0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:08 > 0:00:14The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41They've only just met, but, to get the prize money,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 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 > 0:00:57My name's Jonathan, I'm 33 from West Yorkshire
0:00:57 > 0:00:58and I'm a business surveyor.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04I'm Maureen, I'm 73, I live in London and I'm retired.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I'm Daniel, I'm 25, I'm from Sheffield and I'm a journalist.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I'm Mandy, I'm 42 from Chester-le-Street
0:01:13 > 0:01:15and a branch manager.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20My name is Michael, I'm 21, I'm from Bristol and I'm a student.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I'm Lou, I'm 38, I'm from Kegworth and I'm a lecturer.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31My name is Max, I'm 58, I'm from Epsom Downs in Surrey
0:01:31 > 0:01:32and I'm a builder.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36My name's Natalie, I'm 19, I live in Exeter
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and I'm the president of a students' union.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42My name's Steve, I'm 41 from Skegness
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and I'm a theme park maintenance manager.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50OK, just to remind you. In each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09That's you, Daniel.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14The first question is for £20, start the clock.
0:02:16 > 0:02:21The English names of the countries Austria, Argentina and Algeria
0:02:21 > 0:02:23all begin with which letter of the alphabet?
0:02:23 > 0:02:24A.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30Mandy, in anatomy, a human being normally has how many nostrils?
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Two.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Michael, in measuring time,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37one week is divided into seven equal units known as what?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Days.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Lou, in African wildlife,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45what L is the name of the big cats which, unlike leopards,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48usually live and hunt in groups?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Lions.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Max, in a Chinese restaurant,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55a popular pork disk is known as spare what?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Ribs.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Natalie, in the English title of a well-known fairy tale
0:03:01 > 0:03:03by Hans Christian Andersen
0:03:03 > 0:03:07the duckling is described by which adjective meaning unattractive?
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Ugly.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Steve, in etiquette,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14if the positive response to an offer of something to eat or drink
0:03:14 > 0:03:16is "Yes, please,"
0:03:16 > 0:03:19the standard negative one is "No," what?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Thank you.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27Jonathan, in broadcasting, the DJ who in 1993 began presenting
0:03:27 > 0:03:32the Radio 2 show called Wake Up To Wogan uses what first name?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Terry.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Maureen, in art,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39the famous work by Leonardo da Vinci
0:03:39 > 0:03:43painted onto a wall in a convent in Milan is entitled what -
0:03:43 > 0:03:46The Last Supper or The Final Breakfast?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- The Last Supper.- Correct.- Bank!
0:03:48 > 0:03:51END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:03:51 > 0:03:54OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target
0:03:54 > 0:03:58and that money will go through to the next round, but one of you will not.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Who's worrying you?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Who's the barnacle on HMS Intelligence?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Who's left port without a thought?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Daniel is the strongest link as he banked all the money for the team.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16The weakest link, statistically, is Mandy.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But who will be the first to take the walk of shame?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Mandy.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Lou.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Max.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Max.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Natalie.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Daniel.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Jonathan.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Daniel.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Mandy.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We have a tie, team.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Max, Mandy and Daniel have two votes each.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52What do you do, Steve?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'm a maintenance manager at a theme park.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Where's your theme park?
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Skegness, just north of Skegness.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- How attractive.- Beautiful.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And how does it compare to Disneyland, your theme park?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Just slightly behind, just slightly. We're catching up, very slowly.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Why Mandy?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I actually had to do an eeny meeny miny mo
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and I started at...
0:05:12 > 0:05:14You approached it scientifically?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17I started in the middle, and sadly, Mandy, it landed on you.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18What do you do, Natalie?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I'm president of a student's union.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Are you a student?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I was last year.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I'm technically a student in the eyes of the law.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27What's the difference?
0:05:27 > 0:05:32Erm, because the job that I do is full-time paid sabbatical employment,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34but I represent students.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35That's our worst nightmare -
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- you're a student and we're paying you as well.- Yeah.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Win-win!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- No, no, lose-lose, Natalie. - Lose for you.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44What were you studying last year?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Erm, maths, further maths and psychology.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Oh...
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Fun girl, Natalie.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53And you're taking a year off, now?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Why don't you just crack on?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56I will be soon.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59But why take a year out?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Earn some money.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- How much are we paying you for the year?- Not very much.
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Not as much as you get!
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- How much?- Do you really want to know?
0:06:06 > 0:06:07I really want to know.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09About 12,000.
0:06:09 > 0:06:1212,000 a year we're paying you to enjoy yourself at university.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- It's quite hard work.- Is it? - It's at a college.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Do you do anything useful on behalf of the students?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- I do quite a lot...- Like what?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I represent them in meetings, I run campaigns for them.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I can liaise with the college, I run events, I run parties.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Why Daniel?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Because it was literally just guesswork.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31What do you do, Mandy?
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I'm a branch manager.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34- Of what?- A building society.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Oh! And how long have you been there, not counting tomorrow?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Um... three months.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42You're new at this sort of job, are you?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Not new at the job, but new at this building society.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- You got sacked from the last one, did you?- No, I took my redundancy.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Oh, you took redundancy? Did it go bust, the bank?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Erm, it struggled a bit.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53What was the bank called?
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Northern Rock.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Oh, was it? It struggled more than a bit, didn't it?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00How long did you work there?
0:07:00 > 0:07:0124 years.
0:07:01 > 0:07:0624 years? So, it's fairly and squarely on your shoulders, then.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I don't think so.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10When did you see the trouble first coming?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12About a year and a half ago.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14And did you tell anybody?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17No, I didn't see it coming - that's when we knew it'd hit.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20What section were you in that you didn't see it coming?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I managed a team.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Yeah. What were they doing?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Selling mortgages.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Selling mortgages to people who couldn't afford them.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30No, we did, um... We did good checks.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34And so none of the people you sold a mortgage to have defaulted?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Um, I don't know about that.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38No, who cares? You're not there anymore.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39You took your money and ran!
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Why Max?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42No particular reason.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Just a name I had to pick.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52The strongest link in the last round was Daniel and he gets to decide.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54So, Daniel the journalist.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Hello.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I think that's possibly the worst hair dye job I've ever seen.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01I'd go with that.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Then how did the hair dye arrive that colour?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Er, I got it from Boots.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Did you? What colour was it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:08- What? The hair dye?- Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11It's... Erm, well, I'm modelling it now, it's black.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Black. And what were the instructions?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Erm. It was - step one - you are currently ginger.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Step two - get rid of it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22And tell me, was your ginger hair worse than that?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Worse than this? Yeah! No! Well, you know...you should know.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27What are you aiming for with the look?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Er...
0:08:29 > 0:08:33I guess you could call it, sort of, avant-garde/Primark,
0:08:33 > 0:08:34I would say.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36What branch of journalism are you in
0:08:36 > 0:08:40that requires you to be avant-garde/Primark?
0:08:40 > 0:08:45It's, uh...metal packaging. Uh, cans...specifically.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Drinks cans, food cans.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51And they do require a high standard of dress, as you can imagine.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- So, when you go out with a girlfriend...- Yeah.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57..what do you say your publication is you work for?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01I don't. I just say "I live in Brighton, I work on a magazine.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02"I am cool. Go out with me."
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And what's the name of the magazine?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08It's The Canmaker, but I don't mention that.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Do you think that's very cool?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- I tend to gloss over that part of things.- Do you?- Yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15OK. Why have you voted for Max?
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Well, everyone got their question right, so, it was just a bit of a...
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Random?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Yeah, basically.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23You've got a choice now - Max or Mandy.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I guess I should go, sorry, everyone got their question right,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29but I guess I should go.. stick with me vote. So, sorry.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Max! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41I was in a three-way tie with Daniel and Mandy
0:09:41 > 0:09:46and if I had voted for Daniel, as I originally was going to do,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49instead of Jonathan, I would've been in and Daniel would've been out.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Round Two and you have £1,000. We're taking ten seconds off.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Daniel.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Start the clock.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06The foodstuff that is most often bought as treat on a hot day
0:10:06 > 0:10:09in either a cone of a wafer is known as ice what?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Cream.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16Mandy, in art, which primary colour is known in French as jaune?
0:10:16 > 0:10:17- Green.- Yellow.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Michael, the 2008 film Star Wars: The Clone Wars
0:10:20 > 0:10:22differs from previous releases in the series
0:10:22 > 0:10:26in that it is entirely what - animated or black and white?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Animated.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Lou, in the 19th century,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32bushrangers were outlaws in various British colonies
0:10:32 > 0:10:35that are now part of which Commonwealth country?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Australia.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Natalie, in Christianity,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40what D is the common five-letter name for the spirit of evil,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44variously known as Satan, Lucifer and Beelzebub?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Devil.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50In anatomy, which organ governs intelligence, memory and emotions
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and also co-ordinates many bodily functions?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Brain.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Jonathan, in celebrities, during 2008
0:10:57 > 0:11:01the actresses Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett
0:11:01 > 0:11:03all did what - get married or give birth?
0:11:03 > 0:11:04Give birth.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Maureen, in England, the Isle of Sheppey
0:11:06 > 0:11:10which is separated from the mainland by a strip of sea called the Swale
0:11:10 > 0:11:12lies off the north coast of which county?
0:11:12 > 0:11:13Kent.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Daniel.- Bank!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18In fashion in the 1920s, which word that rhymes with wrapper
0:11:18 > 0:11:20was an informal term for a girl
0:11:20 > 0:11:22who had short hair and danced the Charleston?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Flapper.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Mandy, in vocabulary,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27what T is the name of an imperial unit of weight
0:11:27 > 0:11:31that is also a slang term for a speed of 100mph?
0:11:31 > 0:11:32Ton.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Michael, in a 1984 UK number one single by Wham!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39George Michael sings "Wake me up before you go-go
0:11:39 > 0:11:42"Don't leave me hanging on like a..." what?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Go-go?- Yo-yo.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Which word for the outer skin of a fruit
0:11:46 > 0:11:49sounds like a term for a prolonged ringing of bells?
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Peel.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Natalie, according to the poem by Longfellow,
0:11:53 > 0:11:58the bride of Hiawatha was called what - Minnehaha or Haruddyha?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Minnehaha.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Steve, in British wildlife,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06the water rat is more accurately known as the water what?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Vole.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Jonathan, in TV in 2009, Fiona Bruce, Rick Stein and Rory Bremner
0:12:12 > 0:12:16were among the celebrities who traced their family trees in which series?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- Pass.- Who Do You Think You Are?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Maureen, in an office,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24what P means both to reproduce text on paper and to write by hand
0:12:24 > 0:12:27in separate rather than joined-up letters?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- Photocopy.- Print.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Daniel, in cinema, giant creatures in the films King Kong, Cloverfield
0:12:33 > 0:12:39and the 1998 version of Godzilla all go on the rampage in which US city?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41New York.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Mandy, in travel, the emergency telephones on British motorways
0:12:44 > 0:12:47are spaced about how many miles apart?
0:12:47 > 0:12:48One.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- Michael.- Bank!
0:12:50 > 0:12:52In the Solar System, which planet has exactly...
0:12:52 > 0:12:55END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Time's up and you won £500.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01But, who's as sharp as a soggy sponge?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Who's as smart as a stained vest?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Having answered the most questions correctly,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Daniel is the strongest link.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Statistically, the weakest link is Jonathan,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17but will the team notice that?
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Mandy.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Mandy.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Michael.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30Jonathan.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Maureen.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Maureen.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Mandy.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Michael.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40What do you do, Maureen?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41I'm retired, Anne.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43- Has your brain gone?- I think so.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46You think non-joined-up writing is called photocopying, do you?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Yes, I didn't listen.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51And when you did have a job, what did you do?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54I was a representative for a brewery.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57So, you flogged beer all of your life, have you?
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- No, I've done many other things. - Like what?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Um...
0:14:01 > 0:14:05I've done, I've sold other things like tea, coffee, wines and spirits.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I've done a bit of singing.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09What? In the pub?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Anywhere they let me sing, really.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Really? What, professionally?
0:14:13 > 0:14:18No, no, no. Semi-professionally, sometimes, for a long time.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- A very long time ago. - Can you entertain us, Maureen?
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Would you really like it? I thought I already had, actually.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Yes, but we can take a bit more punishment.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Put your board down.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Right. OK.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31What are you going to sing?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Um, my goodness.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35How about Crazy?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36OK.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Only a little bit.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Are you as good as Patsy Cline?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41- No way.- OK.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43# Crazy
0:14:43 > 0:14:48# I'm crazy for feeling so lonely
0:14:48 > 0:14:50# I'm crazy
0:14:50 > 0:14:55# Crazy for feeling so blue. #
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Yes... Put your board up.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Why Mandy?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Unfortunately, she got a question wrong.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06OK, Jonathan, what do you do?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07I'm a business surveyor.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09How do you survey businesses?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I go along and study their accounts, study the building
0:15:12 > 0:15:13and give them a value of it.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- You've got vast experience in this. - 13 years.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- You've been to college?- Yes.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19To study what?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Er, well, I studied civil engineering
0:15:21 > 0:15:24for about six months before I dropped out.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Oh, you couldn't cope?- No.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30So, if you were surveying this business, what would you think?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Good potential. Earned some money so far.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Potential to earn even more money. Doing well - £1,500 - not bad.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Any weak parts of it?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Er, a couple of weaknesses.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Yeah, like what?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- A couple of wrong answers in amongst.- Yeah.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- But good potential.- Yeah.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47And the structure, what do you think of that?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Er, not bad, I've seen better.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53What do you think of the structure of Maureen?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Solid. Solid as a rock.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57And the structure of Natalie?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Attractive.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Have you got a woman in your life?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01I've got my wife, Karen, yes.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Have you? Does she care for you?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05She looks after me very well.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Why is it pronounced "Care-in"?
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Er, it's posh Karen.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- Where are you from? - East Morton in West Yorkshire.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Yeah. And they call people "Care-in" there, do they?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I think there's some German descendancy to it.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- She's got pretensions of grandeur, has she, your wife?- Yes.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Yes. So how did she come to choose you?
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- Wet met at school, funnily enough. - Why Mandy?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Erm, the question she got wrong was slightly easier
0:16:29 > 0:16:31than the one I got wrong.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Mandy! You are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43I'm pleased that I wasn't voted off in Round One,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46so Round Two is a bit of an achievement for me.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I don't think I was the weakest link in that round.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51There was at least three of us that could've went.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55I think because I got a question wrong in the previous round
0:16:55 > 0:16:57my name came up again.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Round Three and you have £1,500.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Ten seconds off the time.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05We'll start with the strongest link, that's Daniel, again.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Start the clock.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14In entertainment cliches, the show is said not to be over
0:17:14 > 0:17:17until which person sings - the fat lady or the tall guy?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19The fat lady.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Michael, in the first line of a UK postal address,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25the letters CT are an abbreviation of which word?
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Pass.- Court.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Lou, in athletics, in an Olympic track final,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the fastest competitor who fails to win a medal
0:17:34 > 0:17:37is usually the one that finishes in which numbered place?
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Fourth.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Natalie, in etiquette, the word gesundheit
0:17:42 > 0:17:45which is a traditional response to sneezing
0:17:45 > 0:17:48originated in which modern European language?
0:17:48 > 0:17:49German.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Steve, in TV, in which science fiction sitcom
0:17:52 > 0:17:55did the ship's computer, Holly, change sex
0:17:55 > 0:17:59when Hattie Hayridge replaced Norman Lovett in the role?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. - Red Dwarf.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Jonathan, during the winter,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08animals that sleep for a few days at a time instead of hibernating
0:18:08 > 0:18:11are described as being what - dormant or adamant?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Dormant.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Maureen, in pop music,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17The Last Shadow Puppets had a UK number one album in 2008
0:18:17 > 0:18:19entitled The Age Of The what?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Innocent.- Understatement.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Daniel, in geography,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26which island in the Indian Ocean was named in 1643
0:18:26 > 0:18:27on the 25th of December?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Christmas Island.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30Michael, in American food,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32the thick soup popular in New England
0:18:32 > 0:18:36that is made with potatoes, milk and seafood is called clam what?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37- Broth.- Chowder!
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Lou, in a motor vehicle, what I precedes the word key
0:18:40 > 0:18:43to give the name of the device used to start the engine?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Ignition.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Natalie, in puzzles, a standard Rubik's Cube
0:18:47 > 0:18:50has how many different coloured sides?
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Six.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52- Steve.- Bank!
0:18:52 > 0:18:56In women's underwear in Britain, a girdle with straps
0:18:56 > 0:18:59for holding up stockings is known as a suspender what?
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Belt.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Jonathan, in foreign currency, roubles and kopecks
0:19:04 > 0:19:07are monetary units in which country - Romania or Russia?
0:19:07 > 0:19:08Russia.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Maureen, in film, the 1953 drama featuring an amorous encounter
0:19:12 > 0:19:15on a beach between Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr
0:19:15 > 0:19:17is called From Here To what?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Eternity.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Daniel, in nature,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23which three-letter word can refer to a male swan, a hazelnut
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and a short-legged sturdy horse?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32- Pass.- Cob.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Michael, in TV, what Z is a character in The Magic Roundabout
0:19:35 > 0:19:38who shares his name with the father of the biblical apostles
0:19:38 > 0:19:39James and John?
0:19:40 > 0:19:43- Paul.- Even Zebedee.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Z...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48In expressions, a useless or troublesome possession,
0:19:48 > 0:19:50usually one that is expensive...
0:19:50 > 0:19:53END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Time's up. You won just £50.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Who thinks the credit crunch is a cereal?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Who needs a compass to find their own nose?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06As the only player to get all his answers wrong,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Michael is the weakest link.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10The strongest link, statistically, is Natalie,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13but will votes follow the facts?
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Michael.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Michael.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24Michael.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Daniel.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Michael.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Michael.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Michael.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36What do you do, Lou?
0:20:36 > 0:20:37I'm a lecturer.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38What do you lecture in?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Early years. Childcare.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41- Childcare?- Yeah.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Who needs lecturing in childcare?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Quite a few people.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46- Do they?- Yeah.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48What? Single mothers come, do they?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51No, people who want to work with children and look after them.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Have you got any children? - I've got three.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55How old are they?
0:20:55 > 0:20:5715, 10 and 7.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Let me get this straight,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02you're working at a college while they have to fend for themselves.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Yep.- So you abandon your children?- Yeah.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07And how do they think of that?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Kids are used to it.- Are they?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Yeah.- What's your childcare arrangements for them?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14I share it with my husband.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I see. So he doesn't have a job?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- No, he does have a job. - What does he do?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19He lectures.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- What is he lecturing on?- Accounting.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Really? It must be fun for your children at home.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Yeah.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28The two of you are out there telling the rest of us what to do?
0:21:28 > 0:21:29- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31And who cleans the house?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Nobody, really.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38And the people you're lecturing, do they know you've got a dirty house
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and you've abandoned your children?
0:21:40 > 0:21:41- Yeah.- Why Michael?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Oh, sorry...because he got two questions wrong.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- (Three.)- Sorry.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Have you thought of going into childcare, Daniel?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52I've not yet, no.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56No, but it'd give the children a laugh, that hairdo, wouldn't it?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- That's true.- Why Michael? - He got a couple of questions wrong.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02He got three questions wrong.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Michael, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13My advice to any future contestants
0:22:13 > 0:22:16would be to do some revision before coming on the show.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Some of my friends suggested it to me and I didn't take their advice
0:22:19 > 0:22:22and I think I suffered because of it.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Round Four and in the bank £1,550.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Ten seconds off the time.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30We'll start with the strongest link from the last round...
0:22:30 > 0:22:31that's geeky Natalie.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Start the clock.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41In Indian literature, what is the Sanskrit word for physical love
0:22:41 > 0:22:45which appears in the title of the famous sutra on the erotic arts?
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Kama.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Steve, the dish thought to have been named after
0:22:49 > 0:22:51a US banker called Benedict
0:22:51 > 0:22:54comprises toast, bacon, hollandaise sauce and poached what?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Eggs.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Jonathan, in music, the jazz trumpeter born in 1917
0:23:00 > 0:23:03as John Birks Gillespie was better known by what nickname?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Pass.- Dizzy.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Maureen, in knitting, the pattern made by alternating
0:23:09 > 0:23:12knit and pearl stitches across a number of rows
0:23:12 > 0:23:14is known by what name - teething or ribbing?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Ribbing.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Daniel, in medicine,
0:23:18 > 0:23:23the British doctor who developed the first effective smallpox vaccine in 1796 was Edward who?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Jenner.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Lou, in zoology,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28what J is the name of a type of wild dog
0:23:28 > 0:23:30native to Africa and southern Asia?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Jackal.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33- Natalie.- Bank.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37In history, the military engagement at Sedgemoor in 1685
0:23:37 > 0:23:41was the last-pitch battle to be fought in which country of the UK?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42- Pass.- England.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Steve, in maths, what's 3/4 of 40?
0:23:46 > 0:23:4730.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Jonathan, in the UK, the detective branch of a police force
0:23:51 > 0:23:55is known by the initials CID which stand for Criminal what?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Investigation Department.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Maureen, the Tate Modern art gallery opened in London in 2000
0:24:00 > 0:24:04in a building that was previously used as a what - paper mill or power station?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Power station.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07- Daniel.- Bank!
0:24:07 > 0:24:09In TV, the 2009 travel documentary series
0:24:09 > 0:24:12that was subtitled Journey To The Edge Of The World
0:24:12 > 0:24:14was presented by which Scottish comedian?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Billy Connolly.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Lou, in sailing,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20the surname of which 1960s round-the-world yachtsman
0:24:20 > 0:24:23is also the name of a cathedral city in West Sussex?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Wells.- Even Francis Chichester.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30According to the line from the Shakespeare tragedy Romeo And Juliet,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33"parting is such sweet..." what?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- Pass.- Sorrow.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38In human anatomy, the three small bones in the middle ear
0:24:38 > 0:24:41are commonly known as the hammer, the stirrup and which other?
0:24:41 > 0:24:42Anvil.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Jonathan, in German history,
0:24:44 > 0:24:48the maiden name of the woman who married Adolf Hitler in 1945
0:24:48 > 0:24:50was Eva what?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- Pass.- Braun.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56In confectionary, the seed pods of the carob tree are often used
0:24:56 > 0:24:59to make a substitute for which product - fudge or chocolate?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Chocolate.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Daniel, in English literature, the alliterative pen name
0:25:04 > 0:25:06of the author of the famous...
0:25:06 > 0:25:08END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Time's up! I can't complete the question. You won £200.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15But who's as useful as a pilot with vertigo?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Who's the beef burger at the veggie bar?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25According to the statistics, the strongest link is Maureen.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Jonathan is the weakest link,
0:25:27 > 0:25:31but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:25:32 > 0:25:37Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Natalie.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Jonathan.
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Jonathan.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Jonathan.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Jonathan.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Jonathan.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Natalie...
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Yep?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55..why Jonathan?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Because he got as many questions wrong as I did.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Steve, why Jonathan?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02He got the same questions wrong as Natalie, but she managed to bank some money.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Oh, you have been listening. He was the worst player.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Jonathan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I'm glad I made it to Round Four.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Er, I got voted off. Natalie, to be fair to her, banked the money.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19So, it was a fair result.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Round Five. In the bank £1,750.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Ten seconds coming off the time.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29We'll start with the strongest link from the last round, that's Maureen!
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Start the clock.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36In the UK, what U is the equivalent job title
0:26:36 > 0:26:39for the professional provider of services
0:26:39 > 0:26:41known in the USA as a mortician?
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Undertaker.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Daniel, in the Roman Catholic Church,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48when making the Sign of the Cross, it's customary to use which hand?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50The right hand.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Lou, in boxing, which featherweight world champion of the 1980s
0:26:54 > 0:26:58was nicknamed the Clones Cyclone after his Irish hometown?
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Barry McGuigan.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Natalie.- Bank!- In recipes, 15ml is the approximate volume
0:27:04 > 0:27:07of which common utensil - a teaspoon or a tablespoon?
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Tablespoon.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Steve, in the 1965 film The Sound Of Music,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15what's the title of the song that begins with the line
0:27:15 > 0:27:19"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens"?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- Spoonful Of Sugar. - My Favourite Things.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Maureen, in an English dictionary, when appearing next to a definition,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30the abbreviation "adj" is short for which word?
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Adjective.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Daniel, in textiles,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34before the American Civil War,
0:27:34 > 0:27:38plantations in the Deep South provided 3/4 of the world's supply
0:27:38 > 0:27:39of which natural fibre?
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Cotton.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Lou, in Renaissance art, what T is the popular name of the Venetian
0:27:44 > 0:27:47who was court painter to Charles V of Spain?
0:27:49 > 0:27:50- Pass.- Titian.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Natalie, in Asian history, the president of North Vietnam from 1945
0:27:54 > 0:27:58until his death in 1969 was known was Ho Chi what?
0:27:58 > 0:27:59- Pass.- Minh.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Steve, in UK money, according to the Royal Mint,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05the one penny coin is legal tender for amounts up to how much -
0:28:05 > 0:28:0820p or £2?
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- £2.- 20p.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Maureen, in the 17th century,
0:28:12 > 0:28:14which English scientist invented
0:28:14 > 0:28:16the first practical reflecting telescope?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- Jodrell?- Sir Isaac Newton.
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Daniel, in the animal kingdom,
0:28:20 > 0:28:23what general name is given to the only mammals
0:28:23 > 0:28:25that are considered to have true wings?
0:28:26 > 0:28:27- Pass.- Bats.
0:28:27 > 0:28:33Lou, what I is the name of the city in the Scottish Highlands that is the most northerly in Britain?
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Inverness.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- Natalie.- Bank. - In alcoholic drinks,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38which Italian liqueur is traditionally served
0:28:38 > 0:28:42with coffee beans in the glass and set alight before tasting?
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Sambuca.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Steve.- Bank!- In horticulture, what is the single-word term
0:28:46 > 0:28:49for an artificial heap of rough stones and soil
0:28:49 > 0:28:52used for the ornamental growing of alpines and other plants?
0:28:52 > 0:28:53- Rockery.- Correct.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Time's up. You won £140.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02But, who's now the stallion and who's the seaside donkey?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Who's Oscar Wilde and who's Oscar The Grouch?
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Steve is the weakest link because he gave the most wrong answers.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Statistically, Natalie is the strongest link,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18but who will lose out in the vote?
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Lou.
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Lou.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31Steve.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34Steve.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Natalie.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40We have a tie, team.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Lou and Steve, two votes each.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Maureen, why Lou?
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Well, we all got some questions wrong in that round.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52I just thought that it was an easier question
0:29:52 > 0:29:54than some of the others got wrong.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Lou, why Steve?
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Er, cos he got two questions wrong.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Well, the strongest link was Natalie, so she gets to decide.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- Why did you vote for Steve? - Because he got two questions wrong.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09OK, you've got a choice now. You can stick with Steve or move to Lou.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11It's only fair I stick with Steve.
0:30:11 > 0:30:12He was the worst player.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Steve! You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Anne...she's quite...
0:30:23 > 0:30:25we call her the Ginger Ninja in Skegness.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29She's quite ferocious. She's very fast, very fast.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Puts you on the spot.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31I thought I dealt with it OK,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I could've dealt with it a little bit better.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38Round Six and in the bank, £1,890.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Ten seconds off the time.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43We'll start with the strongest link, that's little Natalie.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Start the clock.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Natalie, which palace was inherited in 1972
0:30:52 > 0:30:55by the 11th Duke of Marlborough - Kensington or Blenheim?
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- Kensington.- Blenheim.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Maureen, at the 2009 Brit Awards,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03the three co-hosts were the Gavin And Stacy actors
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Matthew Horne and James Corden and which Australian singer?
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Kylie Minogue.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Daniel, in British history,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16although the father of Queen Elizabeth II was called Albert,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19he reigned under what first name?
0:31:19 > 0:31:20George.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- Lou.- Bank.- In medicine, the name of the pain-relieving drug morphine,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27is derived from that of which Greek god of sleep and dreams?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- Orpheus.- No, Morpheus.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Natalie, in modern fiction, the American author William S Burroughs
0:31:33 > 0:31:38wrote the influential 1959 novel entitled Naked what?
0:31:38 > 0:31:39- Pass.- Lunch.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42Maureen, in cricket, which South African-born batsman
0:31:42 > 0:31:44was named in 2009 as the England captain
0:31:44 > 0:31:48following the resignation of Kevin Pietersen?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- Pass.- Andrew Strauss.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Daniel, in a library, what A is the term for a collection
0:31:53 > 0:31:56of important public records and historic documents?
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- Anthology.- Archive.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Lou, in music, the hip hop artist who also produced
0:32:02 > 0:32:07Snoop Dog, Busta Rhymes and Ice Cube is known as Dr what?
0:32:07 > 0:32:08- Don't know.- Dre.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Natalie, in maths, what is 14 x 8?
0:32:13 > 0:32:15112.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16Maureen, in garden plants,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19the flowers of the foxglove are said to resemble which objects -
0:32:19 > 0:32:21thimbles or pincushions?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Pincushions.- Thimbles.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Daniel, in film,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30which 1997 comedy starred Julia Roberts as a food critic
0:32:30 > 0:32:34intent on ruining the marriage ceremony of her former partner?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Pass.- My Best Friend's Wedding.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Lou, in geography, the snow-capped volcano called El Misti
0:32:40 > 0:32:43that features in local legends and poetry
0:32:43 > 0:32:45is in which South American mountain chain?
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- Andes.- Bank!
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Natalie, in UK politics, what C the job title
0:32:49 > 0:32:53of a directly elected member of any local government authority?
0:32:53 > 0:32:54Councillor.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Maureen, in vocabulary, if the word solar...
0:32:57 > 0:33:00END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Time's up, I can't complete the question and you won £70.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05So...
0:33:05 > 0:33:08does the fat lady need to sing for Maureen?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Perhaps Lou will end up on the naughty step.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Maybe Daniel needs to be recycled.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Or will Natalie be unelected?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24For the second round in a row, Natalie is the strongest link.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Maureen is statistically the weakest link,
0:33:27 > 0:33:29but who will the team want off?
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Lou.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Lou.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42Maureen.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Daniel.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Daniel, does your mother still tell you what to do?
0:33:48 > 0:33:51When I ring her, she does usually have one or two words of advice.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Is that why you've been copying what Maureen's been voting?
0:33:55 > 0:33:59I think me and Maureen, we've got a bit of a bond going on.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02And you've decided who you want off, the two of you, have you?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05We might have formed some sort of partnership.
0:34:05 > 0:34:06No, we haven't, no.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Just chance, I suppose.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I think it's a case of our side of the room against their side.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Why Lou?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14It's getting quite hard to concentrate
0:34:14 > 0:34:16on who's getting what right and what wrong.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- Maureen.- Yes, Anne.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Did you think Lou was the worst player?
0:34:20 > 0:34:22I did.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Both of you are worse than Lou, she actually banked.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27It's votes that count.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Lou, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38I'm absolutely fuming. It was tactical voting!
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Maureen and Daniel ganged up on me.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Maureen's had in for me from the word go.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45She voted for me in the first round and several times since.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48They've both voted the same for the last couple of rounds
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and I'm really cross because all girls sticking together - pfft!
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Round Seven. In the bank, £1,960.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Ten seconds off your time.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00We'll start with the strongest link, that's Natalie.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Start the clock.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Natalie, in European history, the French phrase, Belle Epoque,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11usually refers to the period of comfortable living
0:35:11 > 0:35:14brought to an end by which war?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- Pass.- First World War.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Maureen, in Birmingham, the distinctive building
0:35:18 > 0:35:21completed in 1965 in the shape of an upright cylinder
0:35:21 > 0:35:24is called the what - Rotunda or Tombola?
0:35:24 > 0:35:25The Rotunda.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Daniel, in military transport,
0:35:27 > 0:35:31one explanation for the derivation of the word jeep
0:35:31 > 0:35:36is that is from the initials GP standing for general what?
0:35:36 > 0:35:37- Practice.- Purpose.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Natalie, in radio, the weekly omnibus edition of The Archers
0:35:41 > 0:35:43is broadcast on the morning of which day?
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Sunday.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Maureen, in modern fiction,
0:35:46 > 0:35:48the character called Mary Anne Shaughnessy
0:35:48 > 0:35:52was the subject of eight novels by which prolific British author?
0:35:55 > 0:35:56- Pass.- Catherine Cookson.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Daniel, in human anatomy,
0:35:58 > 0:36:00what H is the name of the bone in the arm
0:36:00 > 0:36:02between the elbow and the shoulder blade?
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Humerus.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07- Natalie.- Bank!- In musical notation, which word describes a note
0:36:07 > 0:36:09that's been neither sharpened, nor flattened?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Pass.- Natural.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15Maureen, in Japan, a dojo is place dedicated to teaching what -
0:36:15 > 0:36:18martial arts or origami?
0:36:18 > 0:36:19Martial arts.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- Daniel.- Bank.- The TV presenter who in 1999 began hosting the series
0:36:23 > 0:36:24called Grand Designs
0:36:24 > 0:36:28which focuses on unusual architectural projects is Kevin who?
0:36:28 > 0:36:29McCloud.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Natalie.- Bank!- In food, the cheese known as huntsman is a combination
0:36:33 > 0:36:36of blue stilton and which other English variety?
0:36:36 > 0:36:37- Cheddar.- Double Gloucester.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Maureen, in botany,
0:36:39 > 0:36:42what G is the everyday word for the dominant form of vegetation
0:36:42 > 0:36:45on the North American prairies and the African savanna?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- Gauze.- Grass.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50If a member of the British Parliament adds the initials MP
0:36:50 > 0:36:53after his or her name what two-letter title is used
0:36:53 > 0:36:55by a member of the Welsh Assembly?
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- WA.- AM.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Natalie.- Bank.- In geography, the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
0:37:01 > 0:37:04is situated where - the Scilly Isles or the Shetland Isles?
0:37:04 > 0:37:07- Scilly Isles. - END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:37:07 > 0:37:09The correct answer was the Shetland Islands.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11You won £60.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Now, in Round Eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18You need to hang on to the best player.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24The strongest link, statistically, is Daniel.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Natalie is now the weakest link,
0:37:26 > 0:37:31but will her previous performance save her from the final vote?
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Natalie.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40Natalie.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Daniel.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Daniel, why Natalie?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50I don't think any of us did particularly well.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Maureen, why Natalie?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Well, Natalie did get a few questions wrong, as I did,
0:37:56 > 0:37:58and I think we all did in that round.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02And, it's just luck of the draw, really.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04She was the worst player, actually,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08cos she got four wrong and you two each got two questions wrong.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10So, it is fair, but I think only by chance.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Natalie, you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Anne Robinson was completely how I expected her to be.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I was thinking she'd probably say something about me being a student,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28as soon as she did, her demeanour made me go "Oh!"
0:38:28 > 0:38:29and I didn't know what to say.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Round Eight and you have £2,020.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36In this round, 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39We'll start with the strongest link, that's Daniel.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Start the clock.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Daniel, in maths, what is 18 trebled?
0:38:46 > 0:38:4754.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Maureen, in the Peanuts comic strip what L was the name
0:38:50 > 0:38:52of the bossy older sister of Linus
0:38:52 > 0:38:56who is often described by other characters as being crabby?
0:38:56 > 0:38:57- Lulu.- No, Lucy.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Daniel, in the English judicial system,
0:39:00 > 0:39:04a challenge to a decision by a high court judge in a civil case
0:39:04 > 0:39:08is usually made in the body known as the Court of what?
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Appeal.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Maureen, in geology,
0:39:10 > 0:39:13a stalagmite grows from which part of a cave -
0:39:13 > 0:39:15the roof or the floor?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- The roof.- Floor.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18Daniel, in pop music,
0:39:18 > 0:39:23the American songwriter and musician who co-founded the group REM is Michael who?
0:39:23 > 0:39:24- Stipe.- Bank!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Maureen, in snooker, which player nicknamed the Whirlwind
0:39:27 > 0:39:30has been the losing finalist at the World Championship
0:39:30 > 0:39:32a record six times?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Erm...
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I...
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- Pass.- Jimmy White.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42When it was founded in 1864, what was the name
0:39:42 > 0:39:44of the international relief agency
0:39:44 > 0:39:48inspired by the Swiss philanthropist Henri Dunant?
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- The Red Cross.- I'll accept.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52Pass... Bank!
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Maureen... Oh! Pass!
0:39:54 > 0:39:58Daniel, in entertainment, the British comedian born in 1911
0:39:58 > 0:40:01best known for his comic nonsense language was Stanley who?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05- Pass.- Unwin.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09Maureen, in human anatomy, which part of the large intestine
0:40:09 > 0:40:13is often described as vermiform because it resembles a small worm?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Colon.- Bank. END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:40:15 > 0:40:17The time's up.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21The correct answer was appendix, so your bank was no use.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26And between you, finalists, allegedly the cleverest people,
0:40:26 > 0:40:27in the team,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30you won £20.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33That means prize money today of £2,080.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36There can only be one winner. Now, up to five questions each.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43So, Maureen and Daniel, for £2,080, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Daniel, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52I would like Maureen to go first, please.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Maureen, in the Bible, after ignoring the will of God,
0:40:57 > 0:40:59which prophet was swallowed by a sea creature
0:40:59 > 0:41:01referred to as a great fish,
0:41:01 > 0:41:05before repenting and being spat out three days later?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- Daniel.- The correct answer is Jonah.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Daniel's over there.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Daniel, in crime fiction, which US writer and forensic anthropologist
0:41:15 > 0:41:19is the author of a series of best-selling mysteries
0:41:19 > 0:41:22including the 2008 novel Devil Bones?
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Er...
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Dean Koontz?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28The correct answer is Cathy Reichs.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Maureen, in architecture,
0:41:30 > 0:41:35Number One, London, is the address popularly given to Apsley House,
0:41:35 > 0:41:42designed by Robert Adam, and bought in 1817 by which military leader?
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Napoleon.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47The correct answer is the Duke of Wellington.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Daniel, in history, which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
0:41:50 > 0:41:55was a bronze statue, over 30 metres high, built on a Greek island?
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- Pass.- The correct answer is the Colossus of Rhodes.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Maureen, the detention centre that was the setting of the 1980s'
0:42:05 > 0:42:09TV drama series, Prisoner: Cell Block H,
0:42:09 > 0:42:13shared its name with which Surrey golf club?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15- Wentworth. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Daniel, in music, which US singer who died in 1971,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23was known as the Lizard King and Mr Mojo Rising?
0:42:23 > 0:42:26The latter, being an anagram of his name.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- Pass.- The correct answer is Jim Morrison.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Maureen, in the UK in 2008,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Caroline Lucas was elected as the first-ever solo leader
0:42:39 > 0:42:41of which political party?
0:42:41 > 0:42:46- The Scottish National.- The correct answer is the Green Party.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Daniel, in tennis, which player was the first winner
0:42:49 > 0:42:52of the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon this century
0:42:52 > 0:42:54NOT to have the surname Williams?
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Justine Henin.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01The correct answer is Maria Sharapova.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Maureen, in film, the Cuckoo Song was the signature tune
0:43:04 > 0:43:08for which famous comedy duo of the 1920s and '30s?
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- Laurel and Hardy. - That is the correct answer.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14END-OF-GAME JINGLE
0:43:14 > 0:43:17That means, Maureen, you're today's strongest link
0:43:17 > 0:43:19and you go away with £2,080.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Daniel, you leave with nothing.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31I probably was guilty of tactical voting.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34I think me and Maureen just seemed to vote for everybody
0:43:34 > 0:43:35on the other side of the studio.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Erm, I have no apologies.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40I win it every day on the sofa at home,
0:43:40 > 0:43:44but the thought of winning it here was very remote.
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