27/03/2012 Weakest Link

'Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

'Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

'The others will leave with nothing, when voted off as the weakest link.'

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money they'll have to work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm John. I'm 49. I'm from Belfast and I'm an event organiser.

I'm Victoria. I'm 21. I'm from Glasgow and I'm a geography student.

I'm Alan. I'm 56. I'm from Cam and I'm a cleaning manager.

I'm Carol. I'm 44. I'm from Leeds and I'm a fish bar manager.

I'm Mark, age 39 from County Durham, and I'm a professional gambler.

I'm Alison. I'm 59.

I'm from Hadlow Down and I'm a local government officer.

I'm Craig. I'm 26. I'm from Romford and I'm a media studies student.

I'm Rachael. I'm 34. I'm from Fleet and I'm a CAD technician.

I'm Bob. I'm 61. I'm from South Shields and I'm retired.

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, Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

Most human beings have how many ears?

Two.

What A was the first name

of the famous English author of detective fiction born in 1890

who usually wrote under her married surname, Christie?

-Pass.

-Agatha.

The two-word term for a traditional verse or song for young children

is a "nursery..." what?

Rhyme.

What is the general name for the adult farm animals

of which the males are called rams and the females are ewes?

Sheep.

A lightweight leisure outfit with a shiny nylon outer layer

and a soft cotton lining is called a what, "shell suit" or "clam coat?"

Shell suit.

Persistently attempting to achieve something without success

is likened to "banging your head against a brick..." what?

Wall.

In cricket, the terms "century" and "ton"

both refer to an individual score of at least how many runs?

100.

The march often played at weddings that comes from an opera by Wagner

is popularly known as Here Comes The... what?

Bride.

What D is the name of the official language of the Netherlands?

Dutch.

The boiled poultry product covered in sausage meat

then coated in breadcrumbs and fried is called a "Scotch..." what?

Egg.

"Lav" and "lavvy" are informal abbreviations

of which word for a toilet?

-Lavatory.

-Bank.

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 so hopeless they might well get lost on the walk of shame?

Who is worse than dreadful? Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'As the only player to get an answer wrong, Carol is the weakest link.

'The strongest link is Alan, but will the voting reflect reality?'

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

Carol.

Carol.

Carol.

Alan.

Carol.

Carol.

Carol.

Carol.

Carol.

-Where are you from, Bob?

-I'm from South Shields.

-What do you do in South Shields?

-I'm retired, Anne.

-How do you keep busy?

-I've got a karaoke business. I write poetry and compile joke books.

-Yes.

-You'd be suitable for Opportunity Knocks.

-Probably.

-And a poem?

Here I am on the Weakest Link

With the queen of sarcasm, that's Annie.

Where I come from in Geordie land We would say you are quite canny.

With your ginger locks and sexy specs

You wear black frocks for kicks.

I think I really fancy you You look good for 66.

-But I'm 67.

-It was 66 when I wrote it.

-Why Carol?

-Carol got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Rachael?

-I'm a CAD technician.

-We, basically, fit out offices...

-You don't need to say "basically".

Either you do fit out offices or you don't fit out offices.

-We do.

-Yes. And you're a designer, are you?

-Yes.

-With years of experience of fitting out offices.

-Quite a bit.

-How much experience?

-About four years.

-What else have you designed?

-Homes, private interior design, rather than commercial.

-Really?

-You can do kitchens, can you?

-Yes.

-Can you cook?

-A little bit.

-Someone who can only cook a little bit has been designing kitchens?

-That's right.

-What other talents do you have?

-Well, I sing in a band.

Good. Put your board down.

-Funky singing?

-Yes. Very.

-Off you go.

-FAINT AMERICAN ACCENT

-# Ooh, baby, not tonight

# I don't wanna fuss and fight... #

-Where are you from?

-From Hampshire.

-Yeah.

-Can't you sing in your normal voice?

-What do you mean?

-You've got an American accent.

-No.

-Put your board up.

-Why Carol?

-I think she got a question wrong.

-What do you do, Craig?

-I'm a media student, Anne.

-Where are you doing media studies?

-The University of East London.

-Dissertation?

-I'm developing the idea that there's an East Asian-isation of Western cinema.

-How many words have you written?

-I haven't written any yet.

-How many words do you need to write?

-8,000.

What sort of media job do you think will need you to know how to write 8,000 words on that subject?

-With any luck, I'm looking to going into being a media teacher.

-Y-yes.

-So it's self-perpetuating, isn't it?

-Well, yeah.

You're unlikely to get a job in the media, so you teach more people how to become media teachers.

I'm going to be a teacher whilst writing and directing my own films.

Suppose you teach someone who wants to work on a national newspaper.

Wouldn't it be more use if you taught them how to write on a subject in 300 words?

-That's too complicated for you.

-No.

-Can you sing?

-I can.

-Put your board down.

Been eating a lot at university?

-Actually, I've been losing weight.

-Have you?

-Yes.

-Can you do country?

-I can do.

-What are you going to sing?

-I can do Turn The Page.

-Off you go.

# On a long and lonesome highway

# East of Omaha

# You can listen to the engine moaning out its one-note song

# You can think about the woman

# Or the girl you knew the night before. #

Why don't you try singing as a career? That might be more useful than a media studies teacher.

-I think being a teacher pays better.

-Put your board up.

-Why Carol?

-She was the only person to get a question wrong.

She was. Carol, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel disappointed to be voted off in the first round.

I got the question wrong, but I came first in something so I'm quite proud of myself!

Round two. In the bank, £1,000.

We're taking ten seconds off your time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The actress known for her role as a cave woman in the 1966 adventure

One Million BC uses the professional name Raquel... what?

-Welch.

-In UK officialdom,

the standards introduced in 2005 for passport photographs

banned people from wearing what, hats or ties?

-Hats.

-In TV, in 2011,

Ross Noble, Bob Geldof and Rowan Atkinson were guests in a feature

called Star In A Reasonably Priced Car on which motoring series?

-Top Gear.

-Ottawa is the capital city of which country?

Canada.

The writer appointed for a ten-year term as Poet Laureate in 1999

and was knighted in 2009 is Sir Andrew... who?

Motion.

Although it's orange, Leicester cheese is traditionally described

as being what primary colour?

-Orange.

-Red.

If VJ Day is a celebration of the Allied victory over Japan,

VE Day marks the formal end to the conflict in which continent?

-Europe.

-The American singer

who had UK hit singles with I Drove All Night, Time After Time

and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is Cyndi... who?

Lauper.

In British politics, the MP who, in 2010,

was appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

has what name, Eric Pickles or Ernie Dips?

Eric Pickles.

-Bank.

-If someone is making a painful experience worse,

they are commonly said to be rubbing which condiment into the wound?

-Salt.

-A lunar eclipse involves the alignment of the Earth,

the sun and which other celestial body?

The moon.

Which term means to apply the brakes on some types of bicycle

by reversing the direction of the motion of the feet?

-Back pedal.

-Bank.

The 2010 legal thriller entitled The Confession,

about a man who is wrongly convicted of murder,

is by which American crime writer?

-Pass.

-John Grisham.

What W means to accustom a child or animal to food other than milk?

Wean.

The EastEnders character played by Pam St Clement, whose four husbands

were called Beale, Wicks, Butcher and Evans, has what first name?

-Pat.

-In human biology, rod cells and cone cells

are specific to which organs?

-Eyes.

-Bank.

In text messaging, an emoticon comprising of a colon

followed by a hyphen and a round open bracket

expresses what, sadness or surprise?

-Surprise.

-Bank.

Sadness.

So your bank was useless, and you only won £270.

Whose fault was that?

Who probably thinks an optimist is someone who checks your eyesight,

and thinks a pessimist checks the other end?

Who's lost you most money in that last round?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'The statistics show that Mark is the strongest link.

'The weakest link is Bob, but who will the team want off?'

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

Alan.

Alan.

Rachael.

Bob.

Alan.

Bob.

Alan.

Alan.

-Where are you from, John?

-I'm from Belfast.

-What do you do?

-I work as an event organiser.

-Organising events for whom?

We work with government departments, private clients, voluntary sector.

So we're paying for government departments to have fun and parties?

All the events we do for government have a serious message that they're trying to communicate.

-No kiss-o-grams?

-No kiss-o-grams.

-No naked butlers?

-No.

-So you don't do any exciting events?

-They are exciting.

-They're exciting for the people who are there.

-OK. Put your board down.

-Now, imagine it's my next birthday.

-Right.

-What birthday is that, John?

-68.

Try again, cos you're in show business now.

-What birthday is that, John?

-68?

No, you see, you're just not...

in showbiz - get into your showbiz zone.

-OK, what birthday is that?

-68.

I want you to sell me

your company's idea of a really, really racy event for my birthday.

We can organise champagne fountains, lighting up dance floors,

star cloth, bands, entertainers,

-especially themed menus, dressing of the room, we can do all that.

-Yes.

-What sort of entertainers?

-Singers, bands...

-What sort of singers?

-Popular singers that'll entertain you...

-Name me a popular singer.

-Well, they would all be...

-Name me a popular singer.

-Local bands. You wouldn't have heard of them.

-I could have Daniel O'Donnell.

-If you could afford him.

-Give me an idea what he'd sing.

-I don't know what he would sing. We haven't used him before.

-Why not?

-I don't know his repertoire.

-Whose repertoire do you know?

Well, I don't know... I don't do the music, really.

No. You don't do show business, do you? Put your board up.

-Why Alan?

-Because he got a question wrong.

-What are you doing, Victoria?

-I'm a student.

-Studying...?

-Human geography.

-You know the body, do you?

Um... I suppose. A little.

What's a human geographist?

We study a little bit more like sociology and anthropology,

but we do it based around space.

-Are you doing a thesis?

-A dissertation this year, yes.

-What's your dissertation on?

-Disability and dance.

-Have you got any talents, other than geography?

-Yes. I can dance.

-What sort of dancing?

-We do tap, hip-hop, cheer...

-Oh, you can do cheer?

-Yes.

-OK, put your board down.

What can you cheer to?

We do cheer poms, so it's...

-Cheer poms?

-Cheer pom. It's dance routines with pom poms, basically.

-Have you got a boyfriend?

-I have a fiance.

-Does he pull your pom poms?

-Often.

Yes, good. What's that like?

-Fairly enjoyable.

-Yeah.

-Put your board up. Why Alan?

-He's the last person I remember to get a question wrong.

Alan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My job as a cleaning manager in a nuclear power station is quite intense.

Talking to Anne wouldn't have fazed me whatsoever.

Round three. In the bank, £1,270. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

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

The title of which Lou Reed song

that was covered in a charity recording by various artists in 1997

means "ideal 24 hours"?

-Perfect Day.

-In the American Civil War,

what U was the term for the supporters of the northern states?

-Pass.

-Unionists.

What's the title of the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci

depicting the final meal of Christ with his disciples?

-The Last Supper.

-What's 79 plus 25?

104.

The 2011 thriller directed by and starring George Clooney

about political corruption

is entitled The Ides Of... which month?

March.

In the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville,

the first mate on board the ship has what surname, Costa or Starbuck?

Starbuck.

When it's causing recurrent pain,

which part of the large intestine is informally said to be grumbling?

-Your stomach.

-The appendix.

In which TV show broadcast from 1994 to 2010, was the audience asked

to choose between the green kitchen and the red kitchen?

-Can't Cook, Won't Cook.

-Ready, Steady, Cook.

The town in Wiltshire noted for its bridge dating from the 13th century

is called Bradford on... what?

Avon.

Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a pair of scales?

Libra.

Which word for an item of underwear follows "fancy" and "smarty"

to make colloquial terms for people who try to appear sophisticated?

-Pants.

-Bank.

In science, "divide by five, multiply by nine and add 32"

is the formula converting Celsius to which temperature scale?

Fahrenheit.

In the theatre, a line of seats

identified by a letter of the alphabet is a what, column or row?

-Row.

-Bank.

The seasonal title of the 2011 Christmas album by Justin Bieber

is Under The... what?

-Mistletoe.

-In old-fashioned English,

"brethren" is one of the plurals of which word?

Brothers.

During the 1990s,

the actor Mickey Rourke sustained injuries including a broken nose

when he became a professional in which sport?

-Stunt car racing.

-Boxing.

In...

Time's up. You won £150.

Who needs a plan B? Who's on plan Z?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'Alison is the weakest link, as she gave the most wrong answers.

'Statistically, Bob is the strongest link, but how will the votes go?'

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

Alison.

Alison.

Alison.

Victoria.

Alison.

Craig.

Alison.

-What do you do, Mark?

-I'm a professional gambler, Anne.

-What do you gamble on?

-Horses.

-Are you one of those rare gamblers who makes money?

-So far, so good.

-How much do you make a year?

-Probably not as much as you.

-What does the wife do?

-She's a teacher.

-Who makes more money, the wife or Mark?

-The wife's part time, so me.

-Why Alison?

-I think she got two questions wrong.

-Craig, the media studies student.

-Yes, Anne.

What's the dissertation on again?

The east Asian-isation of Western cinema.

-Did you lose the weight while you were thinking of that title?

-No, I had weight-loss surgery.

Did you? How much did you weigh?

I was the largest professional wrestler in Europe. I was 35 stone.

-So you've lost how many stone?

-I've lost 18 and a half, Anne.

-18 and a half stone?

-Yes.

-Wrestling is something you'll fall back on?

Wrestling is something I started doing for fun and I'll continue doing for fun.

-Whatever comes of it, comes of it.

-Why Alison?

-She got most questions wrong.

-She did.

Alison, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I have enjoyed my go on the show.

I'm very proud to have got to where I did, really.

Round four. In the bank, £1,420. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, old man Bob.

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

In word processing, what J means to align text so that it runs flush

against both left and right margins?

-Justify.

-In ornithology, which word meaning "timber" precedes "pigeon",

"lark" and "pecker" to make the names of British birds?

Wood.

Until he was deposed in 1979,

the Shah was the ruler of the Middle Eastern country

now known by what name?

-Pass.

-Iran.

Cotton fibres are obtained from which parts of the plant,

the roots or the seed pods?

-Roots.

-Seed pods.

In TV, Tanya Turner, Liberty Baker and Lucy Milligan

were among the title characters

in the drama series first shown in 2002 entitled Footballers'... what?

-Wives.

-A famous triumphal arch in central London

is named after which form of limestone?

-Sand. Sandstone...?

-Marble.

-Marble.

In the 1975 film of the rock opera Tommy, Elton John performs a version

of the song, Pinball... what?

Wizard.

What P is the name of both the former capital of Scotland

and a city in Western Australia?

-Perth.

-Bank.

The controversial modern British artist

who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999

for a work entitled My Bed is Tracey... who?

-Pass.

-Emin.

Which French word for a castle or manor house

forms the start of the names of many wines from the Bordeaux region?

-Bord... Pass.

-Chateau.

The landing skids, swash plate and rotor blades

are all components usually found on which type of aircraft?

-Jumbo jet.

-Even a helicopter.

What V precedes Linley

in the courtesy title of David Armstrong Jones?

Viscount.

What's 87 minus 14?

73.

Which is the only spiny mammal native to Britain?

Hedgehog.

-Bank.

-In the 2004 documentary Supersize Me,

the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock

existed for a month on a diet of what, fast food or insects?

Fast food.

-Bank.

-Walter Mondale and Al Gore have each...

Time's up. You won £170.

Who's now a flat-screen failure? Who's a digital dimwit?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Mark is the weakest link.

'The strongest link, statistically, is John, but whose game is over?'

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

Victoria.

Rachael.

Craig.

Mark.

Victoria.

Victoria.

-John, why Victoria?

-She and Mark both got two wrong.

-I think Mark banked some money.

-Didn't you think Victoria banked any money?

-Didn't hear it.

-She banked £150.

-Bob, why Victoria?

-She got a couple of questions wrong. She needs to practise with her pom poms, I think.

She doesn't know any geography for a geography student.

Victoria, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed that I didn't get to dance for Anne.

Anne would be brilliant at salsa. She's got that fiery temper.

Round five. In the bank, £1,590. Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, John.

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

In pop music, "Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn't mean it"

is a recurring line in which 1995 UK Number One single by Take That?

-Pass.

-Back For Good.

The two member states of the European Union

whose names in English begin with G are Greece and which other?

Germany.

Which chemical element

is the only metal that is liquid at normal temperatures?

-Magnesium.

-Mercury.

In toys, the "automatic binding bricks" launched in 1949

were the prototype of a building system

with what Danish name meaning "play well"?

Lego.

Universities of the 1960s in a modern architectural style

are known by what nickname, "plate glass" or "lead crystal"?

Plate glass.

The British journalist best known for TV interviews

with Diana, Princess of Wales and Michael Jackson is Martin... who?

-Bashir.

-Bank.

Pregnant females of which species of bear

dig dens in snow drifts in autumn, two months before giving birth?

-Bears.

-No. Polar bear.

A Farewell To Arms, The Sun Also Rises and Death In The Afternoon

are all works by which Nobel Prize winning American author?

-Stephen King.

-Ernest Hemingway.

What P is the name of a unit of mass equal to 16 ounces?

What P?

What P is the name of a unit of mass equal to 16 ounces?

-Pound.

-The married couple who set up a foundation in 2000

from the proceeds of a computer software company

are Bill and Melinda... who?

-Pass.

-Gates.

The dessert consisting of small mounds of meringue

on a thin custard sauce is known as "floating..." what?

-No.

-Islands.

In English geography, what W is the village in Northamptonshire...?

Time's up. You won £100.

Who thinks aerobics is a breakfast cereal?

Whose glass is half full, but whose head is half empty?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'Rachael is the strongest link. She didn't get an answer wrong.

'According to the statistics, Craig is the weakest link,

'but can he survive the vote?'

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

Bob.

Bob.

John.

John.

John.

-Rachael, why John?

-I just recall he got a couple of questions wrong.

-Thought he was the worst player?

-Possibly, yeah.

Craig, he wasn't the worst player, was he?

I don't know, Anne. You tell me.

-How many questions did you answer correctly?

-I can't remember off the top of my head.

-Try the bottom of your head.

-It's just one bad round, Anne.

-I understand.

-Everyone has one.

-OK.

It's votes that count.

John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

People will be surprised to see me because I didn't tell anybody I was coming.

Maybe I'll keep it that way.

Round six. In the bank, £1,690. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

How many wives of Henry VIII were called Catherine?

-Two.

-Three. The stand-up comedian and TV presenter

born in Salford in 1981

whose 2011 autobiography is entitled Brung Up Proper is Jason... who?

Manford.

The condition called West Nile virus

is spread by which creatures, crocodiles or mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes.

What is eight multiplied by 30?

240.

-Bank.

-The name of which vessel used to make a hot drink

starts and ends with the letter T?

-Teapot.

-In West End theatre,

in 2011, America Ferrera,

who played the title role in the TV series Ugly Betty,

joined the cast of which musical?

Chicago.

The superlatives of the adjectives "bad" and "good"

are respectively "worse" and what?

-Better.

-Best.

The Sheffield Sharks, Worcester Wolves and Newcastle Eagles

play in the British professional league in which game?

-Ice hockey.

-Basketball.

Which US state goes before "creeper"

to give the name of a climbing plant noted for its red autumn foliage?

-Can you repeat the question, please?

-Which US state goes before "creeper"

to give the name of a climbing plant noted for its red autumn foliage?

-Virginia.

-The singer with the rock group Kiss,

who in 2011 married his partner Shannon Tweed after 28 years

is Gene... who?

-Pass.

-Simmons.

If an industry or business is brought into state ownership,

it's been nationalised or privatised?

-Privatised.

-Nationalised!

In the Toy Story series of films, the voice of the cowboy...

-Tom Hanks.

-Bank.

Time's up. Correct answer. Bank out of time.

You won £100. So...

Are the odds against Mark?

Do you have designs on Rachael?

Maybe you'll lose the rest of Craig.

Or has Bob become a bad joke? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

'Statistically, Mark is the weakest link,

'but will the votes follow the facts?'

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

Craig.

Rachael.

Mark.

Mark.

-Rachael, why Mark?

-I think he got three questions wrong.

-Bob, why Mark?

-I believe he got a couple of questions wrong and I think he was the weakest link.

He was. Mark... Good job we didn't bet on you.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I have watched the Weakest Link, perhaps not regularly because I didn't get many questions right.

Round seven. You're up to £1,790. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

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

In embroidery, the name of which type of stitch

is a word for one of the structures that make up the plumage of a bird?

-Can you repeat it?

-In embroidery, the name of which type of stitch

is a word for one of the structures that make up the plumage of a bird?

-Wing?

-Feather.

In Brazilian tourist destinations,

what I is a famous beach-front district in Rio de Janeiro?

-Ayia Napa?

-Ipanema.

A magistrate who is not required to have formal legal qualifications

and is unpaid is also known as a "Justice of the..." what?

-Peace.

-Bank.

Mongolia has national borders, each over 2,000 miles long,

with Russia to the north and which country to the south?

-Nepal.

-China.

The fashion adviser Sarah-Jane Woodall was nicknamed Trinny

because she supposedly behaved like a pupil from which fictional school?

-St Trinian's.

-Bank.

The ridges across the fingerboard of a guitar are what, worries or frets?

-Frets.

-Bank.

The TV sitcom that began in 2010, starring Rafe Spall

featuring analysis of proceedings by two sports commentators

is entitled Pete Versus... what?

Life.

People with an affected manner of speech are sometimes described

as having which fruit in their mouths?

-Plum.

-Bank.

What was the name of the general who, in 2008 BC,

led an army and a number of elephants across the Alps?

Time's up. The correct answer was Hannibal.

You won £110. In round eight, you get to treble what you bank.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

'In a reversal of fortune, Rachael goes from being the strongest link in the last two rounds

'to the weakest in this.

'Craig is the strongest link,

'but who will lose out in the final vote?'

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

Bob.

Craig.

Craig.

Old man Bob, are you too scared to go up against Craig in the final?

No, I believe he was the weakest link.

Rachael, why are you voting for the best player?

I must have missed that. I thought he got a couple wrong.

-No, that was you!

-We all did.

No. Just you.

Right. OK. I'm sorry about that.

Too late now.

Craig, you were the best player, but they voted you off.

So, sadly, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My chat with Anne was fantastic. I think she took a shining to me.

She seemed genuinely a bit upset when they voted me off.

If nothing else, I can say Anne Robinson liked me.

Round eight. In the bank, £1,900. In this round, 90 seconds.

Whatever you win will be trebled.

You voted off the strongest link from the last round.

We'll start with the second strongest, that's Bob.

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

What P is the shade of blue that was first produced as a dye

in 1704 in Berlin and named after the surrounding kingdom?

-Pass.

-Prussian.

Which semi-aquatic carnivore was introduced to Britain

in the early 20th century to be bred in captivity for its fur?

-Platypus?

-Mink.

Talent show winner Kelly Clarkson had a UK hit single in 2011

entitled Mr... what?

-Love?

-Know It All.

In ice hockey, the enclosure at the side of the rink

for players who have been sent off is known by what name,

the "rage cage" or the "sin bin"?

-The rage cage.

-The sin bin.

The Dinky-Doos Concert Party

are referred to in the title of a 1929 novel by JB Priestley

as The Good... what?

-Life.

-Companions.

What C is the part of a shirt at the wrist end of a sleeve?

-Cuff.

-Bank.

Which term for a ridge of coral also describes a symmetrical knot

that consists of a two half knots tied in opposite directions?

-Pass.

-Reef. In the Laurel and Hardy films, which of the duo was known

for the phrase, "Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into"?

-Hardy.

-Bank.

The British architect noted for his neo-classical country houses

and planning with Herbert Baker of New Delhi was Sir Edwin... who?

Time's up. The correct answer was Lutyens. You won £40, which we will treble.

It gives you prize money of £2,020. There can only be one winner.

Now, up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we go for Sudden Death.

So, Rachael and Bob, for £2,020, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Rachael, as the strongest link in the last round, you choose who goes first.

-I'll go first, please.

The titles of a 1994 film about King George III

and the play by Alan Bennett on which it was based,

both feature which seven-letter word meaning "insanity"?

-Madness.

-That is the correct answer.

The rapper born Shawn Carter in New York in 1969,

whose business interests have included a record label,

a clothing range and a chain of sports bars,

is better known by what name?

-Jay-Z?

-That is the correct answer.

In TV, to mark its 50th anniversary in 2011,

which series returned to the setting of its first broadcast in Cardiff,

at the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist church?

-Only Fools And Horses.

-The correct answer is Songs Of Praise.

In probability, when two standard six-sided dice are rolled

and their values added together,

the totals that are least likely to occur are two and which other?

-Five.

-The correct answer is 12.

The annual prize for female authors launched in 1996

that's been won by Carol Shields, Linda Grant and Valerie Martin

features which colour in its name?

-Orange.

-That is the correct answer.

In extreme sports, a leap from Clifton suspension bridge

by four students from Oxford University in 1979

is believed to be the first performance in the UK

of which activity?

-Bungee jump.

-That is the correct answer.

In Mediterranean food,

a pureed form of which fruit, often eaten as a vegetable,

is one of the main ingredients of the Middle Eastern dip

called baba ghanoush?

-Aubergine.

-That is the correct answer.

In boxing, the Pride of Wales and the Italian Dragon

were two nicknames given to which fighter,

who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2007?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Joe Calzaghe.

Operation Corporate was the codename for the British military campaign

in which conflict of the late 20th century?

-Falklands.

-That is the correct answer.

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

and you go away with:

Bob, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Rachael was a a deserved winner.

She's far better looking than me, anyway!

It feels fantastic to win the Weakest Link,

especially as I wasn't expecting to win.

-So it's a really nice shock!

-GIGGLES

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