0:00:02 > 0:00:04'Here are today's nine contestants.
0:00:04 > 0:00:09'Only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12'The rest will leave with nothing,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15'as, round by round, they're voted off as 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 could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45They don't know each other but they'll have to work together.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But eight of them will leave with nothing
0:00:48 > 0:00:53as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Let's meet the teams.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I'm Matt, aged 30, from Bristol. I'm a bank manager.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07I'm Graham, aged 58, from Surbiton, former university administrator.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12I'm Pat, I'm 59, I'm from Fleetwood and I'm a housewife.
0:01:12 > 0:01:18I'm Brian, 39, I'm from Leicester and I'm a liability loss adjustor.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23I'm Alce, I'm 35, I live in Dean in Somerset and I'm an artist.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28My name's Lucinda, I'm 20, I'm from Cheshire and I'm a student.
0:01:28 > 0:01:34I'm Alan, 50, from Shaftesbury, Dorset, an ex-telephone operator.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm Mavis, I'm 49,
0:01:36 > 0:01:41I'm from the island of Isla and I'm a bar manageress.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44My name's Lauren, I'm 23 years old,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I'm from Derby and I'm a marketing supervisor.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52In each round the aim is to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:52 > 0:01:55to reach your £1,000 target.
0:01:55 > 0:02:01The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Get a question wrong and you lose all the money.
0:02:04 > 0:02:11But if you say "bank" before the question, the money is safe.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14However, you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19At the end of the round, only money banked can be carried forward.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22There are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27We'll start with the first person alphabetically, Alan.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35First question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38From which country does Chianti originate?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Rome.- No, Italy.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46What H is an animal often wearing a throat latch and stirrup leather?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Horse.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51How many feet are in 24 inches?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- 18.- 2.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59Tintagel, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, is in which county?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Cornwall.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06What is the traditional shape of the balalaika, triangular or oval?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Triangular.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10In what ocean are the Cook Islands?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12The Pacific.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Bank.- In cookery,
0:03:14 > 0:03:19aioli is made by seasoning which type of dressing with garlic?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Vinegar.- No, mayonnaise.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25The sole of a plimsoll is made of what?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Rubber.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Which Midlands city has a football team nicknamed Wolves?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- Birmingham.- No, Wolverhampton.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40What H is a vehicle that travels on land or water on a cushion of air?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Hovercraft.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Which two letters are the symbol of calcium?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Ca.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53Which British MP was made Home Secretary after the 2001 election?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Jack Straw.- No, David Blunkett.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01What G is a breed of dog used for racing around an enclosed track?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Greyhound.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Which is further north, Inverness or Edinburgh?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Inverness.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Which tennis star won the 2001 Australian Open?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Andre Agassi.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Bank.- Name the BBC's Birmingham studio.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Pebble Mill.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26In which Suffolk port are there ferries to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- Lowestoft.- Felixstowe.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30What is one third of 620?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32A hundred and...
0:04:32 > 0:04:35No, 206.6 recurring.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Is Australia's National University based in Sydney, Perth or Canberra?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Canberra.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Which book written in 1086
0:04:45 > 0:04:50provided a record for the ownership and value of land in England?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- Not sure.- Domesday Book.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57The names "black" and "ship" refer to which rodent?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Rat.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04In which 1969 film did Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as outlaws?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12The lead singer of Travis is known by what name, Francis or Neil?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Neil.- No, Francis.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Nock and Bantry Bay are places in which country?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Ireland.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- Bank.- Which fruit is used in the German pastry apfelstrudel?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Apple.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31- Bank.- What S is the substance secreted by the sebaceous glands
0:05:31 > 0:05:34that lubricates hair and skin?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Serum. JINGLE
0:05:36 > 0:05:39The correct answer is sebum.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41In that round...
0:05:42 > 0:05:45you did embarrassingly badly.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Of the £1,000 you could have banked,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52you managed to put into the kitty
0:05:52 > 0:05:55a very pathetic £240.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59At this early stage, I urge you,
0:05:59 > 0:06:04root out the rubbish, push off the pathetic, dismiss the disastrous!
0:06:04 > 0:06:08It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14'The first weakest link is Lucinda.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18'She alone answered all her questions incorrectly.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22'The strongest link is Pat, but how will the votes go?'
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47What do you do, Graham?
0:06:47 > 0:06:51I used to be a university administrator.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- What university was that?- Kingston.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- Can you get a degree in pop culture there?- No. Only serious subjects.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- You don't know anything about it, do you?- No, not a lot.- Why Lauren?
0:07:04 > 0:07:10I think he was the weakest link and certainly got two questions wrong
0:07:10 > 0:07:14in a round where none of us covered ourselves in glory.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Alan, why Lauren? - Two questions wrong.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21nervous and... I think he's got to go first.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- Lucinda, what do you do? - I'm a maths student.- A maths student.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30A maths student who can't do a piece of simple mental arithmetic.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34That's why the country's going down the pan.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Why Lauren?- He just wasn't good enough. He's the weakest link.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- You thought he was the weakest link, did you?- Um...yes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48This'll be difficult for you to understand but statistically...
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Have you come across that word?
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- No, not recently.- Statistically you were the worst player.- No!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57But it's votes that count.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Lauren, who's got a finance and business degree
0:08:02 > 0:08:07but who nevertheless thinks there are 18 feet in 24 inches,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21Doing the walk of shame first I just felt bitter, betrayed and angry.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25You only had to look at Lucinda to see she was the worst.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31Graham will be next. He's pompous and I'm sure his knowledge is poor.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Round two, team.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37So far you've won £240 out of a possible £1,000.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Ten seconds off the clock.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Pat is the last strongest link. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Start the clock.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53How is baleen, once used to stiffen ladies' corsets, better known?
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- Bone.- I'll accept. Whalebone.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02Which American guitarist started with his own band, Jimmy James And The Blue Flames?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Jimi Hendrix.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- Bank.- Parma is a football team in which European country?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Spain.- No, Italy.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16In 1714 Gabriel Fahrenheit invented a mercury-filled version of what?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Thermometer.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22In which pair of human organs are air tubes called bronchi found?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24The lungs.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29What M is both a model of car made by the former company Morris
0:09:29 > 0:09:33AND the name given to a child under the age of 18.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Minor.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Bank. - Is a gorilla a monkey or an ape?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Ape.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46Was the family name of Louis XIV Bourbon or Medici?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Bourbon.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- Bank.- Belfast Lough is an inlet of the North Channel
0:09:52 > 0:09:56that connects the Irish Sea with which ocean?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58The...Atlantic.
0:09:58 > 0:10:04Complete the title of Blur's 1993 album, Modern Life Is... what?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Rubbish.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Bank.- What P is the name for minute organisms
0:10:09 > 0:10:12which drift in seas and lakes?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Plankton.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19What is the surname of Moira, the TV newsreader?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Stuart.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Bank.- What was the capital of West Germany?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Bonn.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31In which country was cricketer Shaun Pollock born in 1973?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33- Britain.- South Africa.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37- Bank.- Was Claude Debussy a composer, artist or philosopher?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Composer.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Muhammad Ali was to be drafted into which war?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45The Vietnam War.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51Who directed the 1999 film American Beauty, starring Kevin Spacey?
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Ridley Scott.- No, Sam Mendes.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57What P is a flightless aquatic bird
0:10:57 > 0:11:01that can propel itself through water?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Penguin.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- Bank.- Fresh fruit was given to sailors to prevent which disease?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Scurvy.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11In computer science,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16how many bytes are in a kilobyte, 128 or 1,024?
0:11:16 > 0:11:181,024.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- Bank.- Any Dream Will Do is a song
0:11:20 > 0:11:25in Lloyd Webber's Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor... what?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Dreamcoat.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Which archbishop is second to the Archbishop of Canterbury?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Archbishop of England.- Of York.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Are the Cumbrian mountains in Scotland or England?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40England. JINGLE
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Time is up. You hardly did much better in that second round,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48only £370 banked.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Whose boots are made for walking? Whose hopes deserve to be dashed?
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Whose tree of wisdom has wilted? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:02 > 0:12:09'Statistically, Alan is the strongest link. With most wrong answers, Mavis is the weakest link.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11'But whose game is over?'
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Brian.- Hello.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- What do you do? - I'm a liability loss adjustor.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- A big liability?- Not to this team.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- How's it going, Matt?- Not bad. - How are you on figures?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I like a few of 'em.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Can you do arithmetic?- Um...yes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Do you understand the rules of the game?- Yes.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Are you absolutely sure?- Yes.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- So why did you bank on zero? - I anticipated Mavis getting it right.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04- But she got it wrong.- I know. - So why did you say "Bank"?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06It came out before I could think.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- I imagine that happens a lot, doesn't it?- Sometimes.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Why Mavis? - She got the most wrong.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18Lucinda, when you've learnt a bit of adding up and division,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20what do you plan to do?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- I plan to go into accountancy. - God help us.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- Why Mavis?- Well, I think she did get some hard questions
0:13:28 > 0:13:33but I'm afraid it let the side down and she has to go.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Well, Mavis, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Very disappointed to be voted off. I did feel my questions were hard.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54I know nothing about cricket, not much about the Church of England.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59I would like to see Matt go off next. He's a bit smug for my liking.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06Round three, team. So far you've won £610 out of a possible £2,000.
0:14:06 > 0:14:12You are down to seven players. You have got rid of Lauren and Mavis.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17The previous strongest link is Alan. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Start the clock.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25What W means the moon appearing to get larger as more of it is lit?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Waxing.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Globe, plum and cherry are types of what fruit?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Tomato.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38The Continental Army was the first fighting force of which country?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- France.- United States.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Complete the title of this novel by Virginia Woolf Jacob's... what?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- Ladder.- No, Room.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Name the piper's son in the nursery rhyme, who stole a pig and ran away.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Tom.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59Ras Tafari was the original name of which Ethiopian emperor?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Pass.- Haile Selassie.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Of which US state is Honolulu capital?
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Hawaii.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Does the human skull contain 8 or 22 bones?
0:15:11 > 0:15:1322.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Which film featured the song A Groovy Kind Of Love,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21a Number One hit for Phil Collins?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Buster.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27- Bank.- The world's longest railway tunnel is in which country?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Japan.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- Bank.- Tam o' Shanter was in a poem by which Scottish poet?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Robert Burns.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40In the USA, in which century was the battle for Atlanta?
0:15:40 > 0:15:4219th.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- Bank.- Is the main diet of rabbits insects or grass?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Grass.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53What C is someone who draws or compiles maps?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55A car... cardiographer.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- No, a cartographer.- Tarco...
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Which Shakespeare character gives the "To be or not to be..." speech?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Hamlet.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13In basketball, how many points are awarded for a goal shot from inside the field goal area?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Two points.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20In 1989, who was inaugurated as President of the United States?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- Ronald Reagan.- No, George Bush.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Bank.- The epidermis is the outer layer of what?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Skin.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Is Beethoven's First or Ninth the Choral Symphony?
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Ninth.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39- Bank.- Name the tall dome-shaped hairstyle popular in the 1950s.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Beehive.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Which sport is also called track and field?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Field event. Athletics. - I have to accept your first answer.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52What Z was the name given to early-1900s German airships?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Zeppelin.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Was the Greek god of war Aries or Hermes?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Aries.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- JINGLE - Time is up.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Again you did very badly,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09you banked only £220.
0:17:09 > 0:17:14Let me remind you, you are losing money by the second.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Be brutal to the bumblers. Who's more thick than quick?
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28'For the second time, Lucinda is the weakest link.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33'Matt is the strongest link, but will the votes reflect the facts?'
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Alce.- Yes, Anne. - You voted for Graham before.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Yes, but I think I'm right this time.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- What have you got against Graham? - Nothing,
0:18:01 > 0:18:04but he got at least two wrong
0:18:04 > 0:18:09and he failed to bank the last £50 we could have added to that total,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11and we need it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Lucinda, what university are you at?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Coventry.- Coventry.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22Are you a shining example of the genius of Coventry?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Absolutely, yeah.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28The maths students are fantastic but no-one's as good as me.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33- What did Graham do to upset you? - He didn't answer many correctly.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- Did you think he was the weakest link?- Yes, I did.- Did you?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Statistically, he wasn't.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46- Who do you think was?- I've no idea. - Have a guess.- Matt?- No.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- Pat?- No.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Brian?- No.- Alce?- No.- Alan?- No.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- It must be me.- Good.- OK. - But it's votes that count.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Graham, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Although I wasn't the actual weakest link
0:19:12 > 0:19:17I think I was near enough to it not to lose too much sleep over it
0:19:17 > 0:19:23and the person who was, Lucinda, will no doubt get her comeuppance.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Round four. So far you've banked £830
0:19:27 > 0:19:31out of potential prize money of £3,000.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33There are six of you left,
0:19:33 > 0:19:39including Lucinda, the Albert Einstein of Coventry.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41You now have only 2½ minutes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46The previous strongest link is Matt. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Start the clock.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54What P is a regular payment for an insurance policy
0:19:54 > 0:19:56or a financial incentive?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Premium.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Paul who was formerly a member of the Housemartins
0:20:02 > 0:20:05and now fronts the Beautiful South?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- Pass.- Paul Heaton.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14In the Arabian Nights story, was Ali Baba a woodcutter or farmer before he met the 40 Thieves?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Farmer.- Woodcutter.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18What is the square root of 256?
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- 24.- No, 16.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27The Pyrenees straddle France's border with which country?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Spain.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Which evaporates faster, alcohol or water?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Alcohol.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- Bank.- In mammals, a proboscis is a long, flexible... what?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Nose.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44The islands Seraphos and Ios belong to which country?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Greece.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51What type of instrument is a harpsichord, keyboard or wind?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- Wind.- No, keyboard.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58From which country did the poetic form of haiku emerge in the 16thC?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- China.- No, Japan.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Is the Henri Delauney Cup awarded
0:21:03 > 0:21:08in football's European Championship or African Nations Cup?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The European Championships.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Which Labour Prime Minister held office from 1945 to 1951?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Clement Attlee.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- Bank.- Persian and Siamese are breeds of what domestic animal?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Cats.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Which nationality is the singer Bjork?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Icelandic.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Which one of the Alas Smith And Jones comedy duo
0:21:33 > 0:21:37also appeared in the 1980s TV sitcom Colin's Sandwich?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- Stephen Fry.- Mel Smith.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42In which war was "Anzac" first used
0:21:42 > 0:21:47to denote the Australian and New Zealand armies?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49First World War.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52For what does a bibliomaniac have a passion?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- No idea. Pass.- Books.- Oh, yeah.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Who played the King of Siam in the 1956 musical The King And I?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Yul Brynner.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08What colour square is on the £20 note issued in 2000, purple or green?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Purple.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Bank.- Defoliation is removing what from a plant?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16A leaf.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21- Bank.- Which EastEnders actress played Saucy Nancy... - JINGLE
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Time is up. I cannot complete the question.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31Another dismal round to follow all the others. £210 is all you banked.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Who'd be outclassed at playschool? Whose hopes deserve to be dashed?
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44'He got everything right, so Matt is the strongest link.
0:22:44 > 0:22:50'The weakest link is Brian, who got all of his answers wrong,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54but will the team be aware of these statistics?'
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Matt, what band do you manage?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16An indie rock band, up and coming.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21- I've never heard of them. - They just started last month, Ann.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26- Why Brian? - He got more questions wrong.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Mrs Einstein, it's been a fascinating learning curve for you.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37I've learnt so much. Coventry University would be astounded by me.
0:23:37 > 0:23:43- You might be too good for them. - I'll be moving on to Warwick next.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49- What did Brian do to upset you? - Wasn't good enough, he let us down.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56- Pat, you don't watch Top Of The Pops? - I haven't watched it for 30 years.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Pity. Why Brian?
0:23:58 > 0:24:04He had a very bad round. He'd done well up to then.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10Brian, who's a liability assessor, alas has become a liability.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22The remainder are all annoying.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28Matt's smug, Alan's trying to be everybody's friend, Lucinda's pretty,
0:24:28 > 0:24:33they all have their faults and I couldn't care who wins.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Round five, team. Your total is £1,040.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43If you'd hit your target, it would be £4,000.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48We start with the strongest link, Matt.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:51 > 0:24:58In the nursery rhyme, Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, who had the cat been to see?
0:24:58 > 0:25:00The Queen.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04From 1963 to 1965, Singapore was part of which other country?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Britain.- No, Malaysia.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12In radio, Sarah Cox became a DJ for which BBC station in 1999?
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Radio One.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Met Office statistics on London's weather,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21say which is the warmest month of the year?
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- July.- Correct!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28What tennis stroke returns the ball before it bounces?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Ace.- Volley.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35By what nickname was Gabrielle Chanel better known?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Coco.
0:25:37 > 0:25:42To which country would a Muslim undertake the holy pilgrimage, the Hajj?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Saudi Arabia.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Which 1982 film won 8 Academy Awards including Best Actor for Ben Kingsley?
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Gandhi.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56What is the name of the money pouch that hangs in front of a kilt?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Pouch.- Sporran.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02In maths, what is one third of 48?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- 15.- 16.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10- Sharon and who lived next door to Dorien in Birds Of A Feather?- Tracey.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15- Bank.- Which dog first appeared in the Peanuts comic strip in 1950?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Snoopy.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22In pop music, Bryan McFadden is a member of which Irish boy band?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Boyzone.- Westlife.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30Art Garfunkel appeared in the 1970 film adaptation of which Joseph Heller novel?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- The Graduate.- No, Catch 22.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37If a car has a D sticker, in which country was it registered?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Germany.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43A 1929 musical written by Noel Coward. Bitter what?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Sweet?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48How many runs is a half-century?
0:26:48 > 0:26:5050.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56What was the name of the ditches dug by soldiers in France in World War I?
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Trenches.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02The Vulgate was the first Latin translation of which religious book?
0:27:02 > 0:27:03- Bible.- Correct!
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Man Utd are nicknamed the Red what?
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Devils.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14- In 1984 Prince Charles famously described... - JINGLE
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Time is up. You banked £230.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Whose dream of winning must now come to an abrupt end?
0:27:26 > 0:27:30It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:30 > 0:27:37'For the third time, Matt is the strongest link, getting all his questions right.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41'Alan is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?'
0:27:41 > 0:27:46It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Why Pat?
0:28:00 > 0:28:07I never had anything to bank and I think she got at least two wrong.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11She's no good at pop music, not that I'd expect her to be.
0:28:11 > 0:28:17- She didn't get any more wrong than you did.- Didn't she?
0:28:17 > 0:28:22- Alan, not your finest round.- No. - Not good at arithmetic?
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- No, certainly not.- Why Pat?
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Questions wrong, nothing to bank, She's gotta go.
0:28:30 > 0:28:36- Lucinda, you've never heard of Joseph Heller?- Oh, no, no.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- Why Pat? - She just didn't make it this time.
0:28:40 > 0:28:45Interestingly, she wasn't the worst player.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Alan was the worst player in that round
0:28:49 > 0:28:53but Pat is on her way back to Fleetwood.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03I'm not happy about being voted off.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06I wasn't the weakest link.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08The whole team ganged up on me
0:29:08 > 0:29:14because they'd worked out I would walk away with the money.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17It's got to be Lucinda next.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22She's been the weakest link all the way and they'll be glad to get rid of her.
0:29:23 > 0:29:31Round six, team and you've won £1,270 out of a possible £5,000.
0:29:31 > 0:29:38We start with the strongest link, Matt. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:39 > 0:29:46Which word means the tone of a musical note OR a device for locking and unlocking doors?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Key.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52The playwright Chekhov was from which country?
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- Sweden.- Russia.
0:29:57 > 0:30:03In the TV comedy Rising Damp, Frances de la Tour played which character?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- Pass.- Miss Jones.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Louise Adams is sister of which British celebrity?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Bryan Adams?- No, Victoria Beckham.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15What does "Mac" mean when used in surnames?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Son.- Correct.
0:30:17 > 0:30:23- Bank!- Rhyming slang. Which currency does "Oxford scholar" refer to?
0:30:23 > 0:30:24Dollar.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Who was the American writer
0:30:27 > 0:30:30of the 1932 book Death In The Afternoon?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Pass.- Hemingway.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Following a plan after WWI,
0:30:35 > 0:30:39which international alliance existed from 1920-1946?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41The League of Nations.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45The Cheviot Hills lie between England and...?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- Wales.- Scotland.
0:30:47 > 0:30:53Which singer left her professional and personal partner Ike to pursue a solo career?
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Tina Turner. Bank! >
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Oliver Postgate is associated with which train character?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- Thomas the Tank Engine. - Ivor the Engine.
0:31:03 > 0:31:10Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker married which Inspector Gadget actor in 1997?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- Don't know.- Matthew Broderick.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18The West African country where Secretary General of the UN, Kofi Annan, was born?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Egypt.- Ghana.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23The decade Concorde first flew in?
0:31:23 > 0:31:24'60s.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28If a kennel has three Alsatians and seven Labradors,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32what percentage of the dogs are Labradors?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- 30%.- 70%.
0:31:34 > 0:31:41In the American constitution, Amendment 19 concerns the extension of voting to which group of people?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Blacks.- Women.
0:31:43 > 0:31:50In 2001, the first British band to have UK number ones with both their debut single and album?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52JINGLE
0:31:54 > 0:31:58The correct answer is Hear'Say but you are out of time.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04My, my, my! Having got rid of five allegedly weaker links,
0:32:04 > 0:32:09you put into the kitty a magnificent £40 in that round(!)
0:32:09 > 0:32:14You need to lighten the load to heighten the bank balance.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23'The weakest link is Lucinda, who didn't get a single answer right.
0:32:23 > 0:32:30'With the most correct answers, Alce is the strongest. Do the other players realise?'
0:32:31 > 0:32:35It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48We have a tie, team. Alan and Alce, two votes each.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Why Alan?- The Chianti question is still grating on me
0:32:52 > 0:32:56as my brother-in-law is Italian,
0:32:56 > 0:33:00and I thought he was the weakest link.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Alan, why Alce?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I thought Alce was the weakest link.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09The lights must be getting to you, because statistically,
0:33:09 > 0:33:14Alce was the strongest link, and as the strongest link,
0:33:14 > 0:33:17she has the deciding vote.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Alce, it's between you and Alan.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25- I'm assuming you are sticking with Alan.- I think so, yeah.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27And he's bald.
0:33:27 > 0:33:34Alan, Alce wants to get rid of you because you haven't enough hair. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:42 > 0:33:48When Anne said Alce was the strongest link, I could have fallen through the floor.
0:33:48 > 0:33:56I think Alce will be voted off next. She was the strongest link and the team will vote tactically.
0:33:57 > 0:34:04Round seven. You've won £1,310 out of a possible £6,000.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Another ten seconds off the clock.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10We start with Alce. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Start the clock.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Which country was annexed by China in 1950?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Korea.- Tibet.
0:34:21 > 0:34:27- In which Italian city is the Uffizi gallery?- Venice.- Florence.
0:34:27 > 0:34:34In Dickens' Oliver Twist, who is killed by Bill Sykes because of her attempts to help Oliver?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Pass.- Nancy.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42At the wedding in Cana, what liquid did Jesus turn into wine?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Water.
0:34:44 > 0:34:52In film, what was Mike Myers' and Dana Carvey's pirate TV show in the 1992 comedy of the same name?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Pass.- Wayne's World.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59In which East Anglian county is the Anglo-Saxon burial site Sutton Hoo?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Suffolk.
0:35:00 > 0:35:07- Bank!- The TV show presented by Fern Britton and Ainsley Harriott is Ready Steady what?
0:35:07 > 0:35:08Cook.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13What is 80% expressed as a fraction in its lowest terms?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- One eighth.- Four fifths.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21In the British military, for what do the letters SAS stand?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Special Air Service.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29- Bank.- Which US city is made up of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31New York.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37Shang-A-Lang was a 1974 UK hit single for which Scottish band?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Bros.- The Bay City Rollers.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43In which US state is the newspaper the Miami Herald published?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Florida.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- Bank.- Ravi who is a famous Indian sitar player?
0:35:49 > 0:35:50Shankar.
0:35:50 > 0:35:57Who led a French army to victory in the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- Napoleon.- Correct!
0:35:59 > 0:36:03If something is even on both sides, it's six of one, and what?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Half a dozen of the other.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- Bank.- "Aficionado" originally meant a follower of which Spanish sport?
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Bullfighting.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Time is up. You won £160.
0:36:17 > 0:36:25In round eight, you get a chance to treble what you bank. That means there's £3,000 to be won.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29The question is, who is least likely to help you
0:36:29 > 0:36:34to raise your bank balance? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41'The statistics are similar in this round. Alce is the strongest link.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44'Lucinda is the weakest link.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48'But at this crucial stage, who can survive the final vote?'
0:36:49 > 0:36:54Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Alce, why Lucinda?
0:37:04 > 0:37:09After the umpteenth maths question, she ought to get back to college.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13She's too pretty to stay in the final.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- Matt.- Hello.- Why Lucinda? - It's the maths thing.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Well, she's done good to survive this far.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26But even her pretty face couldn't take her to the final.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Coventry University's finest ambassador.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35With two votes, Lucinda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44I am devastated that they voted me off.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49My maths questions let me down. Coventry University won't be pleased.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54I feel Matt will win. He seems to have the edge.
0:37:55 > 0:38:02Round eight, team. You've won £1,470 out of a possible £7,000.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Matt and Alce, just you two left.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled
0:38:09 > 0:38:14and added to your total to make your final prize money.
0:38:14 > 0:38:20We start with the strongest link from the last round, Alce. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Start the clock.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Which British city was known in Roman times as Mancunium?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Manchester.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34- Bank.- In what EM Forster novel does Lucy Honeychurch go to Florence?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- Pass.- A Room With A View.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40An adult soprano is usually which sex?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- Male.- Female.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Which TV comedy had the characters Ron Manager and Competitive Dad?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49The Fast Show.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- Bank.- The Bram Stoker Awards are for which genre of literature?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- Fiction.- Horror.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00If it costs £4.80 for four passport photos, how much is each on average?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02£1.20.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- Bank.- In which South Wales national park are the Black Mountains?
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Brecon Beacons.
0:39:07 > 0:39:14- Bank.- What is the collective term for a group of walruses?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- School?- Herd.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20In theatre, of what is RADA the acronym?
0:39:20 > 0:39:25- Royal Association... - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30What scientific instrument launched into space in 1990 is known as HST?
0:39:30 > 0:39:35- Hubble space telescope.- Say that again.- Hubble space telescope.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Bank. >
0:39:37 > 0:39:41In the New Testament, what's the trade of the disciple Simon Peter?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Fisherman. < Bank.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46What's the world's second most populous country?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49India. Bank.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52According to the children's song, if you have no daughters, to whom...
0:39:55 > 0:40:02Time's up. You banked £140, which we'll treble and add to the winnings from previous rounds.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07That means prize money today of £1,890.
0:40:07 > 0:40:13Only one of you can win that money. Now you'll play each other head to head.
0:40:13 > 0:40:20I'll ask alternate questions, best of five. Whoever answers the most correctly wins.
0:40:20 > 0:40:26Alce and Matt, for £1,890, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:29 > 0:40:36- Matt, as the strongest link in the last round, you choose who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Matt, in geography,
0:40:40 > 0:40:47Japan's eastern coastline overlooks which ocean?
0:40:47 > 0:40:50The Pacific.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54In the TV sitcom Yes, Minister,
0:40:54 > 0:41:01what is the name of the politician played by Paul Eddington?
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- No idea. - The correct answer is James Hacker.
0:41:06 > 0:41:12Matt, which modern magazine shares its name
0:41:12 > 0:41:18with William Makepeace Thackeray's 19th-century satirical novel
0:41:18 > 0:41:20set in the Napoleonic Wars?
0:41:22 > 0:41:26- Cosmopolitan?- No. The correct answer is Vanity Fair.
0:41:26 > 0:41:33Alce, which international charity was founded in 1919
0:41:33 > 0:41:40by Eglantyne Jebb, originally to help destitute Austrian children
0:41:40 > 0:41:43after the First World War?
0:41:43 > 0:41:47- Oxfam.- No. The correct answer is Save The Children.
0:41:47 > 0:41:54Matt, in football, to what did the east London club Thames Ironworks
0:41:54 > 0:41:58change their name in 1900?
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- Arsenal.- No. West Ham United.
0:42:04 > 0:42:11Alce, in science, which metal was known by the Latin name plumbum?
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Lead.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18At the moment you are level pegging.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Matt, in the 2001 general election,
0:42:23 > 0:42:28which former Conservative was elected Labour MP
0:42:28 > 0:42:30for St Helens South?
0:42:30 > 0:42:34- I have no idea.- Shaun Woodward.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Alce.
0:42:36 > 0:42:43In the animal kingdom, what is the largest of all living birds?
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- Golden eagle.- No. The correct answer is the ostrich.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53Matt, which former member of the royal family
0:42:53 > 0:42:59won an Olympic gold medal in 1972?
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- Captain Mark Phillips? - That is the correct answer.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Alce,
0:43:05 > 0:43:10you need to answer this question correctly to remain in the game.
0:43:10 > 0:43:15Which wife of Henry VIII is said to appear as a ghost
0:43:15 > 0:43:22at her son Edward VI's place of birth at Hampton Court Palace?
0:43:23 > 0:43:27- Anne Boleyn.- No. The correct answer is Jane Seymour.
0:43:29 > 0:43:34That means, Matt, you are today's strongest link
0:43:34 > 0:43:37and you go away with £1,890.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41Alce, you leave with nothing.
0:43:41 > 0:43:45Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50I'm proud of what I've done today. I'll go home with my head held high.
0:43:50 > 0:43:57I came here expecting to win. I didn't see anyone else as a threat. They're all stupid.
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