13/03/2012 Weakest Link


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Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

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Only one of them will win up to £10,000.

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The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.

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Welcome to the Weakest Link.

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Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

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They've only just met.

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To get the prize money, they'll have to work together.

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However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round,

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we lose the player voted the weakest link. Let's meet the team.

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I'm Lee, I'm 33, from Nottingham and I'm a retail adviser.

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I'm Meryl, I'm 59, from Pontypridd and I'm a retired civil servant.

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I'm Phil, I'm 22, from Brighton, and I'm a credit consultant.

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I'm Ashleigh, 45, from Newcastle, and I'm a charity fundraiser.

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I'm Ian, I'm 57, from Dumfries and I'm a first line manager.

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I'm Beth, I'm 22, from Winchester, and I'm a performing arts student.

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I'm Gary, 47, from Eton in Berkshire and I'm a colour scientist.

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I'm Louise, 36, from Kirby in North Yorkshire, and I'm an IT director.

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I'm Kevin, I'm 65 years of age, from Sale in Manchester and I'm a part-time tax adviser.

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OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

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The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

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Break the chain and you lose all the money in it.

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Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.

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Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

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We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Ashleigh.

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Let's play the Weakest Link.

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The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

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In the nursery rhyme, Little Bo Peep is responsible for looking after which animals?

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-Sheep.

-Correct. In British food, the crisp, dry, unsweetened biscuit that is square in shape

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and often eaten with cheese is a cream what?

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-Cracker.

-Correct. In geography, the two most southerly bridges across the River Severn

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join England with which other country of the UK?

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-Wales.

-Correct. In the human body, the thyroid cartilage in the front of the neck that is prominent in men

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is known as the Adam's apple or Brian's banana?

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-Adam's apple.

-Correct. A person who is in a state of total confusion is said to be at sixes and what?

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-Sevens.

-Correct. In footwear, what L is the usual name for the lengths of cord that are tied into a bow

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to fasten shoes and boots?

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-Lace.

-Correct.

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In the Northern Hemisphere, the month of April is in which season of the year?

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-Spring.

-Correct. In TV, the title of a popular sitcom is Only Fools And what?

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-Horses.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In folklore, when threatened,

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the ostrich was said to bury its head in the snow or the sand?

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-The sand.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-What is the name of the supersonic passenger aircraft

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developed by Britain and France that made its last flight in 2003?

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-Concorde.

-Correct. In a job advertisement, the abbreviation PW next to a sum of money

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is short for "per..." what?

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-Year.

-Week.

-Week(!)

-In maths, what is 10 multiplied by 9?

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-90.

-Correct. A low-powered lamp designed to provide a comforting glow in the dark

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in the bedroom of a child has the rhyming name night what?

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-Light.

-Correct. In film, what K is

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the first name of the British actress, born 1985, surname Knightley?

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-Keira.

-Correct. In English grammar, the present tense of the verb "to be" begins I am, you are, he what?

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-Pass.

-Is.

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In history, the so-called First Fleet that arrived in Australia in 1788 was carrying what -

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convicts or koalas?

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-Convicts.

-Correct. In badminton, the stringed item of equipment

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used to hit the shuttlecock is commonly known by what name?

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-Bat.

-Racquet.

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In broadcasting, the Radio Four programme on which guests choose eight favourite records,

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one book and a luxury item is Desert Island what?

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-Discs.

-Correct. In leisure, what A is a six-letter word that follows shopping and amusement

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to make two popular types of urban attraction?

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Arcade.

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Time's up. Your answer was out of time. You won £820.

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What stopped you getting to £1,000?

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Who's a heavyweight and who's a dumbbell?

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Who probably thinks algebra is a country in North Africa?

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Time to vote off the weakest link.

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The statistics show that Phil is the strongest link.

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The weakest link is Kevin, but who will lose out in the vote?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Ian.

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Kevin.

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Ian.

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Kevin.

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Kevin.

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Kevin.

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Kevin.

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Kevin.

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Phil.

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-What do you do, Beth?

-I'm a performing arts student.

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-Are you doing a degree?

-I am, yes.

-A degree in being the centre of attention?

-Yes!

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-When you grow up, what do you want to be?

-A children's TV presenter.

-Put your board down.

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I'd like you to explain to us how to make a toy with some sticky back plastic.

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I'm Beth! Welcome to CBBC. I'm going to show you how to make an exciting mask from a paper plate.

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Take your paper plate and cut some eye holes out of it. Be careful with scissors and have an adult present.

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Put your board up.

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-Why Kevin?

-He did get an answer wrong and he hesitated quite a lot and cost us quite a lot of time.

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-Where are you from, Gary?

-I Live in Eton, Anne.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a colour scientist.

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-What does your job involve?

-I create colours in decorative coatings.

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-Have you always been really interesting?

-I do watch paint dry for a living, Anne.

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And when you get home, does Mrs Gary have your tea on the table?

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-Mrs Gary doesn't exist, Anne.

-Really? Is there a Mr Gary?

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-No, I'm afraid not.

-What are you looking for?

-Someone much like you.

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-But you won't get anyone like me on account of what you do.

-That's why I'm still single. Indeed.

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Why Kevin?

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It wasn't so much getting the question wrong. He wasted time.

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-Where are you from, Ashleigh?

-Newcastle.

-And what do you do?

-I'm a charity fundraiser.

-Who for?

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-I work for RSVP North East.

-What's that?

-It's a Retired Senior Volunteer Programme.

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Volunteering projects for over 50s.

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-What activities?

-We do Zumba Gold.

-Zumba Gold?

-For older people.

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-It's not as lively. Sitting down.

-And what do you call old?

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-Over 50!

-Yeah. And how old are you?

-45. I haven't got long!

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-Why Kevin?

-Because he hesitated.

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-Kevin, you are the weakest link.

-Thank you.

-Goodbye.

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I wouldn't go on the Weakest Link again if they let me have a free go!

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I don't... I think it's just too much for me!

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Round Two. In the bank, £820. We now take 10 seconds off your time.

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We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Phil.

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Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

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In the New Testament, according to St John, Jesus performed a miracle at a wedding

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by turning what into wine?

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-Water.

-Correct. In motoring, which word that means without hair is used to describe a tyre with worn tread?

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-Bald.

-Correct. In chemistry, nickel, copper and iron are all classified as metals or non-metals?

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-Metals.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In geography, the city of Shanghai is in which Asian country?

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-Japan?

-China.

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In pop music, It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat? and Delilah

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were UK hit singles in the 1960s for which singer?

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-Tom Jones.

-Correct. In the animal kingdom, what C is the mammal known as the ship of the desert?

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-The camel.

-Correct. In food, customers buying fish and chips are commonly asked by staff

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if they would like vinegar and which other condiment?

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-Salt.

-Correct. A substance applied to the face to give it artificial colour is pinker or blusher?

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-Blusher.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In books, the 1882 story by Mark Twain about two identical boys

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called Tom Canty and Edward Tudor is entitled The Prince and The what?

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-Pauper.

-Correct. In politics, what name derived from the Latin for "carried back"

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is given to a vote by the whole population of a country on an issue of national importance?

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-Election.

-Referendum.

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In Olympic sports, what H is the game involving sticks and a ball

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that is contested by opposing teams of 11 players on plastic turf?

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-Hockey.

-Correct. In TV, the stand-up show hosted by various comedians since 2007

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that is filmed at a theatre in Hammersmith is Live At The what?

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-Apollo.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In maths, what is 50 divided by 2?

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-25.

-Correct. In the popular press, an older man who has remained unmarried for many years

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is often called a confirmed what?

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-Bachelor.

-Correct. In desserts, a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing currants or sultanas

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is known as Spotted Dick or Speckled Harry?

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-Spotted Dick.

-Correct.

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In 20th century history, the Battle of the Bulge was fought on which continent?

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-America.

-Europe.

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In pop music, according to the lyrics of the 1984 UK number one Careless Whisper by George Michael,

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guilty feet have got no what?

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-Rhythm.

-Correct. In art, ruddy, crimson and cherry are all shades of which primary colour?

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-Red.

-Correct. In theatre, what U is an actor

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-who learns a lead role with a view to replacing the regular performer...

-Understudy!

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Bank!

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Answer in time. Bank...out of time.

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You won £350, but who's the leak in your lilo?

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Who's the hairball in your hoover? Time to vote off the weakest link.

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For the second round in a row, Phil is the strongest link.

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Statistically, Meryl is the weakest link, but will the other players realise that?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Beth.

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Beth.

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Meryl.

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Beth.

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Beth.

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Ashleigh.

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Meryl.

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Beth.

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-What do you do, Lee?

-I'm a retail adviser, Anne.

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-Why are you shouting out the answers?

-To let you know they are correct when I say them.

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-You haven't been in the army?

-Initially, I was a tank driver,

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then after a few years' service I became an intelligence analyst.

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-Scary! Where were you doing that?

-In a couple of war zones, such as Bosnia and Iraq.

-Really?

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-So did you drill the troops?

-I briefed the troops.

-OK, put your board down.

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-Go on, give us some orders.

-You, pick up the maps. You, pick up the...sleeping bags.

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-Is that called intelligence?

-I don't want to divulge any information. Along those lines.

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Put your board up. Why Beth?

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I remember Beth getting a question wrong and it was the first one which stuck in my memory.

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-You'd remember. You were in army intelligence.

-Oh, yes.

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-Where are you from, Meryl?

-South Wales.

-And what do you do?

-Not a lot now. I'm retired.

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-Retired from what?

-Dealing with benefits...

-Oh, you had your work cut out!

-Certainly did!

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-So do you stay in bed all day watching Jeremy Kyle?

-I don't watch Jeremy Kyle.

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I'm up until Bargain Hunt, then I make a move.

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-On whom?

-It all depends who's there! No, I live on my own.

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-Why Beth?

-I just remembered that first question wrong.

-Yes, but you got one wrong.

-I did, yes.

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-Is your knowledge not so good?

-I thought it was better!

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Beth, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

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When Anne walks onto the set, it's really scary. It's like when the headmaster walks into a class.

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Everybody just goes silent.

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Round Three. In the bank, £1,170. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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We'll start with the strongest link. That's little Phil. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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The American architect who designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City was Frank Lloyd what?

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-Don't know.

-Wright. In the spelling of the name of a branch of science,

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what is the third letter of the word physics?

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-Y.

-Correct. In film, which 2005 science fiction drama directed by Steven Spielberg

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and starring Tom Cruise was based on a novel by HG Wells?

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-Pass.

-War of the Worlds.

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In fashion, a garment labelled with the French word "cuir" is made from leather or Lurex?

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-Leather.

-Correct. In Scottish geography, the two major island groups in the Northern Isles

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are Orkney and which other?

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-Skye.

-Shetland.

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In TV, the former Neighbours actor Jesse Spencer went on to play a doctor called Robert Chase

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in which American drama series?

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-ER.

-House.

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In football, the controversial manager who led Nottingham Forest to successive European Cup titles

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in 1979 and 1980 was Brian who?

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-Clough.

-Correct.

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-Bank.

-What B is the game in which players hang as many objects as possible on a plastic horse?

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-Buckaroo.

-Correct. In literature, the Irish-born author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

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and Under The Duvet is Marian who?

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-Keyes.

-Correct. In mixed drinks, which Russian city precedes Mule

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in the name of a cocktail made from vodka, ginger beer and lime?

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-Moscow.

-Correct. In pop music, the English singer/songwriter who used a plus symbol

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for the title of his 2011 UK number one album is Ed who?

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-Brown.

-Sheeran.

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In the animal kingdom, which parts of a squirrel grow continuously throughout life - ears or teeth?

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-Teeth.

-Correct.

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In political history, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and Paul Martin are former Prime Ministers

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of which Commonwealth country?

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-Northern Ireland.

-Canada.

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In a job application, the usual method is to send a CV accompanied by an explanatory note

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referred to as a covering what?

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-Letter.

-Correct. In computing, which alternative word for a biscuit

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is the term for a small text file stored by a website to retain certain information?

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-Cookie.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In the British military, the three main armed forces are the Army,

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the Royal Air Force and what?

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-Navy.

-Correct. In vocabulary, what C is an old-fashioned three-letter meaning much the same as...

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Time's up and you won just £70.

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So who ticks the box marked turkey?

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Who's the weed at your flower show?

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Time to vote off the weakest link.

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With no correct answers, Lee is the weakest link.

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Ashleigh is, statistically, the strongest link, but will the votes pick up on the facts?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Gary.

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Lee.

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Gary.

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Gary.

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Lee.

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Ian.

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Ian.

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-What do you do, Phil?

-I'm a credit consultant.

-Are you the boss?

-Yes.

-Oh, the boss!

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-I'm the manager.

-Really? How old are you?

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-I'm 22.

-Do you know how clever you are?

-I'm a member of MENSA.

-What does that do?

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-Basically, it's a high IQ society.

-Is it for people who know not to say "basically" to begin a sentence?

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-It probably is for them as well.

-So what's your IQ?

-It's 147.

-Is it?

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-Why Gary?

-He got a question wrong...

-So did you!

-But he lost money.

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-He didn't bank.

-And you noticed. Cos you've got a high IQ.

-Oh, yeah.

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So Lee, who used to be in army intelligence, take us through those Prime Ministers from Ireland.

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-I took the name Mulhaney and thought Irish.

-It's Mulroney.

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-Oh, yes.

-So when you were in Bosnia...

-Yes?

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-..were you in charge of geography?

-Yeah, more or less.

-Yes.

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-Were there some doomed missions?

-I gave lots of briefings with topography of the landscape.

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-Why Gary?

-I remember Gary getting...

-Is all your geography as bad as the Northern Ireland

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-versus Canada geography?

-No, that's normally my main subject.

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-What IS your main subject?

-Geography.

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Yes.

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Gary, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!

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I'm glad I got a chat with Anne. I am a colour scientist and she needs some colour in her life.

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All those black clothes - drab!

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Round Four and you're up to £1,240. Another 10 seconds off the time.

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We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ashleigh. Let's play the Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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In the 1900s, the German hairdresser Karl Nessler pioneered the use of an electric machine

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that produced the permanent what?

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-Wave.

-Correct. In law and order, a suspect who acts as an informant to police is said to mime or sing?

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-Sting.

-Sing.

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In cinema, the 1995 film starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt

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about a prisoner who is sent back in time to stop a virus is 12 what?

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-Monkeys.

-Correct.

-Bank.

-In reptiles, what B is the name

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for snakes such as the anaconda that constrict their prey and give birth to live young?

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-Boa constrictor.

-I'll accept.

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West End musical Wicked is based on a novel subtitled The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the what?

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-West.

-Correct. In tennis, which Serbian player won his third Major tournament of 2011

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by beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the US Open?

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-Don't know.

-Novak Djokovic.

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In geography, which South American country shares land borders with Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

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and has a long Pacific coastline?

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-Chile.

-Correct. In school classroom equipment, the abbreviation OHP,

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for a machine for presentations, stands for overhead what?

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-Projector.

-Correct.

-Bank!

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In folklore, creatures of darkness such as vampires and trolls must disappear at dusk or dawn?

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-Dusk.

-Dawn.

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In 1990s pop music, the rapper famous for his enormous trousers,

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whose real name is Stanley Kirk Burrell, is better known as MC what?

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-Hammer.

-Correct.

0:22:130:22:16

Which salad ingredient was once known as the "love apple"?

0:22:160:22:19

-Tomato.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:22:190:22:22

In maths, what is 92 minus 11?

0:22:220:22:24

-83.

-Even 81.

0:22:240:22:27

In the UK, what H is the name given to the official stamp

0:22:270:22:30

used by assay offices to guarantee the standard of articles made from gold, silver and platinum?

0:22:300:22:36

-Hallmark.

-Correct. In quotations, the 18th century American who wrote,

0:22:360:22:41

"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," was Benjamin who?

0:22:410:22:46

-Franklin.

-Correct.

0:22:460:22:48

-Bank!

-In vocabulary, which word can mean a concern or business of any kind,

0:22:480:22:53

but particularly an extra-marital relationship?

0:22:530:22:57

-Affair.

-Correct.

0:22:570:23:00

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

0:23:000:23:02

Time's up. You won £170.

0:23:020:23:04

Who's the spike on your space hopper?

0:23:050:23:09

Who's the sandpaper on your slide? Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:23:090:23:14

As the only player to get all their answers wrong, Phil is the weakest link.

0:23:150:23:20

Statistically, Ashleigh is still the strongest link, but who will the team want off?

0:23:200:23:26

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:23:270:23:32

Phil.

0:23:330:23:35

Phil.

0:23:360:23:38

Louise.

0:23:390:23:41

Louise.

0:23:410:23:43

Phil.

0:23:440:23:46

Phil.

0:23:460:23:49

-What do you do, Ian?

-I'm a maintenance first-line manager in a company in Dumfries.

0:23:490:23:55

-Oh. What are you producing?

-Everything from Crunchie bars to solar panels.

0:23:550:24:00

-Solar panels and Crunchie bars?

-Yeah, they go together(!)

0:24:000:24:03

-Not much call for solar panels in Dumfries!

-No, it rains a wee bit, right enough.

0:24:030:24:09

-But plenty of people eating Crunchies.

-Oh, a lot of people, including myself.

0:24:090:24:15

-Is it hard work?

-What, eating Crunchies?

-No.

0:24:150:24:18

-LAUGHTER

-Don't laugh at your own jokes, Ian.

0:24:180:24:21

-Why Phil?

-It was the arithmetic question that got me a wee bit.

-Yeah, he can't add up.

0:24:230:24:29

-Where are you from, Louise?

-North Yorkshire.

-What do you do?

0:24:290:24:33

-I'm an IT director.

-Are you? In a big company?

-No, in a company of two at the moment.

-Yes.

0:24:330:24:38

-Where's the company?

-It's based at home.

-In the spare bedroom?

0:24:380:24:43

-At the top of the stairs.

-At the top of the stairs?

-Yes.

0:24:430:24:46

-Who shares the bedroom with you?

-The bedroom or the office?

-Both.

-My husband.

-Does he do IT?

0:24:460:24:52

-Yes.

-Is he a director?

-He is.

0:24:520:24:54

-Any babies at home?

-I've got two daughters.

-What are they called?

-Imogen and Ophelia.

0:24:540:24:59

-You're not middle-class, are you(?) Why Phil?

-He got two questions wrong.

0:24:590:25:04

Phil, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:25:040:25:07

The question that's going to annoy me most is 92 minus 11.

0:25:130:25:17

I don't know how I got that wrong.

0:25:170:25:19

I set myself up for a fall, talking about my job and Mensa,

0:25:190:25:23

so yeah, I'm probably going to have the fun taken out of me when I get back to work.

0:25:230:25:28

Round 5. In the bank, £1,410. Another ten seconds off the time.

0:25:300:25:35

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ashleigh. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:25:350:25:40

Start the clock.

0:25:400:25:43

The TV personality who has presented Fame Academy, Stars In Their Eyes

0:25:430:25:47

and So You Think You Can Dance is Cat who?

0:25:470:25:49

-Deeley.

-Correct.

0:25:490:25:52

The pub game in which the aim is to guess the number of coins being held

0:25:520:25:56

in the clenched fists of the other players is called Spindle or Spoof?

0:25:560:26:00

-Spoons.

-Spoof.

0:26:000:26:03

In politics, the environmentalist and former American Vice-President born in 1948

0:26:030:26:09

with the first names Albert Arnold is known as Al who?

0:26:090:26:13

-Gore.

-Correct. In cinema, Ben Stille and Chris Rock provided the voices of Alex the Lion and Marty the Zebra

0:26:130:26:21

in which 2005 animated film and its 2008 sequel?

0:26:210:26:25

-Ice Age.

-Madagascar.

0:26:250:26:28

In botany, what P is the term for the transfer of male sex cells of a plant on to the female ones,

0:26:280:26:33

resulting in fertilisation?

0:26:330:26:36

-Photosynthesis.

-Pollination.

0:26:370:26:40

In literature, in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville,

0:26:400:26:44

the character who loses his leg to the whale is called Captain what?

0:26:440:26:48

-Ahab.

-Correct. In UK geography, the towns of Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds are in which English county?

0:26:480:26:54

-Surrey.

-Suffolk.

0:26:540:26:56

The new style of note issued by the Bank of England in 2011,

0:26:560:27:00

featuring portraits of Matthew Boulton and James Watt, is of which denomination?

0:27:000:27:05

-£20 note.

-50.

0:27:050:27:07

In sculpture, in the famous statue Venus de Milo, which part of the goddess is naked?

0:27:070:27:12

The top half or the bottom half?

0:27:120:27:15

-The top half.

-Correct.

0:27:150:27:17

In British newspapers, what nickname for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph

0:27:170:27:21

reflects their traditional support for the Conservative Party?

0:27:210:27:25

-Pass.

-Torygraph.

0:27:250:27:27

In TV, the radio host and former England cricketer,

0:27:270:27:30

who was a captain on the first series of the UK version of Hole In The Wall, is Darren who?

0:27:300:27:35

-Gough.

-Correct.

0:27:350:27:37

Which game that originated in Scotland is played on ice with brushes and granite stones?

0:27:370:27:43

-Curling.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:27:430:27:45

In biology, what "A" goes before "acids" to make the name for the organic compounds

0:27:450:27:50

that are the constituent parts of proteins?

0:27:500:27:53

-Amino.

-Correct.

0:27:530:27:56

In the animal kingdom, an insect has how many legs?

0:27:560:27:59

Four.

0:27:590:28:01

END-OF-ROUND JINGLE

0:28:010:28:03

Time's up.

0:28:030:28:05

The correct answer was six.

0:28:050:28:08

You won £50.

0:28:080:28:10

So who gets the prize for being hopeless?

0:28:100:28:13

Whose IQ would go down if they shaved?

0:28:130:28:16

Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:28:160:28:19

Ashleigh remains the strongest link because she didn't get an answer wrong.

0:28:210:28:25

According to the statistics, Meryl is the weakest link, but how will the votes go?

0:28:250:28:32

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:28:330:28:37

Ian.

0:28:390:28:41

Lee.

0:28:410:28:44

Ian.

0:28:450:28:47

Louise.

0:28:470:28:49

Lee.

0:28:500:28:52

We have a tie, team - Ian and Lee, two votes each.

0:28:520:28:57

-Lee, why Ian?

-I just remember him getting the questions wrong.

0:28:570:29:01

He got them wrong twice. He got two questions wrong.

0:29:010:29:05

Meryl, did you think Lee was the worst player?

0:29:050:29:08

I wasn't sure, but at the end, when there was a chance to bank some money, it wasn't banked.

0:29:080:29:14

When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote. That's Ashleigh. Why did you vote for Ian?

0:29:140:29:20

-I think he got two questions wrong.

-You've got a choice. You can stick with Ian or move to Lee.

0:29:200:29:26

-I'll stick with Ian.

-Ian, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:29:260:29:29

They asked me an English question about counties. How would a Scotsman ken about counties?

0:29:350:29:41

Surrey, Sussex, where are they? No idea!

0:29:410:29:45

Round 6. In the bank, £1,460. Another ten seconds off the time.

0:29:470:29:53

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ashleigh. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:29:530:29:58

Start the clock.

0:29:580:30:00

In protests, a petition with the signatures arranged in a circle to disguise the order of signing

0:30:000:30:06

is known as a what? Loop Louise or round robin?

0:30:060:30:10

-Round robin.

-Correct.

0:30:100:30:12

In 1980s pop music, the female group whose hits included Manic Monday and Eternal Flame

0:30:120:30:18

had what name suggesting jewellery worn on the wrist?

0:30:180:30:22

-The Bangles.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the solar system,

0:30:220:30:25

the four inner planets that have orbits within the asteroid belt

0:30:250:30:29

are Mercury, Venus, Earth and which other?

0:30:290:30:32

-Mars.

-Correct.

0:30:320:30:34

In film, which colour goes before the word Mile

0:30:340:30:37

in the title of a 1999 prison drama, starring Tom Hanks?

0:30:370:30:41

-Green.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, 8 can be represented as 2 to the power of which number?

0:30:410:30:48

-3.

-Correct.

0:30:480:30:50

What H is an exclamation of praise to God and in Catholic worship is often followed

0:30:500:30:55

by the phrase, "In the highest"?

0:30:550:30:57

-Hallelujah.

-Even hosanna.

0:30:570:31:00

In health and fitness, workouts that are described as "cardio"

0:31:000:31:04

are designed to exercise which internal organ?

0:31:040:31:08

-The vascular.

-The heart.

0:31:080:31:11

In childcare, which American term for a nappy is the word "repaid" spelt backwards?

0:31:110:31:16

-Diaper.

-Correct. Which part of New Zealand has the greater population? North Island or South?

0:31:160:31:22

-North Island.

-Correct.

0:31:220:31:24

-Bank!

-The actress who in 2007 began playing the mother named Sue in the comedy series Outnumbered

0:31:240:31:31

is known professionally as Claire who?

0:31:310:31:33

-Pass.

-Skinner.

0:31:330:31:35

In transport, what C is the name for the linking mechanism on the end of a railway carriage

0:31:350:31:42

that is used to connect it to another?

0:31:420:31:45

-Chain.

-Coupling.

0:31:450:31:47

In drinks labelling, which word meaning "motionless" is used for mineral water that is not sparkling?

0:31:470:31:54

-Still.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:31:540:31:56

The product known as fish, blood and bone is more likely to be used

0:31:560:32:00

when participating in knitting or gardening?

0:32:000:32:03

-Gardening.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:32:030:32:05

In pop music in 2011, All About Tonight became the third UK No.1 single for which British singer?

0:32:050:32:11

That's not on the tip of your tongue. The answer was Pixie Lott.

0:32:140:32:18

You won £190.

0:32:190:32:21

So should Lee get his marching orders?

0:32:220:32:25

Maybe Ashleigh is a charity case?

0:32:250:32:28

Perhaps Louise isn't good company?

0:32:280:32:31

Or does Meryl need to go back to bed?

0:32:310:32:34

Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:32:350:32:37

Ashleigh is still the strongest link because she answered the most questions correctly.

0:32:380:32:44

Lee is statistically the weakest link, but whose game is over?

0:32:440:32:48

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:32:510:32:55

Louise.

0:32:570:32:59

Louise.

0:33:000:33:02

Lee.

0:33:040:33:06

Lee.

0:33:070:33:09

Another tie, team.

0:33:090:33:13

This time, Lee and Louise.

0:33:130:33:15

-Louise, why Lee?

-He got a couple of questions wrong.

0:33:150:33:19

Lee, why Louise?

0:33:190:33:22

I remember getting a couple of questions wrong, so I decided to...

0:33:220:33:26

Did you? Did that take long?

0:33:260:33:29

A couple of seconds.

0:33:290:33:31

-Ashleigh was the strongest link, so she gets to decide. Why Lee?

-I think he got two questions wrong.

0:33:310:33:37

OK, you've got a choice now. You can stick with Lee or go to Louise.

0:33:370:33:42

-I'll stick with my original decision.

-He was the worst player.

0:33:420:33:46

Lee, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:33:460:33:49

Being in the army, I've been in some stressful situations and locations,

0:33:520:33:56

but nothing compares to being in front of Anne.

0:33:560:33:59

Round 7. You're up to £1,650.

0:34:000:34:03

Another ten seconds off the time.

0:34:030:34:07

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ashleigh. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:34:070:34:12

Start the clock.

0:34:120:34:14

The national flag of which European country comprises vertical green, white and orange stripes?

0:34:140:34:20

-Ireland.

-Correct. In psychology, what H is the name for the sensory experience

0:34:200:34:25

in which a person hears, sees or feels things that are not present?

0:34:250:34:29

-Hallucinations.

-Correct.

0:34:290:34:31

-Bank!

-In the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,

0:34:310:34:35

the youngest son of Bob Cratchit has what alliterative nickname?

0:34:350:34:39

-Tiny Tim.

-Correct.

0:34:390:34:41

In American football, getting the ball across the opponents' goal line

0:34:410:34:45

to score six points is known as a touch-up or touch-down?

0:34:450:34:49

-Touch-down.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In cinema,

0:34:490:34:52

the three-word title of which 1987 film set in Saigon

0:34:520:34:55

was also the catchphrase of the irreverent DJ played by Robin Williams?

0:34:550:35:00

-Pass.

-Good Morning, Vietnam.

0:35:000:35:02

In the phrase, "SKI generation," referring to a growing reluctance among older people to be prudent,

0:35:020:35:09

the acronym stands for "Spending the Kids'" what?

0:35:090:35:12

-Income.

-Inheritance.

0:35:120:35:14

In the animal kingdom, what G is the name of a type of small rodent,

0:35:140:35:18

sometimes called a sand rat, which is often kept as a pet?

0:35:180:35:22

-Gerbil.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:35:220:35:24

In royal ceremonies, the Archbishop of Canterbury who crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953

0:35:240:35:30

was Dr Geoffrey who?

0:35:300:35:32

-Hume.

-Fisher.

0:35:320:35:34

In vocabulary, the word "macho" meaning "masculine" originated in which European language?

0:35:340:35:40

-Italian.

-Spanish.

0:35:400:35:42

In TV, the singer and media personality

0:35:420:35:45

who has starred in reality series Going It Alone, The Next Chapter and Here 2 Help is Peter who?

0:35:450:35:51

-Andre.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:35:510:35:53

In history, the site of the ancient city of Carthage is in which modern-day country in North Africa?

0:35:530:36:00

-Morocco.

-Tunisia.

0:36:010:36:04

The method of preserving food by rapidly cooling it to below zero

0:36:040:36:08

and removing the water under a high vacuum is called "freeze" what?

0:36:080:36:12

-Dried.

-Bank!

0:36:120:36:14

Time's up. That was the correct answer, your "bank" was in time

0:36:140:36:19

and you raised £160.

0:36:190:36:22

In Round 8, you get the chance to treble what you bank. Time to vote off the WEAKEST link.

0:36:220:36:28

Louise is the weakest link as she gave the most wrong answers.

0:36:300:36:34

Statistically, Ashleigh is the strongest link, but who will lose out in the final vote?

0:36:340:36:40

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:36:410:36:46

Louise.

0:36:470:36:50

Louise.

0:36:510:36:53

Meryl.

0:36:550:36:57

-Ashleigh, why Louise?

-She got the most questions wrong in that round.

0:36:580:37:02

-Meryl, why Louise?

-I know I had a couple wrong, but Louise had some wrong as well.

0:37:020:37:07

-Just one more than you.

-Hmm.

0:37:070:37:11

She was the worst player. Louise, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:37:110:37:15

I applied to come on the Weakest Link because I love a challenge.

0:37:190:37:23

I've never done anything like this before, but I absolutely loved it.

0:37:230:37:28

Round 8. You've won £1,810.

0:37:290:37:33

In this round, you have 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled.

0:37:330:37:38

We'll start with the strongest link. That's Ashleigh. Let's play the Weakest Link.

0:37:380:37:44

Start the clock.

0:37:440:37:46

In celebrity memoirs, the comedian and actor

0:37:460:37:49

whose 2011 autobiography was entitled The Life Of Lee has what surname?

0:37:490:37:54

-Evans.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In maths, what is 33 plus 21?

0:37:540:37:58

-53.

-54.

0:37:580:38:00

In cinema, the 1955 film starring James Dean, that was adapted from a novel by John Steinbeck,

0:38:000:38:07

was entitled East Of where?

0:38:070:38:09

-Eden.

-Correct.

0:38:090:38:11

-Bank!

-In wildlife, a crash is a collective noun for which mammals? Rhinos or leopards?

0:38:110:38:17

-Rhinos.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In science,

0:38:170:38:20

the British pioneer born in 1791, who first demonstrated electro-magnetic induction

0:38:200:38:26

and invented the dynamo, was Michael who?

0:38:260:38:29

-Pass.

-Faraday.

0:38:290:38:31

In snooker, between 1992 and 1996,

0:38:310:38:34

which Scottish player won the world title on five successive occasions?

0:38:340:38:39

-Bank...

-Stephen Hendry.

-Pass.

0:38:400:38:42

In Europe, what W is the term for the French-speaking people who live in the southern parts of Belgium?

0:38:420:38:48

-Pass.

-Walloons.

0:38:490:38:51

In music, the clarinettist Acker Bilk had an instrumental UK hit single in 1961

0:38:510:38:57

with the tune entitled Stranger...

0:38:570:39:00

-On The Shore.

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In heraldry,

0:39:000:39:03

a saltire cross most closely resembles which letter of the alphabet? X or O?

0:39:030:39:08

-X.

-Correct.

-Bank!

0:39:080:39:10

In the First World War, the deserter Percy Toplis who pretended to be an officer was known as the Monocled...

0:39:100:39:16

-END-OF-ROUND JINGLE Mutineer.

-Time's up.

0:39:160:39:20

-That's a bit late.

-It just came to me.

0:39:200:39:23

You won £100. We'll treble it.

0:39:230:39:27

That means prize money today of £2,110.

0:39:270:39:31

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each.

0:39:310:39:36

If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

0:39:360:39:39

So, Meryl and Ashleigh, for £2,110, let's play the Weakest Link.

0:39:390:39:43

-Ashleigh, as the strongest link in the last round, you have the choice of who goes first.

-Meryl.

0:39:440:39:51

Meryl, in pop music, in its first week of release in May 2011,

0:39:560:40:01

which album by Lady Gaga outsold the rest of the UK Top Ten combined?

0:40:010:40:07

-Sorry, pass.

-The correct answer is Born This Way.

0:40:090:40:13

Ashleigh, in geography, a ship sailing due east across the Atlantic

0:40:130:40:17

from Manhattan Island in New York City

0:40:170:40:20

would arrive on the mainland of which country?

0:40:200:40:23

-Ireland.

-The correct answer is Portugal.

0:40:230:40:26

Meryl, in nature, which bird that visits Britain in the summer months

0:40:260:40:30

is described by the RSPB website

0:40:300:40:33

as a well-known brood parasite

0:40:330:40:37

whose young have no contact with their biological parents?

0:40:370:40:41

-Cuckoo?

-That is the correct answer.

0:40:430:40:45

Ashleigh, in TV, the US supernatural series, first shown in 1997,

0:40:450:40:50

that regularly featured supporting characters

0:40:500:40:53

called Willow, Angel, Cordelia, Xander and Giles had...

0:40:530:40:58

-Buffy.

-..what four-word title?

0:40:580:41:00

-The Vampire Slayer.

-That is the correct answer.

0:41:000:41:03

Meryl, in clothing, the naturalist and hygienist,

0:41:030:41:07

who advocated the wearing of animal fibres

0:41:070:41:10

and who has a type of knitwear named after him,

0:41:100:41:13

had what surname that is the German word for "hunter"?

0:41:130:41:17

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Jaeger.

0:41:170:41:20

Ashleigh, at the World Athletics Championships

0:41:200:41:23

in South Korea in 2011,

0:41:230:41:25

which British runner won a gold medal in the men's 5,000 metres?

0:41:250:41:30

-No.

-The correct answer is Mo Farah.

0:41:300:41:34

Meryl, in books, the line, "How can you expect to be rescued

0:41:340:41:38

"if you don't put first things first and act proper,"

0:41:380:41:42

spoken by a character called Piggy,

0:41:420:41:45

is from which 1954 novel by William Golding?

0:41:450:41:48

-It.

-The correct answer is Lord Of The Flies.

0:41:500:41:54

Ashleigh, in history, ignoring variations in spelling,

0:41:540:41:58

which of the six wives of Henry VIII did not share a first name

0:41:580:42:02

with any of the other five?

0:42:020:42:05

-Jane...Seymour.

-I'll accept. Jane or Jane Seymour.

0:42:060:42:12

Meryl, in Gothic architecture,

0:42:120:42:14

which term for a projecting water spout,

0:42:140:42:17

carved in the shape of a grotesque creature,

0:42:170:42:20

is derived from an old French term meaning "throat"?

0:42:200:42:24

-Gargoyle.

-That is the correct answer

0:42:240:42:26

Ashleigh, the 3rd Piano Concerto by which Russian composer,

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who spent much of his life in Europe and the USA,

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featured in the 1996 film Shine

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and is notoriously difficult to play?

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-Shostakovich.

-The correct answer is Rachmaninoff.

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And after five questions each, your scores are tied,

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so, Meryl and Ashleigh, let's play Sudden Death.

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Meryl, using the NATO phonetic alphabet, if the word "cat" is spelt Charlie Alpha Tango,

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what's the correct spelling of "dog"?

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-No, sorry.

-The correct answer is Delta Oscar Golf.

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Ashleigh, in definitions, when it's followed by the suffix "less",

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which four-letter Hebrew girl's name gives a word meaning "devoid of compassion"?

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-Ruthless.

-I'll accept "ruthless".

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That means, Ashleigh, you are today's strongest link

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and you go away with £2,110.

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Meryl, you leave with nothing.

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Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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It's just like a roller-coaster. It was wonderful, great.

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I'd recommend it to anybody. I just want to do it again.

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It's absolutely dynamite, winning the Weakest Link. I've had a great time, really amazing.

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