0:00:02 > 0:00:06Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:50However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I'm Jordan, I'm 20, I'm from Manchester
0:00:57 > 0:00:59and I'm an accounting student.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I'm Marie, I'm 39, I'm from Wolverhampton
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and I'm a trade sales consultant.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm David, I'm 62, from East Sussex and I'm a fabricator/welder.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I'm Rebecca, I'm 24, I'm from Gamlingay in Cambridgeshire
0:01:15 > 0:01:17and I'm a county court advocate.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23I'm Ferenc, 40, from Surrey and I'm a theatre front-of-house manager
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I'm Pam, 59, from Bromham in Wiltshire
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and I'm a library assistant.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33I'm Scott, I'm 21, I'm from Kilmarnock in Ayrshire
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and I'm a customer service adviser.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I'm Gayle, 44, from Bishop Auckland and I'm a florist.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45I'm Konrad, 33, from Barry, Wales, and I'm a web designer.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Break the chain and you lose the money in that chain.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, David.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25In the UK, the three main emergency organisations that cover the entire country
0:02:25 > 0:02:28are the ambulance service, the police and which other?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Fire service.- Correct.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36In children's literature, which word for an imaginary creature precedes the word "tales"
0:02:36 > 0:02:40to give a term for stories that include magical events?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- Fairy.- Correct.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47In domestic equipment, a washing machine is often combined into a single appliance
0:02:47 > 0:02:51with which other device - a food mixer or a tumble dryer?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- A tumble dryer.- Correct.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57In a lift in the UK, the letter G is conventionally used
0:02:57 > 0:03:01to mark the button that is pressed to select which floor?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Ground.- Correct.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07In expressions, a person who is persistent in his or her demands
0:03:07 > 0:03:10is commonly said not to take "no" for what?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- An answer.- Correct.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16In a shop, what P is the usual term for the cost of an item?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Price.- Correct.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25In British industrial history, which yellow bird of the finch family was used by coal miners
0:03:25 > 0:03:28to indicate the presence of dangerous gases?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Pass.- Canary.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40In an army squad, a rank is a row of soldiers standing in which way?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Back to back or side by side?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Side by side.- Correct.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49In navigation,
0:03:49 > 0:03:55the name of which of the four cardinal points of the compass comes first alphabetically?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- East.- Correct.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02In food, the alliterative term for the glass container
0:04:02 > 0:04:06in which a fruit preserve is usually stored and sold is a jam what?
0:04:06 > 0:04:11- Jar.- Correct. In technology, which C is the term for a device
0:04:11 > 0:04:15that is used to replenish the battery in a mobile phone?
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Charger.- Correct.
0:04:17 > 0:04:23In film-making cliches, the phrase supposedly said by the director immediately before filming
0:04:23 > 0:04:26is "lights, camera" what?
0:04:26 > 0:04:33- Action.- Correct. In human anatomy, on average, adult members of which sex have a wider pelvis?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Female.- Correct.
0:04:35 > 0:04:43In history, the Austrian archduke who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 had what name?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Franz Ferdinand or Dizzee Rascal?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Franz Ferdinand.- Correct.
0:04:48 > 0:04:54In entertainment, the popular pantomime in which a young man climbs up an enormous plant stem
0:04:54 > 0:04:56is called Jack And The what?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- Beanstalk.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02In science, what L is a common term for calcium oxide
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and is also the name of a small, green citrus fruit?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Lime.- Correct.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14In the title of the Australian song with words by Banjo Paterson,
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Matilda is described as doing what?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Pass.- Waltzing.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Time's up. You won £800.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28You actually had a chain of nine correct answers.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33But whose Facebook status is set to "clueless"?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Who thinks Downton Abbey is a building society?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45The statistics show that Gayle is the strongest link.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50The weakest link is Jordan, but who will be the first to take the walk of shame?
0:05:51 > 0:05:57Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Konrad.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Konrad.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Konrad.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Konrad.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Konrad.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Konrad.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Konrad.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Konrad.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Jordan.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Jordan, who were you named after?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29The river, I would imagine.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Oh.- Not the lady with the large, um, public profile, Anne.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35What do you do?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I'm a student, an accounting student
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Are you going to be an accountant? - No.- What will you be?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45I don't know. Probably unemployed for quite a long time, I imagine.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51- So why are you doing accountancy? - I won a scholarship with an accounting firm before uni.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Stop! It's getting boring. Are you in any societies at university?
0:06:55 > 0:07:00I was in the Lib Dem Society. I left quite promptly after the General Election.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Did they let you keep the sweater?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05HE LAUGHS
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Are you looking for a girlfriend?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I'm not, actually. I'm gay.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I see. So have you studied the pink pound?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Not in any great detail, no.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- Why Konrad?- He was the only other person that got one wrong.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- What do you do, Rebecca? - I'm a county court advocate.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Really? Put your board down.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Who are you representing in court?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32A variety of people. I do a lot of debt work.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Are you on behalf of the debtor? - No, the creditor.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40If I haven't paid my mortgage, would you represent the mortgage company?
0:07:40 > 0:07:46- Yes.- So as part of your line of work, you just get people thrown out of their homes?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- That's what I'm instructed to do. - How do you live with yourself?
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I'm putting one side. The judge makes the decision.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- So you don't have a conscience? - I do have a conscience, but it's about justice.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04A Christian would feel that people ought to be able to live in a home.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- I am a Christian. - Are you? In that sweater?- Yes.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- What sort of Christian are you? - I'm a Baptist.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16- You've got a tambourine? - I did as a child. Well, I was the triangle as a child.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21- Wouldn't your mother let you have a tambourine?- I was the youngest in Sunday school,
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- so they got stuck with the triangle. Loved it, though.- Put your board up.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Why Konrad? - He took a long time to then inevitably get the answer wrong,
0:08:30 > 0:08:35and this may shock you, Anne, but I thought he was the weakest link.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Ferenc, could your mum not spell?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41That is how we spell it in Hungary where I'm from.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46- What do you do?- I work in three different venues, theatres.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50What do you do at the theatre? Do you sell the ice creams?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53No, I supervise selling of the ice creams.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59- What else do you do?- One of my main hobbies is tennis officiating. I work at Wimbledon, for example.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Put your board down.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04So are you on the line crouching?
0:09:04 > 0:09:10- It depends. If you're standing at the back, you have to crouch. - Come on. Move over towards Pam.- OK.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13So we're at Wimbledon. Who's in the final?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- Paint the picture.- The Williams sisters. That was last year.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Yeah, OK.- If you're standing at the back, you have to go like thi and look at the line.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Why do you have to put your hands on your knees?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- That's the most comfortable position - Really? Move back.
0:09:29 > 0:09:35Do the Williams sisters take you for a drink afterwards if you've gone their way?
0:09:35 > 0:09:40- Oh, no, not at all, Anne. We don't mix with the players at all - Put your board up.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Why Konrad?
0:09:42 > 0:09:48He got the question wrong when we were up to quite a lot of money, so we lost quite a lot of money.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Konrad, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I'm gutted that I didn't get to speak to Anne today.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03I wanted to get some good interactio going, make her love the Welsh.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I wanted to give her a big Welsh hug
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Round Two. In the bank, £800. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17We'll start with the strongest link. That's Gayle.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Start the clock.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26In comics, the Beano character created by Ken Reid in 1953,
0:10:26 > 0:10:31who uses his wit and cunning to avoid doing things, is called Roger the what?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- Dodger.- Correct.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Which term for a male relative is included in the name
0:10:37 > 0:10:41of a clock in a tall, wooden case that stands on the floor?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Grandfather.- Correct.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49In a common expression, if people fall ill or withdraw from an arrangement in large numbers,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52they are said to be dropping like which insects?
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Flies.- Correct. In TV in 2002,
0:10:55 > 0:11:00which duo began presenting the series I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Ant and Dec.- Correct.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08In religion, the sacrament whereby a person is admitted to the Christian ministry
0:11:08 > 0:11:10is known as holy smoke or holy orders?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Holy orders.- Correct.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- Bank!- The word "temp" used as a term for an office worker employed for a short period
0:11:18 > 0:11:21is an abbreviation of which term?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Temporary.- Correct.
0:11:23 > 0:11:29At election time, voters mark their ballot papers in a partly enclosed cubicle called a polling what?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Booth.- Correct.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36In pop music, Dancing Queen was a UK No.1 single in 1976 for which group?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Abba.- Correct.
0:11:38 > 0:11:44In cricket, which procedure is used to decide which team bats first? Tossing a coin or rolling dice?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Tossing a coin.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:47 > 0:11:52In art, which term for a person who poses for an artist or photographer
0:11:52 > 0:11:55can also refer to a small-scale replica of an object?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- Model.- Correct.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02In the UK, which type of building is described as public
0:12:02 > 0:12:07when it's a place for the consumption of alcoholic drinks and private when it is a dwelling?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- A bar.- House.
0:12:09 > 0:12:15In cinema, which four-letter word precedes The Parents, The Fockers and The Spartans
0:12:15 > 0:12:17to make the titles of three comedy films?
0:12:17 > 0:12:25- Meet.- Correct. What G is the British term for the cooking method known in the United States as broiling?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- Grilling.- Correct.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33In literature, the story by Charles Dickens in which a miser is persuaded to change his ways
0:12:33 > 0:12:37after ghostly visitations is called A Christmas what?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Carol.- Correct.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41In ruminant animals such as cattle,
0:12:41 > 0:12:46the rumen is the first of four chambers of which digestive organ?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- The stomach.- Correct.- Bank!
0:12:49 > 0:12:55A person who says, "Pardon my French," is asking to be excused for bad language or poor time-keeping?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Bad language.- Correct.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02In definitions, which word that rhymes with "goof" can mean to hoax
0:13:02 > 0:13:05and is a term for a mildly satirical parody?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Pass.- Spoof.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12In broadcasting, the presenter of the Today...
0:13:12 > 0:13:14END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:13:14 > 0:13:21Time's up. You won £700, but you had a chain of ten correct answers, so you could have reached the target.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Who thinks Jedward is something a carpenter uses?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Who's as convincing as Wayne Rooney's hair?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Statistically, the weakest link is Marie.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Ferenc is the strongest link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:13:43 > 0:13:48Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Gayle.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Gayle.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Gayle.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Marie.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Marie.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Marie.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Marie.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Marie.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- Where are you from, Scott? - Kilmarnock.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Did your mummy bring you today? - No, she didn't, no.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- What do you do in Kilmarnock? - I'm a customer service adviser.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- Really? What are you advising customers on? Weightlifting?- No.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31On their mobile phones, bills, things like that.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36- Did you always want to work in a call centre?- No, I had a previous job that I got bored of.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Can we ask what the previous job was?- Yeah. I was a make-up artist.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- Really?- Mm-hm.- Are you qualified? - I am, yes.- Put your board down.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48OK. Can you have a look at Pam?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Where would you start?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I think her make-up's lovely the way it is.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Yeah. Could you enhance her features?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02I'd maybe bring her eyes out a bit more
0:15:02 > 0:15:07cos they're lovely and they seem to be hiding, so I would make her eyes pop.
0:15:07 > 0:15:13- How would you improve my face? - You don't need any improvement, Anne - Correct. Put your board up.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Why Marie?- She got a question wrong.
0:15:16 > 0:15:22- It's not that she looks like Kelly Osbourne?- No, I think she looks great the way she is.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- What do you do, Gayle? - I'm a florist, Anne.- Where?- At home.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Sorry?- At home.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- No... OK. We don't know where home is, Gayle. - Bishop Auckland, County Durham.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36What's your florist business called?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Thumbelina.- Why?
0:15:40 > 0:15:46- Why are you giving me the thumbs-up sign?- I've got half a thumb. That was part of the name.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50And I always liked the story Thumbelina when I was little.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56- So when you decided to call the florist's Thumbelina, did you cut off half your thumb?- No.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- That happened first.- Did it?- Yeah.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Why Marie?- She got a question wrong. - She did.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06She was the worst player. Marie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16I didn't meet my expectations today. I thought I'd do a lot better.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20When I'm sitting at home watching on TV, I always get the questions right
0:16:20 > 0:16:25And the words of my son resonate in my ear as I'm here now.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28And he says, "Mum, if you're not first, you're last."
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Round Three. In the bank, £1,500. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:16:35 > 0:16:42We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Ferenc. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Start the clock.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49In the labour market, what J is the word used by the Department of Work and Pensions
0:16:49 > 0:16:53as the official term for someone looking for employment?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Jobseeker.- Correct.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59In sport, a standard snooker table has how many pockets?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Six.- Correct.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07At a public meeting, a shrill whistle or cry expressing disapproval
0:17:07 > 0:17:10is often referred to as a catcall or hamster howl?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Catcall.- Correct.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18In medicine, pertussis, which is an infection of the respiratory tract
0:17:18 > 0:17:23and is widely regarded as a childhood disease, is usually known as whooping what?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Cough.- Correct.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31In social groups, what is the two-word name of the motorcycle gangs organised into chapters
0:17:31 > 0:17:35that originated in the 1950s in California?
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Hell's Angels.- Correct.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44In pyrotechnics in the UK, the instruction found on fireworks that means "ignite the fuse"
0:17:44 > 0:17:46is "light the blue" what?
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- Touchpaper.- Correct.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56- Bank!- In writing implements, a pencil with a lead that is softer than an HB
0:17:56 > 0:17:59is marked with which letter of the alphabet? H or B?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- B.- Correct.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05While the Oscars are presented for achievements in film,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09the Emmys are awarded for performances in which medium?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Theatre.- Television.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18In fashion, the bridal dress worn by Kate Middleton on her wedding day in April 2011
0:18:18 > 0:18:20was designed by Sarah who?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Pass.- Burton.
0:18:22 > 0:18:30In geography, the Tyrol is a region of Europe divided in 1919 between Austria and which other country?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Belgium.- Italy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38In pop music, the group REM had a UK hit single in 1991 entitled Losing My what?
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Religion.- Correct.- Bank!
0:18:40 > 0:18:46In visitor attractions, the roller-coaster opened at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in 2007
0:18:46 > 0:18:51that is suspended over water has what name? Infusion or Indigestion?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- Infusion.- Correct.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58In children's literature, the 1894 work The Jungle Book was written by which author?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Rudyard Kipling.- Correct.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05In the animal kingdom, what B is the standard term for a male pig?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Boar.- Correct.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12- Bank!- In food, which usually orange root vegetable can be grated for salads, cooked in stews
0:19:12 > 0:19:14and used to make a sweet cake?
0:19:14 > 0:19:20- Carrot.- Correct.- Bank! - In a three-legged race, there are how many competitors in each team?
0:19:20 > 0:19:25- Two.- Correct.- Bank!- In the arts, the opera company established...
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Time's up. You won £610.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Who can probably trace their family tree all the way back to the zoo?
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Who's the Greek in your Eurozone? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46According to the statistics, Rebecca is the strongest link.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50The weakest link is Scott, but can he survive the vote?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Ferenc.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Pam.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Pam.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Pam.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Ferenc.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Pam.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Ferenc.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- Where are you from, David? - Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- What do you do there? - I'm a fabricator/welder.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- So what are you dealing with?- Metal.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32So if I needed a hand-rail in the bath,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34you could fix it, could you?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Rather minor, but yes.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43- Do you do major things?- Yeah. - Like what?- Full-sized buildings. - You make them in metal, do you?- Yes.
0:20:43 > 0:20:50- Do you do the fiddly bits? - I do any bits.- Really? Are you good on bits, are you?- Definitely.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Mrs David at home, do you do bits for her?- Most definitely.
0:20:54 > 0:21:00- What sort of bits? - Anything she wants done. - What does she usually want done?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Well...- Is she a bit like that? - Oh, no, she's very reserved.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Yeah. So...no hanky-panky?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Well, we... You know, yeah.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- LAUGHTER - Sorry. Make up your mind, David.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- We definitely have a little bit of hanky-panky now and again.- Yeah.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Is that when she's less reserved?
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Well, we do get unreserved at times, yeah.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26How do you get her in the mood?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Well, we possibly go out for a meal and have a couple of drinks
0:21:30 > 0:21:34and come home and sort of hold hands and whatever, you know?
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Like you used to when you were young.- Yes.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44- It's a lot of palaver, isn't it? - You've got to behave yourself with a lady, haven't you?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Yeah. It's easier making metal bits, isn't it?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49It's more fun with a lady, though.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Why Pam?- A question wrong.
0:21:53 > 0:21:59- Rebecca, why Pam?- There were a couple of people who got a question wrong. Pam passed on one.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- Pam...- Yes.- ..you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Well, it's a shame I've been voted off, especially as I wasn't the weakest link.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I'm just really glad that I wasn't voted off first.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24I was dreading that. After the first round, it was a lot better.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Round 4. In the bank, £2,110. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:22:30 > 0:22:36We'll start with Rebecca. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Start the clock.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43In history, in a protest outside 10 Downing Street in 1908,
0:22:43 > 0:22:48several suffragettes chained themselves to the railings or the door knocker?
0:22:48 > 0:22:55- The railings.- Correct. In medicine, the abbreviation RCN stands for the Royal College of what?
0:22:55 > 0:23:03- Nursing.- Correct. In TV, the story marking the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street in 2010
0:23:03 > 0:23:06featured a crash involving which mode of transport?
0:23:06 > 0:23:12- A tram.- Correct. In botany, the native British tree sometimes called the Great Sallow,
0:23:12 > 0:23:18noted for its soft, fluffy catkins in spring has the common name pussy what?
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Willow.- Correct.- Bank.- In emblems,
0:23:21 > 0:23:27the logo designed for the Rolling Stones by John Pasche in 1970 depicts which body parts -
0:23:27 > 0:23:30hips and thighs or lips and tongue?
0:23:30 > 0:23:38- Lips and tongue.- Correct. In basic chemistry, water is composed of oxygen and which other element?
0:23:38 > 0:23:44- Hydrogen.- Correct. In film, Paul Newman played an inmate who stands up to prison bosses
0:23:44 > 0:23:49in the 1967 drama entitled Cool Hand who?
0:23:49 > 0:23:56- Pass.- Luke. In geography, what river rises in Northamptonshire and flows through Warwick
0:23:56 > 0:23:59before joining the Severn?
0:23:59 > 0:24:05- Avon.- Correct. In crime fiction, the 2011 book Spider Bones,
0:24:05 > 0:24:12the 13th novel to feature the character Temperance Brennan, is by the US author Kathy who?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Pass.- Reichs.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17In maths, what is one fifth of 45?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- Eight.- Nine.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26In religion, halal is an Arabic word meaning lawful
0:24:26 > 0:24:31that can refer to food hat is permissible under the dietary laws of which faith?
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- Islam.- Correct. In pop music, the song by Leona Lewis
0:24:35 > 0:24:42that was the best-selling single in the UK of 2007 was entitled Bleeding what?
0:24:42 > 0:24:47- Love.- Correct.- Bank! - In education, the two languages traditionally taught
0:24:47 > 0:24:52in the school subject called Classics are Latin and which other?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- French?- Greek!
0:24:55 > 0:25:01According to the proverb, if you spare the rod, you spoil the child or broth?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Broth.- Child.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08In wildlife, which large mammal is now endangered after being hunted...
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Time's up. You won £250.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18But who should have brains on their Christmas list?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Who's the dark horse and who's the dim donkey?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30With the most wrong answers, Rebecca is now the weakest link.
0:25:30 > 0:25:36The strongest link, statistically, is Jordan, but who will the team want off?
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Rebecca.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Scott.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Scott.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Rebecca.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Rebecca.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Rebecca.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03So, Jordan, why Rebecca?
0:26:03 > 0:26:07It was a tough round, but she was the only one to get two wrong.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12- Ferenc, why Rebecca?- Unfortunately, she got two questions wrong.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16She did. Rebecca, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27I don't think Anne would be very good at doing my job.
0:26:27 > 0:26:35You have to know when to be quiet and Anne would struggle. Judges get cross if you don't shut up.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Round 5. Your total is £2,360.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47Another 10 seconds off the time. We'll start with Jordan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Start the clock.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56In sporting equipment, the long-handled hammer used to strike the ball in polo
0:26:56 > 0:26:58is known by what name?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- A butt.- A mallet.
0:27:02 > 0:27:09A variable rate of charging for a service depending on ability to pay is known as a sliding what?
0:27:09 > 0:27:15- Scale.- Correct. In definitions, what H means to walk in an awkward way because of pain
0:27:15 > 0:27:20and to tie a horse's legs loosely together to prevent it straying?
0:27:20 > 0:27:24- Hobble.- Correct. - Bank!
0:27:24 > 0:27:30In theatre, which musical that opened in the West End in 2011 is based on a 2001 animated film
0:27:30 > 0:27:32featuring a green ogre?
0:27:32 > 0:27:40- Shrek.- Correct. The 14th-century poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales was Geoffrey who?
0:27:40 > 0:27:47- Chaucer.- Yes.- Bank!- In explosives, which unit of measurement, sometimes abbreviated to MT,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51is equivalent to one million tons of TNT?
0:27:51 > 0:27:59- Megatons.- Correct. In weather, the Pampero and the Puna are winds that blow in or near
0:27:59 > 0:28:03which range of mountains - the Rockies or the Andes?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- Andes?- Correct. - Bank!
0:28:06 > 0:28:12In pop music, This Charming Man and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now were UK hit singles for which group?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- Bros?- The Smiths.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18In maths, what is 84 divided by 3?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- Thirty...- No, twenty-eight.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28In local government, a series of joined metal links traditionally worn by a mayor around the neck
0:28:28 > 0:28:30is known as a chain of what?
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- Office.- Correct.- Bank.- In food,
0:28:34 > 0:28:40pumpernickel is a type of bread originating in Germany and made from which cereal grain?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44- Wholewheat.- Rye.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50In the Popeye cartoon strip, the older brother of Olive Oyl is called Castor or Linseed?
0:28:50 > 0:28:58- Castor.- Correct. In politics, before becoming party leader, which MP was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
0:28:58 > 0:29:02and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- David Cameron.- Ed Miliband.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10In TV, the title of which British sitcom that began in 2009...
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Time's up. You won £170.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19But who's the dentist with dog breath?
0:29:19 > 0:29:24Who's the surgeon with the shakes? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30With the most correct answers, David is the strongest link.
0:29:30 > 0:29:37The statistics show that Ferenc is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Ferenc.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Ferenc.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Jordan.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Ferenc.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Jordan.
0:30:01 > 0:30:06- David, are you on a winning streak now?- Don't know yet.
0:30:06 > 0:30:13- Why Ferenc? - He had some terrible questions, but... Sorry.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- Scott, why Ferenc?- He got a couple wrong.- He was the worst player.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Ferenc, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:28 > 0:30:34I think we worked very well together as a team. We've collected, so far, a good amount of money.
0:30:34 > 0:30:42There's a good chance the winner will walk away with a good amount and be very happy with it.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Round 6. In the bank now, £2,530.
0:30:47 > 0:30:53Another 10 seconds off the time. We'll start with David. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Start the clock.
0:30:55 > 0:31:03In carpentry, what J follows the words housing, dovetail and mitre for three methods of construction?
0:31:03 > 0:31:10- Joint.- Correct. In mythology, the quest for the Holy Grail was made by which king and his knights?
0:31:11 > 0:31:19- Arthur?- Correct. In music, You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks was a UK hit album in 2011
0:31:19 > 0:31:24for the blues singer Poorly Pete or Seasick Steve?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Seasick Steve.- Correct.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32- Bank.- In the human skeleton, the malar bones on each side of the front of the skull
0:31:32 > 0:31:35are commonly known by what name?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Pass.- The cheekbones.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45In literature, the first of five novels by Patricia Highsmith to feature a con man named Tom
0:31:45 > 0:31:50was a 1955 book entitled The Talented Mr who?
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- Pass.- Ripley. In etiquette, when describing behaviour
0:31:55 > 0:31:59which word is the direct female equivalent of ungentlemanly?
0:31:59 > 0:32:06- Unladylike.- Correct. In weaponry, a bolt fired from a crossbow is called a squabble or a quarrel?
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Em, a quarrel.- Correct.
0:32:09 > 0:32:17- Bank.- In entertainment, which enemy of Batman has been played on 1960s TV by Burgess Meredith
0:32:17 > 0:32:20and in a 1992 film by Danny De Vito?
0:32:21 > 0:32:28- The Penguin.- Correct. In British politics, which local tax, based on property value and household size,
0:32:28 > 0:32:32was introduced in 1993 to replace the Community Charge?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Pass.- The Council Tax.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40In maths, what is 65 minus 44?
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Eleven.- Twenty-one.
0:32:45 > 0:32:52In 19th-century America, the peculiar institution was a euphemism for slavery or the presidency?
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- The presidency.- Slavery.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59In musicals, according to the song from the Rocky Horror Show,
0:32:59 > 0:33:04Dr Frank N Furter is a sweet transvestite from Transexual where?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Pass.
0:33:07 > 0:33:12Time's up. The answer is Transylvania and you won £150.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16So should David steel himself?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Is Gaye starting to wilt?
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Maybe there's no accounting for Jordan? Or should Scott be put on hold?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33David goes from being the strongest link to the weakest.
0:33:33 > 0:33:40Statistically, the strongest link is Gayle, but will the other players realise that?
0:33:40 > 0:33:46Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47David.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Jordan.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Jordan.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59David.
0:33:59 > 0:34:05We have a tie, team. David and Jordan - two votes each.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Jordan, why David?
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Er, he got a couple wrong, like myself.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14David, why Jordan?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18The same. He had two questions wrong, the same as me.
0:34:18 > 0:34:25- The strongest link was Gayle so she gets to decide. Why David?- Because he got two wrong.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29OK. Do you want to stick with David or change your vote?
0:34:29 > 0:34:34- I'll stick with David.- He was the worst player. Jordan banked.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Playing the Weakest Link for real is so much different from at home.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53You hear so many people say it, but it's true.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59As soon as you stand in front of Anne and she goes, "David...", the heart goes boom-boom-boom!
0:35:02 > 0:35:07Round 7. In the bank, £2,680. Another 10 seconds off your time.
0:35:07 > 0:35:13We'll start with Gayle. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Start the clock.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19In psychology, what A is the medical term for a loss of memory?
0:35:19 > 0:35:26- Amnesia.- Correct. In sport, the 2011 book How Not To Be A Professional Footballer is a guide
0:35:26 > 0:35:32to the pitfalls of the game by the former Arsenal and England midfielder Paul who?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- Pass.- Merson.
0:35:35 > 0:35:41In 1571, William Cecil, who was the Chief Minister of Queen Elizabeth I,
0:35:41 > 0:35:46was raised to the peerage as Lord Burghley or Lord Beefcake?
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- Lord Burghley.- Correct. The South American mammals
0:35:50 > 0:35:58that have algae growing in their fur to aid camouflage in the forests are the two-toed and three-toed what?
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- Frogs.- Sloth.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05In music, which record label founded in Jamaica in 1959
0:36:05 > 0:36:10has a name that means an area of land completely surrounded by water?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Lagoon.- Island.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20In Australia, what H is the capital and chief port of the state of Tasmania?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23- Pass.- Hobart.
0:36:23 > 0:36:29In farming, which four-letter term for a cash register also means to prepare soil for crops?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- Till.- Correct.- Bank. - In cultural history,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Immanuel Kant is chiefly remembered as a painter or philosopher?
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- Philosopher.- Correct. - Bank!
0:36:41 > 0:36:45In tennis, the Argentine player who beat Steffi Graf at the 1990 US Open
0:36:45 > 0:36:51to win her only ladies singles Grand Slam title is Gabriela who?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Pass.- Sabatini.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58In the modern home, when referring to a digital recording device,
0:36:58 > 0:37:03the letter P in the abbreviation PVR stands for what?
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- Pass.- Personal.
0:37:05 > 0:37:11In TV, an advertising campaign for a brand of tea that ran for more than 40 years
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- featured members of which species of ape?- Monkey.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Time's up. The correct answer was chimpanzee.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23You won £40.
0:37:23 > 0:37:29In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35For the third time in the game, Gayle is the strongest link.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41The weakest link, statistically, is Jordan, but who will survive the final vote?
0:37:42 > 0:37:47Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Scott.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Jordan.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Jordan.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07- Gayle, why Jordan? - I just thought he got the most questions wrong.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13- Scott, why Jordan?- He'd the most incorrect answers.- Jordan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24I certainly felt that the final was within reach
0:38:24 > 0:38:28and I probably got a little bit overexcited and overconfident.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31I definitely deserved to go out.
0:38:33 > 0:38:39Round 8. You've won £2,720. In this round, 90 seconds,
0:38:39 > 0:38:44but whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Gayle.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Start the clock.
0:38:50 > 0:38:58Which two-word imitation of the sound of a bell is a catchphrase associated with Leslie Phillips?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Ding ding?- No, ding dong!
0:39:01 > 0:39:08In archaeology, in Turkey, what E is the site of one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire,
0:39:08 > 0:39:12renowned for the former temple of Artemis?
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Egypt?- Ephesus.
0:39:14 > 0:39:21In pop music, the song by The Stone Roses originally released as part of a double-A side
0:39:21 > 0:39:24with What The World Is Waiting For is entitled Fool's what?
0:39:24 > 0:39:31- Gold?- Correct.- Bank.- In historical myths, a device allegedly worn by wives of absent crusaders
0:39:31 > 0:39:35to keep them faithful was known as what sort of belt?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Chastity.- Correct.- Bank.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43In the United States, the right-wing religious and political movement founded in 1979
0:39:43 > 0:39:47by the Reverend Jerry Falwell was called the Moral what?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Ground.- Majority.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55In industry, what B is the process named after its 19th-century British inventor,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58used to convert pig iron into steel?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- Pass.- Bessemer. In the magazine Punch in 1890,
0:40:02 > 0:40:08a famous cartoon captioned Dropping The Pilot commented on the sacking by the German Emperor
0:40:08 > 0:40:10of Otto von who?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12- Wright.- Bismarck.
0:40:12 > 0:40:18In a 1980s TV drama series, which detective played by Tom Selleck
0:40:18 > 0:40:20had the same name...
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Time's up.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29And in that round you won £40, which we will treble.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32It gives you prize money today of:
0:40:32 > 0:40:38There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43So, Scott and Gayle, for £2,840,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Scott, as the strongest link, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I'd like Gayle to go first.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Gayle, which US female R and B singer,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08who was born on 4th September in 1981
0:41:08 > 0:41:12and was married on 4th April in 2008,
0:41:12 > 0:41:19had a UK number one album in 2011 entitled Four?
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- Beyonce.- That is correct.
0:41:22 > 0:41:28Scott, in 2007 a statue of Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine,
0:41:28 > 0:41:35was unveiled outside the Transport Museum in which English Midlands city
0:41:35 > 0:41:37on the centenary of his birth there?
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- Pass. - The correct answer is Coventry.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46In geography, a major waterfall in Africa is still officially known
0:41:46 > 0:41:50by what name given to it by David Livingstone
0:41:50 > 0:41:53who first saw it in 1855?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Victoria Falls. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02In film, a real-life 1920s-style colonial mansion
0:42:02 > 0:42:05in a suburb of Chicago
0:42:05 > 0:42:12became famous as the residence of a fictional 8-year-old boy named Kevin McAllister
0:42:12 > 0:42:15in which 1990 comedy?
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- Home Alone.- That is correct.
0:42:18 > 0:42:24In the animal kingdom, which species of snake is the largest reptile native to the British Isles
0:42:24 > 0:42:28and the only native snake that lays eggs?
0:42:29 > 0:42:34- Adder.- The correct answer is the grass snake.
0:42:34 > 0:42:42In royalty, in 2011 Charlene Wittstock, who swam in the Olympics for South Africa,
0:42:42 > 0:42:48married Albert II, the ruler of which European principality?
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Russia? - The correct answer is Monaco.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56In TV, the closing theme song to which sitcom
0:42:56 > 0:43:00boasted of the availability of, among other items,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03miles and miles of carpet tiles,
0:43:03 > 0:43:09David Bowie LPs, gold chains and whazzanames?
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- Only Fools and Horses. - That is correct.
0:43:12 > 0:43:18In fashion, the style of neckline that runs from shoulder to shoulder along the collarbone
0:43:18 > 0:43:22is known by what name that is a French word for boat?
0:43:22 > 0:43:26- Pass.- The correct answer is bateau.
0:43:29 > 0:43:35That means, Gayle, you're today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Scott, you leave with nothing.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:44 > 0:43:51I didn't expect to get as far as I did, but I did want to prove I could get past the first round.
0:43:51 > 0:43:57Winning the Weakest Link feels absolutely amazing. I've only got one thing to say. Whoo-hoo!
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