31/08/2010 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.

I'm David, I'm 41, I'm from Broadway in Worcestershire

and I'm a company director.

My name's Helen, I'm 23, I'm from Guildford in Surrey

and I'm a PHD research student.

I'm Gareth, I'm 34, from Cardiff and I'm a satellite television engineer.

I'm Viv, I'm 56, I'm from Bury St Edmunds

and I'm a finance systems administrator.

I'm Ross, I'm 19, from Bedford

and I'm a student studying English literature and philosophy.

I'm Sahrae, I'm 42, I'm from Southampton and I'm a housewife.

I'm Rob, I'm 29, I'm from Bude in Cornwall and I'm a paramedic.

I'm Lucy, I'm 32, I'm from Teignmouth

and I'm a primary school teacher.

I'm Gerry, 60, from Nottingham, I'm an estates caretaker.

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

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

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

so bank before the question is asked and the money is saved.

Round One, three minutes on the clock.

We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically, that's you, David.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

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

David, in vocabulary,

people who live in adjacent homes are known as next door what?

-Neighbours.

-Correct.

Helen, in gambling, which term that rhymes with "clutter"

means to risk a small amount of money on a bet?

-Flutter.

-Correct.

Gareth, in correspondence, what's the usual name for the folded paper case

in which a letter is posted and which bears the address of the recipient?

-Envelope.

-Correct.

Viv, in personal appearance, most people aspire to have teeth that are what colour, white or green?

-White.

-Correct.

Ross, in public transport, if a bus with one level is called a single decker,

which equivalent term refers to a bus with two tiers?

-Double decker.

-Correct.

Sahrae, in body-building, a common term for working out with weights

at a gymnasium is pumping which metal?

-Iron.

-Correct.

Rob, in the animal kingdom, what B is the usual word

for the short, sharp cry made by dogs and foxes?

-Bark.

-Correct.

Lucy, in cookery, the phrase "a la Grecque"

means in the style of which European country?

-Greek.

-Correct.

Gerry, in expressions, someone who is apprehended

whilst committing a crime is said to be caught in the what?

-Act.

-Correct.

-David.

-Bank!

-In needle...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target and that money will go through to the next round.

But one of you will not. Who's worrying you?

Who will lose you money in the rounds to come?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

In an impressive first round, David is the strongest link, as he banked all the money for the team.

The weakest link statistically is Helen, but who will the players vote off

at this early stage of the game?

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

Ross.

Gareth.

Gerry.

Gerry.

Sahrae.

Rob.

Helen.

Gareth.

Dave.

We have a tie, team.

Gerry and Gareth have two votes each.

-Where are you from, Gareth?

-Cardiff.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a satellite television engineer.

-Do you put those dishes on the houses?

-I certainly do.

-Just put your board down.

-Just describe the dish to me. How big is it?

-42 inches across,

-and I think it's 32 inches high.

-And what else is on the dish?

It's the receiver, which is called an LNB.

And behind the dish, that little thing on the back?

-Er, bracket.

-Oh. That's not the council house?

MILD LAUGHTER On occasion!

Put your board up.

And in Cardiff, what sort of package do they have?

-Same as everywhere else.

-Oh. Well, what's popular?

-Er, high definition.

-Why?

Cos...some people on telly look relatively good in high definition.

Who?

Present company excepted, obviously!

I don't look good on high definition?

I don't know, I've never seen the Weakest Link on high definition.

But you can see me in high definition now!

The lights are in my eyes, Anne, I couldn't give a definite answer at the moment.

And why do you want to get rid of Gerry?

I really don't want to get rid of Gerry, it's just the name directly in front of me.

I think we all did great in that round.

-What do you do, Helen?

-I'm a research student, Anne.

-Are you?

-So how many years have you been at university?

-This is now my sixth.

-So what are you studying?

-Maths and statistics.

So you probably know what the chances are of you or any of your kind getting a job?

Well, I have just had an interview, so fingers crossed.

-So you're going to get a job?

-Hopefully, might soon be entering the real world!

-Good heavens!

-Bit of a shock to the system.

-Have you worked out how much you've cost us?

-I haven't, no, sorry.

-But you'd think you might do that, since you do statistics.

-I'm not quite so into the finances.

-No. And what sort of job are you going to get?

-I'm hoping to apply statistics to medical research and genetics. Study of diseases.

-Why Gareth?

I didn't want to vote anyone off. We all got our questions right, and it was rather emotional,

-choosing one of the team.

-Was it? Did you cry?

-No.

-With the votes tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote,

and the strongest link was David. What do you do?

-I work at a builder's merchants, Anne.

-I thought you were a company director?

-Yes, but I have to do a lot of work as well.

-What happened to make you a company director?

-I started working there when I was about 11, as a Saturday job.

-Yes?

Worked up through the ranks doing various jobs,

then was offered the position of a director by the managing director.

-Who's the managing director?

-He's married to my aunt, who works at the firm.

-What's your uncle called?

-Derek.

So your Uncle Derek gave you the job?

Well, I think I earned my stripes.

Hang on, it's your uncle!

-Well, only by marriage.

-I see. What's your auntie called?

-Rosemary.

So Auntie Rosemary got Uncle Derek to give you the job?

-If you want to think of it like that, yes!

-Any other members of the family there?

-My mum works there, but I started working there before she did.

-What's your mum called?

-Janet.

-And is Janet Rosemary's sister?

-Yes.

So there's Janet, Rosemary and Derek looking after you,

and they've made you a company director?

-Well, I'm sort of looking after them now, because Derek's of retirement age.

-OK.

Well, the vote's tied, you were the strongest link,

and you have a choice - you can get rid of Gareth or you can get rid of Gerry.

I think, in view of Gerry's vote, I might choose Gerry!

Gerry, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

Somebody has to be voted off, but at least I got the team £1,000,

I didn't get a question wrong and we banked the first £1,000.

So they can go on to win quite a lot of money, I hope.

And good luck to them!

Round Two. In the bank, £1,000. We're now taking 10 seconds off your time.

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

Start the clock.

David, on the internet, the website founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley and Steven Chen

that allows users to share videos is called You what?

-Tube.

-Correct.

Helen, in boxing, an illegal punch to the back of the neck is named after which small mammal?

-Rat.

-Rabbit.

Gareth, in cinema, the director of the films Titanic, Terminator

and the 2009 blockbuster, Avatar, is James who?

-Cameron.

-Correct.

Viv, in grammar, what A is the usual term for a reduced form of a word or phrase

such as prof for professor and LA for Los Angeles?

-Pass.

-Abbreviation.

Ross, a woman who has said or done something stereotypically foolish or scatterbrained

will often say that she is having a what colour hair moment?

-Blonde.

-Correct.

-Sahrae.

-Bank!

-In celebrities, the singer Frank Sinatra

had what middle name, Albert or Einstein?

-Albert.

-Correct.

Rob, in labour relations, the inappropriate term often applied

to a strike in which there is a complete stoppage of work is industrial what?

-Action.

-Correct.

Lucy, in informal language, which word for a thick mixture

used to make bread is also a slang term for money?

-Dough.

-Correct.

David, members of the family of brightly coloured birds found mainly in New Guinea,

whose name is suggestive of the garden of Eden, are called birds of where?

-Paradise.

-Correct.

-Helen.

-Bank!

-In children's footwear, what H is the name for trainers

that have a built-in wheel under the sole, allowing the wearer to glide across the floor?

-Heelies.

-Correct.

Gareth, in the common expression, something that is appetising or delicious

is said to cause someone to smack which facial features?

-Cheeks.

-Lips.

Viv, in central heating, the small, permanent gas flow that ignites the main burners

when they're turned on is usually called the pilot what?

-Light.

-Correct.

Ross, in pastimes, what's the name of the board game

in which the players must remove body parts from a patient without sounding a buzzer?

-Operation.

-Correct.

Sahrae, in wartime, what T is a single-word term

for the suspension of hostilities for a specified period?

-Pass.

-Truce.

Rob, in British tradition, the familiar phrase listing the three country pursuits

favoured by the landed gentry is hunting, shooting and what?

-Fishing.

-Correct.

Lucy, in art, a wooden or metal surround that's designed

to display, enhance and protect a painting or photograph is known by what everyday name?

-Frame.

-Correct.

-David.

-Bank!

-In film, which black and white cartoon cat, created by Otto Messmer,

made his debut in 1919 in Feline Follies?

-Felix.

-Correct.

-Bank!

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up. That bank was in time,

which meant you put in the kitty £290.

But who's obviously the emperor of ignorance?

Who's the sultan of dim?

Who really won't know the answers in the rounds to come?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

David is the strongest link, because he answered the most questions correctly.

Statistically, Gareth is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

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

Helen.

Viv.

Sahrae.

Helen.

Helen.

Helen.

Viv.

Helen.

-What do you do, Ross?

-I'm a student at Sheffield University, Anne.

-Do you come from Sheffield?

-Yes, I did, on the train.

-No, no,

-do you come...?

-Ah, no.

-I come from Bedford.

-What are you studying?

-English literature and philosophy.

-Why?

Because I happen to have a deep interest in English and philosophy.

You want to go into the media?

-How could you tell, Anne?!

-Cos you've got the stupid hair-do. I always know.

Us media types, Anne, we do like our silly haircuts.

So how are you forging a media career?

I'm getting involved in all the media outlets at my university.

I write for the student paper, I present on the student radio show, as well.

Student radio?

Yeah, it's called Forge Radio at Sheffield University, and I do two shows on that,

a breakfast show on a Thursday and a playlist show on a Wednesday.

Put your board down.

-So do you discuss the issues of the day on Forge Radio?

-We do occasionally, yes.

OK, give us your pitch on the recession.

-You've put me on the spot there, Anne! Er...

-You can't do the recession?

-I'll be honest, no.

-No.

Can you give us your pitch on Ross' hair-do?

Do you honestly want me just to stand here and talk about my hair?

It'd be a bit odd, but we can do it if you like.

Hold your board up while you're doing it. That'll make you feel more secure.

-OK, this is Ross on his radio show about his hair.

-OK, er, this is my hair.

It's obviously brown, it's long compared to most of the other contestants here today.

It generally gets shouted at in the street,

people telling you to cut it.

-How much detail would you like me to go into, Anne?

-Why Helen?

She got one question wrong, and she did take

-quite a while on some answers.

-Do you spend long on your hair, Sahrae?

Eight hours to have it done, to be put into braids, and then no time whatsoever after that!

-What do you do?

-I'm a housewife.

-Where are you a housewife?

-In Southampton.

-Were you christened

with Sahrae spelt that way?

-Yes.

-Were your parents dyslexic?

-No!

-So why is it

-spelled that way?

-It's pronounced Sa-ray.

-Sa-ray?

-Yes.

-But we're calling you "Sarah", are we?

-I prefer to be called "Sarah".

Might it be an idea to spell your name the same way as you like it pronounced?

-No, I like to be a little different.

-Why Helen?

Because I just thought she was the weakest link.

Helen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Goodbye, Anne.

We all know that Anne has a bit of a grudge against students on the Weakest Link.

I'm sure she was a student herself at one point. Maybe she can't remember that far back.

But if I do get to applying statistics to medical research in the future,

she may well be grateful of my work one day.

Round Three. In the bank, £1,290.

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

That's David again. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. In food,

which of these is the name of a spicy seasoning used in West Indian cuisine, jerk or twitch?

Jerk.

Gareth, in maths,

which word that is the opposite of "negative" is used to describe any real number greater than zero?

Positive.

Viv, in TV, "What's occurring?" was

a catchphrase of a character called Nessa in which comedy series?

-Two Pints And A...?

-Gavin & Stacey.

Ross, in South American geography,

much of the Atacama Desert extends up the western flank of which range of mountains?

-Pass.

-The Andes.

Sahrae, in relationships, in the expression

"kith and kin", which word refers to friends rather than family?

Kith.

Rob, in pop music,

in his 2005 UK number-one single, Tony Christie sang

"Is this the way to Amarillo? Every night I've been hugging my" what?

Pillow.

Lucy, in London landmarks,

the four clock faces on the tower that houses Big Ben have a combined total of how many hands?

Eight.

-Bank.

-David,

in human physiology, the release of pressure on its discs

causes which part of the skeleton to lengthen slightly during sleep?

Spine.

Gareth, in 1968,

in Palm Springs, California, former President Eisenhower achieved

which sporting feat, a home run or a hole in one?

-Home run.

-No, a hole in one.

Viv, in the solar system,

in 1986 the Giotto spacecraft came to within 400 miles of which comet,

that it had been specifically designed to study?

-Pass.

-Halley's Comet.

Ross, in refreshments,

what name is given to a narrow disposable plastic tube often used

by people to suck soft drinks into their mouths?

Straw.

Sahrae, in playing the violin,

if the word "pizzicato" indicates that the strings should be plucked,

the term "arco" directs the player to use which implement?

Bow.

-Rob.

-Bank.

-In humour, the standard opening line of the traditional joke is

"Waiter, waiter, there's a fly in my" what?

Soup.

Lucy,

in historical weaponry, a flintlock was a variety of what, catapult or firearm?

Firearm.

David, in cinema, the monster played by Robert Englund

in the Nightmare On Elm Street series of films is called Freddy who?

Krueger.

Gareth, in transport, an early bicycle with wheels of different sizes

was given what name, after two pre-decimal coins?

Penny-farthing.

-Viv.

-Bank.

-In world geography, what K is

the name of a famous volcanic island in Indonesia, located between Java and Sumatra?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

The correct answer is Krakatoa.

You won £350.

But who's the cat at Crufts?

Who deserves to be put out of our misery?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

With no correct answers, Viv is the weakest link.

The strongest link statistically is David, but whose game is over?

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

Viv.

Viv.

Gareth.

Viv.

Viv.

Viv.

Viv.

-What do you do, Rob?

-I'm a paramedic, Anne.

Are you?

-Where?

-In Bude, in Cornwall.

-Why did you become a paramedic?

I used to watch Casualty when I was younger, and I was inspired by the character Josh.

Why not shave your head then?

-I'm losing my hair, Anne, I want to have hair while I still can.

-OK.

So you get to the scene of an accident... First of all, you get a call, do you?

-Yep.

-And what does the call say, for example?

It just tells you where the incident is,

so they get a few details and they send us and they update us on the way to the job.

So you could be going to the beach?

-We go to the beach quite a lot, Anne.

-Do you?

-Yes, we do.

-OK.

So there's someone sick on the beach. What happens then?

Usually they send the helicopter, cos we're so far from hospital,

so usually we just treat them, give them oxygen...

-On the beach?

-On the beach.

And do you give them a 99?

No, we don't, Anne!

Oh! Can't you do ice creams on the side?

-We could do.

-Yeah.

-You'd make a bit of money.

-We need some more money.

-Why Viv?

Viv, she's such a lovely lady, but the questions she got wrong just stood out.

-I think she was the weakest link.

-What do you do, Lucy?

-I'm a teacher, Anne.

-Are you?

-Where?

-A primary school in North Shields.

-A primary school? So how old are the kids?

-My class are seven and eight.

And at primary schools, are they back to teaching the times table now?

We are back to teaching the times table, Anne.

-How long's that been going?

-That's been in place for about five years, but we're due for a change.

You can do your times tables?

-Most of them.

-Yes. What's 13 times 27?

-That's too hard for me, Anne. That's high school.

Put your board down.

So how would you teach me if I was in your class, doing my tables?

-Well, Anne, I have a trick to teach the nine times table.

-Yeah?

-If you put your fingers out in front of you...

-Yeah.

-..and you give each one a number from one to ten...

-Yeah.

If I want to do two times nine, I would put down number two, and I would be left with one and eight.

That's very complicated!

-It's very easy, Anne!

-Go on.

-My children can understand it very well.

If you want five times nine, you put down number five and you're left with four and five, 45. It's very clever.

OK. So, my five times table?

-Yes, five times table.

-Yeah, come on.

-We could just chant it together, Anne. Would you like to do that?

-Can't we do our fingers?

-No, there's no way, really. We could do it with everybody's fingers.

They'd be sick of you if you asked them to do that. Board up. Why Viv?

-I know she got two questions wrong.

-She got three questions wrong. Viv, you are the weakest link.

Goodbye.

My friends and family, I think, will be quite pleased for me that I didn't go out in the first round.

That was my biggest worry overall.

However, they'll probably have a bit of a giggle at the fact that I did get all three questions wrong.

I will never say I'm good at general knowledge ever again.

Round Four. In the bank, £1,640.

Ten seconds off the time. We'll start with the strongest link.

That's David. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. David,

in TV, David Vine, David Coleman and Sue Barker have all presented which long-running quiz show?

-A Question Of Sport.

-Gareth,

in maths, what is 74 minus 63?

11.

Ross, in aviation,

the British engineer who developed the jet engine had what surname, Whittle or Stipple?

Whittle.

-Sahrae.

-Bank.

-Which Cockney song,

popularised in the 1937 musical Me And My Girl, includes the lyrics

"Everything free and easy, do as you darn well pleasy"?

-Pass.

-The Lambeth Walk.

Rob, in health,

what four-letter word is the usual term for a wound in the human skin

caused by a mosquito or other blood-sucking insect?

Bite.

Lucy, in food,

a Sturmer Pippin is a variety of which fruit?

An apple.

-David.

-Bank.

In fantasy novels, what D is the name of the flat planet balanced on the backs of four huge elephants

that's featured in the books by Terry Pratchett?

-Pass.

-Discworld. Gareth,

in US history, a company providing express transportation across the country

was started in 1852 by Henry Wells and William who?

-Ford.

-Fargo.

Ross, in botany, which houseplant with striped leaves is named for the fact that

its small plantlets resemble arachnids hanging on threads?

-Pass.

-Spider plant.

Sahrae, in pop music, Peter Gabriel had

a UK hit album in 2010 with what title, Scratch My Back or Tickle My Toes?

Scratch My Back.

Rob, in the periodic table, the symbol for the element nitrogen is which single letter of the alphabet?

-N.

-Lucy,

in literature,

what term for a mixture of beer and lemonade was the surname of the hero Tristram created by Laurence Sterne?

Shandy.

David, at sea,

what A, meaning to quit, are sailors traditionally instructed to do to their ship when it's about to sink?

Abandon.

-Gareth.

-Bank.

-In politics,

which UK Prime Minister was often seen wearing a Gannex raincoat and smoking a pipe?

-Winston Churchill.

-Harold Wilson.

Ross, in pastimes,

what's the usual name for a puzzle with clues that are listed under the headings "down" and "across"?

Er, a crossword.

-Sahrae.

-Bank.

-The National Portrait Gallery holds a...

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up.

In the bank, £370.

But who's now Batman and who's the Joker?

Who's a funky gibbon and who's a brass monkey?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

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

The strongest link statistically is Lucy, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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

Gareth.

Ross.

Sahrae.

Gareth.

David.

Gareth.

So, David, who's a company director now,

cos his Uncle Derek has made him one, and he works with his Uncle Derek,

-his Auntie Rosemary and his mum.

-Yes, Anne?

Why do you want to get rid of Gareth?

-He got two questions wrong.

-Sahrae, why get rid of Gareth?

Because he got two questions wrong.

He did. He was the worst player. Gareth, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

As the votes went over and I saw my name, I thought,

"There it is, there we go." I knew I deserved to go.

Round Five. Your total so far is £2,010.

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

That's Lucy.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock. Lucy,

in entertainment, the Scotsman who began presenting

his own weekday-morning show on Radio 2 in the mid-1980s is Ken who?

Bruce.

David, in computing, the term meg is an abbreviated form of the name of which unit of memory?

Megabyte.

Ross, in the 1959 film Ben-Hur,

what C is the name for the type of horse-drawn vehicle in which the title character competes in a race?

Chariot.

-Sahrae.

-Bank.

-In retailing, which type of large store

gets its name from the fact that it is made up of many different sections?

Department.

Rob, in 2006, Candida Lycett Green apologised to the people of Slough

for the scornful poem about the town written by her father, Sir John who?

-Pass.

-Betjeman.

Lucy, in customs, which metal object is traditionally rung by a town crier when he shouts, "Oyez, oyez"?

Bell.

David, in 2007,

Jonathan Evans became head of the UK security organisation known by what alphanumeric name?

-I don't know.

-MI5.

Ross, in the animal kingdom,

which word can be used as a collective term for a group of rhinoceroses, crash or crunch?

Crash.

Sahrae, in pop music, Janis Joplin,

Jimi Hendrix and Sly And The Family Stone performed at which 1969 festival in New York state?

Woodstock.

-Rob.

-Bank.

-In the quotation

attributed to Robert Frost, a diplomat is a man who always

remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her what?

-Name.

-Age.

Lucy, in Chinese appetisers,

prawn toast is usually served topped with which seeds?

Sesame.

-David.

-Bank.

In popular culture, what is the surname of Tana,

the wife of a well-known TV chef who won the 2010 Celebrity Mum Of The Year award?

Ramsay.

-Ross.

-Bank.

In the two-man version of which Winter Olympic sport does a team comprise

a driver and a brakeman, who start each run by pushing their vehicle?

Bobsleigh.

Sahrae, in finance, monetary units

such as the punt, mark and drachma were replaced in 2002

by a new currency, known by what four-letter name?

Euro.

-Rob.

-Bank.

-In the theatre, the actress

born in 1853 whose professional surname was Langtry, was known as the what, Jersey Lily or...?

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

Time's up, and you won £240.

But who's now the leaves on your line,

the weed in your pool,

the mole on your lawn?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

The statistics reveal that Sahrae is the strongest link.

Statistically, Rob is the weakest link, but will the other players realise that?

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

Rob.

David.

David.

David.

Rob.

-Ross.

-Yes, Anne?

-Are you keeping your mind on the game here?

-Of course, Anne.

What do you think is the point of voting?

To find the weakest link, Anne.

-What's usually the worst player?

-The person who answers the least amount of questions correctly?

Why have you voted for David?

He answered the least amount of questions correctly.

-How many do you think he answered incorrectly?

-Two?

I'm guessing. My memory's not very good, Anne.

-You CAN remember why you're here?

-Vaguely, yeah.

I think it had something to do with my hair.

And Rob, are you voting for the person you thought had most questions wrong?

I'm not able to vote for myself.

Cos you didn't answer a single question correctly.

I didn't, Anne, no.

But it IS votes that count.

David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I'd like to see Lucy win the Weakest Link

because I think all through, she's voted fairly,

answered probably the most questions,

and she knew that Rob was the weakest link

when I got voted off!

Round Six.

In the bank, £2,250. Another ten seconds off the time.

We start with the strongest link from the last round - Sahrae. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Sahrae, in the standard version of competitive contract bridge,

each rubber in won or lost by playing the best of how many games?

Four.

Three. Rob, in art, a painting by Velazquez

of a naked goddess

looking at herself in a mirror held up by Cupid

is often called The Rokeby what?

-Pass.

-Venus.

Lucy,

in natural history, what O is the name for the branch of zoology

in which both Bill Oddie

and the late Sir Peter Scott published books?

Ornithology.

Ross, in science, a salt is formed by the reaction between a base

and which type of chemical compound?

And alk... An acid.

Incorrect, I have to accept your first answer.

Acid is the correct answer.

Sahrae, in rock music, the name of which well-known Irish group

comprises only the 21st letter of the alphabet and a number?

-Pass.

-U2.

Rob, In air travel, journeying in which direction round the world

is generally held to cause the worst levels of jet lag - east or west?

East.

Lucy,

the 1999 film drama starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

that was a contemporary version of Dangerous Liaisons

was entitled Cruel what?

Intentions.

Ross, in poetry, the limericks of Edward Lear

almost always begin with which two words?

-I am?

-There was.

Sahrae, in European history, what P is the name

of a former German state

that was ruled for much of the 18th century

by Frederick the Great?

-Persia.

-Prussia.

Rob, in African wildlife,

Grant's and Chapman's are two varieties

of which striped member of the horse family?

Zebra.

Lucy,

in 1980s TV comedy,

what was the first name of the Greek kebab shop owner

played by Harry Enfield, who used the greeting, "Hello, peeps".

-Pass.

-Stavros.

In UK geography, the Vale of York and the Cambridgeshire Fens

are classed as what - wastelands or lowlands?

Lowlands.

-Sahrae...

-Bank.

-In botany,

the alliterative name for the common shrub called buddleia

is the butterfly what?

Plant.

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Time's up.

The correct answer is bush.

And in that round, you banked just £20.

So, could the Ross Show be over?

Is Sahrae looking ropey?

Maybe you need to turn the tables on Lucy.

Or will Rob be the next casualty?

Time to vote off the weakest link.

Sahrae has gone from being the strongest link in the last round

to the weakest link in this.

The strongest link statistically is Lucy.

But who will the team want off?

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

Sahrae.

Ross.

Sahrae.

Ross.

We have a tie, team.

Sahrae and Ross this time.

Two votes each.

Ross, why Sahrae?

She was the only one who did as bad as me, I think!

-Sahrae, why Ross?

-I think he did slightly worse than I did!

Do you? Well, the strongest link was Lucy, so she gets to decide.

-Why have you voted for Ross?

-I thought he was the worst player.

OK, you've got a choice now - Ross or Sahrae.

I'm going to stick with my original choice.

Ross, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

Anne's a very dominating character

and it's really weird seeing her in the flesh.

She seemed to have quite a fixation with my hair,

she wouldn't kind of get off that,

but, you know, can't blame her!

Round Seven.

In the bank, £2,270. Another ten seconds off the time.

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

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Lucy, in medicine,

the basic treatment of soft tissue injuries

that comprises rest, ice, compression and elevation

is known by what acronym?

RICE.

Sahrae, in fiction, which action hero brought up in the jungle

was known as the King of the Apes

and later as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke?

Tarzan.

-Rob.

-Bank.

In science, at over 85% carbon,

anthracite is the purest form of which fossil fuel?

Coal.

Lucy,

in the poem The Divine Comedy by Dante

about hell, purgatory and heaven,

which of the three is represented by the term "inferno"?

Hell.

Sahrae, in advertising campaigns,

a 1970s commercial for a brand of instant mashed potato

featured robots who were supposedly from which planet?

-Smash.

-Mars.

Rob,

in politics, which word meaning the very top of a mountain

is used as a term for a meeting between heads of government?

Summit.

Lucy, the only film to star both WC Fields and Mae West,

in which they play a couple in a marriage of convenience

was called My Little what?

-Pass.

-Chickadee.

Sahrae, in tourist attractions, the ruined temple complex of Angkor Wat

is in which present-day country in Southeast Asia?

-Pass.

-Cambodia.

Rob, in pop music,

a 1985 UK hit single for Madonna was entitled Material what?

Girl.

Lucy, in definitions,

a person described as a zealot

is considered to hold which kind of views - extreme or moderate?

Extreme.

-Sahrae.

-Bank.

-In lawn tennis, the score in a game,

other than a tie-break, in which the first two points

have been won by the receiver is love what?

-Nil.

-30.

Rob, in TV detectives,

which actor who played the sidekick in Inspector Morse

became the title character of the spin-off series Lewis?

Kevin Whately.

-Lucy.

-Bank.

-In UK geography,

what B is the name of a coastal village...?

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Time's up.

You won £120.

In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.

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

Sahrae is statistically 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.

Rob.

Sahrae.

Sahrae.

-Rob, why Sahrae?

-She was the weakest link.

Lucy, why Sahrae?

-I thought she was the worst player.

-She was. Easily.

Sahrae, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

I didn't actually apply to come on the Weakest Link.

My mum put my name forward, and my mum passed away in October

and so it seemed quite a nice thing.

It was as if my mum was saying, "Go on, then, girl".

And to come through and to have come third

is absolutely fantastic.

I feel like I won.

Round Eight.

In the bank, £2,390. In this round,

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

We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Rob. Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

Rob, in modern history,

the first female Prime Minister of Israel,

who took office in 1969, was Golda who?

-Pass.

-Meir.

Lucy, in maths,

which imperial unit of weight is approximately equal to 454 grams?

A pound.

Rob, on the railways,

which word can mean one of the heavy bars that supports the track

and also an overnight train service that provides a bed?

-Buffer.

-Sleeper.

Lucy, in food, the word "desiccated" is most commonly applied

to the dried flesh of which tropical fruit with a hard shell?

Coconut.

Rob, the 1986 film starring David Bowie

based on a novel by Colin MacInnes

about teenagers in 1950s Notting Hill

is entitled Absolute what?

-Pass.

-Beginners.

Lucy, according to legend,

Uther Pendragon was the father of which British king?

King Arthur.

Rob, in TV, the former member of the pop group S Club 7,

who, in 2007, began starring in the time-travel drama series Primeval

is Hannah who?

-Pass.

-Spearritt.

Lucy, in vocabulary,

which four-letter word for the fire from an anti-aircraft gun

is also used to mean adverse criticism?

-Pass.

-Flak.

Rob, in the children's comic The Beano, the enemy...

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

-Time's up.

I can't complete the question.

And you won absolutely nothing.

So, prize money today of £2,390. There can only be one winner.

Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

Rob and Lucy, for £2,390, let's play the Weakest Link.

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

I'll go first, please.

Lucy, in the Gregorian calendar,

after 2002, which will be the next year

that could be described as palindromic?

3003.

No, 2112.

Rob, in history, from 1924 to 1991,

the Russian city of St Petersburg had what name?

Pass.

The correct answer is Leningrad.

Lucy, in the play Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare,

the line, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears",

is delivered by a character with what two-word name?

Julius Caesar?

The correct answer is Mark Antony.

Rob, in the X-Men film trilogy,

Halle Berry played a character called Ororo Munroe,

who was better known by what Mutant name?

Alien?

The correct answer is Storm.

Lucy, in vocabulary,

which word meaning an exceedingly large number

is derived from the Greek for ten thousand?

Zillion?

No, the correct answer is myriad.

Rob, in the nursery rhyme,

the only tune that Tom the piper's son was capable of playing

has what title?

Pass.

The correct answer is, "Over the hills and far away".

Lucy, in photography,

a celebrated portrait shot in 1963 by Lewis Morley

feature which former model and showgirl sitting naked

astride a chair that is turned back to front?

Twiggy?

The correct answer is Christine Keeler.

Rob, in beliefs,

the Imperial family of which Asian country

traditionally claims descent from the sun goddess Amaterasu?

Japan.

That is the correct answer.

Lucy, the high-fibre eating regime

devised in the early 1980s by Audrey Eyton

that became the subject of an international bestselling book

had what name?

GI diet?

The correct answer is the F-plan diet.

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

and you go away with £2,390.

Lucy, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

In the final, it began to go wrong with the first question.

Once I'd got that wrong, it was very difficult to get back on track.

I'm absolutely ecstatic about winning the Weakest Link.

And to all my doubters out there, I did it! I did it!

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