0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 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 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00My name is Ken, I'm 62 years of age, I'm from Burry Port, Caernarvonshire and I'm a health and safety trainer.
0:01:01 > 0:01:08I'm Allie, I'm 27, from Stockton on Tees and I'm a recent forensic biology graduate.
0:01:09 > 0:01:16I'm Carl, I'm 48 years old, I'm from Blackley, North Manchester, and I'm a freelance IT consultant.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm Julie, I'm 52, from North London and I'm an actor.
0:01:24 > 0:01:30I'm Andrew, I'm 38, from Dungannon, County Tyrone, and I'm a pastor.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36I'm Becky, I'm 19, from Leicester, and I'm an office administrator.
0:01:37 > 0:01:43I'm Dave, I'm 57, I'm from Swindon in Wiltshire and I'm a pub manager.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I'm Carol, I'm 37, I'm from Portsmouth and I'm a midwife.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57I'm Sam, I'm 28 years old, I'm from Leighton Buzzard and I'm a solicitor.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02OK, just to remind you - in each round there's £1,000 to be won.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Break the chain and you lose all the money in it.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Say "Bank!" before the question and the money is safe.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19Round 1. Three minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22That's you, Allie.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35In celebrations, when using the term "hip, hip" to prompt a group of people to shout, "Hooray!",
0:02:35 > 0:02:40it's customary to ask for how many cheers?
0:02:40 > 0:02:45- Three.- Correct. In British food, the traditional accompaniment to roast pork
0:02:45 > 0:02:48is a sauce made from which fruit?
0:02:48 > 0:02:54- Apple.- In symbols, the image of a skull and crossbones on a black background
0:02:54 > 0:02:58is most commonly associated with pirates or priests?
0:02:59 > 0:03:04- Pirates.- In maths, what is 5,000 plus 1,000?
0:03:04 > 0:03:10- 6,000.- Correct.- Bank!- In expressions, what T is the name
0:03:10 > 0:03:14of the musical instrument said to be blown by a boastful person?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Trombone.- No, trumpet.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23In sport, which four-letter word can follow foot, base and hand to give the names of three games?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Ball.- Correct. In maritime history,
0:03:26 > 0:03:33on its maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sank as a result of striking which type of object?
0:03:33 > 0:03:39- An iceberg.- Correct. In property, a house with a pair of bedrooms on the first floor
0:03:39 > 0:03:43and a couple of reception rooms below is a two up, two what?
0:03:43 > 0:03:48- Down.- Correct. In science, what Z is the name of the branch of biology
0:03:48 > 0:03:51that studies the animal kingdom?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Zoology.- Correct.
0:03:53 > 0:04:00In romance, traditionally amorous couples kiss and cuddle in the back row of which entertainment venue?
0:04:00 > 0:04:04- Cinema.- Correct. In stationery,
0:04:04 > 0:04:10a heavy object that is placed on loose documents to prevent them from moving is a paper what?
0:04:10 > 0:04:16- Weight.- Correct. In food, the 2010 cookbook entitled Jamie Does
0:04:16 > 0:04:22is a celebration of the cuisine of six countries by the TV chef with what surname?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Oliver.- Correct. In marine mammals,
0:04:25 > 0:04:30which of these is a species of dolphin - bottlenose or jug ears?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Bottlenose.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:34 > 0:04:38OK, you've reached and banked your £1,000 target.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43That money will go through to the next round. One of you will not.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Who'd get more questions right if they took a vow of silence?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Whose knowledge obviously comes from a deprived area?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01As the only player to get an answer wrong, Becky is the weakest link.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07Statistically, the strongest link is Andrew, but who will be the first to take the Walk of Shame?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Becky.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Becky.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Becky.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Becky.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Becky.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Julie.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Becky.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Becky.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Becky.
0:05:39 > 0:05:46- What do you do, Carol? - I'm a midwife.- Are any of your patients too posh to push?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49There have been those ones.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55- And if they say, "I'm too posh to push," what do you say? - I try to talk them around.- How?
0:05:55 > 0:06:00I just try to let them know how fulfilling it would be
0:06:00 > 0:06:05to try to go through the birth process naturally and normally.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- But it hurts. - But we can give them an epidural. - How many children have you got?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- One of my own and two stepsons. - Was your husband there for the birth?- He was.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- Do you like husbands there? - Sometimes.- What ones don't you like?
0:06:20 > 0:06:26The ones that think they know best and can't cope when their partner's in pain,
0:06:26 > 0:06:32- so they insist their wife has an epidural, when the women are managing.- And what do you say?
0:06:32 > 0:06:37I tend to say let's talk to the woman and see what she decides.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- And why Becky?- She got a question wrong, unfortunately.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- What do you do, Andrew? - I'm a pastor.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- In Northern Ireland?- No, in Scotland, in East Lothian.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- Would no one have you in Northern Ireland?- No, I wasn't asked there. I was asked in Scotland.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Who asked you?- The church I work for.- What's different about it?
0:06:59 > 0:07:06- It's just going to try and reach other people that other churches aren't reaching.- Like who?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08People that don't go to church now.
0:07:08 > 0:07:15- Let's get our heads around your church. Gays, do you like them? - We would accept anybody.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- Sex before marriage?- Anybody that wants to come in.- That desperate?
0:07:20 > 0:07:26I think it's more just that actually God would love all people to come into a church.
0:07:26 > 0:07:32- Why Becky? - You have to vote off somebody and she got a question wrong.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38- What do you do, Allie?- I've just completed a degree in forensic biology.- No job?- Not yet, no.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- Are you soon going to a call centre? - No, they've all closed down.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47- Where do you live?- Middlesbrough. - What job are you looking for?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I did a degree in forensic biology, so I want a job in forensics.
0:07:51 > 0:07:57- So you're CSI: Tyneside? - No, no, I'm more in the lab-based jobs.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00And how would you describe yourself?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- I'm a Goth. - You're a Goth?- Yeah.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10You're a sort of Dark Allie?
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Em...
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Yeah, I suppose so!
0:08:15 > 0:08:20- Why have you got all those tattoos? - Why not? You only live once.
0:08:20 > 0:08:27- Does your mother like those? - Em...she does now. She's got no choice, but I think she does.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- Did she at the beginning? - She said if I was going to get them I might as well do it properly
0:08:33 > 0:08:39- and get a load of them. So I did. - So you were very obedient. Why Becky?- She was the first one
0:08:39 > 0:08:41to get a question wrong.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Becky, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:50 > 0:08:56The first time I saw Anne, I did feel terrified. She's as scary as she does look on the telly.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02It did put a lot of pressure on me. Unfortunately, I crumbled under it!
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Round 2. In the bank, £1,000. We now take 10 seconds off.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12We'll start with the strongest link. That's Andrew.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22In nature, what T is the name shared by the main stem of a tree and the human torso,
0:09:22 > 0:09:24excluding the head and limbs?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Trunk.- Correct. In UK education,
0:09:27 > 0:09:32the senior male pupil in a school is usually known as head what?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- Prefect.- Boy. ..I'll accept prefect.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42In drinks, in a gin and tonic, which of the two named ingredients is non-alcoholic?
0:09:42 > 0:09:49- Tonic.- In language, alpha, beta, gamma and delta are the first four letters of which ancient alphabet?
0:09:49 > 0:09:56- Greek.- Correct. In male fashion, which part of the body precedes the word "tie"
0:09:56 > 0:09:59for the name of a garment worn under the collar?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Neck.- Correct.- Bank. - In Highland Games events,
0:10:03 > 0:10:09the method used to propel heavy timber poles known as cabers is chucking or tossing?
0:10:09 > 0:10:15- Tossing.- In the tourism industry, which word meaning parcel is used to refer to a planned holiday
0:10:15 > 0:10:19that includes transport and accommodation at a fixed price?
0:10:19 > 0:10:25- Package.- In cinema, which informal term for the film industry of India
0:10:25 > 0:10:29was coined as a combination of Hollywood and Bombay?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Bollywood.- Correct. In animal welfare,
0:10:32 > 0:10:38the UK charity that was founded in 1897 and originally called Our Dumb Friends League
0:10:38 > 0:10:41is now known as the Blue what?
0:10:41 > 0:10:47- Cross.- Correct. In appointments, in 2009 the TV presenter and survival expert Bear Grylls
0:10:47 > 0:10:53took over which figurehead position - Chief Scout or Home Secretary?
0:10:53 > 0:10:59- Chief Scout.- Correct. In the Gregorian calendar, which month of the year comes halfway
0:10:59 > 0:11:01between December and June?
0:11:04 > 0:11:12- March.- Correct. In medicine, pollinosis is an allergy that is commonly known as what fever?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- Yellow fever.- Hay fever.
0:11:17 > 0:11:23In food, what B is the name of a root crop, one type of which is a source of sugar in Europe
0:11:23 > 0:11:25while another is a dark red root?
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- Beet.- Correct. In literature, which word meaning shackle or pledge
0:11:30 > 0:11:34is the surname of a fictional British secret agent?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Bond.- Correct.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39In pop music,
0:11:39 > 0:11:46the rapper born Calvin Broadus became famous as Snoop Doggy Dogg or Hello Kitty Cat?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Snoop Doggy Dogg.- Correct.
0:11:48 > 0:11:55In language skills, one phrase used in teaching elocution is, "How now brown..." what?
0:11:55 > 0:12:01- Cow.- Correct. In the animal kingdom...- Bank.- ..what is the everyday name for the appendages
0:12:01 > 0:12:05that project from the thorax of an insect and enable it to fly?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Wings.- Correct.
0:12:08 > 0:12:15Time's up. You won £600, but you had a chain of 11 correct answers. Who kept banking?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Which cheerleader has lost their pom-poms?
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Whose interest rate has just been cut?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32For the second round in a row, Andrew is the strongest link.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36The weakest link, statistically, is Sam, but will the team notice that?
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:43 > 0:12:44Sam.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Julie.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Dave.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Sam.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Dave.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Sam.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Sam.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Dave.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10- What do you do, Dave? - Publican. Pub manager.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16- Have you always been devastatingly attractive?- I'm quite surprised you noticed. Yes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- I've had to live with it.- What is the most attractive thing about you?
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- My back when I'm walking away. - Is there a Mrs Dave?- Yeah.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- There is a Mrs Dave?- Near enough.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- I'm sorry - what's "near enough"? - We're engaged.- Yes.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35And we'll be married soon enough.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- Where did you meet her?- In the pub. - Likes a drink, does she?
0:13:39 > 0:13:46- She actually came in looking for a job in the kitchen.- And what did you say, Dave?- Phwoar!
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Yes. I said yes.- Why Sam?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Cos he got a question wrong.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55- What do you do, Julie?- I'm an actor. - Are you? How old are you?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- 52.- Are you? Put your board down.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05Hop off and move towards Andrew. Oh, you're very shapely, aren't you?
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Imagine that!- Yeah. How do you keep that shape?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I do my Rosemarys every morning.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17- Your what?- My Rosemarys. Rosemary Conley.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- Really?- The goddess.- Hop up again.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26- You think Rosemary Conley is a goddess, do you?- Yeah.- Why?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Because she keeps me in shape.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32So can you pretty much play any part?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Em, yeah, I think so.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37OK, do me a Rosemary Conley voice.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Em...
0:14:39 > 0:14:42All right, now. Stretch over.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Not too far. Only as far as it doesn't hurt you.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Something like that!- Why Sam?
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- Because I'm afraid Sam got a question wrong.- He did.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Sam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Before our game, I was confident that I would progress quite far.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11My general knowledge isn't that bad.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14That was misplaced confidence!
0:15:14 > 0:15:20The team has lost an invaluable player with regard to their game, but I'll have to live with that.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Round 3. In the bank, £1,600. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33We'll start with the strongest link. That's Andrew. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:15:33 > 0:15:39In English law, what E is the term for an object or document that is shown as evidence to a court?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Evidence?- Exhibit.
0:15:42 > 0:15:49In TV, which sitcom first broadcast in 1992 starred Martin Clunes, Leslie Ash, Caroline Quentin
0:15:49 > 0:15:52and, later, Neil Morrissey?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Men Behaving Badly.- Correct.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00In vocabulary, the informal term Crimbo is an adaptation of which name for a religious festival?
0:16:00 > 0:16:08- Christmas.- Correct. In cinema, the 2004 film featuring Colin Firth as the Dutch painter Vermeer
0:16:08 > 0:16:11is entitled Girl With A Pearl what?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Earring.- Correct.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19In geography, the country of Guyana is in the north of which continent?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Africa.- No, South America.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27The Ceremony of the Keys is carried out each night by four guardsman and the Chief Yeoman
0:16:27 > 0:16:29at which London attraction?
0:16:29 > 0:16:35- The Tower of London.- Correct. In pop music, Hanky Panky, Erotica and Bedtime Story
0:16:35 > 0:16:39were all UK hit singles in the '90s for which singer?
0:16:39 > 0:16:46- Madonna.- Correct.- Bank.- In Spanish legend, El Dorado was otherwise known as the City of Soap or Gold?
0:16:46 > 0:16:53- Gold.- Correct. In English football, in 2010 which club won the league title for the fourth time?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Man U.- Chelsea.
0:16:57 > 0:17:03The name of which percussion instrument is used as slang for a medal in the honours system?
0:17:03 > 0:17:09- Gong.- Correct. On a bank statement, if money paid out of an account is known as a debit,
0:17:09 > 0:17:14which word that also ends "it" refers to a sum paid in to it?
0:17:14 > 0:17:20- Credit.- Correct. In 1950s TV, Trigger in the Roy Rogers Show and Silver in the Lone Ranger
0:17:20 > 0:17:22are what species of animal?
0:17:22 > 0:17:29- Horses.- Correct. The Derbyshire town of Buxton is almost surrounded by which national park?
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- The Peak District.- Correct.- Bank. - In poetry, the ode by Shelley
0:17:34 > 0:17:38entitled To A Skylark begins with, "Hail to thee, blithe..." what?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- Spirit?- Correct.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45In crime, which word for fortunate was the nickname of Lord Lucan
0:17:45 > 0:17:49and the American mobster Charles Luciano?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- Lucky.- Correct. In agriculture, what I goes before the word canal
0:17:53 > 0:17:57to make the name for a channel used to supply land with water?
0:17:57 > 0:18:03- Irrigation.- Correct.- Bank!- In UK motoring, traffic signs warning drivers of potential hazards
0:18:03 > 0:18:08such as roundabouts, crossroads and steep hills are what shape?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Triangles.- Correct.- Bank!
0:18:11 > 0:18:13In politics, the phrase...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Time's up. You won £370.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22But who's still good value
0:18:22 > 0:18:26and who's fit for the bargain bin?
0:18:26 > 0:18:33If all the world's a stage, who should be booed off? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40With the most correct answers, Carol is the strongest link.
0:18:40 > 0:18:46Allie is, statistically, the weakest link, but whose game is over?
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Dave.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Andrew.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Dave.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Dave.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Dave.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Andrew.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Dave.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- What do you do, Carl? - I'm an IT consultant, Anne.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23And when you're not doing IT, how do you brighten up your boring life?
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- I go out clubbing at weekends. - Who do you go with? - My friends and my partner.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- Who's your partner?- Tony. - Would we be going to a gay club?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- We would, yes.- What club?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40We would probably be going to... a club in Manchester.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45- How old are you?- I'm 48, Anne. - Aren't you a bit old for clubbing?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48I think I'll know when I'm too old.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- When will that be? - When they give me my bus pass. You know you're past it then.- Yes.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- Why Dave?- He got a couple wrong.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02- Are you attracted to Dave? - See, whenever you say that to a straight man there's no good answer.
0:20:02 > 0:20:08If you say yes, they're not happy. If you say no, they want to know what's wrong with them.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- Why did you vote for him? - He got a couple wrong.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17- What do you do, Ken?- I'm a health and safety trainer.- Where?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Different organisations. Companies large and small.
0:20:20 > 0:20:27- Do you go round in your car?- Yeah. - So you're a mobile busybody, are you?- Totally, yeah.
0:20:27 > 0:20:33- Where do you come from? - South-west Wales. - Were you born in Wales?
0:20:33 > 0:20:39- I was, yes.- Did you say, "When I grow up I want to be a health and safety trainer"?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- No, just an engine driver. - And what went wrong?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47The railways stopped short of where we came from.
0:20:47 > 0:20:54- Why Dave?- I think Dave had... - Is he fantastically attractive? - I think he's beautiful.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Dave, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Playing the Weakest Link for real is a lot harder than at home.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15The questions are not harder, it's just the environment.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20And nobody wants to make a fool of themselves on national television,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24which I succeeded in doing, but there you go.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Round 4. You've won so far £1,970.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35Another 1o seconds off the time. We'll start with Carol.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:21:40 > 0:21:47In TV, the 2010 police drama series starring Idris Elba as a detective recovering from a mental breakdown
0:21:47 > 0:21:49had what title - Martin or Luther?
0:21:49 > 0:21:56- Luther.- Correct. In music, what name is given to the adjustment of the pitch of their instruments
0:21:56 > 0:21:58by members of an orchestra before a concert?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- Tuning.- I'll accept.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04What's the four-letter term for the residue from coal mining
0:22:04 > 0:22:08that can sometimes be seen in heaps in industrial landscapes?
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Coal.- Slag.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15In the learning of languages, what "O" is the term for an examination
0:22:15 > 0:22:18in which the candidate speaks rather than writes?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Oral.- Correct.
0:22:20 > 0:22:27The US swimmer who set 26 individual world records in the freestyle and butterfly events
0:22:27 > 0:22:30in the 1960s and '70s is Mark who?
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Spitz.- Correct.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35In Roman mythology, if Apollo was the god of the sun,
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Diana was the goddess of which other celestial body?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Moon.- Correct.- Bank!
0:22:41 > 0:22:47In British history in the late 1800s, which monarch was sometimes known as the Widow of Windsor?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Queen Victoria.- Correct. What E is the name of the species of duck
0:22:51 > 0:22:54whose down is often used in quilts and duvets?
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Eider.- Correct.- Bank! - In film, in the title of a 2000 martial arts adventure,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03if the Dragon is Hidden, which animal is Crouching?
0:23:03 > 0:23:08- Tiger.- Correct. In UK geography, Dartmoor is in which English county?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Kent.- Devon.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17The TV presenter and actress who is the daughter of the comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has what first name?
0:23:17 > 0:23:23- Liza.- Correct. In science, what's the harder substance? Topaz or diamond?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Diamond.- Correct.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31In toys, the teddy bear was named after the American President Theodore who?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Teddy.- Roosevelt.- Roosevelt.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38In word processing, which four-letter word on a drop-down menu
0:23:38 > 0:23:41means to store the contents of the file in use on the hard disk?
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- Save.- Correct.- Bank!- In amusement arcades, what "A" precedes "hockey" in the name of a table game
0:23:47 > 0:23:52in which the aim is to strike a floating puck into the opposition goal?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- Air.- Correct. In foreign languages,
0:23:55 > 0:24:00the German word "Krankenwagen", literally meaning "vehicle for sick people",
0:24:00 > 0:24:03is usually translated into English as what?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Volkswagen.- Ambulance.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09In food...
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Time's up. You won £170.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19But who'd try and hold up a river bank?
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Who is as confused as a vegetarian butcher?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Carl is the weakest link as he gave the most wrong answers.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Statistically, the strongest link is Ken, but how will the votes go?
0:24:39 > 0:24:45Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Carl.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Carol.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Ken.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Carol.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Carl.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Carl.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08So, Pastor Andrew, why Carl?
0:25:08 > 0:25:11He got a couple of questions wrong.
0:25:12 > 0:25:18So, Carol the midwife, who's got one daughter...
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- Yes.- And how many stepchildren?- Two.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24So did you take somebody else's husband?
0:25:24 > 0:25:29- I didn't take him.- He came of his own accord?- Yes, absolutely.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- So he dumped a wife for you?- He didn't dump her. They were split.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- And how old are you?- I'm 37.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- And how old is he?- 57.- Oh, dear!
0:25:40 > 0:25:45- Where did you meet him?- I'm part of a Living History Society.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Are you? Quite appropriate then!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49LAUGHTER
0:25:51 > 0:25:56- Why Carl?- I think he got a few questions wrong. Sorry, Carl.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Carl, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:26:06 > 0:26:12I don't think Anne's as bad when you actually face her as she makes out to be.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18I think Anne's a national treasure actually, which probably means she should be in a museum.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26Round 5. Your total is £2,140. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:26:26 > 0:26:32We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Ken. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Start the clock.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Brown and mountain are two species of which mammal in the same family as the rabbit?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Hare.- Correct.
0:26:41 > 0:26:48If the "tail" side of a coin is known as the reverse, what "O" is the term for the "head" side?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- Opposite.- Obverse.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56In cinema, in the title of a 1967 film musical starring Julie Andrews,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00the character Millie is described as Thoroughly what?
0:27:00 > 0:27:06- Modern.- Correct. In maths, a simple fraction that is equal to 0.4 is "two" what?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Fifths.- Correct.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15In punk rock, the 1979 album London Calling was released by which English group?
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Pass.- The Clash.
0:27:18 > 0:27:24In archaeology, which of the three main prehistoric ages of human technological progress
0:27:24 > 0:27:28is the only one not named after a metallic substance?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- Stone.- Correct.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33At the Wimbledon tennis championships,
0:27:33 > 0:27:39Matt Harvey was appointed in 2010 as the tournament's first official what? Poet or hairdresser?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- Hairdresser.- Poet.
0:27:41 > 0:27:47- Bank!- In TV, the title of the 1960s satirical programme That Was The Week That Was is often abbreviated
0:27:47 > 0:27:50to which two letters and one numeral?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- TW3.- Correct.
0:27:52 > 0:27:59What "A" is the general term for the Church of England and its affiliated bodies around the world?
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- Anglican.- Correct.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06In politics in 1978, part of a speech by Geoffrey Howe was described by Denis Healey
0:28:06 > 0:28:10as "rather like being savaged by a dead" what?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Mouse.- Sheep.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16In literature, in Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome,
0:28:16 > 0:28:20the title refers to the children's pets or boats?
0:28:20 > 0:28:26- Boats.- Correct. In antiques, which type of cream-coloured Japanese pottery shares its name
0:28:26 > 0:28:29with a small citrus fruit resembling a tangerine?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- Citrus.- Satsuma.
0:28:33 > 0:28:39- Bank!- The British film-maker who directed Life Is Sweet, Naked and Happy-Go-Lucky is Mike who?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41- Leigh.- Correct.
0:28:41 > 0:28:47- Bank!- In horse-racing, what G is the epithet that is commonly applied to the Goodwood Festival meeting,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- normally held each July?- Pass.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Glorious. In theatre, one of the songs from the 1950s...
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Time's up and you won just £20.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03So which dunce should be dropped?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Which poop should be scooped?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14According to the statistics, Ken is the strongest link.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19The weakest link is Allie, but who will the team want off?
0:29:20 > 0:29:25Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Carol.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Carol.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Carol.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Carol.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Allie.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- Ken, why Carol?- I think she had a couple of questions wrong.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52She must be awfully lonely over there on her own.
0:29:52 > 0:29:58- Did you think she was the worst player?- I think so.- Allie, did you think she was the worst player?- No.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- Who would that have been? - I think it was me, yeah.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05It's votes that count.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Carol, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:30:14 > 0:30:21I think the winner's going to be Julie. She seems really strong and she's been consistent throughout.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26Hopefully, she can hold her nerve, get to the end and take it through for the girls.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33Round 6 and you have £2,160. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ken.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43In popular superstitions, if it rains on St Swithin's Day,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46it will continue to rain for the next how many days?
0:30:46 > 0:30:52- 40.- Correct. In law and order, the optimistic belief that criminals are always caught and punished
0:30:52 > 0:30:56is summed up in the familiar phrase, "crime doesn't" what?
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Pay.- Correct. In psychology,
0:30:59 > 0:31:05the theory of the Oedipus Complex that describes the erotic feelings of a son for his mother
0:31:05 > 0:31:08was developed by which analyst?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- Freud.- Correct.
0:31:11 > 0:31:19What B is the name of the castle built on a rocky outcrop on the edge of the North Sea in Northumberland?
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Pass.- Bamburgh.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28In modern literature, the title of which 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh is the name of a traditional hobby?
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- Sewing.- Trainspotting.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36In the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List,
0:31:36 > 0:31:44the wealthiest person in the UK for the sixth successive year was the steel magnate Lakshmi who?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- Pass.- Mittal.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50In cinema, which actress, who later became a princess,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54starred in the 1950s films High Noon and High Society?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- Grace Kelly.- Correct.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02Enzymes, which act as catalysts in biological systems, are which type of substances?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Carbohydrates or proteins?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10- Proteins.- Correct.
0:32:10 > 0:32:18- Bank!- In pop music, which 1990 UK hit single by The B-52s includes the lyric,
0:32:18 > 0:32:23"Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail"?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- Pass.- Love Shack.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30In history, during the General Strike of 1926,
0:32:30 > 0:32:37which future Tory Prime Minister edited the government's daily newspaper, The British Gazette?
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- Winston Churchill.- Correct.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44In English geography, what C is the name of the cathedral city on the south coast
0:32:44 > 0:32:48that is the administrative headquarters of West Sussex?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- Chichester.- Correct.- Bank!
0:32:51 > 0:32:57Time's up. The "bank" was in time, so you won £100, but consider this.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Is Ken a risk?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Maybe Andrew doesn't have a prayer?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Should Julie be written out?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Or does all the evidence point to Allie?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Ken goes from being the strongest link in the last round to the weakest in this.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23Julie is statistically the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Allie.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Andrew.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Andrew.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Allie.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43We have a tie, team.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Allie and Andrew, two votes each.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- Allie, why Andrew? - Because I couldn't vote for myself.
0:33:50 > 0:33:56- Andrew, why Allie? - I just thought she had answered more questions wrong than I had.
0:33:56 > 0:34:02When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and the strongest link was Julie.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07- Why have you voted for Andrew? - Because I remember him getting a question wrong.
0:34:07 > 0:34:12You've got a choice now. You can stick with Andrew or move to Allie.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15No, I'll stick with Andrew. Sorry, Andrew.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Andrew, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Anne was every bit what I expected.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31She's very glamorous, she's very beautiful, very composed.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34And...quite mean.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41Round 7. Your total is £2,260. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Julie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Start the clock.
0:34:49 > 0:34:56In 1980s TV, the animated series for children that featured the characters Long Distance Clara
0:34:56 > 0:34:59and Hugo the Cook was entitled Pigeon what?
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- English.- Street.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05In darts, the outer ring of the bull's-eye is worth how many points?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- Double.- 25.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13In recipes, a standard American measure equal to eight fluid ounces
0:35:13 > 0:35:16is named after which everyday drinking vessel?
0:35:16 > 0:35:18- Cup.- Correct.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23In fashion, what U is the term for the part of a shoe above the sole
0:35:23 > 0:35:26that includes the tongue, toe and vamp?
0:35:26 > 0:35:32- Upper.- Correct. In the media, the radio station set up by the BBC in 1945
0:35:32 > 0:35:37to broadcast popular music and entertainment was called The what Programme?
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- The Light Programme.- Correct.- Bank!
0:35:39 > 0:35:43A distorted external ear caused by repeated injury, often sustained
0:35:43 > 0:35:47by boxers and rugby players, is likened to which vegetable?
0:35:47 > 0:35:52- Cauliflower.- Correct. In the original UK version of the board game Cluedo,
0:35:52 > 0:35:56the character whose surname is the name of a condiment is Colonel who?
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- Mustard.- Correct. In ancient times,
0:35:59 > 0:36:05the city of Babylon stood on the banks of which river? The Amazon or the Euphrates?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- Euphrates.- Correct.- Bank!
0:36:07 > 0:36:13The organisation that presents the annual film awards nicknamed the Oscars is known in full
0:36:13 > 0:36:17as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and what?
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- Screen.- Sciences.
0:36:19 > 0:36:26In literature, what V was the pen name of the French author of the 1759 satire Candide?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Victor.- Voltaire.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35In biology, the series of developments undergone by an organism as it progresses
0:36:35 > 0:36:39from conception to death is known as its what cycle?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Biological.- Life.
0:36:43 > 0:36:49In the words of the song, "the little mouse who lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam..."
0:36:50 > 0:36:56Time's up. You won £200. In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Think carefully. It's an opportunity to raise the bank balance.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08The statistics reveal that Allie is the strongest link.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13The weakest link is Julie, but who will survive the final vote?
0:37:15 > 0:37:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Julie.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Ken.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Allie.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33We have a three-way tie. You've got a vote each.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38- Allie, why Ken?- Cos he got a few questions wrong in the last round.
0:37:38 > 0:37:44- Ken, why Julie?- We all got some questions wrong, but I voted for Allie last time, so it wasn't fair
0:37:44 > 0:37:47to vote for her again this time.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52- Julie, why Allie?- I can remember her getting a question wrong. That's the only reason.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote and that was Allie.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01You voted for Ken. Do you want to change your vote or stick with Ken?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Oh, no. Um...
0:38:03 > 0:38:07I'm going to play fair and stick with Ken. I'm really sorry.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Ken, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I'd like to have got as far as possible,
0:38:20 > 0:38:26but as long as I didn't get voted off...the first one off, that was all a bonus.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I was delighted to get as far as I did.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Round 8. You have £2,460.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38In this round, there's 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled.
0:38:38 > 0:38:44We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Allie. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47Start the clock.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52In TV, before he became a presenter of documentaries, Fred Dibnah had which job?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Social worker or steeplejack?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Social worker.- Steeplejack.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59In maths, what is 46% of 200?
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Eighty...- No, 92.
0:39:03 > 0:39:09In motor vehicles, the Austin Cambridge produced in the UK from 1954 was almost identical
0:39:09 > 0:39:11to a car called the Morris what?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Minor.- Oxford.
0:39:13 > 0:39:20In cricket, Sir Richard Hadlee played 86 Test matches for which Antipodean country?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- Australia.- New Zealand.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27In music, the rock group that had UK hit singles in the 1990s
0:39:27 > 0:39:32entitled The Devil You Know and International Bright Young Thing is called Jesus what?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Superstar.- Jones.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41In Scotland, the ceremonial bodyguard provided for the monarch
0:39:41 > 0:39:44is called the Royal Company of Jeffreys or Archers?
0:39:44 > 0:39:50- Archers.- Correct. The name of which Germanic tribe who invaded Britain in the 5th century
0:39:50 > 0:39:53comes from Jutland, their probable homeland?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- The Amazons.- Jutes.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03In the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail, the character referred to as "a watery tart"
0:40:03 > 0:40:05is the Lady of the what?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- Lake.- Correct.- Bank!
0:40:08 > 0:40:12In book production, what P is a term for a trial impression of a page
0:40:12 > 0:40:15used for making corrections before final printing...?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Time's up. The correct answer was "proof".
0:40:22 > 0:40:26You won just £20 which we'll treble.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28It gives you prize money of £2,520.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30There can only be one winner.
0:40:30 > 0:40:36Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death.
0:40:36 > 0:40:41So, Allie and Julie, for £2,520, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:42 > 0:40:48- Julie, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Julie, in the UK version of the 2010 FHM annual poll
0:40:58 > 0:41:02for the 100 Sexiest Women in the World,
0:41:02 > 0:41:07which Newcastle-born singer appeared at No.1 for the second year running?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Cheryl Cole.- That is correct.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Allie, in a 2005 cameo appearance in the TV sitcom Extras,
0:41:16 > 0:41:21which comedian and former presenter of Family Fortunes
0:41:21 > 0:41:23repeated his catchphrase,
0:41:23 > 0:41:27"If it's up there, I'll give you the money myself"?
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- Bruce Forsyth. - The correct answer is Les Dennis.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Julie, in industrial relations in 2007,
0:41:34 > 0:41:38the largest trade union in the UK was formed
0:41:38 > 0:41:42when Amicus merged with the TGWU
0:41:42 > 0:41:46to create an organisation with what name?
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- I don't know. - The correct answer is Unite.
0:41:50 > 0:41:57Allie, in which 1911 book by Frances Hodgson Burnett,
0:41:57 > 0:42:02do Mary Lennox and her friends Dickon and Colin work
0:42:02 > 0:42:05on a clandestine horticultural project?
0:42:07 > 0:42:12- Robinson Crusoe.- The correct answer is The Secret Garden.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16Julie, which French actress became a long-term source of inspiration
0:42:16 > 0:42:18for Yves Saint Laurent
0:42:18 > 0:42:23after he dressed her for the 1967 film Belle De Jour?
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- Catherine Deneuve. - That is the correct answer.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Allie, in natural history, which plant-eating dinosaur has a name
0:42:31 > 0:42:36meaning "roof lizard" and had a distinctive spiked tail
0:42:36 > 0:42:40and two rows of bony plates along its back?
0:42:42 > 0:42:47- Pass.- The correct answer is stegosaurus.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Julie, in maths, in the binary system
0:42:50 > 0:42:54which uses only the numerals 0 and 1,
0:42:54 > 0:42:59when counting upwards, which whole number follows 11?
0:43:01 > 0:43:06- O.- No, the correct answer is 100.
0:43:07 > 0:43:12Allie, if the medical term for the thumb is the "pollex",
0:43:12 > 0:43:16what is the corresponding name for the big toe?
0:43:17 > 0:43:22- I should know this. Pass. - The correct answer is "hallux".
0:43:23 > 0:43:27That means, Julie, you are today's strongest link
0:43:27 > 0:43:30- and you go away with £2,520. - Thank you.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Allie, you leave with nothing.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45I was totally shocked to get as far as I did.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50I thought I would be kicked out in the first or second round, to be honest.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54I think a really nice holiday is on the cards for me and him indoors
0:43:54 > 0:43:57because my brain's exhausted. I need a rest.
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