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 > 0:00:16The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up £10,000.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42They've only just met.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44But to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47However, eight will leave with nothing,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51as round-by-round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I'm Bernard, aged 44,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58from Catford, south-east London,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and I'm an elevator technician.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03I'm Helen, I'm 52,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I'm from Goole, in East Yorkshire,
0:01:05 > 0:01:07and I'm a work clerk.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I'm Ray, I'm 63, I'm from Coalville,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13in Leicestershire, and I'm a sales manager.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'm Sharron, 41, from Southampton,
0:01:17 > 0:01:18and I'm a student.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I'm Tom, I'm 19, from Kingston,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23and I'm a sales assistant.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I'm Kerri, I'm 23, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I'm a games and amusements manager.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31I'm Mark, I'm 54,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I'm from Walsall Wood in the West Midlands,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37and I'm a retired secondary school teacher.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I'm Catherine, 33, from Newcastle,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41and I'm a housing support coordinator.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I'm Peter, I'm 26, I'm from the Wirral,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47in Merseyside, and I'm a bid manager.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53OK, just to remind you. In each round, there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Say "Bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13That's you, Bernard.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19First question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Bernard, in the childish rhyming phrase that means very simple,
0:02:23 > 0:02:27which two words precede "lemon squeezy"?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Easy.- Easy peasy.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Helen, in security, what L is the general term for a mechanism
0:02:39 > 0:02:44normally operated by a key that secures or fastens a door?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45- A lock.- Correct.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Ray, in maths, what is 99 minus two?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- 97.- Correct.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Sharron, in the English alphabet, what is the name for letters
0:02:54 > 0:02:58representing sounds that are voiced without friction,
0:02:58 > 0:03:01such as A, E, I, O and U?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02- Vowels.- Correct.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Tom, in the late 1960s,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10major discoveries were made below the North Sea of natural gas,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12and which other commodity, coffee or crude oil?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Crude oil.- Correct.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Kerri, in cinema, the characters Luke Skywalker, Han Solo
0:03:18 > 0:03:22and Princess Leia were introduced in which 1977 film?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Star Wars.- Correct.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Mark, in Asian geography,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29what T is the name of the city in Japan with the largest population?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30- Tokyo.- Correct.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Catherine, in nature, a spider has how many legs?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Eight.- Correct.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Peter, in education, what's the usual four-letter
0:03:38 > 0:03:40abbreviation for the word examination?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Exam.- Correct.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Bernard, in the early days of TV,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46if there was a breakdown in transmission a message
0:03:46 > 0:03:51appeared on the screen saying, "Do not adjust your" what?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- TV sets.- I'll accept.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55- Helen.- Bank!- In theatre, which...
0:03:55 > 0:03:57END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:03:57 > 0:04:01OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03That money will go through to the next round.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05But one of you will not.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Who's obviously got a head like a haggis?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Who rings more alarm bells than a 999 call?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The statistics show that Helen is the strongest link.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Bernard is the weakest.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26But who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Ray.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Bernard.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Bernard.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Bernard.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Bernard.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Bernard.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Bernard.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Bernard.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Bernard.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- What do you do, Peter?- I'm a bid manager.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- A bin manager?- Bid manager?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- A bid manager.- Yes.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And what sort of bids are you managing?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08We have all kinds of different bids.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11We have construction, we have catering, we have...
0:05:11 > 0:05:13You're bidding to do it, are you?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17No, we work with companies who want to get into that kind of arena.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What arena is that?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23The...providing goods and services to the public sector.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Are you very entertaining since you come from Liverpool?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I was once a magician and a comedian, yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Oh, really? Well, everyone in Liverpool is a comedian.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Well, that's why it's the funniest city in the UK.- Yeah.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Put your board down.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42OK, Peter is going to do some stand-up for us. Where are we?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45We are in the Phoenix Pub, in Edinburgh.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's the middle of the Fringe Festival, 2008.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49And I've just come on stage.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52And is the auditorium now empty?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- No, the auditorium is packed to the rafters.- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56Cos you're on stage.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Absolutely.- Yes, OK. Off you go.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I went on shopping in Edinburgh today and bought a book on self-motivation.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05You know, I just can't be bothered to read it.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Yeah. Can you do better than that?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That's my...my best material.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Put your board up. Why Bernard?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Bernard was the only contestant who got a question wrong.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18What do you do, Helen?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- I'm a work clerk.- Are you? Where?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- At a local hospital.- Where is that?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25In Goole.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27And what does your job entail?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Er... Mainly paperwork,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32keeping patients' notes in order, photocopying...
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- Do you deal with the patients? - Sometimes.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37If I want the details, I have to go by their bedsides
0:06:37 > 0:06:38and get the details of them.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Do you? Do you deal with the relatives?- Yes.- How?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44They sometimes come to where I sit
0:06:44 > 0:06:47and ask how their relative or friend is,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and I'm the first port of call usually.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I see. I suppose it's peculiar to Yorkshire.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55But wouldn't you usually ask the relative how they were,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57rather than come and see Helen?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59It's your hairdo, isn't it? They just want to have a look at it.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Oh, yeah. Absolutely, yeah. - Yeah. Why Bernard?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05He was the only one to get one wrong.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It was such an easy-peasy question, wasn't it?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Where are you from, Tom?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13I'm from Kingston, Anne.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Kingston in where? - In south-west London.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Oh! From Surrey.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18You're from Surrey.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Yeah, borderline south-west London, Surrey.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23OK. And what do you do in Surrey, Tom?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- I'm a sales assistant in a toy shop. - Are you? That's a big job.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- How old are you?- 19.- Yes.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- You've not bothered with university. - No.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It's too expensive for me.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33- Is it?- Yeah.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Really? You can't afford to go?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Unless I win this, but...
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- No, so you're in a toy shop.- Yeah. - In Kingston.- A-ha.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42That's quite sad, isn't it?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Er... A little bit, yeah.- Yeah.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And do you get mistaken for a toy in the toy shop?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50No. I'm on my feet all day, actually. I'm such a hard worker, you know.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52And do you have a girlfriend in Kingston?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- I don't have a girlfriend, no. I'm single.- Really?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- Are you playing the field? - Trying to.- Yes.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01And what's the drawback, apart from your looks?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Oh, where to start, really. Er...
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I didn't go out first on the Weakest Link, so that's one thing, I guess.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Yes. And why Bernard?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10He got the first question wrong,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13and no-one else got a question wrong in that round.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Bernard! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Well, today, my competition was quite high.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27I always believed that I'd get probably into Round Five, Six.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I knew I could start off first alphabetically.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Er... So my aim was, you know, just get through the first question
0:08:33 > 0:08:37and then I can bank at the end.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39But it didn't quite work out that way.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Round Two and you have £1,000.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44We are now taking ten seconds
0:08:44 > 0:08:45off your time.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Helen. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Start the clock.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Helen, in history, the Soviet Army, formed by Trotsky
0:08:55 > 0:08:57during the Russian Civil War was known in English
0:08:57 > 0:09:00by the name of which primary colour?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03- Black.- Red.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Ray, in literature, the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10narrated by a patient at a psychiatric hospital
0:09:10 > 0:09:12in entitled One Flew Over The Cuckoo's what?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Nest.- Correct.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Sharron, in celebrities, in 2005,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19David and Victoria Beckham gave their third son
0:09:19 > 0:09:21what first name, Safari or Cruz?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Cruz.- Correct.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Tom, in marketing, an unnamed product
0:09:26 > 0:09:28that is being compared to a similar one
0:09:28 > 0:09:31called brand X is usually known as brand what?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33- I don't know. Pass.- Y.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Kerri, in geometry, there are how many degrees in a circle?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- 360.- Correct.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Mark, in TV, the popular sitcom of the 1990s
0:09:41 > 0:09:44about a pair of flatmates called Gary and Tony
0:09:44 > 0:09:46was entitled Men Behaving what?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- Badly.- Correct.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Catherine, in royalty, what K goes
0:09:49 > 0:09:52before the word "Palace" in the name of the residence
0:09:52 > 0:09:55that in 2011 became the London home
0:09:55 > 0:09:58of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59- Kensington.- Correct.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00- Peter.- Bank!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03In Leisure, the ancient Chinese exercise in which
0:10:03 > 0:10:06controlled movements are intended to relax the body and mind
0:10:06 > 0:10:07is called Tai what?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- Chi.- Correct.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Helen, in pop music,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14which group formed in 2007 with five members
0:10:14 > 0:10:17called Mollie, Frankie, Vanessa, Rochelle and Una
0:10:17 > 0:10:19are named after a day of the week?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- Saturdays.- Correct.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Ray, in biology, the term for an involuntary kick
0:10:24 > 0:10:27of the lower leg that is used to refer
0:10:27 > 0:10:29to any reflex response is a knee what?
0:10:29 > 0:10:30- Jerk.- Correct.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Sharron, in DIY,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34which three-letter word follows "fret", "hack" and "jig"
0:10:34 > 0:10:37to give the names of three cutting tools?
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- Saw.- Correct.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Tom.- Bank!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42In history, because of political instability in ancient Rome,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45the year 69 AD became known as the Year Of what,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47three tenants or four emperors?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- Four Emperors.- Correct.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Kerri, in the United States, which island in California
0:10:52 > 0:10:55was once the site of a maximum security prison
0:10:55 > 0:10:56and is nicknamed The Rock?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- Pass.- Alcatraz.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Mark, in live entertainment,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05which term for a circus tent consists
0:11:05 > 0:11:08of two words that are direct opposites of small and bottom?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10- Big top.- Correct.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Catherine, at which tourist spot
0:11:12 > 0:11:14on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall
0:11:14 > 0:11:19does a signpost read, "3,147 miles to New York?"
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Pass.- Land's End.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Peter, in addictions,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25the process of giving something up by an immediate
0:11:25 > 0:11:27and complete withdrawal
0:11:27 > 0:11:29is called what, roast chicken or cold turkey?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30- Cold turkey.- Correct.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Helen, which word meaning "deluge" precedes "lighting"
0:11:33 > 0:11:36to give the name of a type of illumination
0:11:36 > 0:11:39used in sport stadiums and public buildings?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- Spot.- Flood.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:11:45 > 0:11:46Time's up. You won £300.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Whose head could win rear of the year?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Who's only here
0:11:52 > 0:11:54because the binman made a delivery?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02With the most wrong answers, Helen is the weakest link.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Statistically, Peter is the strongest link.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07But who will the team want off?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Tom.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Kerri.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Helen.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Helen.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Helen.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Helen.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Helen.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Helen.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35What do you do, Mark?
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Well, I'm semi-retired, Anne.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Are you?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- How old are you?- 54.- Yes.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41And what did you do?
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- I was a secondary school teacher. - Where?- In Birmingham.- Yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46And what were you doing there?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Er... Teaching English.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Did you just teach English?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I taught other things. Er...
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- A bit of drama, music.- Yes.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56You can play an instrument, can't you?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- Indeed, I can.- Yeah. What instrument can you play?
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I play the euphonium in a brass band.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Is that the only instrument you can play?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04No, I do have another instrument,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06which I enjoy playing equally as well as the euphonium.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Yeah. But you've only got one brass instrument.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Only one brass instrument, yes.- Yes.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12And does Mrs Mark, when you get home,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14does she polish your instrument?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16She's polished it on many an occasion, Anne.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- And have you brought an instrument with you?- I have, yes.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- Is it a big instrument or a little instrument?- Um...
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It depends on the weather, but today, quite small.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26OK, put your board down.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Are you going to take it out?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30I've got it out, Anne, I'll just put this in the end.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- Would you like me to play it?- Yeah.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- OK.- What's that called?- This is called the garden hose pipe.- Yeah.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41The more meek among us actually do this action
0:13:41 > 0:13:45and water the garden with it in the summer.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47HE PLAYS A MILITARY FANFARE
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- Well, that's not going to water the garden.- It gets the kids in.- Yeah.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Get behind your podium.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Put your board up.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15You are not multitasking then?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I've attempted it and failed, just like every other man.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Why Helen?
0:14:20 > 0:14:25I believe Helen got the most questions wrong, Anne.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Sharron, you look incredibly annoying. What do you do?
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I'm a student.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33How old are you?
0:14:33 > 0:14:3441.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37What on Earth are you doing being a student at 41?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Fancied a change.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41So we are paying for you, are we?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I'd like to think the amount of money I've made in taxes over the years,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I'm actually paying for myself, just getting a little bit back.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- OK. And where do you live? - Southampton.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- And what are you studying? - Psychology.- Is that on a cat...
0:14:52 > 0:14:54What's the local paper?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The Echo, I think.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Yes, and in The Echo, if you look down the jobs that are going,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02are there lots for psychologists?
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Mm... I hope not in the local rag, cos I actually want to be a teacher.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- What are you going to teach? - Psychology, he-he.- Yes, to whom?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Hopefully, to secondary school pupils.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16What sort of thing are they going to learn from you?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Just try and be interesting instead of just annoying.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Ha-ha-ha! I hadn't thought I was being annoying.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24But hopefully, I'll just engage them and make the subject interesting.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Give me an example of something you'd teach them.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Pavlov and his dogs...
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Yes.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Pavlov was a researcher that conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38A-ha. What makes you salivate?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Cream cakes, chocolates.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- Yes, obviously.- Obviously. - Why Helen?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I just think she was actually the weakest link.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46She was the worst player.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Helen! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I think friends and family are going to be very proud of me.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I obviously wanted to get a bit further
0:16:01 > 0:16:04than being the second voted off, but hey-ho.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06It's all good fun.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Round Three. In the bank, £1,300.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Another ten seconds coming off the time.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Peter.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Start the clock.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Peter, in literature, the 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
0:16:24 > 0:16:27that has the alternative title Life Among the Lowly
0:16:27 > 0:16:29is called Uncle Tom's what?
0:16:29 > 0:16:30- Cabin.- Correct.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Ray, in maths, what is 51 plus 23?
0:16:35 > 0:16:3774.
0:16:37 > 0:16:38Correct.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Sharron, in tennis, the German player who appeared in seven
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Wimbledon men's singles finals
0:16:44 > 0:16:48between 1985 and 1995 is Boris who?
0:16:49 > 0:16:50- Becker.- Correct.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- Tom.- Bank!
0:16:52 > 0:16:54In vegetables, which word derived from anatomy is
0:16:54 > 0:16:57the name given to the very centre of a lettuce?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00- Core.- Heart.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Kerri, in the home, a barrier around
0:17:03 > 0:17:05the perimeter of a garden consisting of wooden stakes
0:17:05 > 0:17:07driven into the ground at regular intervals
0:17:07 > 0:17:09is called a picket what?
0:17:09 > 0:17:10- Fence.- Correct.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Mark, in TV, in 2011,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Cheryl Cole was reportedly sacked as a judge
0:17:15 > 0:17:17on the US version of The X Factor
0:17:17 > 0:17:19because of her what,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21hair extensions or Geordie accent?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22- Geordie accent.- Correct.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Catherine, in advertising, a rhyming slogan
0:17:25 > 0:17:27formerly used by British Rail was,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29"Let the train take the..." what?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Pass.- Strain.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Peter, in women's fashion,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38the full-flared skirt introduced by Christian Dior in 1955
0:17:38 > 0:17:40was named after its resemblance to which
0:17:40 > 0:17:42letter of the alphabet?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- V.- A.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49Ray, in film, which 1997 Oscar-winning romantic drama
0:17:49 > 0:17:51is set aboard a famous ship
0:17:51 > 0:17:54and features characters called Jack and Rose?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Pass.- Titanic.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Sharron, in quotations, the name of which Texan city
0:17:59 > 0:18:01precedes "We've had a problem,"
0:18:01 > 0:18:03in a well-known phrase said in 1970
0:18:03 > 0:18:06on the Apollo 13 space mission?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Houston.- Correct.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09- Tom.- Bank!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12In music, what P is the name for the section of an orchestra
0:18:12 > 0:18:14whose instruments may include the tam-tam, the triangle
0:18:14 > 0:18:15and the marimba?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Percussion.- Correct.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Kerri, in law, the controversial reform group
0:18:19 > 0:18:22formed by Matt O'Connor in 2001 whose protest actions
0:18:22 > 0:18:26are often done in costume is called Fathers 4 what?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27- Justice.- Correct.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Mark, in Australian history, the 19th-century bushranger
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Edward Kelly was named by what three-letter abbreviated name?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Ned.- Correct.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Catherine, in sport,
0:18:38 > 0:18:40the British boxer who beat Zab Judah
0:18:40 > 0:18:42in a world title fight in Las Vegas
0:18:42 > 0:18:45in 2011 is Amir who?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Khan.- Correct.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Peter, in botany, in the British Isles,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51the deciduous tree sheds most of its leaves
0:18:51 > 0:18:54during which season, spring or autumn?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Autumn.- Correct.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Bank!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Ray, in chess, the upper section of which...
0:18:59 > 0:19:02END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Time's up. You won £420.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But who is the midget in the pole jump?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Who's the grit on the ski jump?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18According to the statistics, Catherine is the weakest link.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Mark is the strongest link.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But will the votes pick up on the facts?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Catherine.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Ray.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Catherine.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Ray.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Peter.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Peter.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Catherine.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49So, Grandad, what do you do?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'm a sales manager, Anne.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52What do you sell?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I sell brake linings and brake pads.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Do you run an emergency service?
0:19:56 > 0:19:57No.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01So you never get a call if someone's going over a cliff and needs you?
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- It's a little bit too late then, Anne.- Is it?- Yeah.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05If they'd bought a quality product to start with,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07they wouldn't have that problem.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Yes, it's that your sales pitch. - Some of it.- OK.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Well, let's hear a bit more of your sales pitch.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15A little bit more of my sales pitch. Well, it's based technically...
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Oh, you're the George Clooney of brake pads.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- I could well be, Anne.- Yes.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22And do you have an open-top sports car?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24No, I have a coupe.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26A coupe what?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- It's a Volvo.- A Volvo.- A-ha.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30You see, you just get more attractive by the minute.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- And where do you live? - Where do I live?- Yeah.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35In a place called Coalville, in Leicestershire.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Yeah, fantastic.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- We're happy there.- Why Catherine?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Catherine answered a question wrong.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Peter, from Liverpool, as your last joke was such a success,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47can you give us another one?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- Yeah, certainly.- Go on, then.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51The Mona Lisa walked into a bar, and the barman looked at her
0:20:51 > 0:20:53and said, "Well, you're off the wall!"
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Why Catherine?
0:20:58 > 0:20:59There was one, just one question,
0:20:59 > 0:21:03where she lost the...some money, and when it came round to me to bank.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Catherine! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14I did want to speak to Anne, but I was a bit worried
0:21:14 > 0:21:18that she was going to ask us to do my monkey impression.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20So, just for you, Anne, here it is.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Ooh-ooh! Aah-aah-ah-ah!
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Round Four.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27In the bank, £1,720.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Another ten seconds off the time.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Mark.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Start the clock.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Mark, in maths, what is 21 multiplied by three?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- 63.- Correct.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Peter, in commerce,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45what I is the single-word term for a document
0:21:45 > 0:21:47sent by a seller to a buyer detailing
0:21:47 > 0:21:50goods or services supplied and the price charged?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Invoice.- Correct.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Ray, in geography,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56the landlocked country called Burkina Faso
0:21:56 > 0:21:59is in the western part of which continent?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- America.- Africa.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Which word is both a medical job title
0:22:07 > 0:22:11and a term for feeding a baby with milk?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Nurse.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Bank.- Record-breaking journeys across the Atlantic
0:22:16 > 0:22:20by boat and hot-air balloon have been made by which celebrity,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Alan Sugar or Richard Branson?
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Richard Branson.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27"I thought love was only true in fairytales"
0:22:27 > 0:22:32is the opening line of which 1967 UK number-one single by The Monkees?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37- I'm A Believer.- Correct.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42In the Army and Police, the badge of rank worn by a sergeant
0:22:42 > 0:22:44consists of how many stripes or chevrons?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Three.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- Bank.- What D is a horse that is grey with round spots
0:22:49 > 0:22:52or patches of a darker colour?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Pass.- Dappled.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Which word meaning "to distribute cards at the start of a game"
0:22:59 > 0:23:02is also a town in Kent?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Deal.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08In maths, the prefix "semi" represents which simple fraction?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Half.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12In the 1999 film comedy Notting Hill,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Hugh Grant plays the owner of a shop selling what, chocolate or books?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Books.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21In military history, Hindenburg and Ludendorff
0:23:21 > 0:23:25were leading German generals in which world war?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- Second.- First.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31At the Olympics, which is the only event in women's artistic gymnastics
0:23:31 > 0:23:36in which competitors perform to the accompaniment of music?
0:23:36 > 0:23:37- The floor.- Correct.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41In Norse mythology, what V was the name of the maidens
0:23:41 > 0:23:45who rode over battlefields to take slain heroes to Valhalla?
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- Valkyries.- Correct!
0:23:47 > 0:23:51In music, Rhapsody In Blue and the opera Porgy And Bess
0:23:51 > 0:23:56were both written by which American composer?
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Pass.- George Gershwin.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02In children's toys, the blond male doll figure with elastic limbs
0:24:02 > 0:24:05that was introduced in 1976...?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Time's up, you won £120,
0:24:10 > 0:24:13but who's the Darth Vader?
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Who probably thinks Star Trek is a reality show?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Having answered the most questions correctly,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Mark is still the strongest link.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The weakest link statistically is Ray,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32but whose game is over?
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Peter.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Ray.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Ray.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Ray.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Ray.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Ray.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- What do you do, Kerri? - I'm a games and amusement manager.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- Are you? Where?- At a safari park.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Where? - In the West Midlands.- Whereabouts?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08- Er, Kidderminster.- And it's got wild animals, has it?- It has -
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- not Kidderminster, the safari park. - Has it got chimpanzees?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- No.- Has it got monkeys?- No.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Are there any animals that take the windscreen wipers off?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24- No, we don't have any of those - it's a very safe park.- So, it's only
0:25:24 > 0:25:28the people in a coach from Dudley who take the wipers off, is it?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31I'm not from Dudley, so I wouldn't know.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34- You're in charge of what? - Games and amusements.- Like what?
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Basketball - you pay a couple of quid and try
0:25:37 > 0:25:42to get one in the hoop, and if you get it in, you get a big cuddly toy.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Do you do duck the duck? - No, we've got fishy fish.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50I worked at a safari park in Merseyside, and we had hook a duck.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55- Were they real ducks?- No, they were really cute little rubber ducks.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- MIDLANDS ACCENT:- Rubber ducks? - Rubber ducks, yeah.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Kerri, what would you feel like if you were put in a cage
0:26:02 > 0:26:07and taken to another continent, and let out in a park?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I'd love it - think about it... You don't think
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- the lions are a bit upset, living near Dood-ley?- No,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17they've got loads of space to ru... They're nowhere near Dudley!
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Get that out of your head - nowhere near!
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- But it is in the West Midlands. - I believe it is.- Can you imagine
0:26:24 > 0:26:27being a lion, in Africa, and suddenly someone says,
0:26:27 > 0:26:32"We're going to put you in the West Midlands?"
0:26:32 > 0:26:36I mean, that's just awful, that is so cruel!
0:26:38 > 0:26:40What are you laughing at?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- Poor lion, I feel so sorry for it! - Yes. And why Ray?
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Because he got two questions wrong, unfortunately.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- Tom, why Ray?- I remember him getting a question wrong, unfortunately.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Two questions wrong. Ray, you are the weakest link -
0:26:57 > 0:26:59goodbye.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09I think it was fair that I was voted off in Round Four,
0:27:09 > 0:27:13because I had a memory block and...lost the plot, basically.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Round Five - in the bank now, £1,840.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Another ten seconds off the time.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25We start with the last round's strongest link, Mark.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33In physics, the rate of motion of an object is described by what,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35velocity or monstrosity?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Velocity.- In classical Greek literature,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41the epic poem The Iliad, ascribed to Homer,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45is set during the siege of which city?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47- Sparta.- Troy.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50In fashion, what D is the four-syllable first name
0:27:50 > 0:27:52of the Versace sibling who in 1997
0:27:52 > 0:27:56became creative director of the family design house?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Donatella.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- Bank.- In pop music, I Need A Dollar was a UK hit single in 2011
0:28:03 > 0:28:07for the US soul singer and rapper with the stage name Aloe what?
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Blacc.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11In Middle Eastern geography,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Syria has a coastline on which body of water?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- The Red Sea.- Mediterranean Sea.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20In comics, in the Superman stories,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Clark Kent works for which newspaper,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25the Daily Planet or the Sunday Comet?
0:28:25 > 0:28:26The Daily Planet.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30In Oxford and Cambridge, what is the name for the activity
0:28:30 > 0:28:34performed by students using a pole to propel a flat-bottomed boat?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Punting.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39In film, which 1993 drama starred Holly Hunter
0:28:39 > 0:28:43as a mute Scottish woman who communicates with others
0:28:43 > 0:28:45by playing a musical instrument?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- Piano.- Correct.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- Bank.- In the animal kingdom, the insect that typically sits still
0:28:51 > 0:28:55with its large front legs folded like hands in prayer
0:28:55 > 0:28:56is known as the praying what?
0:28:56 > 0:28:57Mantis.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00In naval traditions, on a ship,
0:29:00 > 0:29:04the two-hours period of duty between 4pm and 8pm is known as what,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07cat's eyes or dog watches?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- Dog watches.- Correct.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13In 1953, a foundation for sick and disabled people,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15later to have many high street shops,
0:29:15 > 0:29:19was set up by and named after Sue who?
0:29:21 > 0:29:22- Pass.- Ryder.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Which musical opened in the West End in 1986
0:29:25 > 0:29:29with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the leading roles?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Cats.- Phantom Of The Opera.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36In chemistry, a simple compound such as methane or ethylene
0:29:36 > 0:29:39is known as hydro what?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- Chloride.- Carbon.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45In TV, Barbara Bel Geddes and Donna Reed
0:29:45 > 0:29:48played Eleanor Southworth, nicknamed Miss Ellie, in which soap...?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51END-OF-ROUND-JINGLE
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Time's up - you won £120.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Who couldn't now raise their game, even with a stair lift?
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Who'd be a disappointment to their dog?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10As the only player to get all their answers right,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Tom is the strongest link. Statistically, Peter is the weakest,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16but can he survive the vote?
0:30:17 > 0:30:22The voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Peter.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Peter.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Peter.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33Peter.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36Mark.
0:30:38 > 0:30:44- Mark, why Peter?- I felt he answered most questions wrong.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Sharron, why Peter?- He did answer the most questions wrong.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Peter, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Anne was absolutely terrifying. She's very piercing,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and she absolutely grilled me on the spot.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06I think I did fairly well in the face of such a difficult task,
0:31:06 > 0:31:11but no, it was great to meet Anne - she was fantastic.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Round Six - you've won £1,960.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18We're losing another 10 seconds.
0:31:18 > 0:31:23We start with the strongest link from the last round, little Tom.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Start the clock. In knitting, what C
0:31:28 > 0:31:32is a design which looks similar to a twisted rope?
0:31:34 > 0:31:35- Pass.- Cable.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39In geography, a triangular tract of land at the mouths of rivers
0:31:39 > 0:31:46such as the Rhone, Danube and Ganges is known by what name?
0:31:46 > 0:31:47- Pass.- Delta.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50In cartoons, Huey, Dewey and Louie
0:31:50 > 0:31:53are the nephews of which male Disney character?
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Donald Duck.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58In rugby union, a player who is shown a yellow card
0:31:58 > 0:32:01is also sent to the sin bin for how many minutes?
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- Five minutes.- Ten.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06In law, what P is the name for the offence
0:32:06 > 0:32:09of deliberately making a false statement under oath?
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Could you repeat that, please?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12In law, what P is the name for the offence
0:32:12 > 0:32:15of deliberately making a false statement under oath?
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- Pretence?- Perjury.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21In British customs, Mothering Sunday falls on the fourth Sunday
0:32:21 > 0:32:24in which Christian period leading up to Easter?
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Lent.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29In pop music, the 1998 UK number one single
0:32:29 > 0:32:34entitled Brimful Of Asha was by Cornershop or Butcher's Shop?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Cornershop.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39In film, the 1985 brat-pack drama
0:32:39 > 0:32:43about college friends coping with life after graduation
0:32:43 > 0:32:46is St Elmo's what?
0:32:46 > 0:32:47Fire.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51What D is the nationality that goes before pastry
0:32:51 > 0:32:52to give a baked item,
0:32:52 > 0:32:55often garnished with sugar, icing or nuts?
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Danish.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00In finance, the expected profit from a particular course of action
0:33:00 > 0:33:05is known as ROI, which stands for Return On what?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- Interest.- Investment.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11The logo of the British Medical Association features
0:33:11 > 0:33:16a stick with what wrapped around it, a slug or a snake?
0:33:16 > 0:33:18A snake.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22In children's TV, when it was first broadcast in the 1970s,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Newsround was hosted by which presenter?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26John Craven.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29What A is the name of the Italian mountain range
0:33:29 > 0:33:33in which the highest peak, at nearly 10,000ft, is Monte Corno?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:33:39 > 0:33:42Time's up, the answer was the Apennines.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47You won £100. So, is Sharron too annoying?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Will it be game over for Tom?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Could Mark be about to go down the tubes?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Or will Kerri be out for a duck?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Tom goes from being the strongest link to the weakest.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09The strongest link statistically is Mark,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12but who will lose out in the vote?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Voting over - it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Tom.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23Kerri.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25Tom.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27Tom.
0:34:29 > 0:34:35- Mark, why Tom?- I believe his last wrong answer cost us money, Anne.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- Kerri, why Tom?- Erm, I was ready to bank £100, and unfortunately,
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- he got the question wrong.- Tom, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55I think it will be Mark who will win the money today, purely because
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I think he's the most intelligent out of us all,
0:34:58 > 0:35:03but I would like Kerri to win, because she's a really nice girl.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Round Seven - in the kitty, £2,060.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Another ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link,
0:35:10 > 0:35:14that's Mark - let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19Start the clock. In a phrase alluding to a precious metal,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22a time when the arts and empire of a country were flourishing
0:35:22 > 0:35:23is called a what age?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Golden.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28In politics, the 20th-century British Prime Minister
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Stanley Baldwin was the leader of which party?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- Labour.- Conservative.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37In literature, the 2011 book by George RR Martin
0:35:37 > 0:35:41that is the fifth in his Song Of Ice And Fire series is called
0:35:41 > 0:35:45A Dance With what?
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- Angels?- Dragons.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51In horse racing, the Melling Road crosses which course in Liverpool?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Aintree.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56In music, The College Dropout, Late Registration
0:35:56 > 0:35:59and Graduation were UK hit albums for which rapper?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- P Diddy.- Kanye West.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05In leisure activities, the 1970s computer game
0:36:05 > 0:36:09featuring two bats, a net and a ball was called Pong or Hum?
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Pong.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14In porcelain, the traditional pattern of a Chinese landscape
0:36:14 > 0:36:17including a river and bridge in blue on a white background
0:36:17 > 0:36:19is named after which tree?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Willow.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26What C is a town in Cheshire that is noted as a railway junction
0:36:26 > 0:36:30and has a football team with the suffix Alexandra?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- Pass.- Crewe.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36In cinema, the actor who has played the role
0:36:36 > 0:36:40of the villain Lucius Malfoy in several of the Harry Potter films
0:36:40 > 0:36:42is Jason who?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- Donoghue?- Isaacs.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48In the Gregorian calendar, in terms of the number of letters,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50which month has the longest name?
0:36:50 > 0:36:51- January.- September.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56In food, the vinegar substitute made from acetic acid
0:36:56 > 0:37:00and often available in fish and chip shops is called non-brewed what?
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- Acid.- Condiment.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07In politics, in a crisis caused by the British weather in 1976,
0:37:07 > 0:37:11the MP Denis Howell was appointed Minister for Drought or Snow?
0:37:11 > 0:37:12- Snow.- Drought.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15What is 92 divided by four?
0:37:15 > 0:37:17END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:37:20 > 0:37:22It's a good job you didn't teach maths. Correct.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25The answer was 23. You won nothing.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28In Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33Hang on to the best player. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38With no correct answers, Sharron is the weakest link.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Statistics show that Mark is still the strongest link,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46but who will be taking the final walk of shame?
0:37:47 > 0:37:52Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Mark.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Sharron.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Sharron.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- Mark, why Sharron?- Although I didn't answer the last question,
0:38:06 > 0:38:10which would have put me on the same number of wrong answers, I think,
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- Sharron answered the most wrong. - Kerri, why Sharron?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15She got the most questions wrong.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17She's been really strong throughout the game.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- Yeah, she was only slightly worse than you.- Yeah, she was.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23She's very annoying.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- She's lovely.- I'm sorry. You don't have opinions here.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- I do, and she's lovely! - She is lovely.- Be quiet!
0:38:31 > 0:38:35Sharron, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44I was a bit peeved to be voted off the Weakest Link at that stage,
0:38:44 > 0:38:49but I did get four questions wrong, so my time was definitely up.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52Round Eight,
0:38:52 > 0:38:54and you're up to £2,060. In this round, 90 seconds,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57but whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00We'll start with the strongest link, that's Mark.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Start the clock. Mark, in education and religion,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08what L means both a single period of instruction
0:39:08 > 0:39:11and a portion of scripture read during a service?
0:39:11 > 0:39:12- Lesson.- Correct.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Kerri, which queen is credited with saying,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman,
0:39:17 > 0:39:20"but I have the heart and stomach of a king?"
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- Victoria?- Queen Elizabeth I.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Mark, in 1980s TV, the private investigator
0:39:25 > 0:39:27with the last name Magnum,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29and the actor called Selleck who played him
0:39:29 > 0:39:31shared what first name?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- Thomas.- I'll accept.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Kerri.- Bank. - In exploration in 1910,
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Captain Scott set sail for the South Pole
0:39:37 > 0:39:40in a ship called the what? Terra Nova or Bossa Nova?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- Terra Nova.- Correct. Mark, in entertainment,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46the company Aardman Animations
0:39:46 > 0:39:49that created Morph and Creature Comforts,
0:39:49 > 0:39:52was founded in 1976 in which English city?
0:39:52 > 0:39:53- Bath.- Bristol.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Kerri, in the English language,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58a pangram sentence is defined as one that includes
0:39:58 > 0:40:01how many different letters of the alphabet?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- All of them.- I'll accept. 26 or all of them.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Mark, in South America, what P is the Spanish name
0:40:08 > 0:40:11for the equivalent of the prairie
0:40:11 > 0:40:13steppe, and veld of other continents?
0:40:16 > 0:40:17- Pass.- Pampas.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Kerri, on Radio 4, the writer and broadcaster
0:40:20 > 0:40:23who has been a regular contributor
0:40:23 > 0:40:26to Thought For The Day is Rabbi Lionel who?
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- Richie?- Blue.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Mark, in history, which 20th-century dictator
0:40:30 > 0:40:32gave himself the titles
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Conqueror of the British Empire...
0:40:34 > 0:40:37END OF ROUND JINGLE Idi Amin.
0:40:38 > 0:40:44The correct answer is Idi Amin, but you were half an hour out of time.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49And in that round, you banked just £20, which we will treble.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51It gives you prize money today
0:40:51 > 0:40:55of £2,120. There can only be one winner.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Now up to five questions each.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05So, Kerri and Mark, for £2,120, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Kerri, as the strongest link in the last round,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- you have the choice of who goes first?- I'd like to go first.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Kerri, in statistics in 2011,
0:41:19 > 0:41:23following the results of a national census, it was claimed
0:41:23 > 0:41:26that 17% of the world's total population
0:41:26 > 0:41:30lives in which Commonwealth country?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- Switzerland? - The correct answer is India.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Mark, in ornithology, which species of falcon native to Britain
0:41:36 > 0:41:38has a name that means "pilgrim?"
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Peregrine. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Kerri, in US government, before she married Bill Clinton,
0:41:44 > 0:41:50the politician Hillary, who became Secretary of State in 2009,
0:41:50 > 0:41:52had what maiden name that is now part
0:41:52 > 0:41:55of her double-barrelled surname?
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- Pass.- The correct answer is Rodham.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Mark, which actor and star of the US sitcom Happy Days
0:42:03 > 0:42:07has written books based on his childhood dyslexia,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11and in 2011 was awarded an honorary OBE
0:42:11 > 0:42:14for his work on the condition in the UK?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Henry Winkler. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Kerri, in science, the unit represented by the letter T
0:42:21 > 0:42:24that measures the strength of a magnetic field
0:42:24 > 0:42:29was named in honour of which inventor and electrical engineer?
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- Pass. - The correct answer is Nikola Tesla.
0:42:33 > 0:42:39Mark, in musical notation, which Italian word, meaning "at ease",
0:42:39 > 0:42:40is used to indicate a slow tempo
0:42:40 > 0:42:46and appears in the title of a famous work for strings by Samuel Barber?
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- Andante.- No, the correct answer is Adagio.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Kerri, in sports equipment,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57a Plastron is an item of protective clothing
0:42:57 > 0:43:04worn by competitors during which event of the modern pentathlon?
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Swimming? - The correct answer is fencing.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10END OF GAME JINGLE
0:43:10 > 0:43:13That means, Mark, you're today's strongest link,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15and you go away with £2,120.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Kerri, you leave with nothing.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26What I'd like to say to Mark is well done.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29He was fantastic the whole way through. He deserved it.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31He was a great player and deserved the money.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Winning the Weakest Link feels great.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36When I drive home, I shall be waving that cheque
0:43:36 > 0:43:40out of the window at everybody I overtake, which inevitably, I will.
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