30/03/2010 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's Alwyn, I'm 48.

I'm from New Quay, West Wales, and I'm a contract slaughterman.

I'm Terri. I'm 50.

I come from West Sussex and I'm a full-time carer for the elderly.

I'm Ron, I'm 64, I come from Dundee and I'm a supply teacher.

My name is Jenny, I'm 24,

I come from Staines and I'm a Philosophy student.

I'm Steve, I'm 56, from Lincoln and I'm a clinical nurse specialist.

I'm Anita, I'm 67, from Pocklington and I'm retired.

My name is Matt, I'm 32, I live in Norfolk and I'm a fitness manager.

I'm Eve, I'm 40 years old,

I live in County Durham and I'm a corporate development manager.

My name is Tom, I'm 24, I'm from Nottingham and I'm a singer/dancer.

OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £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. Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.

Round 1. Three minutes. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.

That's you, Alwyn. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

To be very familiar with a place is to know it like the back of which part of your body?

-Hand.

-Correct. In illustrations of nursery rhymes,

which character who fell off a wall is often depicted as a humanised version of an egg?

-Humpty Dumpty.

-Correct.

In the terminology of time, what T is the word for the day that always follows today?

-Tomorrow.

-Correct.

-Bank!

If a birthday celebration is organised in secret and is totally unexpected by the recipient,

it is known as a what party?

-Surprise.

-Correct. In food, which Italian speciality comes in many forms,

including tubes, ribbons, string, shells and small stuffed packets?

-Pasta.

-Correct.

In sport, a gymkhana is an event that normally involves hamsters or horses?

-Horses.

-Correct.

In measurement, ten millimetres make up one what?

-Metre.

-Centimetre.

What W follows "cob" to make the name for the network

of slender threads spun by a spider in order to catch insects?

-Web.

-Correct.

The actor and comedian renowned for his long-running TV partnership with Ronnie Corbett was Ronnie who?

-Pass.

-Barker.

In Wild West fiction, a fight in a saloon is conventionally described as a what?

Bar room brawl or ballroom blitz?

-Bar room brawl.

-Correct.

In the human body, canines, molars and incisors are all varieties of what type of structure?

-Teeth.

-Correct.

In clothing, a shirt normally has how many sleeves?

-Two.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In 2008, the Conservative candidate Boris Johnson was elected to be Mayor of which British city?

-London.

-Correct. In wartime, a small trench from which a soldier may shoot

whilst being protected from enemy guns is known as a foxhole or wolf den?

-Foxhole.

-Correct. In the festive song, "on the fifth day of Christmas,

"my true love sent to me five gold" what?

-Rings.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In English law, what "A" is the crime of setting fire to a property intentionally?

-Arson.

-Correct. In antiques, various small objects of decorative interest

are often referred to as "bric-a" what?

-Brac.

-Correct. In money, which five-letter word is the singular form of the word "pence"?

-Penny.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The phrase that has its origins in the novel Dombey And Son by Charles Dickens

is "good riddance to bad" what?

-Rubbish.

-Correct.

A high tog rating indicates that a duvet is very long or very warm?

-Very warm.

-Correct.

-Ron...

-Bank!

You won £400. The "bank" was out of time.

So who has as much future as a marriage to Jordan?

Whose DVD has no hidden extras?

One of you is about to leave with nothing. Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, Alwyn is the Strongest Link.

Tom 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.

Tom.

Matt.

Jenny.

Tom.

Tom.

Matt.

Tom.

Matt.

Matt.

We have a tie, team - Matt and Tom.

-What do you do, Tom?

-I'm a singer-dancer.

-Have you sung with any famous people?

-No.

-Who's your hero?

-Probably Victoria Beckham.

-You don't have any singing heroes?

-Frank Sinatra.

-Have you been on telly before?

-Yes.

-What on?

-It was a kind of reality TV show.

-What did you do?

-I was a backing dancer.

-For whom?

-For someone who came out as a lesbian on it.

-During the TV show?

-Yeah, told it through the medium of dance.

-How do you do that?

-I don't know.

Put your board down.

Show us which way you bat through the medium of dance.

LAUGHTER

-What kind of dance do you want me to do?

-I'm not fussed.

-I can do a bit of tap.

Does that show you're gay or straight?

Maybe a bit of both. Whatever you're into.

Put your board up.

-Why Matt?

-Because he was the other person that got a question wrong, alongside me.

-What do you do, Matt?

-I'm a fitness manager, Anne.

-Are you fit?

-I like to think so.

-Put your board down.

-Can you do any tricks with your body?

-I can do a little pec dance.

Move over.

-Go on then. Have you started yet?

-No, I haven't started yet.

-OK.

You have to get a close-up.

Yeah... What's the point of that?

-There's no point to it, but not everyone can do a pec dance.

-Move back.

-Do you instruct people still to get fit?

-I do. I'm a very hands-on manager.

So, Anita, for example... Put your board down, Anita.

Move over towards Matt.

Turn towards her and instruct her in doing a pec dance.

With your arms, Anita, just try and contract your stomach.

There you go.

-Pretty impressive.

-She's just pulling her stomach in and out. Pop back up, Anita.

-Why Tom?

-Like me, he got a question wrong.

But I banked.

When the vote's tied, the Strongest Link has to cast the deciding vote.

And the Strongest Link was Alwyn.

-What do you do, Alwyn?

-I'm a contract slaughterman.

-Where are you from?

-New Quay, West Wales.

-Do lots of people become slaughtermen in Wales?

-I think so.

-Why?

-There's a lot of sheep there.

-Do you like sheep?

-Yes, I've got two pet ones.

-Have you?

-Two pet rams.

-When will you get rid of those?

-I won't. My wife wouldn't let me go near them.

-Why Tom?

Tom and Matt got a question wrong, but Matt did bank, so Tom, I thought, was the Weakest Link.

-Will you stick with Tom or move to Matt?

-I'll stick with the one I've got.

-He was the worst player.

Tom, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was fairly embarrassing to do the first walk of shame,

but these things happen and I'm used to a bit of rejection in the job I do anyway!

Round 2. In the bank, £400. We take ten seconds off your time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Alwyn. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which word means both a close female relative

and a senior nurse in charge of a hospital ward?

-Sister.

-Correct.

What D is the name of the European country immediately to the north of Germany?

-Denmark.

-Correct.

In TV, which former member of The Spice Girls joined the judging panel

for the 2010 series of Dancing On Ice?

-Geri Halliwell.

-Emma Bunton.

In the UK, when purchasing an item by mail order, the abbreviation P&P stands for "postage and" what?

-Packaging.

-Correct.

In British wildlife, which tree-dwelling mammal lives in a nest known as a drey?

-Squirrel.

-Correct. What "A" is the name of a garment worn over the front of the body

to protect clothes while preparing food?

-Apron.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In golf, an alternative name for a bunker is a what trap?

-Sand.

-Correct.

Wham had a UK No.1 single in 1984 with what title? Boredom or Freedom?

-Freedom.

-Correct.

A small, still water habitat for newts, frogs and ducks is commonly called a village what?

-Pond.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In maths, counting downwards, which whole number comes immediately after 1,000?

-99.

-No, 999.

A common phrase that includes a girl's name and means "certainly not" is "not on your" what?

-Nelly.

-Correct.

The Order of the Thistle is an order of knighthood that originated in which country of the UK?

-Scotland.

-Correct.

What is the six-letter general name of the elastic substance made from latex that is obtained from trees?

-Rubber.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In children's TV, what D is the name of the green Teletubby?

-Pass.

-Dipsy.

In history, the Queen referred to 1992 as an "annus horribilis"

because of family troubles and the serious fire at which royal residence?

-Windsor.

-Correct.

In interior design, the two-word name for the timber

that hides the joint between the walls and the floor in a room is a skirting what?

-Board.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In art, a concise sketch is known as a what? Thumbnail or fingertip?

-Thumbnail.

-Correct.

The US President James Earl Carter was better known by what abbreviated first name?

-Jimmy.

-Correct. In music, which object used for personal grooming

can be combined with paper to produce a makeshift instrument?

-Comb.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The three bright stars in the middle of the constellation called The Hunter are known as Orion's what?

-Belt.

-Correct.

-Couldn't be bothered to bank, Steve?

-No.

-Time's up.

You won £450.

But whose reason has done a runner?

Who deserves to go?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The statistics show that Jenny is the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link is Anita, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Ron.

Ron.

Anita.

Anita.

Ron.

Jenny.

Terri.

Ron.

-What do you do, Steve?

-I'm a nurse.

A clinical nurse specialist, to be more precise.

-What do you specialise in?

-Urology.

-So, for example what?

I mainly deal with men who have got erection problems.

-What do you do to help them, Steve?

-I do an assessment.

-How do you grade them?

-One to four.

-And is four good or bad?

-Four is the best.

-Is it?

-Normal.

Does anyone ever get six or eight?

-No, you can't go higher than four.

-Why not?

-That's the international standard.

-What's your grading?

My grading? I'm quite normal.

-So you're a four?

-I am.

-Have you been tested?

-No, but I know from my own experience.

-Can you look at other guys and think, "There's a two, there's a one"?

-In some cases, I can guess.

-Why Ron?

-Amongst the ones that got a question wrong, Ron was the only one that didn't bank.

What do you do, Terri?

I'm a full-time carer for the elderly.

-That must be confusing for them.

-Why?

Well, how do they know which are the elderly and which is the carer with you?

Oh! Anne! I was going to say it was so nice to meet you, but...

-How old are you?

-Do I really have to say it?

-Oh, yes.

-My toy boy could be watching and he doesn't know how old I am.

-He will in a minute. How old?

-59.

-You're 59? And who's your toy boy?

-Luke.

-And how old is he?

-39.

-And he thinks you're 50?

-He does. Well, he doesn't now, does he?

-And is he a one or a four?

-Oh, he's definitely a four.

-Is he?

-Yeah.

-Could be a five?

-Yeah.

-How did you meet him?

-He's a plumber.

-Did you go online?

-No, he came round to sort my plumbing out.

-LAUGHTER

-How long did he stay mending your leaky toilet?

-He always stays until the customer is truly satisfied.

-Why Ron?

Ron did get one question wrong.

Ron, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Three of us had a question wrong and it could have been either three of us,

but they decided to probably play the age card.

Round 3. In the bank, £850. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Jenny. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In the common type of metallic clothes fastener, if the looped piece is called an eye,

what name is given to the bent piece that catches in it?

-Hook.

-Correct. The generic term for pastimes such as snakes and ladders and ludo is board what?

-Games.

-Correct. In Greek mythology, what Z was the name of the king of the gods?

-Zeus.

-Correct.

The animal named Jumbo who gave rides to children at London Zoo in the 1880s was what kind of creature?

-Elephant.

-Correct.

The 2009 memoir by TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh was given the apt title Knave Of what?

-Coming Up Roses.

-Spades.

Which word follows Shropshire Union, Manchester Ship and Kennet and Avon

for the names of three artificial waterways?

-Canal.

-Correct.

In computing, a software device that protects areas of a network from unauthorised access

is known as a flak jacket or firewall?

-Flak jacket.

-Firewall.

In cinema, Christopher Lee played the villain Scaramanga

in the 1974 James Bond film entitled The Man With The Golden what?

-Gun.

-Correct.

-Bank!

On a standard telephone keypad, how many buttons are marked with digits?

-Ten.

-Correct.

In financial loans, the term "annual percentage rate" is shortened to what three-letter abbreviation?

-APR.

-Correct.

The 1995 song by Take That with the lines, "Whenever I'm wrong, just tell me the song and I'll sing it",

is entitled Back For what?

-Good.

-Correct.

What H is the word for the top of the forehead and is also applied to a very thin fracture in a bone?

-Pass.

-Hairline.

In sport, the campaign called Kick It Out was set up in 1993

with the aim of ridding which game of racism?

-Football.

-Correct.

If an animal that is referred to as diurnal is usually active by day,

what opposite term describes one that is primarily active at night?

-Nocturnal.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In which of the ages known as the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages

were metals first used to make tools?

-Bronze.

-Correct.

In geography, which African city is nearer to the Equator? Cairo or Nairobi?

-Nairobi.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your "bank" was in time and you won £120.

But who is plotting to be a plonker? Who is scheming to be a simpleton?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

For the second round in a row, Jenny is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, Eve is the Weakest Link, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Eve.

Eve.

Eve.

Eve.

Eve.

Eve.

Terri.

-What do you do, Anita?

-As little as possible now.

-So you do nothing all day now?

-Yes, nothing significant.

And who do you do nothing significant with, Anita?

Myself.

-You haven't got a partner or a toy boy?

-No, I have a husband.

-Have you only just remembered about him?

-Well, I'm not likely to forget after 48 years.

-48 years? What's he called?

-Robin.

And is he a one or a four?

-I never knew that sort of thing existed.

-But if it had?

SHE LAUGHS LOUDLY

Sorry.

Is Robin a one or a four?

Well, we sleep in separate bedrooms.

-So you don't know any more.

-No.

-Why do you sleep in separate bedrooms?

-I like it like that.

-Do you?

-Does he like it like that?

-I haven't really asked him.

-No, why bother?

-Why Eve?

-She did get two wrong.

-What do you do, Jenny?

-I'm a Philosophy student.

Just explain what you've learnt so far.

-Um...

-At our expense.

-I've learnt about the problem of evil.

-What have you learnt about evil?

-Is it good or bad?

-I'm assuming it's bad.

-You're assuming?

-I am.

-You're not certain?

-Us philosophers are never certain.

-Why Eve?

She got two questions wrong and didn't bank in time.

Eve, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

If Anne was a colleague of mine, as I work as a corporate development manager, we'd get on really well.

She's a powerful woman. We could make a good team.

Round 4. In the bank, £970. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Jenny. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

What name for a volatile chemical compound used in riot control

is derived from the fact that it makes people cry?

-Pass.

-Tear gas.

In politics, in 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to give the vote

to which members of society?

-Ethnic minorities.

-Women.

What W is the spinning fairground ride that shares its name with a type of ballroom dancer?

-Waltzer.

-Correct.

In modern faiths, followers of the teaching of the Kabbalah Centre wear string bracelets

of which primary colour to ward off the evil eye?

-Yellow.

-Red. The brain and the spinal cord are the two main components

of the network of tissue called the central nervous what?

-System.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Which 1977 UK hit single for The Eagles concludes with the lines,

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"?

-Hotel California.

-Correct.

In cricket, the England Test player from 2000 to 2008 who was known as Banger

because of his love of sausages is Marcus who?

-Pass.

-Trescothick.

Which word meaning irregular scraps of material follows "glad"

to give a colloquial term for smart or fancy clothes?

-Rags.

-Correct. Since the 1990s,

many businesses have issued a declaration of general objectives and principles

known as a mission what?

-Impossible.

-Statement.

In the world of birds, what is the usual collective term for a group of owls? A senate or a parliament?

-A senate.

-A parliament.

In comedy, "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" is a line from which 1979 Monty Python film?

-Life Of Brian.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The region of shallow lakes known as the Broads is mainly in which English county?

-Norfolk.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-Which word precedes Millionaire for a TV series where wealthy people go undercover

and give away some of their money?

-Secret.

-Correct. What D is the name of the port in northern France

that in 1940 saw the mass evacuation of British and Allied troops by Navy ships and private boats?

-Dunkirk.

-Correct. Which word can mean both bright tints in the hair

and the most exciting moments of an event?

-Highlights.

-Correct.

-Bank!

Cheryl Cole had a UK No.1 single in 2009 with a song entitled Fight For This what?

-Love.

-Correct.

You won £160.

Who thinks erudite is a glue?

Who has knowledge like Ryanair has frills?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

In a sudden reversal of fortune, Jenny is now the Weakest Link.

The statistics reveal that Terri is the Strongest Link, but whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Matt.

Jenny.

Anita.

Anita.

Terri.

Jenny.

We have another tie, team.

Jenny and Anita this time, two votes each.

-Matt, why Jenny?

-I believe in that round she was the same as me.

She got a couple of answers wrong.

Steve, you've voted for Anita. Why have you voted for her then?

Because she didn't bank whereas Jenny did bank, so that made her the Weakest Link.

When the vote's tied, the Strongest Link has to cast the deciding vote.

The Strongest Link was Terri

who is 59, but whose toy boy boyfriend thinks she's 50.

-Have you had a bit of work done?

-A bit of Botox, but not like you, Anne.

Why Jenny?

It was a bit difficult on that round.

A few of us got questions wrong.

-And she's younger than you.

-I know. She won't have to lie about her age.

Not yet. You've got a choice now. You can stick with Jenny or move to Anita.

I'm going to change my mind and move to Anita because I think it's getting a bit too much for her now.

-Jenny was the worst player.

-Well, there you go.

Anita, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I didn't like the reason why Terri changed her vote because I wasn't tired,

but she assumed that I was,

so therefore, I must be.

Round 5. Your total is £1,130. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Terri. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In the USA, if you're asked to put your John Hancock on a document,

you write your signature or date of birth?

-Signature.

-Correct. In tennis, Ebony Starr are the middle names of which of the Williams sisters?

-Venus.

-Correct.

Which cereal crop is described as brown when its husk has been removed and white when it's polished?

-Maize.

-Rice. In physics, what "A" is the term

for the force exerted by two magnets towards one another?

-Pass.

-Attraction.

In medicine, the name cirrhosis was originally and is still predominantly used

for a disease of which organ?

-Liver.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In Roman numerals, the letters MM represent which number?

-200.

-2,000.

In clay pigeon shooting, the target which is fired into the air

closely resembles which item used in athletics? A javelin or a discus?

-Discus.

-Correct.

In UFO jargon, direct contact with aliens is known as a close encounter of the what kind?

-Third.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In geography, Mont Blanc is the highest peak of which European mountain range?

-France. The Alps.

-No, I have to accept your first answer. The correct answer is the Alps.

In TV, the cartoon character Mr Magoo is famously deficient in which of his five basic senses?

-Sight.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-What H is the term for the hairs on the back of the neck of a dog

that rise when the creature is angry or afraid?

-Hairline.

-Hackles.

In sport, the Leander Club, based in Henley-on-Thames,

is the oldest amateur club in the world for which activity?

-Rowing.

-Correct.

The 2009 best-seller entitled The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution

was written by which author?

-Darwin?

-Richard Dawkins.

In food, which French phrase commonly used in English means "high-class cooking"?

-Pass.

-Haute cuisine.

In cinema, the 1946 Marx Brothers comedy was called A Night In where? Casablanca or Cleethorpes?

Cleethorpes.

Time's up. The correct answer was Casablanca.

You won £90. Who's the Alexandra Burke and who's the total berk?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Having got all her answers right, Jenny is the Strongest Link.

Matt is the Weakest Link, but will the votes reflect the statistics?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Matt.

Steve.

Steve.

Matt.

Steve.

-Jenny, why Steve?

-He had a round a bit like mine the last one and he didn't bank either.

So, Matt the muscle, did you think Steve was the worst player?

-No, I probably was, Anne.

-Probably?

-I got a couple of questions wrong.

-A couple?

-But I also did bank.

-How many questions did you answer correctly?

-None.

Matt was the worst player, but it's votes that count.

Steve, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Matt didn't get voted off next

because he's been very shaky with his answers and got a number of questions wrong.

Round 6. In the bank, £1,220. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Jenny. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Which family of birds noted for their mimicry include species

called the Green-cheeked Amazon and African Grey?

-Parrots.

-Correct.

What E is a seven-letter word usually written in abbreviated form after a man's name

as an alternative to the title "Mr"?

-Esquire.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-The musical Bugsy Malone features a song about an aspiring sportsman

called So You Wanna Be A what?

-Boxer.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In the British media, which national daily newspaper was owned from 1916 to 1964 by Max Aitken,

also known as Lord Beaverbrook?

-The Sun.

-The Daily Express.

A panel of glass that reflects light on one side and is transparent on the other

is called a two-way mirror or three-way tie?

-Two-way mirror.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In TV, Round The Houses, London Pride, Square Dance and East 8

were all suggested titles for which soap opera?

-Coronation Street.

-EastEnders.

In South American history, the Inca Empire was conquered between 1532 and 1535

by troops from which European country?

-Spanish.

-I'll accept.

-Bank!

In botany, what H is the common name for plants of the genus Erica

that typically have white, pink or purple bell-shaped flowers?

-Pass.

-Heath.

In cinematic awards, which statuette designed by Cedric Gibbons

consists of a knight holding a crusader's sword while standing on a reel of film?

-BAFTAs?

-Oscar.

In English geography, the metropolitan county created in 1974

that includes Wakefield, Bradford and Halifax among its main towns is West what?

-Yorkshire.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The 2009 children's novel illustrated by Quentin Blake entitled Mr Stink

was written by which member of the Little Britain comedy team?

-Matthew...

-No, David Walliams.

In sport, the Happy Valley Racecourse is in which former...

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

And you banked £130.

Perhaps Alwyn's made a pig's ear of it?

Is Jenny still sitting on the fence?

Has Terri been terrible or is Matt unfit to stay?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With the most wrong answers, Terri is the Weakest Link.

Statistically, Alwyn is the Strongest Link, but will the team notice that?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Matt.

Jenny.

Matt.

Terri.

-Alwyn, why Matt?

-He had a terrible round like everybody else in this round, I think.

-Jenny, why Matt?

-I think a few of us did have a bad round,

-but a few others of us banked more often than he did.

-He did bank £20.

Never mind. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think Jenny will go on to win today and hopefully buy me a drink in the bar

for not voting for her in the last round.

Round 7. In the bank, £1,350. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Alwyn. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In psychiatry, the former pupil of Sigmund Freud

who proposed the idea of the collective unconsciousness was Carl who?

-Marx.

-Jung. What K is the name of the British pop group

that had UK hit singles in 2004 with Somewhere Only We Know and Everybody's Changing?

-Kaiser Chiefs.

-Keane.

In English slang, the word "shufti", meaning a look or peep at something, comes from which language?

-Pass.

-Arabic.

The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust that protects water birds and their habitats

was founded in 1946 by the naturalist Sir Peter who?

-Scott.

-Correct.

-Bank!

In art in Florence in 1504, Michelangelo completed a colossal marble sculpture

of which Biblical figure? Abraham or David?

-David.

-Correct.

In broadcasting, the Radio 2 show presented by Brian Matthew from 1990 is called Sounds Of which decade?

-The '80s?

-The '60s.

Which British female author wrote the novels I'm The King Of The Castle, Mrs De Winter

and The Woman In Black?

-Pass.

-Susan Hill.

In film, the actor born Carlos Irwin Estevez, who adopted his father's stage name of Sheen,

is better known by what first name?

-Martin.

-Charlie.

What V is a dated abbreviation of the word "university",

still used to refer to sporting contests between Oxford and Cambridge?

-Pass.

-Varsity.

In botany, the corn poppy, a symbol of the casualties of the First World War,

is also known by what name taken from that of a region of Belgium?

-Pass.

-Time's up.

The answer was the Flanders poppy and you won just £20.

Now, in Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank, so you need to hang on to the best player.

Time to vote off the WEAKEST Link.

Terri goes from being the Weakest Link in the last round to the Strongest Link in this.

Statistically, Jenny is the Weakest Link, but who will be taking the final walk of shame?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Terri.

Alwyn.

Terri.

Alwyn, why Terri?

She had a poor round like me and Jenny had the same,

but I think Jenny got one question more than Terri.

-Jenny, you were the worst player, weren't you?

-I'm sure I was.

-Why did you vote for Terri?

-Alwyn got one right, so it had to be Terri.

-She got one right too.

-Never mind.

-Never mind.

-Terri, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Bye-bye, Anne.

With the banter with Anne, she always comes off best because she is the Queen of Mean, isn't she?

Round 8. In the bank, £1,370.

90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.

You voted off the Strongest Link, so we'll start with the second strongest. That's Alwyn.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

The independent school founded in Leicestershire in 1584 has what name? Uppingham or Downingham?

-Uppingham.

-Correct.

In food, the kumquat is a small, citrus-like fruit that is native to which continent?

-Africa.

-Asia.

The American scientist who invented the Polaroid camera in the late 1940s was Edwin who?

-Kodak.

-Land.

What B is the name of the queen who in 1980 succeeded to the throne of the Netherlands?

-Beatrix.

-Correct.

The Ha'penny Bridge, opened in 1816 and originally named after the Duke of Wellington,

is in which European city?

-Paris.

-Dublin.

The musical Les Miserables is based on an 1862 novel by the French author, Victor who?

-Pass.

-Hugo.

In road travel, which English motorway extends further north? The M1 or the M5?

-M5.

-M1.

The only two members of a netball team who can score

play in the positions called "goal attack" and "goal" what?

-Shooter.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What E is the name of the studios in Hertfordshire that were used

in the making of films like Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Shining?

-El Studio?

-No, Elstree.

The Texas-born designer who was appointed Creative Director of Gucci in 1994

and later left to establish his own label is Tom who?

Pass.

Time's up. The correct answer was Ford.

You've won £60 which we will treble.

It gives you prize money today of £1,550.

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Alwyn and Jenny, for £1,550, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Jenny, as the Strongest Link, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'd like Alwyn to go first, please.

Alwyn, in law in 2009,

a committee of the House of Lords was replaced

as the highest judicial authority for most legal cases in the UK

by a body known by what name?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is the Supreme Court.

Jenny, in the Gregorian calendar, apart from July,

which is the only other month

to have been named after a real person?

-August.

-That is the correct answer.

Alwyn, in literature, the authors Patricia Highsmith and Robert Ludlum

have both created title characters

who have been portrayed on screen by which actor?

-Roger Moore.

-The correct answer is Matt Damon.

Jenny, as its name suggests,

which Book of the Old Testament is a collection of wise sayings

and moral stories, traditionally attributed to King Solomon?

-Psalms?

-No, the correct answer is Proverbs.

Alwyn, the variant of rugby union included in the programme

for the 2016 Olympics

features how many players in the starting line-up on each team?

-Seven.

-That is correct.

Jenny, in art, which American architect, born in 1867,

was particularly famous for his designs of prairie houses

and of a dwelling built on a waterfall?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Frank Lloyd Wright.

Alwyn, the irregular contractions of the womb

that become more frequent towards the end of a pregnancy

are named after a British doctor with what double-barrelled surname?

-Sorry, pass.

-The correct answer is Braxton-Hicks.

Jenny, in science in 2009, for his work in optical fibres,

the Chinese-born Briton Charles Kao won a half share

of which Nobel Prize?

-Physics?

-That is the correct answer.

Alwyn, in cookery,

the spice comprising dried, unopened flower buds

that resemble carpentry nails has what English name

from the Latin word "clavus"?

-Capers.

-No, the correct answer is clove.

That means, Jenny, you are today's Strongest Link

and you go away with £1,550.

Alwyn, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was amazing just to be in the final because when I first got here,

I thought with the people that were in it with me, I thought that I'd be voted out first round,

so losing the money is a bit disappointing, but not too bad.

It feels really good to be able to walk away with £1,500.

It's going to definitely go towards giving my friends a good night out

and maybe start to pay off a little bit of my student loan.

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