30/05/2013 Weakest Link

'Of the nine contestants preparing for today's show,

'only one will take home up to £10,000.

'The others 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, however, to win the prize money, they'll have to work as a team,

but eight of them will get nothing as round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Tony, I'm 55, living in Surrey.

I'm a retired insurance official.

I'm Alison, I'm 28, I'm from Leeds and I'm an office temp.

My name's Sue, I'm 35,

I'm from Peterborough, I'm a marketing manager.

I'm John, 49 years old, from Barnsley, and I'm a publican.

I'm Stef, I'm 21, I'm from Chester and I'm a student.

My name's Jason, I'm 27, from Dunfermline,

I'm a quantity surveyor.

I'm Nick, I'm 33,

I'm from Staffordshire and I'm an opera singer.

I'm Jane, I'm 45, from the Wirral, and I'm a civil servant.

I'm Paul, I'm 51, from Reading in Berkshire,

and I'm a computer systems manager.

In each round, 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 9 correct answers. Get a question wrong, you break the chain

and lose the money, but if you say "Bank!" before the question's asked,

the money is safe, however, you start a new chain from scratch.

In round one there are three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the first name alphabetically.

That's Alison. Let's play The Weakest Link!

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

Bess, Betty and Libby are all informal versions of which name?

Elizabeth.

In maths, what time in the afternoon is 1700 hours?

Five o'clock.

In which 1979 film does a creature burst out of the body of a character played by John Hurt?

-Alien.

-In the top division of English football,

who has been League Champions the most times?

-Manchester Utd.

-No, Liverpool. Who presented the TV series Hot Wax?

Ruby Wax.

Which is the smallest species of elephant, African or Asian?

-Asian.

-In the nursery rhyme Cock-a-doodle-do, which item of clothing has the dame lost?

Her shoe.

What B is the cloth fastened around a child while feeding?

Bib.

In the 18th century, which explorer captained the ship Endeavour to New Zealand and Tahiti?

-Scott.

-No, Captain James Cook.

Which 1941 film starring Orson Welles was based on the life of a newspaper magnate?

Pass.

Citizen Kane.

Is Lobster Bisque a soup or pastry?

A soup.

How many days are there in the month of July?

30.

No, 31. Love in the First Degree and Robert de Niro's Waiting were UK hit singles in the 1980s

for which British female group?

Bananarama.

Sika and fallow are both types of which mammal?

-Pass.

-Deer.

What R is a metal fixture on the side of a boat that supports an oar against which it moves?

-Pass.

-Rowlock. The British actress turned MP who won an Oscar

for her role in the film Women in Love is Glenda who?

Jackson.

Sunderland stands at the mouth of which river, the Wear or the Tees?

-The Wear.

-Newton's third law of motion states

that for every action there is an equal and opposite what?

Reaction.

-Bank!

-Does "buena sera" in Italian mean good evening or good morning?

-Good morning.

-Good evening. Other than Emily and Charlotte, name the third literary Bronte sister.

Anne.

Famous for its nuclear reactor plants, where in the UK is Dounreay?

-Scotland.

-In which sport did Larry Bird, Magic Johnson,

Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley form part of the Dream Team?

-Basketball.

-The aquatic mammal that was the star of the film Free Willy was a killer what?

Whale.

-Bank.

-According to the Bible, where was Jesus born?

-Nazareth.

-Bethlehem.

Which of these European states is smaller - Monaco or Liechtenstein?

-Liechtenstein.

-Monaco. In 2001, the Transport Secretary agreed to a 5th terminal at which London airport?

Heathrow.

Bank!

Time's up and your "Bank!" was out of time,

and in that first round, you gathered together a disappointing and humbling £300.

Who's turned out to be as thick as a railway sleeper?

Who is not up to the standard of the rest of you? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'Statistically, the first strongest link is Paul.

'The weakest link is Alison, but at this early stage in the game, who will the team want off?'

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

We have a tie, team. Stef and Nick.

Three votes each. Sue...

-you work in marketing, do you?

-Yes.

-So can you speak English?

-I try.

-What do you market?

-Publications.

-Magazines.

-That's better. We don't call them publications. We call them magazines.

-What did Nick do to upset you?

-I thought he got the most questions wrong.

-Stef.

-Yes.

-Remind me what you do.

-I'm a student.

-What are you going to be when you grow up?

-I'd like to be a teacher.

-Why Nick?

-To be honest, I really wasn't sure.

-Well, we don't want you to be dishonest!

-He was the weakest link. I felt he got some questions wrong.

-Nick, what do you do?

-I'm an opera singer.

-Can you sing?

-Very well.

-Let's hear you.

-I'm not being paid to sing today.

-Oh, bit of a spoilsport, are you?

-Not in the least, I'm a professional.

-We'll never know.

-Why Stef?

-It's traditional to vote the student off in the first round.

-You can vote a retired person off in the first round.

-Really?

-Alison...

-Good morning. Good afternoon. Do you know the difference?

-Not in Italian.

-Why Stef?

She's the first person who got one wrong and I remembered it, the Manchester-Liverpool question.

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

You voted for Alison, but the tie is between Nick, who claims to sing opera

and Stef, the student.

Who would you like to get rid of?

It will have to be Nick because as I'm tone deaf, his opera singing would be wasted on me.

Paul wants to lose the opera singer, but we've not heard whether he really is an opera singer.

Nick, you are the weakest link.

Goodbye.

My friends and family are going to dine out for years on this,

and particularly my wife is going to give me a living hell.

I want Paul to go next because he ignored the male bonding thing and voted off me instead of Stef.

Round two. You have in the kitty £300. There are eight of you left.

We're now taking ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link which is Paul.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, which actress played Rita Hanson?

Jennifer Lopez.

Andie MacDowell. What J is the term for a point of articulation between the bones of a skeleton?

-Joint.

-What must you do to the Blarney Stone

in order to be gifted with eloquence and persuasiveness?

-Kiss it.

-What was the name of the 11th-century king known as The Confessor?

-William.

-Edward. Marco Pierre White is a professional jockey or chef?

-Chef.

-Which former England coach became the manager of Tottenham Hotspur in 2001?

-Kevin Keegan.

-Glenn Hoddle.

What's the British name for what the Americans call "suspenders"?

-A garter.

-Braces.

In which major UK city is Imperial College part of the university?

-Cambridge.

-London.

In Scotland, what C is the type of subsistence farming

traditionally carried on in the Highlands?

-Crofting.

-From which part of a tree is frankincense obtained, the bark or the berries?

-The berries.

-The bark.

Which town in the north of England is famous for its liquorice, especially for its so-called cakes?

-Harrogate.

-Pontefract. Which actress married gameshow host Les Dennis in 1995?

-Amanda Holden.

-Which type of World War II weapon was a Bren, a grenade or a machine-gun?

A machine-gun.

-Bank.

-Which 1992 futuristic action drama directed by Ridley Scott

was based on the story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

-Alien.

-Blade Runner. What T is the name of the birthstone for November?

-Topaz.

-In fashion, a low-cut top that is close fitting and usually strapless

is known as a boob what?

-Tube.

-Which word did Tony Blair mistakenly spell with four O's

according to press reports in November 2001?

-Potato.

-Tomorrow.

In biology, what C is a word that refers to the flow of blood

through the heart, arteries and veins?

Coagulation.

Circulation. In the animal kingdom, what type of creature is a Bream?

-A fish.

-Which poet lived with his sister Dorothy and near to his close friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

-Shakespeare.

-William Wordsworth.

What does the word "parsimonious" mean, generous or miserly?

-Generous.

-No, miserly. The stew made with lamb and kidneys is known as Lancashire what?

Hotpot.

Time's up. Hotpot is the correct answer but you were many, many seconds out of time.

And in that round, a dismal £100 was banked.

Whose clock has stopped?

Whose carpet is worn?

Who is well past being any use whatsoever?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'As the only player with no correct answers, Stef is the weakest link.

'John is the strongest link, but what will the other players consider when casting their vote?'

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

John, you don't know the difference between mean and generous, do you?

-Apparently not.

-Do you not know big words?

-Not very many big words, no.

-Do you own the pub you work in?

-Unfortunately not.

-What's good fun about working in a pub?

-Free beer all day and all night.

-Do you drink all day and all night?

-No.

-Why Stef?

Um...

-She's had two unfortunate questions and two poor rounds added together.

-Jason, how old are you?

-27.

-And you're a quantity surveyor.

-I am.

-Don't people think you're a bit young when you survey them?

I was a quantity surveyor when I was 17 so that would be even younger.

-Qualified, were you?

-Of course not.

-So how could you call yourself a quantity surveyor at 17?

-I was an apprentice quantity surveyor.

-Why Stef?

-Too many football questions, unfortunately.

-What do you do, Jane?

-I'm a civil servant.

-What do you do in the civil service?

-I work for the Land Registry.

-Where do you do that?

-In Birkenhead.

-That's a very posh place, isn't it?

-Parts of it.

-Why Stef?

-She unfortunately had two football questions and because of her age she wouldn't have got them.

-Would you have got them because of your age?

-No, I just like football.

Stef the student has a lot to learn but not here. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I hoped to get further because I have a reasonable amount of general knowledge,

but as a student everyone had it in for me anyway.

I'd like Tony to go next because he voted for me in the first round

which wasn't a very nice thing to do.

Round three. You've banked £400 which is not very impressive.

We're taking ten seconds off your time. The strongest link goes first and that's John.

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

In the TV series Starsky and Hutch, which character was played by David Soul?

-Starsky.

-Hutch!

Which country did England defeat at the Battle of Crecy in 1346?

-France.

-In the animal kingdom, the Emperor Penguin lives nearer which Pole?

-The South Pole. Bank.

-In children's TV, which cloth cat belonged to a Victorian girl named Emily?

-No idea.

-Bagpuss. What N is an English county containing part of Hadrian's Wall?

-Northumberland.

-In English law, for which crime do the letters ABH stand?

Aggravated bodily harm?

Actual bodily harm. Which horror film actor performed the rap

at the end of Michael Jackson's song Thriller?

-Christopher Lee.

-Vincent Price. Which Dutch player won the European Footballer of the Year award

three times during the 1970s?

-Johan Cruyff.

-Radio - Professor Anthony Clare presents the programme In the Psychiatrist's what?

Chair.

-Bank.

-In UK politics, who was leader of Her Majesty's Opposition from 1983 to 1992?

-Neil Kinnock.

-In medicine, what V is given to the actual practice of inoculation?

-Vaccination.

-In the animal kingdom, what kind of animal is an asp, an insect or a snake?

-A snake. Bank.

-In radio and TV, Dan Maskell was a commentator primarily on which sport?

-Football.

-Tennis. Which World War II British twin-engined aircraft mostly built of wood

shared its name with an insect?

-Pass.

-No, Mosquito! What B is a French word used in English to describe a fashionable young man?

-Beau.

-The food additive monosodium glutamate is often abbreviated to which three letters?

-Pass.

-MSG. Which Scottish city is the home of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery?

-Edinburgh.

-Glasgow. What A is a word that refers to the forgiveness of the sins of an individual?

-Absolution.

-In comic strips, in which British newspaper did Andy Capp first appear in 1957?

-The Daily Mirror. Bank.

-Robert Redford and Paul Newman starred as Butch Cassidy and who?

The Sundance Kid.

Time's up and you banked only £250. Who makes the village idiot look like Einstein?

Who's busy doing nothing? Who is least likely to help you towards a better bank balance?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'Tony is the strongest link. He was the only player to get all his questions right.

'Sue is the weakest link as she failed to answer a single question correctly,

'but will the team realise that?'

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

Tony, are you as exciting and as sexy as you look?

That's a compliment. I'm grateful.

-No, I'm being completely sarcastic.

-Ah.

-Why Sue?

-I thought she was the weakest link that round.

-You live in Surrey, do you?

-I do.

-But you're not from Surrey.

-Not with this accent, no. I'm from Liverpool.

-Whereabouts in Liverpool?

-In Knotty Ash.

-Knotty Ash! So you're a little Diddyman, are you?

-Well, um, no...

I'm not standing on a box, Anne.

Jason, who's been cutting a dash in Dunfermline since he was a quantity surveyor at 17. Why Sue?

The Mosquito question was a poor one to get wrong.

Sue was the worst player. Marketing strategy hasn't worked here! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

People voted me off because I WAS the weakest link. How can you argue with the truth?

I'd like Tony to go next because his yellow shirt is really annoying me!

Round four, team, £650 in the kitty out of a possible 3,000. Six of you left.

Ten seconds off the time gives you two and a half minutes. The strongest link goes first.

That was Tony. Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock.

Goodwood is an official venue for the racing of which animal?

-Horses.

-Which Asian capital city has its international airport at Sepang?

Malaysia.

No, Kuala Lumpur.

What C is an ancient North African city which is now a suburb of modern Tunis?

Constantinople?

No, Carthage.

Which metallic element has the chemical symbol W reflecting its earlier name, wolfram?

-Pass.

-Tungsten. What is a Turkish Delight, a sweet or a soup?

-A sweet.

-Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard starred in the 1945 film Brief what?

-Encounter. Bank.

-At which end of a boat is the bow?

-The front.

-What E is a large flightless bird native only to Australia?

-Emu.

-What's the name of the city with the largest population in the Republic of Ireland?

-Belfast.

-Dublin! In July 1962, what was the name of the satellite

that first carried television signals across the Atlantic?

-Telstar.

-In 1776, what J was the surname of the future American president

who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

-Johnson.

-Jefferson.

Which Renaissance artist who died in 1564 is credited with designing the dome of St Peter's in Rome?

-Michelangelo.

-The acronym CAMRA stands for the Campaign for what?

Real ale.

-Bank.

-The first film Quentin Tarantino directed was Reservoir Cats or Reservoir Dogs?

-Reservoir Dogs.

-Which is the only country that has a land border with South Korea?

-North Korea. Bank.

-In cricket, which northern county

did Fred Truman, Brian Close and Geoffrey Boycott all represent?

-Yorkshire. Bank.

-What name is given to the top prize or prizes each week in the National Lottery?

-Pass.

-Jackpot! In the television police series Dixon of Dock Green,

what was the first name of Sergeant Dixon?

-George.

-In which century was the German composer Richard Wagner born?

-The 16th.

-19th.

In literature, a Janeite is an enthusiast for the works of which early 19th-century female...

Time's up, Alison, even if it WAS on the tip of your tongue, which I very much doubt(!)

You banked £170 but whose brush has fallen in the paint?

Whose brain has gone dead? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'The strongest link is Paul, the only player who didn't get an answer wrong.

'John's the weakest link statistically. Can he survive the vote?'

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

-Alison, have you always been a temp?

-No, Anne, I haven't.

-Did you do something interesting before that?

-I was your enemy number one for a while.

I was a travel agent.

-What's wrong with travel agenting?

-Too many people complaining after YOU told them to!

-Why Jane?

-She had a pretty bad round and was one of the weakest links.

John, is this your first trip out of Barnsley?

No!

But you think Belfast is in the Republic of Ireland.

You're a dead ringer for my mother-in-law and it's very disconcerting

-having me wife's mother firing questions at me.

-Well, let me tell you something unpleasant,

which your mother-in-law probably does most of the time,

you were dreadful in that round.

You were easily the worst player but not enough people noticed,

so Jane, you're the weakest link. Goodbye.

I feel totally aggrieved with being voted off,

because I was one of the strongest links and that money was mine.

John will go next. His inability to answer questions is quite obvious,

which is why I voted for him in the last round.

Round five. Your total is £820.

There are five of you left.

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

That's Paul.

Let's play The Weakest Link.

In pop music, which London football club had a UK hit single in 1975 with I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles?

-West Ham Utd.

-A Portland vase is a blue and white Roman vase made of what - porcelain or glass?

-Porcelain.

-Glass. The disease varicella is more commonly known by which name?

Varicose veins?

Chickenpox. The Adriatic Sea is part of which larger body of water?

Um...

-The Mediterranean?

-Which male singer and theatre actor released an album of songs from musicals in 2001

entitled Centre Stage?

-Michael Ball.

-Sport - what K is an oriental system of unarmed combat

using the hands and feet to deliver and block blows?

-Karate.

-In cookery, the spicy cold soup gazpacho originated in which European country?

-Italy.

-No, Spain. In 1870, what sort of institution was founded by Dr Barnardo in Stepney?

-A children's home.

-In the Bible, which disciple was replaced by Matthias the Apostle?

-Judas.

-In literature, the 1933 book Testament of Youth was written by Vera who?

-Lynn.

-Brittain.

TV - in which 1950s US cowboy show did people ask, "Who was that masked man?"

The Lone Ranger.

-Bank.

-In psychology, anthophobia is a fear of what, insects or flowers?

Flowers.

In language, an expectation that is responsible for its own realisation is known as a self-fulfilling what?

Dream?

Prophecy.

Which Scotsman won the gold medal for Britain in the 1980 Olympic 100 metres final?

-Don't know.

-Alan Wells. Which boy's name followed by the word "builder"

means someone who constructs flimsy houses out of inferior materials?

-Cowboy.

-Jerry. In travel, there is a regular ferry service between Harwich and which Dutch port?

The Hook of Holland.

-Bank.

-In which London park did...

Time's up, I can't complete the question and you banked a disgraceful £40!

You truly need to raise your bank balance!

I urge you, drum out the dummy, heave the half-wits,

eject the idiot.

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'Answering all his questions correctly makes Paul the strongest link for the second round in a row.

'Statistics show that Jason is the weakest link

'but who will lose out in the vote?'

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

-Paul, does Jason get up your nose?

-Not exactly, no.

-What do you mean, not exactly?

-He had a bad round like the rest of us.

-He has a long journey so we should let him go early.

-Are you impressed

-that he calls himself a quantity surveyor at 17?

-I called myself a lot of things at 17 as well.

-Alison, why Jason?

-Because he passed on a couple,

and he had as bad a round as maybe I did on that one.

Jason has turned out to be not good enough for the rest of the team.

You were the worst player and you are the weakest link.

Goodbye!

I'm disappointed to get voted off,

but with the dross that's being served up there, the money won't be worth winning at this rate.

John's out on a wing and a prayer with some of the answers he's been giving out from round one.

He's been consistently bad.

Round six. You've won £860 out of a possible 5,000.

Four of you left. Another ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link - that's Paul.

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

According to Greek mythology, what sex was Nemesis?

-Female.

-In which 1988 comedy did Kathleen Turner provide the voice for the character Jessica Rabbit?

-Who Killed Roger Rabbit?

-No, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The British monarch succeeded by Edward VIII

in 1936 was George the what?

-Fourth.

-Fifth. In the UK, what term is used to describe a car

known in the United States as a station wagon?

-An estate.

-Which group had UK hit singles with Rockin' All Over the World and Whatever You Want?

-Slade.

-No, Status Quo. In golf, which famous British course has a hole known as The Postage Stamp?

-Turnberry.

-No, Royal Troon. In the nursery rhyme, on what did Yankee Doodle come to town?

On a donkey?

No, on a pony. In which country did the 1916 Easter Rising take place?

-Ireland. Bank.

-What's the most southerly Channel Island?

-Guernsey.

-No, Jersey. In athletics, which track event includes water jumps and hurdles?

Don't know. Sorry.

The steeplechase. Which writing implements manufactured in the Cumbrian town of Keswick

were made with locally mined graphite?

-Fountain pens.

-Pencils. Actress Melina Mercouri became Minister of Culture for which European country?

-Greece.

-Which type of photography uses electro-magnetic radiation

to take images of the inside of the body?

-X-ray. Bank.

-Which board game invented by Alfred Butts in the 1930s was originally called Lexico?

-Scrabble.

-In the animal kingdom, the ferret is a domesticated variety of which animal?

-Rodent.

-Polecat. In the human arm, what is the name of the ball and socket joint

situated at the upper end of the humerus bone?

-Don't know.

-Shoulder.

Dear, dear, dear! A pathetic £70!

Who's the lemon with limited knowledge? One of you is about to leave with nothing.

Think carefully. It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'With no correct answers, Alison is the weakest link statistically.

'Getting the most questions right makes John the strongest link, but will the votes follow the facts?'

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

We have a tie, team. Tony and Alison, two votes each.

-Tony, why Alison?

-I thought she was the weakest link that round.

-Alison, did you think Tony was the weakest link?

-He was about level with me, I think.

Well, the strongest link in the last round was John, the publican from Barnsley. Why did you vote for Tony?

I thought that was a dreadful round and I thought he was marginally the worst player.

Well, you can reconsider now.

You can stick with Tony...

or you can vote for Alison.

-It's only fair to stay with my first choice.

-Well, I don't know how you count the change in the pub,

but you haven't got it right statistically. Alison didn't answer a single question correctly,

but it's votes that count - Diddyman's going back to Surrey! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I would have liked to have been in the last three and I thought I was.

I didn't think I'd be voted off on that last round.

Paul will be voted off. He's the best player and will undoubtedly win if he's in the final.

Round seven. Out of £6,000, you've got a pathetic 930 in the kitty.

Another ten seconds off the clock. The strongest link starts - that's John.

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

What's the curved stick carried by a bishop?

-A mitre.

-A crosier. Give the first two letters of Plymouth's postcode.

-PL.

-In the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, the bandit was played by Burt who?

-Reynolds.

-In theatre, what name is given to the clothes worn by an actor during a performance?

-Costume. Bank.

-In North American cuisine, which type of syrup is poured over waffles and pancakes?

-Maple.

-In science, which metal is mixed with copper to produce brass?

-Iron.

-Zinc. The novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set in which European country?

-Crete.

-Greece. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in which year?

-1960.

-No, 1962. In children's TV, in which 1960s series did an organisation called Spectrum

have its headquarters on Cloud Base?

Read with Mother.

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Which Royal Family member holds the title Great Steward of Scotland?

-Prince Charles.

-The country of Mozambique is in which continent?

Africa.

-Bank.

-Which part of the body is kept in place by pins, slides and spray?

-Hair.

-In 1935, Clement Attlee became the leader of which political party?

-Conservative.

-Labour.

Who was the first Australian cricketer to be knighted?

Richard Hadlee?

Donald Bradman. Name the small instrument held between the lips

and played by twanging a metal strip with the finger.

-I don't know.

-A Jew's-harp.

In a boarding school, what do we call a bedroom for several people?

-Dormitory. Bank.

-How many millimetres are in one kilometre?

-1,000.

-One million.

Time's up and you won £170. In round eight, you get the chance to treble what you banked

so there's £3,000 to be won, but who are you hanging onto and who are you going to try and get rid of?

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

'At this crucial stage in the game, Paul is the strongest link.

'Alison is the weakest link

'having answered the fewest questions correctly. Who will be taking the final walk of shame?'

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

We have a three-way tie.

-Did you think John was the weakest link?

-I think he probably was, yes.

And you think all the people watching will believe you?

I'm sure they will.

-John, why Alison?

-She was the weakest link in that round.

Alison, did you think Paul was the weakest link?

Definitely not, but if I've got any chance at all of winning anything,

I think me going up against Paul is a no-win situation whereas I might stand a chance against John.

And the strongest link in the last round was Paul.

-We know why you voted for John.

-Yes.

-Now you've a choice between John and Alison.

I couldn't resist the challenge that Alison's just given me. I've got to stay with John.

-So you're voting off your biggest rival.

-That would appear to be the case.

-It IS the case!

In that case, yes.

So, back to pulling pints in Yorkshire. You are the weakest link.

Goodbye.

I do feel as if I've been cheated a little bit,

because I got to the last three and I'd have liked a shot at Paul in the final.

I'd like to see Alison win simply because Paul

employed a bit of tactical voting and he didn't have the spine to give me a game in the final.

Round eight. £1100 in the kitty. Two of you left, Alison and Paul.

You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled and added to your total.

£3,000 is at stake. We'll start with the strongest link, that's Paul.

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

The 2001 film set in 18th-century France in which the killings of a beast are investigated

is called Brotherhood of the what?

-Vampires?

-No, Wolf.

Which South American country is the main part of the Patagonian desert?

-Peru.

-No, Argentina. What is Christine in the Stephen King novel of the same name?

-A car.

-The Latin maxim meaning "Let the buyer beware" is "Caveat" what?

-Pass.

-"Emptor." In which decade did Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay

make the first ascent of Everest?

-1950s. Bank.

-In which field of the arts did Mark Rothko become famous?

-Music.

-Painting. Which word means a taxi or the section of a lorry that accommodates the driver?

-Cab. Bank.

-Which cathedral city in Cambridgeshire

stands beside the River Ouse on what was once an island in the Fens?

-St Michael's?

-Ely. In 1893, which antipodean country was the first in the world to grant women the vote?

-New Zealand. Bank.

-Which judge published a report

recommending that football stadiums be made all-seater?

-Pass.

-Lord Justice Taylor. William Wordsworth served as Poet Laureate

during the reign of which British monarch?

-Victoria. Bank.

-In the first world war, Japan was an ally of Germany or...

-Germany! TIME OUT MUSIC PLAYS

-Time's up.

The correct answer was Great Britain, and you banked £80 which will treble

and add to the winnings, and gives a prize money of £1,340.

But only one of you can take the money home so now you'll play against each other head to head.

It's the best of five - whoever answers the most correctly wins -

so Alison and Paul, for £1,340, let's play The Weakest Link.

-Paul, as the strongest link in the last round, you choose who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please.

Which Italian fashion house

created the much publicised safety pin dress worn by Liz Hurley

to the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral?

-Dior?

-No, the correct answer is Versace.

Alison, in football,

which Middle-Eastern country did Ireland defeat in a two-leg play-off

to reach the 2002 World Cup finals?

-Iran.

-That is the correct answer.

In food, the name of which Italian liqueur means "slightly bitter",

a reference to the almonds used as its main flavouring?

-Amaretto?

-That is the correct answer.

Alison, who was the first female DJ to present the Radio One Breakfast Show on a regular basis?

-Zoe Ball.

-That is the correct answer.

Which country shares a border with China, Laos and Cambodia?

Mongolia?

No, the correct answer is Vietnam.

Alison...

In past-times, the organisation known as The Sealed Knot Society

re-enacts battles from which English war?

The Civil War?

That is the correct answer.

Paul, you have to answer this correctly to stay in the game.

In the table measuring the purity of gold,

how many carats come after 18 and before 24?

21?

No, the correct answer is 22.

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

and you go away with £1,340!

Paul, you leave with nothing!

Join us again for The Weakest Link.

Goodbye!

I didn't win because the questions that came up I didn't know the answers to, but Alison did.

I just feel fantastic that I've won! I did not expect...

I thought I'd be going, "It was a great game and I had a great time" not "Thanks ever so much! I've won!"

It should have been Paul but at the same time, I'm glad it's me!

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