0:00:02 > 0:00:06'Of the nine contestants in today's show,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10'only one will take home prize money of up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:16'The rest leave with nothing as, one by one, they're voted off as the weakest link.'
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Welcome to The Weakest Link!
0:00:33 > 0:00:39Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:39 > 0:00:45They don't know each other. However, if they want that money, they must work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:52But eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00I'm Glyn, 28, from Kent, an order desk controller.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05I'm Kate, 51, from Glasow, a born-again housewife.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11I'm Graeme, 47, from Aberdeen, a bus operator.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16I'm Sarah, 22, from Armagh, a theology student.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22I'm Kathryn, 30, from South Wales, a trainer for a pensions company.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28I'm Paul, 29, from South Shields, a PE teacher.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34I'm Jean, 48, from West Yorkshire, a secretary at the University of Leeds.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I'm Deborah, 36, from Norwich, a solicitor.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45I'm Saqib, 30, from Liverpool, I work for an investment bank.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50The rules. In each round, aim to answer enough questions correctly
0:01:50 > 0:01:54to reach your £1,000 target in the time limit.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The fastest way is to make a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02One wrong breaks the chain and loses the money.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07But if you say "bank" before the question, the money is safe,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11but you start a new chain from scratch.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17At the end of the round, only money that's been banked can be taken forward.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21In round one, there are three minutes on the clock.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25We start with the first name alphabetically Deborah.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Let's play The Weakest Link!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33First question for £20. Start the clock!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37How many years' bad luck if you break a mirror?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Seven.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41In which continent is Morocco?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Um, Africa.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47In maths, what's nine times nine?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Eighty-one.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55In 2002, which sporting event took place from 8th to 24th February?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The Winter Olympics.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02What F means cleaning between the teeth using thin string?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Flossing.
0:03:04 > 0:03:11Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit stole vegetables from whose garden, Mr McGregor or Mrs Tiggywinkle?
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Mrs Tiggywinkle.- No, Mr McGregor.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19UK monarchy: who is third in line to the throne?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Prince Harry.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27What M is a large bottle containing twice the standard bottle of champagne?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30A magnum.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Harold Macmillan was leader of which political party?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Conservatives.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40In 1665, which disease killed more than 70,000 people in London?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Plague.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46In the animal kingdom, what is a mandarin duck, a fish or a bird?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48A f...a bird.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54What geographical term is applied to a country surrounded by land on all sides?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Pass.- Landlocked.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04What J is a word meaning large, applied to an elephant or a plane?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Jumbo.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10For what do the initials CCTV usually stand?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Closed circuit television.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- Bank!- Is the Chrysler building in New York Art Deco or Renaissance?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Art Deco.
0:04:20 > 0:04:27The TV talent show judge who was head of talent at RCA Records is Simon who?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Pass.- Cowell.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33What R is beads used as an aid to prayer?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Rosary.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Which Italian artist was born in 1452 at Vinci near Florence?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Leonardo.
0:04:42 > 0:04:49What actress stars as Tess Ocean in the 2001 remake of the action comedy Ocean's Eleven?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Kate Winslet.- No, Julia Roberts.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57A hamstring is a tendon at the back of which joint?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- Leg.- No, the knee.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04In which city in NE England are the Hancock and Discovery Museums?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Manchester.- No, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13How many microseconds in a second - a thousand or a million?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- A thousand.- No, a million. "Red sky at night, shepherd's...what?"
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- Delight.- In what English city is the Central School of Speech and Drama?
0:05:22 > 0:05:27- London.- In competitive swimming, how many legs in a medley relay race?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Four.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Bank!- In maths, what is 82 minus 15?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Time's up.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38The correct answer is 67.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43You banked a very lowly, depressing, shameful £150
0:05:43 > 0:05:46out of a possible £1,000.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51If stupidity was a talent, who would be considered very gifted?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Who has reached their end?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Glyn is the weakest link with the most incorrect answers.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Graeme's the strongest, but at this early stage, how will the votes go?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36- Saqib, what d'you do? - I work for an investment bank.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- You earn a lot?- Not loads, but enough for a roof over my head.- Oh.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- Anything interesting about you? - I was in a boy band.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Must have been a long time ago. Why Glyn?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55- He got the most questions wrong. - Deborah, what do you do?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Solicitor.- What sort?
0:06:57 > 0:07:02I act for insurance companies, defending claims for personal injury.
0:07:02 > 0:07:09I see! When we've paid out to insurance companies, and we have some way of getting it back,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12you're there making sure we don't!
0:07:12 > 0:07:19- On the contrary. I am the policy holder's, the premium payer's champion.- Really? Why Glyn?
0:07:19 > 0:07:25I got the impression Glyn answered more incorrectly than anybody else.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Glyn, what an embarrassment!- I know.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Don't speak to me! You have no speaking part at this point.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38With five votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:07:41 > 0:07:46I don't feel guilty about losing the team £300. Sarah lost more than that.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50I lost the will to live, and just wanted out.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53'I think Graeme will go next.'
0:07:53 > 0:07:58He told some bad jokes, and he's wearing a yellow shirt!
0:07:58 > 0:08:03Round two, team. So far, you have in the bank £150. Now eight players.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Ten seconds come off your time.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10We'll start with the strongest link, Graeme.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Is the musical work Don Giovanni by Mozart ballet or opera?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- Ballet.- No, opera.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27Literature: which Agatha Christie detective lives in St Mary Meade?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Miss Marple.
0:08:29 > 0:08:34What E is to rub skin with a gritty substance to remove the surface?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Exfoliate.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- Bank!- What relation is a woman to her child's child?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Grandma.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49In the nursery rhyme, on which day was Solomon Grundy buried?
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Sunday.
0:08:55 > 0:09:02The regular host of TV's Newsnight Review, the weekly BBC cultural review, is Mark who?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Paxman.- Lawson.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10What M is a tropical tree with reddish timber used for furniture?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Mahogany.
0:09:12 > 0:09:20The comedian who has published Flying Under Bridges and Whistling For The Elephants is Sandi who?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Toksvig.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Which country owns the island of Corsica?
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- Italy.- France.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32What are the longer odds, 6-4 against, or 10-1 against?
0:09:32 > 0:09:3410-1 against.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40The personal expenditure of the British monarch is the Privy what?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Pass.- Purse. A tiara is worn on which part of the body?
0:09:44 > 0:09:50- Head.- In May 2000, Ken Livingstone was elected to which UK political position?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Lord Mayor of London. - No, London mayor.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59In sport, the PFA is the official union for players of which game?
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Golf.- Football.
0:10:04 > 0:10:10Which American TV soap first shown in 1978 regularly featured the character JR Ewing?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Dallas.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14What is 69 plus 69?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19138.
0:10:19 > 0:10:27- Bank!- A person with barely enough money to satisfy immediate needs is said to live from hand to what?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Pass.- Mouth.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33What type of organism is salmonella, virus or bacterium?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Bacterium.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40- Bank!- Which title did King Edward VIII receive after his abdication?
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Duke of Windsor.
0:10:42 > 0:10:49The characters Ophelia and Claudius appear in which play by William Shakespeare?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Hamlet.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57What mythological monster, H, grew many heads when one was cut off?
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Hydra.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- Bank!- London's Battersea power station has how many chimneys?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- One.- Four.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Time's up.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12Another awful round! You only banked £220.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Who has just asked for trouble?
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Who is about, and deservedly about, to come to a sticky end?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Statistics show that Paul is the strongest link.
0:11:27 > 0:11:33Graeme is now the weakest link, but will the other players have picked up on that?
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57We have a tie, team. Graeme and Deborah, four votes each.
0:11:57 > 0:12:02- Deborah, how d'you think you did in that last round?- Very poorly.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08- What's so funny? You lost the team money.- No, it's not funny, I'm embarrassed. Sorry.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- Why Graeme?- Graeme didn't get more questions wrong than anybody else,
0:12:13 > 0:12:17but a couple were quite simple.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22- What do you do, Graeme?- I'm a bus operator.- So you drive buses?
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- Not now. I have a sleep disorder, so I've got a revoked licence.- A...?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Sleep disorder.- Sleep disorder?- Yes.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- Why Deborah?- I thought she had as many answers wrong as I had.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40When the vote's tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45The strongest link in the last round was the PE teacher, Paul.
0:12:45 > 0:12:52- Why Deborah?- Two questions wrong, and a sports-related question, which was criminal.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57- Choose between Graeme and Deborah. - I'll plump with my original answer.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59< Deborah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:06Graeme had a bad round, but he's still a strong team player, and banked some money.
0:13:06 > 0:13:12To cheer Deborah up on her way, Graeme in fact was the weakest link.
0:13:12 > 0:13:18But Deborah, cheered by those whose insurance claims you have reduced, you are the weakest link.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Goodbye!
0:13:23 > 0:13:28It's very disappointing to be here. I'm very sorry to be second off.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34I'd prefer the dreaded slot of first off cos that would give everyone at work a laugh.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37'I'd like to see Paul off next.'
0:13:37 > 0:13:42I wish him every lack of success for the future.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47Round three, team. Out of a possible £2,000, you've banked £370.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50You're down to seven players.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Another ten seconds off the clock. Start with the strongest link, Paul.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:13:59 > 0:14:05"The Force has a strong influence on a weak mind." What 1977 SF film?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Star Wars.
0:14:07 > 0:14:13Which US dramatist wrote Plaza Suite and California Suite, Tennessee Williams or Neil Simon?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Neil Simon.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21Football: Peter Bonetti, Nigel Martin and Ray Clemence played for England in which position?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Goalkeeper.
0:14:23 > 0:14:31- Bank!- What H is a suggested explanation that may be tested in an experiment of investigation?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- Hieroglyphics.- No, hypothesis.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41In the Lords, the holder of which office sits on the woolsack?
0:14:41 > 0:14:46- The Speaker.- The Lord Chancellor. Saxony's in which European country?
0:14:46 > 0:14:53- France.- No, Germany. How many major planets are in our solar system, nine or 12?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Nine.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00In which decade was BBC TV's Match Of The Day first broadcast?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02'60s.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08Film: Cher and Jack Nicholson starred in which 1987 adaptation of a John Updike novel?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10The Witches Of Eastwick.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16- Bank!- What W follows willow, sedge and reed to make the names of British birds?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Wisp.- Warbler.
0:15:19 > 0:15:25Which word follows customs, excise and stamp for three forms of taxation?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Duty.
0:15:28 > 0:15:36What G is the name for tiny, shiny particles glued to another item to create sparkly decoration?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Glitter.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- Bank!- The 13th century Barons' War was fought in which UK country?
0:15:43 > 0:15:49- England.- Which UK radio station broadcasts Farming Today and In The Psychiatrist's Chair?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Radio 4.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- Bank!- Rupert Brooke's war sonnets were published in which 20thC war?
0:15:57 > 0:16:03- Second World War.- No, the first. In Elton John's hit, what night's all right for fighting?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Saturday.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12What C is the surname of the family who founded a mustard factory near Norwich in 1814?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Colman.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- Bank!- What kind of pastime is bezique?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21A card game.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- Bank!- In 1978, the first test-tube baby was born in which country?
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- South Africa.- No, the United Kingdom.
0:16:29 > 0:16:35What A is the philosophy concerned with the perception of beauty and ugliness?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Aesthetics.- In music, the song...
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Time's up.
0:16:42 > 0:16:48You banked £370. Whose till shows no sale? One of you is about to leave with nothing.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Jean is the strongest link, getting all her questions right.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03Graeme is the weakest link for the second round in a row.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Can he survive another vote?
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Jean,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- just had a haircut?- Yes, I have.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Crew cut?- Not quite.
0:17:32 > 0:17:39- Where are you from? - Aberford in West Yorkshire. - What do you do in Aberford?
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- I work in Leeds. I'm a secretary. - Where?- The University of Leeds.
0:17:43 > 0:17:48We have a lot of students on from there, mostly quite thick.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- Why Graeme?- I'm afraid he might go to sleep.- I can see the problem.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58- Kathryn, what do you do? - I'm a trainer.- What sort of trainer?
0:17:58 > 0:18:04- I work for a pensions company. - You don't count press-ups?- No.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09- You're from Wales?- Yes.- Can you speak Welsh?- Not really, no.- Good.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13- Why Graeme?- Why Graeme?
0:18:13 > 0:18:19- He's had a couple of bad rounds, and the shirt is starting to catch my eyes.- Yes.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24Graeme, with four votes, you are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:18:28 > 0:18:33They picked me cos they don't have dress sense. Mustard shirts are "in".
0:18:33 > 0:18:39I'd like Paul off. He's better looking, and that impresses Anne.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Round four, team.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45£740 banked, out of a possible £3,000.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Another ten seconds off, so you have 2½ minutes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:57We'll start with the strongest link, Jean. Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:18:57 > 0:19:02The word for propelling a football, the recoil of a gun, or a thrill?
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- Fire.- No, kick.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Chile shares borders with Peru, Bolivia and which other country?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Mexico.- No, Argentina.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Ally McCoist became team captain in 1996 on which TV sports quiz show?
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- It'll Be All Right On The Night. - No, A Question Of Sport.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Which female US singer had a 1998 UK hit album with Ray Of Light?
0:19:26 > 0:19:31- Anastasia.- No, Madonna. Gateau is French for which bakery product?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Cake.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39Oscar Wilde wrote "The truth is rarely pure and never..." what?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Simple.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Which sport uses the terms slap shot, face-off and wraparound?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Ice hockey.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55- Bank!- Which English princess became a pupil at St George's School, Ascot, in September 2000?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Zara.- No, Beatrice.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03The birth rate is live births per how many of the population?
0:20:03 > 0:20:09- Thousand.- Which domestic pet accompanied Dick Whittington on his travels?
0:20:09 > 0:20:14- A cat. Bank!- Do elephants eat plants or fish?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Plants.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20Robert Maxwell bought which publishing group in 1984?
0:20:20 > 0:20:26- The Mirror.- Which county was formed in 1974, merging Cumberland
0:20:26 > 0:20:30with Westmoreland and part of Lancashire?
0:20:30 > 0:20:37- Cumbria.- In entertainment, TV presenter Matthew Robertson married Davina who in June 2000?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39McCall.
0:20:39 > 0:20:46- Bank!- The English guinea, current between 1663 and 1817, was made of which metal, gold or silver?
0:20:46 > 0:20:52- Gold.- Which novel by Charles Dickens features Betsy Trotwood?
0:20:52 > 0:20:59- Oliver Twist.- No, David Copperfield. On UK motorways, junction numbers are on what colour background?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Blue.- Black.
0:21:01 > 0:21:08Which word can mean a reservoir of liquid or a military vehicle on caterpillar tracks?
0:21:08 > 0:21:14- Tank. - The Sunday morning TV programme is the Heaven And What Show?
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Earth.
0:21:16 > 0:21:24- Bank!- Which 1960 musical set in the court of King Arthur starred Julie Andrews and Richard Burton?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- King Arthur.- Camelot.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Time's up. You banked £400.
0:21:32 > 0:21:39Who's long on luck but short on wisdom? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46Paul is the strongest link for the second time.
0:21:46 > 0:21:53Saqib is the weakest, with the most incorrect answers. But will the votes reflect the statistics?
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Paul, where do you teach?
0:22:12 > 0:22:18- Northfield School in Billingham. - Where's Billingham?- Teesside.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Where they become ballet dancers? - That's exactly it.
0:22:22 > 0:22:29- Was Billy Elliott from Billingham? - Yes, he was. He goes to my school, Jamie Bell.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35- What d'you teach him?- The theory of GCSE PE.- Will that be useful in Hollywood?
0:22:35 > 0:22:40- Yeah.- Having a drink with Brad Pitt, he can say,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44"Our Paul at school taught me the theory of GCSE PE."
0:22:44 > 0:22:49- He wouldn't call me Paul. It's Mr Given to him.- Really?- Yeah.
0:22:49 > 0:22:55- Why Saqib?- In the last round, he stumbled a bit, so his number's up.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00Statistically, the worst player was Saqib who was in a boy band
0:23:00 > 0:23:03when he had hair and a flat stomach.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Now he's the weakest link with four votes. Goodbye!
0:23:11 > 0:23:19My game went to pieces. I got the first question wrong, then the second, and it was all over.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Kate's on her own, and the others have an alliance going.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Round five, team. So far, you've banked £1,140 of a possible £4,000.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Down to five players.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39Another ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link, Paul.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Which of the British armed forces has a college in Dartmouth?
0:23:48 > 0:23:53- Royal Marines.- No, Royal Navy. Which northern Premiership football club
0:23:53 > 0:23:57is supported by Elvis Costello, Mel C and John Peel?
0:23:57 > 0:24:02- Liverpool.- In 1995, who resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury
0:24:02 > 0:24:07to fight a libel action against the Guardian and World In Action?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Peter Mandelson.- No, Jonathan Aitken.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15In London, Mezzo and The Ivy typify which type of establishment?
0:24:15 > 0:24:22- Hotels.- No, restaurants. Which female singer had a UK hit single in 2000 with Body To Body,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27using samples from the David Bowie song Ashes To Ashes?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Britney Spears.- No, Samantha Mumba.
0:24:30 > 0:24:37The boats of yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester share their name with which moth?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39- Pass.- Gypsy.
0:24:39 > 0:24:46Which Essex motor manufacturing town gave its name to a famous band of girl pipers?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48- Pass.- Dagenham.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54What kind of animal was the TV puppet Lenny who appeared in 1956 with ventriloquist Terry Hall?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Lion.
0:24:56 > 0:25:03- Bank!- Which Australian male tennis player went out in the first round of the 2002 Australian Open?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Lleyton Hewitt.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10One side of a square is 12 metres. What's the area in square metres?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12144.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16- Pass!- In public projects... Pass?
0:25:16 > 0:25:23What word can mean the join where fabric has been sewn together, and a layer of coal in the earth?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- Pass.- Seam.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30Who wrote the 1994 autobiography Long Walk To Freedom?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Nelson Mandela.
0:25:31 > 0:25:38- Bank!- Which boy's name is also a term for a vortex or small whirlpool
0:25:38 > 0:25:42created when water runs down a plughole?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Pass.- Eddy.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50The Cayman Islands are in which sea?
0:25:51 > 0:25:58- In the...Caspian.- No, Caribbean. Which former member of the Sex Pistols died in 1979, aged 21?
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Sid Vicious.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05- Bank!- In fashion, the designers Angela Missoni...
0:26:05 > 0:26:09Time's up. I cannot complete the question.
0:26:09 > 0:26:15And you banked only £60. Who is the thorn in your side, the splinter in your finger?
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25Statistically, Kate's the strongest link, with the most correct answers.
0:26:25 > 0:26:33Paul is now the weakest link. Will his success in previous rounds be enough to save him?
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53- So, Jean, you've voted for the student.- Yes.
0:26:53 > 0:26:59- Why have you voted for her?- I think she was slightly better than I was,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03but she's too pretty to be on this show with us. >
0:27:03 > 0:27:09- Did you think she was the weakest link?- No.- Who did you think was?
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Probably me.- No, it wasn't.- Right.
0:27:12 > 0:27:19Mr Chips, the talk of Hollywood. How bright are you, to pass before you hear the question?
0:27:19 > 0:27:23I was bamboozled by your beauty, Anne, put off momentarily.
0:27:23 > 0:27:30- That won't wash. Why Sarah?- For a few rounds, she's not been so good. - You've not been starry!
0:27:30 > 0:27:36- I've been consistent the last few rounds.- You were the weakest link in the last round.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39But I've been the strongest twice.
0:27:39 > 0:27:46Sarah, the divinity student, you didn't pray hard enough. You are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:27:51 > 0:27:55This show is called The Weakest Link.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00To be voted off when one isn't the weakest link is very disturbing.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05I could've gone at least to the final two.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10But Paul "I'm a PE teacher, therefore I know everything"
0:28:10 > 0:28:15is probably going to win if the rest of the women let him have his way.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20Round six, team. Out of a possible £5,000, you've banked £1,200.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25You're down to four players. Ten seconds off the time.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29We start with the strongest link, Kate.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:28:33 > 0:28:39Which world championship boxer from Northern Ireland was nicknamed the Clones Cyclone?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- Paddy O'Feeny.- No, Barry McGuigan.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46An anticoagulant stops the clotting of which bodily fluid?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Blood.
0:28:48 > 0:28:55Which 1994 film about the mental illness of a UK monarch starred Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren?
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- The Madness Of King James. - No, King George.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Who taught his disciples the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path?
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- St Peter.- No, the Buddha.
0:29:07 > 0:29:13In government treasuries, what's the British equivalent to the American IRS?
0:29:14 > 0:29:19- The...Department of Economics. - No, the Inland Revenue.
0:29:19 > 0:29:24The Angel Falls are situated in which Latin American country?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Brazil.- Venezuela.
0:29:27 > 0:29:34Beagle 2 is a landing craft made to gather information about possible life on which planet?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Mars.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41- Bank!- Which annual race starts at University Stone in Putney?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44The University Boat Race.
0:29:44 > 0:29:51The Black Sash Organisation was founded in 1955 by women opposed to apartheid in which African country?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53South Africa.
0:29:53 > 0:30:01British novelist Walter Greenwood wrote a novel about unemployment in the 1930s called Love On The what?
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Dole.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08Which political party was once the People Party and Ecology Party?
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Labour.- The Green Party.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15The SNCF is the national railway system of which country?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17France.
0:30:17 > 0:30:25- Bank!- In the '60s-'70s TV sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, what relation was Alf Garnett to Else?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27- Father-in-law.- Husband.
0:30:27 > 0:30:34- Bank!- The mythological hero Hercules was said to be the son of which Roman god?
0:30:34 > 0:30:42- Mercury.- Jupiter. What '80s cartoon starred four reptilian heroes named after Italian artists?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
0:30:45 > 0:30:51Time's up. That was the correct answer, but out of time. You only banked £40.
0:30:51 > 0:30:57Who's a couple of eggs short of a dozen? A candidate for deselection?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07Jean is the strongest link, with fewest answers wrong.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Kate is now the weakest, but will the voting reflect the reality?
0:31:13 > 0:31:18Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31We have a tie, team. Paul and Kate, two votes each.
0:31:31 > 0:31:37- Paul, why Kate?- I think she was equally as bad as myself.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42- Not worse?- Not worse, just equally as bad.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47- Kate, why Paul? - Cos he's a man, I think, really.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52When a vote is tied, the strongest link casts the deciding vote.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57The strongest link was Jean. Why did you vote for Paul?
0:31:57 > 0:32:02- Um...mainly because he lost us money. - OK.
0:32:02 > 0:32:09- You can choose between Kate and Paul.- I'll stick with my original choice, please.
0:32:09 > 0:32:15Your body may be fit, but your brain isn't, Paul. You are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:32:21 > 0:32:25If I'm honest, I came here today to win it.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29I wanted to go away with a cheque, and I'm devastated.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33'I'll go back with my head high.'
0:32:33 > 0:32:41I got through to round six, and was voted off because I'm a man, not because I lack intelligence.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46Round seven. £1,240 you've won. Three of you left.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51Another ten seconds off. We start with the strongest link, Jean.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:32:55 > 0:33:02The rule of which British royal house was interrupted by the Civil War in the Commonwealth?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Hanover.- Stuart.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09The author of The Winds Of War and War In Remembrance is Herman who?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Hesse.- No, Wouk.
0:33:12 > 0:33:18Since 1997, which British national daily newspaper has featured a regular column
0:33:18 > 0:33:23written under the pseudonym Ephraim Hardcastle?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- The Independent.- Daily Mail.
0:33:25 > 0:33:32In UK politics, who succeeded Jo Grimond in 1967 as leader of the Liberal Party?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- Alec Douglas-Home.- Jeremy Thorpe.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41Which US actress starred in Sleepless In Seattle and City Of Angels?
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Meg Ryan.
0:33:44 > 0:33:50Which architect designed the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Pass.- Inigo Jones.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58In which Bizet opera is the heroine killed at the bullring in Seville?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- The Barber of Seville.- Carmen.
0:34:00 > 0:34:06The African game bird similar in size to a chicken is a guinea what?
0:34:06 > 0:34:13- Fowl.- New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are provinces of which country?
0:34:13 > 0:34:19- Canada.- Which climbing or trailing plant has yellow, orange or red flowers,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22pungent leaves and edible seeds?
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- Sunflower.- Nasturtium.
0:34:25 > 0:34:32In the 1999 film American Beauty, which actress played the wife of Kevin Spacey?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Sissy Spacek.- Annette Bening.
0:34:37 > 0:34:42In which Scottish city is the University of Abertay?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- Aberdeen.- Dundee.
0:34:44 > 0:34:51Which word means everybody born about the same date, or the production of electricity?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Pass.- Generation.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00So, three women left,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03and absolutely nothing banked!
0:35:05 > 0:35:09In round eight, you get the chance to treble what you bank,
0:35:09 > 0:35:15but you must bank something in the first place. £3,000 to be won.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20Who to get rid of? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27Kate is the strongest link, as she got the most correct answers.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32Jean is now the weakest, as she got all her answers wrong.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37But at this crucial stage, who will take the last walk of shame?
0:35:38 > 0:35:43Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Kate, why Jean?
0:35:53 > 0:35:56She's a lovely lady, you know.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01But I think we should give the Welsh a better time.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06And Kathryn's top matches mine better than Jean's does.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- Kathryn, why Jean?- I think she did marginally worse than I did.
0:36:11 > 0:36:19She did. Not one question correct. Jean, go and let your hair down. You are the weakest link. Goodbye!
0:36:25 > 0:36:30I think I should have gone to the final. I thought I'd reach the final.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33But my last round was so dreadful,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37I probably blew it in that round.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Round eight, team.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Out of a possible £7,000, you have £1,240. Two of you left.
0:36:46 > 0:36:5090 seconds in this round, but whatever you win
0:36:50 > 0:36:55will be trebled and added to your final money. £3,000 is at stake.
0:36:55 > 0:37:03We start with the strongest link, Kate. Let's play The Weakest Link! Start the clock!
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Nick Carter is in which American boy band?
0:37:06 > 0:37:14- Take That.- Backstreet Boys. When did Arsenal win the FA Cup and League Championship double a second time?
0:37:14 > 0:37:20- '97.- No, '98. Which artist was famous for silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe?
0:37:20 > 0:37:25- Andy Warhol. - The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme was launched in which 20thC decade?
0:37:25 > 0:37:31- '70s.- '50s. The River Boyne rises in the Bog of Allan and empties into which body of water?
0:37:31 > 0:37:37- The Irish Sea.- The Bronx is a borough of which major US city?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39New York.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Name the lamb chops cut from the ribs nearest the leg.
0:37:43 > 0:37:49- Gigot.- No, chump chops. In TV, which street is the setting for the soap Neighbours?
0:37:49 > 0:37:56- Ramsay.- In the proverb, if you don't want to miss an opportunity, what shouldn't you look in the mouth?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Gift horse.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03- Bank!- Kathy Staff plays Nora Batty in which TV sitcom?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Last Of The Summer Wine.
0:38:06 > 0:38:12- Bank!- A ghost story by Susan Hill, adapted into a play, is called The Woman In what colour?
0:38:12 > 0:38:20- White.- Black. The 1981 film Chariots Of Fire featured the 1924 Olympics of which city?
0:38:20 > 0:38:25- London.- Paris. In the Bible, Moses was born in which country?
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Egypt.
0:38:26 > 0:38:34- Bank!- In the name of the international organisation EFTA, for what does letter T stand?
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Time's up. The correct answer is Trade.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43And you banked £90, which we'll treble and add to previous winnings.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50That means prize money today of £1,510, but only one of you can take that money home.
0:38:50 > 0:38:56You play against each other, head-to-head. I ask alternating questions. Best of five.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Whoever answers most correctly wins.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06If there's a tie, we go for sudden death till we have a winner.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11Kate, Kathryn, for £1,510, let's play The Weakest Link!
0:39:13 > 0:39:18Kate, as the strongest link in the last round, choose who goes first.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21I'll go first.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28Kate, in written English, which two letters are used as an abbreviation
0:39:28 > 0:39:33of a Latin phrase literally meaning "for the sake of example"?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Eg.- That is the correct answer.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Kathryn, in modern athletics, which is the only throwing event
0:39:41 > 0:39:46where competitors do not take their throws from within a circle?
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- Javelin.- That is the correct answer.
0:39:50 > 0:39:56Kate, in modern history, the Iran Contra Affair linked the sale of weapons in Iran
0:39:56 > 0:40:01to the funding of rebels in which Central American country?
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Cuba.- No, the correct answer is Nicaragua.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16Kathryn, in modern literature, which barrister and author
0:40:16 > 0:40:21wrote the autobiographical play A Voyage Round My Father?
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- Pass.- The correct answer is John Mortimer.
0:40:31 > 0:40:39Kate, in TV, which Sunday programme regularly presented by John Craven
0:40:39 > 0:40:42covers farming and rural affairs?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- Farming Today.- No, the correct answer is Country File.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Kathryn, in politics, what is the British equivalent
0:40:54 > 0:40:58of the American cabinet post of Secretary of State?
0:40:58 > 0:41:05- That's the Home Secretary.- No, the correct answer is Foreign Secretary.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08At the moment, you're level pegging.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11And neither of you is impressive.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16Kate, Drs Banting and Macleod won the 1923 Nobel Prize for Medicine
0:41:16 > 0:41:21for their work on insulin treatment for which disorder?
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Diabetes.- That is the correct answer.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29Kathryn, which American musical features the songs
0:41:29 > 0:41:34The Farmer And the Cowman and People Will Say We're In Love?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- Oklahoma.- That is the correct answer.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Kate, when rolling two standard dice,
0:41:41 > 0:41:46the probability of throwing two sixes is one in how many?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- 25.- No, the correct answer is 36.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59Kathryn, if you answer this correctly, you've won.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Which town on the Firth of Clyde has an international airport
0:42:04 > 0:42:09and hosted the first Open Championship on its golf course?
0:42:13 > 0:42:18- Aberdeen.- No, the correct answer is Prestwick.
0:42:18 > 0:42:25After five questions each, your scores are tied. So, Kate and Kathryn, let's play Sudden Death!
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Kate, which London museum, opened in 1920,
0:42:32 > 0:42:37is now in a building which was once part of the Bedlam Hospital?
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- The National Gallery.- No, the right answer is the Imperial War Museum.
0:42:44 > 0:42:51Kathryn, which French fashion designer is associated with the "garcon" look?
0:42:53 > 0:42:58- Jean-Paul Gaultier. - No, the correct answer is Chanel.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03Kate, name the technique of growing plants in water without soil.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07- Hydroponics.- That is correct.
0:43:07 > 0:43:14Kathryn, which Irishman directed the films The Crying Game and Michael Collins?
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- I don't know. - The correct answer is Neil Jordan.
0:43:23 > 0:43:29That means, Kate, you are today's strongest link, and you go away with £1,510.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Kathryn, you leave with nothing.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37Join us again for The Weakest Link.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Goodbye!
0:43:40 > 0:43:46I feel on top of the world. I can't believe I'm taking home the money.
0:43:46 > 0:43:53Going home with nothing. Bit of a gutter. But I've done something no-one I know has, and I'm proud.
0:43:53 > 0:43:58I did deserve to get to the final. I was the sassy one.
0:43:58 > 0:44:03Maybe I didn't have all the general knowledge, but the best girl won.
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