away and You Might Need Somebody is Randy who?

-Newman.

-Crawford.

Gary. In conversation, which word is sometimes used before peculiar and ha-ha

in a question that is asked to determine which sense is meant?

-How?

-Funny.

Alex. In politics, which former Speaker of the House of Commons

used to be a member of a precision dance troupe called the Tiller Girls?

-Betty Boothroyd.

-Correct.

Barry. In animal behaviour, when threatened, a porcupine can shake its quills

to make a sound similar to that of what, a baboon or a rattlesnake?

-A rattlesnake.

-Correct. Gary.

In 1970s and '80s TV, the team member of That's Life who recited his odd odes

and presented amusing newspaper clippings was Cyril who?

-Black.

-Fletcher.

Alex. In geography, which US state separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean?

-Florida.

-Correct. Barry.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won nothing.

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.

With the most wrong answers, Gary is again the weakest link.

Statistically Barry is the strongest link.

But will the other players consider that when they cast their final votes?

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

Barry.

Barry.

Gary.

Alex, why Barry?

I believed he was the weakest player.

-Really?

-Out of the choices I had.

-Really?

Out of the choices I had. I've played a fair game.

He's been much better throughout the whole game, hasn't he?

-It's rounds that count and this is the particular climb that it matters.

-You're not big enough to keep him?

Like I said, it's rounds that matter, and this is a particular time.

If I was to vote on previous rounds, that would be tactical voting. And that wouldn't be right, Anne.

No. But he wasn't the worst player.

I'm sorry, then, in that case.

It was the baby astronaut, wasn't it?

-Hi, Anne.

-And why have you voted for Barry?

He tries to bank nothing.

And he got a couple... He was a very good player, but he did get one or two questions wrong.

Barry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Even though I didn't get to win the money,

I did get to do the last walk of shame and that's an honour in itself, really.

Round Eight. You have £2,180.

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

You voted off the strongest link from the last round.

So we'll start with the second strongest. That's Alex. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Alex, in maths the Latin phrase that literally means "for ever without end" is ad what?

-Lib.

-Infinitum. Gary.

In home-buying, what D is the specific term used by solicitors

for expenses such as stamp duty that are paid on behalf of the purchaser?

-Deductions.

-Disbursements.

Alex. In jazz, the 1929 song that begins "No-one to talk with, all by myself,

"No-one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf," is entitled Ain't what?

-Ain't Lonely.

-Ain't Misbehavin'. Gary.

In British history, George Brummell who was an arbiter of fashion during the Regency period,

was better known by what nickname?

-Capability Brown.

-Beau. Alex.

In food, a sanger is an Australian slang term for which type of light snack?

-Sandwich.

-Correct. Gary.

In biology labs, a shallow glass container with a cover used for growing bacterial cultures

and named after a German scientist is called a what dish?

-A Petri dish.

-Bank!

-Correct.

Alex. In aviation, when an aircraft achieves a speed greater than Mach 1, it is said to be what,

supersonic or isotonic?

-Supersonic.

-Correct. Gary.

In athletics, in the men's hurdling events run over 110 metres and 400 metres,

each length contains how many hurdles?

-Ten.

-Correct. Alex.

-Bank!

In expressions, which word taken from Italian follows worst-case

-to make a term meaning the least favourable circumstance.

-Scenario.

-Bank!

-Correct.

Gary. In UK politics, the bell that's rung in Parliament

to announce an imminent vote has what name?

-A massive bell.

-Division bell.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £120, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £2,540.

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

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

So, Gary and Alex, for £2,540, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

I'd like to go first, please.

Alex, in which 2003 film does a Prime Minister played by Hugh Grant

list Sean Connery, Harry Potter and David Beckham's right foot

as some of the things that make Britain great?

-Bend It Like Beckham.

-The correct answer is Love Actually.

Gary, in the North of England the rivers Aire, Tees and Ribble all rise in which large range of hills?

-The Pennines.

-That is the correct answer. Alex.

The seven key symbols based on the letters of the alphabet used when writing Roman numerals today

are I, L, X, C, D, M and which other?

-U.

-The correct answer is V.

Gary. In 1950s TV, You'll Never Get Rich was the original title of the comedy series

starring Phil Silvers playing which character?

-Sergeant Bilko.

-That is the correct answer.

Alex. In anatomy, which word derived from the Latin for acorn is the general name for any organ

that synthesises chemical substances in the body?

-Kidneys.

-The correct answer is gland.

Gary. In art, the cities of Paris, Philadelphia and Seoul

all have museums named after which French sculptor?

Gustav Klimt.

The correct answer is Rodin.

Alex. In geography, the group of islands at the tip of South America,

known as Tierra del Fuego is governed separately by Argentina and which other country?

-Brazil.

-The correct answer is Chile.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

That means, Gary, you are today's strongest link and you go away with £2,540!

Alex, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Go back to Cardiff, hold my head up high.

I got through more rounds than a lot of people would give me credit for.

With the money I've won, I plan to buy food,

and I plan to go somewhere sunny and spoil my nephew Cameron to bits on his ninth birthday.

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