27/05/2009 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 today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met but to get the prize money,

they'll have to work together.

Eight will leave with nothing.

Round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Graham. I'm 63 years old from Norfolk. I run a bike shop.

I'm Emma. I'm 43. I'm from Oxford and I work in marketing.

I'm Alix. I'm 29. I'm from Cardiff. I'm a postal worker.

I'm Jane. I'm 57 and I am retired.

My name is Neil. I'm 18. I'm from Redditch and I'm a student.

I'm Joanna, 27, from Staffordshire. I'm a wines and spirits manager.

I'm Stephen. I'm 53. I'm from Aldershot and I'm a librarian.

I'm Sarah. I'm 19. I'm studying at the University of Essex.

I'm John. I'm 46 from Guernsey. I'm an estate agent.

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, Alix. Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

In The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, what colour is the brick road along which Dorothy and her friends travel?

-Yellow.

-Correct.

The parts of a garment that are known as sleeves cover which limbs?

-The arms.

-Correct.

In UK currency, £1 sterling is divided into 100 what?

-Pennies.

-Correct.

In a school, the term mixed ability is used to describe a group of pupils or governors?

-Pupils.

-Correct.

In the second chapter of The Book Of Genesis, what was the name of the man from whose rib Eve was created?

-Adam.

-Correct.

In cartoons, what is the name of the long-term boyfriend of Minnie Mouse?

-Mickey Mouse.

-Correct.

What P is a musical instrument on which notes are sounded when its metal strings are hit by hammers?

-Piano.

-Correct.

In the UK, the term "Scousers" is often used to mean the inhabitants of which English city?

-Liverpool.

-Correct.

The abbreviation yd represents which imperial unit of length?

-Yard.

-Correct.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

You've reached and banked your £1,000 target in that first round.

Who is already worrying you?

Who won't make it in the rounds to come?

Who will lose you money?

Who is a gold medal and who is a bronze turkey?

One of you is about to leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, the weakest link is Jane.

Who will be the first to take the walk of shame?

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

What do you do? I'm a wines and spirits manager.

-At an off licence?

-At a supermarket.

-Where?

-In Newcastle-under-Lyme.

-How glamorous is that?

-Very.

-So you know a lot about wines?

-A little bit.

If I came in and said what bottle is best with KFC?

SHE LAUGHS

What would you say?

-Maybe a Chablis?

-Why would that go well with KFC?

-Nice and dry with chicken.

-Yeah.

If I was doing a dinner party and I was having fried spam -

that's what they have where you live, isn't it?

-Would that be a red wine or a white wine?

-Either would be fine.

Why Graham?

SHE LAUGHS

He was just there. I didn't know who to vote for.

-Are you always so thoughtful?

-Yeah!

-Where are you from?

-Aldershot in Hampshire.

-What do you do?

I'm a librarian with the NHS.

How do you help people's health by being a librarian?

-Are you in charge?

-No, I'm not in charge.

I'm quite junior, really.

I provide medical information for doctors, nurses, specialists.

-What are you, an assistant librarian?

-I am an assistant librarian.

What sort of sexy books are in your library?

Books on all sorts of subjects.

-Like?

-All medical subjects.

Have you got any Barbara Cartland?

No. Not one.

So what are they on?

-Medical conditions...

-Like?

-Heart conditions...

-Why Graham?

-No particular reason. Everybody answered correctly.

-What do you do, Alix?

-I'm a postal worker.

-Do you always stand with your arms crossed looking surly?

-I try.

-Is that the postal worker type...

-Yep. Doing nothing.

-Doing nothing.

-Where do you do nothing?

-In Cardiff.

Really? That must be nice.

-It is.

-Is it?

-Do you do a night shift or a day shift?

-Night shift.

-What time do you leave?

-6am.

-That's probably when Cardiff's at its most beautiful.

-Yes.

-It's still dark?

-Sun coming up over the Millennium Stadium.

-Why Graham?

-It's very hard to choose. I thought he would do.

-He would do for what?

-For being the weakest link.

Graham. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm sure the team have made a great mistake voting me off.

With my age and experience,

the youngsters don't realise what they're missing.

Round two and you have £1,000.

We're taking ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Alix.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which group had hit singles entitled Don't Stop Me Now, Radio Ga Ga and I Want To Break Free?

-Queen.

-Correct.

In the words of the nursery rhyme, after going up the hill Jack fell down and broke his what?

-Crown.

-Correct.

In adult entertainment, which word that means to tantalise follows strip to make the name of an act?

-Tease.

-Correct.

Tools such as a pipe cutter, stopcock key and a plunger are used by dentists or plumbers?

-Plumbers.

-Correct.

Which author wrote the 1937 novel entitled The Hobbit?

-JRR Tolkien.

-Correct.

Which European country shares its entire southern border with Switzerland and Austria?

-Holland.

-Germany.

In games such as ludo and snakes and ladders,

what C is the usual term for the small plastic discs

that players move round the board?

-Cops.

-Counters.

Emma, the set of symbols used in marine telegraphy

and officially replaced by satellite technology in 1999

is called Morse what?

-Code.

-Correct.

Alex, a shepherd's pie is normally topped

-with a layer of which vegetable?

-Potato.

-Bank.

-In TV, Martin Shaw starred as a Catholic priest

in the 2008 supernatural drama series entitled what, Apparitions or Absolutions?

-Apparitions.

-Absolutions.

Neil, in the 19th century, the brothers EM and WG Grace

each represented England at which sport?

-Football.

-Cricket.

It's going well(!)

Joanna, in pop music, the group formed in Glasgow in 2001

featuring Alex Kapranos on lead vocals

is called Franz what?

-Ferdinand.

-Correct.

Stephen, what D is the term for the process of identifying a disease

according to its signs and symptoms?

-Diagnosis.

-Correct.

Sarah, which word means both a sharp slap with an open hand

and the sound of a loud kiss, especially on the lips?

-Smack.

-Correct.

John, the downy seed head of a dandelion is a called a what,

clock or sundial?

-Sundial.

-Clock.

Emma, in maths, what's 55 divided by 11?

-5.

-Correct.

Alex, in the traditional form of the Lord's Prayer,

what H is a word meaning "sanctified"

-that precedes "be thy name"?

-Amen.

Hallowed.

Bank. Oh, sorry!

-Jane...

-Bank!

-In geography...

-Sorry!

..the Norfolk seaside resort famous for its herring industry is Great what?

-Yarmouth.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-Neil,

what's the full name of the actress

who starred in Breakfast At Tiffany's and My Fair Lady?

-Audrey Hepburn.

-Correct.

Joanna, in 1968, the Wimbledon tennis championships

-were opened for the first time to whom?

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, I can't complete the question. You won just £70.

Whose fault was that? Whose IQ is O-U-T?

Who's looking more alarmed than a bank vault?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, John is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Stephen.

But will the votes follow the facts?

Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link?

John.

Jane.

Sarah.

John.

Jane.

John.

John.

Jane.

-What do you do, Emma?

-I work in marketing.

Do you? Where?

In a village between Oxford and Newbury.

Oh. And what's your job title?

Er, officially, marketing assistant.

-Oh, you're an assistant marketing person, then?

-Yes.

What do you mean "officially"?

I think I do a lot more than that but that's what my title is.

Are you a people person?

We marketing people like to say we are. JANE MURMURS

Do you want to say "bank", Jane?

-Not this time.

-No.

No. Shame.

Are you a busy person in the village?

-Er, I am fairly active in our village, yes.

-Are you? What do you do?

-The fund-raising?

-I get involved in that at the fete.

I play in the tennis tournament. I'm in the music festival.

You obviously haven't got a husband.

-I'm trying to get rid of one.

-I see.

So you're a lonely divorcee, are you?

Er, in the process of being a divorcee,

but not too lonely, I have a boyfriend.

So it worked quite well.

Any other talents other than being a people person?

Erm, I...I do sing a bit.

Yes? What do you sing a bit?

Erm, last thing I did was a concert in a church.

Erm, a series of masses by Haydn.

Yeah? And can you sing a bit for us?

-You really want to hear me sing a Haydn mass?

-Just a very little bit.

OK. Erm...

She's an assistant marketing person. Do you want to say "bank", Jane?

EMMA CACKLES

-I shall remain silent.

-Yeah.

Good.

Off you go.

SHE SINGS MASS IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE

Is that enough?

Yes, that's more than enough.

Why John?

I think he got two wrong, Anne.

-Neil.

-Hello, Anne.

Say "Audrey Hepburn" again.

Audrey Hepburn.

Now in a butch way.

-DEEPER VOICE:

-Audrey Hepburn!

Ooh!

Is that good enough?

You're a bit young to know who Audrey Hepburn is.

-I know. Just one of those things you pick up.

-Is it?

-Do you like musicals?

-A little bit, yeah.

And what do you do, Neil?

-I'm a full-time student.

-Are you? Studying what?

-Human psychology.

-Oh, that's useful.

-What year are you in?

-My first year.

Are you going to get a job in human psychology when you leave?

-Hopefully, if I get the grades.

-Yes.

-Where are you doing this?

-Aston University.

-Really?

And in the local paper, are there lots of jobs for human psychologists?

-Not that I've noticed, no.

-No, no.

Have you got any other talents? Are you qualified in anything else?

Erm, I'm first-aid trained.

I've acted before.

And that's about it, really.

-Nothing else you're good at?

-I do fencing.

You do fencing. Are there lots of jobs for fencing?

-No, not really.

-They've got brick walls mainly, in Aston?

-Why John? Erm,

-I think he got the most wrong.

He did, didn't even get any right.

John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's one of those cliched things to say,

but it looks easy when you're watching on TV. Slightly different when you're there.

My head's full of useless bits and pieces,

and I thought... It's obviously more useless than I thought.

Round Three and you've won...

Another ten seconds off. We'll start with the strongest link,

that's Stephen. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Stephen, the former service personnel

who perform a search of Parliament before its state opening

are the Yeoman of the what?

-Guard.

-Correct.

Sarah, George Orwell is said to have used the BBC

as a model for the Ministry of Truth in which novel?

-I don't know.

-1984.

Emma, the National Lottery game launched in 2006

and aimed at raising money for the 2012 Olympics

was called Dream what?

-Ticket.

-Number.

Alex, the two British prime ministers during the 20th century

with the first name Harold had the surnames Macmillan and what?

-Wilson.

-Correct.

Jane, in juvenile pranks, a person who has been de-bagged

has had which item of clothing forcibly removed,

-his shirt or his trousers?

-His trousers.

Bank.

Neil, the first line of the chorus

of the 1963 UK hit single by Leslie Gore

is "It's my party and I'll..." what?

-Cry.

-No, "I'll cry if I want to."

Joanna, the names Skeleton Coast, Slave Coast and Gold Coast

all refer to sections of the shoreline of which continent?

-Asia.

-Africa.

Stephen, in American Football, the team that defeated the Arizona Cardinals

to win the Super Bowl in 2009

is called the Pittsburgh what?

-Pirates.

-Steelers.

Sarah, in customs, the sprig of which inedible evergreen plant

is traditionally placed on top of a Christmas pudding?

-Holly.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Emma, the feather duster used by Ken Dodd as part of his routine

is called a tickling what?

-Stick.

-Correct.

Alex, in physical appearance, what V precedes the word "statistics"

to make a colloquial term for the bust, waist and hip measurements of a woman?

-Vital.

-Correct.

Jane, in psychology, a stereotypical professor

who is preoccupied and forgetful

is commonly described as absent what?

-Minded.

-Correct.

-Bank.

Neil, in deep snow, chains are sometimes attached for safety reasons

to which parts of a car, the tyres or wing mirrors?

-Tyres.

-Correct.

Joanna, in the 1980s soap opera Dynasty,

what was the surname of Blake and Crystal?

-Ewing.

-Carrington.

Stephen, in British politics, what's the official two-word name

of the party informally known as the Lib Dems?

-Liberal Democrats.

-Correct.

Sarah, in literature,

the romantic writer and philosopher who composed the poem Kubla Khan was Samuel Taylor who?

-Pepys?

-Coleridge. Emma, in transport what L is the section of a canal

that's used to change water levels with a system of gates and sluices?

-Lock.

-Bank.

-According to a popular rhyming phrase someone who is ready, willing and eager is hot to...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE Trot.

It was the correct answer, but it was out of time. You won £190.

Who thinks a pharmacy is a small farm? Who thinks Amazing Grace is about a very clever woman?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The only player to get every answer wrong, Joanna is the weakest link.

Alix is statistically the strongest link, but will the other players realise that?

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

Sarah.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Joanna.

Neil.

Sarah.

Neil.

-Jane.

-Yes, Anne.

-What do you do when you're not looking confused and shouting "bank"?

-I'm retired, Anne.

-You don't have a job. How old are you?

-I'm 57.

When you had a full-time job, what was that?

-I was a pension scheme administrator.

-And you retired early, did you?

I retired early because my husband had to retire early

and we decided to go back to Northern Ireland which is where I come from.

So, while everyone else who's got a pension will have to work till they're 85,

someone who was in charge of pensions was able to retire at 50.

-Yes, I was. But I was able to take my pension at 50.

-Aren't you lucky?

-So you've no money to go on holiday.

-Yes, you do, Anne.

-Oh, really?

-Where do you go on holiday?

-Well...

-Bank!

Yes, I do sometimes - to an ATM to get some money out.

-But where do you go on your holidays?

-Recently, I've been to Majorca, to Germany, to Prague

-and on a cruise.

-All on a pension?

-So you married someone rich?

-No. He isn't rich. And neither am I.

We just are very careful with our money.

Cos you say "bank", don't you? Why Sarah?

Um, because she did get one wrong.

I think somebody else may have got more than that

but I'd started writing her name before I remembered that somebody else had got two wrong.

So, apologies.

-Do you want to elaborate on that?

-No, thanks.

-Stephen.

-Yes.

-Is there a significant other in your life?

-There is, yes.

-Debbie.

-Debbie. And what does Debbie do?

-She is the library supervisor at Aldershot Public Library.

-Did your eyes meet over the Dewey... What's it called?

-Dewey Decimal System.

-The Dewey Decimal System.

Really. And what is that?

-It's the classification system used in most public libraries...

-Go on.

-..to classify the books.

-Such as?

-So that we know that all the books on literary history are all together.

For goodness sake! Why do you need a system to do that?!

Well, we have 54,000 books in the library so it would have been a little bit confusing otherwise.

What shape is Debbie? Put your board down.

She's...

-Oh, quite big, then?

-Oh, no, no! No.

I'm in deep trouble when I get home.

That's the whole point.

-Why Sarah?

-I thought she got a few...

-Did Debbie choose that shirt?

Very probably, yes.

Would it fit Debbie?

She'd be drowned in it.

-I think that's the right answer.

-So why Sarah?

I think she got a couple of answers wrong and she was the weakest link.

Sarah, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Jane voted for me because I voted for her in the first round.

She went for me when, obviously, John was the weakest link.

It was a vendetta and her excuse for voting me off,

saying that she'd accidentally written my name - no-one does that accidentally. That's silly.

Round Four.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Alix.

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

In communications, the letters NG identify the postcode area for which city in the English Midlands?

-Nottingham.

-Correct. The prince who, in 2005, became ruler of Monaco has what first name - Harold or Albert?

-Albert.

-Bank.

-In pop music, which one-time member

of the Irish group Clannad had a solo UK hit album in 2008 entitled And Winter Came?

-Ronan Keating?

-Enya. Joanna, in sport, the football club Ajax is based in which European country?

-Italy.

-Netherlands. Viewpoints from readers that are published

in a paper often appear in a page headed "letters to the" what?

-Editor.

-Correct. In business, what P describes the hypothetical office of the future

in which all records are held on computer with no hard copies being printed?

-Public?

-Paperless. In film, the actor who starred in Pearl Harbor

and shared a best screenplay Oscar in 1997 for Goodwill Hunting is Ben who?

-Pass.

-Affleck. In human biology, the most common system

for classifying blood, the four main groups are AB, A, B and which other?

-O.

-Correct. In literature, the French novelist

who created the characters Captain Nemo and Philias Fogg was Jules who?

-Pass.

-Verne. In maths, what's 48 minus 22?

-24.

-26. In US history, what C was the surname of the military leader

who was defeated by native Americans at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

-Custer.

-Correct. The type of electric drill that delivers a rapid succession of blows

in order to penetrate hard material such as masonry is named after which hand tool?

-Hammer.

-Correct. In TV, after a near-fatal crash,

Dr Rudy Wells helped to rebuild the NASA pilot Steve Austin in which 1970s' series?

-Million Dollar Man.

-No, the Six Million Dollar Man.

In weather forecasting, the MET Office

is an agency of the Ministry of Defence or the Department of Health?

-The Ministry of Defence.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In pop music,

Alesha Dixon had a UK hit single in 2008

entitled The Boy Does what?

-Nothing.

-Bank!

-In hiking,

climbers attempting the national Three Peaks Challenge must reach

the summits of Scafell Pike, Snowdon and which other mountain?

-Ben Nevis.

-Bank!

In food, what T is the name...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, and you won £110.

Who's devoted to defeat? Who's in love with losing?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Alix goes from being the strongest link in the last round

to the weakest link in this.

The strongest link statistically is Jane,

but how will the votes go?

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

Joanna.

Neil.

Joanna.

Joanna.

Alix.

Emma.

Emma, why Joanna?

I think she got two wrong, Anne, so for me, she was the weakest link.

Neil, do you know anyone else who got two wrong?

Was it me, perhaps?

-It was you, perhaps!

-Yeah! Congrats.

-Why did you vote for Joanna?

-Because she got two wrong as well.

You banked a bit more than she did.

Joanna, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

They voted for me because I got two questions wrong again, which stands out in their mind,

but it's not fair. I'm not happy about being voted out as I wasn't

the weakest link in that round. Maybe before, but not this one.

Round five, and you have:

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Jane.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In an informal term for a person who is unsuccessful and useless,

the name of which water bird follows the word "dead"?

-Duck.

-Correct.

In 20th-century literature, Robert Graves wrote a novel

about a Roman emperor entitled I what?

-Spartacus.

-Claudius.

The artwork entitled The Kingdom by Damien Hurst

that was sold in 2008 for more than £9 million

is a preserved what - shark or zebra?

-Shark.

-Correct.

In nature, which alternative name for the branch of a tree

sounds like a sign of respect that involves bending forwards?

-Bow.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In school maths,

what C means to simplify a fraction by dividing both parts

by a common factor?

-Pass.

-Cancel.

In cinema, in which 1998 disaster film is an oil well driller,

played by Bruce Willis, sent into space to destroy an asteroid?

-Pass.

-Armageddon.

In geography, the rocky headland on an island

at the southern tip of South America is called what - Cape Horn or Cape Fear?

-Cape Fear.

-Cape Horn.

In children's literature, the Beatrix Potter character

who lost half his tail in a tussle with an owl is called Squirrel what?

-Nutkin.

-Correct.

In food, what V is the name of a flavouring

obtained from certain species of orchid and used to flavour sweet dishes?

-Vanilla.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In sport, a tip-off in which two opposing players

jump for a ball thrown aloft by the referee is used to start which ball game?

-Basketball.

-Correct.

In US TV, what was the surname of the former host of The Tonight Show

who was introduced with the catchphrase, "Here's Johnny?"

-Carson.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In Greek mythology,

seductive creatures who lured sailors with their song

were called what - the Sirens or the Klaxons?

-Sirens.

-Correct.

In silent films, the actor, Buster Keaton, who was noted

for his deadpan expression, was nicknamed the great what?

-Pass.

-Stone face.

In tourism, which Biblical garden precedes the word project

to make the name of a botanical visitor attraction opened in 2001 in Cornwall?

-Eden.

-Correct.

In the animal kingdom, what is the three-letter name

of the largest bird native to Australia?

-Emu.

-Correct. Jane...

-Pass. Oh!

Neil, in publishing...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. I can't complete the question.

You won £150. But...

who's the Billy Elliot and who's the Billy no-mates?

Who's talk of the town and who's idle gossip?

Who needs to go? Time to vote off the weakest link.

Having answered the most questions correctly,

Emma is the strongest link.

Statistically, the weakest link is Neil,

but who will the team want off?

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

Jane.

Jane.

Stephen.

Jane.

Jane.

Alix, why Jane?

Cos she hesitated at the last question.

Stephen, why Jane?

She missed a chance to bank right at the end.

-She passed.

-She should've banked.

Jane, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel a little bit silly because I wasn't doing too badly

and the wrong word came into my mouth.

I should've said, "Bank!" and I said, "Pass." It's all my own fault.

Round six. In the bank:

Another ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Emma.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In theatre, in which Shakespeare play does the title character say,

"A horse, a horse, a kingdom for my horse?"

-Richard III.

-Correct. In food and drink,

a brandy liquor called advokat includes which of these as a principle ingredient -

oranges or eggs?

-Eggs.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In US geography,

the name of which state is abbreviated to the letters GA?

-Pass.

-Georgia.

In maths, what is 16 multiplied by 3?

-48.

-Correct.

In law and order, what U year was the word used to describe police officers

who infiltrate organisations that they regard as suspicious?

-Undercover.

-Correct. In TV,

which newsreader and former winner of Strictly Come Dancing

gave birth to a baby boy in 2008 whom she named Arlow?

-Natasha Kaplinsky.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In espionage,

which celebrated 20th-century art historian

who has spied for the Soviet Union had a surname that means the opposite of "sharp"?

-Pass.

-Blunt.

In a Lloyd Webber musical, after telling their father

that Joseph had been killed, the brothers sing the song

One More Angel In where?

-Paradise.

-Heaven. In gym equipment, what T

is a common alternative name for a running machine?

-Treadmill.

-In the home,

the disinfectant made from meths, castor oil and oil of wintergreen

is known as surgical what?

-Bleach?

-Spirit. In electrical engineering,

which word, meaning to stumble and fall, precedes switch

to make an alternative term for a circuit breaker?

-Pass.

-Trip. In the American Civil War,

irregular troops on the Confederate side were often known as what -

bushwhackers or lone rangers?

-Lone rangers.

-Bushwhackers. The Conservative Defence Secretary

and Shadow Chancellor who developed a career in the media

after leaving Parliament in 2005 is Michael who?

Oh...pass.

Portillo. In English geography, the towns of Droitwich,

Great Malvern and Kidderminster are all in which Midlands shire county?

-Dudley?

-Worcestershire. Neil, in the animal kingdom...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, you won £150, but consider this.

Is Alix very second-class?

Maybe you're not an Emma person.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second round in a row, Neil is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is Emma,

but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Neil.

Neil.

Stephen.

Neil.

So, what happened to the husband?

-Um, he had to be got rid of.

-Oh, why?

-He's French, for a start.

-Yes...?

And how did you find a new man

-Er, the internet.

-Did you? You went internet dat... You were that desperate?

And how did you describe yourself?

Oh, absolute truth - tall, slim, blonde...

-um, intelligent.

-And what did you get?

I got a very nice Welshman.

Oh. You really were desperate.

-Why Neil?

-He did get at least two wrong.

Stephen, why Neil?

Er, he got a couple wrong, and a couple wrong in previous rounds as well.

He didn't answer a single question correctly.

Neil, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I think the Queen of Mean lived up to her title, I'm afraid.

I would like to say I could stand my ground with her, but I don't think I did.

She got the better of me.

Round 7 - in the bank now, £1,670.

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link - Emma. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In cinema, the US actor who appeared in the films

Crash, Ocean's Thirteen and Hotel Rwanda is Don who?

-Pass.

-Cheadle. In literature, the earliest recorded

western philosophy was produced in which ancient civilisation?

-Greece?

-Correct. In 1980s pop music,

the backing group for Gloria Estefan on the UK hit singles

1-2-3 and Anything For You is called the Miami what?

-Pass.

-Sound Machine. In the arts,

since the 1750s, the Sevres factory near Paris has been famous

for producing what - porcelain or chocolate?

-Porcelain.

-In the comic book 2000 AD, which character is noted

for his catchphrase "I am the law"?

-Judge Dredd.

-Stephen, in botany, what L is the common name for the family

that includes flowering plants, such as the hyacinth

and the tulip?

-Pass.

-Lily. In definitions, which term for the route of a doorstep milk delivery

also means drinks bought in a pub?

-Round.

-Correct. In a 1941 speech,

President Roosevelt defined the basic human rights

as freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and what?

-Worry.

-Fear. In chemistry, the attractive force between the atoms

that holds a molecule together is known by what name - beading or bonding?

-Bonding.

-Bank!

-In a list of people's names, a person as yet unidentified

is often included with the initials AN, followed by which word?

-Other.

-Correct. In the game of English billiards,

which word for a shot where the cue ball hits the other two balls

is also the name of a large mounted gun?

-Cannon.

-Bank!

-In TV, the former professional skateboarder

who, in 2005, began playing the title character

in the US sitcom My Name Is Earl is Jason who?

-Pass.

-Lee. In the north-east of England, what H is the name of a port and industrial town

north of Middlesbrough?

Hull. END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Tome's up. The correct answer is Hartlepool. You won £70.

In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Think carefully cos it's a chance to raise the bank balance.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

At this crucial stage, Alix is the strongest link.

Stephen 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.

Stephen.

Stephen.

Emma.

-Alix, the postal worker.

-Yes, Anne.

-What do you do in the Post Office?

-I work on machinery.

-Mending it?

-No, putting mail in and sending it to the right places.

-Doesn't the machine do that?

-Yeah, but you have to put it in.

-So you just chuck it in?

-You feed it in.

-So no brain power required.

-Not much, no.

-No.

-Why Stephen?

-I thought he was the weakest link in that round.

-Emma, why Stephen?

-I thought he got more wrong than Alix did.

-He did.

Stephen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It was quite daunting to do the walk of shame. My big worry was that I would fall flat on my face

and make a fool of myself. I didn't do that, so that was my last worry put to rest.

Round Eight - you have £1,740.

In this round, whatever you win will be trebled.

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

Start the clock.

Alex, in finance, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

is commonly known by what acronym?

NSO?

NASDAQ. Emma, in philosophy,

the principle stating that all rules have exceptions is a paramour or a paradox?

-Paradox.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In jazz, because of their mournful sound,

the lowered third, fifth and seventh degrees of the otherwise major scale are known as the what notes?

-Blue notes?

-Correct. Emma,

in world geography, Ulan Bator is the capital city of which country?

-Mongolia.

-Correct.

-Bank.

The American brothers who arrived in Australia in the 1880s to set up a brewing company were called

William and Ralph what?

-Foster.

-Correct. Emma,

in space technology, what B is the name of the first stage of a launch vehicle with an extra rocket

strapped to the main one to assist take-off?

-Booster.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In cinema, the down-at-heel character Ratso, played by Dustin Hoffman

featured in the 1969 Oscar-winning film, Midnight what?

Express.

Cowboy. Emma,

in science, which gas with the chemical symbol KR is used by surgeons in the laser treatment...

-Krypton.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In boxing, what's the surname of the former heavyweight champion

who gave all five of his sons the first name George after himself?

-Foreman.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the process of photosynthesis,

carbon dioxide and water are converted into which compounds, proteins or carbohydrates?

-Carbohydrates.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the Gregorian calendar, which month is named after the Roman goddess of marriage?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was June.

You won £180, which we will treble. It gives you

prize money today of £2,280.

There can only be one winner. Now, up to five questions each. If there's a tie,

we'll go for sudden death.

So, Emma and Alex, for £2,280,

let's play the Weakest Link.

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

-I'll go first.

Emma, in pop music, the title of which UK number one single

for the Searchers in 1964 included the names of two items used in sewing.

Needles And Pins.

Correct. Alex, in astronomy,

which celestial body about 240,000 miles away

has no atmosphere, no proven water,

and a surface gravity only one-sixth that of Earth?

-The moon.

-Correct.

Emma, in food, which French chef and restaurateur

was awarded an honorary OBE in 2008 for services to the British food industry?

-Raymond Blanc.

-Correct.

Alex, in modern cinema, which Italian boys' name precedes the words "Must Die" and "Is Bleeding"

to give the titles of two crime thrillers?

-Romeo.

-That is the correct answer.

Emma, in customs first held in 1902 to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII,

the now-annual Battle of Flowers takes place on which island?

-Jersey.

-That is the correct answer.

Alex, in money, on 1st January 2009, which country,

whose capital is Bratislava,

became the 16th EU member state to adopt the euro as its currency?

-Slovakia.

-Correct.

In TV, which drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role

was filmed in the Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Doc Martin.

Alex, for the fifth successive year in 2008, which US university

topped the list compiled by the Times

of the world's best higher education institutions?

-Harvard.

-That is the correct answer.

In exploration, raised in 1911 by Roald Amundsen, first national flag

to fly over the South Pole was that of which country?

-Norway.

-That is the correct answer.

Alex, in 18th Century design, what was the first name of the landscape gardener and architect

who was nicknamed "Capability" Brown?

No idea.

The correct answer is Lancelot.

And after five questions each, your scores are tied.

So, Emma and Alex, let's play sudden death.

Emma, in sport, what's the name of the American golfer

who won 18 Major titles between 1962 and 1986,

including six victories at the US Masters?

Lee Trevino?

The correct answer is Jack Nicklaus.

Alex, in opera, which 19th Century composer

based the works Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades

on texts by Alexsander Pushkin?

Puccini?

The correct answer is Tchaikovsky.

Emma, in which comic novel by Charles Dickens

do the main characters spend an old-fashioned Christmas at a place called Dingly Dell?

Pickwick Papers?

That is the correct answer. Alex, in world geography,

the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba all have coastlines on which large bay?

Bay of Biscay.

The correct answer is Hudson Bay.

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

and you go away with £2,280.

Alex, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

If I'd won the money, I think I would've liked to have gone travelling, maybe round Asia,

but unfortunately, I'll have to save up a little bit longer.

I was delighted I didn't have to do the Walk of Shame, that would've been embarrassing

and I probably would've fallen off the podium, so it was a good result all round!

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