28/09/2010 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.

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

Let's meet the team.

I'm Max, I'm 20,

I'm from Bournemouth, Dorset, and I'm studying Hispanics.

I'm Sue, I'm 51,

I'm from Acklam in Middlesbrough, and I'm a catalogue distributor.

I'm Stuart, age 79,

from Wickham Bishops in Essex, and I'm an author

and antiquarian book dealer.

I'm Kate, I'm 62,

I live in Telford, Shropshire,

and I'm a retired telesales girl.

I'm Alex, I'm 36 years old,

from Preston in Lancashire, and I'm a teacher.

I'm Naomi, I'm 24, I'm from Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire,

and I'm an account manager.

I'm Eugene, I'm 47 years old,

I'm from Ederney, County Fermanagh,

and I'm a sales agent.

I'm Jenna, I'm 30 years old,

I'm from Tooting in South London and I'm a medical student.

I'm Mark, I'm 50 years of age,

I'm from Aberdare in Mid Glamorgan,

and I'm a lighting engineer.

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,

Bank before the question is asked and the money is safe.

Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

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

that's you, Alex. Let's play the Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

Alex, what is 400 + 100?

500.

According to the proverb, actions speak louder than what?

Words.

In law and order, what O is the conventional form of address to a police constable?

Officer.

In film, a well-known 1966 spaghetti western was entitled The Good, The Bad, and the what?

The Ugly.

In domestic tools, scissors have how many blades?

Two.

In motoring, a colloquial term for an old car is a what, rust bucket or dustbowl?

Rust bucket.

In the job title of a secretary to a senior executive,

the abbreviation PA normally stands for personal what?

Assistant.

In the military, the highest level of alert, indicating a state of imminent danger,

is specified by which primary colour?

Red.

In the high street, what B is a traditional gentleman's hairdresser?

-A barber.

-Bank.

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

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

Which plonker should be unplugged?

Which dimwit should be disconnected?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The weakest link statistically is Naomi.

But 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.

Stuart.

Mark.

Eugene.

Mark.

Kate.

Mark.

Kate.

Kate.

Sue.

We have a tie, team. Kate and Mark have three votes each.

-What do you do, Sue?

-I'm a catalogue distributor.

And how long have you been damaging the rainforests?

We don't damage the rainforests cos we don't change our catalogues every month.

Oh, are they recycled paper?

-I'm not 100% sure.

-I'll take that as a no, don't you think?

Are you not qualified to do anything else?

-I'm qualified to do a few things, actually.

-Like what?

-I could teach.

-Yes.

-I could wax your legs.

-Yes.

-What have you studied?

-Literature and writing

and I've also done a degree in creative writing.

Really? What sort of creative writing?

At the moment, I'm working on a novel.

And what's the novel about?

It's about a 72-year-old woman who's a bit of a rebel.

It wouldn't be suited for you but I would love you to play the part cos she's a feisty woman.

-Is it based on yourself?

-Not quite. But maybe when I'm 72.

-Why Mark?

Because he's stood opposite me.

-STANDING opposite you.

-Standing opposite me.

-And you've got a degree in English?

-I have.

-Fabulous.

-What do you do, Eugene?

-I'm a sales agent, Anne.

-For what?

I sell all kinds of things like Christmas products, Halloween products.

You sell tat for money.

-Well, I sell orthopaedic chairs, which is something you might be interested in.

-Oh! Glamorous, too!

So you're a cross between Father Christmas and Arthur Daley.

-Yeah. I wish I had his money, but...

-Yeah, where are you selling your tat?

All throughout Ireland.

You're a real blot on the landscape. Why do you want to get rid of Kate?

I wasn't sure who to vote for, and Kate's was the first board I could see from this angle over there.

As you're Irish, with a name like Eugene, do you like singers like Daniel O'Donnell?

I'm a music lover, Anne, so I don't like Daniel O'Donnell.

LAUGHTER

Who do you like?

I like people like Van Morrison, Robert Cray, Bruce Springsteen.

Ooh, do you identify with Bruce Springsteen?

Yes, him and me are both The Boss of our respective operations.

-What do you do, Alex?

-I teach.

-Where do you teach?

-Blackburn.

Does that girl's hair do and the army shirt pass for trendy in Blackburn?

-You need it in Blackburn.

-Are you a cool teacher?

-I try to be.

-How?

-Having a laugh with the class.

-So you can tell jokes?

-Yeah.

-Go on, then.

-You might remember this one.

-What's the safest car on the road?

-I don't know.

An Allegro. When a wheel falls off, a leg grows.

Why Kate?

No reason, really. She's a lovely woman but she was just next to me.

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

You've got a choice. You can stick with Kate or you can move to Mark.

I'm going to go with Mark, cos there's more people than me think another person.

Is that correct grammatically, "more people than me"?

-Yep.

-You sure?

-More people than

-I

-if you like to be old school.

I'm sorry? That's very brave.

Matter of fact.

Mark, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm a bit down that I was voted off because I didn't get a question wrong.

But nobody got a question wrong so somebody had to go so I took a bullet for the team.

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 - Alex.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Alex, the abbreviation Babs is usually short for which girl's name?

Barbara.

Naomi, the character called Xena, played by Lucy Lawless,

was described in the title of the series as being a Warrior what?

Princess.

Eugene, what C is the term for a single press and then release of a button on a mouse?

Click.

Jenna, in the UK, the type of sausage normally used in a hot dog

is named after which German city?

Frankfurter. Frankfurt.

Max, a spendthrift is a person who is what with money?

Extravagant or extra vigilant?

-Extra vigilant.

-Extravagant.

Sue, the 1956 musical that was adapted from the film version

of the stage play Pygmalion is entitled My Fair what?

Lady.

Stuart, what A is the single-word term for a person qualified to design and oversee

the construction of buildings?

Architect.

Kate, the area in the northeastern part of Hyde Park,

where orators address members of the public is known as Speakers' what?

Corner.

-Alex.

-Bank.

Which term for the cards dealt to a player

is also the name of the part of the body that usually holds them?

The hand.

Naomi, in film and TV, a scene from the past, inserted into the action

to provide a comment or explanation of it is known as a flash what?

Back.

Eugene, in Irish folklore, a Banshee warns of impending death by what?

Wailing or wallpapering?

Wailing.

Jenna, in football, in terms of income, which European club

was named in 2010 as the richest in the world for the fifth consecutive year?

-Manchester United.

-Real Madrid.

Max, John Milton wrote Paradise Regained as a sequel

to his work entitled Paradise what?

Lost.

Sue, what T is the biological term for living material of any particular type

and is also a name for a disposable paper handkerchief?

Tissue.

Stuart, which word, meaning polite,

is used to describe any servant who works for the government?

Civil.

Kate, rocks that are formed when fine particles are deposited and compressed

are known as what? Sedimentary or penitentiary?

Sedimentary.

-Alex.

-Bank.

The term tete a tete, meaning a private interview,

comes from which modern European language?

French.

Naomi, the sweets that contain no alcohol

but have words such as "port" and "sherry" moulded into them are called wine what?

-Liqueurs.

-Gums.

Eugene, what H is the name of the Central European country

in which Lake Balaton is a popular holiday destination?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. The correct answer was Hungary and you won £300.

Who probably thinks a square root is a genetically modified vegetable?

Who thinks a couch potato counts as a portion of veg?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Alex is the strongest link because he answered the most questions correctly.

Statistically, the weakest link is Max, but will the team notice that?

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

Jenna.

Max.

Max.

Jenna.

Max.

Max.

Max.

Max.

Stuart, what do you do?

I deal in antiquarian and second-hand books and I also write books and publish them.

-Is it you who's antique or the books?

-Both.

-Were there universities when you were growing up?

-Er, yes, but I wasn't able to go to them.

-Why?

Because I was put into an apprenticeship when I was 16

and I didn't get a chance to go to university.

Oh, so never been to university.

Actually, I have. I made up for it later when the Open University started

-and I started a course with them.

-Could you pull more women once you got your degree?

No. That wasn't what I did it for.

-Oh. Were you no good at pulling women?

-Oh, yes. I was quite happy at that, thank you.

And what's the most valuable book you've got?

I have a set of volumes of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

which is probably worth about £5, 000 - £6,000.

-Has that been made into a movie?

-No, no.

-Has it got a nice ending?

Oh, yes. It's beautifully bound in leather at the end.

And why Max?

Because he was the first person to get one wrong, and that stuck in my mind.

-What do you do, Jenna?

-I'm a medical student.

-What year are you in?

-I'm in my final year.

-Oh, you're going to be a doctor soon. What hospital?

-I'm going to be in Chertsey.

-And are you going to specialise?

I'm kind of thinking either paediatrics or geriatrics at the moment.

-Yes, you're not going to be a surgeon?

-No, no, no.

-Cos boys make better surgeons, don't they?

Well, no, I wouldn't say that, Anne. Come on, we've got to be good about these things.

Women can be just as good as men, as we know.

-Yes. Less irritating.

-Absolutely!

Why Max?

Again, he was the first person that got a question wrong.

Max, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Friends and family won't be surprised that I've been voted off so soon

because I was always awful at Trivial Pursuit and those types of games.

I was hoping to prove them wrong but I've just accidentally proved them right.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,300. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Alex, the 18th-century farmer who developed the mechanised seed drill was called Jethro what?

Tull.

Naomi, in the 1960s and '70s series The Herbs,

the character called Parsley was a representation of which animal species?

-A herb?

-A lion.

Eugene, the phrase coined in a poem by Longfellow that alludes to a brief encounter

is ships that pass in the what?

Night.

Jenna, which word has been added to the names of towns such as Bognor and Lyme

to indicate a royal connection?

Regis.

Sue, the 1997 film starring Pierce Brosnan

as a scientist who predicts that a long-dormant volcano is about to erupt

is entitled Dante's what?

-Inferno.

-Peak.

Stuart, if an annual lasts one year and a biannual lasts two,

what P is the term for a herbaceous plant that comes up year in, year out?

Perennial.

Kate, what is 17 + 9 ?

26.

Alex, the rhyming phrase meaning to reveal the identity of an individual

to cause embarrassment is to what and shame?

Name.

Naomi, which of these is the name of a winged creature?

A gliding goat or a flying fox?

-Flying fox.

-Bank.

Eugene, which city in southwest England stands on a peninsular

between the rivers Plym and Tamar?

Plymouth.

Jenna, the phrase suggesting that people take on the characteristics

of the food they consume is you are what you what?

Eat.

Sue, the usual two-word term for a recorded audition

of a prospective actor is a screen what?

-Play.

-Test.

Stuart, in the 16th century, a right to award degrees was granted to which individual?

The sovereign or the Archbishop of Canterbury?

-Sovereign.

-The Archbishop of Canterbury.

Kate, in children's reading, the graded reading books first published in 1949

are about a brother and sister named Janet and who?

John.

Alex, which verbal command follows the words "full", "bus" and "pit"

to make three common expressions?

Stop.

-Naomi.

-Bank.

-The stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber that opened in London in 2010

and is the sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera is entitled Love Never what?

-Dies.

-Bank.

Eugene, in Rugby, what T is the name for the line that runs the length of the pitch

and marks the side boundary?

-Touch.

-Bank.

Jenna, the hexagram...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £290.

But who thinks Roald Dahl is a type of curry?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Sue is the weakest link.

Eugene is statistically the strongest link,

but who will lose out in the vote?

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

Stuart.

Alex.

Sue.

Sue.

Sue.

Sue.

Sue.

-Where are you from, Naomi?

-Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire.

-And what do you do?

-I'm an account manager for an IT solutions company.

Whose problems are you solving?

Councils and universities, hospitals. We look after their websites.

-Do you?

-Yes.

-Just universities and hospitals?

Er, fire services, police, all sorts, really.

Do you go round the country selling your websites?

I have travelled to some customers.

Is there anyone at home when you get home?

-At the moment they're my mum and dad.

-So you haven't got a boyfriend.

-I do, yes, Anne.

We're looking to move in together in the next few months.

So you're not going to wait till he makes some concrete proposals?

-Well, I suspect it's not too far away.

-Oh, really? What makes you think that?

-We've been together nearly three...

-Has he bought a website?

He hasn't bought a website, not just yet.

He's not a fireman, is he?

-No, he's an accountant.

-Oh, you must have such fun drinking together in the evening.

We do. At least we can always buy the cheapest bottle of wine and beer.

-Why Sue?

-She got a couple of questions wrong and I had to vote for somebody.

What do you do, Kate?

-I'm retired, Anne.

-How old are you?

-62.

-Oh, you've retired early.

-Couple of years ago.

-Yes, have you got a rich husband at home?

-I'm divorced, Anne.

-Are you?

-So you live alone?

-No, actually, I share the house with my ex husband.

You're THAT stuck, are you?

-Afraid so. Think he felt sorry for me.

-What's he called?

-Peter.

-And how does it work?

-It works very, very well indeed. Better than it ever did when we were married.

-OK.

No hanky panky any more?

-Er, not really, no.

-What do you mean, "not really"?

-Occasionally?

-We talk about it.

-You talk about hanky panky?

-He asks and I tell him I've got a headache.

-Yes.

LAUGHTER

-Are you a romantic sort of person?

-I am a romantic, yes.

-Are you?

-Yes.

Give me an example of why you're romantic.

-I like to give. I'm a giver.

-Are you? What have you come to give today?

-Me! My personality.

-Yes.

-Can you give

-me

-anything?

-Er... I've written a poem for you, Anne.

-Go on, then.

I look at myself and I look at Anne

The woman with the famous wink

I'd like to be a stand-in

Here on the Weakest Link.

Yes...it's a good job Wordsworth isn't still alive.

Why Sue?

-Sue got a couple of questions wrong.

-She did.

Sue, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I would have liked to have stayed longer on the Weakest Link. I would have liked to have got further.

I didn't go first, which is everyone's fear, I think, and the first round was difficult

because everyone got their answers right. So that was difficult.

However, it's been a good day and it's an experience and not many people

get to see The Queen of Mean that close!

Round Four. In the bank, £1,590.

Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Eugene, in a traditional English breakfast, the term "fried slice"

usually refers to a piece of what? Bread or egg?

-Egg.

-Bread.

Jenna, the term applied to shopkeepers who have exhausted their supply

which is also used in cricket for a method of losing a wicket is run what?

Out.

Stuart, what P is the general name for a type of coniferous tree

that has leaves shaped like needles?

-Pine.

-Bank.

Kate, Blue Peter viewers who send in interesting letters and pictures

with an environmental theme are awarded a badge of what colour?

-Blue.

-Green.

Alex, in UK publishing, the abbreviation OUP stands for Oxford University what?

Press.

Naomi, the outside of the Statue of Liberty is made of which metal? Copper or tin?

Copper.

-Eugene.

-Bank.

The composer and conductor who wrote the musical for West Side Story was Leonard who?

Bernstein.

Jenna, what name is given to both a rank in the Royal Navy

and two species of butterfly known as the red and the white?

-Admiral.

-Bank.

Stuart, the professional name of the actress born Susan Stockard in 1944

is Stockard what?

-Evans.

-Channing.

Kate, in Ancient Rome, an augur was a religious official

who predicted the future by observing the behaviour of what? Birds or bees?

Birds.

In crime and punishment, if the facts of a case diminish the culpability of a defendant,

they are known as extenuating what?

Circumstances.

Naomi, what V is a Latin term that means word for word?

-Veritas?

-Verbatim.

Eugene, what is 3/4 of 96?

72.

Jenna, the poem The Faerie Queene was written in the 16th century by whom?

Edmund Spenser or Edmund Blackadder?

Edmund Spenser.

Stuart, the spicy anchovy paste that was first formulated by John Osborn in 1828

is called whose relish?

-Pickles.

-Gentleman's.

Kate, on Radio 4, what's the title of the programme that features

responses from listeners in reaction to the issues raised in Any Questions?

-Pass.

-Any Answers.

Alex, the city of Cremona, famous...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You won £150.

So, who's caught your eye and who's caught a cold?

Who's on a roll and who's now on a sticky bun?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

For the first time in the game, Jenna is the strongest link.

The weakest link, statistically, is Stuart,

but can he survive the vote?

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

Naomi.

Stuart.

Stuart.

Stuart.

Stuart.

Stuart.

Eugene, what's the most popular bit of tat you sell?

I sell a lot of products that are based on angels.

-Angel figurines, worry stones, vases.

-What do worry stones do?

Some people feel good when they hold onto them.

-Hocus-pocus, I think it's called.

-Some might say that,

but I'm not going to argue with someone's beliefs.

And why Stuart?

You got two wrong that time, Stuart.

Doctor Jenna, are you very fit?

Fit-ish. Not as fit as I once was.

But don't you get worried you're sick all the time, when you know so much about illness?

Er, yes, I've managed to diagnose myself with quite a few things since I've been a medical student.

-Brain tumours, DVTs, problems with my heart, the works.

-Yeah.

-But I think I've grown out of it a bit now.

-It was probably all a hangover, was it?

-Probably, yes.

-Why Stuart?

He got a couple of questions wrong.

Stuart! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My expectations were hopes, really, that I might get to the end and win

but I wasn't too confident that that would happen

because there were a lot of people who were much better than I am at questions,

but it was a marvellous experience and thoroughly enjoyable.

Round Five. Your total is £1,740. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Jenna, the prize-giving ceremony called the Golden Joystick Awards

began in 1982 to honour the best in which field? Video games or fighter planes?

Video games.

Kate, in the United States, the Labor Day national holiday

is traditionally celebrated on the first Monday of which month?

-July.

-September.

Alex, the singer known for her vocal range who had a UK hit single in 1975 with Loving You

was Minnie who?

-Pass.

-Riperton.

Naomi, which item of cleaning equipment might feature a carpet-height adjustment,

a stair hose and an automatic cord rewind?

-A vacuum cleaner.

-Bank.

Eugene, the 2000 comedy derived from the TV show Harry Enfield And Chums

was entitled Kevin And Perry Go what?

Large.

Jenna, developed by a 19th-century undertaker,

Banting is a method of doing what? Losing weight or baking cakes?

-Losing weight.

-Bank.

Kate, the English Channel is an arm of which ocean?

Atlantic.

Alex, the American-born author of The Ambassadors

who became a British subject in 1915 was Henry who?

-Cecil.

-James.

Naomi, what O is the name of a bovine creature that has been domesticated for its meat

and is widely used as a draught animal?

-Ox.

-Bank.

Eugene, the Phoenix Park and Kilmainham Gaol

are tourist attractions in which European capital city?

Dublin.

Jenna, road signs such as "no overtaking" and "no right turn"

are which geometric shape?

-Er, triangular?

-Circular.

Kate, the theme music to the TV series Jonathan Creek is taken from

a piece by Saint-Saens called Danse what?

-River?

-Macabre.

Alex, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was led by a man with which name?

Wat Tyler or When Carpenter?

Wat Tyler.

-Bank.

-Naomi, which 1933 film starring Fay Wray

ended with the words "it was beauty killed the beast"?

-Beauty And The Beast?

-King Kong.

Eugene, which three-letter word follows smart and jet

to give two terms for rich and fashionable people?

Set.

-Bank.

-Jenna, the comedian...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

You banked £130.

But who's now blatantly brainless?

Who's clearly clueless?

Who needs to go?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Statistically, Kate is the weakest link,

but who will the team want off?

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

Naomi.

Kate.

Kate.

Kate.

Kate.

Alex, you seem slowed down and sleepy, is there a reason for that?

It's quite warm in here, I suppose.

Are you in that state when you're teaching?

No. Eyes in the back of my head when I'm teaching.

-Why Kate?

-I didn't feel I had much money to bank,

I think she might have got a couple wrong.

-Naomi, why Kate?

-Um, I think she got a couple wrong.

I know I did, but I think she might have got two.

Kate! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My advice for contestants on the Weakest Link -

apply, enjoy, have a good experience.

And don't be frightened of Anne. She's a very nice person.

Round Six - in the bank, £1,870.

Another ten seconds coming off the time.

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

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

Eugene, in food, what G is the name given to strips of fish

or chicken that have been deep fried and coated in breadcrumbs?

-Goujons.

-Correct.

In the House of Commons on the rare occasions when a vote on an issue

is tied, the casting vote goes to the holder of which position?

-The Speaker.

-Correct.

Bank.

In reptiles, the only lizard in the world to feed in the sea

is called a marine what?

Alligator.

Iguana.

In geography, Java is the most populus of the more than 13,000

islands that make up which country?

-Indonesia.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In galleries, the Musee d'Orsay in Paris is in a building

that was previously used as what,

a railway station or an airport terminal?

-A railway station.

-Correct.

In muses, the model Pattie Boyd was married to

and supposedly inspired songs written by Eric Clapton

and which of the Beatles?

-Ringo Starr.

-George Harrison.

In literature, the 1902 novel by Arnold Bennett

described by him as a sermon against parental tyranny

is called Anna Of The Five...what?

-Gables.

-Towns.

In cinema, what C is a word for a collision or traffic accident

that was also the title of the 2005 film

that won an Oscar for best picture?

-Colossal?

-Crash.

In sport, the British boxer surnamed McKenzie who was a world champion

in the 1980s and 90s has which hereditary title as his first name?

-Duke.

-Correct.

In science, when it's written in English,

the spelling of the name of the ancient astronomer Ptolemy

begins with which letter of the alphabet?

-P.

-Correct.

In pastimes, a system of gambling based on predicting football results

is known as what, ponds or pools?

-Pools.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In celebrities, the American socialite who became famous

after participating in a reality TV series with Paris Hilton

is Nicole who?

-Richie.

-Correct.

In science, which gas that forms a protective layer

in the atmosphere of the Earth has the chemical formula O3?

-Ozone.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In literature...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, I can't complete the question. You won £220.

But should it be home time for Alex?

Is Naomi a problem that needs solving?

Maybe the Mondeo's waiting for Eugene.

Or is Jenna not what the doctor ordered?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

As the only player to get all his answers right,

Eugene is the strongest link.

Alex is the weakest link statistically.

But will the other players realise that?

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

Naomi.

Alex.

Alex.

Alex.

Eugene, why Alex?

It was tough between him and Naomi,

but I think he got a couple wrong, so I chose him.

Jenna, the baby doctor, why Alex?

Again, he got, I think, a couple of questions wrong -

simple as that, really.

Alex, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think Anne possibly did take a bit of a shine to me,

but I was a bit worried that she did pick on me earlier on,

but she always let me know that she was messing.

She did smile at me in between rounds.

It was always OK.

Round Seven. In the bank - £2,090.

Another ten seconds off your time.

We'll start from the strongest link in the last round, that's Eugene.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In pop music, the debut release by the singer/songwriter

Ellie Goulding was a UK number one album in 2010

and has what title, Lights or Darks?

-Lights.

-Correct.

In wildlife, the tusked mammal called a peccary

is a distant relative of which common farm animal?

-The cow.

-Pig.

In the phrase meaning

"to make a concession in the hope of a bigger return",

one is said to set which small fish to catch a mackerel?

-A cod?

-A sprat.

In fashion, a handbag adorned with the initials of the designer

in a repeated pattern as originated by Louis Vuitton

is called a "what" bag?

-Pass.

-Signature.

In cinema, the title of which 1995 film starring Hugh Grant

and Julianne Moore is an approximation

of the human gestation period?

Um, Nine And A Half Months?

Nine Months.

In the 1920s, a major political scandal in the United States

was named after an oil field called "what"?

Teapot Dome or Coffee Pot Hall?

-Teapot Dome?

-Correct.

-Bank.

In sport, which town in the north of England

has a famous racecourse known as Town Moor?

-Doncaster.

-Correct.

-Bank.

In TV, the actress whose roles have included Mrs Bennett

in Pride And Prejudice and Pamela in Gavin And Stacey

is Alison who?

-Steadman.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In geography, what D is the name of the strait

once called the Hellespont that separates the European and Asian

parts of Turkey?

Er...

-Diagonal?

-The Dardanelles.

In 20th-century British history, what relation was King Edward VIII

to his successor King George VI?

-His father?

-His elder brother.

In the 1958 children's novel,

Tom discovers his midnight garden

when the grandfather clock strikes how many?

-12.

-13.

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. You won £60. In round eight,

you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.

For the fourth time in the game, Eugene is the strongest link.

Statistically, Jenna is the weakest link.

But who will survive the final vote?

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

Eugene.

Naomi.

Naomi.

Eugene, why Naomi?

I think of the two lovely girls, throughout the competition,

-Jenna's just been stronger.

-So the baby doctor,

when you go to the hospital in Chertsey,

will you just assure everyone you won't be studying obstetrics?

No, I'm not studying obstetrics. I'm never going to live it down, Anne.

Nine and a half months, you think, is the gestation period?

-I got it confused with 9½ Weeks in my head.

-That's no excuse.

-Why have you voted for Naomi?

-Again, I thought Eugene was the stronger of the two.

Naomi, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I think my boyfriend will be quite proud of how I've done today.

I can be a bit blonde sometimes. So he'll feel I've done quite well.

But I suspect he'll also be shouting the answers at the TV

to some of the questions I got wrong.

Round Eight. In the bank:

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

We'll start with the strongest link, that's Eugene.

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

Eugene, in modern history,

in 1989, Akihito became Emperor of which Asian country?

-Japan.

-Correct. Jenna.

-Bank.

-What W is a breed of dog that resembles a small greyhound

and is stereotypically kept by men wearing cloth caps?

-Whippet.

-Correct.

-Bank.

What's the name of the US director of the films Carrie, Scarface

and Dressed To Kill?

-Pass.

-Brian De Palma.

In sport, the winner of the 1979 Formula One World Championship,

who later established one of the largest organic farms in the UK,

is Jody who?

-Bank. Er, pass.

-Scheckter.

In landmarks, the royal residence of Frogmore House

stands in the estate of which other property,

Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle?

-Windsor Castle.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-The drummer Chris Miller co-founded the punk rock group

The Damned in 1976 using the stage name Rat who?

-Boy?

-Scabies.

In motoring, a junction in which one road joins another at right angles

without crossing it is named after which letter of the alphabet?

-T.

-Bank.

In religion, Chet and Poh are names of months in the calendar

of which major faith?

-Er, Hinduism?

-Sikhism.

In modern history, in 1983, Sally Ride became the first woman

from which country to travel into space?

-The USA?

-Correct.

-Bank.

In wildlife, a young squirrel is known as a what?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

I can't complete the question. And you won £100,

which we will treble. It gives you prize money today of:

There can only be one winner.

Now, up to five questions each.

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

So, Eugene and Jenna,

for £2,450, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

I'll go first, Anne.

Eugene, in marine life, which mammal found in British coastal waters

closely resembles a dolphin but can be distinguished from one

by its lack of a distinct beak?

-Porpoise?

-That is the correct answer.

Jenna, in pop music, the members of the classic line-up

of which British rock group

had the surnames Powell, Lea, Hill and Holder?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Slade.

Eugene, in 1960s fashion, which designer based at her own boutique

called Bazaar, on the King's Road in south-west London,

was credited with creating the Chelsea look?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Mary Quant.

Jenna, the 2010 Good Food Guide named which restaurant,

owned by Heston Blumenthal,

as the best in Britain for the second consecutive year?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is The Fat Duck.

Eugene, in cinema, in which 2008 film about a TV quiz show

does a contestant called Jamal Malik win the top prize

by naming Aramis as one of the Three Musketeers?

Slumdog Millionaire.

That is the correct answer. Jenna.

At the Winter Olympics, the parallel giant slalom,

the cross and the half-pipe are all events in which sport?

-Snowboarding.

-That is the correct answer.

Eugene, in medicine, people with which rhesus positive blood group

are known as universal recipients,

as they can safely receive transfusions from any other group?

-O.

-No, the correct answer is AB positive.

Jenna, in art, the American photographer Emmanuel Radnitzky

abbreviated his birth names to two three-letter words

to create which pseudonym?

Emma Rad?

The correct answer is Man Ray.

Eugene, in 1946, which former BBC radio station

was named for the fact that it was the next service to be launched

over the Home Service and Light Programme?

Radio 4.

The correct answer is the Third Programme.

Jenna, in politics, Margot Asquith once said

of which Liberal Prime Minister,

"He never saw a belt without hitting below it"?

Um...

-Pass, don't know.

-The correct answer is David Lloyd George.

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

and you go away with:

Baby Doctor, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Being in the final was absolutely fantastic. I was really happy.

Um... I think the best man won, Eugene got more questions right,

so, um... I'm pretty happy all in all.

OK, I've always said I'd love to have a go at winning the Weakest Link.

And I've just done it, and I feel absolutely brilliant.

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