0:00:02 > 0:00:05Nine contestants are preparing for today's show.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Only one will take home up to #10,000.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13The rest will leave with nothing, as, one by one, they're voted off
0:00:13 > 0:00:16as the weakest link.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Welcome 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 are strangers. If they want that money, they must work as a team.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48But eight of them will leave with nothing,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52as, round by round, we lose the player voted the weakest link.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Let's meet the team.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59I'm Karen, 39, from Leicestershire, a practice nurse.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05I'm Dino. I'm 24, from Manchester, and I'm a tour operator.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11I'm Stephen, 45. I'm from London and I'm a tenant-support officer.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18I'm Kelly. I'm 21. I live in Dunblane in Scotland and I'm a student.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24I'm Brenda. I'm 61. I come from Aveley in Essex and I'm a social worker.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31I'm David. I'm 49, from Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire and I'm a priest.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38I'm Josephine, 30, from Bristol, a continuous-improvement engineer.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44I'm Damian. I'm 21. I come from Liverpool and I work in a pub.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49I'm Giles. I'm 31. I live in Derbyshire and I'm a police trainer.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54In each round, aim to get enough questions correct
0:01:54 > 0:01:57to reach your #1,000 target within the time limit.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08A wrong question breaks the chain and you lose the money. If you say "bank",
0:02:08 > 0:02:10before the question is asked,
0:02:10 > 0:02:15the money is safe, however, you start a new chain.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Round One is three minutes.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21We'll start with the person who's first alphabetically.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23That's you, Brenda.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30The first question is for #20. Start the clock.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Fountain and ballpoint are examples of which implements?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Pens.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Which UK country has a flag with a red dragon on a green and white background?
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Wales.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46The Mayflower was a ship
0:02:46 > 0:02:51that carried the Pilgrim Fathers to the coast of North America or Africa?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53North America.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Tony is an informal version of which boy's name?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Anthony.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02A soldier who is AWOL is Absent Without...?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Leave.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09What M is the building that serves as the main place of worship for Muslims?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- A mosque. - Dino.- Bank.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13In pop music, Annie Lennox
0:03:13 > 0:03:17was the lead vocalist in which successful '80s pop duo?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19The Eurythmics.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23The Channel Islands are nearer to England or France?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- England.- France.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29A leap day is added to the calendar every how many years?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Four.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36What word is a fabric used for facecloths and slang for flattery?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Flannel.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40From 1933 until 1938,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44in which city did Hitler hold his massive annual party congresses?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47In Nuremberg.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51What is the name given to four children born at one birth?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Qu... Quads.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- Correct. Damian.- Bank.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Is the third Sunday in June Mother's or Father's Day?
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Father's Day.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05What type of animal is the Disney character Goofy?
0:04:05 > 0:04:06He's a dog.
0:04:07 > 0:04:14The name of which Olympic sport is derived from the Greek word meaning "naked"?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Erm...
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Pass.- Gymnastics.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24What F is the name for a cotton-filled Japanese mattress?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26A futon.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28On which date in 2002
0:04:28 > 0:04:32did Euro notes and coins enter general circulation
0:04:32 > 0:04:35with the national currency of 12 countries?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37January 1st.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42What surname links playwright Caryl with Prime Minister Winston?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Churchill.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47What P is a triangular block
0:04:47 > 0:04:51of glass that splits white light into colours of the spectrum?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Prism. - David.- Bank.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Roughly two miles long, name the main waterway in Venice.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59The Grand Canal.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05Who wrote the 1890 book The Picture Of Dorian Gray?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- Pass.- Oscar Wilde.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10What is the Glastonbury Tor, a hill or a cave?
0:05:10 > 0:05:12A hill.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14In which room would you find
0:05:14 > 0:05:16a colander, chopping board...
0:05:16 > 0:05:18The kitchen.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Karen.- Bank.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23What H describes over-theatrical acting?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Erm, hedonism.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Ham.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30In which church is the tomb of the Unknown Warrior?
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Time's up. The correct answer is Westminster Abbey.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41You banked #900 out of a possible #1,000.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47But who is slower than the rest? Who is unlikely to keep up later on?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Think carefully.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59The weakest link is Karen, with the most incorrect answers.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Statistically, Damian is the strongest link,
0:06:02 > 0:06:07but, at this early stage, will the others realise that?
0:06:08 > 0:06:12It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33- David, remind me what you do. - I'm a priest.- Oh.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Not in fancy dress, then?
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- No, no. I'm the real McCoy. - Is that why you talk ponderously,
0:06:40 > 0:06:42as if you're giving a sermon?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- No, it's...- The way you talk? - Just comes naturally.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48You're pompous naturally, are you?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52I'm not pompous. I have a natural air of authority
0:06:52 > 0:06:53like yourself.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- Why Karen?- Well, there's a certain similarity between the two of you.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02There's only room for one Anne Robinson.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Giles, what do you do in that shirt?
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- I don't train the police in this shirt.- They'd be all over the place.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15I'm a policewoman. What do you train me to do?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I might train you to improve your interpersonal skills.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- "Interpersonal" skills? - How you get on with people.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Why didn't you say that, instead of using words joined together?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- It's called "joined-up thinking". - It's "rubbish thinking".
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Why Karen?
0:07:33 > 0:07:37GILES: I think Karen got a couple of answers wrong.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I think they were fairly easy ones.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- What do you do?- I'm a student.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- So we're all paying for you? - I'm grateful. Thank you.- Good.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- What are you studying? - Materials science and metallurgy. - Got a job to go to?
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- Oh, no.- We don't want to pay for you and you not to have a job.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Where are you studying?- Cambridge.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Why no job to go to? - I haven't applied for any.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- So, you're lazy, are you? - Oh, very lazy. Yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Why Karen?- Sorry, Karen... - We don't want you to be sorry.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18- OK. Well, I'm not sorry, Karen, but it wasn't really happening. - No. OK.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20"It wasn't really happening."
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Karen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33My children are going to be very disappointed.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38They'll find it hard to keep their heads held high at school.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42They're the ones I'm most dreading seeing the programme.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I think Damian's going to be voted off next.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50He's not got a wide range of knowledge. They'll pick up on that.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Round Two.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59So far, you've banked #900 out of a possible #1,000. Eight of you left.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01We are taking 10 seconds off your time.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06The strongest link starts, Damian. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Start the clock.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13How is 11pm represented on a 24 hour clock?
0:09:13 > 0:09:152300.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19What part of a personal computer or piano is operated manually?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- The keys.- I'll accept. Dino.- Bank.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24A loose undergarment
0:09:24 > 0:09:30with narrow shoulder straps for the body's upper half is a camisole or a cravat?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31A camisole.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36The Olympic biathlon consists of cross-country skiing and what?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Running.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Rifle shooting.
0:09:39 > 0:09:46A person who has to take the blame for a misdemeanour "has to carry..." What?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48The can.
0:09:48 > 0:09:55In Dallas, which character, played by Linda Gray, was the wife of JR Ewing?
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Pass.- Sue Ellen.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04Which fruit is used as a basis for the French liqueur cassis?
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Blackcurrant.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11Which former Culture Club vocalist was lead singer with Jesus Loves You?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Boy George.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19In The Addams Family, what was the name of the 6'9" tall butler?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Lurch. - Giles.- Bank.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Maidenhead in Berkshire stands on which river?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27- I don't know.- The Thames.
0:10:27 > 0:10:34What C was the surname of the man who in 1477 produced the first book printed in England?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Caesar.- Caxton.
0:10:37 > 0:10:45In darts, if a player on 52 throws an inner bull, what double must he throw to finish?
0:10:47 > 0:10:48- 16.- One.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51In December 2001,
0:10:51 > 0:10:58which EastEnders actress was an army police officer in the BBC drama Red Cap?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02- Letitia Dean.- Tamzin Outhwaite.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08How many known moons orbit the planet Jupiter, six or 16?
0:11:08 > 0:11:1016.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12When did Prince Edward marry Sophie?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14In '98.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17No, 1999.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Which TV cook wrote The Winter Collection?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Delia Smith.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27What L is the angular distance north or south of the equator?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Latitude.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Until 1991, the KGB was the secret police of which country?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Russia. - I'll accept. Soviet Union.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Dino.- Bank. - What entertainment
0:11:38 > 0:11:43is the subject of the 1952 Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show On Earth?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Showgirls.- The circus.
0:11:45 > 0:11:51What must be registered with the DVLC in Swansea, dogs or motor vehicles?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Motor vehicles.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- Kelly.- Bank.- The tam-o'-shanter originated in which country?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- Scotland. - Brenda.- Bank.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06The time's up and you banked #290 out of a possible #1,000.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Who's now flapping like a fish out of water?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Who should shut up and ship out?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Getting the most right makes Damian the strongest link.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25The weakest link is Stephen, statistically,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28but will the voting reflect reality?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Damian,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- where do you come from? - Liverpool.- I'd never have known!
0:12:56 > 0:13:02- You work in a pub?- I do. Yeah. - Are you trained for that? - No, I went to university and...
0:13:02 > 0:13:03University?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- What did you study?- Mathematics.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- At which university?- Cambridge. - Which college?- Churchill.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15So we've got two Cambridge students. Well, you're a graduate.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- How did you do in your finals? - All right. I got a second class.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22What career are you looking for?
0:13:22 > 0:13:27That's why I'm working in a pub. I haven't found a career that suits me yet.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Let me get this straight. You've got a 2i...
0:13:30 > 0:13:35- No.- You got a 2ii?- I've got a 2ii. - You got a 2ii in mathematics
0:13:35 > 0:13:41- and you can't work out what to do with the rest of your life? - I'm looking about me.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- Are you?- Yeah.- Right. Why Stephen?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- He got two questions wrong. - He did, indeed.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- What is your degree in? - Mechanical engineering.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54And what did you get in your finals?
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I got a drinking degree, as well. I got a 2ii.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- It's called "a drinking degree"? - That's right.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05- That's what we're paying for, drinking degrees?- That's right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- What do you do now? - I'm between jobs.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- Why Stephen?- It's a shame, he's got a lovely shirt,
0:14:12 > 0:14:16but he did vote for me and he was the weakest overall.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Stephen, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:14:27 > 0:14:33I was voted off, because I had a bright shirt. I did get one wrong and I was easy to spot.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I would vote off Dino next.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38He's hardly answered a question right.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Round Three, Team.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45So far, you have won #1,190 out of a possible #2,000.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Seven are left.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50We are taking 10 seconds off the time.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53We start with the strongest link: Damian.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Start the clock.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01The actor who supplied the voice for Paddington
0:15:01 > 0:15:04the animated series was Sir Michael who?
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Caine.- Hordern.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08According to the expression,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12if you utter a name frivolously, you take it in what?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Vain.
0:15:14 > 0:15:20Who dueted with Whitney Houston on the 2000 song, If I Told You That?
0:15:20 > 0:15:22George Michael.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26On a champagne bottle, does the word Brut indicate sweet or dry?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Dry.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- Bank.- Which date is deemed unlucky when it is on a Friday?
0:15:34 > 0:15:3613th.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41When telephoning abroad, what are the first two digits dialled?
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Double 0.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47The 1997 teen horror film was called I Know What You Did Last what?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Summer.
0:15:50 > 0:15:55What type of sea creature is a langoustine? Shellfish or flatfish?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- Flatfish.- Shellfish.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03From 1953 to 1980, Josip Tito was President of which European country?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Don't know.- Yugoslavia.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Carlisle stands on which river? The Eden or The Tweed?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- The Tweed.- No, The Eden.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19What P is the branch of medicine dealing with the cause and origin of disease?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- Parasitology.- Pathology.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26The steam train which set a speed record in 1938,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28shared its name with which duck?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Mallard.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Which is further North, Worcester or Woking?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Worcester.
0:16:36 > 0:16:42- Bank.- In Goodnight Sweetheart, Nicholas Lyndhurst's character went back to which decade?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44The '40s.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48A driver is given how many points for winning a Formula One race?
0:16:48 > 0:16:5010 points.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53A smock is what? A loose dress or tight trousers?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55A loose dress.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01- Bank.- The presenter of Loose Ends on Radio Four renowned for his anecdotes is Ned who?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- Kelly.- No, Sherrin.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09Which dynasty ruled Russian from the 17th Century until the 1917 revolution?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- The Cossack.- Romanov.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21What O is the name of the African bird that can run at speeds of 40mph?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Ostrich.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Firestarter was a 1996 UK No.1 single for which rock group?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- The Beatles.- The Prodigy.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33In the heaviest defeat in football history,
0:17:33 > 0:17:38how many goals did losers Bon Accord concede to Arbroath...?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Time's up.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Unfortunately for Josephine, I could not complete the question.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51You banked #250. Who is up the creek without a paddle?
0:17:51 > 0:17:56Whose telephone is definitely out of service?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02The statistics show Damian has gone
0:18:02 > 0:18:06from strongest link in the last round to the weakest.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Brenda is the strongest as she answered the most questions right.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13But how will the votes go?
0:18:14 > 0:18:19Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Brenda, remind me what you do.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Erm...
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- I'm a social worker.- Are you?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43Who do you help?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46I help adults with learning difficulties.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- Why Kelly?- Because I think she didn't do very well in that round.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Students have specific rather than general knowledge.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59So Giles, who arrogantly told me he does joined up thinking,
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- you've never heard of President Tito?- Bad memory recall.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Is that different from stupid thinking?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Erm...yeah.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13- Why Kelly?- Kelly had, I think, a bad round really.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18She got a couple wrong and there was a bit of hesitation as well.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Dino, are you Italian?- Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- What do you do? - A tour operator.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- Do you send people to Italy? - Yeah, we do.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28And you tell them about Julius Caesar
0:19:28 > 0:19:31who invented the printing press
0:19:31 > 0:19:34and printed the first book in England?
0:19:34 > 0:19:35You got me on that one there.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- Why Kelly? - Erm...I think..
0:19:39 > 0:19:41she just didn't bank enough.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47Kelly's the science student at Cambridge who has never heard of pathology.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I'm disappointed about being voted off. I thought I'd do better.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06I was a bit unlucky with the questions and also with the voting.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09I would like to see Dino voted off next.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11He should be standing here, not me.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Round Four.
0:20:13 > 0:20:21#1,440 banked out of a possible #3,000. There are six of you left. Ten seconds off the time.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27We start with the strongest link - that's Brenda. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Start the clock.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Which part of the ginger plant is used as a spice?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35The root.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40What M is an area in Paris which is dominated by the Sacre Coeur church?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Montparnasse.- Montmartre.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48A speech by Geoffrey Howe was described by Denis Healey
0:20:48 > 0:20:52as rather like being savaged by a dead what?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Dog.- Sheep.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58In which decade were cigarette ads banned on TV?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- '70s.- '60s.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06In January 2002, which British tennis player won the Australian hard-court championships?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Tim Henman.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Who stars as Geraldine Granger in the Vicar Of Dibley?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- Pass.- Dawn French.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23What F is equal to six feet and measures the depth of water?
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Fathom.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29What is the spoonerism of the sentence "pack of lies"?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31- Lack of pies. - Josephine.- Bank.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37Cross Fell is the highest peak in which hills from Derbyshire to Scotland?
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Pennines.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Kabuki is a form of theatre from where - China or Japan?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Japan.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50In the rhyme, the man who grew whiskers on his chinnigin was Micheal who?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Billigan.- Finnegan.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57Duncan, Antony, Lee and Simon are the members of which boy band
0:21:57 > 0:22:01who had 2001 hit singles with Too Close and All Rise?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Blue.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08What T is the name give to a flatbread pancake originating from Mexico?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Pass.- Tortilla.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17The registration sticker E on a car shows it comes from which country?
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Spain.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24What is the heraldic term for an animal with raised forelegs - rampant or dormant?
0:22:24 > 0:22:26- Rampant.- Damian.- Bank.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32In the New Year Honours List of 2002, which heavyweight boxer was awarded a CBE?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Lennox Lewis.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37The US term "buck" refers to what amount of money?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38- A dollar. - Dino.- Bank.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44What P is a row of small holes punched into paper so that a part may easily be torn off?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Pass.- Perforation.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53During WWII, the initials ARP stood for air raid what?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- Precaution. - David.- Bank.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Which canal passes through the Bitter Lakes?
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Time's up and you only won #170.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Who's the pebble in your plimsoll,
0:23:10 > 0:23:15the splinter in your finger? It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22For the second round in a row, Brenda is the strongest link.
0:23:22 > 0:23:29Statistically, Dino is the weakest link as he gave the most wrong answers. Can he survive the vote?
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:23:47 > 0:23:54So, Damian, who's got a drinking degree from Cambridge - that's a 2:2 in mathematics -
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and who wants a job that suits him.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Do you not like people from Manchester?- Dino's a nice lad.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03He just got a couple of questions wrong.
0:24:03 > 0:24:09- But you've voted for him twice now. - I couldn't think who else to vote for.- David...
0:24:09 > 0:24:11do you like women priests?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- Um...- I bet you don't, David.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- Why Dino?- Well, he's fairly egregious, I think.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24And he's a long way away. Looks a bit lonely over there.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29We'll never know about your first language. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41I'm disappointed. I thought I'd go off first, but I didn't.
0:24:41 > 0:24:48I want Damian to go off because I thought the lads were against the girls and he didn't follow suit.
0:24:49 > 0:24:56Round Five and your total so far is #1,610 out of a possible #4,000.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Five of you left. Ten seconds off the time.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05We start with the strongest link - Brenda. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Start the clock. What is the profession of Cherie Blair?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Barrister.- The theory that an event in one country
0:25:14 > 0:25:18triggers similar events in another is known as the what effect?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- Doppler.- Domino.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25What F is the name for the leaflike part of a fern or palm?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Frond.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Sheerness is the principle town on which English island?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Pass.- Sheppey.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40In the abbreviation ABS, for what does the B stand?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Braking.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Bank. - Which Queen of... Too late.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50In history, which Queen of Louis XVI of France was guillotined in 1793?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Marie Antoinette.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57The Thar desert is in Pakistan and which other country?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58- India.- Josephine.- Bank.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03At the start of British summertime, do the clocks go forward or back?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Forwards.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10What title is given to the person who is Speaker of the House of Lords?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Lord Chancellor.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Which person plans the dance movements for a piece of music?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Choreographer.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24- Bank.- What B is a long loaf of bread, also known as a French stick?
0:26:24 > 0:26:25- Baguette.- David.- Bank.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31Which football club is the only one in all four divisions with the suffix Forest?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Nottingham.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38On which musical instrument would a Scotsman play a pibroch?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Bagpipes.- Where on your body do you wear galoshes?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44On your feet.
0:26:44 > 0:26:50What P is the name for organised attempts to manipulate the beliefs of people
0:26:50 > 0:26:53by using biased information?
0:26:53 > 0:26:59- Philandering.- Propaganda. Which word means to run away secretly
0:26:59 > 0:27:01to take part in a marriage?
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Elope.
0:27:02 > 0:27:08- Bank.- Who starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in the "Road To" films?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09Bob Hope.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14How many key stages are there in the national curriculum?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- Four.- Damian.- Bank.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Eric Clapton plays which stringed instrument?
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Guitar.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Kosher food is linked with which religion?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Jewish.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27What was the original name of...
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Time's up.
0:27:31 > 0:27:38You only banked #290, which is very disappointing because you had a chain of ten answers.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Someone's banking too soon, someone not sure of themselves.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47Who's left their brain on the train? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Statistically, Josephine is the strongest.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Giles is the weakest - but what will the others consider when casting their vote?
0:28:00 > 0:28:04Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Josephine, with a degree and no job,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- what are you looking for now? - I quite fancy your job.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24You have to have brains for that.
0:28:24 > 0:28:30- Why David?- Because he was banking too quickly and I think overall...
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Did you want him to bank slowly?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I just wanted a bit of money to build up.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42- Giles, who trains policemen. Are you a policeman?- No, I'm not.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46And there's no beginning to your knowledge, is there?
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- And no end.- No, no beginning, Giles.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55- Why David?- Well, he's chasing the bank, isn't he?- Well, everyone is.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58David needs to attend to his flock, I think.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02David, you are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12It was unfair to vote me off. I had a lot of right answers.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Infamy, infamy, they've got it IN FOR ME.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20If anyone gives me grief, I'll say, "Es vinculum invalissimum. Vale" -
0:29:20 > 0:29:24which means "You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Round Six and out of a possible #5,000 you've banked #1,900. Four of you left.
0:29:31 > 0:29:39Ten seconds off the time. We start with the strongest link - Josephine. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Start the clock.
0:29:42 > 0:29:48Between 434 and 453 AD, who was king of the Huns?
0:29:48 > 0:29:53- Attila.- Which team has won the county cricket championship most often?
0:29:53 > 0:29:54Yorkshire.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Which word means a horizontal bar forming a fence,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02a track for wheels or a hand-support on a staircase?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- A rail.- Correct.- Bank.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11Which three letters are used to abbreviate the phrase et cetera?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Etc.
0:30:13 > 0:30:20Secured by Earl Russell in 1903, what was the first British car registration number?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- 1.- A1
0:30:22 > 0:30:27The Cape Verde islands lay off the westernmost point of which continent?
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Africa.
0:30:29 > 0:30:36Which Premiership club was knocked out of the 2002 FA cup by Second Division Cardiff City?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- Manchester United. - Leeds United.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43In 2001, Liza Tarbuck played the title role in which BBC drama?
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- Pass.- Linda Green.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52William Joyce broadcast WWII propaganda from Germany and was known as Lord who?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Haw-Haw.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59Which term refers to social activities after a day spent skiing?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Apres ski.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06Which fruit would you use if you were baking a tarte Tatin?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- Strawberry.- Apple.
0:31:08 > 0:31:13In Roman numerals, which number is represented by the letters XC?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- 110.- 90.
0:31:15 > 0:31:21In the film Shirley Valentine, which actress played the title character?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Pauline Collins.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Japan is known as the land of the rising what?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Sun.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32An eland is a type of which African mammal?
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- A rhino.- An antelope.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Who founded the Ulster Democratic Unionist party?
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- David Trimble.- Ian Paisley.
0:31:43 > 0:31:49In which sport did Australia name Brad Fittler as captain for the 2001 test series?
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- Cricket.- No, rugby league.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Time's up and you banked #100.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01But who is a pepperoni short of a pizza?
0:32:01 > 0:32:06Who was a plank of wood in a previous life? Time to vote off the weakest link.
0:32:08 > 0:32:14Damian answered all his questions correctly and is the strongest link.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19Statistically, Giles remains the weakest. But will the team notice?
0:32:20 > 0:32:25Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37So, Damian,
0:32:37 > 0:32:42not many people in Liverpool like the police - or anyone who trains them!
0:32:42 > 0:32:47- You don't even call them police officers.- They call them bizzies.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51- Is that why you voted for Giles - because he trains bizzies?- No.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55It's because he got the most questions wrong.
0:32:55 > 0:33:02You can't count with the mathematics degree. Brenda got as many questions wrong as Giles.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Brenda, what happened to you?
0:33:05 > 0:33:09What I thought and what I said were two different things.
0:33:09 > 0:33:14- Why Giles?- He's not been too good all the way through really.
0:33:14 > 0:33:21He said he did joined-up thinking but he collapsed with ignorance. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32I feel pretty choked up. It was fair in the end.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35However, I do feel that Brenda
0:33:35 > 0:33:39should have got voted off before. She's got away with it.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I'm pretty certain she'll go off next.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49Round Seven. You've banked #2,000 out of a possible #6,000. Three left.
0:33:49 > 0:33:56Ten seconds off the time. The strongest link was Damian. Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:33:56 > 0:34:03Start the clock. Reading, writing and arithmetic are known by which colloquial phrase?
0:34:03 > 0:34:04The three Rs.
0:34:04 > 0:34:11Which reggae singer had hit singles with Electric Avenue and Walking On Sunshine?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Marvin Gaye.- Eddie Grant.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18The area known as Silicon Fen surrounds which university city?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Cambridge.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25Which author of horror stories wrote Salem's Lot and Carrie?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- Stephen King.- Brenda.- Bank.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Which word means to put your name to a document
0:34:30 > 0:34:33or to communicate by gestures with a deaf person?
0:34:33 > 0:34:35Sign.
0:34:35 > 0:34:42Launched in the 1980s, Atlantis, Columbia and Discovery were the names of which spacecraft?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Space shuttles.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49The civil war in which European country lasted from 1936 to 1939?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- Spain.- Brenda.- Bank.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55What number is the playing card referred to as a deuce?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Two.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01Which cartoon family had cats named Snowball and Snowball II?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03The Simpsons.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Which English city was known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis?
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Bath.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14Which word for a joker means to wave from side to side like a dog's tail?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Wag.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20The ground of which English club stands on Sir Matt Busby way?
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Manchester United.
0:35:22 > 0:35:28In Trainspotting, which Scottish actor played the character Francis Begbie?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Robert Carlyle.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34The dish sukiyaki originated in which country?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Japan.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40Which bearded US president had his face on a 5 bill?
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Abraham Lincoln.
0:35:41 > 0:35:47In court, how should one correctly address a county court judge?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49- Your Worship.- Your Honour.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53- Bank.- The Orinoco river flows into which ocean?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- Pacific.- Atlantic.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59In politics, what was the surname of the first woman...?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Time's up.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04You banked #350. Now, in Round Eight,
0:36:04 > 0:36:08you get the chance to treble what you bank,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10so you could win #3,000.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13The question is who is least likely
0:36:13 > 0:36:17to help you raise the bank balance when you have this chance?
0:36:17 > 0:36:20It's time to vote off the weakest link.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27At this crucial stage, statistics reveal Josephine is the strongest
0:36:27 > 0:36:31as she answered all her questions correctly.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35Brenda is the weakest link as she gave the most wrong answers.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38But who will lose out in the final vote?
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Josephine...
0:36:54 > 0:36:58- how mean is that vote?- I thought he was the weakest. He lost money.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01You can count.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- He got one question wrong. - It cost us a lot of money.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06He's the strongest player overall.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11And he wasn't the weakest link in the last round...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- was he, Brenda? - No, I was the Dodo.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Dodo Brenda, why have you voted off the best player?
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Because I don't think there's much to choose between the two of them,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26but I remember Josephine banked money.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Damian, these excuses aren't washing with me
0:37:29 > 0:37:32and I'm sure they aren't with you.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34You are the weakest link. Goodbye.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45I don't think it was fair that I got voted off.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50I had been stronger than the two of them but I did lose a lot of money.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54I'd like Josephine to win because she's not pompous like Brenda.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56She's nice.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Round Eight.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04Out of the #7,000 you could have won, you've got #2,350.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Brenda and Josephine. Two of you left.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10You have 90 seconds. Whatever you win will be trebled
0:38:10 > 0:38:14and added to the total. #3,000 is up for grabs.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18We start with the strongest link, that's Josephine.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Let's play The Weakest Link.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Start the clock.
0:38:22 > 0:38:28The crocodile creature called the gavial is native to which continent?
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- American.- Asia.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Franglais is an informal combination of French and which language?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Pass.- English.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42For which pop group was the song Brass In Pocket a 1979 UK No.1 single?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44The Pretenders.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Pass.- In the ch...pass?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50The author of epic poem, the Rape Of The Lock,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52was Alexander who?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- Dumas.- Pope.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Pyrophobia is the fear of what?
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Fire.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- Bank.- The meat used for faggots is from which animal?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- Sheep.- Pig.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Gloria Swanson plays a fading star who declares,
0:39:09 > 0:39:14"I am big, it's the pictures that got small" in which 1950 satire?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Pass.- Sunset Boulevard.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20Which country was invaded by Iraq in August 1990?
0:39:20 > 0:39:21Kuwait.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Bank.- In South African, what does ANC stand for?
0:39:25 > 0:39:28African National Congress.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33- Bank.- In the USA, Providence is the capital of which US state?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- Maine.- Rhodes Island.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Which Midlands city is served by New Street station?
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Birmingham.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- Bank.- In hairstyling, what does the US term bangs mean?
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Fringe.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51The William Tell Overture was the theme tune to which 1950s western series?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Time's up.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00The correct answer was The Lone Ranger.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05You have won #80 which we'll treble and add to previous winnings.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10That means prize money today of #2,590.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Only one can take the money. Now you play head to head.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17I'll ask alternating questions. Best of five.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Whoever answers the most right wins. It's that simple.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26If there's a tie after five questions we go for sudden death, until we have a winner.
0:40:26 > 0:40:32Brenda and Josephine, for #2,590, let's play The Weakest Link.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Brenda, as the strongest link,
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- you have the choice of who goes first.- I'll go.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46On which large Italian island in the Mediterranean
0:40:46 > 0:40:49is the tourist area known as the Emerald Coast?
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- I don't know. - The correct answer is Sardinia.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00On which horse did Bob Champion win the Grand National in 1981,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03shortly after recovering from cancer?
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- I don't know. - The correct answer is Aldaniti.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14Which Shakespeare character has the most lines in a single play?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Henry V.- No, Hamlet.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20In pop music, which American band
0:41:20 > 0:41:22has followers nicknamed Deadheads?
0:41:24 > 0:41:29- Led Zepplin.- No. The correct answer is The Grateful Dead.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34Which member of the cabbage family has a large white head,
0:41:34 > 0:41:37of tight flower buds known as florets?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Cauliflower.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45At which public school is a unique type of football
0:41:45 > 0:41:48called the Wall Game played annually
0:41:48 > 0:41:51to mark St Andrew's day?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Eton.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57In language, what word meaning ostracise
0:41:57 > 0:42:01is derived from the name of a land agent in Ireland
0:42:01 > 0:42:03who was shunned by his tenants?
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- Pass.- The correct answer is boycott.
0:42:07 > 0:42:13In the animal kingdom, with a wingspan of up to three metres,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16the trumpeter is the largest species in the world
0:42:16 > 0:42:19of what type of aquatic bird?
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- Albatross. - No, the correct answer is swan.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28In TV, which motor racing commentator once said,
0:42:28 > 0:42:32"They are on the penultimate last lap but one"?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Murray Walker.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41You need to answer this question correctly to stay in the game.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45The Skylon Dome of Discovery in the Royal Festival Hall,
0:42:45 > 0:42:49were erected in London for which 20th Century celebration?
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- The Festival of Great Britain. - Yes, the Festival of Britain.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59After five questions each, your scores are tied.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Brenda and Josephine, let's play Sudden Death.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11In Greek mythology, which God took the form of a bull
0:43:11 > 0:43:14when he carried off Europa?
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- Taurus. - No, the correct answer is Zeus.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21In December 2001, the city of Bristol paid tribute
0:43:21 > 0:43:26to which locally born Hollywood actor by erecting a statue of him?
0:43:26 > 0:43:28- Cary Grant.- That is correct.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36That means you are today's strongest link
0:43:36 > 0:43:39and you go away with #2,590.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43Brenda, you leave with nothing.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Join us again for the weakest link.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Goodbye.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53I don't feel guilty about taking the money home.
0:43:53 > 0:43:58I think I deserved to win and was strong all the way through.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02I should have gone second. I'd have got the answers.
0:44:02 > 0:44:06I knew I was lost when Josephine got the question on Bristol.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09My friends and family will be pleased
0:44:09 > 0:44:13but Mum will kill me about the drinking degree thing.
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