0:00:03 > 0:00:07Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10Only one of them will win up to £10,000.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the weakest link.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Welcome to the Weakest Link.
0:00:31 > 0:00:38Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43They've only just met, but to get the prize money, they'll have to work together.
0:00:43 > 0:00:49However, eight will leave with nothing as round by round we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Let's meet the team.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I'm Sam, I'm 24, from Granborough in Buckinghamshire
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and I'm a magician.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01I'm Freda, I'm 63, I'm from Dartford in Kent
0:01:01 > 0:01:04and I'm a hydrotherapy pool manager
0:01:04 > 0:01:07for people with learning disabilities.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11I'm Andy, I'm 37, from Abergele in Conwy
0:01:11 > 0:01:14and I'm a street cleansing supervisor.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I'm Pat, I'm 56, I'm from Hitchin in Hertfordshire
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and I'm a software engineer.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I'm Keith, I'm 66, from Lincoln
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and I'm a retired telecoms manager.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30I'm Erica, 32, from Derby and I'm a hostel manager.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I'm Jim, I'm 57, from Wigan in Lancashire.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm a food production technician.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I'm Kayleigh, I'm 22, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42and I'm an advertising sales exec.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47I'm Nick, I'm 40, I'm from Greenwich in London and I'm a retail manager.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52OK, just to remind you, in each round, there is £1,000 to be won.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Break the chain and you lose all the money.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Say "bank" before the question is asked and the money is safe.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Round 1. Three minutes on the clock.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11We'll start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's you, Andy.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19The first question is for £20. Start the clock.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24In beverages, coffee with milk and wine that is made from Chardonnay grapes
0:02:24 > 0:02:27are both described as being what colour?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- White.- Correct.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34In household items, which of these is normally larger?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37A hand towel or a bath towel?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- A bath towel.- Correct.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42In the words of the nursery rhyme Rub-A-Dub-Dub,
0:02:42 > 0:02:47the occupations of the three men in a tub are butcher, baker and what?
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- Candlestick-maker.- Correct.- Bank!
0:02:49 > 0:02:54On most direction signs for public toilets in the UK,
0:02:54 > 0:03:01what G is the word that identifies a facility intended to be used by male members of the population?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Pass.- Gentlemen.
0:03:05 > 0:03:12In nature, which word precedes "floe" and "berg" to give the names of two frozen hazards to shipping?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Ice.- Correct.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19In the James Bond films, the "00" digits in his secret service number
0:03:19 > 0:03:24indicate that he has a licence to do what? Kill or watch TV?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Kill.- Correct.- Bank!
0:03:26 > 0:03:33In geography, Mali, Malawi and Mozambique are all countries in which continent?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Africa.- Correct.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41In ancient languages, which letter of the Roman alphabet was derived from the Greek "alpha"?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- Pass.- A.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48In agriculture, the Aberdeen Angus is a breed of which farm animal?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Cow.- Correct.
0:03:50 > 0:03:57What P is the generic term for the type of play such as Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Aladdin?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Pantomime.- Correct.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04The Iron Duke and the Iron Lady have been nicknames for British Prime Ministers
0:04:04 > 0:04:06belonging to which political party?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Conservative.- Correct.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14In textiles, the fabric called chiffon is more likely to be used to make scarves or overalls?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- Scarves.- Correct.- Bank!
0:04:17 > 0:04:22In professional sport, which game is played by the New Zealand team known as the All Blacks?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Rugby.- I'll accept.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30In medicine, what D is the term for a person who gives blood to be used for transfusion?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Donor.- Correct.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Maggie, Madge and Meg are three shortened forms of which female name?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- Margaret.- Correct.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45In UK measurements, a unit of length equal to one-tenth of a nautical mile is called a vince or cable?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Cable.- Correct.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Bank!- The name of which bird usually goes between "wild" and "chase"
0:04:51 > 0:04:56to give a phrase for the hopeless pursuit of something unattainable?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Chicken.- Goose.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04What J is the name given to a bank account shared by more than one person, often a husband and wife?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Joint.- Correct.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12The British scientist Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the information network
0:05:12 > 0:05:14known as the world wide what?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Web.- Correct.- Bank!
0:05:16 > 0:05:20In mixed drinks, Worcestershire sauce is typically...
0:05:22 > 0:05:29Time's up. You banked £600 when you could have easily reached your target.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Who's playing the piano with boxing gloves?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43With no correct answers, Sam is the weakest link.
0:05:43 > 0:05:50Statistically, the strongest link is Andy, but who will the players vote off at this early stage of the game?
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Erica.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Erica.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Erica.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Erica.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Nick.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Sam.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Sam.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Erica.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Sam.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20What do you do, Pat?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- I'm a software engineer. - Are you very clever?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Yeah.- So how do you know you're clever?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Because I'm a member of Mensa.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You're that sad, are you?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Yeah, I'm afraid so.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38What's your score as a member of Mensa?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- 136.- And what's good in Mensa?
0:06:41 > 0:06:48I'm not sure what the highest one is, but probably about 140, something like that, I suppose.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Do you pay so much a year?- Yeah, you pay a small membership fee each year.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56So you pay someone money to remember you're clever?
0:06:56 > 0:07:01- There's a bit more to it than that. It's a social organisation. - There's internet dating?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- There can be if you want.- So have you met up with another 136?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I've met with quite a few of them.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14What's the common denominator of single 136 Mensa members?
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Obviously, they're intelligent and they don't want to get married.
0:07:19 > 0:07:25- Because they can't find anybody. - I don't have trouble finding people. I just don't want to marry them.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- Why Erica?- She got a question wrong and it was a really easy one.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34- Where are you from, Sam? - Buckinghamshire.- What do you do? - I'm a magician.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39- I bet you've brought a trick with you.- Yes, I have. - Put your board down.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43I'll use a ring and a string. If I was putting the ring on the rope,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47I'd do it like that which isn't a magic trick and it's not impressive,
0:07:47 > 0:07:53so I'll take the rope and lock the ends in my fingers, so that they are away from the ring
0:07:53 > 0:07:57and there's no way the ring can go on to the rope past the hand.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Then we take the middle of the rope, place it next to the ring and squeeze it tightly.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06It looks almost like the ring is on the rope if you hold it correctly.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11If I drop it, it bounces across the floor unless you blow it and it appears on the rope.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15You and your ring and rope, go behind your podium.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- Put your board up. Why Erica?- I had an awful round, but so did she.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Freda, why Erica?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26I'm sorry, Erica, but she got the first one wrong.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Erica, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:34 > 0:08:39I definitely should have known the answer to the public toilet question.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45But all that was coming into my head was "gorillas". Why, I don't know. It was completely random.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Maybe I should have said it!
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Round 2. In the bank, £600. We now take ten seconds off your time.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57We'll start with the strongest link from the last round. That's gorgeous Andy.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Start the clock.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08In vocabulary, what name for the protective gear worn to cover the eyes when swimming
0:09:08 > 0:09:10is a colloquial term for "glasses"?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Goggles.- Correct.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18In the media in 2010, a BBC radio report claiming that William Shakespeare was French
0:09:18 > 0:09:20appeared on which date?
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- April the 1st.- Correct.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26In counting downwards, which whole number follows 35?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- 34.- Correct.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34In the UK, which three-letter word is a respectful term of address,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38once commonly used by schoolchildren when talking to male teachers?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Sir.- Correct.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46In botany, what C is the general name for the mostly spiny plants found mainly in American deserts
0:09:46 > 0:09:49that usually store water in their fleshy stem?
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Cactus.- Correct.- Bank!
0:09:52 > 0:09:58In occupations, what is the job title for an animal doctor that is often abbreviated to "vet"?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- Veterinarian.- Correct.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06In music, concert grand and boudoir grand are two different sizes of which keyboard instrument?
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Piano.- Correct.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14In sport, the Romanian gymnast who won individual gold medals at the 1980 Olympics
0:10:14 > 0:10:18for the beam and the floor exercise is Nadia who?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Comaneci.- I'll accept.
0:10:21 > 0:10:27In national symbols, the union flag of the UK incorporates the crosses of St George, St Patrick
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and which other patron saint?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- St Andrew.- Correct.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33In food history, in December 1945,
0:10:33 > 0:10:38the first shipment since 1939 of which fruit arrived at Bristol Docks
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and was greeted with much excitement?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Bananas.- Correct.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49In TV, presenters with the surnames Clarkson, Paxman and Vine share what first name?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52- Jeremy.- Correct.- Bank!
0:10:52 > 0:10:56What "A" is a word meaning both an item of clothing
0:10:56 > 0:11:00and a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Article.- Correct.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06In the animal kingdom, although it sounds like a breed of dog,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10a porbeagle is actually a species of which predatory fish?
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Shark.- Correct.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16In sport, the England footballer who left Chelsea to join Liverpool
0:11:16 > 0:11:19in a free-transfer deal in 2010 is Joe who?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Cole.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:21 > 0:11:26In art, the famous painting known as The Fighting Temeraire by Turner
0:11:26 > 0:11:29is a depiction of a boxer or a warship?
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- A boxer.- A warship.
0:11:31 > 0:11:37In economics, the amount of money by which government spending exceeds its revenue is the budget what?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Deficit.- Correct.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47In astronomy, what H is the term for the luminous ring that can sometimes be observed around the sun?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Halo.- Correct.- Bank!
0:11:49 > 0:11:52In cookery, which term for a quarter of the year...
0:11:55 > 0:12:01Time's up. You won £900, but, you know, you had a chain of 14 correct answers.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Who's costing you more than Tiger Woods' divorce?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Having answered the most questions correctly, Andy is still the strongest link.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21The weakest link statistically is Sam, but can he survive the vote?
0:12:22 > 0:12:28Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Keith.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Sam.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Sam.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Sam.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Freda.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Sam.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Sam.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Sam.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Where do you come from, Jim?- Wigan.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- What do you do? - I'm a food production technician.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- So how did you get four chins? - Pubs, clubs.- Oh, I see.- Chip shops.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- You beer-taste, do you?- Correct. - And chip-taste?- Correct.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10- What do you do when you're not drinking or eating?- I do a bit of singing.- What can you sing for me?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- Anything you like. Frank Sinatra?- OK.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- Will I put my board down? - Please yourself, really.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22# Hey, the shark has pretty teeth, babe
0:13:22 > 0:13:25# And he shows 'em pearly white
0:13:25 > 0:13:30# Just a jack-knife has old Macheath, dear
0:13:30 > 0:13:33# And he keeps it way out of sight... #
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I think that's enough. Put your board up.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Why Sam?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41He got a question wrong.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- What do you do, Nick? - I'm a retail manager.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- Put your board down. And what are you selling?- Luxury watches.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54Supposing I came in to browse and I'm looking at the ones on your counter,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56what do you say to me?
0:13:56 > 0:14:03- Good afternoon, madam.- And I ignore you?- I'd say, "Are there any watches you'd like to see for yourself?"
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- Do you know how annoying that is? - Yes, but I treat everybody individually.
0:14:08 > 0:14:14- What sort of watch would you think I'd be up for?- A beautiful diamond watch.- Put your board up.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- Why Sam?- He got a question wrong.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Sam, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29I don't think Anne was particularly impressed with me today.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35There was definitely a view of cynicism from her. Perhaps she just doesn't like magicians particularly.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40The other contestants appreciated the banter, so hopefully that came across quite well.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Round 3. In the bank, £1,500. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51We'll start with the strongest link. That's gorgeous Andy. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Start the clock.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57In TV, from 2001 to 2006,
0:14:57 > 0:15:02Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal starred in a spoof chat show,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05featuring which family living at No.42?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- The Kumars.- Correct.
0:15:08 > 0:15:14In the army, at the annual ceremony on Horse Guards Parade, what are soldiers said to do to The Colour?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16- Troop.- Correct.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21In maths, the dot that separates the integral and fractional parts of a number
0:15:21 > 0:15:23is called a decimal what?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Point.- Correct.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31The crude oil that was first pumped ashore from rigs off the north-east coast of Scotland in 1975
0:15:31 > 0:15:33is named after which body of water?
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- North Sea.- Correct.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40In history, Chairman Mao banned which game in China in 1966,
0:15:40 > 0:15:45declaring it a prime example of western decadence? Table tennis or golf?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- Golf.- Correct. What's the name for the part of a standard shirt
0:15:49 > 0:15:54that is attached to the neck band and encircles the neck of the wearer?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- Collar.- Correct.- Bank!
0:15:56 > 0:16:02In literature, the British poet of the First World War who wrote Anthem For Doomed Youth was Wilfred who?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- I only know Pickles.- Owen.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09In job titles, what D can mean both a senior clergyman
0:16:09 > 0:16:13and the chief administrative official at a university?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Deacon.- Dean.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20In Dorset, the breakwater called the Cobb built in the 13th century
0:16:20 > 0:16:23is a tourist attraction in the town called Lyme what?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- Regis.- Correct.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31In cinema, which 1984 film comedy features a paranormal creature called Slimer
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and a giant Marshmallow Man?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Pass.- Ghostbusters.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40In diet, the name of which mammal goes before "food"
0:16:40 > 0:16:44to make a disparaging term for lettuce and other salad vegetables?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Junk.- Rabbit.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50In pop music, Can We Fix It and Mambo No.5 were the titles
0:16:50 > 0:16:53of No.1 singles for which children's TV character?
0:16:53 > 0:16:58- Bob The Builder.- Correct. An opening in the wall between the kitchen and dining room
0:16:58 > 0:17:02through which dishes are passed is a serving what?
0:17:02 > 0:17:08- Hatch.- Correct. In darts, how many points are scored when a single dart hits double top?
0:17:08 > 0:17:09- 40.- Correct.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15In the name of the basic unit of electric current, the term "amp" is an abbreviation of which word?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Ampere.- Correct.- Bank!
0:17:18 > 0:17:23The story by Washington Irving about a man who fell asleep for 20 years is Rip Van what?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Winkle.- Correct.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31In human biology, what V is the name for a plantar wart that occurs on the sole of the foot?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Verruca.- Correct. In employment, what is...
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Time's up and you won £650.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44But who probably thinks the three Rs are a pop group?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54According to the statistics, Pat is the strongest link.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Jim is the weakest link, but will the team notice that?
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Keith.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Freda.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Jim.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Freda.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Freda.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Keith.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Andy.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- What do you do, Andy? - I'm a street cleansing supervisor.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Where do you do that?
0:18:29 > 0:18:34- Conwy, North Wales.- So you've got a rubbish job in Wales?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37You could say that.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43- What do you do each day? - I just go round the county, checking that the streets are clean.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- The whole of the county?- One half of the county. I've got a counterpart.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Which part are you?- The east side. The clean side.- You're Andy (east)?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55- Yeah.- You put all the rubbish on the west side?- Yeah.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- And who's your opposite number on the west side?- Roger.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- Are you and Roger friends?- Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08He doesn't mind you dumping your east side rubbish on his side?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- He doesn't know.- Doesn't he? - He does now.- Yes.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16- Why Freda?- I can remember Freda getting one of the answers wrong.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- What do you do, Keith?- I'm retired.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- And what do you do now?- Amateur dramatics, sailing.- Of course.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- And what's your speciality? - Dames.- Yes.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Can you sing? - A little, but not very well.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- It's more of a stuttering type of singing.- Like what?
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Like, um...
0:19:38 > 0:19:41# If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
0:19:41 > 0:19:45# Honey, I'm still free Take a chance on me... #
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- Why Freda?- I thought she was the weakest link.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Freda, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05I'm quite happy to have been voted off in this stage of the game because I've had a really good time
0:20:05 > 0:20:09and I know there's a couple of people a lot better than I am at answering
0:20:09 > 0:20:13and feeling relaxed and will do better than I did.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Round 4. In the bank, £2,150. Another ten seconds off the time.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24We'll start with the strongest link. That's Pat. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Start the clock.
0:20:26 > 0:20:31In cookery, frangipane is a cream or paste flavoured with which nut?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Almond.- Correct.
0:20:34 > 0:20:40In patriotic songs, a repeated line of Rule Britannia asserts that Britons shall never be what?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- Slaves.- Correct. What B means the crime of giving money to a public official
0:20:45 > 0:20:49in order to buy influence and is often paired with corruption?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Bribery.- Correct.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58In TV, the actress who played Delilah Dingle in Emmerdale and won the 2010 series of Dancing On Ice
0:20:58 > 0:21:00is Hayley who?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- Smith.- No, Tamaddon.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10In maths, what is 20% of 600?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- 200.- 120.
0:21:15 > 0:21:21In history, the heraldic lily that for centuries appeared on the royal arms of France
0:21:21 > 0:21:23is known as the fleur-de what?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Lys.- Correct.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31In shopping in 1937, the Piggly Wiggly supermarket chain in Oklahoma City introduced the first what?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Trolleys or bar codes?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- Trolleys.- Correct.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39In correspondence, an envelope enclosed with a letter
0:21:39 > 0:21:44to save the recipient having to write one for the reply is referred to as self what?
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- Addressed envelope.- Correct. The breaking down of solid food
0:21:49 > 0:21:54into a liquid form called chyme takes place in which organ of the digestive system?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- The gut.- No, the stomach.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04In fashion, what C is the term used for the range of clothes presented to the public
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- by a designer for a particular season?- Catwalk?
0:22:07 > 0:22:14Collection. In cricket, the Durham-born batsman who captained England in the 20/20 World Cup
0:22:14 > 0:22:16in 2010 is Paul who?
0:22:16 > 0:22:23- Collingwood.- Correct. In British wildlife, Bechstein's and brown long-eared are two species
0:22:23 > 0:22:25of which flying mammal?
0:22:25 > 0:22:30- Bat.- Correct. In a standard symphony orchestra,
0:22:30 > 0:22:35which musical instrument changes pitch by a slide - tuba or trombone?
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- Trombone.- Correct.- Bank!- In TV, the comedy partner of David Mitchell
0:22:39 > 0:22:44who has played Jeremy in Peep Show since 2003 is Robert who?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- Pass.- Webb.
0:22:47 > 0:22:53In sewing, what's the three-letter name for a short piece of metal with a sharp point at one end
0:22:53 > 0:22:55used as a temporary fastening?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- Pass.- Pin.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Time's up. You won £100.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Who thinks Popeye is something an optician should deal with?
0:23:06 > 0:23:13Whose opportunity knocked, then ran away? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18With all her answers wrong, Kayleigh is the weakest link.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24Statistically, Pat is the strongest link, but will the voting reflect reality?
0:23:24 > 0:23:30Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Jim.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Jim.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Jim.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Kayleigh.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Nick.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Keith.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53- Pat, why Jim?- He didn't have a very good round and he lost us some money by not banking in time.
0:23:53 > 0:23:59- Andy, why Jim?- He lost a lot of money on that last round, getting the question wrong
0:23:59 > 0:24:01and he could have banked at the end.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Jim, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:10 > 0:24:16I think it was absolutely brilliant singing on the show today. I'm sure Anne enjoyed it. She let me go on.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Afterwards, the other contestants commented on my singing.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26Round 5. Your total is £2,250. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29We'll start with Pat. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Start the clock.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37In travel, an extended sightseeing trip that formerly applied to an educational journey
0:24:37 > 0:24:41around the major cities of Europe is the what Tour?
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- Grand.- Correct. In science, what H is the word used to describe
0:24:45 > 0:24:49a machine that is operated by the movement of liquid?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Hydrographic.- No, hydraulic.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58In Norse mythology, which god of thunder sounds like the word meaning to melt?
0:24:58 > 0:25:03- Thor.- In telecommunications, making a phone call to a foreign country
0:25:03 > 0:25:07requires the IDD code, which means International Direct what?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Dial.- I'll accept.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16In geometry, the surface area of a cube is calculated by multiplying the area of one of its faces
0:25:16 > 0:25:18by what number?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- Four.- Six.
0:25:21 > 0:25:27The name for the highest summit on Exmoor, reflecting the fact that signal fires were lit there
0:25:27 > 0:25:31to warn of invasion, is Dunkery what?
0:25:32 > 0:25:38- Hill.- Beacon. In art, what K is the surname of the Mexican painter called Frida,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42who had an affair with the revolutionary Leon Trotsky?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Pass.- Kahlo.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50In spelling, which term for a trick or hoax is an anagram of the word mash?
0:25:54 > 0:26:00- Sham.- Correct. In popular culture, Mario Lavandeira is the real name
0:26:00 > 0:26:05of the Hollywood online entertainer and blogger known as Perez who?
0:26:05 > 0:26:10- Blake?- Hilton. Andy, in famous Britons,
0:26:10 > 0:26:17Sir Isaac Newton was born in 1642 at Woolsthorpe Manor in which English shire county?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- Buckinghamshire.- Lincolnshire.
0:26:20 > 0:26:27In pop music, Eric Clapton recorded his 1972 UK hit single Layla as a member of Derek and the what?
0:26:27 > 0:26:34- Dominos.- Correct.- Bank!- In snooker, the shot where the cue ball strikes a ball, which knocks another one in,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37is known as a plant or root?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Plant.- Correct.- Bank.
0:26:39 > 0:26:45In children's TV, what's the name of the Border collie cross who retired in 2010 after 14 years
0:26:45 > 0:26:48as a Blue Peter pet?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- Lucky?- Mabel. In card games, which word for...
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Time's up and you banked just £40.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Who doesn't need tweaking to sound like a twit?
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10With no correct answers, Andy is the weakest link.
0:27:10 > 0:27:16The strongest link, statistically, is Kayleigh, but who will the team want off?
0:27:16 > 0:27:21Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Keith.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Kayleigh.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Andy.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Keith.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Kayleigh.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41We have a tie, team. Kayleigh and Keith - two votes each.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46- What do you do, Kayleigh?- I sell advertising space for magazines.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51OK, put your board down. Let's examine your technique.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54- I'm waiting on the end of a phone. - Hello.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59- Yes?- This is Kayleigh from Digital Photo Magazine.- Yes?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- Have you heard of us at all?- No. Is the desperate approach the best one?
0:28:03 > 0:28:09I think it is. Desperation and pity, I think, is why people buy from me.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14If I was a bloke, I'd say, "Well, Kayleigh, describe yourself to me."
0:28:14 > 0:28:19- I can lie to somebody on the end of the phone. I'm a gymnast, I dance...- Yeah.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24- I don't wear many clothes. - Are you double zero?- Yeah. Tiny.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- Do you think your heart's not in digital photography?- Sometimes.
0:28:29 > 0:28:35- Supposing you worked on Doughnut Weekly, would that help? - Love it.- Why Keith?
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Because previously he had a Ghostbusters question wrong.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- Nick, why Kayleigh?- Not a good round for her, a few questions wrong.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49Well, the strongest link has to cast the deciding vote.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54And, despite Nick's suggestion, Kayleigh was the strongest link.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58So "Ya, boo!" to Nick.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- Yeah!- So who would you like to get rid of?
0:29:02 > 0:29:07- Oh, I think I'll stick with my original vote and say Keith. - Yes, why not?
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Keith, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:19 > 0:29:26Kayleigh and myself were both tied together and it was Kayleigh who was the strongest link!
0:29:26 > 0:29:30She wouldn't vote for herself, so I was a goner!
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Round 6. In the bank, £2,290. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40We'll start with the strongest link. That's Kayleigh.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48In religion, what W means to revere a divine being?
0:29:51 > 0:29:56- Worship.- Correct. In theatre, which show first performed in 1967
0:29:56 > 0:30:02and revived in the West End in 2010 has the subtitle The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07- Pass.- Hair.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13In geography, Bratislava is the capital city of which central European country?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Pass.- Slovakia.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25In psychology, the abbreviation OCD means Obsessive Compulsive what?
0:30:25 > 0:30:30- Disorder.- Correct. An arts centre that was opened in Salford in 2000
0:30:30 > 0:30:36exhibits works by and bears the name of which artist, born in the area in 1887?
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Picasso.- LS Lowry, even.
0:30:46 > 0:30:52A difficult or unpleasant situation that could prove to be embarrassing is referred to as a can of what?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- Worms.- Correct. - < Bank!
0:30:54 > 0:31:00In children's literature, Janet, Pam and Barbara were the female members of which septet
0:31:00 > 0:31:02created by Enid Blyton?
0:31:02 > 0:31:07- Er, the Magnificent Seven... - No, the Secret Seven.- Secret Seven.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12In cookery, what T is a cylindrical oven made of clay and fuelled by charcoal or wood
0:31:12 > 0:31:15used in India for baking bread?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Tandoori.- Correct. - Bank.
0:31:18 > 0:31:24In maths, what is the number of whole weeks in a year plus the number of months?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- 64.- Correct.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32In TV in 2003, the lexicographer Susie Dent became the full-time resident expert
0:31:32 > 0:31:36in Dictionary Corner on which long-running game show?
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- Countdown.- Correct. - < Bank.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47In vocabulary, which word for a letter of recommendation is also used in some sports
0:31:47 > 0:31:52to describe a match to raise money for a long-serving player?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Testimonial.- Correct.- Bank!
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Time's up. Your bank was in time
0:31:58 > 0:32:01and you won £110.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05But is Pat too clever by half?
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Is Nick a luxury you can't afford?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Maybe you should dump Andy.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Or perhaps you won't take a chance on Kayleigh.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Having got all the answers right, Pat is the strongest link.
0:32:25 > 0:32:31Andy is, statistically, the weakest link, but will the other players realise that?
0:32:31 > 0:32:36Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Kayleigh.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Nick.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Nick.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Andy.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Pat, why Nick?
0:32:52 > 0:32:57Nick probably had the worst round there.
0:32:57 > 0:33:03- Kayleigh, why on earth would you want to get rid of Nick?- In the last round he said I got a couple wrong.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08- I only got one wrong.- Nick, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18If Anne was to come into my store, I feel I would have built up a nice rapport with her.
0:33:18 > 0:33:25She's a little bit hard on the outside, but once I'd got to her little soft middle,
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I would have been able to sell her a really expensive watch.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36Round 7. In the bank, £2,400. Another 10 seconds off the time.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40We'll start with Pat. Let's play the Weakest Link.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Start the clock.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49In marine life, what name for a type of fish derives from the fact that its mouth is surrounded by barbels
0:33:49 > 0:33:51that resemble feline whiskers?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53- Catfish?- Correct.
0:33:53 > 0:33:59In European geography, the Basque region is situated round the western part of which mountain range?
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- The Himalayas?- The Pyrenees.
0:34:02 > 0:34:09In archaeology, in the terms monolith and megalith, the suffix "lith" has what literal meaning?
0:34:09 > 0:34:14- Stone.- Correct.- Bank.- In language, the part of a hairstyle covering the forehead
0:34:14 > 0:34:18is called a fringe in the UK and in North America...?
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Bangs.- I'll accept. - Bank.
0:34:21 > 0:34:28In royal history, the British King George V was what family relation to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia?
0:34:28 > 0:34:34- His cousin?- Correct.- Bank. - In classroom equipment for technical drawing,
0:34:34 > 0:34:40a thin, flat piece of metal or plastic in the shape of a right-angled triangle is a set what?
0:34:40 > 0:34:45- Square.- Correct. In cinema, in the films Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Jacknife,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Robert De Niro portrays characters who fought in which war?
0:34:49 > 0:34:56- Vietnam.- Correct. In medicine, the tropical illness called black water fever is a complication
0:34:56 > 0:35:00of which more widespread disease carried by mosquitoes?
0:35:00 > 0:35:06- Malaria.- Correct.- Bank. - In childcare, a wickerwork basket with a hood
0:35:06 > 0:35:10used as a cradle for a baby is a bassinet or marmoset?
0:35:10 > 0:35:17- Bassinet.- Correct. In religious buildings, which English cathedral in Kent was officially designated
0:35:17 > 0:35:20in 1988 as a World Heritage Site?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Leeds Cathedral?- Canterbury.
0:35:23 > 0:35:31Kayleigh, the US singer famous for musical parodies such as Eat It, Like A Surgeon and Canadian Idiot
0:35:31 > 0:35:33is called Weird Al who?
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Mony...- Yankovic.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42In food, what's the two-word name...
0:35:45 > 0:35:51Time's up. You won £160. In Round 8 you get the chance to treble what you bank.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00At this crucial stage in the game, Andy is the strongest link.
0:36:00 > 0:36:07Statistically, Kayleigh is the weakest, but who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:07 > 0:36:12Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Kayleigh.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Kayleigh.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Pat.
0:36:24 > 0:36:30- Andy, why Kayleigh?- There was no way Pat was the weakest link, so it had to be Kayleigh.
0:36:30 > 0:36:38- Pat, why young, pretty Kayleigh? - Truth is, I've got the hots for Andy and I want to be up against him.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42- They're just jealous, Kayleigh. - They are. It's ridiculous.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55The last Walk of Shame was better than being the first,
0:36:55 > 0:36:57but it was still a bit odd.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02I wanted to give Anne a little wave, but I thought, "No, don't do it."
0:37:03 > 0:37:08Round 8. In the bank, £2,560. In this round 90 seconds.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13Whatever you win will be trebled. We'll start with Andy.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.
0:37:17 > 0:37:23In expressions, a person who continuously works hard is said to have what to the grindstone?
0:37:23 > 0:37:30- Nose.- Correct. The British-born journalist and author of the best-selling non-fiction books
0:37:30 > 0:37:35The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers is Malcolm who?
0:37:36 > 0:37:42- Pass.- Gladwell. In geography, which island country in the south-western Pacific
0:37:42 > 0:37:45is often referred to as PNG?
0:37:45 > 0:37:49- Papua New Guinea.- Correct. In weather forecasting,
0:37:49 > 0:37:54the instrument invented in 1643 by Torricelli is the mercury what?
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Thermometer?
0:38:00 > 0:38:06No, barometer. What's the first consonant in the word consonant?
0:38:06 > 0:38:13- C.- Correct. In jazz, the song written by Rodgers and Hart that became a signature tune for Chet Baker
0:38:13 > 0:38:16is entitled My Funny what?
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- Lady?- Valentine. On a beach, a structure built out into the sea
0:38:20 > 0:38:26as a barrier against washed-up sand and shingle is called what - a crotch or a groyne?
0:38:26 > 0:38:32- Groyne.- Correct.- Bank.- Young women known as flappers with bobbed hair and knee-length dresses
0:38:32 > 0:38:35were most common in which decade?
0:38:35 > 0:38:41- 20th. Twenties. - No, I have to accept your first answer, 20th. Andy,
0:38:41 > 0:38:47in newspaper publishing, what was the English name of the Czech-born media proprietor who in 1984...
0:38:50 > 0:38:55Time's up. You won just £20, which we'll treble.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58It gives you prize money today of:
0:38:58 > 0:39:05There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, sudden death.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10So, Andy and Pat, for £2,620, let's play the Weakest Link.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Andy, you have the choice of who goes first.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19I'd like to go first, please, Anne.
0:39:21 > 0:39:28In UK travel, the greeting Croeso i Gymru that appears on a road sign near one end of the Severn Bridge
0:39:28 > 0:39:32has what three-word English translation?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Welcome to Wales.- That is correct.
0:39:35 > 0:39:41In politics, in 2010 which Trinidad-born media personality,
0:39:41 > 0:39:45best known as a presenter of the children's TV series Play School,
0:39:45 > 0:39:48was awarded a peerage?
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Sorry, no idea.- The correct answer is Floella Benjamin.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00In theatre, which British dramatist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature,
0:40:00 > 0:40:05wrote the plays The Homecoming, No Man's Land and Betrayal?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Don't know, Anne. - The correct answer is Harold Pinter.
0:40:10 > 0:40:17In the solar system, the four inner planets that have orbits within the asteroid belt
0:40:17 > 0:40:21are Mercury, Earth, Mars and which other?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Venus?- That is the correct answer.
0:40:23 > 0:40:29In art, the 1932 work entitled Nude, Green Leaves and Bust
0:40:29 > 0:40:32that was sold at auction in 2010
0:40:32 > 0:40:36for a record price of £70 million
0:40:36 > 0:40:40was a portrait of his mistress by which painter?
0:40:43 > 0:40:47- Van Gogh? - The correct answer is Pablo Picasso.
0:40:47 > 0:40:53Pat, an urban myth made up by the broadcaster Stuart Maconie
0:40:53 > 0:40:57when he was a journalist at the NME
0:40:57 > 0:41:04claimed that David Bowie invented which strategy game based on noughts and crosses?
0:41:05 > 0:41:10- Noughts and crosses. - The correct answer is Connect 4.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13During its 11-year run from 1994,
0:41:13 > 0:41:17which US TV sitcom about a radio talk show host
0:41:17 > 0:41:23featured amongst its guest callers John McEnroe, Eric Idle,
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Cindy Crawford and Jodie Foster?
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- Was it Frasier? - That is the correct answer.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34In wildlife, which burrowing mammal
0:41:34 > 0:41:38whose body is protected by bony plates,
0:41:38 > 0:41:42has a name derived from the Spanish for "man bearing weapons"?
0:41:42 > 0:41:45- Armadillo? - That is the correct answer.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50In football, the original World Cup trophy awarded to the winners
0:41:50 > 0:41:55was named after which Frenchman who proposed the tournament?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- No. - The correct answer is Jules Rimet.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07In cinema, which seven-letter botanical term
0:42:07 > 0:42:12is spoken as the first word in the opening scene
0:42:12 > 0:42:14of the 1941 film Citizen Kane,
0:42:14 > 0:42:19as the final utterance of the title character?
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- No idea. - The correct answer is rosebud.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29And after five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34So, Andy and Pat, let's play sudden death.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Andy, in music the anthem Zadok the Priest
0:42:41 > 0:42:46that has been performed at every coronation of a British monarch since 1727
0:42:46 > 0:42:49was written by which composer?
0:42:50 > 0:42:55- Was it Elgar? - The correct answer is Handel.
0:42:55 > 0:43:01When assembled in order, the chemical symbols for argon, germanium, nitrogen,
0:43:01 > 0:43:06titanium and sodium spell the name of which country?
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- Argentina? - That is the correct answer.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18That means, Pat, you are today's strongest link and you go away with:
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Great.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Andy, you leave with nothing.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.
0:43:30 > 0:43:36I didn't think I'd get to the final. And I kind of wish I'd voted tactically and voted Pat out
0:43:36 > 0:43:42in the previous round and been up against Kayleigh, but I just couldn't do it.
0:43:42 > 0:43:46It feels great. I mean, I was so nervous.
0:43:46 > 0:43:52I didn't really expect to win. I suppose everybody says that, but it's great that I did.
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