0:00:01 > 0:00:03Here are our team of nine contestants
0:00:03 > 0:00:05preparing for the show.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Only one will get the prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13The others get nothing, as their team-mates
0:00:13 > 0:00:15vote them the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today can win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41They don't know each other,
0:00:41 > 0:00:46however, if they want the prize money, they have to work as a team.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Eight leave with nothing, as round by round, we lose the weakest link.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I'm Kate. I'm 45 and I'm a health visitor from Chester.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06I'm Harjinder. I'm 27. I'm an industrial chemist from Gravesend.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I'm Carmen. I'm 39. I'm a voluntary co-ordinator from Croydon.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17I'm Antony. I'm 49. I'm a business manager from Devon.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22I'm Val. I'm a 59-year-old pub landlady.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I'm from Leigh-On-Sea in Essex.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29I'm Jim. I'm 39. I'm an electrician from Greenock.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Karen. I'm 19. I'm a law student from Liverpool.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I'm John. I'm 67.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I'm a retired baker from Dudley.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I'm Suzi. I'm 26.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I'm a university administrator from Wigan.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The rules. The aim is to answer enough questions
0:01:50 > 0:01:53to reach £1,000 within the time limit.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57The fastest way is with nine correct answers.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Get one wrong and you break the chain
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06If you say "bank" before a question, the money is safe
0:02:06 > 0:02:09however, you start again from scratch.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Remember, at the end of the round, only money
0:02:12 > 0:02:15that is banked is taken forward.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18In Round One, there are three minutes.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We start with the first name alphabetically.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24It's you, Antony. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Complete the '60s slogan. Make love, not what?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34War.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38What D is a name for a composition for two instrumentalists?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Duo.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44What's the opposite of deceleration?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Acceleration.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Is netball usually played by men or women?
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Women.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Bank.- What currency is used in the United States?
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Dollar.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Which season is associated with daffodils, spring or autumn?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Spring.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Which bear was Christopher Robin's friend?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Winnie The Pooh.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11In religion, what A is a messenger from God or a guardian spirit?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Angel.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Bank.- A mermaid is part woman and part what?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Fish.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Red wine is from the fermentation of which fruit juice?
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Grape.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29Which letters are used to abbreviate the words "direct current"?
0:03:29 > 0:03:30DC.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35In the JM Barrie play who is the leader of the Lost Boys of Neverland?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Peter Pan.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41What C is a natural fibre commonly used to make T-shirts?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Cotton.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Which puzzle is a picture on cardboard
0:03:46 > 0:03:49cut into irregular interlocking pieces?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- Jigsaw.- Yorkshire pudding is served with which meat?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Beef.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00- Bank.- Complete the title of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Dial M for what?
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Murder.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04In the nursery rhyme Three Little Kittens,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07what clothing have the kittens lost?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Pass.- Their mittens.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12In fashion, what C is a sleeveless garment
0:04:12 > 0:04:16fastened at the neck and associated with witches?
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Cloak.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21According to the phrase, one would rob Peter to pay whom?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Paul.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28On which UK coast is the port of Sunderland situated - the east or west?
0:04:30 > 0:04:31East.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Which yellow and brown metal
0:04:33 > 0:04:36is an alloy consisting of copper and tin?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Zinc.- Bronze.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42What M is the common term for an edible umbrella-shaped fungus?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Mushroom.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49What completely blocks the sun's light in a total solar eclipse?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51The moon.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55John Leslie and Katy Hill presented what children's programme?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Blue Peter.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Bank.- What is the name given
0:04:59 > 0:05:03to a light fluffy mass of spun sugar, usually held on a stick?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Candy floss.
0:05:04 > 0:05:10Workers, queens and drones are three classes of which social insect?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Bees.- Honey bees. I'll take it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15In chemistry, how many atoms of carbon
0:05:15 > 0:05:17are in a molecule of carbon dioxide?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Two.- One.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23William Shatner starred with Heather Locklear
0:05:23 > 0:05:25in which 1980s US police drama?
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- Pass.- TJ Hooker.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Val...
0:05:32 > 0:05:33Time is up.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40You only answered four questions incorrectly and you banked £800.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43But who is worrying you?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Who has dunce potential?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48One is about to go with nothing.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Vote off the weakest link.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The strongest link is Karen.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58According to statistics, Jim is the weakest.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04At this early stage, what factors will the team take into account as they cast their votes?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Voting over.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Val, why Harjinder?
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- It's...- Or as you've said, Har...Harjrinder.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Sorry about that.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Can't he spell?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Does he look as if he can't spell? - I can't spell.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49No. He's a sweetie so you vote him off.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54He's a sweetie. I voted him off because he got questions wrong. Sorry.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57He only got one question wrong.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59I can't add up either.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01No. Right, OK.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Jim, why have you voted him off? - He got a question wrong.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Right.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Statistically, he wasn't the weakest link.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Who do you think was?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Erm...Val?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Have another go.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Me?- That's right.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Well, Harjinder,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26you were not the worst player
0:07:26 > 0:07:28but for someone with four A levels,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31a degree in chemistry and a masters,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36not to know that the kittens lost their mittens was too much for the team.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I'm devastated being voted off first.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53I wasn't the weakest link. I was one of the strongest.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57I was the youngest, one of the youngest ones, there
0:07:57 > 0:07:58and the most educated.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I knew a lot of knowledge.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05They figured that out and so voted me off because I was a threat.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Round Two.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11You've won £800.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12There are eight of you left.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14We take 10 seconds away.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17We start with the strongest link - Karen.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Start the clock.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25What do we call the upper house of parliament?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- The House of Commons. - The House of Lords.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Where is The Wall Street Journal's home?
0:08:31 > 0:08:32New York.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Which Swedish furniture company was founded in 1943?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Ikea.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Which Scottish city has postcodes beginning with EH?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44Edinburgh.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45- Carmen.- Bank.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49A chef cooks 40 rolls but burns 10. What fraction are left?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Three-quarters.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Where was racing driver Michael Schumacher born?
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Germany.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02In the animal world, what is a rhebok? An African antelope or a rhinoceros?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03An antelope.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- Jim.- Bank.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07What O is absorbed in respiration?
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Oxygen.
0:09:08 > 0:09:14Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point along which East German landmark?
0:09:14 > 0:09:16The Berlin Wall.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23Who is Andie MacDowell's character in Four Weddings And A Funeral, Carrie or Kelly?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Carrie.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26- Suzi.- Bank.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30The immature European pilchard is known as what S?
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Sardine.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Complete the Dylan song done by Guns N' Roses, Knocking On Heaven's...
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Door.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44How does a catalyst affect the speed of a chemical reaction?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It speeds it up.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Antony.- Bank.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53The Wiz was an adaptation of which L Frank Baum story?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Pass.- The Wizard of Oz.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Formaggio is Italian for which pizza ingredient?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Cheese.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06If a square is divided by a line from corner across to corner
0:10:06 > 0:10:09who many triangles are made?
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Two.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15The burning of a substance from heat from within itself is spontaneous what?
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Combustion.
0:10:16 > 0:10:22Which English industrial city was famous for cutlery and silverware?
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Sheffield.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Bank.- Complete the title of the 1989 Al Pacino film
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Sea Of what?- Pass.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Love.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Paul Keating led which country between 1991 and 1996?
0:10:35 > 0:10:36Australia.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40What type of organism is ringworm, a fungus or a virus?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42A fungus.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43- Antony.- Bank.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Which football club had a Top 10 hit in 1996
0:10:46 > 0:10:50with the song Move Move Move The Red Tribe?
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Liverpool?
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Manchester United.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58What is the abbreviation for a facsimile?
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Fax.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02In pop music, what was the single
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Madonna took to No.1 in 1998, Frozen or Boiling?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Frozen.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Bank.- What H is a burning sensation on the chest...
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Heartburn.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Heartburn is correct but you were out of time.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And in that round you won £700.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Who is beginning to look like
0:11:25 > 0:11:27they shouldn't be here?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Who will leave with nothing?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Let's vote off the weakest link.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Carmen is the strongest link statistically.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Antony answered one right, making him the weakest.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44But who will lose out in the vote?
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Suzi,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15tell me why you're voting Antony off.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Because he got the most questions wrong.- OK.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Kate, what is it you do? - I'm a health visitor.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- Are you?- Yes.- And you've had enough of Antony?- Not really.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I like him, but I do think he was the weakest link.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Did the Manchester United question annoy you?
0:12:34 > 0:12:39I wouldn't have known the answer to that one, so I'm glad he got it.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- Aren't you a fan?- I am, but I don't listen to the records.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- You just watch the football, do you?- Yes.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Antony, what do you do?
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I'm a business manager.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Do you know anything about popular culture?
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Yes, I do know something about popular culture.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Really? You've had three questions on it, and you haven't answered any of them.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I try to know as little as possible about Manchester United.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It's hard to fathom your logic.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I'm angry about being voted off.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I could have gone all the way, I think.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I'm kicking myself about the Man Utd question,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33not because I knew the answer, but because I hate them.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I can't believe they've sunk me.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Round Three. And there's...in the kitty.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46There are seven of you left. We take 10 seconds off.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50We'll start with the strongest link - that's Carmen.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Start the clock.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Complete the title of this children's sitcom - Saved By The what?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Bell.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04In which year did Charlie Chaplin die - 1977 or 1987?
0:14:05 > 0:14:071977.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12What W is a member of the marsupial family that looks like a small kangaroo?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Wallaby.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- Bank.- Phillips and Robertson are both types of which tool?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19- Drill.- Screwdriver.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24In TV, what was the famous catch phrase of the comedian Tommy Cooper?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Just like that!
0:14:27 > 0:14:31In UK politics, which member of the Labour cabinet
0:14:31 > 0:14:34attended the Royal Normal College For The Blind?
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Pass.- David Blunkett.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39What W can mean a yellow spring flowering plant
0:14:39 > 0:14:41or a socially awkward person?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43A wallflower.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46On which continent is the republic of Tanzania?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Africa.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Which sport is agent Frank Maloney associated with?
0:14:52 > 0:14:53- Golf.- Boxing.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Which band had a UK top ten hit with Ant Rap in 1981?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Adam And The Ants.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05What colour are the English Heritage plaques
0:15:05 > 0:15:07which show where famous people lived?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Blue.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12The Red Howler is a species of which type of animal?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Monkey.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- Bank.- In which county in southern England is Eton College?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19- Hampshire.- Berkshire.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Yellow Perfection and Sun Gold are varieties of which fruit?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Apple.- Tomato.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Which long-running Radio 4 programme
0:15:28 > 0:15:32features the characters Lynda Snell and Kate Aldridge?
0:15:32 > 0:15:33The Archers.
0:15:33 > 0:15:38In pastimes, what T is a multicoloured pictoral design
0:15:38 > 0:15:42made by passing coloured threads among fixed warp threads?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Tapestry.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51- Bank.- Which 1999 sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne
0:15:51 > 0:15:54had the tag line, "Believe the unbelievable."
0:15:54 > 0:15:55The Matrix.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00In sport, Jurgen Klinsmann joined which London football club in 1994?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Wimbledon.- Tottenham Hotspur.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06In biology, what S can be the main line of a family,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10and the part of a plant which supports the leaves?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11- Spear.- Stem.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17The HQ of which education establishment opened in 1971 in Milton Keynes?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Open University.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23A small two-pronged instrument used for checking pitch is known as a what?
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Tuning fork.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Bank. - In which part of the body is the posterior chamber?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Time's up.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35The answer was the eye.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38You scraped together £300.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44But I urge you, ditch the ditherer,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47dispatch the dead wood.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Jim is the strongest link statistically.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Suzi is the weakest link.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59But will the voting follow the facts?
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Carmen, why Karen?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29I was aware that she got a couple of questions wrong.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Is that all?- Yes.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36You thought she was the weakest link?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I couldn't be 100% sure, but, yes, I think she was.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Val, did you think Karen was the weakest link?
0:17:44 > 0:17:49- Um, I think she probably might have been. - Ooh, that's very definite.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53But I voted for her because she voted for me last time.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56And I've marked who's voted for me this time.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Right. Good. That's very, very sensible.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02So it doesn't really matter to you
0:18:02 > 0:18:05whether she was the weakest link or not.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- I think she could have been. - Well, in fact she wasn't.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11But I respect what you've done.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Someone else was the weakest link, weren't they, Suzi?
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Yes. Me.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18But Karen was second.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Karen,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23you were not statistically the worst player.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26But there are some powerful reasons for you to go,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31A law student, who doesn't know what the Upper House of Parliament is.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33A career move may be a good idea.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36And you voted for Val who wants to see the back of you.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Not knowing the House of Lords question was disgraceful,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51as I'm studying law.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54The lecturers and all my friends will have a field day.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I want Val to win the least.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Although I voted for her, she then voted for me out of spite.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Round Four. £1800 banked. Six of you left.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Another 10 seconds coming off the time.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12You now have only 2.5 minutes.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16We start with the strongest link, Jim. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Start the clock.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Jim, in food what C is a dessert sauce
0:19:22 > 0:19:25usually made from pureed and sieved fruit?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- Pass.- Coulis.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31The electronic random number indicator equipment
0:19:31 > 0:19:35which chooses winning premium bonds is better known as what?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Ernie.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42Whose Greatest Hits album is the biggest selling reggae album in the UK and US?
0:19:43 > 0:19:47- Bob Marley.- Bob Marley and the Wailers, but I'll accept that.
0:19:47 > 0:19:53The River Ravi is found in Pakistan and which other Asian country?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55India.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00- Bank.- When was the first transatlantic telegraphic radio transmission
0:20:00 > 0:20:02sent and received? 1901 or 1923?
0:20:02 > 0:20:041901.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09Who directed the 1997 film, Jackie Brown?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- No idea. Pass.- Quentin Tarantino. Jim, in language
0:20:12 > 0:20:17which word is an exclamation of delight originally used by Archimedes
0:20:17 > 0:20:21on his discovery of the law of fluid displacement?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Eureka.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28In which English county would you find the towns of Exmouth and Dartmouth?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Devon.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31In food, Allium Cepa
0:20:31 > 0:20:34is the Latin name for which vegetable?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Leek.- Onion.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43What type of animal is a Japanese Chin?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45A cat, a dog or a fish?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- A fish.- A dog.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52Sally Field played the mother of which character in a 1994 Oscar-winning film?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Pass.- Forrest Gump.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59What T is an American state where you find the city of Knoxville?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Texas.- Tennessee.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Which Egyptian-born film actor
0:21:03 > 0:21:06wrote a syndicated newspaper column on bridge?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Omar Sharif.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12In pop music, who in 1999 reached No.1 in the UK charts
0:21:12 > 0:21:15with a version of The Lord's Prayer?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18- I don't know.- Cliff Richard.
0:21:18 > 0:21:24Baseball player Mark McGuire hit a record number of what in 1998?
0:21:24 > 0:21:25- Runs.- Home runs.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Which fluid is produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Bile.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37With what profession would you associate Man Ray?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- Boxing.- Photography.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46In science, is teratology the study of monsters or irrational fear?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Irrational fear.- Monsters.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Time is up.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56What a miserable result that time, team.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Just £100 was banked.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Whose tongue is quicker than their mind? Who is no longer
0:22:04 > 0:22:08cutting the mustard? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Kate is the strongest link statistically.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19Val failed to answer any questions, making her the weakest link.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21But who will be the loser?
0:22:23 > 0:22:28Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44John, how's it going for you?
0:22:44 > 0:22:48I'm getting more comfortable but itching more.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51You're itching more. What does that mean?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55I'm feeling myself impatient for the next question.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Do you have any hobbies?- Yes.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01I decorate the house at times.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- At Christmas, I'm a Father Christmas.- Right.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07So why can't you answer a question
0:23:07 > 0:23:09about a Number One Christmas hit?
0:23:11 > 0:23:16I don't even remember it. As far as I'm concerned, it's most unmemorable.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Why Val?- I rather think
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Val got more wrong than me but I can't remember.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- You haven't got much of a memory, have you?- Not at times, no.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Suzi,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- why Val? - She got all questions wrong.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33That's a good enough answer.
0:23:33 > 0:23:40- And she voted for you last time. - Because she's not a team player. The way she's voting.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Val.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Are you not a team player?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- No.- Why's that?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Well, you can see I voted for John
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- simply because he voted for me last time.- Right.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56You heard that I can't spell
0:23:56 > 0:23:59and I can't count and I'm no good at general knowledge.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01It's time I went, I think.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:11 > 0:24:17I think that my friends, my family and all the regulars in the pub who are watching
0:24:17 > 0:24:19will be quite pleased with me
0:24:19 > 0:24:22because they expected me to go first.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26I voted after Round One for those that voted for me.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Get rid of them.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Round Five. £1900 in the kitty. Five of you left.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Another ten seconds off the time.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41We start with the strongest link - Kate.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Start the clock.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Which song from the last night of the Proms
0:24:48 > 0:24:52is adapted from Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Land Of Hope And Glory.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Who starred as Johnny Boy Cervello in the 1973 film Mean Streets?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Robert De Niro.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- Bank.- In TV, Kyle MacLachlan played Agent Dale Cooper
0:25:06 > 0:25:09in which 1990s cult US drama?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- Pass.- Twin Peaks.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17In which ocean are the Polynesian Islands - Pacific or Indian?
0:25:17 > 0:25:18The Pacific.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Who was the outlaw Clyde Barrow's criminal partner?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Pass.- Bonnie Parker.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28In military history, what was the name
0:25:28 > 0:25:31of the armour made up of linked metal rings?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Chain mail.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36In literature, in which 1864 Jules Verne novel
0:25:36 > 0:25:40do the characters travel into a subterranean world?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea. - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Does a daffodil grow from a seed or a bulb?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Bulb.
0:25:47 > 0:25:53In the animal kingdom, cape, arctic and crab-eating are all species of which animal?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55- Penguin.- Fox.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00UK geography - in which country is the Dove River situated?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Wales.- England.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09- Bank.- Which cartoon bear was the adversary of chief ranger John Smith?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Yogi Bear.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Is the bassoon a wind or string instrument?
0:26:14 > 0:26:15Wind.
0:26:15 > 0:26:21- Bank.- On which track will the Formula One British Grand Prix be held in July?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Silverstone.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27In the US, what A is the name given to the Public Prosecutor
0:26:27 > 0:26:30within a defined district or county?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Attorney.
0:26:33 > 0:26:39- Bank.- In literature, Benvolio was a cousin of which famous Shakespearian lover?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Romeo.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Bank.- What is the monetary unit of Latvia, the lat or via?
0:26:45 > 0:26:46The lat.
0:26:46 > 0:26:52What is the name of the long-running Saturday sports show with Football Focus?
0:26:55 > 0:26:56- Match Of The Day.- Grandstand.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02What is a work of fiction that's longer than a short story but shorter than a novel?
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Pass.- Novella.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Time is up.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14Not much of a round, that one. £170 is all you put into the kitty.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Who is buckling under the pressure?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Kate is the strongest link again. She got everything right.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Suzi is the weakest link for a second time.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Can she survive a second vote?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52We have a tie, team.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Father Christmas John
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and Suzi. Two votes each.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Father Christmas John, why have you voted for Suzi?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03I think she got more wrong than me.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Right.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- Kate?- Yes. - Why have you voted for John?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Because I felt he was the weakest link.
0:28:14 > 0:28:20When the vote is tied, the strongest link casts the vote. That's you, Kate.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Are you going to stick with John
0:28:23 > 0:28:25or move on to Suzi?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- I'll stick with John.- Why?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Because us sisters should stick together.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35John, you're actually one of the strongest.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38But the women don't want you. Jim should watch out.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Suzi was the weakest link statistically.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45But you're going. Goodbye.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56I'm slightly gutted. I wasn't the weakest link. I was the victim
0:28:56 > 0:28:59of a bit of girl power.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01At the end of the next round,
0:29:01 > 0:29:06Suzi will be voted off. There's an element of weakness about her.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09She's not so knowledgeable as some of the rest.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17Round Six. There's £2070 in the kitty. Four of you left.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Another ten seconds off the time.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25We start with the strongest link - Kate. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Start the clock.
0:29:27 > 0:29:33Which Dutch artist's portrait of a lady sold for £19.8 million in December 2000?
0:29:33 > 0:29:34Rembrandt.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39In the USA, what is the state capital of Massachusetts?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- Pass.- Boston.
0:29:41 > 0:29:47In which continent did the 30 Years War of 1618 to 1648 take place?
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Europe.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53What R is a town and unitary authority in South Yorkshire
0:29:53 > 0:29:57located at the junction of the Don and Rother rivers?
0:29:57 > 0:29:58Rotherham.
0:29:58 > 0:30:03In nature, how many lobes does a sycamore leaf have? Five or seven?
0:30:03 > 0:30:04Five.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09- Bank.- In which city are the Royal Palace and the Sabatini Gardens?
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Madrid.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16In 1922 which famous British Egyptologist discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Howard Carter.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23In the panto Cinderella what is the name of Baron Hard-Up's page?
0:30:23 > 0:30:24Buttons.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29- Bank.- Which is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament to be played on grass?
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Wimbledon.
0:30:30 > 0:30:37In the 1981 prisoner-of-war film Escape To Victory which famous US actor starred
0:30:37 > 0:30:39as the football team's goalkeeper?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- Pass.- Sylvester Stallone.
0:30:42 > 0:30:47To go from Stirling to Falkirk which motorway would you use? M80 or M90?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50M80.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55There are four classes of national insurance. Which class is for employees?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- Two.- One.
0:30:57 > 0:31:02In literature, which 1994 best-selling novel by Louis de Bernieres
0:31:02 > 0:31:05features the character Dr Yannis?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Pass. - Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13Which university did Conservative William Haig attend?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- Eton.- Oxford.
0:31:15 > 0:31:21What C is a city in Canada where the Bow and Elbow rivers meet?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Pass.- Calgary.
0:31:23 > 0:31:29Which half of a comedy TV double act was famous for his short, fat hairy legs?
0:31:29 > 0:31:30Ernie Wise.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35- Bank.- Introduced in 1900, what B was a model of camera that cost 1?
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Box camera.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Time's up. The correct answer was Brownie.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44You won £220 in that round, but whose time is up?
0:31:44 > 0:31:51Whose day is done? Who has slowed down and is near a stop? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Having survived two votes as the weakest link, Suzi is the strongest link.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Carmen is the weakest link,
0:32:00 > 0:32:03but who will be the loser in this vote?
0:32:07 > 0:32:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Not much doubt about that. Suzi, why Carmen?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27She got quite a few questions wrong.
0:32:27 > 0:32:33- Right. Jim, why Carmen?- Again, she got about three questions wrong.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- so she was the weakest link, I think.- Right. Carmen,
0:32:37 > 0:32:42- have you been to university? - I have, a long time ago.
0:32:42 > 0:32:47- Did you think Eton was a university? - Not as soon as I'd said it, I didn't.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52Too late, then. With three votes you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03As the rounds went on it was getting harder,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05and I was glad to go. I think, on balance,
0:33:05 > 0:33:11Kate will win, because she's been consistently good. She's been calm -
0:33:11 > 0:33:17calm, and confident. That will see her through to the final, and to winning.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Round Seven. £2290 in the kitty, out of a possible £6000.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Three left. Ten seconds off the clock.
0:33:28 > 0:33:34We start with the strongest link. That's Suzi. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Start the clock. Suzi, in TV,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40what is the UK's longest-running science show?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43- Tomorrow's World. - The Sky At Night.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48What was the profession of Tito Puente? Musician or painter?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Musician.
0:33:50 > 0:33:56The complex of buildings that includes the Imperial Palace is known as the what City?
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Forbidden.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Which Turkish city was the capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Istanbul.- Constantinople or Istanbul.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11- Bank.- Which is hotter 35 degrees C or 100 degrees Fahrenheit?
0:34:11 > 0:34:12100 degrees Fahrenheit.
0:34:12 > 0:34:20In literature, complete the title of the WH Auden 1969 collection of poems, City Without what?
0:34:20 > 0:34:22- Limits?- Walls.
0:34:22 > 0:34:28Who became president of the Confederate States of America in 1861? Davis or Lincoln?
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Jefferson Davis.
0:34:30 > 0:34:37- Bank.- In 20th film, which actress's real name was Margarita Carmen Cansino?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Carmen Miranda.- Rita Hayworth.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45The book Boy relates the childhood tales of which children's author?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- Pass.- Roald Dahl.
0:34:47 > 0:34:54Catania is one of the principal arrival airports for which Italian island?
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Sicily.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02- Bank.- What H is the surname of fashion designer Katharine, born in Gravesend in 1948?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Hamnett.
0:35:04 > 0:35:09Which famous London theatre was destroyed by fire in 1809?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Pass.- Drury Lane.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Which cricketing legend
0:35:13 > 0:35:19was first president of the English Bowling Association, founded in 1903?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- WC Fields.- WG Grace.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27In music, the song Lovin' You which reached No.2 in the UK charts in 1975
0:35:27 > 0:35:29was performed by Minnie who?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Riperton.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36With which European country did England sign the Treaty of Windsor?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Time's up.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44£140 went into the kitty that time.
0:35:44 > 0:35:51In Round Eight you get the chance to treble what you bank, so in the next round there's £3000 to be won.
0:35:51 > 0:35:59Who are you going to dump? Who's going to get the push? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Kate is the strongest link for the third time.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Jim is the weakest link.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11But at this crucial stage of the game, who faces the walk of shame?
0:36:13 > 0:36:18Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- Kate. Why Suzi? - I thought she was the weakest link,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30in that round.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Now I'm not so sure.
0:36:32 > 0:36:37- Jim. Why Suzi? - I couldn't choose between them, so I chose Suzi.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42I honestly didn't think it mattered. I was clearly the weakest link.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- You were?- Uh-huh. - You must be too good-looking to go.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50With two votes, Suzi, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Jim should be here. He did a lot worse in that round,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04and worse throughout the game than I did.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Kate's been the strongest throughout the game,
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I'd like her to win. She will.
0:37:12 > 0:37:19Round Eight. You've won £2430 so far out of a possible £7000.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Just two of you left. Now, you have only 90 seconds, but
0:37:23 > 0:37:29whatever you win will be trebled and added to your total to make your final prize money.
0:37:29 > 0:37:35So £3000 is at stake. We start with the strongest link, Kate. Let's play.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Start the clock.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Which US television show was responsible
0:37:40 > 0:37:45for launching the careers of Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- Pass.- Saturday Night Live.
0:37:48 > 0:37:55With which country would you associate the former Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu?
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- Russia.- Romania.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01A ketubah is a marriage document in which religion?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- Islam.- Judaism.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10In music, is a matinata a song sung in the morning or the evening?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12Morning.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Bank.- Which politician said,
0:38:15 > 0:38:19'We give the impression of being in office, but not in power'?
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Norman Lamont.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Bank.- The Akosombo Dam is on the Volta river
0:38:24 > 0:38:27in which coastal country of western Africa?
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- Zaire.- Ghana.
0:38:33 > 0:38:39In the Bible, which D interpreted the Writing On The Wall at Belshazzar's Feast?
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Pass.- Daniel.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48In space, which of the planets in our solar system has the shortest year?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Mercury.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- Bank.- In the Bible, who is described as a hairy man
0:38:53 > 0:38:56while his brother Jacob is a smooth man?
0:38:56 > 0:38:57- Samson?- Esau.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03Which body of water would you have to cross to travel from Poland to Sweden?
0:39:03 > 0:39:04The Baltic Sea.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08- Bank.- Which Middle Eastern country did the US...
0:39:11 > 0:39:18Time's up. You managed to win £80. We'll treble that and add it to the winnings from the previous rounds.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22That means prize money today of £2670.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25But only one of you can take that money,
0:39:25 > 0:39:28so now, you'll be playing head to head.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31I'll ask five questions in turn.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Whoever gets the most right wins. If there's a tie,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39we'll go for Sudden Death until we have a winner.
0:39:39 > 0:39:46So, Kate and Jim. For £2670, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Jim. As the strongest link, you choose who goes first.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I'll go first, please.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Jim.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59In the children's story,
0:39:59 > 0:40:04what was the name of the little orange-faced people
0:40:04 > 0:40:08who worked in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Orangemen.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Oompah-Loompahs.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Kate.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31In science,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34what does an ammeter measure?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Electricity.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40The correct answer is electrical current.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Jim.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45In politics, in which year
0:40:45 > 0:40:48did William Hague become leader
0:40:48 > 0:40:51of the Conservative Party?
0:41:00 > 0:41:021995.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04The correct answer is 1997.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Kate.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08In sport,
0:41:08 > 0:41:10what golfing term is used
0:41:10 > 0:41:14for a score of one over par?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18An eagle.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20The correct answer is bogey.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Jim. What was the name of the founder of the Salvation Army?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32William Pitt.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35The correct answer is William Booth.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Kate.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39In which South African city
0:41:40 > 0:41:46are the Malay quarter and the Castle of Good Hope found?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Johannesburg.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53The correct answer is Cape Town.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54Jim.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57In TV, which English comedienne
0:41:58 > 0:42:03had an American sketch show which first showed the Simpsons cartoons?
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- Tracey Ullman.- That is the correct answer. It's the only correct answer
0:42:18 > 0:42:20so far in this final. Kate,
0:42:20 > 0:42:24in sport, Duncan Goodhew won a gold medal
0:42:24 > 0:42:27at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
0:42:27 > 0:42:29swimming which stroke?
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- The breast stroke. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Jim,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39which detective story writer
0:42:39 > 0:42:41create the character of Mike Hammer?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Ray Chandler.- The correct answer is Mickey Spillane.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56Kate, if you answer this correctly, then you have won.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58So, for £2670,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00in Greek mythology,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03what was the named of the winged horse
0:43:05 > 0:43:07who was Poseidon's son?
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Is it Pegasus? - That is the correct answer.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19That means,
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Kate, you are today's strongest link
0:43:22 > 0:43:24and you go away with £2670.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Jim, you leave with nothing.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35I'm disappointed about not winning the final.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38I was a wee bit lucky to get to the final
0:43:38 > 0:43:41but still I had hoped I would win,
0:43:41 > 0:43:44so, obviously, I'm quite disappointed.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46I feel great at having won.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49It's been a great experience, a wonderful day.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52I can't believe I've won, but that's the way it is
0:43:52 > 0:43:56and my children are going to be thrilled with it.
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