24/11/2010 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 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 is Paul, I'm 62, I'm from Frome in Somerset and I'm a builder.

My name is Annette, I'm 41,

I'm from St Nicholas-at-Wade in Kent and I'm a chartered surveyor.

I'm Chris, I'm 20, from Spennymoor in County Durham

and I'm a bar and entertainments manager.

I'm Sheila, I'm 71, I'm from Essex and I'm a part-time cleaner.

I'm Graham, I'm 52, from Harrogate in North Yorkshire.

I'm an IT consultant and a part-time Italian tutor.

I'm Ceri, I'm 24, I'm from Great Chishill in Cambridgeshire

and I'm an executive assistant in the NHS.

I'm Gary, I'm 43, I'm from Mendham in Suffolk and I'm a farmer.

I'm Sue, I'm 54, I'm from Boston in Lincolnshire

and I'm a general assistant.

I'm Colin, I'm 33, I'm from Nottingham and I'm a banking analyst.

OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £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 1. Three minutes on the clock.

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

That's you, Annette. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

In spelling, reversing the two letters in the word "on" gives which negative response?

-No.

-Correct.

In clothing, a small pocket on the back of a pair of jeans is named after the elbow or the hip?

-Hip.

-Correct.

In human appearance, a common sign of tiredness is the presence of dark bags beneath which sense organs?

-Eyes.

-Correct.

In pastimes, what K is the name of a flying toy,

two simple styles of which are known as diamond and box?

-Kite.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 60 divided by 30?

-2.

-Correct. In advertising, a product that has been promoted in the broadcast media

often bears the slogan, "As seen on" what?

-TV.

-Correct.

In pantomime, the role of the dame is traditionally played by a performer of which sex?

-Male.

-Correct.

In literature, Charles Dickens used the surname of his boyhood friend Bob Fagin

for a character in his novel entitled Oliver who?

-Twist.

-Correct.

In English geography, what B is the name of the largest city in the West Midlands?

-Birmingham.

-Correct.

In vocabulary, which five-letter word describes both water that is not salty

and fruit and vegetables that have been picked recently?

-Fresh.

-Correct.

In travel, the abbreviation ETA stands for "estimated time of" what?

-Arrival.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, the turtle is a member of the same family

as which other creature? The tortoise or the tiger?

-The tortoise.

-Correct.

-Bank!

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target and that money will go through to the next round.

What took you so long?

You had a chain of 12 correct answers. Who was banking when they should have just continued?

Which is your oven-ready turkey?

Who's joined a sponsored silence? Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Sheila is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Gary, 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.

Sheila.

Ceri.

Ceri.

Ceri.

Ceri.

Annette.

Sheila.

Annette.

Annette.

-Where are you from, Chris?

-Spennymoor in County Durham.

-Is that big or small?

-It's just a humble little town, but it's my town, so I like it.

-What do you do?

-I'm a bar and entertainments manager.

-Do you bring in acts?

-I do. I have a band who play in our pub every Sunday.

-I book those and...

-Oh, you do?

I scout for the local talent. Just in music, of course.

-It's The X Factor in Spennymoor, is it?

-It certainly is.

Put your board down. Do you have a desk you're at when you're auditioning?

I don't audition them. This is my audition, stood in a pub watching them...

-Standing in a pub?

-Standing in a pub. Sorry, Anne. I'm northern.

-Really? You'd never know(!)

Put on your Simon Cowell face for auditioning.

Yes... Board up.

-Why Ceri?

-She made it difficult for us to reach our £1,000 target by banking earlier.

-What do you do, Annette?

-I'm a chartered surveyor.

-You work in a big office?

-Not really.

-Principally, I work from home.

-Where is home?

-St Nicholas-at-Wade.

-Is that a little village?

-It is.

-Are you important in the village?

-No. Not really.

-You're not on the parish council?

-No. I'm on other committees, but I'm not on the parish council.

-What committees?

-I'm on the PTFA at school, Friends Of The Church...

-What do you do for the church?

-Amongst other things, I do bell-ringing.

-Do you?

-Yes, very popular on a Sunday morning.

-Is it? Put your board down.

-Not to the neighbours.

OK, move over towards Chris.

-OK, let's see you bell-ring.

-Are you ready for this?

-Yes.

-This is the rope.

-Yeah.

Look to.

Treble's going. She's gone.

Move back. What time do you get up on a Sunday morning? Put your board up.

-We only ring every other Sunday. We don't like to disturb the village too much.

-Is there a Mr Annette?

-There is, yes.

-Do you leave him in bed?

-No, he's a bell-ringer as well.

-Is he?

-Yes.

What came first? The husband or the bell-ringing?

Well...

-We've known each other all our lives.

-Yes.

-And I actually bell-rang at his first wedding.

-You didn't?

I did.

Why Ceri?

She banked a bit early.

-What do you do, Graham?

-I'm an IT consultant and I teach Italian part-time as well.

-Where are you from?

-I live in Harrogate. I'm from the other side of the Pennines.

-So you're in Harrogate in your house teaching Italian?

-Yeah.

-Is that because there's a gorgeous Italian who lives with you?

-Not quite. No, I'm afraid not.

Gorgeous, but not Italian.

-What's she called?

-Paul.

-Oh, Paul.

She's lovely. She's got a beard.

-Did you teach Paul Italian or did he teach you Italian?

-No, no, he speaks French.

-Can you sing in Italian?

-I have done a little bit, but I don't know many Italian songs.

-Really?

-What can you sing for us?

-You want me to sing? I like swing and standards, that type of thing.

Put your board down.

# There may be trouble ahead

# But while there's moonlight and music and love and romance

# Let's face the music and dance... #

Very nice and flat. Put your board up.

-Why Ceri?

-We all had a good round, but I'm afraid Ceri banked early.

Ceri, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think I would describe myself as a bit of a bimbo because I like to take care of the way I look.

I'm smart, but I have no common knowledge or common sense

or any sense at all, actually, or knowledge.

But I think I'm quite clever and I could have done well for the team.

Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Sheila. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In politics, a disparaging term for someone who cares about the environment

that includes a word meaning "one who embraces" is a "tree" what?

-Hugger.

-Correct.

In gambling, people who bet large sums of money in a casino are known as low rockers or high rollers?

-High rollers.

-Correct. In film, the 1997 science fiction comedy starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones

is entitled Men In which colour?

-Black.

-Correct. Which form of address is used

for both a GP and a holder of the highest level of university degree?

-Pass.

-Doctor.

In the UK, fire, police and ambulance are known as the what services?

-Emergency.

-Correct.

In colours, a pale shade of green is named after which nut commonly sold in half-opened shells?

-Pass.

-Pistachio.

A form of colloquial speech that gets its name from the fact

that words are replaced by others with similar sounding endings is known as what slang?

-Cockney.

-No, rhyming.

In the USA, which word that can mean an advanced booking

also refers to an area of land that is set aside for Native American people?

-Reservation.

-Correct.

In agricultural pests, the blood-sucking parasite that can attach itself to animals like sheep

is called a tick or a tock?

-A tick.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The underground railway system of which European capital city has stations

called Pasteur, Opera and Bastille?

-Paris.

-Correct.

In astronomy, a period of 29 and a half days between two successive new moons is known as a lunar what?

-Pass.

-Month.

In buildings, what E is the term for a moving staircase that carries people from one floor to the next?

-Escalator.

-Correct. In maths, what is 8 multiplied by 5?

-40.

-Correct. In the home, which cooling device goes before "heater"

in the name of an item of electrical equipment that creates a current of warm air?

-Pass.

-Fan.

In pop music, the US guitarist and vocalist who found fame in the UK in the 1960s

with songs such as Hey Joe was known professionally as Jimi who?

-Hendrix.

-Correct.

-Bank!

On the 1st of July, 2007, it became illegal in England to do what in a pub? Smoke or belch?

-Smoke.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the Cold War, the communist countries of Europe

and those states that had signed the Warsaw Pact were known as the Eastern what?

-Bloc.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your "bank" was in time, but you only won £110.

Why was that?

Who's the main ingredient in a recipe for disaster?

Who's plucked stupidity from the jaws of knowledge?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly, Sheila is still the strongest link.

Statistically, Paul is the weakest link, but whose game is over?

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

Annette.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Sue.

-What do you do, Gary?

-I'm a farmer, Anne.

-What do you farm?

-Beef and arable.

-So you've got cows?

-Yeah, suckler herds. We've got about 350 head of cattle.

How do the cows get pregnant?

-Um...a bull.

-A bull?

-A bull.

-Just one bull for the 350?

-No, I've got 140 cows, but we've got three bulls, Anne.

Do you divide it out equally?

Yes, they have about 40 each, something like that.

-Is there one that gets more?

-Yes, the one which cost the most money, the best quality bull.

-What's he called?

-Cosmos.

-And how does it work? Put your board down.

LAUGHTER

How does what work?

-The bull?

-Yes.

-Just take us through what Cosmos does.

-He goes around and he does the business.

-I hope I don't have to show you what he does.

-Put your board up.

-Why Paul?

-I believe he got two questions wrong.

-Where are you from, Sheila?

-I'm from Essex, Anne.

-Are you?

-Originally Bristol.

-You've got used culturally to Essex?

-Yes, Anne.

-What do you do in Essex?

-Not a lot, really. Just a part-time cleaner.

-You're a cleaner?

-Yes.

-Where do you clean?

-An electrical store.

-Yeah. Where?

Lakeside. Do you know Lakeside?

-So you are a typical Essex girl, hanging around Lakeside, are you?

-No, I just clean there, Anne.

-What do you clean with?

-Vacuum cleaner. Duster.

-Do you demonstrate at the same time?

No, they've got their own salesmen.

-What do you clean?

-Just the showroom, the kitchen where they have their lunch, the toilet.

-Do they give you lunch?

-No, I'm only there three hours, 8 till 11.

-What do you do the rest of the time?

-I spend all my time with my two little great-granddaughters, Anne.

-Why Paul?

-He got two questions wrong.

Paul, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

There's going to be nothing gentle about the ribbing I'll get from the family and friends.

They won't hold back. I am fairly certain of that.

Not knowing about a fan heater? My word! I will not be allowed to forget it.

Round 3. In the bank, £1,110. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Sheila. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In eating and drinking, a baguette is a long, thin stick of which basic foodstuff?

-Bread.

-Correct.

Which large, rare mammal native to China is white all over,

except for its black legs, shoulders, eye patches and ears?

-Panda.

-I'll accept.

In tourism, what G is the term for a book detailing information

on places and objects of interest in a locality?

-Geography.

-Guide.

In transport, starting one vehicle using the charge from the battery of another is known as a what start?

-Pass.

-Jump.

What is the five-letter name for a thin piece of leather or fabric

worn around the wrist to fasten a watch?

-Strap.

-Correct.

The England cricketer Andrew Flintoff is nicknamed Freddie after which Stone Age cartoon character?

-Flintstone.

-Correct.

In expressions, a person who is forced to offer an apology is said to eat humble what?

-Pie.

-Correct.

In theatre, the score to the musical Love Never Dies, that opened in the West End in 2010,

was written by which composer?

-Pass.

-Andrew Lloyd Webber.

In commerce, sugar, bananas, coffee and rum are among the major exports of Jordan or Jamaica?

-Jamaica.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In green plants, the oxygen required for the photosynthesis of carbohydrates

is provided by which atmospheric gas?

-Carbon dioxide.

-Correct.

In the traditional Japanese art of origami, which material is folded into intricate designs?

-Paper.

-Correct.

In the USA, what J is the first name of an outlaw with the surname James

and a civil rights activist with the surname Jackson?

-Jermaine.

-Jesse.

In the opening sequence of the episodes of which TV drama series, originally shown in 2006,

did the hero ask, "Am I mad, in a coma or back in time?"

-Pass.

-Life On Mars.

In pre-decimal UK coins, until the end of 1960, four farthings were equal in value to one what?

-Shilling.

-Penny.

In emblems, which stringed instrument is a national symbol of the Republic of Ireland?

-Harp.

-Correct.

The 2010 film comedy in which Russell Brand reprised his role as a rock star called Aldous Snow

is entitled Get Him To The what?

-Church.

-Greek.

In equestrianism, what T is the name for the gait of a horse in which the legs move in diagonal pairs?

Pass.

Time's up. The correct answer was "trot".

That was Gary the farmer.

You won £20.

Who is the Essex girl at the Palace Garden Party?

Whose database is redundant?

Whose knowledge is scarce?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time in the game, Gary is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Graham, but how will the votes go?

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

Gary.

Sue.

Gary.

Sheila.

Annette.

Graham.

Gary.

-What do you do, Colin?

-I'm a banking analyst.

-Is banking your life?

It's my job. I wouldn't say it's my life.

So have you got one eye on the exit?

I've got a few irons in the fire.

-What irons are they?

-I'm setting up a band with my friend and we're going to hit the big time.

-How old are you?

-I'm 33.

-Is it a mid-life crisis?

-Yeah, possibly, but you know, it can work.

-Can it?

-You don't have to be young to be in a band.

-What are you in the band?

-I'm the bass player.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Can we see you?

-Playing the bass?

-Yes.

-If you like.

-No, no, if I go to see you in the band.

-Oh, I see.

Not yet, no. We're not quite there. We're on the verge of that kind of success.

We're recording our first album at the moment.

-What's the main song on the album?

-We've recorded about 14, so we'll go through them and pick them.

-Can you sing one for me?

-I can. I'm not the singer. I'm just a backing singer.

-Just put your board down.

-Right.

-Move towards Sue.

Do a bit of singing for us.

# On street number 13 I see all I need to see

# To know it's not the life for me... #

I'll leave it there, shall I?

-Get back behind your podium.

-LAUGHTER

Put your board up.

Why Gary?

I think Gary got two out of three questions wrong and in his specialist subject as well.

Annette, why Gary?

He got two questions wrong.

He did. Gary, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I really enjoyed the banter with Anne today, all the cow stuff.

And it was great. That's why I came here, to have a bit of banter with Anne. I really enjoyed it.

She's not as scary as she looks.

Round 4. In the bank, £1,130. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Graham. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What's the name of the British city whose financial district is known as the Square Mile?

-London.

-Correct.

In choral music, the common term for "unaccompanied" is "a cappella" or Acker Bilk?

-A cappella.

-Correct.

Which six-letter term for a fruit cordial that is diluted before drinking

is also a word meaning "to crush"?

-Squash.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What "I" is the class of invertebrate creature

that typically has three body sections called the head, thorax and abdomen?

-Insect.

-Correct.

In TV, which comedy series based in Seattle was a spin-off of the 1980s and '90s sitcom Cheers?

-Frasier.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In medicine, a whooshing sound sometimes heard on listening to the chest with a stethoscope

is called a heart murmur or grumble?

-Murmur.

-Correct. In bird life, the pheasant originated in which continent?

-Asia.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What is the surname of the American actress born in Boston in 1970 with the first names Uma Karuna?

-Pass.

-Thurman.

In expressions, somebody who experiences the unpleasant results of a foolish action

is said to get which digits burnt?

-Middle.

-Fingers.

In 20th century history, what G was the name of the secret state police of Nazi Germany?

-Gestapo.

-Correct.

In cities, Tripoli is the capital of which North African country?

-Morocco.

-Libya.

The singer who in 2002 became the fourth person chosen

to be in the pop group Girls Aloud is Kimberley who?

-Walsh.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In geography, which term for a loop-shaped curve in the course of a river

now also means to wander aimlessly?

-Meander.

-Correct. In politics, the form of proportional representation often abbreviated to STV

is the "single transferable" what?

-Pass.

-Vote.

In children's literature, which vegetable features in the title of a story by Hans Christian Andersen

about a quest for a real princess?

-Peach.

-No, the pea.

The word "synchromesh" is commonly applied to which part of a car? The glove compartment or the gearbox?

-Gearbox.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In TV crime dramas, Detective Sergeant...

Time's up. You won £240.

But whose mindset is continually muddled?

Who probably thinks a poached rhino is an extravagant breakfast?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

According to the statistics, Annette is the strongest link.

Colin is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?

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

Sue.

Sue.

Colin.

Sue.

Colin.

Sue.

-Chris, why Sue?

-Consistently for the past few rounds, Sue's been getting quite a few questions wrong.

I just voted as fair as I could think, Anne.

-Graham, why Sue?

-Sue got two wrong that time.

She did. Sue, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think I have surpassed how I thought I would do.

My friends and family will be pleased that I didn't go out in the first round.

It's been a very nice day, I've met some lovely people. I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

Round 5. You're now up to £1,370. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Annette. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In fabrics, which Urdu word meaning "dusty" is the name of a cloth of a dull, yellowish-brown colour

that is widely used for military uniforms?

-Khaki.

-Correct.

In atomic physics, the term used to describe energy produced by fusion as opposed to fission

is thermo what?

-Kinetic.

-Nuclear.

In cinema, the films Unforgiven, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby

were all produced and directed by which actor?

-Guy Ritchie.

-Clint Eastwood.

In maths, what is 69 minus 52?

-17.

-Correct.

What C is the name of a city in eastern England best known for its historic and prestigious university?

-Cambridge.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In music, the lyrics, "Crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea"

are from the patriotic anthem called America The what?

-Brave.

-Beautiful.

The phrase "out for the count" meaning "asleep" derives from which sport?

-Boxing.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In church architecture, by definition, a rose window is what shape? Triangular or circular?

-Circular.

-Correct.

The English names of the three Baltic countries which joined the EU in 2004

all end with which two letters of the alphabet?

-"I-A".

-Correct.

-Bank!

In TV, the Riddler, the Penguin, the Joker and Catwoman were the leading villains in which 1960s series?

-Batman.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In the name of the UK consumer protection organisation established in 1973,

the initials OFT stand for the Office of Fair what?

-Trade.

-I'll accept Trade.

-Bank!

-In literature, the character Richard Hannay first appeared in which 1915 thriller by John Buchan?

-Pass.

-Thirty-Nine Steps.

In UK media, The Independent newspaper, nicknamed The Indy, has a sister paper known as The Sindy

that goes out on which day of the week?

-Wednesday.

-Sunday.

In the 1953 film From Here To Eternity,

a famous love scene between Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster takes place on a beach or on a bus?

-On a beach.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In mythical beasts, the chimera is a fire-breathing creature with the body of a goat, the tail...

Time's up and you banked £180.

But who's your synchronised sinker?

Who's losing you money? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, the weakest link is Chris, but can he survive the vote?

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

Chris.

Sheila.

Colin.

Sheila.

Chris.

We have a tie, team. Sheila and Chris, two votes each.

-Colin, why Chris?

-Chris got a couple wrong in that round.

-Graham, why Sheila?

-It was tough to decide, but Sheila got one wrong

and she banked a bit early as well.

When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and the strongest link was Graham.

You've got a choice now. Sheila or Chris?

-I'll stick with my original choice. Sorry, Sheila.

-That's OK.

Sheila, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I always watch the Weakest Link, every night since it started.

My little great-granddaughter always says, "Nanny, you know everything."

But it's obvious Nanny don't quite know everything, isn't it?

Round 6 and you have £1,550. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Graham. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In quotations, according to Samuel Johnson, when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the what?

-Weather.

-Correct.

In urban areas, what B describes an alley and a common alternative phrase for a cul-de-sac?

-Pass.

-Blind.

In politics, the lawyer who in 2000 married Nick Clegg has what first name?

-Pass.

-Miriam.

In basketball, the top flight professional team based in Chicago

features which male animals in its name?

-Tigers.

-Bulls.

In celebrities, the chef, cookery writer and restaurateur,

born in 1960 and renowned for his support of British cuisine, is Gary who?

-Rhodes.

-Correct.

In European geography, the Wicklow Mountains are situated immediately south of which Irish city?

-Belfast.

-Dublin.

In the UK, the 18th century cavalry general John Manners has had many pubs dedicated to him

under the title The Marquis Of where?

-Dewsbury.

-Granby.

In alcoholic drinks, cognac is a fine brandy made from the juice of which fruit?

-Pass.

-Grapes.

In film, the 1986 comedy drama starring Mia Farrow

about the troubles encountered by three siblings is entitled Hannah And Her what?

-Sisters.

-Correct. What "A" is the name for the site of the final battle foretold

in the New Testament, but is now applied to any destructive confrontation?

-Arena.

-Armageddon.

On a standard London Monopoly board,

there are two utility spaces called The Electric Company and The Water what?

-Works.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In pop music, a 2010 EP entitled Night Train was the fourth consecutive release

by which English group to top the UK album chart?

-Train.

-Keane.

In maths, what is 74 plus 11?

-85.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In rugby union, the South African-born England player...

Time's up. I can't complete the question and you banked £40.

So should Graham face the music?

Will you pounce on Chris?

Does the bell toll for Annette?

Or have you got one eye on Colin?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all his answers right, Graham is the strongest link.

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

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

Colin.

Colin.

Colin.

Chris.

Annette, why Colin?

I was aware I was getting no money to bank and Colin got a few wrong.

-Chris, why Colin?

-I was aware that a few of us had a bad round there,

but my vote's going to Colin for getting a few questions wrong.

-Do you know anyone else who got a few questions wrong?

-I did. I don't even think I got one right.

-Correct.

-A catastrophic round.

It's votes that count. Colin, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm devastated to have been voted off at this stage of the game.

I was within a whisker of winning that prize money.

The team have seen my genius and they've voted me off tactically.

Round 7 and you're up to £1,590.

Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Graham. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In a famous 1980s commercial, Nick Kamen stripped down to his white boxer shorts

in a laundrette or a newsagent's?

-Laundrette.

-Correct.

A period of unusually warm, dry weather that occurs during the autumn is known as an Indian what?

-Summer.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What surname is shared by Oscar-winning actors called Dustin and Philip Seymour?

-Hoffman.

-Correct.

In the human body, what D is the term for the layer of a tooth under the enamel,

exposure of which is the main cause of sensitivity?

-Dentine.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In pop music in 1977, Glen Matlock was replaced as the bassist in The Sex Pistols

by John Simon Ritchie who used the stage name Sid what?

-Vicious.

-Correct.

In medieval artefacts, the Mappa Mundi, kept in Hereford Cathedral,

depicts the world with which Middle Eastern city at the centre?

-Arabia.

-Jerusalem.

On Radio 4 in 2006, Paddy O'Connell took over as the presenter of the Sunday morning news programme

entitled Broadcasting what?

-Pass.

-House.

In festivals in Russia, what is celebrated on the 7th of January every year?

Easter Day or Christmas Day?

-Christmas Day.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In science, Alexander Fleming and Francis Crick were two British recipients of the award

known as the Nobel Prize for what?

-Physics.

-Medicine.

In astronomy, which compass direction precedes the word Star

to give an alternative name for the celestial body called Polaris?

-North.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the Shakespeare tragedy Julius Caesar,

Mark Antony says the famous line, "Cry" what "and let slip the dogs of war"?

-Pass.

-Havoc.

In English law, the right of an MP to speak...

Time's up. You won £140. In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

At this crucial stage in the game, Annette is the strongest link.

Chris is statistically the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?

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

Chris.

Annette.

Chris.

Annette, why Chris?

I think we're all pretty evenly matched, but I thought Chris was the weakest link in that round.

-Graham, why Chris?

-I'm not sure of the exact numbers of wrong answers,

-but I think Chris might have got more than Annette.

-He did.

Chris, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I have a lot of useless knowledge. I was just hoping that would come into play today

and maybe take me to the latter rounds, even the final.

But I'm happy with the position I got today. I'm just pleased I didn't get voted off in the first round.

That saved my neck a little bit.

Round 8. Your total so far, £1,730.

90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Annette. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which four-letter word for the back part of the foot is also a slang term for a dishonest person?

-Heel.

-Correct.

What G is the name of the water-soluble protein that is used to set jellies?

-Gelatine.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In pop music, in a hotel room in Montreal in 1969,

John Lennon, Yoko Ono and friends recorded the song Give Peace A what?

-Chance.

-Correct.

In religion, Nisan and Shevat are months of the year in the calendar of which major faith?

-Hindu.

-Judaism.

The Victorian philanthropist Lord Leverhulme made his fortune

from the manufacture of the cleaning product called Sunlight what?

-Powder.

-Soap.

Old Moore's Almanack, first published in 1700, which predicts events for the forthcoming year,

is named after Patrick Moore or Francis Moore?

-Francis Moore.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In maths, the simple fraction that is equal to 0.8 is four what?

-Pass.

-Fifths.

What K is the name of the vast desert covering most of Botswana and parts of neighbouring countries?

-Kalahari.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In cinema, a trophy shaped like a ball, encircled by a strip of film,

is presented at the US awards ceremony known as the Golden what?

-Globes.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In architecture, a building designed and located...

Time's up. £110, you won.

We'll treble that and it means prize money today of £2,060.

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

If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.

So, Annette and Graham, for £2,060, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Graham, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'll go first, please.

Graham, in cinema, the films Three Kings,

The Hurt Locker and Green Zone,

released in 1999, 2008 and 2010 respectively,

are all set primarily in which Middle Eastern country?

-Iraq.

-That is the correct answer.

Annette, in UK geography,

which river flows through the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire?

-The Severn.

-That is the correct answer.

Graham, on a standard UK computer keyboard,

the dollar-sign appears on the same key as which number?

-3.

-The correct answer is 4.

Annette, in pop music,

the singer, who was born in New York in 1986 as Stefani Germanotta

and had UK number ones in 2009 with both her debut album and single,

performs under what name?

-Lady Gaga.

-That is the correct answer.

Graham, in the animal kingdom, what name for a breed of canine

translates literally from German as "badger dog"?

-Dachshund.

-That is the correct answer.

Annette, in sport,

when his side FC Twente won the Dutch championship in 2010,

who became the first English football manager since 1996

to win a major European league title?

-Arsene Wenger.

-The correct answer is Steve McClaren.

Graham, in the Harry Potter stories, what is the surname of the professor

who has the forenames Albus Percival Wulfric Brian?

-Dumbledore.

-That is the correct answer.

Annette, in British history, on the 5th of June, 1913,

an editorial in The Times said of which Suffragette,

"She nearly killed a jockey and she brought down a valuable horse"?

-Emmeline Pankhurst.

-No, the correct answer is Emily Davison.

Graham, in London buildings, the underground complex in Whitehall

where Winston Churchill and his government met in the early 1940s

is known by what three-word name?

The War Bunker?

No, I cannot accept. It's the Cabinet War Rooms.

Annette, in TV, which British sitcom,

originally broadcast between 2001 and 2003,

had, as its theme tune, a version of the song Handbags And Gladrags?

-Gavin And Stacey.

-No, The Office.

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

and you go away with £2,060.

Annette, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I was really pleased to have got to the final and I'm not that bothered about not winning.

It was just a great experience.

It feels great to be the winner.

The money's great, but it's something else to put on your CV - "I won the Weakest Link".

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