0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58I'm Gary, 49, from Carlisle in Cumbria and I'm a mail screener.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03I'm Julia, I'm 61, from Llandudno in North Wales,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and I'm a personal searcher.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10I'm Chris, 20, from Croydon and I'm a music student.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14I'm Fran, I'm 39, from Leeds, and I'm a pension consultant.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20I'm Dave, I'm 29, from Worcester, and I'm a product evaluation technician.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25I'm Sue, I'm 58, from Ringwood in Hampshire, and I'm a housewife.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30I'm Jonathan, I'm 35, I'm from Ballyclare in County Antrim
0:01:30 > 0:01:33and I'm a call centre team leader.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37I'm Sadiya, I'm 29, I'm from Rochdale in Lancashire
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and I'm a company manager.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45I'm Rob, 56, from Northampton, and I'm a fashion jewellery wholesaler.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Break the chain and you lose all the money. Say "bank" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11That's you, Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21In the home, the set of cleaning implements consisting of a short-handled shovel
0:02:21 > 0:02:25and a small sweeper is called a dustpan and what?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Brush.- Correct.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31In maths, which number comes next in the sequence 10, 12, 14?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- 16.- Correct.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38In English folklore, the band of followers that accompanied Robin Hood
0:02:38 > 0:02:41were known alliteratively as his Merry what?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- Men.- Correct.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48In nature, the word "sapling" is a term for a young tree or squirrel?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- Tree.- Correct.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53In customs, when a couple become engaged,
0:02:53 > 0:02:59the man traditionally presents his fiancee with which metallic item of jewellery?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- A ring.- Correct.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06In the 1960s, which pop group was often referred to as the Fab Four?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- The Beatles.- Correct.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11In the name of the British charity,
0:03:11 > 0:03:17the letters RSPCA stand for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to what?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Animals.- Correct.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26In road traffic signs in the UK, a permanent "stop" sign is what shape? Square or octagonal?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Octagonal.- Correct.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33In food, which small, green, swollen buds that resemble tiny cabbages
0:03:33 > 0:03:38are cooked and eaten as vegetables, often with Christmas dinner?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Sprouts.- I'll accept.- Bank!
0:03:41 > 0:03:45OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49That money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Who thinks lunacy is studying the moon?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01The statistics show that Chris is the strongest link.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06The weakest link is Fran, but whose game is over?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Sadiya.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Fran.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Jonathan.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Julia.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Julia.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Chris.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Julia.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Julia.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Julia.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- What do you do, Sadiya? - I'm a company manager.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- What are you managing? - A company that sells kitchens.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- That's a big job.- It is. - And are you a good boss?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- I like to think I am, yes. - How many men in your workforce?
0:04:50 > 0:04:56- Probably about 150.- And you can deal with the difficult ones? - Of course I can.- How?
0:04:56 > 0:05:00- I take on your approach, Anne. - What's that?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Abrupt and to the point.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Such as? If someone wasn't doing their job properly and he was a bloke, what would you say?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Goodbye. LAUGHTER
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Why Julia?- I just remembered something about Brussels sprouts.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20I had to choose somebody and she was right in front of me.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- Where are you from, Rob? - Originally, Sussex, now living in Northampton.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- And what do you do? - I import and wholesale some fashion jewellery.- Oh.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Are you the Christian Lacroix of the Midlands?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Probably not, no. - No, I don't think so either.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- What do the prices start at? - About £15, £20?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Really classy stuff(!) - It's high volume.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Why Julia?- She was just opposite me.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- What do you do, Jonathan?- I'm a team leader in a call centre, Anne.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57- What is your team called? - They have a number.- Yeah. What number?- It's 153.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- How do you motivate them? - By being there to support them.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07- How do you get us going on a Monday morning?- I don't start till two o'clock in the afternoon.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12OK, how do you get us going on a Monday afternoon?
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Just to clarify, not all my team would be in at that stage
0:06:16 > 0:06:21- because a lot of them are part-time students who come in throughout the day.- OK, OK.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26It's whatever time you like, however many you like. Get us motivated.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30OK, folks, calls are queueing quite heavily. It's the end of the month.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33A lot of people who have got paid are ringing up,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38so, guys, get logged on as quickly as possible and lots of sales today as well.
0:06:38 > 0:06:44- Do 153 sometimes laugh at you? - Now and again, Anne, but I take it in all good humour.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50- I take it in the spirit it's intended.- You don't know what spirit it's intended in.- Probably not, no.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Why Julia?- Very difficult to vote somebody off,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- especially when everybody got their questions wrong...- No, they all got them right.- That's right.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Julia, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15To be voted off first, I did wonder what I had done to offend everyone else.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21Perhaps it was the short name, I was opposite everyone else and it was easy to write.
0:07:23 > 0:07:29Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:07:29 > 0:07:35We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:07:35 > 0:07:41Start the clock. A rhyming phrase used by children to remember the directions of the compass
0:07:41 > 0:07:43is "never eat Shredded" what?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Wheat.- Correct.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49What "A" does a person have to open at a bank to keep money there?
0:07:49 > 0:07:56- An account.- Correct. What's the first name of the barrister who in 1980 married Tony Blair?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Cherie.- Correct.
0:07:58 > 0:08:04The term "Mockney" that is widely used to describe the speech of personalities such as Jamie Oliver
0:08:04 > 0:08:07is a blend of the words "mock" and which other?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- Knee.- Cockney.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17In measurements, the old name for the Celsius scale of temperature is Fahrenheit or Centigrade?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Centigrade.- Correct.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25In the New Testament, the four Gospels are attributed to Matthew, Mark, John and who else?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Mark.- Luke.
0:08:29 > 0:08:37In film, which fictional boxer has fought opponents called Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Rocky Balboa.- Correct.
0:08:40 > 0:08:48What G is the general name for the bird whose male is called a gander and whose young are called goslings?
0:08:48 > 0:08:54- Goose.- Correct. In sailing, a type of boat known as a trimaran has how many hulls?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Three.- Correct.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02In TV, the series entitled Peep Show about the lives of two mismatched flatmates
0:09:02 > 0:09:05starred the comedy duo Robert Webb and David who?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Walliams.- Mitchell.
0:09:07 > 0:09:13The tendons at the back of the knee that link the thigh muscles to bones in the leg
0:09:13 > 0:09:15are hamstrings or gammon threads?
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Hamstrings.- Correct.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20In maths, what is 32 minus 10?
0:09:20 > 0:09:26- 22.- Correct.- Bank!- In food packaging, which term is a name for a type of airtight container
0:09:26 > 0:09:31and the metal used to plate the steel from which it is constructed?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- Tin.- Correct.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38In definitions, what "A" is the term for the direction of rotation
0:09:38 > 0:09:42that is the opposite to that of the hands of a standard clock?
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Anticlockwise.- Correct.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49In written English, what is the usual two-word name for the punctuation mark
0:09:49 > 0:09:53that ends an interrogative sentence such as "how will you vote"?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Question mark.- Correct.- Bank!
0:09:56 > 0:10:03Which 1978 film starring Christopher Reeve was promoted with the tagline, "You'll believe a man can fly"?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Superman.- Correct.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12In sports clothing, a pair of salopettes are normally worn during skiing or swimming?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Skiing.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:14 > 0:10:21In advertising, the slogan dating from 1917 and still used to promote floral gifts is "say it with" what?
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- Flowers.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:23 > 0:10:26In pop music, in the title of a UK No.1 single...
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Time's up. You won just £220.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35So, who's a tribute act to tragedy?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Who puts the ID in "idiot"?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47Having answered the most questions correctly, Chris is the strongest link.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Statistically, the weakest link is Sue,
0:10:49 > 0:10:54but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Sue.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Sue.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Sue.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Sue.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Sadiya.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Sadiya.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Fran.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Sue.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29- What do you do, Chris?- I'm a music student.- What sort of music are you studying?- Classical music.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32In order to be a composer, a conductor...?
0:11:32 > 0:11:38- Judging on the standard of my composition, I don't think I'll be a composer.- What will you be?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- I've no idea. - Well, whose job do you want?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Ideally, I'd have Chris Moyles' job.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49- He doesn't play a lot of classical music on his show. - It's not necessarily what I'm into.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- Do you know anything about popular music?- A little bit.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- Put your board down.- OK. - The breakfast show is all yours.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Right now? Am I on air? - Certainly not tomorrow.
0:11:59 > 0:12:07- Cue!- OK, cue... Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Chris Mayo Show on Radio 1. That's my opening.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- Do a bit more.- Now I'm going to play a record by Girls Aloud. There we go.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- That's it?- That's what I'll play. It's what people want to hear.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Do you listen to Radio 1? - Put your board up.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25- Why Sue?- I just think she got more questions wrong than everyone else.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- What do you do, Dave?- I'm a product evaluation technician.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- Is that as important as it sounds? - Not really.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I just break stuff really.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- What sort of stuff? - Locks and latches. Glove box latches for cars, ashtrays for cars.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- You break them in order to what? - To work out how strong they are,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48so we can tell our customers they are safe for use in their vehicles.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50What will you be able to tell me?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54That if you were to crash, our product wouldn't kill you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57OK, so the ashtray won't kill me,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01but don't you think if you had that little box made another shape,
0:13:01 > 0:13:06we could get our mobiles to sit up in there, we could get our change out of there?
0:13:06 > 0:13:11You could be on to something. I'll take it back to the design boys and let 'em know.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15My spectacles don't fit in the ashtray properly.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- They're not really meant to go in an ashtray.- That's my very point.
0:13:19 > 0:13:25- Why Sue?- It was her or Sadiya. She was right next to me, so I chose her.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Sue, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:13:34 > 0:13:40When Anne asked me the question about "Mockney", I immediately thought, "She means 'Cockney'."
0:13:40 > 0:13:45But when I gave the answer, the word "knee" came out of my mouth for some inexplicable reason.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Round 3. In the bank, £1,220. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:13:52 > 0:13:58We'll start with the strongest link. That's Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02In nature, the full name of the fungal infection spread by a beetle
0:14:02 > 0:14:07that destroyed millions of trees in the UK in the 1970s was Dutch elm what?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Disease.- Correct.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14In theatre, of the two human face masks depicting tragedy and comedy,
0:14:14 > 0:14:18which one has the ends of the mouth pointing downwards?
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- Tragedy.- Correct.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Since February 1930, what type of word puzzle has appeared daily in The Times?
0:14:25 > 0:14:31- A crossword.- Correct. In US politics, President John F Kennedy represented which party?
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Democrats.- Correct.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39In medieval times, under the feudal system, a holder of land by contract from a lord
0:14:39 > 0:14:41was known as a vandal or vassal?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- Vassal.- Correct.- Bank!
0:14:44 > 0:14:50In athletics, which item of throwing equipment is composed of a shaft, a grip and a tipped head?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- The javelin.- Correct.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59In parenting, what L is a pleasant song that is sung to children to help them to go to sleep?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Lullaby.- Correct.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07In 1962, students from higher educational establishments in Leeds and Reading
0:15:07 > 0:15:11made up the first teams to participate in which TV quiz show?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- University Challenge.- Correct.
0:15:14 > 0:15:20Which primary colour is present in the plumage of all three British birds called woodpeckers?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Green.- Red.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29In UK politics, a law passed in 1918 gave women the right to vote in general elections,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32provided they were over what age - 21 or 30?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- 30.- Correct.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41A rounded pellet of a pungent chemical such as camphor placed with textiles to repel insects
0:15:41 > 0:15:43is usually called a moth what?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Pass.- Ball.
0:15:47 > 0:15:54In music, what was the blood relationship between the composer George Gershwin
0:15:54 > 0:15:56and his lyricist Ira Gershwin?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- Wife.- Brother.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04In definitions, what "A" is a four-letter word meaning "as well" or "in addition"?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- Also.- Correct.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12In cycling, in 1993, a German spectator began dressing up in a devil costume
0:16:12 > 0:16:16to follow the riders around the course at which annual competition?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Pass.- Tour de France.
0:16:18 > 0:16:24In architecture, a pattern of brickwork that is named after an area of mainland Europe
0:16:24 > 0:16:27is called Flemish bond or Basque bond?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- Flemish bond.- Correct.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Bank!- In the UK, what name is given to the system of time-keeping
0:16:33 > 0:16:38from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March...?
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Time's up. The correct answer was Greenwich Mean Time.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48You won £320.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Who thinks the green belt goes with yellow trousers?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Whose resources are exhausted?
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05For the third time in the game, Chris is the strongest link.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09The weakest link statistically is Fran, but how will the votes go?
0:17:10 > 0:17:15Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Sadiya.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Jonathan.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Sadiya.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Jonathan.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Fran.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Jonathan.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Fran.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Sadiya, isn't there a husband?
0:17:39 > 0:17:45- There is.- Yes. What's he called? - Tony.- Tony?- Yes.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- What does Tony do? - He works...with me.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- I think you nearly said "works FOR me".- I nearly did.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57- And you can't do that if he does, can you?- No, I'm the boss at work. He's the boss at home.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02- Yeah, well, he has to be. - He likes to think he is.- Yes.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Does he wear the trousers?- I try and fit in 'em, but they don't fit.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09You have to keep telling him he's the boss at home?
0:18:09 > 0:18:15- So he makes the big decisions, does he?- I shove him in the right direction, though.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Yes. For example?- For example...
0:18:19 > 0:18:22He can choose to do the cleaning.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26I don't quite see how that works to his advantage.
0:18:26 > 0:18:31- What happens if he doesn't do the cleaning? - Monday won't be a good day at work.
0:18:31 > 0:18:36- Why Jonathan?- The mothballs, I think, that did it.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- Dave, do you make mothball holders? - Unfortunately not, Anne, no.
0:18:40 > 0:18:46- Just the ashtrays?- We make other stuff as well - glove box latches, headrests, hinges.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Have you always had an interesting job?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52For seven years, yes.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- It doesn't pay well enough for you to buy a car?- I could buy a car.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00But I live quite close to where I work, so I ride my bicycle.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- Has that got an ashtray? - No, but I could put one on it.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- Do you smoke?- No. I could keep my glasses in it, couldn't I?- Yes.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12- Why Jonathan?- Just the mothballs question, really.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Jonathan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25I think I can leave here with my head held high.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30I only got one question wrong on the day, so I don't think I was the worst player.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Whoever wins it will be a very worthy winner today.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Round 4. In the bank, £1,540. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:19:40 > 0:19:46We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - little Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Start the clock. In film, the captions at the bottom of the screen
0:19:50 > 0:19:55that translate the dialogue or explain the action are "sub" what?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57- Titles.- Correct.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02In religion, what W is one of the Seven Deadly Sins and is another word for anger?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Wrath.- Correct.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07In maths, what is 57 plus 58?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- 115.- Correct.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13In history, the courtier and adventurer with the surname Raleigh,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I, had what first name?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- Pass.- Walter.
0:20:19 > 0:20:25The name of which part of an airport that features a baggage check-in counter and a duty-free shop
0:20:25 > 0:20:28is also a word meaning "final"?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Terminal.- Correct.
0:20:31 > 0:20:38- Bank!- A musician is more likely to use a chin rest while playing which instrument? A violin or a flute?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40- A violin.- Correct.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45In geography, the common English name of which large Middle Eastern lake reflects the fact
0:20:45 > 0:20:48that it is unable to support most forms of life?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- The Dead Sea.- Correct.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56The name "mezzaluna", applied to a kitchen chopping implement shaped like a crescent,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59translates from Italian as "half" what?
0:20:59 > 0:21:05- Crescent. Moon.- Moon. No, I cannot accept "crescent" which was your first answer.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11What "I" is the term used to describe TV programmes with which viewers can join in from home?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Interactive.- Correct.- Bank!
0:21:13 > 0:21:17In vocabulary, the name of which piece of equipment used in archery
0:21:17 > 0:21:21is also a word meaning to shake or vibrate slightly?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- Pass.- Quiver.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30In horticulture, which of these is the name of a popular garden flower? Phlox or swarms?
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Phlox.- Correct.- Bank!
0:21:33 > 0:21:40In rugby union, the player who captained the England team between 1988 and 1996 is Will who?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Carling.- Correct.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45What K is both the German word for "small"
0:21:45 > 0:21:50and the surname of an American designer born in 1942 in New York City?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Klein.- Correct.- Bank!
0:21:52 > 0:21:57In dentistry, what's the term for any material such as gold or amalgam
0:21:57 > 0:22:01that is inserted into a cavity in a tooth in order to halt decay?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Filling.- Correct.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09- Bank!- Which children's word for a type of toy goes before "mixtures"
0:22:09 > 0:22:11to give a term for sweets?
0:22:11 > 0:22:16- Dolly.- Correct. Sadiya, in the animal kingdom,
0:22:16 > 0:22:18creatures described as...
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Time's up. And you won £130.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29But whose brain needs recalling because of safety fears?
0:22:29 > 0:22:35Who's got a degree from the University of eBay? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41With no correct answers, Sadiya is the weakest link.
0:22:41 > 0:22:47Statistically, the strongest link is Dave, but will the team notice that?
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Sadiya.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Sadiya.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Sadiya.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Sadiya.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Fran.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Fran.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- What do you do, Gary?- I'm a mail screener.- What do you screen?
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- I'm screening mail bags. - What are you looking for?
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- Things that may be dangerous to aeroplanes.- What can you see?
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I can see all your fan mail.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34That's not dangerous. Come on. What can you see that might be dangerous?
0:23:34 > 0:23:40- Em, broken bottles.- Yeah. - Which may injure people.- Anything that says "fragile" will be broken.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Not necessarily.
0:23:42 > 0:23:48- So you're sitting in an office in...?- Carlisle.- In Carlisle.- Yes.
0:23:48 > 0:23:55- Looking at a screen?- Yes.- Then do you go home and look at another small screen?- I've got a big TV.
0:23:55 > 0:24:01- Aren't you sick of looking through glass?- No, I wouldn't be able to see without my glasses.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06- What do you do when you're not watching TV? - I watch my fish.- Of course.
0:24:06 > 0:24:14- Why Sadiya?- She passed on two questions...- Take your time(!) Take as long as you like to explain.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- That is the explanation.- Oh.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- What do you do, Fran? - I'm a pension consultant.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26- Do you sell pensions?- No. I look after final salary pension schemes.
0:24:26 > 0:24:33- Put your board down. So you come to my office. Do you do presentations? - Occasionally, yes.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39- What will you be presenting to me? - Often it's bad news that there will be changes made to the scheme
0:24:39 > 0:24:43- and I'm here to tell you about those.- With a smile on your face?
0:24:43 > 0:24:50I do try to be pleasant because it feels less aggressive if you've got bad news.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54If I said, "Why do you always tell us bad news?"
0:24:54 > 0:24:59I'd say, "That's the world of pensions and the world we live in."
0:24:59 > 0:25:05- "I'm sorry I took out a pension now."- We do hear that a lot, unfortunately, but...
0:25:05 > 0:25:12- Are you sorry you took out a pension?- I don't have a pension, Anne.- Put your board up.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- Why Sadiya? - She got two questions wrong.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Sadiya, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31When my staff found out I was coming on the Weakest Link, they thought I'd get a taste of my own medicine.
0:25:31 > 0:25:37But after meeting Anne, I think I'd definitely take the title of Queen of Mean at work!
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Round 5. In the bank, £1,670. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:25:44 > 0:25:51We'll start with the strongest link from the last round - Ashtray Dave. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Start the clock.
0:25:53 > 0:25:59In pop music, the 2009 UK hit single entitled Bodies was the first release in over two years
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- by which singer?- Pass. - Robbie Williams.
0:26:03 > 0:26:10From 1956, Che Guevara played an important role in the overthrow of the government of which country?
0:26:10 > 0:26:16- Cuba.- In human biology, what D is the common name for flakes of skin shed by the scalp
0:26:16 > 0:26:19and sometimes known as scurf?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Dandruff.- Correct. - Bank.
0:26:22 > 0:26:29The performer who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite
0:26:29 > 0:26:31is Mira who?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Jovovich?- Sorvino.
0:26:33 > 0:26:40In UK motoring, what's the maximum speed limit for a car towing a caravan on a motorway?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- 50.- 60.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47In the media, Russell Grant and Jonathan Cainer are newsreaders or astrologers?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- Astrologers.- Correct. In football in 2005,
0:26:51 > 0:26:58US tycoon Malcolm Glazer acquired ownership of which English club for £790 million?
0:26:58 > 0:27:05- Manchester United.- According to the saying, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the what?
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Saucer?- Lip.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14In food, what B is a basic white sauce named after the steward of the French King Louis XIV?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Bearnaise?- Bechamel.
0:27:16 > 0:27:23The TV presenter who fronted Wish You Were Here for 30 years is Judith who?
0:27:23 > 0:27:29- Chalmers.- Correct. In astronomy, if the term Alpha denotes the brightest star in a constellation,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33which letter of the Greek alphabet indicates second brightest?
0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Beta.- Correct. - Bank.
0:27:35 > 0:27:41In the Wars of the Roses, the military success of Henry Tudor at Bosworth Field in 1485
0:27:41 > 0:27:45was a decisive victory for which side - York or Lancaster?
0:27:45 > 0:27:51- York.- Lancaster. The term gamesmanship was coined by the author Stephen Potter
0:27:51 > 0:27:56in a 1947 book subtitled The Art Of Winning Games Without Actually what?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- Cheating.- Correct. - Bank.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05What C is a perennial herb of the onion family with purple flowers and tubular leaves used in salads?
0:28:05 > 0:28:13- Chive.- Correct.- Bank! - In geography, a person referred to as a Sotonian is a native...
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Time's up. I can't complete the question and you won £140.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25So...who's on track and who's missed all the points?
0:28:25 > 0:28:31Who's on fire and who's a damp squib? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37With the most wrong answers, Chris is the weakest link.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43Rob is, statistically, the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Dave.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53Rob.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Rob.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Fran.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Chris.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09So Fran, who's a pensions consultant, are you good at figures?
0:29:10 > 0:29:15- I'm reasonably good at figures. - So why did you vote Rob off?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Because he got a question wrong.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Chris, why are you voting off Rob?
0:29:20 > 0:29:25- I had an inkling Rob might vote for me.- Why would he vote for you?
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- I think I probably answered the least questions.- Correct.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Rob, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43With my brief discussion with Anne, I think she came off the best.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47I tried to work in a few bits that I had mentally rehearsed,
0:29:47 > 0:29:52but I didn't get the option to put them in and she ground me down.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59Round 6. In the bank, £1,810. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:29:59 > 0:30:05You voted off the strongest link so we'll start with the second strongest. That's Dave.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13In cinema, what's the alliterative title of the 1933 film
0:30:13 > 0:30:19that was remade 72 years later by the Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- King Kong.- Correct. - Bank!
0:30:22 > 0:30:28Which 1960s sub-culture was identified by a smart appearance and riding motor scooters -
0:30:28 > 0:30:30mods or rockers?
0:30:30 > 0:30:37- Mods.- In the Atlantic Ocean, the warm current called the Gulf Stream flows from the Gulf of where?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- New Mexico?- No, Mexico.
0:30:40 > 0:30:47What A is a type of polymer-based paint that has the same name as a synthetic fabric
0:30:47 > 0:30:49used as a substitute for wool?
0:30:49 > 0:30:57- Acrylic.- Correct. According to a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, first performed in 1839,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59what is mightier than the sword?
0:30:59 > 0:31:05- The pen.- Correct. In pop music, the 2006 release entitled Back to Black,
0:31:05 > 0:31:12named by an online retailer as one of the best-selling albums of the decade was by which singer?
0:31:12 > 0:31:18- Pass.- Amy Winehouse. The first manned space flight took place in the same year
0:31:18 > 0:31:22as the construction of the Eiffel Tower or the Berlin Wall?
0:31:22 > 0:31:28- Berlin Wall.- A quotation attributed to the American actress Tallulah Bankhead
0:31:28 > 0:31:33is, "Good girls keep diaries, bad girls don't have the..." what?
0:31:33 > 0:31:35- Time.- Correct.
0:31:35 > 0:31:43- Bank.- At the Winter Olympics in 2010, which country defeated the USA in men's and women's ice hockey?
0:31:43 > 0:31:50- Canada.- Correct. In maths, what I is the name given to a triangle with two sides equal in length?
0:31:51 > 0:31:58- Isosceles.- Correct. The 2005 political thriller set in Kenya starring Ralph Fiennes
0:31:58 > 0:32:02and based on a novel by John Le Carre is The Constant what?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- Gardener.- Correct.- Bank.
0:32:05 > 0:32:11Which term for a type of junior diplomat precedes "case" to give the name of a small, flat briefcase
0:32:11 > 0:32:14used for carrying documents?
0:32:14 > 0:32:20- Attache.- Correct.- Bank! - The vegetable with a French name which literally translates as...
0:32:22 > 0:32:27Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £190,
0:32:27 > 0:32:32but perhaps Chris isn't music to your ears.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Are Dave's chances in ashes?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Should Gary be screened?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Or have you got bad news for Fran?
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50According to the statistics, the strongest link is Fran.
0:32:50 > 0:32:55The weakest link is Chris, but can he survive the vote?
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Chris.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Gary.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Gary.
0:33:11 > 0:33:12Chris.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19We have a tie. Chris and Gary. Gary, why Chris?
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Chris has been very good the whole game and he's a threat.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27- Chris, why Gary? - Pretty much what he said. Tactical.
0:33:27 > 0:33:33The strongest link was Fran because she's woken up now. Why Gary?
0:33:33 > 0:33:38He was the only person I could remember getting one wrong.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42OK, you can stick with Gary or move to Chris.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47- I'll stick with Gary, please.- Gary, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00When it came out as a tie, I was dying for Fran to look at me so I could give her the puppy eyes,
0:34:00 > 0:34:02but she wouldn't look at me.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Round 7. In the bank, £2,000. Another 10 seconds off.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12We'll start with Fran. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Start the clock.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19In science, what C is a word meaning the artistic output of a society
0:34:19 > 0:34:24that's used in biology for a population of living cells in a laboratory?
0:34:26 > 0:34:27- Pass.- Culture.
0:34:27 > 0:34:35The British rapper whose 2009 song Holiday was his third UK number one single records under what name?
0:34:35 > 0:34:38- Pass.- Dizzee Rascal.
0:34:38 > 0:34:45Captain Cook famously prevented his crew from developing which dietary disease caused by lack of Vitamin C?
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- Scurvy.- Correct.- Bank. - In performance venues,
0:34:49 > 0:34:56the natural curve of Bolton Canyon in Los Angeles houses the large amphitheatre the Hollywood what?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- Bowl.- Correct.- Bank! - In celebrity name changes,
0:35:00 > 0:35:06Boris Karloff and Quentin Crisp both had what surname at birth - Pillock or Pratt?
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- Pratt.- Which river that rises near Moscow is the longest in Europe?
0:35:11 > 0:35:16- The Volga.- Correct.- Bank! - In sport, what O is the name
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- of the line players must stand behind when throwing darts?- Pass.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26The oche. In 1970s TV, the characters Kelly Garrett, Jill Munroe and Sabrina Duncan
0:35:26 > 0:35:30were known collectively by what two-word name?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- The Avengers?- Charlie's Angels.
0:35:32 > 0:35:39In Chinese cookery, MSG is the abbreviated term for the flavour enhancer monosodium what?
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- Glutamate.- Correct.- Bank! - In the House of Commons,
0:35:43 > 0:35:49which of these is a formal term for disciplining of a Member - naming or shaming?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- Naming.- Correct.
0:35:51 > 0:35:57- Bank!- The American artist noted for his unusual representations of popular images
0:35:57 > 0:36:01such as a stainless steel cast of a blow-up rabbit is Jeff who?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- Hirst?- Koons.
0:36:03 > 0:36:09What G is the term for a loan stock issued by the government when it wishes to borrow money?
0:36:09 > 0:36:14- A gilt?- Correct.- Bank! - In maths, three is the cubed root...
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Time's up. I can't complete the question. You won £150.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24In Round 8, you can treble what you bank.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Before that, time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Chris is the strongest link because he got all his answers right.
0:36:33 > 0:36:40Dave is, statistically, the weakest link, but who will be taking the final Walk of Shame?
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Dave.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Dave.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53Fran.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01- Chris, why Dave? - Well, I think Fran saved me
0:37:01 > 0:37:05so I'd feel guilty if I got rid of her now.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10- Fran, why Dave? - I thought Dave got the most questions wrong.- He did.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Dave, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25I was annoyed at being voted off in the final round.
0:37:25 > 0:37:31I thought I could go on to win it. I should have guessed some questions instead of passing.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33But I'm happy with my performance.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Round 8. In the bank, £2,150. In this round, you have 90 seconds.
0:37:39 > 0:37:47Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with little Chris. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Start the clock.
0:37:49 > 0:37:56The science fiction novel Journey To The Centre Of The Earth was written by which French author?
0:37:56 > 0:38:04- Jules Verne.- In pop music, the folk rock group called Stealers Wheel had a UK hit single in 1973
0:38:04 > 0:38:07with Stuck In The Middle With whom?
0:38:07 > 0:38:14- You.- In botany, a species of myrtle whose leaves yield an antiseptic oil used in cosmetics
0:38:14 > 0:38:18has what name - the tea tree or lava bush?
0:38:18 > 0:38:25- The tea tree.- Bank! - In European geography, Vilnius is the capital of which Baltic country?
0:38:25 > 0:38:30- Pass.- Lithuania. In UK entertainment,
0:38:30 > 0:38:34what was the three-word catchphrase of the comedian Tommy Cooper?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- How about that?- Just like that.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46In map-making, what C is the name of the lines that connect areas of equal height?
0:38:46 > 0:38:53- Pass.- Contours. The actor who has played the Master in Doctor Who and Sam Tyler in Life On Mars
0:38:53 > 0:38:55is John who?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Sessions.- Simm.
0:38:58 > 0:39:04The name of which large mammal comes from Greek words meaning nose horn?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Pass.- Rhinoceros.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14The Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born in 1874 at which palace in Oxfordshire?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- Sandringham?- Blenheim.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19In transport, the chairman...
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Time's up. You won £60, which we will treble.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31It gives you prize money today of:
0:39:31 > 0:39:36There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41So, Chris and Fran, for £2,330,
0:39:41 > 0:39:44let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:46 > 0:39:51- Chris, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'd like to go first, please.
0:39:55 > 0:40:01In theatre, what's the title of the musical based on a 2001 film comedy
0:40:01 > 0:40:04that opened in the West End in 2010
0:40:04 > 0:40:10starring Sheridan Smith as a Harvard law student with fair hair?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- Legally Blonde.- That is correct.
0:40:13 > 0:40:19In motorsport, the Bugatti racing circuit was built in 1965
0:40:19 > 0:40:23on the outskirts of which city in north-western France?
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- Paris. - No, the correct answer is Le Mans.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36The name of which precious metal is derived from the diminutive of the Spanish word for silver?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- Platinum? - That is the correct answer.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43In Scandinavian mythology,
0:40:43 > 0:40:49the birds called Hugin and Munin who sit on the shoulders of Odin
0:40:49 > 0:40:53are members of which species of the crow family?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Vulture.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58The correct answer is the raven.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04Mount Everest is on the border of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet
0:41:04 > 0:41:06and which neighbouring country?
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- India?- The correct answer is Nepal.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16In food, the 2009 recipe book The Game Cook
0:41:16 > 0:41:20is by which former Conservative Cabinet minister,
0:41:20 > 0:41:24once nicknamed The Chingford Skinhead?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26- Norman Tebbit.- That is correct.
0:41:26 > 0:41:32The venomous North American snake, sometimes called the harlequin snake
0:41:32 > 0:41:36because of its red, yellow and black banded markings
0:41:36 > 0:41:40is named after which natural substance?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- Water snake? - The correct answer is coral.
0:41:45 > 0:41:51The debut UK hit single by Oasis that starts with just cymbals and drums
0:41:51 > 0:41:56has what title, which coincidentally is an anagram of "percussion"?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- Pass. - The correct answer is Supersonic.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06In 2009, which former Newcastle and England footballer
0:42:06 > 0:42:09became an official representative of the Queen
0:42:09 > 0:42:14when he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland?
0:42:15 > 0:42:19- Sir Bobby Robson? - The correct answer is Alan Shearer.
0:42:19 > 0:42:26In 1990s TV, according to the title of a drama series about teenage life in Beverly Hills,
0:42:26 > 0:42:31the residential area where it was set had what five-digit zip code?
0:42:31 > 0:42:3390210.
0:42:33 > 0:42:40That is the correct answer. After five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45Chris and Fran, let's play sudden death.
0:42:45 > 0:42:51In classical music, the action of which 1900 opera by Puccini
0:42:51 > 0:42:56takes place within a 24-hour period in three locations in Rome?
0:42:59 > 0:43:04- Julius Caesar. - The correct answer is Tosca.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08In nature, what term from the Greek for "life companion"
0:43:08 > 0:43:15means an intimate relationship between dissimilar organisms usually to their mutual benefit?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19- Symbiotic.- I'll accept.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29That means, Fran, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Chris, you leave with nothing.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44The final went really well at the start. I got the first two right.
0:43:44 > 0:43:50Then Fran came back with the right answers and when it went to the tie-break it was nail-biting.
0:43:50 > 0:43:56I can't believe I won the Weakest Link. I just came for a day out. It's been great fun - and I've won!
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