27/09/2010 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 Pete, I'm 53, I'm from Darlington in County Durham

and I'm a househusband.

My name is Chelsea, I'm 28,

I live in Glasgow and I'm a faculty administrator.

I'm Brett, I'm 31,

I'm from Canvey Island in Essex and I'm a firefighter.

I'm Joan, I'm 63,

I'm from Quorn in Leicestershire and I'm a retired graphic designer.

I'm Leo, I'm 21, I'm from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire

and I'm a law student.

I'm Sally, I'm 30, I'm from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire

and I'm a logistics consultant.

I'm David, I'm 65, I'm from Rushton in Northamptonshire

and I'm in customer care.

I'm Sue, 56, from Corsham in Wiltshire

and I work as an officers' mess steward.

I'm Paul, I'm 45, I'm from Farnham in Surrey

and I'm an airline pilot.

OK. Just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.

Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.

Round One - three minutes on the clock.

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

that's you, Brett.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

Brett, which popular English boy's name is often abbreviated to Tony?

Anthony.

Joan, the Indian elephant is native to which continent?

-India.

-Asia.

-Asia!

Leo, a professional who dispenses drugs is called what? A florist or pharmacist?

Pharmacist.

Sally, a mild-mannered person who behaves wildly on occasions

is said to let their hair what?

Down.

David, what H is the single-word term for study that is done by pupils

after school in their own houses?

Homework.

Sue, what is 42 + 6 ?

-48.

-Paul.

-Bank.

In the modern English alphabet, which letter comes between V and X?

W.

Pete, which river flows through the city of Rome? The Tyne or the Tiber?

The Tiber.

Chelsea, a coloured liquid called varnish or polish

is intended to be applied to which specific parts of the body?

-Fingernails.

-I'll accept.

Brett, on a conventional clock face, if 6 is opposite 12, which number is opposite 3?

9.

Joan, the sisters Jackie, who wrote the novel Hollywood Wives,

and Joan, who starred in Dynasty, share what surname?

Collins.

Leo, which three-word phrase, used to refer to ruthless competition, suggests

that one canine animal will devour another?

Dog eat dog.

Sally, what T is a portable shelter, consisting of fabric stretched over supporting poles

and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs?

Tent.

David, what's the first name of the former lead singer with Destiny's Child,

who had the maiden name Knowles?

-Pass.

-Beyonce.

Sue, in a British pub, a person who orders a half of lager

is requesting a half of which measure?

A pint.

Paul, to raise funds for Sport Relief, in 2010,

Fearne Cotton, David Walliams and Davina McCall all took part

in which activity? Sumo or cycling?

-Cycling.

-Pete.

-Bank.

At holiday resorts, on the beach or by the pool, loungers may be provided

so that people can enjoy the radiation from which star?

The sun.

Chelsea, when referring to a princess,

the letters in the title HRH stand for Her Royal what?

Highness.

Brett, the word hibernation, meaning a long, dormant period,

is derived from the Latin name for which of the four seasons?

Winter.

Joan, which of these films of the 1990s is best described as a chick flick -

Sleepless In Seattle or The Sixth Sense?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-The Sixth Sense.

-You were out of time.

And even if you'd been in time, that wouldn't have been the correct answer.

You won only £250.

So, who's obviously familiar with failure?

Who's a registered reject?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, David is the weakest link,

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.

David.

Joan.

Joan.

David.

David.

Joan.

Joan.

David.

Joan.

What do you do, Chelsea?

I'm a faculty administrator at the University of Glasgow.

Meaning what?

Meaning I manage all the VLEs for the students to...

-Do you think we know what VLEs are?

-Virtual learning environments.

-And how well qualified are you?

-I am very well qualified.

I basically have five degrees.

So you avoided getting a job, like everybody else.

-You just kept taking degrees.

-Basically, yes.

-Yeah. Basically.

And which university taught you to say "basically" at the beginning of each sentence?

-That would be Melbourne Uni.

-Why do you want to get rid of Joan?

She answered a couple of questions incorrectly and missed that last bank.

-What do you do, Paul?

-I'm an airline pilot.

And what sort of planes do you fly?

Big shiny ones. Jumbos.

Put your board down.

What do you say to me as I get on the plane, and we're all buckled up?

I won't say anything to you, cos I'll be on the flight deck.

-You're not announcing anything?

-I could certainly do an announcement.

-OK, off you go.

I could certainly do a... Welcome aboard today's flight. My name's Paul, I'm your captain today

and I think you'd better fasten your seatbelts for what I think might be a bumpy ride

for all of us in the next 45 minutes.

-Who's the chief purser?

-You can be the chief purser today, Anne.

-Well, tell everybody!

-OK. Anne's the chief purser, everybody.

And tell everybody that I'm more important than you are.

HE LAUGHS

Well, it all depends on whether...

Just tell them, Paul!

Definitely, Anne is much more important than I am.

-And will you come down and say hello to everybody?

-Sometimes. It depends who's on board.

The entire jumbo jet, you say hello to?

-Sometimes you walk around and say hello to people.

-You only bother with first class, don't you?

LAUGHS Maybe...

-You don't go down zoo class, do you, Paul?

-Sometimes I do.

Put your board up.

Why do you want to get rid of Joan?

Unfortunately, she did answer the most questions incorrectly.

-What do you do, Brett?

-I'm a firefighter.

I'm usually very unfair to firemen.

They keep being very cross because I suppose they're all male models doing the monthly calendars.

-You're not doing that, are you?

-I have been known to do that, yes.

Who have you been?

I was Mr February 2006.

Is that the only time?

That was the only time in the firefighter calendar, yes.

-Oh, you've been in other calendars, have you?

-There was one other, yes.

-What was that?

That was Hunks of the Northeast 2007.

And what month were you there?

I was Mr September.

Why Joan?

Unfortunately, she was the weakest link and she got two questions wrong.

Joan, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

To be voted off first on the Weakest Link is everyone's worst nightmare.

Everyone at home thinks I'm a clever Charlie. Now they'll all know I'm a thick one.

Round Two. In the bank, £250. We're taking ten seconds off your time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Brett, a barge or other watercraft moored on a river or canal

and used as a residence is usually known as a house what?

Boat.

Leo, what E is the term for a person who is appointed to ensure that

the provisions of a will are carried out?

-The evidentiary.

-The executor.

Sally, which unit of time forms part of the name of a thin piece of steak

that can be cooked very quickly?

Minute.

David, which term for a short morality tale is often applied to the works of Aesop?

-Pass.

-Fable.

Sue, the game show that began in 1977 and aimed to find the superbeing of Great Britain

was called The Krypton what?

Factor.

Paul, the opera by Puccini that was premiered in Milan in 1904

had what title, Madame Butterfly or Monsieur Caterpillar?

Madame Butterfly.

Pete, which alloy used in industry is made primarily from iron,

but also includes chromium, nickel and small amounts of carbon?

Steel.

Chelsea, which word meaning a strong pulsation follows "heart"

to give a term for an attractive and popular film star?

Throb.

Brett, on birthdays, what B is the name for the custom of lifting a person by the arms and legs

and dropping them once for each year of age?

-Bumps.

-Leo.

-Bank.

In underwater swimming, what name for a short breathing tube

is thought to derive from German navy slang for the nose?

Snorkel.

Sally, the fabric called mohair is made from the coat of which animal? A goat or a bear?

A goat.

David, the extreme British weather conditions of 1952 known as The Great Smog

led, in 1956, to the passing of legislation called the what Air Act?

-Clean Air.

-Sue.

-Bank.

What D is an alternative name for daybreak?

Dawn.

Paul, which word that means pencil in French

is the name given to a coloured wax stick used by children for drawing?

Crayon.

Pete, mixing up the titles of two novels by Jane Austen

gives Pride And Sensibility and Sense And what?

-Sensibility.

-Prejudice.

-Chelsea.

-Bank.

-Which singer and guitarist

released a 1968 UK hit album called Electric Ladyland?

-Pass.

-Jimi Hendrix.

Brett, a canteen is a boxset of what, crockery or cutlery?

-Crockery.

-No, cutlery.

Leo, a written acknowledgement of a debt is often known by what three-letter abbreviation?

-Pass.

-IOU.

Sally, on a standard UK computer keyboard

which punctuation mark is obtained by pressing shift and 1?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE Exclamation mark.

Bank.

Your bank was out of time so you only won £400.

Who's the gangster rap and who's the bubble wrap?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Leo is the weakest link, as he gave the most wrong answers.

The strongest link, statistically, is Sally,

but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Leo.

David.

Leo.

David.

Leo.

Leo.

David.

Leo.

David, what do you do when you're not asleep?

I work for a large building company and I do the snagging on the new houses.

So if I buy my house, and all the tiles fall off in the bathroom,

what happens next? I ring you, do I?

-No, you'd get in touch with the company and I'd come round and fix it for you.

-How quickly?

It all depends what the job is. It could be the next day, the SAME day.

So is it a different sort of personality you have when you're not playing Weakest Link?

How do you mean?

Will you get speedier and more on the case?

Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

Why Leo?

I remember Leo getting more than one wrong.

-What do you do, Pete?

-I'm a househusband, Anne!

-Are you? Are you worried your mic's not working?

-No, not at all.

-Why are you shouting at me?

-Sorry.

-Are you a good househusband?

-I think I am, yes.

-How skilled are you?

Er...above average, I would think. Yes.

-Can you do anything a woman can do in the house?

-Er...

-Just about, yes.

-Really?

-Could you put on a sexy nightie and flirt with the milkman?

-I could do, but we don't have a milkman.

And where's Mrs Pete?

Mrs Pete is at home at the moment.

Where is she when you're being a househusband?

-She's out at work.

-What does she do?

-She's a dance teacher.

-She wear the trousers?

-Mostly, yes.

-Does she boss you around?

-All the time, Anne.

-Yes. Why do you put up with it?

-Because I love her.

-And what sort of dances does she teach?

She teaches ballroom and Latin American.

Can you do Latin American?

-I can do Latin American AND ballroom, yes, Anne.

-Yes, can you disco-dance?

Er...I've not done it for quite a long time.

Put your board down.

Move towards Chelsea.

OK.

Disco dance for me.

All right, then.

Oh. Does that get Mrs Pete excited?

-Not very often, no.

-No. Move back.

-LAUGHTER

Why Leo?

He got a couple of questions wrong.

I know there was a few people who did, but I think he did.

Leo, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

I think I was pretty lucky with not getting spoken to by Anne,

particularly after I got the law question wrong.

She would have torn me apart.

Round Three. In the bank, £650. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Sally, what C was the single-word title of the 1995 film

set in and around Las Vegas and starring Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone?

Casino.

David, what is 890 + 50?

940.

Sue, the talent series called How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria and Any Dream Will Do

were both hosted by which presenter?

Graham Norton.

Paul, the study of animals, plants and minerals

is often referred to as both natural science and natural what?

History.

-Bank.

-Pete, a craniotomy is an operation on which part of the body, the skull or the pelvis?

The skull.

Chelsea, in lawn tennis, what name is given to an event in which

there are no more than two players on the court in any match?

Singles.

Brett, the 1916 novel by James Joyce is entitled A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young what?

-Pass.

-Man.

Sally, what L is the name of the vast region extending across northern Norway, Sweden

and Finland and into northwest Russia?

-Luxembourg.

-Lapland.

David, the singer whose video to his 1986 UK hit single Addicted To Love

featured five women in black dresses as the backing band was Robert who?

Palmer.

Sue, which title for a male member of a religious order

sounds like a type of deep vessel used to cook chips in fat?

Friar.

Paul, an acute angle is defined as one that is less than how many degrees? 90 or 360?

90.

-Pete.

-Bank.

-In 2009, Sean Penn won his second Oscar in the Best Actor category

for his portrayal of the American politician Harvey who?

-Pass.

-Milk.

Chelsea, what D is the name, of Persian origin, for both a sofa with no back or sides

and a bed in a similar style without head or footboards?

-Pass.

-Divan.

Brett, a material used especially for shoes that's obtained

by finishing animal hides to a hard, glossy surface is known as patent what?

Leather.

Sally, which term, implying a high body temperature, follows yellow, glandular

and rheumatic in the names of three diseases?

Fever.

-Bank.

-David, in horse racing, the traditional Spring Double

consists of the Lincoln Handicap and which major steeplechase?

Grand National.

Sue, in 2010 a Mexican businessman...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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

You won £350.

But who'd now make an idiot look inspired?

Who needs to call Dimwit Direct?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Brett is statistically the weakest link,

but can he survive the vote?

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

Sally.

David.

Sue.

Brett.

Pete.

Brett.

Sally.

We have a tie, team.

Sally and Brett have two votes each.

-Paul, the airline pilot.

-Hello.

-So we're now on a flight to Singapore.

-So let's pretend you've taken off.

-OK.

-And how long will you be in charge for?

If I take off, I'm in charge for the whole flight.

Yes, but how long before you get a break?

Er...could be six hours, could be four hours, five hours.

-Say four hours.

-OK.

-And what do you do then?

-Go to a bunk and sleep.

On your planes, there'd be nothing to stop you putting on a pinny...

-Yep.

-..and serving.

-Nothing to stop me at all.

-Why don't you do that? It would save on cabin crew.

I need my beauty rest, as you can probably tell.

Put your board down.

-OK.

-Could you do the safety message at the beginning?

-No, I couldn't, Anne.

-Put your arms out.

See?

HE LAUGHS

-It's quite easy.

-I guess I could.

Yes. Now show me where the exits are.

-There'll be two at the back...

-Yes.

-..two in the middle...

-Yes.

-..two at the front.

-OK.

-Now put your lifejacket on.

-Oh, I can do that all right.

-OK.

-And tie a bow at the side.

-Yes. Now show me where the whistle is.

The whistle is here for attracting attention.

Put your board up.

-Why Sally?

-I seem to remember a bit of a stinker -

the Luxembourg instead of Lapland question.

What do you do, Sue?

-I work as a steward in the officers' mess.

-Which of the Forces?

-It's triservice - all three of them.

-You can get LOADS of men in uniform.

-Oh, yes.

So you're a Forces dinner lady.

-Yes, basically.

-Yes.

-And you do silver service?

-Yes.

-So what's the lowest rank you can get silver service?

-Lieutenant, I think.

-Lieutenant.

And what rank do you really like serving?

-Majors and above.

-Do you have to be shapely and pretty to have your job?

Not necessarily. I mean, look, I've got the job.

-I didn't want to say it myself.

-SUE LAUGHS

Why Brett?

The question about the man that he got wrong.

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

And the strongest link was David.

Now, just for clarity, we need the decision today.

You can either get rid of Sally or Brett.

I'll go for Sally.

Why Sally?

I just remember her getting a question wrong, as well.

Sally, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

Doing the walk of shame was quite a relief in some ways.

I didn't get to face the wrath of Anne, but just walking past her, I got cold shivers

down my right-hand side. SHE LAUGHS

Round Four. In the bank, £1,000. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

David, which composer wrote the music of Land Of Hope And Glory?

Elgar.

Sue, in Australian geography, which city is the state capital of Victoria?

-Canberra?

-Melbourne.

Paul, a speculator who buys shares in the belief that the market will rise

is named after which bovine animal?

Bull.

Pete, the first artificial US satellite launched in 1958 from Cape Canaveral

was called what, Deep Space Nine or Explorer 1?

Explorer 1.

Chelsea, what's the title of the 1988 comedy drama

in which a character played by Tom Cruise leaves New York

to open a bar in Jamaica?

Cocktail.

-Brett.

-Bank.

-What is the four-letter name of the natural material

that is the main food of termites?

-Pass.

-Wood.

David, the royal dynasty that ruled Britain from 1714 to 1901

and was named after a German state was called the House of where?

Hanover.

Sue, the Japanese delicacy fugu, that can be prepared only by licensed chefs,

is made from which creature, the clown fish or the pufferfish?

It's the pufferfish.

Paul, the actor who played Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks

and Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives is Kyle who?

-Pass.

-MacLachlan.

Peter, the poem by William Blake that includes the lines

"What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry"

is about which wild animal?

-A deer?

-Tiger.

Chelsea, what C is the name usually given

to the simultaneous playing of a combination of notes on a piano?

Chord.

Brett, at the western entrance to the Mediterranean Sea,

the Pillars of Hercules stand on either side of which strait?

-Pass.

-Strait of Gibraltar.

David, the presenter who became the regular host of Woman's Hour

on Radio 4 in 1987 is Jenni who?

-Pass.

-Murray.

Sue, the causeway on the north coast of Antrim

was supposedly built to allow which type of large, mythical beings

to cross over to Scotland and back?

Giants.

Paul, what A is the name of a particular type of rhododendron,

many varieties of which have deciduous...

END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE

Time's up, I can't complete the question and you won £100.

So, who's the boy band and who's the Miliband?

Who thinks ABBA is the national bank of Sweden?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the second time in the game Brett is the weakest link.

Statistically, the strongest link is Chelsea.

But how will the votes go?

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

Brett.

Sue.

Sue.

Paul.

Brett.

Brett.

Pete the househusband.

-When Mrs Pete comes home from the dance studio...

-Yes.

-Have you got her tea on the table?

-Always.

-Always. And what does she like?

She likes chicken fajitas, she likes shepherd's pie, she likes lasagne.

-Is she a bit on the heavy side?

-Not at all.

-Don't you say she's fat?

-She isn't fat.

-You'd be out of a job, wouldn't you?

-I would be in trouble, yes, but...

-How does she show her displeasure?

-Umm...many ways, really.

-Yeah, well, just list them for us.

Umm...

Doesn't let me have my own way, she makes me sleep downstairs.

Does she? What have you done to sleep downstairs?

-Snore.

-Snore?

Why Brett?

Everyone had a bit of a poor round, but I think Brett had a couple of questions wrong, so...

Sue, why Brett?

-He had two questions wrong.

-He did.

Brett, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

My chat with Anne at the start, it was a bit of a grilling.

I think if Anne was to call us out to an emergency situation

I think she'd be a nightmare to deal with, constantly in your ear.

She looks and she seems like she is as mean as she appears on TV at home.

Round Five, your total is £1,100.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Chelsea, the game in which players attempt to keep a bean-bag

off the ground without using their hands is called hacky what?

Sack.

David, what is 110 - 74?

36

-Sue.

-Bank.

-The comedy series shown from 2004 featuring characters

called Vince Noir and Howard Moon is entitled The Mighty what?

Boosh.

Paul, in official residences, which building

has the greater number of rooms,

10 Downing Street or the White House?

-The White House.

-Correct.

Pete, in history, on the eve of which world war

did Sir Edward Grey say, "The lamps are going out all over Europe"?

-The First World War.

-Correct.

-Chelsea.

-Bank.

-What C is the general name for the Spanish sparkling wine

that is made in the same way as Champagne?

-Cider.

-Cava.

David, the 1983 best-selling novel The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil

was written by which author?

-Pass.

-Fay Weldon.

Sue, the west coast sea-side resort on the Bristol Channel

is called what super-Mare?

Weston.

Paul, the 2010 release entitled Contra is the second studio album by

the New York-based rock group called what Weekend?

-Dirty?

-Vampire.

Pete, the title Hafiz is given to a person

who knows which holy book by heart?

The Quran.

-Chelsea.

-Bank.

The 1953 Western starring Alan Ladd as a gunfighter

who helps a farming family protect their land is called what,

Shane or MacGowan?

Shane.

David, in his mural The Last Supper,

Leonardo Da Vinci depicted Judas Iscariot as unlucky

by painting him spilling a cellar full of which condiment?

Salt.

Sue, the Conservative Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

who resigned over the Westland affair in 1986

is Leon who?

Brittan.

-Paul.

-Bank.

What K is the term for both a newspaper stall and a telephone box?

-Booth.

-Kiosk.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You banked £270.

But who didn't go large with their brain food?

Who's this season's must not have?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Sue is the strongest link because she got all her answers right.

The weakest link statistically is Paul, but whose game is over?

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

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

David.

-Chelsea.

-Yes, Anne.

-Why Paul?

He had the misfortune of being at the end of the round and he got his kiosk question wrong.

David, why Paul?

I just remember him getting two questions wrong.

Paul, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

If Anne was in my workplace, say, as my co-pilot when I'm doing my job,

I would say she wouldn't last more than five minutes.

She would have to tone her act down if she wanted to work with me.

Round Six, in the bank £1,370.

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Sue.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Sue, which village near Birmingham was established in the 1800s

by George Cadbury for the workers at his chocolate factory?

Bournville.

Pete, because it can grow at high altitudes,

the common alternative name for the Rowan is the what Ash?

-Spruce?

-Mountain.

Chelsea, which of these instruments is part of the brass section,

the tambourine or the trombone?

Trombone.

David, the trousers similar to plus twos

but with double the length of overhanging cloth at the knees are called plus what?

Fours.

-Sue.

-Bank.

-The title of which 1970s and '80s children's series

presented by Chris Tarrant and Sally James

is a word meaning a state of confusion.

Tiswas.

Pete, on her marriage to Prince Edward in 1999,

Sophie Rhys-Jones took the title Countess of where?

-Cornwall.

-Wessex.

Chelsea, in the 20th century,

Paul Adair, who won fame fighting and capping oil well fires,

had which colour as his nickname?

-Black.

-Red.

David, what P precedes the word "officer" in the job title

of the person in charge of a polling station?

-Pass.

-Presiding.

Sue, the 1998 British gangster film

directed by Guy Ritchie is called Lock, Stock and Two Smoking what?

Barrels.

Pete, in 1284, the Bishop of Ely founded Peterhouse,

the first college of which English university?

-Oxford.

-Cambridge.

Chelsea, the bony shell on the back of a tortoise is called what,

an interface or a carapace?

Carapace.

David, between 1949 and 1976 Zhou Enlai was the Prime Minister

of which Asian country?

-China.

-Sue.

-Bank.

In rock music, the 1991 UK number one single for Iron Maiden

was called Bring Your Daughter to the what?

-Pass.

-Slaughter.

Pete, in which Winter Olympic sport...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

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

You won £100.

So, maybe Pete needs to go and get the dinner on.

Does Sue look a bit of a mess?

Perhaps David's beyond repair.

Or is Chelsea heading downhill?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, the weakest link is Pete.

Sue is statistically the strongest link,

but will the voting reflect reality?

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

David.

Sue.

Pete.

Pete.

Sue, why Pete?

He got at least three questions, I think, wrong that round.

-David, why Pete?

-I just remember him getting all his questions wrong.

Pete. You are the weakest link, goodbye.

My boys, after seeing my performance on the Weakest Link, will be cringing

at my performance of disco dancing.

Um, they've never seen me do disco dancing in their lives

and I imagine they won't want to see a repeat of it anywhere else again, ever.

Round Seven, in the bank, £1,470.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Sue, which savoury green fruit, often served with drinks,

is sometimes stuffed with a red pimento pepper?

Olive.

Chelsea, what I is an alternative term for episode?

-Pass.

-Instalment.

David, which fortified wine is named after the Portuguese city of Oporto?

Port.

-Sue.

-Bank.

The Beverly Hills mansion named Pickfair was bought by the actor Douglas Fairbanks in 1919

as a wedding present for his bride, Mary who?

-Pass.

-Pickford.

Chelsea, the famous Victorian painting of a man talking

to two boys by a sea wall is entitled The Boyhood of whom?

Drake or Reilly?

-Drake.

-Reilly.

David, which word for a quantity of 12 dozen is also a slang term meaning repulsive?

-Pass.

-Gross.

Sue, the 1981 novel by Paul Theroux about a man who moves his family to Honduras

is entitled The Mosquito what?

-Net?

-Coast.

Chelsea, in 1930, Amy Johnson became the first woman to travel from the UK to Australia solo

on which form of transport?

-Sailing boat. Yacht.

-An aeroplane.

David, the song Big Spender from the musical Sweet Charity

opens with the lyrics

"The minute you walked in the... " what?

-Room.

-Joint.

Sue, what E is the name for the condition often associated with smoking,

that's suffered when air accumulates in the body tissues?

Emphysema.

Chelsea, the cone-like flowers of which perennial plant

are traditionally used in brewing to give beer its bitter taste?

Hops.

David, The Bold And The Beautiful and The Young And The Restless

are both examples of what, soap operas or reality shows?

-Soap operas.

-Correct. Sue.

-Bank.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, your bank was in time, and collectively you put into the kitty £120.

In Round Eight you get the chance to treble what you bank, so you can raise the bank balance.

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal Sue is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Chelsea.

But who will lose out in the final vote?

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

David.

Chelsea.

Chelsea.

Sue, Chelsea's got five degrees, why are you getting rid of her?

She still got two or three of her questions wrong, the same as we all did.

David, so you'd rather play with Sue than Chelsea, would you?

It seems that way.

Chelsea, you are the weakest link, goodbye.

Well, I think I was voted off, primarily, A, because I was the weakest link,

but, B, they had the little corner club situation going on and they'd built a bit of a bond,

and I knew they'd probably stick together with their voting, as they'd done in the past.

So I wasn't surprised.

Round Eight, in the bank, £1,590.

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

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Sue, the large palace complex called Topkapi is in the Turkish city

known by what modern name?

Istanbul.

Correct. David.

What is the general name for fish with snake-like bodies

that are known as elvers when they are young?

-Eels.

-Correct. Sue.

-Bank.

The Spanish king who succeeded General Franco as head of state in 1975

is always known by what name?

-Constantine.

-Juan Carlos.

David, in the past, children in Britain were sometimes told

that babies were found under which fruit bushes?

-Raspberry.

-Gooseberry.

Sue, what type of structure stood at the Pharos near Alexandria,

a lighthouse or a windmill?

A lighthouse.

David, the British boxer who won the world middleweight title in 1980

but lost it to Marvin Hagler later that year is Alan who?

-Pass.

-Minter.

Sue, which group consisting of Vince Clark and Andy Bell

released albums called The Innocents, Wild! and The Circus?

-U2?

-Erasure.

David, the 18th-century Hampshire naturalist who has been called

the founding father of the ecology movement was Gilbert who?

-Pass.

-White.

Sue, the West Yorkshire Playhouse opened in 1990 in which city?

-Harrogate.

-Leeds.

David, compared to a country with a maritime climate,

one with a continental climate has winters that...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £60, which we will treble.

That means today the prize money is £1,770.

But there can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie we'll go for sudden death.

So...

David and Sue, for £1,170, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

I will, please.

Sue, according to figures published in 2010,

which thriller writer, whose books include Sail and Double Cross,

was the most borrowed author in the UK for the third year running?

Patricia Cornwell?

The correct answer is James Patterson.

David, in film, in which 1967 drama does a former Nazi,

played by Laurence Olivier,

repeatedly ask the Dustin Hoffman character, "Is it safe?"

Papillon?

No, Marathon Man.

Sue, which reptile, closely related to the crocodile,

with two species native to the USA and East Asia respectively,

has a name derived from the Spanish word for lizard?

Alligator?

That is the correct answer. David.

The tall hat, called a toque, worn by chefs, is often said to have

100 pleats to symbolise the number of ways to cook which foodstuff?

Meat?

An egg.

Sue, which Labour politician won the Spectator magazine's

Politician of the Year award in 2009, having won

the Newcomer of the Year award in 2008,

a decade after he first joined the Cabinet?

Tony Blair?

The correct answer is Peter Mandelson.

David, in theatre in 2010,

Kim Cattrall and Matthew Macfadyen

played the divorcees Amanda and Elyot in a West End production

of which play by Noel Coward?

Brief Encounter?

The correct answer is Private Lives.

Sue, in pop music, if the surname of the five original members

of the group Take That are listed alphabetically,

which one comes first?

-Barlow.

-That is the correct answer.

David, in sport, which county cricket side

is known informally to its fans

as the Pears, after the three pieces of fruit that appear on its badge

and the coat of arms of its home city?

Somerset?

The correct answer is Worcestershire.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

That means, Sue, you're today's strongest link

and you go away with £1,170.

Thank you.

David. You leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

To get to the final, I'm a little bit miffed by not winning, but I've had a great day so no complaints.

Winning the Weakest Link is something I never thought I would do,

I feel absolutely fantastic. Thank you.

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