0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today's players are preparing for the show
0:00:05 > 0:00:07where just one of them
0:00:07 > 0:00:09wins prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:09 > 0:00:16The rest leave with nothing as their team-mates vote them the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Any of the nine people in the studio
0:00:36 > 0:00:39could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45They don't know each other but if they want the money, they must work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Eight 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 team.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01I'm Carol, I'm 56, a retired staff trainer from Peterborough.
0:01:02 > 0:01:08I'm Les, I'm 39, I work as a courier driver, I live in Shepherds Bush.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12I'm Beth, I'm 19, and a student from Birmingham.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I'm Geoff, I'm 45, I'm a police officer from South Shields.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I currently live in Birtley, County Durham.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26I'm Lyndsey, I'm 26, and I'm a college administrator from Barnsley.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31I'm Karen, I'm 41. I'm a housewife from Harrogate in North Yorkshire.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36I'm Ian, I'm 56, I come from Dumfries and I'm retired.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I'm Craig, from Carlisle. I'm 27 and I work in retail.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48I'm Joanne, I'm 36 and I'm a word processor from West Dulwich, London.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Now the rules: in each round
0:01:52 > 0:01:57the aim is to get enough questions right to reach your £1000 target
0:01:57 > 0:01:59within the time limit.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03The fastest way is with a chain of nine right answers.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Get your question wrong and you lose all the money in that chain.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11If you say "bank" before the question is asked,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15the money is safe, but you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20Only money that has been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24In Round One, there are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27We start with whoever is first alphabetically.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31That's you, Beth. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Little Jack Horner pulled out a plum
0:02:39 > 0:02:41from what kind of pie?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- Plum pie.- Christmas pie.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46A moggy is a slang word for which pet?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47A cat.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51According to legend, what shape was King Arthur's table?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Round.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Complete the title of this children's TV series - Blue what?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Pass.- Peter.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02How many signs of the zodiac are there?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Twelve.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06The Prisoner Of Askaban and The Chamber
0:03:06 > 0:03:09are books about what children's character?
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Harry Potter.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Which word can mean a small immature plant
0:03:13 > 0:03:15or to fire a gun?
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Shoot.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20What animal lives in a drey?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Squirrel.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Which musical and film is set in Rydell High School?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27- Pass.- Grease.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31How many kidneys are there normally in the human body?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Two.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36For which ingredient does the B stand in a BLT sandwich?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Bacon.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41In TV, Richard Beckinsale played Godber
0:03:41 > 0:03:44in which comedy series set in a prison?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Porridge.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49In maths, what is 25 multiplied by 6?
0:03:51 > 0:03:52- 300.- 150.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56What type of creature is a cottontail?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Bird.- A rabbit.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01What Y is a semi-solid dairy product
0:04:01 > 0:04:04made from milk fermented with bacteria?
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Yoghurt.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09What G is the study of the earth's origin, structure
0:04:09 > 0:04:11and its rocks and minerals?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Pass.- Geology.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Introduced in 1985, Clive Sinclair's three-wheeled vehicle
0:04:19 > 0:04:23powered by a washing-machine motor was the C what?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24C5.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Which cartoon character appeared in the 1920s
0:04:27 > 0:04:31and was accompanied by a dog called Snowy?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Tintin.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38What M is the means by which the brain stores and retrieves information?
0:04:38 > 0:04:39Memory.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Bank.- Which American star of An Officer And A Gentleman
0:04:42 > 0:04:45was once married to Cindy Crawford?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Gere.- Richard Gere, correct.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54What P are animal skins used to write on in medieval times?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- Pelt.- Parchment.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Who duetted with George Michael
0:04:58 > 0:05:01on the 1991 hit Don't Let The Sun Go Down On me?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Elton John.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05In food, what B is the common name
0:05:05 > 0:05:08applied to many plants of the legume family?
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Beans.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Streetcar is the American name for what passenger vehicle?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Tram.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19According to the proverb, every what tells a story?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Sorry?- According to the proverb, every what tells a story?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Face.- Picture.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30In which English county is the town of Glastonbury?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32In Somerset.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- Bank.- What F is non-woven fabric...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Time is up.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I cannot complete the question.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43You won £120.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Possibly one of the lowest first rounds
0:05:46 > 0:05:50we have ever experienced on The Weakest Link.
0:05:51 > 0:05:57Right, decision time, when you weed out the least worthy - a difficult choice.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03Is anyone, or is everyone appearing less than intelligent?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Who might it be unwise to keep on the team?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12One of you is about to leave. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18After a disappointing start, Geoff is the strongest.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20The weakest is Karen, statistically.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Have the others picked up on this?
0:06:24 > 0:06:28It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Joanne,
0:06:51 > 0:06:56- why Karen?- I remember she got a couple of questions wrong.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- I know- I- did, as well.- Yes. Well, you managed to realise that.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Geoff, not happy with Karen?
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- She got a couple of questions wrong and somebody had to go.- Right.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- Carol, why Karen? - She's nice but, having children,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I thought she'd have known Blue Peter.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Right. Can't add up, never heard of Blue Peter.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- My children will kill me. - You are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33I think it's nerves that get you. You don't realise.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Your hands are shaking and you don't think that will happen to you.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40All the answers just go out of your head.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I think Joanne should go next.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46She got the same number of questions wrong as I did.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49She also lost money for the team.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Round Two.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56Of the £1000 you could have won, you've got a pathetic £120.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00It's a wonder you bothered to make the journey. Eight left.
0:08:00 > 0:08:0510 seconds off the clock. We'll start with the strongest. That's Geoff.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Start the clock.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Is soy sauce produced from soya beans?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Yes.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18What F is a common evergreen tree?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Fir tree.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22In botany, what P is the part of a plant
0:08:22 > 0:08:26usually absent from wind-pollinated flowers?
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Petal.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33Which actor and member of Spandau Ballet plays Steve Owen in EastEnders?
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Martin Kemp.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38The films of which pop artist include Sleep and Chelsea Girls?
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I don't know.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Andy Warhol.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Where is Hindi most widely spoken?
0:08:46 > 0:08:47India.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52In film, who played Hans Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Mark Hammer.- Harrison Ford.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Is the crayfish a fish or a crustacean?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Crustacean.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Which tennis tournament was instituted in 1877
0:09:05 > 0:09:08by the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Wimbledon.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15What F means a specialist who gives scientific evidence in legal cases?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16Forensic.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20The 1992 film White Men Can't Jump is based around which sport?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Don't know.- Basketball.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26What is the first name of opera singer Carreras?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Jose.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33For what does the letter E stand in the university college known as the LSE?
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Economics.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41What is the 23rd letter of the English alphabet?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- U.- W.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Which actor played Baldrick in TV comedy series Blackadder?
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- Pass.- Tony Robinson.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59What member of a highly-trained military unit
0:09:59 > 0:10:02is also a 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger film?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- Pass.- Commando. Geoff, in literature,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08who wrote the novel Whatever Love Means -
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Frank Skinner or David Baddiel?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11David Baddiel.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14In The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17who does the White Witch befriend?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Don't know.- Edmund.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22The 1979 film Quadrophenia was set in which decade?
0:10:22 > 0:10:241960s.
0:10:24 > 0:10:30- Bank.- In British politics, which party was led by Benjamin Disraeli?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33The...Conservative.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37What's the surname of Elvis, the English singer
0:10:37 > 0:10:39born Declan McManus?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Elvis Costello.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44What A is the word used to describe a fear of heights?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- I don't know.- Acrophobia.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51In what year was Radio One launched in the UK -
0:10:51 > 0:10:531967 or 1973?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55'67.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- Bank.- What H is a person who gains unauthorised access
0:10:59 > 0:11:01to a computer system?
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Hacker.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Time is up. Hacker is the correct answer.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11You did even worse in that round than the first round.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14You managed to bank £40.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Who needs to go? Get rid of the rubbish, hold on to the hopeful.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Who will go? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29After a disastrous round, Craig is strongest statistically.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33The weakest is Carol, but will voting follow the facts?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Craig, how's it going for you? - It's going fine.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Not difficult when everyone else is so stupid.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Have you heard of banking?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- I have, yes.- Why Joanne?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13She got away with it last time but...
0:12:13 > 0:12:18You thought she was the weakest? She wasn't, was she, Carol?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21No. I didn't eat my spinach this morning.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23What's your job?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- I'm retired.- What did you do before?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Staff trainer for a telephone company.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- You weren't training people to think quickly?- I was.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- Why Joanne?- She didn't leave me anything to bank.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- You didn't leave Les anything to bank, did you?- No.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Carol, you were the worst player statistically but, Joanne,
0:12:45 > 0:12:47you are the weakest link, goodbye.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I feel upset about being voted off when I wasn't the weakest.
0:12:57 > 0:13:03I think the rest of the team voted me off because...I hesitated
0:13:03 > 0:13:07to give my answer and the previous round I got two wrong.
0:13:07 > 0:13:14I think Craig will be voted off next. He's becoming more and more nervous as the rounds are progressing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21Round Three, and of the £2000 you could have won, you have banked £160.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26It is ages since we have had such a spectacularly stupid bunch here.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Seven players left, ten seconds off the clock.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34We start with the strongest. That's Craig.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Start the clock.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43What was Jess 'The Body' Ventura before Governor of Minnesota?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Wrestler.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47What was the family name of Robert,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51King of Scots between 1306 and 1329?
0:13:52 > 0:13:53- I don't know.- Bruce.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56What C is a town in Western France
0:13:56 > 0:13:58famous for brandy distillation?
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Calais.- Cognac.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04In the human eye, which cells enable us to see colours -
0:14:04 > 0:14:07rods or cones?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08Cones.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13To which geological age does the Jura mountain range lend its name?
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Jurassic.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17In which European country is the River Shannon?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Ireland.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24In DIY, flat and crosshead are both types of which tool?
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Screwdriver.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Bank.- What A is the width of the opening
0:14:27 > 0:14:30allowing light into a camera?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Aspect.- Aperture.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Is a dirge played at a wedding or a funeral?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36A funeral.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38The feathers of which bird
0:14:38 > 0:14:40are used to make a shuttlecock?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Peacock.- Goose.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47Is the constellation of Cassiopeia in the northern or southern sky?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Southern.- Northern.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54In England, what P describes the area served by a local church?
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Parish.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Where in Japan is the world's first John Lennon museum?
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Singapore.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Tokyo. Australia's Kakadu National Park
0:15:04 > 0:15:09was used as a location for which 1986 film starring Paul Hogan?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Crocodile Dundee.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13What is the front of a boat called?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Bow.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Bank.- At room temperature and standard pressure
0:15:18 > 0:15:21is chlorine a solid, liquid or gas?
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- Solid.- Gas.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28Which South African-born novelist had the first names John Ronald Reuel?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29- Pass.- JRR Tolkien.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Which US playwright wrote the 1964 play After The Fall,
0:15:33 > 0:15:38which many believe is based on his marriage to Marilyn Monroe?
0:15:38 > 0:15:39I don't know.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45Arthur Miller. Living organisms were originally divided into two simple groups
0:15:45 > 0:15:48known as the plant and animal what?
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Kingdom.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55Name the Shakespearean-sounding TV policeman played by Robert Carlyle.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Hamish Macbeth.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00In the animal kingdom, is a baboon classed as an ape?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- Yes.- No.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07- Bank.- What is the famous deep steep-wall canyon in north-western Arizona?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08The Grand Canyon.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Who played the character Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun films?
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Leslie Nielsen.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- Bank.- Which boxer, nicknamed the Dark Destroyer... - Nigel Benn.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25It's the correct answer, but you were out of time.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29You did slightly better in that round. You banked £300.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Those desperately clinging on should be put out of their misery.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38Ditch the ditherer. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Geoff is the strongest for the second time.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Les is the weakest. He got all his questions wrong.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49But how will the voting go?
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Beth, remind us what you do.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- I'm a student. - Studying what?- Theology.
0:17:15 > 0:17:22- Only one question right. - Yes, but I've done relatively well in the other rounds.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- Why Carol?- Because I thought she was the weakest link.
0:17:26 > 0:17:32- She got many questions wrong in other rounds. - We've had enough of you.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Lyndsey...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36what do you do?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- I'm a college administrator. - Does it involve any geography?
0:17:40 > 0:17:46- No, luckily, the top of the street and I'm there. - You think Singapore is in Japan.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- I haven't got a clue about geography. - Why Carol?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Questions wrong, hesitant.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59- It's difficult to choose now.- You thought she was the weakest link.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Was she, Les?- I don't think so.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- No.- No. Les thinks shuttlecocks are made from peacock feathers.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Statistically, he was the worst player. But, Carol,
0:18:12 > 0:18:19the speed at which you think has depressed them. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Geoff is definitely driving the show.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30In team-talks before the recording
0:18:30 > 0:18:36he was telling us what to do, as though we couldn't think for ourselves.
0:18:36 > 0:18:41I would least like Geoff to win because he is certain that he will.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Round Four. £460 banked so far.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48There are six of you left.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Ten seconds off the clock. You have two-and-a-half minutes.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58We start with the strongest link - Geoff. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Start the clock. Where is the Guildhall School of Music and Drama?
0:19:04 > 0:19:05London.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10What L is the common name for a climbing plant of the cucumber family
0:19:10 > 0:19:12that can be used as a sponge?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13- Pass.- Loofah.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19In film, what was the stage name of the comic Roscoe Arbuckle who died in 1933?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Fatty Arbuckle.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Was Francois Mitterrand president or prime minister of France?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27President.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- Bank.- In 1971, which American tennis player
0:19:31 > 0:19:35became the first female athlete to win 100,000 in a year?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Billie Jean King.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Denmark's principal airport is nearest which city?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Helsinki.- Copenhagen.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47What is the surname of Jimmy, the Scottish lead singer
0:19:47 > 0:19:51with the 1980s band Bronski Beat and the Communards?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52- Pass.- Somerville.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57One of the roles of the lungs is to remove excess what from the blood?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Carbon dioxide.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04In global meteorology, which pole has the least sunlight per year?
0:20:04 > 0:20:05- North Pole.- South Pole.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Is the potato more closely related to the tomato or leek?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11- Leek.- Tomato.
0:20:11 > 0:20:17Which Merseyside club played in four FA Cup Finals in the '80s but only won one?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Everton.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23What O is a keyboard instrument in which air blown by bellows
0:20:23 > 0:20:26vibrates within pipes to produce sound?
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Organ.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32- Bank.- Is it considered lucky or unlucky to whistle in a theatre?
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Unlucky.
0:20:33 > 0:20:39What T is the two sections of the Christian bible and means covenant or agreement?
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Testament.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45What was the name of Mel Brooks' 1974 spoof western starring Gene Wilder?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Blazing Saddles.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- Bank.- What is the tympanic membrane in the ear known as?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Eardrum.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56What M is a city and chief sea port of Kenya?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57Mombasa.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03- Bank.- Who destroyed Rome in 455 AD, Vandals or hooligans?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05Vandals.
0:21:05 > 0:21:11- Bank.- In a bakery, how much would pay for three baguettes if they cost 85p each?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12£2.55.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18Which V is a French town developed round a 17th century palace built by Louis XIV?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Versailles.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25In which American sport would you use the terms: at bats, RBIs and double plays?
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Baseball.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31- Bank.- Which pasta dish is favoured by the cartoon cat Garfield?
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Time is up. The correct answer was lasagne.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40You banked £370, but whose time is up?
0:21:40 > 0:21:47Who should rethink the difference between ambition and talent re their general knowledge?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Eject the idiot. It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Les survived the last vote and has gone from weakest to strongest link.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04Beth is the weakest statistically. But who will lose out in the vote?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- Craig.- Mm-hm.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29- Why Les?- I thought everyone was similar, so I went on previous rounds.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34- I thought Les was the weakest link. - He wasn't, was he, Beth?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I don't know. I thought he was.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Where are you a student?- Birmingham.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- Birmingham...?- University.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44It's got its work cut out, hasn't it?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Absolutely.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Statistically, you were the worst player.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Les, what do you do?- Courier driver.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57You'll be able to find the exit. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06I think the team voted me off because of tactics.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12I think they thought I might become a threat after I warmed up a bit.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17Beth should be voted off next. She was the weakest before and she should go.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Round Five.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26Your total is £830. Five of you left. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29In your wisdom you voted off the strongest link,
0:23:29 > 0:23:34so we go with the second strongest - Geoff. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Start the clock. What R describes anything pertaining to the kidneys?
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Renal.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Which famous rapper and actor plays Muhammad Ali in the 2001 film Ali?
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Will Smith.
0:23:48 > 0:23:53Which Welsh-born actor starred in the 1993 film Shadowlands?
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Anthony Hopkins.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59A Shakespeare festival is held in Central Park in which US city?
0:23:59 > 0:24:00New York.
0:24:00 > 0:24:06If a train travels 180 miles in three hours, what's the average speed per hour?
0:24:06 > 0:24:0760mph.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12The Cherokee people are indigenous to which continent?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13- America.- North America.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I can't accept. In medicine, which human organ
0:24:16 > 0:24:21was successfully transplanted for the first time in 1963?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22- Heart.- Liver.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26In the animal kingdom, does the dormouse have a tail?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Yes.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33Which star of The Untouchables made his directing debut with A Bronx Tale?
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Robert De Niro.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40What innovative change did John Harwood make to watches in 1923?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- He introduced the battery. - No - self-winding.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50Bermuda was discovered by the Spaniard Juan Bermudez in which century, 15th or 16th?
0:24:50 > 0:24:51- 15th.- 16th.
0:24:51 > 0:24:58In which decade did the Hooverville shantytowns spring up in cities across the USA?
0:24:58 > 0:24:59'30s.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03In American sport, for what do the initials NHL stand?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Don't know.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11National Hockey League. On which continent is Uzbekistan?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Asia.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15What's the first name of the British politician
0:25:15 > 0:25:19whose official title is Lord Hurd of Westwell?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- Irving.- Douglas.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Are dark matt surfaces good or bad absorbers of radiation?
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Good.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34In sport, what nationality is the rally driver Tommi Makinen?
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Finnish.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Which Scandinavian playwright wrote A Doll's House?
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Ibsen.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- Bank.- What I are the emblems worn by members of the military?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Insignia.
0:25:47 > 0:25:53- Bank.- Which Question Of Sport team captain has won 60 caps for Scotland?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Ally McCoist.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Bank.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03You banked just in time.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Thank goodness.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10In total you put into your kitty £140.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Who now is completely, utterly out of their depths?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Craig is the strongest. He got all his questions right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:31Geoff is the weakest - will his earlier good form save him when it comes to the vote?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Ian, why Beth?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I thought she dithered.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- Geoff, what do you do? - Police officer.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Do your skills involve being able to count up to four?
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Yes.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07So you'd understand if I said you got two right and two wrong?
0:27:07 > 0:27:12- Yes.- Would you understand if I said you were the worst player statistically?
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- For that round I would agree. - Right. Beth,
0:27:16 > 0:27:21- you're a student at Birmingham University.- Yes. - Studying theology.- Yes.
0:27:21 > 0:27:27- Did you choose it because it was easy?- I changed it because it was easier.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- Just as well, then.- Exactly.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34- When you grow up, what do you want to do?- I'd like to be a journalist. - Would you?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Even I am speechless at that suggestion.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44Geoff, you were the worst player but, Beth, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52I was nominated because I'm young, a student
0:27:52 > 0:27:54and I was quite an easy target.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57My general knowledge isn't fantastic
0:27:57 > 0:28:00and the others picked up on that.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04I would really like to see Craig win. He's a nice bloke,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08he has very good general knowledge and he gets on with the team.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Round Six
0:28:11 > 0:28:13and we soldier on.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19You've got £970 so far. There are four of you left, including the policeman
0:28:19 > 0:28:23who, to our certain knowledge, can count up to four.
0:28:23 > 0:28:31Another ten seconds off your time. Craig was the strongest link last round. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37Start the clock. In Sikhism, is the Amrit Pahul
0:28:37 > 0:28:41a rite of passage ceremony for men, women or both?
0:28:41 > 0:28:42Both.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49Who played the character Rico Ratso Rizzo in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy?
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Dustin Hoffman.
0:28:50 > 0:28:57In economics, in what decade was the full gold standard abandoned in Great Britain?
0:28:57 > 0:28:58- '20s.- 1930s.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03In which English county would you find the city of Chester?
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Cheshire.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10What is the first name of Seth, author of the 1986 novel The Golden Gate?
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Vikram.
0:29:11 > 0:29:16Complete the title of this Joseph Conrad novel - Under Western what?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Skies.
0:29:18 > 0:29:24Eyes. Which Italian city has football teams called AC and Internazionale?
0:29:24 > 0:29:25Milan.
0:29:25 > 0:29:30Aneurin Bevan resigned as Minister of Labour in 1951
0:29:30 > 0:29:34over the imposition of charges for false teeth and what else?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Eye tests.
0:29:36 > 0:29:42Spectacles. In mythology, Cadmus was a Phoenician prince who founded which Greek city?
0:29:44 > 0:29:45- Athens.- Thebes.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49The US state of North Dakota borders which country?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Canada.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54The city of Genoa is a port on which sea?
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Mediterranean.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01In music, is the Italian term "presto" an instruction to play fast or slow?
0:30:01 > 0:30:02Fast.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- Bank. - The Yahoos are in which satire by Jonathan Swift?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Gulliver's Travels.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14In which county are Wimborne Minster and Blandford Forum?
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Dorset.
0:30:16 > 0:30:22In America, what town, northeast of Boston, is famous for its witch trials?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Salem.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31- Bank.- French designer Jean Paul Gaultier designed bustiers worn by which pop star?
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Madonna.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Where in Scotland are St Andrews and Dunfermline?
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Lothian.
0:30:37 > 0:30:43Fife. In darts, what's the highest score that can be achieved with one dart?
0:30:43 > 0:30:4550.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Time is up. The answer is 60.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49You banked £200.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Who is WELL past their best?
0:30:52 > 0:30:58Root out the rubbish and, my goodness, there's a lot of it.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Ian is the strongest link statistically.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09Craig is the weakest link, although he did bank money for the team.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12But will the others have noticed?
0:31:13 > 0:31:17It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31We have a tie, team. Craig and Geoff, two votes each.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Craig, why Geoff?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37I thought everyone was similar but, going on the last round,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40he started well, but he's slowing down.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43You thought he was the weakest link. Geoff, why Craig?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47I thought Craig got a few wrong there, as we all did.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52When the vote is tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Ian, you voted for Geoff.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Statistically, he was not the weakest link.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02You can stick with Geoff, change your mind.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05Which do you prefer?
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- I think I'll stick with Geoff.- Why?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Because of the last round.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12He should have gone last time,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15but we didn't realise he was the weakest link.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Geoff, your sins have caught up with you.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Being able to count to four, and being in the police was not enough.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34I was disappointed. Ian and Craig are good competitors.
0:32:34 > 0:32:40But it was tactical voting and I think they'll vote Lyndsey off next.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44I would least like Ian to win because he voted me off,
0:32:44 > 0:32:48when, clearly, I shouldn't have been voted off.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Round Seven, and despite your phobia about banking,
0:32:53 > 0:32:57you finally managed to get over the £1,000.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01You have £1170 in the kitty.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Three of you left.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07Ten seconds off the clock. We start with the strongest link.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Start the clock.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Baton Rouge is the capital of which US state?
0:33:15 > 0:33:16Louisiana.
0:33:16 > 0:33:22Which British novelist was a war correspondent during World War II?
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Ian Fleming.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27George Orwell. How many eyes does a honey bee have? Five or ten?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Five.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was born in which decade?
0:33:34 > 0:33:371930s.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- Bank. - In Troilus and Cressida,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42who did Paris seduce, causing the Trojan War?
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Helen of Troy.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48In music, how many beats in a bar does a waltz usually have?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Four?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Three. The Rye House plot of 1683 was a conspiracy
0:33:53 > 0:33:57to kill which English king for his Catholic leanings?
0:33:57 > 0:33:58James II.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04Charles II. What H is a gas whose atom comprises one proton and one electron?
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Hydrogen.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10Which British comedian had a 1975 UK top ten hit with Funky Moped?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Billy Connolly.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Jasper Carrott. After Anthony Crosland,
0:34:16 > 0:34:20was David Steel or David Owen foreign secretary?
0:34:20 > 0:34:21David Owen.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26England and which other country were united by the 1707 Act of Union?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28The USA.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Scotland. In UK geography, Leicester stands on which river?
0:34:33 > 0:34:34Don't know.
0:34:34 > 0:34:40The River Soar. In which year of the '90s did Robbie Williams release Millennium?
0:34:40 > 0:34:431990s.
0:34:43 > 0:34:481998. Which comic-strip cat was created by Otto Mesmer and Pat Sullivan in 1919?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Garfield.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56Felix. By what name are gastropods more commonly known?
0:34:57 > 0:34:58Seed pods.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Snails. When did the Labour Representation Committee
0:35:02 > 0:35:05become the Labour Party, 1906 or 1912?
0:35:05 > 0:35:061906.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Bank. - In which outdoor activity is "ledgering" employed?
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Time is up. The answer is angling. You banked £70.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22In Round Eight you get the chance to treble what you bank,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25assuming you're capable of banking anything.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Potentially there's £3000 to be won.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35The question is...who is even more rubbish than the other two?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Ian is the strongest link. He got the most answers correct.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Lyndsey only answered one question correctly.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52But, at this crucial stage, how will the voting go?
0:35:55 > 0:35:59It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Craig, why Lyndsey?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Didn't want a woman in the end?
0:36:12 > 0:36:16No. I thought she didn't get any questions right.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18She got one right.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19And YOU got three wrong.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22I got some right as well, though.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26Ian, why Lyndsey? Did you think she was too hesitant?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Perhaps.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Because you're very quick, aren't you(?)
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Sometimes.
0:36:33 > 0:36:34Lyndsey,
0:36:34 > 0:36:39the men want to fight it out. Statistically you WERE the worst player.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41It's difficult to know!
0:36:41 > 0:36:43You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51I found Anne quite intimidating.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54A bit evil, the way that she stared at you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59She reminded me of the headmistress from the Roald Dahl book Matilda,
0:36:59 > 0:37:05where she swings people round by the hair and throws them over the fence.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Round Eight. You've got £1240.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13There are two of you left.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Ian and Craig.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19You have only 90 seconds, but whatever you win will be trebled
0:37:19 > 0:37:21and added to your prize total.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23£3000 is at stake.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28We start with the strongest link from the last round. That's Ian.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Start the clock.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38In which century did the poet John Milton live and work?
0:37:38 > 0:37:3917th.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- Bank. - In the children's TV series,
0:37:42 > 0:37:44what was the name of the female Smurf?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Pass.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Smurfette. What A is a Germanic tribe
0:37:48 > 0:37:52that conquered England with the Saxons in 5 AD?
0:37:52 > 0:37:53Angles.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58- Bank.- Which famous nurse was named after an Italian city?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Florence Nightingale.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Which American State was known as the Sandwich Islands?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Hawaii.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12- Bank.- What's the first name of ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown, Jeremy or Anthony?
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Jeremy.
0:38:13 > 0:38:19In the Grand National, a horse must jump how many fences to complete a race,
0:38:19 > 0:38:2110, 20 or 30?
0:38:21 > 0:38:2230.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- Bank.- When was poison gas first used in modern warfare, 1912 or 1915?
0:38:27 > 0:38:291915.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- Bank. - Which town in West Sussex on the River Arun
0:38:34 > 0:38:37has an 11th C castle and a 19th C cathedral?
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Don't know.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44Arundel. Atom Heart Mother was a UK No.1 album for which band in 1970?
0:38:44 > 0:38:45Pink Floyd.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50Which football club shares Selhurst Park stadium with Crystal Palace?
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Don't know.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56Wimbledon. A company counter-bidding for the target of a hostile takeover
0:38:56 > 0:38:59is known as a white what?
0:38:59 > 0:39:00Don't know.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Knight. Which film awards ceremony...
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Time is up. You banked £160.
0:39:09 > 0:39:14We'll treble that and add it to the winnings of the previous rounds.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17That means prize money of £1720.
0:39:18 > 0:39:23Only one of you can win that money so you'll play against each other.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29I'll ask alternate questions. Best of five. Whoever answers the most correctly wins.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death until we have a winner.
0:39:34 > 0:39:41Ian and Craig, for £1720, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Craig, you choose who goes first.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I'll go first.
0:39:52 > 0:39:57Which rock legend played the guitar solo on the Beatles song,
0:39:57 > 0:40:00While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Eric Clapton.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04Correct.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Ian.
0:40:07 > 0:40:14In football, which former England manager took over from Ruud Gullit
0:40:14 > 0:40:17at Newcastle, in 1999?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- Bobby Robson.- Correct.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23Craig.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26The Battle of Goose Green took place
0:40:26 > 0:40:30during which 20th-century conflict?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33The Falklands War.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36That is correct.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Ian.
0:40:38 > 0:40:45Which fruit-powered superhero was first seen in the Nutty comic book?
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Nutty Professor?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52No. The correct answer is...
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Bananaman.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Craig.
0:40:58 > 0:41:07In Geography, in which English county is the Forest of Bowland?
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Norfolk.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16The correct answer is Lancashire.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Ian, to draw level.
0:41:18 > 0:41:26What name was later given to the first successful powered aeroplane
0:41:26 > 0:41:29developed by the Wright Brothers in 1903
0:41:29 > 0:41:33after the town near which it was tested?
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Spirit of St Louis?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40The correct answer is Kitty Hawk.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45Craig, which king of Britain and Ireland
0:41:45 > 0:41:50was executed on charges of High Treason in 1649?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Charles I.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54Correct.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59Ian, you need to answer this correctly to remain in the game.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06What was the name of the musician and variety show host from the 1950s
0:42:06 > 0:42:12who would cry, "Wakey, wakey!" at the start of his band show?
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Billy Cotton.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Correct.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22Craig, if you answer this question correctly, you have won.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24So, for £1720:
0:42:25 > 0:42:31Inaugurated in 1860, which American mail service
0:42:31 > 0:42:38used relays of horsemen between Missouri and California?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Federal Express.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47The correct answer is Pony Express.
0:42:48 > 0:42:54Ian, you need to answer this correctly to remain in the game.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Which Australian-born US actor starred as Fletcher Christian
0:42:58 > 0:43:04in the 1933 film In The Wake Of The Bounty?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Mel Gibson.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12The correct is Errol Flynn.
0:43:17 > 0:43:23Craig, you are today's strongest link, and you go away with £1720.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Ian, you leave with nothing.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35I realised I'd won right on the very last question.
0:43:35 > 0:43:40Ian paused and I knew that he would have to guess the question.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42I was willing him to get it wrong!
0:43:42 > 0:43:45I think I was the best player.
0:43:45 > 0:43:50I could have voted for Craig when there were only three of us
0:43:50 > 0:43:53so I saved his bacon, in a way.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56I feel chuffed to bits. Can't believe it.
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