18/07/2012 Weakest Link


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Here are today's team of nine contestants preparing for the show.

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Only one will go home

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with prize money of up to £10,000.

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The others will leave with nothing as their team-mates vote them The Weakest Link.

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Welcome to The Weakest Link.

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Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

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They don't know each other. However, to win the prize money, they have to work as a team.

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But eight of them will leave with nothing

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as round by round we lose the player voted The Weakest Link. Let's meet the team.

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I'm Hugh, a 51-year-old coach driver from Strathclyde.

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I'm Jo. I'm 63, a retired secretary from Hertfordshire.

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I'm Barry. I'm 47, a local government officer from Bow, East London.

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I'm Fred. I'm 34. I'm a warehouse operative from Worcester.

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I'm Caroline, from Colchester, and I'm a 45-year-old full-time mum.

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I'm Darren. I'm 29. I'm a library assistant from Co Antrim.

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I'm Neil. I'm 70 and retired. I'm from Wigton in Cumbria.

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I'm Kim. I'm a 34-year-old teacher from Co Durham, currently living in Hampshire.

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I'm Pam, from Peterborough. I'm 61 years old and a retired claims handler.

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The rules. The aim is to answer enough questions correctly to reach £1000 within the time limit.

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The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

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Get a question wrong, you break the chain and lose the money in that chain.

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If you bank before the question is asked, the money is safe

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but you start a new chain from scratch. Remember,

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only money that has been banked can be taken forward.

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Round One. Three minutes on the clock.

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We start with the person whose name is first alphabetically. That's Barry.

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Let's play The Weakest Link.

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The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

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What T is the muscular organ situated on the floor of the mouth?

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Tongue.

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Which three letters represented by the Morse code

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dot, dot, dot dash, dash, dash dot, dot, dot

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were used as the international distress signal?

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SOS.

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According to the proverb, there is a time and what for everything?

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Place.

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Honeycomb consists of what type of wax?

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Beeswax.

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April Fools' Day falls on...?

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1st April.

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-Bank.

-Which British-born actor portrayed a pathetic yet humorous tramp

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in American silent films in the early 20th-C?

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Charlie Chaplin.

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What C are small toasted/fried pieces of bread used to garnish soups?

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Croutons.

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Which famous bell was heard chiming for the first time in London in 1859?

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Big Ben.

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What P in the eye adjusts its size in response to different levels of brightness?

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Pupil.

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In the nursery rhyme, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled what?

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Pepper.

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-Bank.

-What B is the liquid mixture often used to coat foods before they are deep fried?

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-Pass.

-Batter.

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Is the decathlon an Olympic event?

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Yes.

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In rhyming slang, which part of the body is your north and south?

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Mouth.

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What D is a personal record of daily events and observations?

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Diary.

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How many millimetres are there in one centimetre?

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Ten.

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-Bank.

-What is a Doberman pinscher?

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A dog.

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In TV, which actor played the part of Derek Del Boy Trotter

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in the comedy series Only Fools And Horses?

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David Jason.

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By what acronynm is the Oxford Committe for Famine Relief better known?

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Oxfam.

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Which famous trivia board game involving coloured wedges often known as cheeses

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was invented in 1979 by Scott Abbott and Chris Haney?

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Trivial Pursuit.

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-Fred.

-Bank.

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You've reached and banked your £1000 target. That money will go through to the next round.

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But one of you will NOT. Now, there was only one incorrect answer during that first round

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but, remember, you'll have ten seconds less in the next round

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so you still have to streamline the team. Who is just a bit worrying?

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Who has the potential

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to be too slow

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to keep up?

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One of you is about to leave. Time to vote off the weakest link.

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Barry is the first strongest link.

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Only Fred answered a question incorrectly so he's the weakest link.

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But will the voting follow the facts?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Hugh.

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-Why Fred?

-He was the only person to get one wrong.

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Quite a few people noticed that, didn't they?

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-Why have YOU voted for Fred, Caroline?

-Only because he got one wrong.

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Darren, why Fred?

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Fred was the only person to get a question wrong.

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-You don't like him much.

-No, I do like Fred.

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So why "Yuk"?

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Cos it's a horrible thing to do to somebody this early on.

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He's unlucky to be the only one to get a question wrong.

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-Never heard of batter, Fred?

-I just had a mental block.

-Not a good thing to have on this podium.

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You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

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Very disappointed at being voted off in the first round.

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I did bank half of the money that went into the bank at the end.

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The Walk Of Shame wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

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I consciously didn't make eye contact with anyone.

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It was over a lot quicker than I thought it would be, as was my appearance on the show.

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Round Two. £1000 banked. Eight players left.

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Ten seconds off the clock.

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We start with the strongest link - Barry. Let's play The Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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In Little Red Riding Hood, who does the wolf disguise himself as?

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Grandmother.

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With 20 servings in a bottle of orange juice,

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how many bottles are needed to serve 60 children?

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Three.

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Mr Llewellyn, Mr Bronson and Mrs McClusky were teachers in which children's TV series?

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Grange Hill.

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A butterfly has how many pairs of wings - two or four?

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Two.

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What is the rigid body tissue which makes up the skeleton?

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Bone.

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What name is given to the circular discs thrown by athletes?

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Discus.

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On a visit to the old Benedictine abbey, Mont St Michel,

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in which country would you be?

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France.

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In TV, which comedian and presenter is known for his catchphrase Awight?

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-Barrymore.

-Michael Barrymore. I'll accept Barrymore.

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-Bank.

-In maths, what is 13 times 4?

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52.

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Which fish's upper jaw resembles a weapon with a long, sharp blade and a short handle?

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Swordfish.

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What device for regulating heartbeat

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was invented in the late '50s by Wilson Greatbatch?

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Pacemaker.

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Which member of the Osmond family had a UK No.1 hit in 1972

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with Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool?

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Jimmy.

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-Bank.

-Which item of S American clothing

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is made from a blanket with a hole in the middle?

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Poncho.

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Which snooker player won the world championship six times between 1981 and 1989?

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Steve Davis.

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Which British astronomer's moon maps were used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?

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Patrick Moore.

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Which poetry title was established in 1688 when James II bestowed it on John Dryden?

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Poet laureate.

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-Bank.

-What L is a large organ situated below the diaphragm?

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Liver.

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For what do the initials MPG stand?

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Miles per gallon.

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In nature, is the yew tree deciduous or evergreen?

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Evergreen.

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A test of support for government is a vote of what?

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Confidence.

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Is iron found in red or white blood cells?

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Red.

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-Bank.

-In which...

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OK. You've reached and banked your £1000 target for the second time

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and that money will go through to the next round.

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But one of you will not.

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You have ten seconds less in the next round,

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so you still have to streamline the team.

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Who, this time round, is not as fast as the others?

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It's time to vote off the weakest link.

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No-one answered a question incorrectly,

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but the statistics show Kim is the strongest and Hugh is the weakest.

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So what factors will the team consider?

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Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Darren...

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-are you getting rid of the senior citizens?

-No, not at all.

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-It was Hobson's choice. No-one got a question wrong.

-No, it's Darren's choice.

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Caroline, why Jo?

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Because she was the only one that hesitated for any length of time.

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-You thought she was the weakest link?

-Yes.

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She wasn't, was she, Hugh?

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-Was she not?

-No.

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Statistically, you were the weakest link. But it's votes that count.

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Jo, they've had enough of you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

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Being voted off when I wasn't the weakest link

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is just very disappointing.

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I don't know who'll be next. We've had two perfect rounds and so it's impossible to say.

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Round Three.

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You have £2000. You are down to seven players. Another ten seconds off the clock.

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We start with the last round's strongest link - Kim. Let's play The Weakest Link.

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Start the clock. In which country of the UK is the town of Abergavenny?

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Wales.

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Which rock and roll musician was born Charles Edward Anderson Berry in 1926?

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Chuck Berry.

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In Germany, does brot mean soup or bread?

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Bread.

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In the earth's stratosphere, which gas forms a layer

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which helps absorb the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays?

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-Pass.

-Ozone.

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Is Africa the largest or second largest continent?

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Second largest.

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What was the name of the recent film sequel to 101 Dalmatians?

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102 Dalmatians.

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In music, Ruth, Anita, Bonnie and June were the What Sisters in the '70s and '80s?

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Pass.

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Pointer. Which C describes the study of very low temperatures in living systems -

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chromatography or cryobiology?

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Cryobiology.

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What is Donald Sutherland's son called?

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Kiefer.

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Who wrote The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell To Arms, published in the 1920s?

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Hemingway.

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What completed the first manned vertical flight in 1907 -

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a helicopter or an aeroplane?

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Helicopter.

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What is the common name for magnesium hydroxide, used to settle the stomach?

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-Alka-Seltzer.

-Milk of magnesia.

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In which century did Pitt the Younger first become prime minister - 18th or 19th?

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18th.

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Who wrote the children's book Revolting Rhymes?

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-Edward Lear.

-Roald Dahl.

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In mythology, which A was the animal sacred to the Roman goddess Vesta?

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-Pass.

-The ass.

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-Bank.

-Which fizzy soft drink is added to vodka to make a Moscow Mule?

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Lemonade.

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Ginger ale. What B is the currency in Thailand?

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Baht.

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What is the nationality of the tennis player Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario?

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Spanish.

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-Bank.

-Which songwriter wrote There's No Business Like Show Business in the '50s?

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-Stephen Sondheim.

-Irving Berlin.

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In biology, what B is stored in the gall bladder?

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Bile.

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Bouillabaisse is a fish stew from which country?

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France.

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-Bank.

-In film, what is the 2001 sequel to the Silence Of The Lambs?

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Pass.

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Hannibal. Is a cypress a type of plant or animal?

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Plant.

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-Bank.

-What E is the name for the 21 books of the New Testament

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which were written as letters?

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-Ecclesiasticus.

-Epistles.

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Time is up and a dramatic and depressing change of fortunes, team.

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In that round you banked a pathetic £120.

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Who is now well past their best?

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Who has moved from slow to very, very, very stupid?

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Who cost you money in that round? It's time to vote off the weakest link.

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Darren is the strongest link

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as he answered all of his questions correctly.

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The weakest link is Neil, but will the others pick up on this?

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Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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We have a three-way tie. Barry, Kim and Caroline - two votes each.

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Barry, why Kim?

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-I remember she got a couple of questions wrong.

-Right.

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-Caroline, why Barry?

-I think he got two questions wrong.

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He only got one wrong. I know somebody who did get two wrong.

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-Kim, you're a teacher.

-I am.

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What do you teach?

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-Children.

-What do you teach the children?

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-Science, hopefully.

-Oh.

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-Not general knowledge?

-No.

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Cos you're rubbish at questions that aren't about science.

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-That's been said before, yes.

-Why Caroline? It was the milk of magnesia question.

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Well, when the vote is tied, the strongest link

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casts the deciding vote.

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Darren, you actually voted for the person who, statistically, was the weakest link.

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Only YOU noticed that, but your choice is Barry, Caroline or Kim? Who will you get rid of?

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-I'm afraid it'll have to be Kim.

-Why?

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Um...

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You don't like teachers?

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No, both my sisters are teachers. I'm fond of teachers.

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I think she was the weakest of the three.

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Kim, Darren's getting rid of you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

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I was disappointed to get voted off at this early stage

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because I had previously been the strongest.

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I think Caroline will be next

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because I feel that she is weaker than some of the other players.

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Round Four.

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There's £2120 banked out so far out of potential prize money of £3000.

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Six of you left, ten more seconds off the time.

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You have two and a half minutes.

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We start with the strongest. That's Darren. Let's play The Weakest Link.

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Start the clock.

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What M is the culinary term for a small coin-shaped cut of meat?

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Medallion.

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Which comedian was born first, Eric Morecambe or Ernie Wise?

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Ernie Wise.

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One watt is equal to how many joules per second?

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-Pass.

-One.

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Which Irish boxer held the WBA featherweight title

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between 1985 and 1986?

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Barry McGuigan.

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In law, what C is lack of respect for the authority of a court?

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Contempt.

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-Bank.

-Which popular novelist

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wrote The Cinder Path and The Mallen Streak?

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-Pass.

-Catherine Cookson.

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In the animal kingdom,

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is the otter an amphibian or a mammal?

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Mammal.

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The First Boer War took place during which century?

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-The 20th century.

-19th.

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In film, what 1974 Mel Brooks comedy, shot in black and white,

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starred Gene Wilder?

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-Pass.

-Young Frankenstein.

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In which continent are the cities of Osaka, Karachi and Turan?

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Asia.

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In the animal kingdom, could a dodo fly?

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No.

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-Bank.

-What D is head of administration

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in a university faculty?

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Dean.

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Where are James Joyce's novels set?

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Dublin.

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Which European country became unified

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under the Royal House of Savoy in 1860?

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Italy.

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-Bank.

-Which Irish boy band released a cover version

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in 1997 of Tracy Chapman's Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight?

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-Westlife.

-Boyzone.

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What do you use a karabiner for - rock climbing or cycling?

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-Cycling.

-Rock climbing.

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What G is a method of protecting steel by coating it with zinc?

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Galvanising.

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What is the capital of Western Australia?

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Perth.

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What A is the group of conservative Mennonites

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settled in the eastern states of America?

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The Amish.

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In TV, who was the superhero played by the actor Adam West?

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-Superman.

-Batman.

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In humans, what C is the outer layer

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or overlapping flat cells of human hair?

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-Crown.

-Cuticle.

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Which US First Lady said in 1992

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"I'm not some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette"?

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-Nancy Reagan.

-Hillary Clinton.

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How many full octaves...

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Another disappointing round, given your start.

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You banked a paltry £200. Who really is dazed and confused?

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Who has now lost the plot?

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It's time to vote off the weakest link.

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Darren is the strongest link for a second time.

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The weakest is Pam who failed to answer any correctly,

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but she did bank money for the team.

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But who will lose out in the vote?

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Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

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Hugh, you thought Nancy Reagan didn't want to be like Tammy Wynette, did you?

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I did.

0:21:450:21:47

-Why Pam?

-I think she did slightly worse than I did.

0:21:470:21:51

She got one more wrong.

0:21:510:21:53

-Caroline, why Pam?

-I think she got all her questions wrong.

0:21:530:21:57

She did, indeed.

0:21:570:21:59

Barry, why Pam?

0:21:590:22:02

She got all her questions wrong so she had to go, unfortunately.

0:22:020:22:07

Pam, are you taking retirement seriously?

0:22:070:22:10

-I am.

-So you gave up on that last round, did you?

0:22:100:22:14

-I think I did.

-You didn't get any right.

0:22:140:22:17

-No, I was busy banking.

-Were you? Not good enough.

0:22:170:22:21

It's only £100. Did you think if you banked, you didn't have to get any right?

0:22:210:22:26

-Not really.

-You are the weakest link, goodbye.

0:22:260:22:29

I was the weakest in that round. I got all my questions wrong, so I deserved to be voted off.

0:22:370:22:44

But I do feel that Anne is not so much a pussy cat,

0:22:440:22:48

but more a black panther waiting to pounce.

0:22:480:22:52

Neil should be voted off next

0:22:520:22:54

as he's got a couple of questions wrong

0:22:540:22:57

in each of the previous three rounds.

0:22:570:23:01

Round Five, team, and you're a shadow of your former selves.

0:23:030:23:08

Having hit the jackpot in the first two rounds,

0:23:080:23:11

your total since then is only £320.

0:23:110:23:14

Five of you left, ten seconds less.

0:23:160:23:19

We start with the strongest - Darren. Let's play The Weakest Link.

0:23:190:23:24

Start the clock.

0:23:250:23:27

Wuthering Heights was written by which Bronte sister?

0:23:270:23:31

-Charlotte Bronte.

-Emily.

0:23:310:23:33

What B is a type of hill or ancient burial ground?

0:23:330:23:37

-Pass.

-Barrow.

0:23:400:23:41

If you walk at a constant 4mph,

0:23:410:23:45

how long will it take you to walk 30 miles?

0:23:450:23:49

Seven and a half hours.

0:23:490:23:50

Which British actor played Rocky Cassidy in the TV series Boon?

0:23:500:23:54

-Michael Elphick.

-Neil Morrissey.

0:23:560:23:59

In what betting system is the stake money shared among the winners?

0:23:590:24:04

-Pass.

-Tote.

0:24:040:24:05

Is the island of Arran to the east or the west of Scotland?

0:24:050:24:09

West.

0:24:090:24:10

Which A is the part of the flower that produces pollen?

0:24:100:24:14

The anther.

0:24:150:24:16

In Greek mythology, after Argus was killed,

0:24:160:24:20

Hera transplanted his 100 eyes into the tail of which bird?

0:24:200:24:24

-Eagle.

-Peacock.

0:24:240:24:26

In cricket, where did England win a test series in 2000

0:24:260:24:30

for the first time since the early '60s?

0:24:300:24:33

-West Indies.

-Pakistan.

0:24:330:24:34

In which decade was Rolling Stone front man Mick Jagger born?

0:24:340:24:39

-'30s.

-'40s.

0:24:390:24:40

The name of which African city means new flower - Addis Ababa or Nairobi?

0:24:400:24:46

Addis Ababa.

0:24:460:24:47

Carbon dioxide is a compound

0:24:470:24:49

made up of carbon and which element?

0:24:490:24:51

Oxygen.

0:24:510:24:53

Who wrote the What Katy Did series -

0:24:530:24:55

Laura Ingalls Wilder or Susan Coolidge?

0:24:550:24:59

-Wilder.

-Susan Coolidge.

0:24:590:25:00

What P is the surname of the director Alan

0:25:000:25:03

of films Bugsy Malone and Angela's Ashes?

0:25:030:25:07

Pass.

0:25:070:25:08

Parker.

0:25:080:25:09

In which county is Chartwell, home to Winston Churchill?

0:25:090:25:13

Kent.

0:25:130:25:14

In which country of the UK was the poll tax first introduced in 1989?

0:25:140:25:19

-England.

-Scotland.

0:25:190:25:20

Jeffry Katzenburg, David Geffen and which Hollywood director

0:25:200:25:25

formed Dreamworks SKG production company in 1994?

0:25:250:25:29

-Pass.

-Steven Spielberg.

0:25:290:25:31

What E is a flap of cartilage

0:25:310:25:33

that prevents food from entering the windpipe?

0:25:330:25:37

Epiglottis.

0:25:380:25:39

-Bank.

-In St Luke's Gospel, what P is the son

0:25:390:25:42

who returns to his father after a...

0:25:420:25:45

Prodigal.

0:25:450:25:47

That was the correct answer and, after all that work,

0:25:490:25:54

you've put into the kitty...£20.

0:25:540:25:58

It might be hard to decide but who seriously doesn't deserve to stay?

0:26:000:26:05

Who is costing you money?

0:26:050:26:08

Eject the idiot. It's time to vote off the weakest link.

0:26:080:26:13

Darren is the strongest for the third time in a row.

0:26:150:26:19

The weakest is Barry, though he was the only one to bank.

0:26:190:26:23

Will it be enough to save him in the vote?

0:26:230:26:26

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:26:280:26:33

We have a tie, team. Neil and Barry, two votes each.

0:26:460:26:51

-Neil, why Barry?

-I'm still cross about Superman, so I didn't keep a careful eye

0:26:510:26:56

on what was happening, but I thought it was either Neil or Barry.

0:26:560:27:01

-Hugh, why Neil?

-He's hesitated in the last two rounds and he did get a few wrong

0:27:010:27:07

-in that last round as well.

-Who else got a few wrong?

-I did.

0:27:070:27:11

Exactly.

0:27:110:27:13

Well, when the vote is tied,

0:27:130:27:15

the strongest link casts the deciding vote.

0:27:150:27:18

Darren, you voted for Barry, he WAS the weakest link and he voted for you,

0:27:180:27:23

but don't let me influence you. Who are you getting rid of?

0:27:230:27:27

I'll go with my original decision - Barry.

0:27:270:27:30

Barry, an unwise choice, that. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:27:300:27:35

I did well till the last round. I only had one question wrong up till then. What Anne said

0:27:430:27:49

may have influenced his vote.

0:27:490:27:52

I think Neil will go next because he has hesitated

0:27:520:27:55

in the last few rounds, and the others are getting more confident.

0:27:550:28:00

Round Six. You've won £2340 so far. There are four of you left.

0:28:020:28:07

We are cutting another 10 seconds.

0:28:070:28:09

We start with the strongest link - Darren. Let's play The Weakest Link.

0:28:090:28:15

Start the clock.

0:28:160:28:18

Whose government was based in Vichy

0:28:180:28:21

during the German Occupation from 1940 to '44?

0:28:210:28:24

France.

0:28:240:28:25

Which M is a dance popular at the French court of Louis XIV in the 17th century?

0:28:250:28:31

Which, sorry?

0:28:310:28:32

Which M is a dance popular at the French court of Louis XIV in the 17th century?

0:28:320:28:38

The minuet.

0:28:380:28:39

In cricket, how many players from one team can field at any one time?

0:28:390:28:43

Eleven.

0:28:430:28:44

-Bank.

-In UK geography, Herm and Jethou are two islands in which group?

0:28:440:28:49

-Polynesia.

-The Channel Islands.

0:28:490:28:53

Who said, "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful".

0:28:530:28:58

George Orwell or Lewis Carroll?

0:28:580:29:00

George Orwell.

0:29:000:29:01

Which US state hosts the famous Indy 500 car race?

0:29:010:29:06

-Indianapolis.

-Indiana. Hugh,

0:29:060:29:09

in which US city is Hunter S. Thompson's 1972 novel, Fear And Loathing, set?

0:29:090:29:14

-New York.

-Las Vegas.

0:29:150:29:18

In which county did the Great Train Robbery take place?

0:29:180:29:21

Buckinghamshire.

0:29:210:29:22

Which famous detective ostensibly died in the short story, The Final Problem?

0:29:220:29:28

Sherlock Holmes.

0:29:280:29:29

In architecture, who designed the Royal Greenwich Observatory founded in 1675?

0:29:290:29:35

Sir Christopher Wren.

0:29:350:29:36

-Bank.

-Followers of which religion worship at a mandir temple?

0:29:360:29:41

-Muslim.

-Hinduism.

0:29:410:29:43

Caroline,

0:29:430:29:44

is Nairobi a country or a city?

0:29:440:29:47

A city.

0:29:470:29:49

Which former Monty Python member starred with Robert Lindsay

0:29:490:29:53

in Alan Bleasdale's TV series, GBH?

0:29:530:29:56

Michael Palin.

0:29:560:29:57

In which US city was 20th-century US composer Aaron Copeland born?

0:29:570:30:02

Pennsylvania.

0:30:030:30:04

New York.

0:30:040:30:06

The pirate, Henry Morgan, became deputy governor of which West Indian island in 1674?

0:30:060:30:11

-Pass.

-Jamaica.

0:30:110:30:13

What M was the pseudonym of French dramatist Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?

0:30:130:30:18

-Pass.

-Moliere. What political movement

0:30:180:30:20

was founded by Oswald Mosley in 1932?

0:30:200:30:24

-The British Union of Fascists.

-Neil.

-Bank.

0:30:240:30:27

You banked in time

0:30:310:30:34

and in total you put into the kitty £220.

0:30:340:30:39

Whose performance is far too poor

0:30:390:30:42

to allow them to stay? Ditch the dunce.

0:30:420:30:46

It's time to vote off the weakest link.

0:30:460:30:48

For a fourth time in a row,

0:30:510:30:53

Darren is the strongest link, with all his questions correct.

0:30:530:30:57

The weakest link is Hugh, statistically.

0:30:570:31:00

But will the voting reflect reality?

0:31:000:31:03

Voting over. Time to reveal

0:31:050:31:06

who you think is the weakest link.

0:31:060:31:09

Darren,

0:31:240:31:26

-it's going well for you, isn't it?

-So far, so good.

0:31:260:31:29

Do you do more reading than working in your library?

0:31:290:31:33

I'd get absolutely slaughtered

0:31:330:31:35

if I was to trip up on literature questions.

0:31:350:31:39

-But you did trip up. You don't know who wrote Wuthering Heights.

-I've never read it.

0:31:390:31:44

Why Neil?

0:31:440:31:46

I thought Neil was the weakest link.

0:31:460:31:48

I may be wrong, but he got more questions wrong than me. A capable player,

0:31:480:31:54

-but it's very hard at this stage.

-We've had enough from you. Caroline, why Neil?

0:31:540:31:59

Because he got more questions wrong and he's hesitating a little bit.

0:31:590:32:04

But he wasn't the weakest link, Hugh.

0:32:040:32:07

-Not if you say so, Anne.

-They just don't notice you over there.

0:32:070:32:11

Why did you vote for Neil?

0:32:110:32:13

-Because he had a worse round than me.

-No, he didn't.

0:32:130:32:16

Neil,

0:32:160:32:18

you weren't the weakest link,

0:32:180:32:21

but it would help if you'd known that Pennsylvania is a state, not a city.

0:32:210:32:26

With three votes, the team want rid of you. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:32:260:32:31

I thought it was a good verdict and I had no complaints until I found I wasn't the weakest link.

0:32:390:32:45

I was surprised at the speed with which the questions come round,

0:32:450:32:50

particularly towards the final rounds.

0:32:500:32:53

I think Darren will win tonight.

0:32:530:32:56

I'm sure the others would say so, too.

0:32:560:32:58

Round Seven. You have £2560 out of the £6000 you could have won.

0:33:010:33:06

Three of you left. Another 10 seconds off the time.

0:33:060:33:10

We start with Darren. Let's play The Weakest Link.

0:33:100:33:13

Start the clock.

0:33:150:33:17

What C is the name of the mountains

0:33:170:33:19

which provide New York with much of its water supply?

0:33:190:33:23

Catskills.

0:33:230:33:25

Port-au-Prince is the capital city of which Caribbean country?

0:33:250:33:29

-Jamaica.

-Haiti.

0:33:290:33:31

In music, which band had a No.1 hit in 1968 with Everlasting Love?

0:33:310:33:36

-The Beatles.

-The Love Affair. Which chancellor

0:33:360:33:39

ordered a new budget box from Rosyth shipyard in 1997?

0:33:390:33:43

Gordon Brown.

0:33:430:33:44

Who was banished from the Soviet Union by Stalin in 1929 and killed in Mexico in 1940?

0:33:440:33:52

-Lenin.

-Trotsky.

0:33:520:33:54

The navigator, Vasco da Gama, is buried in which Portuguese city?

0:33:540:33:59

Lisbon.

0:33:590:34:00

The composer, Franz Schubert, was born in which country?

0:34:000:34:03

Austria.

0:34:030:34:04

-Bank.

-In which US sport do the Colorado Avalanche compete against the Detroit Redwings?

0:34:040:34:10

-Basketball.

-Ice hockey.

0:34:100:34:12

In science, what D is a mixing process between two fluids?

0:34:120:34:17

-Dilution.

-Diffusion.

0:34:170:34:20

How long was the US civil war. Four or 14 years?

0:34:200:34:23

Four years.

0:34:230:34:24

What is the first name of the politician whose official title is Baron Lawson of Blaby?

0:34:240:34:30

Nigel.

0:34:300:34:31

-Bank.

-Archangel is a Russian port near which sea?

0:34:310:34:35

Black Sea.

0:34:350:34:37

White Sea.

0:34:370:34:39

Baptista is the father of Kate in which Shakespeare play?

0:34:390:34:43

-Pass.

-The Taming Of The Shrew.

0:34:430:34:45

What A is a Portuguese-speaking country in south-west Africa?

0:34:450:34:50

-Pass.

-Angola.

0:34:500:34:51

In which 1960s US sitcom were tourists marooned

0:34:510:34:54

on an uninhabited South Pacific island?

0:34:540:34:57

-Pass.

-Gilligan's Island.

0:34:570:34:59

What F is the name

0:34:590:35:01

of the mediaeval system by which a lord gave land in return for homage?

0:35:010:35:05

Feudalism.

0:35:050:35:06

-Bank.

-Who played Detective Jake Gittes in the 1974 Roman Polanski film, Chinatown?

0:35:060:35:13

-John Wayne.

-Jack Nicholson.

0:35:130:35:16

Which TV...

0:35:160:35:18

Time is up.

0:35:180:35:20

I cannot complete the question.

0:35:200:35:22

You put in your kitty £120. In Round Eight,

0:35:220:35:25

you get the chance to treble what you bank which means, in the next round,

0:35:250:35:30

£3000 can be won. The question is,

0:35:300:35:32

who will stand in your way?

0:35:320:35:36

Who won't help you towards a better bank balance?

0:35:360:35:40

Time to vote off the weakest link.

0:35:400:35:42

Darren is the strongest link for the fifth time in a row.

0:35:440:35:47

Hugh is the weakest for the second time in a row.

0:35:470:35:51

But, at this crucial stage, can he survive another vote?

0:35:510:35:55

Voting over. Time to reveal who you think is the weakest link.

0:35:570:36:01

Darren,

0:36:120:36:14

you've only got three questions wrong.

0:36:140:36:17

For the benefit of your colleagues in Antrim,

0:36:170:36:21

I'd like to say two were on literature,

0:36:210:36:23

unless you don't regard the Brontes or Shakespeare as literature.

0:36:230:36:28

-I got a few literature questions right.

-Not enough.

0:36:280:36:32

-Hmmm.

-Why Hugh?

0:36:320:36:34

Hard to choose,

0:36:340:36:36

-but I think Hugh was...

-More stupid?

0:36:360:36:39

No. Got more questions wrong. Let's be diplomatic about it.

0:36:390:36:44

Right. Oh, really? Caroline,

0:36:440:36:46

-why Hugh?

-It was him or me.

0:36:460:36:50

Right, OK.

0:36:500:36:52

Hugh...

0:36:520:36:54

what happened in that last round?

0:36:540:36:57

-I lost it altogether.

-You weren't hiding your talent

0:36:570:37:01

by answering five of the six questions incorrectly?

0:37:010:37:05

No. I just got five wrong questions.

0:37:050:37:08

Right. It's cost you your place. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

0:37:080:37:13

The question I could kick myself over is the Russian one.

0:37:190:37:24

I did study Russian history away back

0:37:240:37:27

when I was 13, 14. Why Lenin came out I really don't know.

0:37:270:37:32

Darren will win because he has been the strongest contestant throughout the whole game.

0:37:320:37:38

He's got very few questions wrong and has a wide knowledge of everything.

0:37:380:37:44

Round Eight. You've won £2680.

0:37:460:37:49

There are only two of you left.

0:37:490:37:52

Caroline and Darren. You now have only 90 seconds, but whatever you win

0:37:520:37:57

will be trebled and added to your total to make up your final prize money.

0:37:570:38:02

So, £3000 is at stake now. We start with the strongest link - Darren. Let's play The Weakest Link.

0:38:020:38:10

Start the clock.

0:38:110:38:13

Name the defence barrister created by novelist John Mortimer.

0:38:130:38:18

Rumpole.

0:38:180:38:19

-Bank.

-Scottish architect and interior designer Robert Adam

0:38:190:38:23

worked in which century?

0:38:230:38:26

18th.

0:38:260:38:27

What cordless television technology

0:38:270:38:29

was invented by Robert Adler in the 1950s?

0:38:290:38:33

The remote control.

0:38:330:38:34

-Bank.

-In what Commonwealth country was Dame Kiri te Kanawa born?

0:38:340:38:39

New Zealand.

0:38:390:38:40

Which controversial author wrote the novel

0:38:400:38:43

The Ground Beneath Her Feet in 1999?

0:38:430:38:46

Salman Rushdie.

0:38:460:38:47

Which conductor founded the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic?

0:38:470:38:53

-Sir Malcolm Sargent.

-Sir Thomas Beecham.

0:38:530:38:56

What T is a tapering root which grows downwards from the stem?

0:38:560:39:01

-Tuber.

-Tap root.

0:39:010:39:02

Which record label owner funded

0:39:020:39:04

Malcolm McLaren's campaign to become mayor of London?

0:39:040:39:08

-Ken Livingstone.

-Alan McGee.

0:39:080:39:10

What S is a scientist who studies earthquakes?

0:39:100:39:14

A seismologist.

0:39:140:39:16

-Bank.

-The Louisiana Purchase saw America buy land

0:39:160:39:19

from which Europe country in 1803?

0:39:190:39:22

-Spain.

-France.

0:39:220:39:23

In which 1980s drama series by Alan Bleasdale about unemployment

0:39:230:39:28

did Yosser Hughes ask, "Gis a job?

0:39:280:39:31

The Boys From The Blackstuff.

0:39:310:39:32

-Bank.

-What 1972 film contains the line,

0:39:320:39:35

"My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse"?

0:39:350:39:38

-Pass.

-The Godfather.

0:39:380:39:39

Which Tolkien novel was published...

0:39:390:39:42

Time is up. I can't complete the question. You banked £110.

0:39:450:39:50

We'll treble that and add it to the winnings from the previous round.

0:39:500:39:55

That means prize money of £3010.

0:39:550:39:59

Only one of you can take the money away.

0:39:590:40:01

You will now play against each other. I'll ask alternate questions, best of five.

0:40:010:40:07

Whoever answers the most correctly wins. If there's a tie we go for sudden death until we get a winner.

0:40:070:40:15

So, Caroline and Darren, for £3010, let's play The Weakest Link.

0:40:150:40:19

Darren, you have the choice of who goes first.

0:40:200:40:24

I'll go first.

0:40:240:40:26

In the New Testament,

0:40:290:40:32

what was the name of the sermon

0:40:320:40:35

where Jesus said,

0:40:350:40:37

"Blessed are the weak"?

0:40:370:40:39

The Sermon On The Mount.

0:40:400:40:42

Caroline...

0:40:440:40:46

who had a UK Top Ten hit

0:40:470:40:51

in 1959

0:40:510:40:53

with Little White Bull?

0:40:530:40:55

I know it!

0:41:230:41:25

-Was that your answer?

-No.

0:41:250:41:27

-Pass.

-Tommy Steele is the correct answer.

0:41:290:41:33

Darren...

0:41:360:41:38

which British motorcyclist

0:41:380:41:40

was world champion at 500cc

0:41:400:41:44

in 1976 and 1977,

0:41:440:41:47

and later became a TV commentator

0:41:470:41:50

in Australia?

0:41:500:41:53

Barry Sheene.

0:41:530:41:56

Caroline...

0:41:560:41:58

the 1999 film comedy,

0:41:580:42:02

East Is East,

0:42:020:42:04

was set in which northern English city?

0:42:040:42:10

-Bradford.

-The correct answer is Salford.

0:42:130:42:16

Darren, what nickname was given

0:42:160:42:20

to the area around Wolverhampton and Dudley

0:42:200:42:24

because of the local pollution

0:42:240:42:27

caused by the Industrial Revolution?

0:42:270:42:31

The Black Country.

0:42:310:42:33

You need to answer this question correctly to remain in the game.

0:42:340:42:39

In Greek mythology,

0:42:390:42:42

who helped Theseus escape from the Labyrinth

0:42:420:42:48

after he had slain the Minotaur?

0:42:480:42:52

Perseus.

0:42:590:43:01

The correct answer is Ariadne.

0:43:010:43:04

That means, Darren,

0:43:060:43:08

you are today's strongest link and you go away with £3010.

0:43:080:43:13

Caroline, you leave with nothing.

0:43:130:43:15

Join us again for The Weakest Link. Goodbye.

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When Caroline hesitated so long over her first question

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I had an advantage, because I was one ahead.

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I thought, "If I can keep plugging away, I'll do this."

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The first question I knew. It was on the tip of my tongue.

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I couldn't find it. But when Greek mythology came up,

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I knew that was the end.

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Absolutely unbelievable! I am delighted.

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