0:00:02 > 0:00:04Of the contestants preparing for the show,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11The rest will leave with nothing,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15as one by one, they're voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome to The Weakest Link.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Any of the nine people in the studio here today
0:00:36 > 0:00:38could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40They don't know each other.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44However, if they want the money, they have to work as a team.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48But eight of them will leave with nothing
0:00:48 > 0:00:52as each round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56My name is Barry. I'm 33.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I live in Macclesfield and I'm a sales manager.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03My name is Simon. I'm 41.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm a carpenter and joiner from Leicester.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09My name is Annette. I'm 61.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I come from Anlaby, near Hull,
0:01:11 > 0:01:15and I'm a retired head teacher of a primary school.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I'm Margaret. I'm 25. I'm a retail manager from Glasgow.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I'm Tracey. I'm 39 years old.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I come from Nottingham and I'm a social worker.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30My name is Stuart. I'm 21.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I'm a project coordinator from London.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm Fran. I'm 51. I'm from Bromley.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I'm an admin assistant in local government.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43My name is Priscilla. I'm 49.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I live in Bath and I'm a full-time mum.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52I'm David. I'm 52. I come from Cambridge and I'm a taxidermist.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57The rules. The aim is to answer enough questions
0:01:57 > 0:02:00to reach your £1,000 target
0:02:00 > 0:02:01within the time limit.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06The fastest way is with a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Get one wrong and you break the chain and lose
0:02:09 > 0:02:11all the money in that chain.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But, if you say bank before the question,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16the money is safe.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19However, you start a new chain.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24At the end of the round, only banked money can be taken forward.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Round One is three minutes.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35That's Annette. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42King Henry VIII had how many wives?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Six.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47A fox's tail is known by what name?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Brush.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50In the 1981 film
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Raiders Of The Lost Ark, what was Dr Henry Jones Jnr better known as?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Indiana.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01The title of the 1811 novel by Jane Austen is Sense And what?
0:03:02 > 0:03:03Sensibility.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Bank.- Which Irish rock band
0:03:06 > 0:03:08released the album Pop in 1997?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- The Corrs.- No. U2.
0:03:11 > 0:03:16In which game would you hear the sound of leather on willow?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Cricket.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19What three-letter word
0:03:19 > 0:03:23is the soft coat of hair found on many mammals?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Fur.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30In which European country did the fabric denim originate?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Austria.- France.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Is oxygen or nitrogen greater in the earth's crust?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Nitrogen.- Oxygen.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42In which century did the dodo become extinct?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- The 14th.- 17th.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48In the popular rhyme,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51children born on which day are full of woe?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Tuesday.- Wednesday.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58What P is the fertilising powder produced in the male organs of flowers?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Pollen.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03John le Carre wrote the novel Smiley's what?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- I don't know.- People.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Who was the oldest man to become president of the United States?
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Ronald Reagan.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16What dog did the Queen get for her 18th birthday?
0:04:16 > 0:04:18A corgi.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21How many one penny pieces would you get for £20?
0:04:21 > 0:04:242000.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- Bank.- In space,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29the Polar Lander was launched in 1999
0:04:29 > 0:04:32primarily to explore which planet?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Mars.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38What type of reptile is a slowworm - a snake or a lizard?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Lizard.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- Bank.- What was the TV series Candlewick Green known as after a typing error?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- I don't know.- Camberwick Green.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Cheesecloth is loosely woven from which fibre?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- Linen.- Cotton.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Pak-choi is a variety of which vegetable - cabbage or carrot?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Cabbage.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06What F is the surname
0:05:06 > 0:05:11of the scientist credited with inventing the mercury thermometer?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Fluoron.- Fahrenheit.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18What are the carved poles common in North American tribes
0:05:18 > 0:05:21which depict family and clan emblems?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Totem poles.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28In which year were women aged 21 and over given the right to vote -
0:05:28 > 0:05:30'28 or 1958?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- 1958.- No. 1928.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Which organs allow fish to respire underwater?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Their gills.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Time's up.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Not a very impressive start.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Out of the £1,000 you could have banked,
0:05:50 > 0:05:55you managed only a pitiful £350.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Whose sea of knowledge is clearly at a low tide?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Vote off the weakest link.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07In the first round, the strongest link is David.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09The weakest link is Margaret.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Fran banked most money for the team.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16How much will the team have absorbed so early on?
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Voting over. Reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Simon, what do you do?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I'm a carpenter.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Why Stuart?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51I'm afraid, when Stuart blew the question on Fahrenheit,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I felt the temperature rising.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Margaret, you didn't do very well in that round.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- I did better than Stuart. - Well, actually, Margaret,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03statistically, you didn't.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- No.- Statistically, you were the worst player.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I'm still here though.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11It's votes that count.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16We're losing Stuart. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24I feel mortified to have been voted off first.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I think to get past the first round is respectable,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31but to go out first is rather embarrassing.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Round Two. £350 in the kitty. Eight left.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39We'll take 10 seconds off the clock.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42We'll start with the strongest link.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45That's David. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Start the clock.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Who starred as Ethan Edwards in the 1956 western The Searchers?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- James Mason.- John Wayne.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Which word for the paper thrown at newlyweds
0:08:00 > 0:08:04is from the Italian custom of throwing sweets?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Confetti.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09What F is the term for the product of a plant or tree
0:08:09 > 0:08:12consisting of the seed and its envelope?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Fluoride.- No. Fruit.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Which Back To The Future actor married Tracy Pollan?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Don't know.- Michael J Fox.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28What are the devices on trains and at the end of train tracks to deaden impact?
0:08:28 > 0:08:29Buffers.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Extracted from a yellow wild flower,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35a common antidepressant is St John's what?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Wort.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- Bank.- To which country is the Kiwi bird native?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42New Zealand.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Which white powder was heated in oxygen
0:08:46 > 0:08:50to produce lighting for theatres in the 19th Century?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Sulphur.- No. Lime.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Which political party headquarters is at Mill Bank?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59The Labour Party.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03What type of animals are ridden in the Dubai World Cup -
0:09:03 > 0:09:05horses or camels?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- Camels.- No, horses.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Einstein's famous equation is E=mc what?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Squared.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19In the Gospel Of St Mark, what J was the river where Jesus was baptised?
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Jordan.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24What is the common name for the crane fly?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Dragonfly.- Daddy-longlegs.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Which was Britain's first national park?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33The Peak District.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Bank.- Dwight Filly Davis donated a cup
0:09:37 > 0:09:40for an international competition in which sport?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Tennis.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Which fashion designer
0:09:44 > 0:09:50was noted for T-shirts printed with environmental and anti-nuclear slogans?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Katherine Hamnett.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54In musical instruments,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57what A is a term meaning "not electric"?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Acoustic.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02The two rivers that flow through Oxford
0:10:02 > 0:10:04are the Isis and which other?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- The Thames.- No. The Cherwell.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Desdemona is in which Shakespeare play?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Hamlet.- Othello.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16What blood cell has no nucleus - red or white?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- White.- No. Red.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Storms are more likely in which weather system -
0:10:22 > 0:10:24high pressure or low pressure?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- High pressure.- Low pressure.
0:10:26 > 0:10:31- Bank.- Faversham is north-west of which cathedral city in Kent?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Don't know.- Canterbury.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38A mollusc is what - animal, vegetable or mineral?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Time is up.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43The answer is animal.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47That was staggeringly terrible.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50You banked only £70.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54I urge you, expel the expendable.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Eject the idiots. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Statistics show Fran to be the strongest link.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04The weakest link is Barry.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Will this be reflected in the votes?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Voting over. Reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31David...do your glasses not fit properly?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I look over them to see you clearly.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Why bother having them, then? - To read what I've written.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- They're not there for effect, are they?- No. They're not.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47- Is the hair there for effect? - The hair is to make me look good.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- What do you do?- I'm a taxidermist.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- What does it involve? - It involves stuffing things.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54What sort of things?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Birds, mammals.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58What's the point of it?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02A lot of point in terms of education, conservation and so on.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- You don't want to conserve Annette? - No.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I don't want to, although she's a nice lady.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13She hesitated and she got a question wrong.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Simon...
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Why Annette?
0:12:16 > 0:12:21I've got this fascination with primary school teachers.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I'm nervous standing next to Annette.
0:12:23 > 0:12:29I'm beginning to go back to childhood, so the quicker she goes,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32the better and more relaxed I'll be.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Barry, what do you do? - I'm a sales manager.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- What do you sell?- Parcel delivery.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Does it get there on time?
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Yes. Usually, it does. - What if we're out when it arrives?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46We put a card through to say
0:12:46 > 0:12:50an attempt has been made, please call the depot.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53What about if the depot's phone number is engaged?
0:12:53 > 0:12:58You've had some bad experiences with parcel companies, Anne?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01We all have, Barry. Why Annette?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05The idea is to vote off who you feel was the weakest link.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I believe Annette was the weakest link.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Statistically, she wasn't the worst.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Do you know who was the worst player?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17By this, I presume you probably think me.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I don't probably think. I'm saying you were the worst.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24But it's votes that count.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Annette, former headteacher, better at asking than answering questions.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I think Margaret should be here. She was worse than I was.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I think she's there because the men
0:13:44 > 0:13:48prefer to see her there in her kilt than to see me there.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I'd like to see Simon voted off.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52He's been full of himself
0:13:52 > 0:13:56and voted me off as a teacher, not as a weakest link.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59He must have had bad experiences at school
0:13:59 > 0:14:01and having met him, I know why.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Round Three.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08You've won £420 so far, out of a possible £2,000.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10You're down to seven players.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15We'll take 10 seconds off. We start with the strongest link.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Fran. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Start the clock.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23What does the musical term largo mean?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- Loudly.- No, it means slowly.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30In the periodic table, what is atomic number six -
0:14:30 > 0:14:32helium or carbon?
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Carbon.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36In pop music, Dionne Warwick had a 1968
0:14:36 > 0:14:39UK hit single with Do You Know The Way To where?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- I don't know, Anne.- San Jose.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47For what does the letter A stand in the abbreviation WRAC?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Army.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Made into a film with Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Shelagh Delaney's 1958 play was A Taste Of what?
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Honey.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04What O is the organ that produces female reproductive cells?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Ovaries.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Bank.- What is the city in which Superman is set?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- I don't know. - Metropolis. Fran...
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Which European country governed Indonesia between 1816 and 1942?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20The Netherlands or Britain?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Netherlands.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, what was Bill Murray's character's occupation?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Don't know.- Weatherman.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Which spice is obtained from the coating of a nutmeg seed? Mace or ginger?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Mace.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42- Bank.- Which Greek poet supposedly wrote the Odyssey?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Homer.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47The Tour de France: what colour is for the leader?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- Blue.- Yellow.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56Where are the Islets of Langerhans? The human body or the west coast of Scotland?
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- The west coast of Scotland. - In the human body.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04In which of the Arabian Nights stories do we see "Open Sesame"?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Ali Baba.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- Bank.- Which city in Austria is the birthplace of Mozart?
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Salzburg.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14In film, which star of the sitcom Friends
0:16:14 > 0:16:18played Alex Whitman in the 1997 comedy Fools Rush In?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- I've no idea.- Matthew Perry.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29Which mouse builds a spherical nest of woven grass
0:16:29 > 0:16:33attached to stems above ground? Harvest or wood mouse?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Harvest mouse.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40- Bank.- What is the term for the car part known in the US as the "hood"?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Bonnet.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47In which UK city was there once a train station on Lime Kiln Lane?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- London.- Liverpool.
0:16:50 > 0:16:56Music. Which group won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with Making Your Mind Up?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Bucks Fizz.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Electricity. If the word...
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Time's up. Again, a pretty appalling result.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Just £160 you banked.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Discharge the dimwit. Drop the flop.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Bounce the blockhead. Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20With the most correct answers,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Barry has gone from being the weakest link to the strongest link.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31Statistically, Priscilla is the weakest link. Will her game be over?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53We have a tie. Margaret and Priscilla...
0:17:53 > 0:17:56have three votes each.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Priscilla?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Why have you voted for Margaret?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05She should have got the one about Scotland right.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- She's wearing a kilt.- Margaret.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- Where do you come from? - I come from Glasgow.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- Do you get out much?- Yes, I do.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17You think there's a place called the Islets of Langerhans.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- I was sure I'd been.- Why Priscilla?
0:18:20 > 0:18:24She got a few questions wrong. She hesitated.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Right. When the vote's tied,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote. Barry!
0:18:31 > 0:18:37- You voted for Priscilla. Why was that?- I think the nerves set in a little.- Well...
0:18:37 > 0:18:42You can change your mind. Get rid of Priscilla or Margaret?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- I'll stick with Priscilla.- Why?
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- Because once I've made my mind up I stick to it.- OK.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Priscilla, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I think Margaret should be here, not me.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I feel that
0:19:02 > 0:19:04my general knowledge is greater.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07But I feel she's more confident.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And more able to stand the pressure.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Round Four. £580 banked so far.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Out of a potential prize of £3000. Six of you left.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22We take another ten seconds off the clock.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27You now have 2½ minutes. We start with last round's strongest link.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Barry. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Start the clock.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36What S is a thin sheet of material with shapes cut out,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39through which paint is applied?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Stencil.
0:19:40 > 0:19:46Sport. In which league of the UK do football teams Forfar and East Fife play?
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Scotland.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53In the 1980s TV series Knight Rider, who or what was KITT?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55A car.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00- Bank.- The evacuation from Dunkirk took place in which World War?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- World War One.- No, Two.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08An exoskeleton is found where in the body? The inside or outside?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Outside.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The longest-reigning British king?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Henry VIII?- George III.
0:20:15 > 0:20:22The 1996 Boyzone hit single Words was originally released by which trio in 1968?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24The Bee Gees.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27In the TV comedy The League Of Gentlemen,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30for which type of people is the local shop?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Pigs.- Local people.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39Who owns the Caribbean island of Margarita?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Venezuela or Colombia?
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Colombia.- Venezuela.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Which planet is the second closest to the sun?
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Mars.- Venus.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54A famous place of pilgrimage in Jerusalem is the Wailing what?
0:20:54 > 0:20:55Wall.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Is an artichoke fish or vegetable?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00A vegetable.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- Bank.- In the 1988 film Twins, who played the long-lost brother
0:21:04 > 0:21:06of Arnold Schwarzenegger?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Danny De Vito.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11In biology, the disease rickets causes softening
0:21:11 > 0:21:15and malformation of which part of the body?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Your bones.
0:21:17 > 0:21:23- Bank.- What B is the historical period in music lasting roughly from 1600 to 1750?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Pass.- Baroque.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31In which year was the Grand National abandoned because of a false start? 1983 or 1993?
0:21:31 > 0:21:331993.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39In 1996, John who became designer of haute couture and pret a porter for Dior?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Galliano.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48Which group sang the theme for the 1987 Bond film The Living Daylights?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- I don't know, Anne.- A-ha.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56Which '90s British police sitcom featured Inspector Fowler,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58DI Grim and Constable Habib?
0:21:59 > 0:22:01The Bill.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06The Thin Blue Line.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11You did slightly better in that round, team. You won £220.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Who can't you wait to humiliate?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25Statistically, Fran is the strongest link for the second time in the game.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30The weakest link is David, but will the team notice that?
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52We have a tie, team. David and Simon have two votes each.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Tracey...
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Why have you had enough of Simon?
0:22:58 > 0:23:02I thought he got questions wrong, really.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04We need some money. He's got to go.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Margaret?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Don't you like a man who wears a bracelet?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- It's the pink shirt. - Why did you vote for him?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- He got a couple wrong. - You'd know about that.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- Yes, yes.- OK.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23When the vote's tied, the strongest link has to decide.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Fran, why did you vote for Simon?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30He didn't bank.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35- I don't think he's banked at all. And got a couple wrong.- Well...
0:23:35 > 0:23:38You can change your mind. Is it Simon?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Or do you swap to David with the bracelet?
0:23:41 > 0:23:46My husband's got a copper bracelet so I'm sticking with Simon.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51Simon, we don't want you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I feel... quite let down by the guys there.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Erm... I'll admit I wasn't the biggest banker around.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10But I did my bit. David the taxidermist will be next. He needs a stuffing.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14And I hope the others do it to him.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Round Five. Your total is:
0:24:16 > 0:24:20If you'd hit your targets it would be £4000.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24There are five of you left. Ten seconds off the time.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28We start with the strongest: Fran. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Start the clock.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Science. Of what is pedology the study? Soil or algae?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Soil.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Animals. How often does a deer grow new antlers?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Each year.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46In which city is the Crucible Theatre? Venue...
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Sheffield.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53- Bank.- To which country is the mango native? India or New Zealand?
0:24:53 > 0:24:54India.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59In gardens, which evergreen shrub planted around flower beds
0:24:59 > 0:25:02shares its name with a cardboard container?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- A funnel.- Box.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Which classical composer wrote the Moonlight Sonata?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Verdi.- No, Beethoven.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18The Bible: what C are the promises between God and the Israelites?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Covenants.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25In human biology the cerebellum can be found in which area of the brain?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Front or back?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- The front.- No, the back.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33A famous insect-eating plant is the Venus what?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Flytrap.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38How many successive rhyming lines in a couplet?
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- Six.- Two.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45The Monet painting Gare St Lazare is in which Paris gallery?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48The Louvre or the Musee D'Orsay?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- Louvre.- No. The Musee D'Orsay.
0:25:50 > 0:25:57In rugby union, Bill Beaumont represented which UK country at international level?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Wales?- England.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01How many eyes does a cyclops have?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03One.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Pt is the chemical symbol for which precious metal
0:26:07 > 0:26:10sometimes used in jewellery making?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Platinum.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Which US female vocalist danced with cartoon cats in the video
0:26:18 > 0:26:20for her 1990 song Opposites Attract?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- No. Don't know.- Paula Abdul.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31Hadrian's Wall was built to protect Roman Britain from Picts or Iceni?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Picts.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38In 1951, which actor was the first to play the King in The King And I?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Yul Brynner.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44What B is the German city in which 178 nations reached agreement
0:26:44 > 0:26:49in July 2001 to adopt the Kyoto Protocol on climate change?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Time is up and you banked £200.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Who's gone into reverse gear?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08The strongest link, Margaret, got everything right.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Statistics show the weakest link is Tracey
0:27:11 > 0:27:14as she failed to answer any questions.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Will she be able to survive the vote?
0:27:19 > 0:27:24Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38David.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- What's Tracey done? - I'm afraid to say
0:27:41 > 0:27:43she lost it in the last round.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Barry, what are you good at?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Everything.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Well, tell us, then.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Martial arts.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57You're good at martial arts? Explain to us about it.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59I'm a martial arts instructor.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02And what do people doing martial arts do?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Karate. Learn to defend themselves. Discipline.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Your hair hasn't got any discipline.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Why Tracey?
0:28:11 > 0:28:16To be honest I thought she got some pretty easy questions wrong.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Statistically,
0:28:18 > 0:28:23she was the worst player, and with four votes you are the weakest link.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Goodbye.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I think Margaret should be standing here instead of me.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38She's been just hanging on for a long time.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43Erm, I think if I had a short skirt and a larger bust,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46the places may have been changed.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Round six. You've won £1,000 out of a possible £5,000.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57There are four of you left. Another ten seconds off your time.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02We start with the strongest: Margaret. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Start the clock.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10In TV, which 1970s TV sitcom featured Frank, Betty and Jessica Spencer?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20- Bank.- In May '01, which football club played their last home match at The Dell?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Southampton.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28Donato di Niccolo was the full name of which famous Italian sculptor?
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- I don't know, Anne.- Donatello.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39In geography, Piraeus is the chief port for which European capital city?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Athens.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47If I Were A Rich Man is a song from which musical?
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- Oliver.- Fiddler On The Roof.
0:29:51 > 0:29:57In cricket, how many players on the bowling side are normally on the field?
0:29:57 > 0:29:59All of them. Eleven.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02David.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05What B is the model of Volkswagen car
0:30:05 > 0:30:09whose manufacturing total hit one million in 1955?
0:30:09 > 0:30:10- Beetle.- Barry.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13In Free Willy, what type of whale is Willy?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Killer whale.- Margaret.- Bank.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Which compound of sodium is added to water to reduce tooth decay?
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Fluoride.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25I'll accept. Sodium fluoride.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- Bank.- In which film did Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
0:30:29 > 0:30:31go on the run across America?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35- Girls On Top. - No, Thelma And Louise. David.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38In the 1960s and '70s TV sitcom On The Buses,
0:30:38 > 0:30:42which character was played by Reg Varney?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- I don't know.- Stan Butler. Barry.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49What is the usual French word for "Yes"?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- Oui.- Margaret.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Pop music. In The Summertime was a 1970 UK No.1 single for Mungo who?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- Pass.- Jerry. Fran.
0:30:58 > 0:31:04The Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories are in which country?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06- America.- Canada. David.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11Which equestrian game is named after the Tibetan word for "ball"?
0:31:11 > 0:31:12Polo.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Bank.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Time's up.
0:31:18 > 0:31:24You banked £160. But who isn't performing? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:26 > 0:31:31For the second time in the game, Barry is the strongest link.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34The weakest link is David, also for the second time.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37But how long is the team's memory?
0:31:38 > 0:31:43Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55We have another tie. Margaret and David,
0:31:55 > 0:31:56two votes each.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00David, why Margaret?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04I believe she got more wrong than I did in that round.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Margaret, why David?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10He got a couple of questions wrong.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12When the vote's tied,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15the strongest link decides.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- Barry, are you going to change your mind?- No.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25David in his bracelet and his pink shirt, we've had enough of you.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36I held my own with Anne Robinson.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38She was cool. I enjoyed meeting her,
0:32:38 > 0:32:43despite my white hair, my bracelet and my pink shirt.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Round Seven.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48You've won £1,160 out of a possible £6,000.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50There are three of you left.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Another ten seconds off the clock.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56We start with the strongest link -
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Barry. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Start the clock.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Which female pop group sang Independent Women,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09featured in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels?
0:33:09 > 0:33:11- Eternal.- Destiny's Child. Margaret.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Chopin composed most of his work for which instrument?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17- Piano.- Fran.- Bank.
0:33:17 > 0:33:22In imperial weights and measures, how many pounds in a stone?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- 14.- Barry.
0:33:26 > 0:33:32Pop music. Paul Hardcastle's 1985 UK No.1 single 19
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- was about which war involving...- Vietnam War.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40- Bank.- In history, who was the wife of Louis XVI of France?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42- Pass.- Marie Antoinette. Fran.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46What is the American term for a petrol station?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- Gas station.- Barry.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57In football, which team has won the League Championship most times?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Manchester United.- Liverpool.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04According to legend, who rode naked through Coventry?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- Lady Godiva.- Fran.
0:34:06 > 0:34:11- Bank.- Dawn and Jennifer are the first names of which comedy duo?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13French and Saunders.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17In which religion is the feast of Tabernacles celebrated?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- Christian.- Judaism. Margaret.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25In the USA, in which city is the presidential resting place Grant's Tomb?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Washington.- New York.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31In pop music, the line-ups of Yardbirds and Cream
0:34:31 > 0:34:33both featured guitarist Eric who?
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Clapton.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40In which country of the UK was the author Robert Louis Stevenson born?
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- England.- Scotland.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Which 1984 TV drama series set in colonial India
0:34:46 > 0:34:50featured nurse Daphne Manners and reporter Hari Kumar?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- Pass.- Jewel In The Crown.
0:34:52 > 0:34:58Which word preceding the word "navy" refers to passenger and cargo ships?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Merchant.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Bank.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Time's up. You won £110.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10In Round Eight, you treble what you bank.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14That means in the next round, there's £3000 to be won.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18The question is, who has gone down the drain?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30In a reversal of fortune, Barry has gone from being the strongest link to the weakest link.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35Fran is the strongest link. She got every answer right.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40But at this pivotal point, which way will the votes go?
0:35:41 > 0:35:46Voting over, it's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Margaret,
0:35:57 > 0:36:02what possible explanation can there be for you voting off Fran?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06We all came to win and I'm just getting rid of the competition.
0:36:06 > 0:36:12- Getting rid of the competition? So you vote off the strongest link? - Yes.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Barry, the big-time karate teacher,
0:36:16 > 0:36:18the martial arts expert,
0:36:18 > 0:36:22who's now voted off his real opposition.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25- Doesn't show much courage. - You're wrong, Anne.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28It's not because she's competition.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Throughout the day, Fran's voted for me.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35At this stage, I only want people who are with me.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Let's not make any mistake.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Barry...
0:36:39 > 0:36:41was the worst player...
0:36:41 > 0:36:43And Fran...
0:36:43 > 0:36:47the best player, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57I was voted off because they ganged up.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01I think they were younger and decided to get rid of the old dear.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05I could say it in a rude way, how I feel
0:37:05 > 0:37:09about not getting through to the end, having been voted off,
0:37:09 > 0:37:12but I think I'll just say that I am very peeved.
0:37:14 > 0:37:20Round Eight. So far you've won £1,270 out of a possible £7,000.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Two of you left and you have 90 seconds.
0:37:24 > 0:37:30Your winnings will be trebled and added to your total to make up your final prize money.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33£3,000 is at stake in this round.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36You voted off the strongest link of the last round,
0:37:36 > 0:37:40so we'll start with the second strongest. That's Margaret.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Start the clock.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Geography. Osaka is a city in which country?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Pass.- Japan.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55In which European city is the Jacques Lecoq School Of Mime?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Paris. MARGARET: Bank.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Which Australian singer starred in The Delinquents?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Kylie Minogue. BARRY: Bank.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08In which century was the poet John Dryden born?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- The...19th.- 17th. Margaret.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15In heraldry, what colour is denoted by the term sable?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- Yellow.- Black. Barry.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23For which team did Dwight Yorke play before Manchester United?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Aston Villa.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Which TV comedy series starring Alan Alda was a spin-off from a 1970 film
0:38:30 > 0:38:34and ran from 1972 until 1983?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- The Likely Lads.- M*A*S*H. Barry.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Which sacred river passes through the city of Varanasi?
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Ganges.- Margaret.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48The monarch's approval of a bill that has been passed by Parliament
0:38:48 > 0:38:50is known as the Royal what?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Stamp.- Assent.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Which Mr Men character is particularly untidy?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Mr Messy.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Bank.- Which actor wrote The Star's Tennis Balls?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Pass.- Stephen Fry.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09Which disciple of Jesus is known as the Beloved Physician?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Peter.- Luke.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14In the 1989 film Dead Poets Society, which -
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Time's up. You managed to win £80.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25We treble that and add it to the winnings from the previous rounds.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28That means prize money of £1,510.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Only one of you can win that money
0:39:32 > 0:39:35so now you will play against each other head to head.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38It's alternate questions.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Answer the most correctly to win.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46If there's a tie after five, we'll go for sudden death until we have a winner.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Barry and Margaret,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51for £1,510...
0:39:51 > 0:39:53let's play The Weakest Link.
0:39:55 > 0:40:01- Barry, as last round's strongest link, you choose who goes first.- I'll go first.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Barry, which French singer published her autobiography
0:40:10 > 0:40:14under the English title The Wheel Of Fortune?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Liza Minnelli.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21No, the correct answer is Edith Piaf.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Margaret.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27In Geography, Bratislava is the capital
0:40:27 > 0:40:30of which central European country?
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- Hungary. - No, the correct answer is Slovakia.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Barry.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43In science, malachite is a common ore of which metal?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- Iron. - No, the correct answer is copper.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Margaret.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54The work of which 20th-century American writer
0:40:54 > 0:41:00was influenced by his passion for bullfighting and big game hunting?
0:41:02 > 0:41:07- Pass.- The correct answer is Ernest Hemingway.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Barry.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12For which 1981 British film
0:41:12 > 0:41:17did Greek composer Vangelis write the Oscar-winning music?
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- Chariots Of Fire. - That is the correct answer.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Margaret.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29In which country was the story of Aladdin originally set?
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- Egypt. - No, the correct answer is China.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Barry.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42In food, the Greek dish souvlakia
0:41:42 > 0:41:46contains grilled meat served in what way?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50On a bed of rice.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55No. The correct answer is as kebabs.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Margaret.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Which traditional girl's name is shared
0:42:00 > 0:42:06with an evergreen climbing plant that can cover entire buildings
0:42:06 > 0:42:09by using its roots to attach itself to walls?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Ivy.- That is the correct answer.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Barry.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19In the UK, what's the name of the harbour in Dorset
0:42:19 > 0:42:24formed after the last ice age by a river that flowed into the Solent?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Pass.- The correct answer is Poole.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Margaret.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38Which English monarch is credited with having said,
0:42:38 > 0:42:42"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45but I have the heart and stomach of a king"?
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Queen Victoria.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51No, the correct answer is Queen Elizabeth I.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56After five questions, we have a tie. So, Barry and Margaret,
0:42:56 > 0:42:59let's play Sudden Death.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Barry. In food, in the meat substitute TVP,
0:43:07 > 0:43:10for what does the letter P stand?
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Protein.- That is the correct answer.
0:43:16 > 0:43:17Margaret.
0:43:17 > 0:43:24If spring tides are those showing the greatest rise and fall in tidal level each month,
0:43:24 > 0:43:28what name is given to the tides showing the smallest?
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- Autumn.- No, the correct answer is neap tides.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42That means, Barry, you are today's strongest link
0:43:42 > 0:43:45and you go away with £1,510.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Margaret, you leave with nothing.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:54 > 0:43:59I didn't deserve to be in the final. I was the weakest in the first round.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02I got that awful question wrong about Scotland.
0:44:02 > 0:44:08It's good to win. My friends will be amazed. No-one expected me to do so well.
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