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 > 0:00:53Let's meet the team.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57I'm Simon, I'm 39, from York, and I'm an IT contractor.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I'm Rachel, I'm 25, from Durham and I'm a sports development officer.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06I'm Alan, 46, from Portsmouth and I'm a theatre box office manager.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I'm Amy, I'm 30, I'm from Norwich and I'm an art teacher.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17I'm Zechariah, I'm 27, from Southwark and I'm a PPI claims investigator.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21I'm Marie, I'm 49, I'm from Leicester
0:01:21 > 0:01:23and I'm a police support staff.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I'm Christopher, aged 64, from Barry, South Wales,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30and I'm an international human rights lawyer.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I'm Vivian, I'm 54, from Wolverhampton,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and I'm a turnstile operator.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41I'm John, 24, from Galashiels and I'm a support assistant.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Break the chain and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Round One. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Alan.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18In reproduction, a woman who successfully bears triplets
0:02:18 > 0:02:22gives birth to how many babies at the end of one pregnancy?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Three.- Correct.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28In cities, Edinburgh is the capital of which country of the UK?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Scotland.- Correct.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34In spoken English, which word for a large body of salt water
0:02:34 > 0:02:37sounds exactly like the third letter of the alphabet?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Sea.- Correct.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42In common expressions,
0:02:42 > 0:02:48confidence or bravery gained by drinking alcohol is known as French spirit or Dutch courage?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- Dutch courage.- Correct.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55In pop music, Sacha Distel had a UK hit single in 1970
0:02:55 > 0:02:58with Raindrops Keep Falling On My what?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Patch.- Head.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09In customs, what P is the name of the large fruit traditionally used
0:03:09 > 0:03:11to make a jack-o'-lantern at Halloween?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Pumpkin.- Correct.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20In fiction, the term for a story that is conventionally or trivially romantic is "boy meets" whom?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Girl.- Correct.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30In vocabulary, a particularly foolish or stupid person is referred to as a half-moon or half-wit?
0:03:30 > 0:03:33- Half-wit.- Correct.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36In cinema, the 1939 fantasy film featuring Dorothy Gale,
0:03:36 > 0:03:42a dog called Toto and a witch named Glinda is entitled The Wizard Of where?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Oz.- Correct.
0:03:44 > 0:03:50- Bank!- In weights and measures, what's the name of the unit of mass that is often abbreviated to "kg"?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Kilogram.- Correct.
0:03:52 > 0:03:59In celebrities, the world-famous actress who uses the professional surname Jolie has what first name?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01- Angelina.- Correct.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07In Formula One, the chequered flag is shown to drivers at which stage of a race? The start or the finish?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- The finish.- Correct.
0:04:09 > 0:04:15In children's pastimes, what is the usual name in the UK for the game played by two people
0:04:15 > 0:04:19who take turns to mark an X or an O on a grid with nine sectors?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Hopscotch.- Even noughts and crosses.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Which word meaning "in the middle" is applied to the heating
0:04:29 > 0:04:32in which hot water is pumped from a boiler to every room?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- Central heating.- Correct. In communication,
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Spanglish is the name for a blend of English and which other language?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Spanish.- Correct.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48In early 20th century fashions, the shingle, pompadour and pageboy are types of handbag or hairstyle?
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- Handbag.- Hairstyle.
0:04:51 > 0:04:57In an informal term for an insect or similar creature, which word precedes "crawly"?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Creepy.- Correct.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05- Bank!- In tourist attractions, an arch under St Thomas's Tower called Traitors' Gate
0:05:05 > 0:05:07is a feature of the Tower of where?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- London.- Correct.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14In the military in 1918, the Royal Flying Corps merged with the Royal Naval Air Service...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Time's up and you only won £220. Whose fault was that?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Whose brain is on a one-day walk-out?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Who's your broadband cable
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and who's your Vince Cable?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38The statistics reveal that Alan is the strongest link.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43The weakest link is Christopher, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Christopher.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Christopher.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Christopher.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Christopher.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Marie.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Christopher.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Marie.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Christopher.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Marie.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- Where are you from, Alan? - Portsmouth.- What do you do?
0:06:17 > 0:06:24- I'm a box office manager for a local theatre.- Do you stand on a box? - When I'm serving people, I do.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30- Are you the box office manager because they won't let you perform?- That's right.- Can you sing?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Not really. I'm more of an actor than a singer.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I see. Are you doing am-dram, are you?
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Yeah.- What's your next production? - Oliver. I'm playing Fagin.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- So you have to sing in that.- Yeah. - OK, put your board down.
0:06:46 > 0:06:52- What are you going to sing? - A little bit of Pick A Pocket. - Yes. Off you go.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56# In this life, one thing counts
0:06:56 > 0:06:58# In the bank, large amounts
0:06:58 > 0:07:01# I'm afraid these don't grow on trees
0:07:01 > 0:07:04# You've got to pick a pocket or two... #
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- When does Fagin sing that? - It's the first time he meets Oliver.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14- Is that the first time you've sung it?- Yes. - Put your board up. Why Christopher?
0:07:14 > 0:07:21- There was money in the bank and I was hoping he was going to bank. - Simon, what do you do?- I work in IT.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Do you?- Mm-hm.- Fabulous(!)
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Put your board down.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30- Do you go on a beach in that body? - I went on naturist holidays when I was a lot thinner.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35- You don't go any more? - No, I used to go with my ex-partner, but we've split up.
0:07:35 > 0:07:41Put your board up. Now you're not going on a beach and frightening people with no clothes on,
0:07:41 > 0:07:47- what are you doing in your spare time?- I talk to people on the internet. I talk to my girlfriend.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53- Why do you talk to your girlfriend on the internet?- Because she's 6,500 miles away in Malaysia.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Is she? Is she an internet bride?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Not quite. I mean, it didn't start that way.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- Which way did it start?- Just silly games like Scrabble on Facebook.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- You play Scrabble?- Mm-hm. - I see. What's she called?- Jen-Jen.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- That's got to be about 50 points, hasn't it? - LAUGHTER
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I don't think it's in the dictionary, funnily enough.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19OK. Why Christopher?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23He was the first person to get a question wrong.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- What do you do, Rachel? - I'm a sports development officer.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- What are you developing? - I'm trying to develop badminton in the north-east.- Are you?- Yes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37They're going to stop drinking beer and play badminton?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Not everyone drinks that much in the north-east. It's a bit of a stereotype.
0:08:41 > 0:08:47- And not everybody eats that much in the north-east? - We eat as much as anyone else.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53- Why Christopher?- He was the first one to get a question wrong and he should have banked.- He's quite old.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- He's older than me.- Yes. Christopher, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09My youngest son is at university. I said, "If I get a pop question, I'm sunk."
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I got a pop question, the first question, and I was sunk,
0:09:13 > 0:09:18so now I have to leave the country with plastic surgery, never to go back to Wales.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Round 2 and in the bank, £220. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:09:25 > 0:09:31We'll start with the strongest link. That's little Alan. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Start the clock.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39In astronomy, the movement of a planet around its orbit is called a revolution or a rebellion?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41- Revolution.- Correct.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47In retail, a shop run by a co-operative society is known by what four-letter abbreviated name?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Co-op.- Correct. In zoology,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54of which large mammal is it true that when fully grown,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58the African savanna species has bigger ears than the Asian one?
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- Elephant.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:00 > 0:10:04In pop music, the line, "This means nothing to me,"
0:10:04 > 0:10:08comes from which 1981 UK hit single by Ultravox?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Pass.- Vienna.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16In fashion, Fred Perry and Rene Lacoste both became well-known in sportswear
0:10:16 > 0:10:19after successful careers playing which sport?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Tennis.- Correct.
0:10:22 > 0:10:28The TV series set at a tough state school that won Most Popular Drama at the 2011 National TV Awards
0:10:28 > 0:10:30is entitled Waterloo what?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Road.- Correct.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35When two family members share the same name,
0:10:35 > 0:10:40the elder is often designated by "senior" and the younger is known by what term?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Junior.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:42 > 0:10:49Kenneth Clarke, Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe were Chancellors in governments formed by which party?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Conservative.- Correct. In beauty treatments,
0:10:52 > 0:10:59people who excessively use fake tan lotions are often said to have skin that is which colour of the rainbow?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Red.- Orange.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07In literature, the medieval murder mystery written by Umberto Eco
0:11:07 > 0:11:10had the English title, The Name Of The what?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Rose.- Correct.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15In definitions, what U means "mentally unbalanced"
0:11:15 > 0:11:21and describes a door that has been taken off the joints that allow it to open and close?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Unhinged.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Which slang term for a prison follows Tequila in the name
0:11:27 > 0:11:31of a mixed drink that is banged on the table before being consumed?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Sunrise.- Slammer.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37The boxer Muhammad Ali was originally called Cassius what?
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- Clay.- Correct. According to legend, to persuade her husband to lower local taxes,
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets of which English city?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Nottingham.- Even Coventry.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54What "A" is the name of the country that shares its longest national border with Chile?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Argentina.- Correct.
0:11:56 > 0:12:03In pop music, after a reunion in 2011, which group with members called Lee, Lisa, Faye, Claire and H
0:12:03 > 0:12:06had a UK No.1 album with a hits collection?
0:12:06 > 0:12:13- Steps.- Correct.- Bank!- The curved bones in the chest called costae are more commonly known by what name?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Ribs.- Correct.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21Brownsea Island, owned by the National Trust, is in which harbour in Dorset?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- Pass.- Poole.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Time's up.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29You won £300.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Who keeps asserting their right to be wrong?
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Who's now looking in worse shape than a rugby player's ears?
0:12:37 > 0:12:42Who needs to go? Who will go on losing you money?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49With no correct answers, Marie is the weakest link.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Statistically, Rachel is the strongest link, but who will the team want off?
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Marie.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Marie.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Marie.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Marie.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Alan.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14John.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Marie.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Marie.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29- What do you do, Amy? - I'm an art teacher, Anne.- Are you? Where?- In Swaffham in Norfolk.
0:13:29 > 0:13:35- And the idea is what?- To encourage them to be creative and think outside the box.- Which box would that be?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- The logical, mainstream box. - Where do you put that?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42I put that in your regular, academic subjects.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46So if you're in the classroom, the box is where in the classroom?
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- Well outside my corridor.- The box isn't in the classroom?- No way.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- How can you think outside the box if you can't see it? - We're that forward-thinking.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02- When you go home, what box are you in?- There's no box there either.- Really?- No.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08- So what's the other exciting thing you do in your life?- I play netball. - Yes. Put your board down.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Just move over to Zechariah.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Try scoring a goal.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Ooh!- Yeah.- Yes.- Did you like that?
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- Zechariah probably got quite excited by it.- Did you just want to see me jump?- Yes, I did.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28- Are you good at jumping?- I'm OK. I feel like you're flirting with me. I'm a bit taken aback.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33- Is there a Mr Amy at home?- Yeah. - What's he called?- George. - Put your board up. Why Marie?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- Because she got two questions wrong in that round.- OK.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- What do you do, John? - A support assistant.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- Who are you supporting? - I can't discuss.- You can't discuss.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50- People or animals? - I have a confidentiality agreement I can't break.
0:14:50 > 0:14:56The tigers and the bears might be cross(!) If it was animals, would they get upset?
0:14:56 > 0:15:02- No, no, they'd love working with me. - Yes. Why Marie?- Because she got two questions wrong.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Marie, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16When all the names came up with my name, it was like, "Wow!"
0:15:16 > 0:15:20All those names. "That's my name, that's my name!"
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Round 3. You've won £520. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Rachel. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Start the clock.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39What G is the name of the piece of equipment with a blade next to a straight edge
0:15:39 > 0:15:42that cuts paper, card and sheet metal?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Guillotine.- Correct. In the British royal family,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49the two daughters of the Duke of York are called Beatrice and what?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Pass.- Eugenie. When voting in the House of Commons,
0:15:53 > 0:15:59MPs have how long to get to the division lobby before the doors are closed? Eight minutes or eight days?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Eight minutes.- Correct. In field athletics,
0:16:03 > 0:16:08the four Olympic jumping events are the long jump, high jump, triple jump and which other?
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- Pole vault.- Correct. In UK money after decimalisation in 1971,
0:16:12 > 0:16:17the two-shilling coin known as a florin was worth how many new pence?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- Ten pence.- Correct.- Bank!
0:16:19 > 0:16:24In cinema, a 2011 animated film featured which group of blue characters,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28originally created in 1958 by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- The Smurfs.- Correct. In modern languages,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35which French word of greeting translates as "good day"?
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Bonjour.- Correct.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44the character Henry Percy has what nickname? Tottenham or Hotspur?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Hotspur.- Correct.- Bank!- In TV,
0:16:47 > 0:16:53the newsreader who also presented the BBC Breakfast show and the quiz Eggheads is Dermot who?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- O'Callaghan.- Murnaghan.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59In chemistry, the letter P is the symbol for which element
0:16:59 > 0:17:04that is often used in the striking surfaces on boxes of safety matches?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- Potassium.- Phosphorus.
0:17:06 > 0:17:13In sport, the annual equestrian event that has taken place at the NEC in Birmingham since 2002
0:17:13 > 0:17:15is called The what Of The Year Show?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- The Horse Of The Year.- Correct.
0:17:17 > 0:17:23In space, Polaris is a bright star that is close to which celestial pole? The South or the North?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- The North.- Correct.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Which species of bivalve mollusc is named for the fact
0:17:29 > 0:17:34that its long, hinged shells resemble an old-fashioned shaving implement?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- A tortoise.- Even the razor-shell.
0:17:37 > 0:17:44In pop music, the 1960s protest songs Blowin' In The Wind and A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
0:17:44 > 0:17:46were written by which US singer?
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Bob Dylan.- Correct. In the Second World War, in 1942,
0:17:49 > 0:17:54the British colony of Singapore was captured by forces from which country?
0:17:54 > 0:18:01- Italy.- Japan. In theatre, if an actor is said to have dried on stage, he has forgotten his wig or lines?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03- Lines.- Correct.- Bank!
0:18:03 > 0:18:07On a standard pool table, there are how many pockets?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Six.- Correct.- Bank!- In the media,
0:18:10 > 0:18:15what B is the title of the magazine that in the 1930s began...
0:18:15 > 0:18:18END-OF-ROUND JINGLE
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Time's up. You won £240.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25But who probably thinks Chekhov is where you pay at a Russian supermarket?
0:18:25 > 0:18:31Who's your picture and who's your still life? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36With the most wrong answers, Alan is the weakest link.
0:18:36 > 0:18:42The statistics show that Zechariah is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:18:44 > 0:18:49Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Alan.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53John.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56John.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Alan.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Alan.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Alan.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Alan.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Zechariah...- Hey.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12What's Zechariah short for?
0:19:13 > 0:19:16It's long enough as it is.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Where are you from? - Southwark in London.
0:19:18 > 0:19:25- Have you got brothers and sisters? - I've got two older sisters.- What are they called?- Florence and Sheila.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- They're not from the Bible? - No, they're not.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- Do you do anything Biblical yourself?- Yeah, yeah.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35I go to church and I'm in a choir.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- What sort of church?- It's like a Pentecostal church, born-again.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- So you can't have any "how's our father"?- "How's our father?" What's "how's our father"?
0:19:44 > 0:19:50- You can't have any if you're in a born-again church. - OK, no. No "how's our father".
0:19:50 > 0:19:56- Really?- The penny just dropped. No. - So how do you get practising before you get married?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Um... You live by faith, I suppose.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03- Is that what you tell your mother? - That's what I tell my girlfriend.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09- Have you got a girlfriend? - Yeah.- Are you going to get married? - I believe so, yeah. Hopefully.- Good.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- What's she called?- Rebecca.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Oh. Have you asked her yet?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- To do what?- To marry you.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20No! No, no. We're less than a year old.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22OK. And why Alan?
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Alan, I think, got two questions wrong.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Where are you from, Vivian? - Wolverhampton.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- What do you do?- I'm a turnstile operator at Walsall Football Club.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- That's to keep them in or let them go?- It's to keep them in.
0:20:37 > 0:20:44- So is there a Mr Vivian?- Yes, there is.- What does he do?- He works at the football club as well.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- Did you get him a job? - No, he got me one.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49And how long have you been married?
0:20:49 > 0:20:55- I'm not married.- Oh, you're living over the brush?- That's right. - In Wolverhampton?- Yes.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- Where did you meet? - He was working at the school my mum was teaching at.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04- Did she kidnap him?- No, she put my phone number in his pocket.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Why did she think he'd be suitable? - Because he had a four by four.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11So he gave you a call, did he?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Yes, he did.- And then what happened?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- We went out and had a drink.- Yes.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18And?
0:21:18 > 0:21:24- And then several months down the line, he moved in with me. - He needed a house as well?
0:21:24 > 0:21:30- No, he had his own house. - Why do you want to get rid of Alan? - He got two questions wrong.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Little Alan, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:21:38 > 0:21:44I think of all the game shows, the Weakest Link is the one that has that iconic status,
0:21:44 > 0:21:50so just to have been on it and have spent the day sparring with Anne has been absolutely fantastic.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Round 4. In the bank, £760. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's gorgeous Zechariah.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:22:07 > 0:22:13In art, which 18th-century painter and writer illustrated his own books of poems called Songs of Innocence
0:22:13 > 0:22:16and Songs of Experience?
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- Pass.- William Blake. In cookery, the kitchen utensil called a ricer
0:22:21 > 0:22:25is normally used to produce Chinese noodles or mashed potato?
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- Mashed potato.- Correct. In customs, the oldest UK order of chivalry,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34taking its name from an item of underwear, is the Order of the what?
0:22:36 > 0:22:42- Pass.- Garter. In personal adornment, what P is the usual term
0:22:42 > 0:22:47for the technique of making a hole in the lobe of an ear so an earring can be inserted?
0:22:47 > 0:22:52- Piercing.- Correct. In maths, what is 14 multiplied by 4?
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- 56.- Correct. In soft furnishings, which word ending in the letter Z
0:22:58 > 0:23:02is a printed, multi-coloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Pass.- Chintz.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10On Radio 4 in 1983, Libby Purves began presenting which chat show,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14named for the fact that it is broadcast on Wednesday?
0:23:14 > 0:23:19- The Wednesday Show.- Midweek. In Asian geography, what L is the city
0:23:19 > 0:23:23near the Indian border that is the second largest in Pakistan?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Los.- Lahore.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31In theatre, which title character in a Lloyd Webber musical
0:23:31 > 0:23:35has 11 brothers, including Benjamin, Gad, Asher and Simeon?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Oliver.- Joseph.
0:23:37 > 0:23:44In insect biology, the unfertilised eggs of bees and wasps give rise to individuals of which sex?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Males.- Correct.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53- Bank.- In the animated children's TV show about a racing car with voices by Sterling Moss and Peter Kay
0:23:53 > 0:23:55who is the title character?
0:23:55 > 0:24:01- Pass.- Roary. In relation to cricket matches in which one country plays another,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05the abbreviation ODI stands for one day what?
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- International.- Correct.- Pass...bank! - Pass? Oh. Vivian,
0:24:09 > 0:24:15in pop music, which iconic singer was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi?
0:24:17 > 0:24:24- Elvis Presley.- Correct. In finance, what B describes a pay rise that, although only just negotiated,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28is treated as thought it came into effect some time earlier?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Bonus.- Backdated.
0:24:31 > 0:24:37In modern literature, the 2000 novel by Zadie Smith about different generations of multi-ethnic...
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Time's up. And you won £20.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Whose fault was that? Who's as welcome as wind on a first date?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Who keeps making mistakes?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Simon is the strongest link as he didn't get an answer wrong.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Statistically, John is the weakest link, but whose game is over?
0:25:07 > 0:25:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Vivian.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16John.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19John.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21John.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Zechariah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Amy.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34- Rachel, why John?- I think he got all his questions wrong.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39- Amy, why John?- Because he had no correct answers out of three.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42John, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56I never thought that I would get too far, but I thought I'd get to where I did - before the hard questions,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58but after the easier questions.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Round 5. In the bank, £780. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10We'll start with Simon. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Start the clock.
0:26:12 > 0:26:18On a film set, the Best Boy is the assistant to the wardrobe mistress or the chief electrician?
0:26:18 > 0:26:24- Chief electrician.- Correct. In US politics, the Vice Presidential candidate who stands for election
0:26:24 > 0:26:28alongside a presidential candidate is usually called a running what?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- Pass.- Mate. In history, what's the name of the city
0:26:32 > 0:26:36that was sacked in the year 410AD by the Visigoths
0:26:36 > 0:26:39and in 455AD by the Vandals?
0:26:40 > 0:26:47- Pass.- Rome. In theatre, Dame Trott is the mother of the title character
0:26:47 > 0:26:50in which traditional pantomime?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Pass.- Jack and the Beanstalk.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58In beverages, what I follows herbal to make the name for a hot drink
0:26:58 > 0:27:02made by steeping the leaves of certain plants in boiling water?
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- Infusion.- Correct.- Bank. - In alternative medicine,
0:27:06 > 0:27:12if acupuncture involves needles, what is a comparable treatment using fingers and thumbs?
0:27:12 > 0:27:18- Acupressure.- Correct.- Bank. - The official anthem of the European Union, adopted in 1985,
0:27:18 > 0:27:24is adapted from the section of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony known as the Ode to what?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- Joy.- Correct. - Bank.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34The tendency to associate with others and follow group behaviour is crowd surfing or herd instinct?
0:27:34 > 0:27:40- Herd instinct.- Correct.- Bank! - In horse racing, the jockey who, in 2007, at his 15th attempt,
0:27:40 > 0:27:45rode the winner of the Epsom Derby for the first time is Frankie who?
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Dettori.- Correct.- Bank. - In Cockney rhyming slang,
0:27:49 > 0:27:54the name of which meat refers to someone who is hard of hearing?
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- Mutt and Jeff.- I'll accept.
0:27:59 > 0:28:06In TV, the Scottish comedian who in 2011 became the host of the show Stand Up For The Week is Kevin who?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08- O'Connor.- Bridges.
0:28:08 > 0:28:16In stationery, which paper products are available in sizes known by codes such as C4, C6 and DL?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- Envelopes.- Correct. - Bank!
0:28:19 > 0:28:25Measured at more than 180 decibels, the call of which animal is the loudest of any living creature -
0:28:25 > 0:28:28a red kangaroo or blue whale?
0:28:29 > 0:28:34- Blue whale.- Bank!- Correct. Zechariah, in food and...
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Time's up. Your bank was in time and you won £140.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44But who's now on the road to rejection? Who's on the highway to hopeless?
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53The only player with all her answers right, Vivian is the strongest link.
0:28:53 > 0:28:59Zechariah is, statistically, the weakest link, but can he survive the vote?
0:29:00 > 0:29:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Amy.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Simon.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Rachel.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Rachel.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Rachel.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23- Vivian, why Rachel? - She passed on a couple.- Did she?
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Zechariah, did you think Rachel was the worst player?- I'm not sure...
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- If it wasn't Rachel, who do you think it might have been?- Amy?
0:29:33 > 0:29:39- No. And if it wasn't Amy... - I knew where you was going there! No, it might have been me.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45- So why did you vote for her? - Because she got the first one wrong and she got a couple wrong.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Rachel, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:53 > 0:29:59I'm not really upset about being voted off because we did struggle in the first couple of rounds.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I'm really happy to have taken part.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Round 6. You've won £920. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13We'll start with Vivian. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Start the clock.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21In film, in which 1997 musical comedy did Richard E Grant play the manager
0:30:21 > 0:30:24of a real-life female pop group?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- ABBA.- Spiceworld.
0:30:26 > 0:30:32In transport, a helicopter that conveys sick and injured people to hospital as quickly as possible
0:30:32 > 0:30:34is known as an air what?
0:30:34 > 0:30:40- Ambulance.- Correct. In geography, which term for a piece of land that projects into a body of water
0:30:40 > 0:30:44precedes Horn, Cod and Wrath to give three place names?
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- Cape.- Correct.- Bank!- In science, in the standard table of chemical elements,
0:30:49 > 0:30:56if the horizontal rows are called periods, what G is the term used for the vertical columns?
0:30:56 > 0:31:01- Pass.- Groups. In First World War history,
0:31:01 > 0:31:05what was the relationship between the German emperor and George V?
0:31:05 > 0:31:11- Brother.- First cousins. In politics, the Food and Agriculture Organisation is an agency
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- of which international body?- Pass.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19United Nations. In art, the American painter born in 1930,
0:31:19 > 0:31:24whose works include Flag, White Flag and Three Flags has the alliterative name Jasper what?
0:31:24 > 0:31:30- Johns.- Correct.- Bank!- In law, what Q means to reject as invalid
0:31:30 > 0:31:33a conviction made by a lower court?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Pass.- Quash.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41In magazines, the publication entitled The Watchtower is circulated by which religious group?
0:31:41 > 0:31:48- Jehovah's Witnesses.- Correct. In entertainment, on the cover of an album of music taken from a film,
0:31:48 > 0:31:51OST stands for Original what?
0:31:51 > 0:31:57- Original Soundtrack.- Correct.- Bank. - On the road network, on the British mainland the service stations
0:31:57 > 0:32:02called Membury, Cardiff Gate and Reading are all on which motorway?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- M5.- M4.
0:32:04 > 0:32:12In TV, a romantic comedy drama series originally shown between 1997 and 2003 had what title -
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Hot Lips or Cold Feet?
0:32:14 > 0:32:20- Cold Feet.- Correct. In biology, which word refers to both a type of blood vessel in the human body
0:32:20 > 0:32:25and a thin bundle of vascular tissue in the leaf of a plant?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Vein.
0:32:27 > 0:32:34Time's up. Your answer was in time. Couldn't be bothered to bank? Didn't feel like it?
0:32:34 > 0:32:40Who cares? You won £120 in that round.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46Should it be the final whistle for Vivian? Will Simon get a dressing down? Is Amy in the frame?
0:32:46 > 0:32:52Or maybe you don't have faith in Zechariah. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56For the second round in a row, Zechariah is the weakest link.
0:32:56 > 0:33:03The statistics show that Amy is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the vote?
0:33:03 > 0:33:08Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Zech.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Vivian.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Vivian.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Zechariah.
0:33:21 > 0:33:28We have a tie, team? Vivian and Zechariah - two votes each.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31- Vivian, why Zechariah? - I'd nothing to bank.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- Zechariah, why Vivian?- I gave her money to bank, but she didn't.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39And I banked, I think, all the money in that round.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45The strongest link was Amy so she gets to decide. Why have you voted for Vivian?
0:33:45 > 0:33:50Em, because I remember Vivian's questions that I knew answers to.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Do you want to stick or move to Zechariah?- I'll stick.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57Vivian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:34:05 > 0:34:11I'm gutted at being voted out in Round 6. I think it was tactical voting that did it.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14I had a chance, but there you go. It's just a game.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Round 7. You have £1,040.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26We'll start with Amy. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Start the clock.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33In cinema, in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven and its sequel Ocean's Twelve,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37the role of Tess Ocean was played by which actress?
0:34:37 > 0:34:43- Julia Roberts.- Bank!- Correct. In reptiles, what C is the name of various species of snake
0:34:43 > 0:34:47that can expand the skin of the neck to create a hood?
0:34:47 > 0:34:55- Pass.- Cobra. Which citrus fruit goes before Street for the name of the main railway station in Liverpool?
0:34:55 > 0:35:02- Lime.- Correct.- Bank.- In poetry, "What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare"
0:35:02 > 0:35:05was written by WH Davies or WH Auden?
0:35:05 > 0:35:11- WH Auden.- WH Davies. In maths, what is 1,000 squared?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- One.- A million.
0:35:13 > 0:35:20Close(!) In a series of paintings by Pieter Brueghel depicting the seasons of the year,
0:35:20 > 0:35:24one of the best known is a winter scene called Hunters In The what?
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- Wild?- Snow. In UK geography,
0:35:28 > 0:35:33at nearly 400 feet above sea level, Chard is the highest and most southerly town
0:35:33 > 0:35:36in which county in south-west England?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Pass.- Somerset.
0:35:39 > 0:35:45In entertainment, what E is the name of the prestigious award first presented in 1949
0:35:45 > 0:35:48that has been called television's equivalent of the Oscar?
0:35:48 > 0:35:52- Emmy.- Correct. - Bank!
0:35:52 > 0:35:58The wreath laid at the Cenotaph by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is made by staff at what gardens?
0:35:58 > 0:36:04- Kew.- Correct.- Bank.- In advertising, in the 1980s a brand of lager was promoted with the claim
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- that it stayed sharp to the bottom of the what?- Can.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14Glass. In UK politics, following a change in the law in 1963,
0:36:14 > 0:36:20who was the first person to renounce his peerage so that he could resume his seat in the Commons?
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- Pass.- Tony Benn.
0:36:22 > 0:36:28In literature, the 1869 non-fiction book by Mark Twain about a trip to Europe...
0:36:30 > 0:36:37Time's up. You won £80. Now, in Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Having answered the most questions, Simon is the strongest link.
0:36:45 > 0:36:53Statistically, Zechariah is again the weakest link, but who will survive the final vote?
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Zechariah.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05Simon.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Simon.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- Amy...- Yeah.- Did you think Simon was the worst player?
0:37:13 > 0:37:20- No, but I couldn't remember how to spell Zechariah and he was stood next to me...- Standing.- Sorry.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- And you're a teacher.- I know! - Zechariah, you couldn't spell Amy?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29No, not necessarily.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- So why did you vote for Simon?- The one he passed on stuck in my head.
0:37:33 > 0:37:39- You thought Amy would be easier in the final.- It's all in the roll of the dice...
0:37:39 > 0:37:44- We're not rolling any dice. - The questions.- Metaphorically speaking?- Of course, Anne.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49Simon, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57I'm absolutely thrilled about making it to Round 7. To be honest,
0:37:57 > 0:38:01I came here thinking after the first round everything else is a bonus.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05I never expected to get so far, so I'm quite happy.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12Round 8. In the bank, £1,120. In this round, 90 seconds.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Whatever you win will be trebled. You voted off the strongest link,
0:38:17 > 0:38:22so we'll start with the second strongest. That's Amy. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Start the clock.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30In history, what G is the name of the calendar that was adopted by Sweden in 1753,
0:38:30 > 0:38:35by Japan in 1873, Russia in 1918 and Greece in 1923?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Gregorian.- Correct.- Bank!
0:38:37 > 0:38:45In sport, which word can mean 18 holes of golf, three minutes of a boxing match and a series...
0:38:45 > 0:38:51- Round.- Correct.- Bank.- In science, the speed of sound is greater in which medium - air or water?
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- Water.- Correct.- Bank! - In children's TV,
0:38:54 > 0:38:59the Sesame Street character who lives in a bin is Oscar the what?
0:38:59 > 0:39:06- Grouch.- Correct.- Bank. - When referring to the movement of passengers on and off a vehicle,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09what A is the opposite of "to board"?
0:39:09 > 0:39:15- Ascend?- Alight. In maths, what is the only prime number between 18 and 22?
0:39:16 > 0:39:18- 20.- 19.
0:39:18 > 0:39:24In definitions, with reference to a ship, the word scuttle means to paint it or sink it?
0:39:24 > 0:39:30- Sink it.- Correct.- Bank! - In days of the week, Saturday is named after which Roman god?
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- Saturn.- Correct.- Bank. - In media, in the name of the independent regulator,
0:39:35 > 0:39:39ASA stands for what Standards Authority?
0:39:39 > 0:39:43- Association?- Advertising.
0:39:43 > 0:39:49In religion, what is the English name of the book of the Bible that includes the story of Adam and Eve?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- King James?- Genesis.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55In US transport...
0:39:58 > 0:40:04Time's up. You won £120, which we will treble.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10It gives you prize money today of:
0:40:10 > 0:40:14There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18If there's a tie, we'll go for sudden death. So Amy and Zechariah,
0:40:18 > 0:40:23for £1,480, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:40:26 > 0:40:32- Amy, you have the choice of who goes first. - I'd like to go first, please.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39In celebrities, which actor has written autobiographies
0:40:39 > 0:40:43entitled I Am Spock and I Am Not Spock,
0:40:43 > 0:40:48and released albums including Mr Spock's Music From Outer Space?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Leonard Nimoy?- That is correct.
0:40:51 > 0:40:58In US history, Bedloe's Island in Upper New York Bay, south-west of Manhattan,
0:40:58 > 0:41:02was officially renamed in 1956
0:41:02 > 0:41:06after which famous monument that stands on it?
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Statue of Liberty.- That is correct.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14In religion, in 2010 a nun called Mary MacKillop
0:41:14 > 0:41:20was the first person from which Commonwealth country declared a saint by the Roman Catholic church?
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- Ireland. - The correct answer is Australia.
0:41:26 > 0:41:34In pop music, Change The Way You Kiss Me was a UK number one single in 2011
0:41:34 > 0:41:40for the British rapper born Elliot Gleave, who uses what single-word stage name,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43based on his initials?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Dappy. - The correct answer is Example.
0:41:46 > 0:41:53When Sandy Irvine disappeared while attempting to conquer Mount Everest in 1924,
0:41:53 > 0:41:57he was paired with which other British climber
0:41:57 > 0:42:01who also failed to return from the expedition?
0:42:02 > 0:42:07- I can't remember, Anne. Sorry.- The correct answer is George Mallory.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12Which vehicle manufacturer with a feline-sounding name
0:42:12 > 0:42:18was founded in 1922 as the Swallow Sidecar Company
0:42:18 > 0:42:23and was bought in 2008 for more than £1 billion
0:42:23 > 0:42:25by Tata Motors?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Jaguar.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:28 > 0:42:34A set of stamps on the theme of eminent Britons, issued by the Royal Mail in 2009,
0:42:34 > 0:42:39featured which former manager of Manchester United?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- I don't know, Anne. - The answer is Sir Matt Busby.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48In a theatre, the slope of the stage floor from the rear wall to the footlights
0:42:48 > 0:42:55is known by what four-letter name, that can also refer to a gardening implement?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- The shovel? - The correct answer is the rake.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03In gambling, which casino card game, that is a form of baccarat,
0:43:03 > 0:43:08takes its three-word name from the French term for railway?
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- Gin. - The correct answer is chemin de fer.
0:43:17 > 0:43:24That means, Zechariah, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Amy, you leave with nothing.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36It was absolutely brilliant not to do the Walk of Shame.
0:43:36 > 0:43:43In fact, it's worth not winning the money just not to have to do the Walk of Shame!
0:43:43 > 0:43:48Wow! Yeah. Winning the Weakest Link is amazing. It's a really amazing feeling.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51I'm just very, very thankful.
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