29/07/2013 Weakest Link

Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,

only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.

The rest will leave with nothing

as, one by one, they're 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 don't know each other.

If they want that money, they'll have to work as a team,

but eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,

we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.

I'm Dan, I'm 26 years of age, I'm from Plymouth and I'm a bookseller.

I'm Gemma, I'm 24, from Stevenage. I'm a speech therapist.

I'm Leighton. I'm 34, I'm from Poole in Dorset.

For a living, I sell double glazing.

I'm Sylvia. I'm 54, I come from Chesterfield in Derbyshire

and I am a receptionist and complaints administrator.

I'm Trevor, 31, from Lee-on-the-Solent. I'm a screenprinter and embroiderer.

I'm Damian, I'm 21, from Belfast. I study politics and philosophy.

I'm Margaret, I'm 43, from St Helens and I'm a human-resources officer.

I'm Issy, I'm 38, I'm from Somerset and I'm a team manager.

I'm Julian, I'm 48, I'm from London and I'm a stage hypnotist.

The aim is to answer enough questions correctly

to reach your £1,000 target within the time limit.

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

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

If you say "Bank" before the question, the money is safe.

You start a new chain from scratch.

Remember, only money that has been banked can be taken forward.

In round one, there are three minutes on the clock.

We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically Damian.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

First question is for £20. Start the clock.

The first day of April is otherwise known as what?

April Fools' Day.

How many wheels on a Reliant Robin?

Three.

When the tide goes out and returns, it's said to ebb and what?

Flow. Bank. >

Is a stevedore's job fighting bulls or loading ships?

Loading ships.

In The Jungle Book by Kipling, what was the name of the bear?

-Pass.

-Baloo.

What M is from Greek for half-skull and is a severe headache?

Migraine.

Platform, plimsoll and stiletto are designs of which item of clothing?

Women's shoes.

I'll accept shoes, yes.

What is the plural of "goose"?

Geese.

What C is the small section of a plant

that is removed and replanted to propagate a separate plant?

-Don't know. Pass.

-Cutting.

The singer who duetted with Barbara Dickson on I Know Him So Well is Elaine who?

Paige.

Someone who is immature or naive is wet behind the what?

Ears.

In which city are the Dodger Stadium and the Hollywood Bowl?

-New York.

-No, Los Angeles.

Which English king came to the throne in 1100 Henry I or Henry VIII?

Henry I. < Bank.

What S is the word used in the UK for what in the US is called candy?

-Sugar.

-Sweets.

The museum dedicated to the Princess of Wales is located in which country estate?

Althorp.

The wavelength of X-rays compared to light's shorter or longer?

-Longer.

-No, shorter.

What is the full name for the dog known as the Westie?

Terrier.

No, West Highland terrier.

In which university city is the Fitzwilliam Museum?

-Oxford.

-Cambridge.

In which sport might a player receive a yorker?

Cricket.

Which type is the common yew tree a conifer or a broad-leaf tree?

-A broad-leaf tree.

-Conifer.

In Greek cuisine, dolmades consists of meat or rice filling

wrapped in which type of edible leaf?

-Lettuce.

-Vine leaf.

Which long-running musical based on the songs of ABBA had its New York premiere in 2001?

-I don't know.

-Mamma Mia.

For what do the initials CND stand?

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Bank. >

What A is a type of paint available since the 1940s

and now often used by artists as an alternative to oil?

Time's up.

The answer was acrylic. Did you all leave your brains at home?

Out of a possible £1,000,

you have banked just £140.

Hardly anyone shone in this round, but one of you is about to leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Damian is the strongest link as he was the only person to get all his answers right.

Getting every answer wrong makes Trevor the weakest link.

But will the team have noticed so early in the game?

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

-Julian, you're a hypnotist.

-I am.

-Can you hypnotise yourself?

-I tried to last night to relax.

-You can't tell yourself to answer correctly?

-Only got one wrong.

-Why Dan?

-I don't think Dan got one question right.

-You don't have to count to be a hypnotist?

-I don't think so.

Gemma.

-You were rubbish in that first round.

-Thank you.

-What do you do?

-I'm a speech therapist.

-Have you gone silent?

Erm...it has its advantages, going silent.

Does it? What, to get you voted off the team? Why Dan?

Erm...he got unlucky with a couple of questions.

-Did you think Dan was the weakest link?

-I did, yes.

-He wasn't, was he, Trevor?

-Obviously not, Anne.

-Who was?

-Probably me.

-You didn't get any right. What do you do?

-I'm a screenprinter and embroiderer.

-Oh, you sew?

-Yeah, a bit.

Different badges, crests of ships, erm... company logos on polo shirts.

At home, d'you do needlework?

-Sometimes I sit by the fire and darn my socks.

-Do you?

-Yeah.

-Why Dan?

-He got The Jungle Book bear wrong. Baloo. I can't forgive him for that.

Well, again, Trevor, statistically you were the worst player,

but Dan, the bookseller who's never read Kipling, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

It's nice to not be the weakest link statistically,

so I can hang my head with a bit of pride.

Damian may well be up next.

He seems to be weak across the board on questions.

Round two

and, so far, you have won just £140.

There are now eight of you left and we are taking ten seconds off.

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

Start the clock.

A phrase for a group of men taken at random is Tom, Dick and who?

Harry.

Which 1980s singer had UK hits with This Ole House, Green Door and Oh Julie?

Shakin' Stevens.

Which northern club did goalkeeper Nigel Martyn join in July 1996?

-Leeds.

-I'll accept. Leeds United.

Did George Orwell fight in the French Revolution or the Spanish Civil War?

Spanish Civil War. < Bank.

Macclesfield in Cheshire has produced luxury fabrics from which natural fibre?

Silk.

What N is a written sign expressing the pitch and duration of a musical sound?

-Don't know.

-Note.

With reference to milk,

for what does the letter U stand in the abbreviation UHT?

-Pass.

-Ultra.

In what decade was national service abolished in the UK?

Sixties.

How does a migrating salmon find its way home, by scent or by sight?

Scent.

In Cinderella, which fruit is turned into the carriage?

The pumpkin.

-Bank.

-In 1968 James Earl Ray killed which civil-rights leader?

Martin Luther King.

What R can be a garden tool or something a croupier uses?

A rake.

-Bank.

-What Venetian bridge links the Doge's palace to the state prison?

-Don't know.

-The Bridge of Sighs.

When would you drink a digestif, before or after a meal?

After a meal.

In which country of the UK is the University of St Andrews?

Scotland.

The donkey is the symbol of which American political party?

-Confederates?

-Democrats.

What are pond-skaters and water boatmen, insects or amphibians?

Insects.

In Wayne's World, who was Wayne's best friend played by Dana Carvey?

-Pass.

-Garth.

If it's 1.15 in the afternoon, what time was it an hour and a half ago?

-12.45.

-No, 11.45.

Which radio presenter had a UK number 1 single in 1965

with The Man From Laramie?

-I've no idea.

-Jimmy Young.

The Huguenots, who fled from persecution in France, were Catholic or Protestant?

-Catholic.

-Protestant.

The American Mario Andretti was a major figure in which sport?

-Baseball.

-No, motor racing.

What 1960s children's show featured Clarence the cross-eyed lion?

-The Herbs.

-No, Daktari.

Time's up! You did slightly better but by no means brilliantly.

You banked £350.

Who has the intellect of a flea?

Who is skating on thin ice? One of you is about to leave with nothing.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

The weakest link is Leighton.

Damian remains the strongest link, getting every answer right.

But which way will the votes go?

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

Damian, what do you do?

-I'm a student.

-Studying what?

-Politics and philosophy.

-What will you do afterwards?

-Become a journalist.

-Who says?

Me.

-What sort of journalist?

-Broadcast, hopefully.

-Really?

What are you going to broadcast?

News, politics.

-Why Gemma?

-She got the majority of her questions wrong.

-Did you think she was the weakest link?

-Yes.

When you're in the House of Commons reporting a debate

will you be able to count the votes?

I hope so.

So, Trevor who sews, how was that round for you?

-I got the first one right and I went downhill after that!

-You did.

-Why Gemma?

-Because I had to vote for somebody who was probably on par as bad as me.

Sorry, Gemma. >

(It's OK.)

-Was she the weakest link?

-No, it was probably me.

-No!

Wa-hey! That's always a bonus!

No, it was the fool from Poole.

-Me!

-I'm sorry?

-Did anyone speak to you?

-No.

Gemma, with three votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

My friends don't know I'm here, my family's in Australia,

so I don't have to go home to too much teasing.

I think next off will either be Leighton or Trevor.

They've both been the weakest link previously,

so that's going to put the idea in everyone's head

that they should be voted off soon.

Round three, team, and out of a possible £2,000,

you have banked just £490.

Seven of you left, another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Damian.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock!

In economics, if you're paid in goods rather than money, you are paid in what K?

Kind.

The Gang of Four tried to seize power after which Chinese leader's death in 1976?

Mao Tse-tung.

Which city on the east coast of Scotland is the main centre of our off-shore oil industry?

Aberdeen.

The literal translation of eau de vie, French for brandy, is water of what?

Life.

-Bank.

-In racing, if two horses approach the finish together, they are running nip and what?

Pass.

No, nip and tuck.

Is the transfer of heat in electromagnetic waves conduction or radiation?

-Conduction.

-Radiation.

Which language was formally known as Cape Dutch?

-French.

-Afrikaans.

What P is a medieval type of play about Christ's suffering and death?

-Passion.

-In maths, what is 99 plus 7?

106.

The Best Picture Oscar 1977 went to which film with Sylvester Stallone?

Rocky.

British writer Brian Aldiss is best known for crime or science fiction?

Science fiction. Bank. >

Which of the tennis grand-slam tournaments is in January?

-The US Masters.

-Australian Open.

In food, what Q is a golden-yellow member of the apple family used in jams and jellies?

Quince!

Since 1066, how many English kings have been known as Edward?

-Two.

-Eight.

On which Scottish island are the Cuillin hills, Islay or Skye?

Skye.

In film and TV, which word follows visual, sound and special to give three ways of creating illusions?

-Pass.

-Effects.

Alistair Darling is in which political party?

-Conservative.

-Labour Party.

What M is the name of a tourist resort in the main port in Kenya?

Mombasa.

In which game do players sweep the ice ahead of a sliding stone?

Curling.

-Bank.

-Comedians Graeme Garden and Graham Chapman both studied for law or medicine?

Medicine.

In evolution, the preservation of useful variations was called by Darwin natural what?

-Progression.

-Selection.

Brazil shares a border with every other South American country except Ecuador and where?

Colombia.

No, the correct answer is Chile. In that round you banked £450.

Who makes a coal shed seem bright?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

With every answer correct, Julian is the strongest link.

Statistically, Trevor is the weakest link,

as he got all his answers wrong, but who will the team want off?

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

Issy, are you named after The Sooty Show?

-No.

-"Izzy, Izzy, let's get busy!"

-"Izzy WHIZZY, let's get busy!"

-You watch Sooty?

-No, I've heard it so often I know it back to front.

-Did you come in your jogging top?

-No.

-Are you a gamey person?

-Yes.

-What sort of games do you play?

-Netball and any racket sports.

-Do you?

-And what do you do for work?

-I'm a team manager for BT.

-Can you tell the time?

-I can.

Can you not work it out if you know it's an hour and a half less than the time I gave you?

-Not under pressure.

-Shouldn't a team manager work under pressure?

Absolutely.

-Why Trevor?

-He was very weak this round, and he's been weak before, so he deserved it.

-Margaret, what do you do?

-I'm an HR officer.

-So you fire people?

-Can do.

Pretend I'm about to lose my job what do you say?

Goodbye.

-Why Trevor?

-Great guy, good laugh,

but time to go.

-Sylvia, did the hair go wrong?

-No, I thought I'd look like looking through the mirror, looking at you.

-Oh, dear, really?

-Yes. So many people have said it to me.

-Have they?

-Yes.

-That's quite worrying.

-I find it quite nice, actually.

-Do you? When have you seen me wear a shirt like that?

-I haven't, because you...

-You certainly wouldn't!

-Why Trevor?

-He did get quite a few wrong, more than me, so I'm afraid he has to go.

Trevor the sewer, you've stitched yourself up,

You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I sit in front of the TV and shout answers out and tell people they're complete idiots,

but once the foxy red-haired devil's shouting at you, it's different.

I'd like Leighton to be voted off. He voted for me in the first round,

which was one of my better rounds I got one right and one wrong, which I thought was good for me.

Round four, and you still haven't hit £1,000,

just 940.

Six of you left, another ten seconds coming off the time.

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round Julian!

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock! Smike is a character in which novel by Charles Dickens?

Nicholas Nickleby, Anne.

In golf, on a par-4 or par-5 hole, what D is the shot off the tee?

Drive.

In the US, what are Cornell, Rutgers and MIT?

-Don't know.

-Universities.

What is the national currency of Egypt?

-Dinar?

-The Egyptian pound.

Before reunification, the German Democratic Republic was known as East or West Germany?

East Germany.

In TV, from The Boys From The Black Stuff,

which demand of Yosser Hughes became his catch phrase?

Giss a job.

Which 1987 comedy crime film starred Dan Ackroyd and Tom Hanks

as hapless policemen trying to solve a curious case?

-I don't know.

-Dragnet.

Which three-letter word for an inferior horse

also means someone who keeps on at you in an irritating way?

-Ass.

-Nag.

-Nag.

In sailing, what M is a harbour for pleasure boats?

Marina.

Thomas Hardy wrote Jude The what?

Obscure. Bank. >

Who was the final Conservative candidate

for the 2000 London mayoral election?

-Pass.

-Steven Norris.

In what field is Stella Tennant famous fashion or pop music?

Fashion.

The Bourse is the equivalent of which London financial institution?

The Stock Exchange.

In the BBC sitcom My Family, which actor plays Ben the dentist?

-Steven Punt.

-Robert Lindsay.

In English, navvy, a common term for a labourer,

is a shortening of which word?

Navigator.

What V is a steep cycle-racing track?

Velodrome. Bank. >

Which is the only mythical creature among the animals representing the Chinese year?

Dragon.

Which Lord Chancellor became a cardinal in 1515 under Henry VIII?

Wolsey.

-Bank.

-Who wrote Hedda Gabler?

-No idea.

-Ibsen.

Holding Back The Years and Money's Too Tight To Mention

-were...

-Simply Red.

Time's up, and you banked just £150.

Who's more Bambi than Bamber Gascoigne? Who's top for the chop?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Leighton is the weakest link for the second time.

Statistically, Issy is strongest, as she got every answer right.

Will the votes mirror the facts?

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

We have a tie, team.

Sylvia and Julian two votes each.

-Leighton from Poole you're a double-glazing salesman.

-I am.

What's the trick selling it?

Offer them a good product, and get them to like you.

If they like you, they'll buy off you. I do very well.

You don't have to answer general-knowledge questions.

-No, the questions...

-Just as well!

-HE LAUGHS

-Never heard of the word nag?

-Now you mention it, yes, you remind me...

-You're not meant to be reminded when I mention it.

-Why Sylvia?

-I'm playing tactically.

I quite fancy being here on my own to bank all the money.

-Damian why Julian?

-I just thought he had a bad round there.

He's been good, but I felt he was weakest in that round.

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

And the strongest link last round was the team manager who plays netball

in the top she looks as if she plays in.

-Why Julian?

-He did have a bad round. He was unfortunate with questions

and he was the weakest link.

You've got a choice now between Sylvia and Julian.

-I'll stick with my choice.

-Why?

-Because he was the weakest link...

-He wasn't, statistically.

-Right.

More reason to worry about you being a team manager.

You can't tell the time, you can't keep track of the game.

It was the fool from Poole, yet again, who was statistically the worst player.

Julian, you didn't do much with your hypnotics.

-No, but...

-You are the weakest link. Goodbye!

I was voted off for tactical reasons. I'm not bothered.

It's just one of those things. Perhaps they were frightened of me.

Leighton will be off next. He's hanging on by the skin of his teeth.

Round five, team, and out of a possible £4,000,

you've currently got in your kitty £1,090.

Five left, another ten seconds off.

We start with the strongest link, Issy. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Which British royal has established his own range of organic foods?

Prince Charles.

What M is issued by a political party to set out its programme for government?

Manifesto. Bank. >

Which English city, traditionally a manufacturing centre,

has been called the city of a thousand trades?

-Pass.

-Birmingham.

Judgment Day is the subtitle of which 1991 Schwarzenegger film?

Terminator.

Which human body fluid gives its name to a variety of orange?

-Pass.

-Blood.

Michael Jackson married which performer's daughter?

Elvis Presley.

How many degrees is the reflex angle on the outside of a right angle?

-275.

-No, 270.

Which TV comedy is named after a fictitious street

in which the Rolling Stones, Al Pacino and Jimmy Hill supposedly live?

-Coronation Street.

-Stella Street.

Which Scottish hero was defeated by Edward I in 1298 at the Battle of Falkirk?

-Rob Roy.

-William Wallace.

What relation is the son of your brother to you?

Nephew.

Which colours can be illuminated simultaneously on a three-light traffic light?

Red and amber. < Bank.

Phoenix and Tucson are in which US state?

Arizona. Bank. >

If you shirk responsibility, you are said to pass the what?

Buck.

The captain of the first all-female Whitbread crew was Tracy who?

-Pass.

-Edwards.

Which playwright wrote the 1974 trilogy The Norman Conquests?

-Pass.

-Alan Ayckbourn.

Which Mancunian pop group had UK hits in the '90s with Step On, Kinky Afro and Loose Fit?

-Oasis.

-No, Happy Mondays.

What was the surname of the builder of the 1829 Rocket locomotive?

Stephenson.

-Bank.

-In telecommunications...

Time's up and you banked just £140.

Whose mind has wandered right out of the studio?

Whose lift doesn't go to the top floor?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

In a reversal of fortune, Leighton is the strongest link.

The weakest link is Margaret, but how will the votes go?

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

Leighton...

do you measure up the house for the double glazing when you've sold it?

-I'm supposed to.

-You don't know much about angles.

I was only five degrees out, that's not really fair.

-Why Margaret?

-She's been really, really good up till now

but she had a bad round.

Is she five degrees out?

About that.

Issy Whizzy...

Why Margaret?

She had a bad round, she didn't give me any money to bank,

-but she's done well up till now.

-OK, Margaret, in human resources,

now you know how it feels.

You're fired, you are the weakest link.

Goodbye!

I feel disappointed to be voted off in round five

because after round one I thought I had a good chance.

I'd like to see Leighton voted off next.

He's been the fool from Poole too much and been overlooked.

Round six, team, and so far you have banked

£1,230 out of a possible 5,000.

Four of you left, ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link. Astonishingly it's Leighton.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In 1935, the King who had a silver jubilee was George the what?

Fifth.

-Bank.

-Which sex was the French novelist George Sand?

Female.

What can mean a bundle of wires

or the part of a funicular railway that moves the cars?

Gauge?

Cable.

Sir John Barbirolli was conductor of which Manchester orchestra?

Manchester Philharmonic?

The Halle.

Which small pie eaten at Christmas contains dried fruit in pastry?

A mince pie.

-Bank.

-Rosemary Ford was assistant to which Generation Game host?

Bruce Forsyth.

The controversial John Profumo belonged to which political party?

Conservative.

-Bank.

-What is the literal translation of aqua fortis,

the Latin name for nitric acid?

-Pass.

-Strong water.

What is the name of the director of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction?

Quentin Tarantino.

-Bank.

-The name of which insect consists of a human sense organ and a word for a toupee?

Earwig.

According to the Bible,

which saint was converted on the road to Damascus?

Peter?

Paul.

Published in 1959, the novel Naked Lunch was by which author?

-Pass.

-William Burroughs.

Falco had a number-one hit in 1985 with a song about which composer?

Amadeus Mozart.

-Bank.

-In which county are the towns of St Austell and Penzance?

Cornwall.

Gladstone was Prime Minister under which monarch?

George V?

Queen Victoria.

In computing, which unit of information takes its name from an abbreviation of "binary digit"?

A bit.

In snooker and tenpin bowling, what name is given to one round of play?

Pass.

The correct answer is frame and you banked just £130.

Who are you dying to get rid of?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Sylvia got every answer right in this round,

making her the strongest link.

The weakest link is Damian, but will the team realise that?

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

Sylvia...

why Damian?

I thought "He's 21, he got one or two questions wrong, and he might want a lie down."

-Issy Whizzy, we weren't very busy in that round.

-No.

-We were rubbish.

-Absolutely.

-They'll be having a laugh back at work.

-Most definitely, yes.

-Why Damian?

-Erm...he didn't give me anything to bank, he did slightly worse than me

-and I had to vote for him.

-Right.

Well, Damian, who hopes to be a political broadcaster,

they'll certainly be short reports.

With three votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'm disappointed because if the questions went my way I could've won.

I'll be surprised if Izzy stays in

because I think Leighton and Sylvia have an alliance going.

Round seven.

And £1,360 is what you've won so far.

Three of you left, ten seconds coming off the time,

we start with the strongest link, Sylvia. Let's play...

The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

George Fox was the founder of which religious movement?

Pass.

Quakers.

Which Danish city is connected by a ten-mile bridge to Malmo in Sweden?

Oslo.

Copenhagen.

What name is shared by the poet Wilfred, the politician David...

Owen.

In chess, how many bishops are on the board at the start?

Four.

In 1956, Harold Macmillan introduced which savings scheme?

Premium Bonds.

In communications, a crystal set was an early form of receiver in which medium?

-Television.

-Radio.

Which pop group had a 1981 UK number one with Ghost Town?

The Who.

The Specials.

According to the expression, if you make a lot of noise you raise the what?

Roof.

Philip Larkin became famous in which area of the arts?

-Sculpture.

-Poetry!

Which Midlands football team plays at Filbert Street?

-Leicester.

-Leicester City, I'll accept Leicester.

In which decade were parking meters introduced in the UK?

-'60s.

-'50s.

In cartoons, what is the name of the overweight cat who has friends called Orson and Odie?

Sylvester.

Garfield.

The kamsin is a wind that blows from which desert over the Middle East?

The Sahara.

The chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales is the holder of which political post?

-Home Secretary.

-Attorney General.

What style of hat in the '20s took its name from the French for bell?

Can't remember!

How useless can you get?

The correct answer was cloche, you banked just £40.

In round eight you get to treble what you bank

which means, potentially, there's £3,000 to be won.

The question is, who do you get rid of, who do you hang on to?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

Leighton is the weakest link for the third time.

Sylvia remains the strongest link with the most correct answers.

But at this pivotal point, how will the team vote?

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

Sylvia, why Issy?

Well, she's a super person

but I think Leighton and I have to stick together now.

I've got quite attached to him.

Leighton, how do you think you did?

Astonishingly well.

You answered one question correctly and four incorrectly.

Better than five wrong.

-Why Issy?

-Well, in the earlier rounds,

the people over there were voting all my colleagues off.

So we decided we wanted to be the champs on this side.

Right, well. Issy, with two votes you ARE the weakest link.

GOODBYE!

I'm very disappointed to be voted off at this stage.

I thought Sylvia would go for girl power,

she's obviously not strong enough,

but they've kept each other on.

Round eight.

You've got £1,400 out of a possible 7,000.

Leighton and Sylvia, two of you left, and you have 90 seconds.

Money you bank now will be trebled and added to your prize money.

So £3,000 is at stake.

We start with the strongest link, Sylvia. Let's play The Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Gelignite, nitroglycerine and dynamite are examples

of which group of chemicals used in warfare and mining?

Explosives.

Dennis Potter wrote the 1986 TV series The Singing what?

Detective.

Won ton are deep fried or steamed dumplings from which Asian country?

Japan.

No, China.

In which event has Denise Lewis represented Great Britain in the Olympics?

100 metres.

Heptathlon.

The philtrum is an indentation beneath which feature of the face?

The eye?

Nose.

In music, which modern-day country

is the birthplace of the violinist Niccolo Paganini?

Italy.

-Bank.

-One group which provides meals on wheels is the WRVS,

or Women's Royal what Service?

Voluntary service.

-Bank.

-Which author wrote the novella on which the film The Shawshank Redemption was based?

-Oh, pass.

-Stephen King.

In pop music, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt are Everything But The what?

Pass.

Girl.

Which Latin-American music is named after the Spanish for sauce?

-Tango.

-Salsa.

The ANZUS Treaty was signed in 1951

by Australia, the United States...

Time's up, I can't complete the question, and you banked £80,

which we'll treble and add to your winnings.

That means prize money of £1,640.

But only one of you can take that money

so now you'll play head-to-head.

I'll ask alternating questions. Whoever answers the most correctly wins, it's as simple as that.

So, Leighton and Sylvia, for £1,640,

let's play The Weakest Link.

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

I'd like to go first, please.

Sylvia, in astronomy,

Triton is the largest satellite of which planet?

Jupiter.

No, the correct answer is Neptune.

Leighton, in athletics,

when Ben Johnson was disqualified from the 1988 Olympics,

which American athlete had his silver medal upgraded to a gold?

-Carl Lewis?

-That is the correct answer.

Sylvia, in language, which word meaning a ruffian,

was originally the name of a murderous cult active in India

until the mid-19th century?

Don't know, sorry.

The correct answer is thug.

Leighton, in English history,

what was the full title of the king whom Lady Jane Grey attempted to succeed as monarch?

King Edward VI.

That is the correct answer.

Sylvia, in animation,

which pair of characters live at 62 West Wallaby Street,

and periodically enjoy a nice cup of tea?

Chip 'n Dale?

-No, the correct answer is Wallace and Gromit.

-Oh, no!

Leighton...

if you answer this question correctly you've won,

so for £1,640

in 1919, which body was established to restore British woodlands

because of the timber shortage after World War One?

Forestry Commission.

That is the correct answer.

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

and you go away with £1,640.

Sylvia, you leave with NOTHING.

Join us again for The Weakest Link.

Goodbye.

I deserved to win because I banked quite a bit of money early on

and I did well in the final rounds cos the questions were on my side.

I am so glad Leighton won.

I didn't deserve to win because I couldn't answer my questions.

I bragged to my mates that if I won I'd take them out for a curry so the money's going in the Indian.